The Dean of Windsor is the spiritual head of the canons of

St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle in England is a castle chapel built in the late-medieval Perpendicular Gothic style. It is both a Royal Peculiar (a church under the direct jurisdiction of the monarch) and the Chapel of the Order of the Gart ...

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

. The dean chairs meetings of the Chapter of Canons as ''primus inter pares''. The post of

Dean of Wolverhampton The Dean of Wolverhampton was the head of the chapter of Canons at St. Peter's Collegiate Church, Wolverhampton until the chapter was disestablished in 1846. The collegiate church was, until that point, a Royal Peculiar falling outside of the dio ...

was assimilated to the deanery of Windsor, around 1480, until 1846.''Victoria County History – Staffordshire''; Vol. 3, no. 44:
M. W. Greenslade, R. B. Pugh (editors), (1970): Victoria County History: A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 3, no. 44, Colleges: Wolverhampton, St Peter.

List of deans

Late medieval

*1348

John de la Chambre John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second ...

*1349 William Mugge *1381 Walter Almaly *1389 Thomas Butiller *1402

Richard Kingston Richard Kingston (1635? – 1710?) was an English political pamphleteer, clerical impostor, and spy. Life He was born about 1635. According to his own statements he was a M.A., and was ordained by the Bishop of Galloway, 17 July 1662, at Westmin ...

*1419 John Arundel *1454 Thomas Manning *1461 John Faulkes (Vaux) *1471

William Morland William Morland (1739–1815) was an English banker and politician, Member of Parliament for from 1796 to 1806. Life Morland formed a bank in 1786 with Griffin Ransom II and Thomas Hammersley; it had London premises at 57 Pall Mall, and traded as ...

*1471 John Davyson *1473 William Dudley *1476

Peter Courtenay Peter Courtenay ( – 23 September 1492) was Bishop of Exeter (1478–87) and Bishop of Winchester (1487-92), and also had a successful political career during the tumultuous years of the Wars of the Roses. Origins Courtenay was the third so ...

*1478 Richard Beauchamp *1481

Thomas Danett Thomas Danett (also spelt Danette; died 19 September 1483) was a Dean of Windsor from 1481 to 1483. Career He was appointed: *Principal of St Alban Hall, Oxford 1468–1477 *Prebendary of Henfield in Chichester 1472 *Rector of Brixton Deverill, ...

*1483

William Beverley William Beverley (1696–1756) was an 18th-century legislator, civil servant, planter and landowner in the Colony of Virginia. Born in Virginia, Beverley—the son of planter and historian Robert Beverley, Jr. (c. 1667–1722) and his wife, Ursul ...

*1485 John Davyson *1485 John Morgan *1496

Christopher Urswick Christopher Urswick (1448–1522) was a priest and confessor of Margaret Beaufort. He was Rector of Puttenham, Hertfordshire, and later Dean of Windsor. Urswick is thought to have acted as a go-between in the plotting to place her son Henry VII of ...

Early modern

*1505

Christopher Bainbridge Christopher Bainbridge ( 1462/1464 – 14 July 1514) was an English Cardinal of the Catholic Church. Of Westmorland origins, he was a nephew of Bishop Thomas Langton of Winchester, represented the continuation of Langton's influence and teachin ...

*1507 Thomas Hobbs *1509

Nicholas West Nicholas West (146128 April 1533), was an English bishop and diplomatist, born at Putney in Surrey, and educated at Eton and at King's College, Cambridge, of which he became a fellow in 1486. He also had periods of study at Oxford and Bologna.

*1515

John Vesey John Vesey or Veysey ( – 23 October 1554) was Bishop of Exeter from 1519 until his death in 1554, having been briefly deposed 1551–3 by King Edward VI for his opposition to the Reformation. Origins He was born (as "John Harman"), probabl ...

lias Harman*1519 John Clerk *1523

Richard Sampson Richard Sampson (died 25 September 1554) was an English clergyman and composer of sacred music, who was Anglican bishop of Chichester and subsequently of Coventry and Lichfield. Biography He was educated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, the Paris S ...

*1536

William Franklyn William Leo Franklyn (22 September 1925 – 31 October 2006) was a British actor, perhaps best known for voicing the "Schhh... You Know Who" adverts for Schweppes from 1965 to 1973. He also performed on stage, film, television and radio, t ...

*1553

Owen Oglethorpe Owen Oglethorpe ( – 31 December 1559) was an English academic and Roman Catholic Bishop of Carlisle, 1557–1559. Childhood and Education Oglethorpe was born in Tadcaster, Yorkshire, England (where he later founded a school), the third son ...

*1556

Hugh Weston Hugh Weston ( – 1558) was an English churchman and academic, Dean of Westminster and Dean of Windsor, and Rector of Lincoln College, Oxford. Life He was born at Burton-Overy, Leicestershire, about 1505, and educated at Balliol College, Oxford, ...

*1558

John Boxall John Boxall (died 1571) was an English churchman and secretary of state to Mary I of England. Catholic statesman He was a native of Bramshott in Hampshire. After studying at Winchester School he was admitted a perpetual fellow of New College, ...

