The petitioners sought a faculty for the introduction to the Grade II listed church of a stained glass window to be paid for by the sometime Home Secretary the Rt Hon Lord Waddington GCVO, a son of the village, whose achievements as local MP and Governor of Bermuda would be commemorated. There was no formal objection but the Church Buildings Council raised concerns that it was not usual for commemorations to be introduced for living subjects and that the parish had not been properly consulted. In applying the principles in Re St Alkmund Duffield [2013] Fam 158, as expanded in Re St John the Baptist, Penshurst [2015] PTSR D40 and Re St Peter, Shipton Bellinger [2016] Fam 193, the chancellor held that the window would not adversely affect the special character of the building. While he recognised the important principle that living donors should not be commemorated in artworks in the house of God, which does not exist to glorify living individuals, this case was a worthy exception as the donor was a distinguished man who had held high public and political office, who might inspire others to follow in his footsteps and whose gift was welcomed by the parish which wished to honour him. The faculty was granted. [Catherine Shelley]