Sir Lewis Tonna Dibdin (19 July 1852 – 12 June 1938) was an ecclesiastical lawyer and Dean of the Arches. He was born the third son of the Rev. Robert W. Dibdin, of St. Giles's, London and went to

St John's College, Cambridge St John's College, formally the College of St John the Evangelist in the University of Cambridge, is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge, founded by the House of Tudor, Tudor matriarch L ...

. He trained for the law in Lincoln's Inn, was made KC (

King's Counsel A King's Counsel (Post-nominal letters, post-nominal initials KC) is a senior lawyer appointed by the monarch (or their Viceroy, viceregal representative) of some Commonwealth realms as a "Counsel learned in the law". When the reigning monarc ...

) in 1901 and gradually acquired a large Chancery practice. He established a reputation as an ecclesiastical lawyer and took part in some leading ecclesiastical cases. In 1903 he was knighted and appointed Dean of the Arches. He sat the Royal Commission on Divorce between 1909 and 1912 and held the post of Vicar-General of the Province of Canterbury from 1925 to 1934, when he retired. He died in 1938 and was buried St. John's Church, Dormansland, Surrey. He had married Marianne Aubrey, daughter of the late Rev. H.S. Pinder. They had three sons and two daughters.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dibdin, Lewis 1852 births 1938 deaths Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge Church Estates Commissioners