List of Deans of Westminster

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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 Don	1946 — 1959
Eric Symes Abbott, KCVO	1959 — 1974
Edward Carpenter, KCVO	1974 — 1985
Michael Mayne, KCVO	1986 — 1996
(Arthur) Wesley Carr, KCVO	1997 — 2006
John Robert Hall,	2006 —

[edit] 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.