The Chaplain of

King's College London King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public research university located in London, England. King's was established by royal charter in 1829 under the patronage of King George IV and the Duke of Wellington. In 1836, King's ...

is a

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minister based at the College's main Strand campus. Since the College has expanded to other campuses, each with their own chaplains, the senior is referred to as the College Chaplain.

Chaplains of King's College

King's College London Chapel 2, London - Diliff

Henry Moseley Henry Gwyn Jeffreys Moseley (; 23 November 1887 – 10 August 1915) was an English physicist, whose contribution to the science of physics was the justification from physical laws of the previous empirical and chemical concept of the atomic num ...

(1831–1834) * John Allen (1834–1846) *

Edward Plumptre Edward Hayes Plumptre (6 August 1821 – 1 February 1891) was an English divine and scholar born in London. Life He was born on 6 August 1821, being the son of Edward Hallows Plumptre, a London solicitor. Charles John Plumptre was his brother. ...

(1846–1869) * Evelyn Joseph Hone (1869–1870) * Donald Campbell (1870–1875) * Henry Watkins (1875–1878) * Charles James Ball (1878–1879) *

Charles Mackarness Charles Coleridge Mackarness (22 July 1850 – 1 March 1918) was the Archdeacon of the East Riding between 1898 and 1916. In his youth, he had been a keen amateur sportsman and played twice in the FA Cup Final for Oxford University, being on the v ...

(1879–1880) * George Daniell (1880–1884) *

Richard Knowling Canon Richard Knowling, DD (1851 – 4 July 1919) was the Chaplain of King's College London, canon of Durham and professor of divinity at Durham University. Early life Richard John Knowling was born in Devonport, England and educated at Blundel ...

(1884–1885) * Harold Smith (1885–1897) *

George Newsom The Rev. George Ernest Newsom (24 May 1871 - 15 February 1934) was an Anglican clergyman and academic, Master of Selwyn College, Cambridge, 1928–1934, and Chaplain to the King (George V). He was also Professor of Pastoral Theology at King's Col ...

(1897–1903) * Stanley Charles Edmund Legg (1903–1919) * Richard Hanson (1919–1924) *

Clement Rogers Clement Francis Rogers (1866 – 23 June 1949) was an English theologian, who was professor of pastoral theology at King's College London. Rogers, the son of Professor James Rogers, was born in 1866 and educated at Westminster School and Jes ...

(1924–1932) *

Eric Abbott Eric Symes Abbott KCVO (26 May 1906 – 6 June 1983) was an English Anglican priest and Dean of Westminster. Abbott was born in Nottingham in 1906 to William Henry Abbott and Mary Symes, both schoolteachers. He was educated at Nottingham Hi ...

(1932–1936) * Robert Linton Shields (1936–1945) * Sydney Evans (1945–1948) * Frank Coventry (1948–1953) *

John Churchill General John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, 1st Prince of Mindelheim, 1st Count of Nellenburg, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, (26 May 1650 – 16 June 1722 O.S.) was an English soldier and statesman whose career spanned the reign ...

(1953–1960) *

Peter Coleman William Peter Coleman (15 December 1928 – 31 March 2019) was an Australian writer and politician. A widely published journalist for over 60 years, he was editor of '' The Bulletin'' (1964–1967) and of '' Quadrant'' for 20 years, and publi ...

(1960–1966) * David Geoffrey Martin (1966–1970) * Richard John Kingsbury (1970–1976) *

Colin Slee Colin Bruce Slee, OBE (10 November 1945 – 25 November 2010) was a priest in the Church of England, most notable for his final position as Dean of Southwark Cathedral from 1994 until his death. A friend of Desmond Tutu and Rowan Williams, Sl ...

(1976–1982) * Christopher John Everard Moody (1982–1988) * Philip Chester (1988–1995) * Tim Ditchfield (1995–present)

External links

King's College London - The Chaplaincy Team
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