Dean of Worcester

Worcester Cathedral

The Dean of Worcester is the head of the Chapter of Worcester Cathedral in Worcester,^[1] England. The current dean is Stephen Edwards. The dean lives at The Deanery, College Green, Worcester.^[2]

List of deans

Early modern 1541–1544 Henry 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 1604–1608 James Montague 1608–1616 Arthur Lake 1616–1627 Joseph Hall 1627–1633 William Juxon 1633–1636 Roger Maynwaring 1636–1646 Christopher Potter 1646–1649 Richard Holdsworth 1649–1660 No dean during the Interregnum 1660–1661 John Oliver 1661–1665 Thomas Warmestry 1665–1683 William Thomas 1683–1691 George Hickes 1691–1715 William Talbot 1715–1726 Francis Hare 1726–1746 James Stillingfleet 1746–1751 Edmund Marten

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, Bishop of Rochester 1845–1874 John Peel 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 Tom Baker 1987–1996 Bob Jeffery 1996–2006 Peter Marshall 2006–2023 Peter Atkinson 2024–present Stephen Edwards (interim Dean since 2023)

References

1. Worcester Cathedral, UK.
2. Crockford's on-line accessed by subscription Tuesday 11 June 2013 06:10 GMT

Sources

• B. Green, Bishops and Deans of Worcester (Worcester 1979).