Departures of note

Francis Edmund Stacey, a Welsh-born lawyer and former Cambridge University cricketer, funded and helped design the stained-glass great west window of King's College Chapel in 1879, depicting Doom. The window had been left plain since the chapel's other windows were made in the 16th century. According to a 2003 Spectator article by his great-great-nephew, the donation was considered within the family to be a penance for Stacey's dissolute lifestyle while at Cambridge, particularly his remorse over an incident in which he bequeathed his town "girl-friend" to a fellow King's Fellow named Ridler, who subsequently died in her bed; Stacey then helped in a subterfuge to return Ridler's body to King's, where it was "discovered" dead in his own bed the next morning.

Stacey was born in Llandaff, Glamorgan, in 1830 and educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge, where entry was then restricted to Etonians. He played first-class cricket for Cambridge University from 1850 to 1853, appearing as a lower-order batsman and wicketkeeper. His most notable match was the 1853 University Match against Oxford, where he top-scored with 38 batting at No. 10, though Cambridge lost by an innings. After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1854, he continued playing intermittently for the Marylebone Cricket Club and a Gentlemen of England side, making his highest first-class score of 89 in 1859 against the Gentlemen of Kent.

Stacey qualified as a lawyer, being called to the bar in 1857, and practiced on the South Wales circuit while remaining a Fellow of King's until 1863. His marriage in 1862 to Theodosia, daughter of Charles Tyndall of Bristol, and a subsequent legacy made him extremely wealthy. He bought Llandough Castle near Cowbridge, served as High Sheriff of Glamorgan in 1873, and was a justice of the peace and deputy lieutenant for the county. He died at Llandough Castle on 3 October 1885, aged 55.