(deprived) *1560 George Carew *1572 William Day *1596 Robert Bennet *1603 Giles Thomson *1612

Anthony Maxey Anthony Maxey (died 3 May 1618), was the Dean of Windsor. Life Maxey was, according to the ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', probably from the Maxey family of Bradwell Juxta Coggeshall in Essex. He was educated on the foundation at West ...

*1618

Marco Antonio de Dominis Marco Antonio de Dominis ( hr, Markantun de Dominis; 1560September 1624) was a Dalmatian ecclesiastic, archbishop of Split and Primate of Dalmatia and all Croatia, adjudged heretic of the Catholic faith, and man of science. Early life He wa ...

*1622 Henry Beaumont *1627

Matthew Wren Matthew Wren (3 December 1585 – 24 April 1667) was an influential English clergyman, bishop and scholar. Life He was the eldest son of Francis Wren (born 18 January 1552 at Newbold Revell), citizen and mercer of London, only son of Cuth ...

*1635

Christopher Wren Sir Christopher Wren PRS FRS (; – ) was one of the most highly acclaimed English architects in history, as well as an anatomist, astronomer, geometer, and mathematician-physicist. He was accorded responsibility for rebuilding 52 churches ...

*1659 Edward Hyde ot installed*1660 Bruno Ryves *1677 John Durell *1683 Francis Turner *1684

Gregory Hascard Gregory Hascard Doctor of Divinity, DD (died 15 November 1708) was a Dean and Canons of Windsor, Canon of Windsor from 1671 to 1684 and then Dean of Windsor from 1684 until 1708, but he was also a noted Benefice#Pluralism, pluralist. He wrote thre ...

*1709

Thomas Manningham Thomas Manningham (1651?-1722) was an English churchman, bishop of Chichester from 1709. Life He was born about 1651 in the parish of St. George, Southwark, the son of Richard Manningham (d. 1682), rector of Michelmersh, Hampshire, and grandso ...

*1709 John Robinson *1714 The Lord Willoughby de Broke *1729

Peniston Booth Dr Penyston Booth, (1681 – 21 September 1765), also Peniston Booth, was an 18th-century Anglican priest, who hailed from the minor gentry, and served as Dean of Windsor from 1729 to 1765. Family Born at Lusby, Lincolnshire, he was the s ...

*1765 The Hon

Frederick Keppel Frederick Keppel (19 January 1728 – 27 December 1777) was a Church of England clergyman, Bishop of Exeter. Background Keppel was the fifth and fourth surviving son of Willem van Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle and his wife Lady Anne Lenno ...

*1778 The Hon John Harley *1788 John Douglas *1791 The Hon James Cornwallis *1794

Charles Manners-Sutton Charles Manners-Sutton (17 February 1755 – 21 July 1828; called Charles Manners before 1762) was a bishop in the Church of England who served as Archbishop of Canterbury from 1805 to 1828. Life Manners-Sutton was the fourth son of Lord G ...

Late modern

*1805–1816 Edward Legge *1816–1846 Henry Hobart *1846–1854

George Neville-Grenville George Neville-Grenville (17 August 1789 – 10 June 1854), named George Neville until 1825,''Burke's Peerage 2003'', page 490 was Dean of Windsor in the mid nineteenth century. Early life Neville was born a younger son of the Hon Richard Grif ...

*1854–1882

Gerald Wellesley Gerald Valerian Wellesley (1809 – 17 September 1882) was a Church of England cleric who became the Dean of Windsor. More importantly, he was domestic chaplain to Queen Victoria and played a major advisory role regarding the royal family's ...

*1882–1884 George Connor *1884–1891 Randall Davidson *1891–1917 Philip Eliot *1917–1944 Albert Baillie *1944–1962 Eric Hamilton *1962–1971

Robin Woods Robert Wilmer Woods, (14 February 1914 – 20 October 1997), known as Robin Woods, was an English Anglican bishop. He was the Bishop of Worcester from 1971 to 1982. He previously served as Archdeacon of Sheffield from 1958 to 1962, and as D ...

*1971–1976

Launcelot Fleming William Launcelot Scott Fleming (7 August 1906 – 30 July 1990) was a British Anglican bishop. He was the Bishop of Portsmouth and later the Bishop of Norwich. He was also noted as a geologist and explorer. Childhood Fleming was born in Edi ...

*1976–1989

Michael Mann Michael Kenneth Mann (born February 5, 1943) is an American director, screenwriter, and producer of film and television who is best known for his distinctive style of crime drama. His most acclaimed works include the films ''Thief'' (1981), ' ...

*1989–1997 Patrick Mitchell *1998–present David Conner

References

Sources

*''Fasti Wyndesorienses: The deans and canons of Windsor.''

Historical monographs relating to St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle The historical monographs relating to St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle are a series of scholarly publications supported by the Dean and Canons of Windsor. Much of the scholarship is based on the material held in the archives at St. George’s C ...