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List of deans

Early modern

*1541–1544

Henry Holbeach Henry Holbeach ( – 2 August 1551) was an English clergyman who served as the last Prior and first Dean of Worcester, a suffragan bishop, and diocesan bishop of two Church of England dioceses. Life Born as Henry Rands (or Randes) in Holbeach, ...

(last prior) *1544–1553 John Barlow *1553–1557 Philip Hawford *1557–1559 Seth Holland *1559–1571 John Pedder *1571–1586 Thomas Wilson *1586–1597 Francis Willis *1597–1604

Richard Edes Richard Edes (or Eedes) (1555–1604) was an English churchman. He became Dean of Worcester, and was nominated one of the translators for the Authorised King James Version, in the Second Oxford Company, but died in the earliest stages of the pro ...

*1604–1608 James Montague *1608–1616 Arthur Lake *1616–1627 Joseph Hall *1627–1633

William Juxon William Juxon (1582 – 4 June 1663) was an English churchman, Bishop of London from 1633 to 1646 and Archbishop of Canterbury from 1660 until his death. Life Education Juxon was the son of Richard Juxon and was born probably in Chichester, ...

*1633–1636

Roger Maynwaring Roger Maynwaring, variously spelt Mainwaring or Manwaring, (29 June 1653) was a bishop in the Church of England, censured by Parliament in 1628 for sermons seen as undermining the law and constitution. His precise motives for doing so remain un ...

*1636–1646 Christopher Potter *1646–1649

Richard Holdsworth Richard Holdsworth (or Houldsworth, Oldsworth) (1590, in Newcastle-on-Tyne – 22 August 1649) was an English academic theologian, and Master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge from 1637 to 1643. Although Emmanuel was a Puritan stronghold, Holdsworth, ...

*1649–1660 ''No dean during the Interregnum'' *1660–1661 John Oliver *1661–1665

Thomas Warmestry Thomas Warmestry (1610 – 30 October 1665) was Dean of Worcester from 1661 until his death. Biography Warmestry was born in Worcester in 1610, the son of William Warmestry and younger brother of the poet Gervase Warmestry, into an ancient Wor ...

*1665–1683 William Thomas *1683–1691 George Hickes *1691–1715 William Talbot *1715–1726 Francis Hare *1726–1746 James Stillingfleet *1746–1751

Edmund Marten Edward Marten was Dean of Worcester from 1746 until his death on 8 October 1751. He was born in Twickenham. Previously a Canon (priest), Canon of St George's Chapel, Windsor and St Paul's Cathedral, London, St Paul's, he was also Master of St Osw ...

*1751–1765 John Waugh *1765–1769 Richard Wrottesley *1769–1778 William Digby *1778–1783 Robert Foley *1783–1795 St Andrew St John ''(son of Lord St John of Bletso)''

Late modern

*1795–1817 Arthur Onslow *1817–1825 John Jenkinson *1825–1828 James Hook *1828–1845 George Murray,

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*1845–1874

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*1874–1879 Hon Grantham Yorke *1879–1886 Lord Alwyne Compton *1886–1891 John Gott *1891–1908 Robert Forrest *1908–1934 William Moore Ede *1934–1949 Arthur Davies *1949–1957 William Beck *1957–1968

Bobby Milburn Robert Leslie Pollington "Bobby" Milburn FSA (28 July 1907 – 14 February 2000) was an Anglican priest in the 20th century. Milburn was educated at Oundle School and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge and ordained in 1935. Between then and ...

*1969–1974

Eric Kemp Eric Waldram Kemp (27 April 1915 – 28 November 2009) was a Church of England bishop. He was the Bishop of Chichester from 1974 to 2001. He was one of the leading Anglo-Catholics of his generation and one of the most influential figures in the ...

*1975–1986

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*1987–1996 Bob Jeffery *1996–2006

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*2006–present Peter Atkinson

References

Sources

*B. Green, ''Bishops and Deans of Worcester'' (Worcester 1979). Christianity in Worcester, England Anglican Diocese of Worcester Dean of Worcester {{Anglican-stub