The Dean of Carlisle is based in

Carlisle Carlisle ( , ; from xcb, Caer Luel) is a city that lies within the Northern England, Northern English county of Cumbria, south of the Anglo-Scottish border, Scottish border at the confluence of the rivers River Eden, Cumbria, Eden, River C ...

, UK and is the head of the Chapter of

Carlisle Cathedral Carlisle Cathedral is a grade-I listed Anglican cathedral in the city of Carlisle, Cumbria, England. It was founded as an Augustinian priory and became a cathedral in 1133. It is also the seat of the Bishop of Carlisle.Tim Tatton-Brown and John ...

. There have been 39 previous incumbents and the post is currently vacant.

List of deans

Early modern

*1542–1547

Lancelot Salkeld Lancelot Salkeld (1475 – 1560) was the last Prior and then first Dean of Carlisle Salkeld was appointed by the king in foundation charter on 8 May 1541 and then deprived on 1 January 1548. On 29 August 1554 he was presented by the king and que ...

(last prior) *1548–1554 Thomas Smith *1554–1560 Lancelot Salkeld ''(again)'' *1560–1577 Thomas Smith ''(again)'' *1577–1596

John Wolley John Wolley (13 May 1823 – 20 November 1859) was an English naturalist best known for his large collection of oology, bird eggs and studies on the dodo and great auk. Life and work Wolley was born at Matlock, Derbyshire, Matlock on 13 May 1 ...

*1596–1622 Christopher Perkins *1622–1626 Francis White *1626–1629 William Peterson (afterwards

Dean of Exeter The Dean of Exeter is the head of the Chapter of Cathedral Church of Saint Peter in Exeter, England. The chapter was established by William Briwere, Bishop of Exeter (1224–44) who set up the offices of dean and chancellor of Exeter Cathedral ...

) *1629–1654 Thomas Comber *1660–1672 Guy Carleton *1672–1684 Thomas Smith *1684–1686 Thomas Musgrave *1686–1704

William Grahme William Grahme or William Graham (died 4 February 1713) was Dean of Carlisle from 1684 until 1704; and of Wells from then until his death in 1713. He was joint Clerk of the Closet The College of Chaplains of the Ecclesiastical Household of t ...

(afterwards

Dean of Wells The Dean of Wells is the head of the Chapter of Wells Cathedral in the Mendip district of Somerset, England. The dean's residence is The Dean's Lodging, 25 The Liberty, Wells. List of deans High Medieval *1140–1164: Ivo *1164–1189: Rich ...

) *1704–1711

Francis Atterbury Francis Atterbury (6 March 1663 – 22 February 1732) was an English man of letters, politician and bishop. A High Church Tory and Jacobite, he gained patronage under Queen Anne, but was mistrusted by the Hanoverian Whig ministries, and ban ...

*1711–1713

George Smalridge George Smalridge (''alias'' Smallridge; 18 May 1662 – 27 September 1719) was Bishop of Bristol (1714–1719). Life Smalridge was born at Lichfield, son of the Sheriff of Lichfield Thomas Smalridge, George received his early education, this b ...

*1713–1716

Thomas Gibson Thomas Ellis Gibson (born July 3, 1962) is an American actor and director. He is best known for his television roles as Daniel Nyland on ''Chicago Hope'' (1994–1997), Greg Montgomery on ''Dharma & Greg'' (1997–2002) and Aaron Hotchner on ''C ...

*1716–1727 Thomas Tullie *1727–1735 George Fleming *1734–1763

Robert Bolton Robert Bolton (1572 – 16 December 1631) was an English clergyman and academic, noted as a preacher. Life He was born on Whit Sunday in Blackburn, Lancashire, the sixth son of Adam Bolton of Backhouse. He attended what is now Queen Elizabeth' ...

*1764

Charles Tarrant Charles Tarrant (1723–1791) was an Anglican priest. Tarrant was educated at Balliol College, Oxford. He held incumbencies at North Tidworth, the City of Westminster, Staines, Bloomsbury, Lamberhurst and Wrotham. He was Dean of Carlisl ...

