List of Deans of Westminster

List of Deans of Westminster
The Deanery at Westminster Abbey

A list of the holders of the office of Dean of Westminster. Initially the office was a successor to that of abbot of Westminster, and was for 10 years a bishopric.

Bishop
intra-Reformation
Thomas Thirlby 1540–1550
Deans
intra-Reformation
William Benson (Abbot Boston) 1540–1549
Richard Cox 1549–1553
Hugh Weston 1553–1556
Abbot
restored by Mary I of England
John Feckenham 1556–1559
Deans
post-Reformation
William Bill 1560–1561
Gabriel Goodman 1561–1601
Lancelot Andrewes 1601–1605
Richard Neile 1605–1610
George Montaigne 1610–1617
Robert Tounson 1617–1620
John Williams 1620–1644
Richard Steward (never installed)[1] 1644–1651
John Earle 1660–1662
John Dolben[2] 1662–1683
Thomas Sprat[2] 1683–1713
Francis Atterbury[2] 1713–1723
Samuel Bradford[2] 1723–1731
Joseph Wilcocks[2] 1731–1756
Zachary Pearce[2] 1756–1768
John Thomas[2] 1768–1793
Samuel Horsley[2] 1793–1802
William Vincent 1802–1815
John Ireland 1816–1842
Thomas Turton 1842–1845
Samuel Wilberforce 1845
William Buckland 1845–1856
Richard Chenevix Trench 1856–1864
Arthur Penrhyn Stanley 1864–1881
George Granville Bradley 1881–1902
Joseph Armitage Robinson 1902–1911
Herbert Edward Ryle 1911–1925
William Foxley Norris 1925–1937
Paul de Labilliere 1938–1946
Alan Campbell Don 1946–1959
Eric Symes Abbott, KCVO 1959–1974
Edward Frederick Carpenter, KCVO 1974–1985
Michael Mayne, KCVO 1986–1996
Arthur Wesley Carr, KCVO 1997–2006
John Robert Hall[3] 2006 —

Notes

  1. ^ Commonwealth period
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h For a time it was customary for the Deanery of Westminster to go along with the Bishop of Rochester. These deans held both offices concurrently.
  3. ^ London Gazette: no. 58165. p. 16399. 28 November 2006. Retrieved 14 October 2008.

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