Dean of Rochester

Rochester Cathedral

The Dean of Rochester is the head of the chapter of canons at Rochester Cathedral, the mother church of the Church of England Diocese of Rochester. The current dean is Philip Hesketh, who has served in that role since June 2016.

List of deans

Early modern 1541–1570 Walter Phillips 1570–1572 Edmund Freke 1572–1581 Thomas Willoughby 1581–1591 John Coldwell 1592–1611 Thomas Blague 1611–1615 Richard Milbourne 1615–1620 Robert Scott (elder) 1621–1624 Godfrey Goodman 1625–1639 Walter Balcanquhall 1639–1642 Henry King 1642–1644 Thomas Turner 1644–1660 Vacancy (Commonwealth) 1660 Benjamin Lany 1661–1670 Nathaniel Hardy 1670–1673 Peter Mews 1673–1688 Thomas Lamplugh 1676–1688 John Castilion 1688 Simon Lowth (nominated) 1689–1706 Henry Ullock 1706–1723 Samuel Pratt 1724–1732 Nicholas Clagett 1732–1743 Thomas Herring 1743–1744 William Barnard 1744–1765 John Newcombe 1765–1767 William Markham

1767–1775 Benjamin Newcombe 1775–1779 Thomas Thurlow 1779–1782 Richard Cust 1782–1802 Thomas Dampier Late modern 1802–1808 Samuel Goodenough 1808–1820 William Busby 1820–1870 Robert Stevens 1870–1870 Thomas Dale 1870–1887 Robert Scott (younger) 1887–1904 Samuel Hole 1904–1913 Ernald Lane 1913–1928 John Storrs 1928–1932 Reginald Talbot 1932–1937 Francis Underhill 1937–1943 Ernest Blackie 1943–1958 Thomas Crick 1959–1966 Robert Stannard 1966–1977 Stanley Betts 1978–1989 John Arnold 1989–2003 Edward Shotter 2003–2005 Jonathan Meyrick (Acting) 2005–2011 Adrian Newman 2011–2012 Philip Hesketh (Acting) 2012–25 January 2015 (res.): Mark Beach[1] 25 January 2015–16 June 2016: Philip Hesketh (Acting) 16 June 2016–present: Philip Hesketh[2]

Sources

• British History Online – Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857 – Deans of Rochester
• The Archives of the Dean and Chapter of Rochester, 1541-1907

References

1. The Bishop of Rochester – Rochester Cathedral (Accessed 26 January 2015)
2. Rochester Cathedral — Installation of new Dean (Accessed 30 June 2016)