The Dean of Worcester is the head of the

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. The current dean is Stephen Edwards. The dean lives at The Deanery, College Green, Worcester.

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

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*1571–1586 Thomas Wilson *1586–1597 Francis Willis *1597–1604 Richard Edes *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 spelled Mainwaring or Manwaring; – 29 June 1653) was an English bishop in the Church of England. He was censured by Parliament in 1628 for sermons perceived as undermining the law and constitution. Although his ex ...

*1636–1646 Christopher Potter *1646–1649 Richard Holdsworth *1649–1660 ''No dean during the Interregnum'' *1660–1661

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*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

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*1691–1715 William Talbot *1715–1726 Francis Hare *1726–1746 James Stillingfleet *1746–1751

Edmund Marten Edward Marten (31 March 1688 – 8 October 1751) was Dean of Worcester from 1746 until his death in 1751. Marten was the son of John Marten of Lavington, Wiltshire. He was educated at Winchester College, where he gained a scholarship in 1698, an ...

*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

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*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 *1969–1974 Eric Kemp *1975–1986

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*1987–1996

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*1996–2006 Peter Marshall *2006–2023 Peter Atkinson (retired 25 August 2023) *15 September 2024present Stephen Edwards (interim dean since 2023)

References

Sources

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

Dean of Worcester The Dean of Worcester is the head of the Chapter of Worcester Cathedral in Worcester, England. The current dean is Stephen Edwards. The dean lives at The Deanery, College Green, Worcester. List of deans Early modern *1541–1544 Henry Holb ...

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