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Dean of Westminster
Head of the chapter at Westminster Abbey
Head of the chapter at Westminster Abbey
The Dean of Westminster is the head of the chapter at Westminster Abbey. Due to the abbey's status as a royal peculiar, the dean answers directly to the British monarch (not to the Bishop of London as ordinary, nor to the Archbishop of Canterbury as metropolitan). Initially, the office was a successor to that of Abbot of Westminster, and was for the first 10 years cathedral dean for the Diocese of Westminster. The current dean is David Hoyle.
List of deans
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| Name | Portrait | Term of office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Benson | |||
| (formerly last abbot of the Benedictine abbey) | [[File:No image.svg | 60px]] | 1540 |
| Richard Cox | [[File:Bp Richard Cox.jpg | 60px]] | 1549 |
| Hugh Weston | [[File:No image.svg | 60px]] | 1553 |
| Vacancy (restored as Benedictine abbey) | |||
| John Feckenham, abbot | 1556 | 1559 | |
| William Bill | [[File:William Bill. Line engraving by R. Grave after G. P. Harding Wellcome V0000549 (crop).jpg | 60px]] | 1560 |
| Gabriel Goodman | [[File:Gabriel Goodman by GP Harding.jpg | 60px]] | 1561 |
| Lancelot Andrewes | [[File:Lancelot Andrewes Pembroke.jpg | 60px]] | 1601 |
| Richard Neile | |||
| (in commendam as Bishop of Rochester from 1608) | [[File:Richard Neile portrait.jpg | 60px]] | 1605 |
| George Montaigne | [[File:George Mountaigne DD.jpg | 60px]] | 1610 |
| Robert Tounson | [[File:No image.svg | 60px]] | 1617 |
| John Williams | |||
| (in commendam as Bishop of Lincoln 1621–41, | |||
| as Archbishop of York from 1641) | [[File:Abp John Williams by Gilbert Jackson.jpg | 60px]] | 1620 |
| Richard Steward | |||
| (not installed) | [[File:Richard Steward by Adriaen Hanneman.jpg | 60px]] | 1644 |
| Vacancy (English Interregnum) | 1651 | 1660 | |
| John Earle | [[File:John Earle from NPG.jpg | 60px]] | 1660 |
| John Dolben | |||
| (in commendam as Bishop of Rochester from 1666In 1666, John Dolben was additionally appointed Bishop of Rochester, retaining the Deanery of Westminster in commendam. His successor as Dean, Thomas Sprat, was additionally appointed to Rochester in 1684. From then until 1802, it was customary for the Bishop of Rochester to hold the Deanery of Westminster in commendam. These eight deans held both offices concurrently.) | [[File:ArchbishopDolben.jpg | 60px]] | 1662 |
| Thomas Sprat | |||
| (in commendam as Bishop of Rochester from 1684) | [[File:Thomas Sprat by Michael Dahl.jpg | 60px]] | 1683 |
| Francis Atterbury | |||
| (in commendam as Bishop of Rochester) | [[File:Francis Atterbury by Godfrey Kneller.jpg | 60px]] | 1713 |
| Samuel Bradford | |||
| (in commendam as Bishop of Rochester) | [[File:Samuel Bradford.jpg | 60px]] | 1723 |
| Joseph Wilcocks | |||
| (in commendam as Bishop of Rochester) | [[File:Joseph Wilcocks by GP Harding.jpg | 60px]] | 1731 |
| Zachary Pearce | |||
| (in commendam as Bishop of Rochester) | [[File:Bp Zachary Pearce by Edward Penny.jpg | 60px]] | 1756 |
| John Thomas | |||
| (in commendam as Bishop of Rochester from 1774) | [[File:John Thomas, Bishop of Rochester, by Joshua Reynolds.jpg | 60px]] | 1768 |
| Samuel Horsley | |||
| (in commendam as Bishop of Rochester) | [[File:Samuel Horsley by Mrs Barou.jpg | 60px]] | 1793 |
| William Vincent | [[File:William Vincent by GP Harding after William Owen.jpg | 60px]] | 1802 |
| John Ireland | [[File:John Ireland.jpg | 60px]] | 1816 |
| Thomas Turton | [[File:Thomas Turton by HW Pickersgill.jpg | 60px]] | 1842 |
| Samuel Wilberforce | [[File:Samuel Wilberforce2.jpg | 60px]] | March–October 1845 |
| William Buckland | [[File:William Buckland detail.png | 60px]] | 1845 |
| Richard Chenevix Trench | [[File:Drawing of Richard Chenevix Trench.jpg | 60px]] | 1856 |
| Arthur Penrhyn Stanley | [[File:Arthur Penrhyn Stanley by John Watkins.jpg | 60px]] | 1864 |
| George Granville Bradley | [[File:George Granville Bradley by SA Walker.jpg | 60px]] | 1881 |
| Armitage Robinson | [[File:No image.svg | 60px]] | 1902 |
| Herbert Edward Ryle | [[File:Dr HE Ryle NPG.jpg | 60px]] | 1911 |
| William Foxley Norris | [[File:William Foxley Norris by Ernest Moore.jpg | 60px]] | 1925 |
| Paul de Labilliere | [[File:No image.svg | 60px]] | 1938 |
| Alan Don | [[File:Alan_Don_in_1952.jpg | 60px]] | 1946 |
| Eric Abbott | 1959 | ||
| Edward Carpenter | [[File:No image.svg | 60px]] | 1974 |
| Michael Mayne | [[File:No image.svg | 60px]] | 1986 |
| Wesley Carr | [[File:No image.svg | 60px]] | 1997 |
| John Hall | [[File:Very Reverend Dr John Hall (18228068808) (cropped).jpg | 60px]] | 2006 |
| David Hoyle | [[File:Consecrations_of_Selby,_Whitby,_and_Sodor_&_Man_October_2024_(54059458366)_(David_Hoyle_cropped).jpg | 60px]] | 2019 |
Notes
- Died in office
References
References
- {{London Gazette. (21 October 1902)
- {{London Gazette. (28 November 2006)
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