Dean of Carlisle

Carlisle Cathedral

The Dean of Carlisle is based in Carlisle, UK and is the head of the Chapter of Carlisle Cathedral. There have been 39 previous incumbents^[1] and the current holder of the post is The Very Reverend Mark Boyling.^[2]

List of deans

Early modern

1542–1547 Lancelot Salkeld (last prior)
1548–1554 Thomas Smith
1554–1560 Lancelot Salkeld (again)
1560–1577 Sir Thomas Smith (again)
1577–1596 Sir John Wolley
1596–1622 Christopher Perkins
1622–1626 Francis White
1626–1629 William Peterson (afterwards Dean of Exeter)
1630–1654 Thomas Comber
1660–1672 Guy Carleton
1672–1684 Thomas Smith
1684–1686 Thomas Musgrave
1686–1704 William Grahme (afterwards Dean of Wells)
1704–1711 Francis Atterbury
1711–1713 George Smalridge
1713–1716 Thomas Gibson
1716–1727 Thomas Tullie
1727–1735 George Fleming
1734–1763 Robert Bolton
1764 Charles Tarrant (afterwards Dean of Peterborough, 1764–1791)
1764–1778 Thomas Wilson
1778–1782 Thomas Percy
1782–1791 Jeffery Ekins

Late modern

1792–1820 Isaac Milner
1820–1844 Robert Hodgson
1844–1848 John Cramer
1848 Samuel Hinds
1849–1856 Archibald Tait
1856–1881 Francis Close
1882–1884 John Oakley
1884–1905 William Henderson
1906–1908 Charles Ridgeway
1908–1917 William Barker
1917–1924 Hastings Rashdall
1924–1933 Henry Stuart
1933–1938 Cecil Cooper
1938–1942 Frederick Matheson
1943–1959 Cyril Mayne
1960–1973 Lionel du Toit
1973–1987 John Churchill
1988–1998 Henry Stapleton
1999–2003 Graeme Knowles
2004–present Mark Boyling

References

Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857: volume 11: Carlisle, Chester, Durham, Manchester, Ripon, and Sodor and Man dioceses

Diocese of Carlisle

Carlisle Cathedral Bishop's House, Keswick Rose Castle Church House, Carlisle

Office holders	The Bishop of Carlisle, James Newcome The Bishop suffragan of Penrith, Robert Freeman AEO: Glyn Webster, Bishop suffragan of Beverley The Dean of Carlisle, Mark Boyling The Archdeacon of Westmorland and Furness, Penny Driver The Archdeacon of West Cumberland, Richard Pratt The Archdeacon of Carlisle, Kevin Roberts

Historic offices	Bishop suffragan of Barrow (1889–1944) Archdeacon of Furness (1884–1959; merged into Westmorland)

Deans in the Church of England

Province of Canterbury	Birmingham Bristol Canterbury Chelmsford Chichester Christ Church (Oxford) Coventry Derby Ely Exeter Gibraltar Gloucester Guildford Hereford Jersey Leicester Lichfield Lincoln Norwich Peterborough Portsmouth Rochester St Albans St Edmundsbury St Paul's (London) Salisbury Southwark Truro Wells Winchester Worcester

Province of York	Blackburn Bradford (Leeds diocese) Carlisle Chester Durham Liverpool Manchester Newcastle Peel Ripon (Leeds diocese) Sheffield Southwell Wakefield (Leeds diocese) York

Royal Deans	Dean of the Chapel Royal Westminster Windsor

Deans of Carlisle

Early modern	Lancelot Salkeld Sir Thomas Smith Sir John Wooley Christopher Perkins Francis White William Peterson Thomas Comber Guy Carleton Thomas Smith Thomas Musgrave William Grahme Francis Atterbury George Smalridge Thomas Gibson Thomas Tullie George Fleming Robert Bolton Charles Tarrant Thomas Wilson Thomas Percy Jeffery Ekins

Late modern	Isaac Milner Robert Hodgson John Cramer Samuel Hinds Archibald Tait Francis Close John Oakley William Henderson Charles Ridgeway William Barker Hastings Rashdall Henry Stuart Cecil Cooper Frederick Matheson Cyril Mayne Lionel du Toit John Churchill Henry Stapleton Graeme Knowles Mark Boyling