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 Campbell 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.

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