What are prebendal tendencies

A prebendary is a senior member of clergy, normally supported by the revenues from an estate or parish. The holder of the post is connected to an Anglican or Roman Catholic cathedral or collegiate church and is a type of canon who has a role in the administration of the cathedral. A prebend is the form of benefice held by a prebendary, and historically the stipend attached to it was usually drawn from specific sources in the income of the cathedral's estates. When attending cathedral services, prebendaries sit in particular seats, usually at the back of the choir stalls, known as prebendal stalls.

The answer is Robert E. Lee. He worked as a military officer in the U.S. Army, a West Point commandant and the well-known general of the Confederate Army throughout the American Civil War. On April 20, 1861, at the outburst of the American Civil War, he resigned his command and three days after, he was chosen by Governor John Letcher of Virginia to be commandant in chief of the naval and military forces of the state. He ordered the Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War from 1862 up to his renunciation in 1865.