Archdeacon of Westminster

The Archdeacon of Westminster is a senior ecclesiastical officer within Chapter of the Royal Peculiar of Westminster Abbey in London. The post entails overseeing relationships with the twenty-four parishes of which the Dean and Chapter are patrons, and being responsible for the pastoral care of the staff and volunteers of the Abbey.^[1]

The post is vacant following the appointment of Andrew Tremlett to be Dean of Durham. The role of archdeacon has previously been held with other chapter roles, including Canon Steward, Speaker's Chaplain and Canon Treasurer.

List of archdeacons

Charles Wellington Furse

• 1734–?: Scawen Kenrick, Speaker's Chaplain (canon 1729–1753; Rector of St Margaret's from 1730; Sub-Dean from 1743)
• 1809–1864: William Bentinck
• 1864–1868 (res.): Christopher Wordsworth (canon 1844–1869; later Bishop of Lincoln)^[2]
• 1868–1883: John Jennings (canon 1837–1885)^[3]
• 1883–1894 (res.): Frederick Farrar (canon 1876–1895; Speaker's Chaplain from 1890; later Dean of Canterbury)^[4]
• 1894–1900: Charles Furse (father of artist Charles Wellington Furse)
• 1900–13 May 1916 (d.): Basil Wilberforce, Speaker's Chaplain (canon since 1894)^[5]
• 1916–1918: Ernest Pearce^[6] (canon 1911–1919; became Sub-Dean)
• 1918–1919: William Carnegie, Speaker's Chaplain (canon 1913–1936; became Sub-Dean)
• 1919–30 January 1931 (d.): Robert Charles (canon since 1913)^[7]
• 1931–December 1936 (res.): Vernon Storr (canon since 1921)
• 1937–?: Frederic Donaldson (canon 1921–1951)
• 1946–1951 (res.): Stephen Marriott (canon since 1937; became Sub-Dean)
• Adam Fox (canon 1941–1964)
• 1959–1964 (ret.): Stephen Marriott (again; canon since 1937)
• 1963–1974 (res.): Edward Carpenter (canon since 1951; became Dean of Westminster)^[8]
• 1974–1 September 1975 (res.): Ronald Jasper (canon since 1968)
• 1975–1987 (ret.): Edward Knapp-Fisher (Sub-Dean from 1982)^[9]
• 1999–2005 (ret.): David Hutt,^[10] Sub-Dean (canon since 1995)
• 2006–2010 (res.): Jane Hedges,^[1] Canon Steward (canon until 2014)
• 2009–2010 (ret.): Robert Wright,^[11] Sub-Dean, Rector of St Margaret's & Speaker's Chaplain (canon since 1998)
• 2010–21 June 2014 (res.): Jane Hedges,^[1] Canon Steward (again; canon since 2006; Sub-Dean since 2013)
• 2014–17 July 2016 (res.): Andrew Tremlett^{[N 1]}, Sub-Dean and Rector of St Margaret's (canon since 2010)

Notes

1. Tremlett was appointed Sub-Dean and Archdeacon between 6 July^[12] and 3 August 2014.^[13]

References

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