(afterwards

Dean of Peterborough The Dean of Peterborough is the head of the chapter at Peterborough Cathedral. On the Dissolution of Peterborough Abbey in 1539 and the abbey-church's refoundation as a cathedral for the new bishop and diocese of Peterborough, care for the abbey ...

, 1764–1791) *1764–1778 Thomas Wilson *1778–1782 Thomas Percy *1782–1791

Jeffery Ekins Jeffery Ekins D.D. (died 1791) was an English churchman, Dean of Carlisle Cathedral from 1782. Life He was a native of Barton-Seagrave, Northamptonshire, where his father, the Rev. Jeffery Ekins, M.A., was rector. He received his education at E ...

Late modern

*1792–1820

Isaac Milner Isaac Milner (11 January 1750 – 1 April 1820) was a mathematician, an inventor, the President of Queens' College, Cambridge and Lucasian Professor of Mathematics. He was instrumental in the 1785 religious conversion of William Wilberforce a ...

*1820–1844 Robert Hodgson *1844–1848 John Cramer *1848 Samuel Hinds *1849–1856

Archibald Campbell Tait Archibald Campbell Tait (21 December 18113 December 1882) was an Archbishop of Canterbury in the Church of England and theologian. He was the first Scottish Archbishop of Canterbury and thus, head of the Church of England. Life Tait was bor ...

*1856–1881

Francis Close Francis Close (11 July 1797 – 18 December 1882) was the Anglican rector of Cheltenham (1826–1856) and Dean (Christianity)#Anglican Communion, Dean of Carlisle Cathedral, Carlisle (1856–1881). Biography Close was born on 11 July 1797 in From ...

*1882–1884 John Oakley *1884–1905 William Henderson *1906–1908

Charles Ridgeway Charles John Ridgeway (14 July 184128 February 1927) was an English churhman, the Bishop of Chichester from 1908 to 1919. Life Ridgeway was born into an ecclesiastical family: his father Joseph Ridgeway was Vicar of Christ Church, Tunbridge Well ...

*1908–1917

William Barker William Barker may refer to: Politicians *William Barker (translator) ( 1570), English translator and MP for Great Yarmouth and Bramber * William Barker (MP for Berkshire) (died 1685), English Member of Parliament for Berkshire * Sir William Bark ...

*1917–1924

Hastings Rashdall Hastings Rashdall (24 June 1858 – 9 February 1924) was an English philosopher, theologian, historian, and Anglican priest. He expounded a theory known as ideal utilitarianism, and he was a major historian of the universities of the Middle A ...

*1924–1933 Henry Stuart *1933–1938

Cecil Cooper Cecil Celester Cooper (born December 20, 1949) is an American former professional baseball player, coach, manager and sports agent. He played in Major League Baseball as a first baseman from 1971 to 1987 for the Boston Red Sox and the Milwaukee ...

*1938–1942 Frederick Matheson *1943–1959 Cyril Mayne *1960–1973 Lionel du Toit *1973–1987

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 ...

*1988–1998 Henry Stapleton *1999–2003

Graeme Knowles Graeme Paul Knowles (born 25 September 1951) is a retired Anglican bishop. He served latterly as the Acting Dean of St Edmundsbury, having previously served as Bishop of Sodor and Man and as Dean of St Paul's. Biography Knowles was educated a ...

*2004–2022

Mark Boyling Mark Christopher Boyling (born 14 October 1952) is a retired Anglican priest who served as Dean of Carlisle. Boyling was educated at Keble College, Oxford. His father, Dennis Boyling, was vicar at St Augustine's church in Endcliffe, Sheff ...

(retired 30 September 2022)

References

Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857: volume 11: Carlisle, Chester, Durham, Manchester, Ripon, and Sodor and Man dioceses
Church of England deans Lists of English people Diocese of Carlisle {{ChurchofEngland-dean-stub