The Dean of Gloucester is the head (''primus inter pares'': first among equals) and chair of the chapter of canons - the ruling body of Gloucester Cathedral - and senior priest of the

Diocese of Gloucester The Diocese of Gloucester is a Church of England diocese based in Gloucester, covering the non-metropolitan county of Gloucestershire. The cathedral is Gloucester Cathedral and the bishop is the Bishop of Gloucester. It is part of the Province ...

. The dean and chapter are based at Gloucester Cathedral. The cathedral is the mother church of the Diocese of Gloucester and seat of the

Bishop of Gloucester The Bishop of Gloucester is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Gloucester in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese covers the County of Gloucestershire and part of the County of Worcestershire. The see's centre of governan ...

List of deans

Early modern

*1541–1565 William Jennings *1565–1569

John Man John Man (1512–1569) was an English churchman, college head, and a diplomat. Life He was born at Lacock or Winterbourne Stoke, in Wiltshire. He was educated at Winchester College from 1523, and New College, Oxford, where he graduated B.A. in ...

*1569–1570 Thomas Cooper *1571–1580

Lawrence Humphrey Lawrence Humphrey (or Laurence Humfrey) DD (1525/7? – 1 February 1589) was an English theologian, who was President of Magdalen College, Oxford, and Dean successively of Gloucester and Winchester. Biography Humphrey was born at Newport Pa ...

*1580–1585 ''Vacancy'' *1585–1594

Anthony Rudd Anthony Rudd (c.1549 – 1615) was a Welsh bishop. Life He graduated B.A. from Trinity College, Cambridge in 1567, and M.A. in 1570. He became Dean of Gloucester in 1584, and Bishop of St. David's in 1594. In 1596 he preached a celebrated sermo ...

*1594–1607 Griffith Lewis *1607–1609 Thomas Moreton *1609–1616 Richard Field *1616–1621

William Laud William Laud (; 7 October 1573 – 10 January 1645) was a bishop in the Church of England. Appointed Archbishop of Canterbury by Charles I in 1633, Laud was a key advocate of Charles I's religious reforms, he was arrested by Parliament in 1640 ...

*1621–1624 Richard Senhouse *1624–1631 Thomas Winniffe *1631–1631 George Warburton *1631–1643

Accepted Frewen Accepted Frewen (baptized 26 May 158828 March 1664) was a priest in the Church of England and Archbishop of York from 1660 to 1664. Life Frewen was born at Northiam, in Sussex, the son of John Frewen who was the rector there. The unusual foren ...

*1643–1671 William Brough *1671–1673 Thomas Vyner *1673–1681 Robert Frampton *1681–1685 Thomas Marshall *1685–1707

William Jane William Jane (1645–1707) was an English academic and clergyman, Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford from 1680. Life The son of Joseph Jane, he was born at Liskeard, Cornwall, where he was baptised on 22 October 1645. He was educated at Westm ...

*1707–1720

Knightly Chetwood Knightly Chetwood (also Knightley Chetwood) (born Chetwode, 1650; died Tempsford, 1720) was an Anglican priest, poet, and translator. Life Chetwood was the eldest son of Valentine Chetwood of Chetwood, Buckinghamshire and his wife Mary Shute, ...

*1720–1723 John Waugh *1723–1729

John Frankland The Very Revd John Frankland (1669 – 1730) was an 18th-century academic and Dean in the Church of England. The youngest son of Sir William Frankland, 1st Baronet, he was born at Thirkleby and educated at Eton College. He graduated B.A. from S ...

*1729–1730

Peter Allix Pierre Allix (1641 – 3 March 1717) was a French Protestant pastor and author. In 1690 Allix was created Doctor of Divinity by Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and was given the treasurership and a canonry in Salisbury Cathedral by Bishop Gil ...

*1730–1758

Daniel Newcombe Daniel Newcombe was an Anglican dean in the mid 18th century. Newcombe was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He was ordained in 1702 and held livings at Caldecote, Thornhaugh and Penmark. He was an Honorary Chaplain to the King from 172 ...

*1758–1799

Josiah Tucker Josiah Tucker (also Josias) (December 1713 – 4 November 1799), also known as Dean Tucker, was a Welsh churchman, known as an economist and political writer. He was concerned in his works with free trade, Jewish emancipation and American indep ...

Late modern

*1800–1808

John Luxmoore John Luxmoore or Luxmore (1766–1830) was an English bishop of three sees. Life The son of John Luxmoore of Okehampton, Devon, he was born there. He was educated at Ottery St. Mary school and at Eton College, going as a scholar in 1775 to King' ...

*1808–1825 John Plumptre *1825–1862 Edward Rice *1862–1884

Henry Law Henry Law (29 September 1797 – 25 November 1884) was Dean of Gloucester from 1862 until his death. Biography Law was born at Kelshall rectory, Hertfordshire, on 29 September 1797. He was the third son of George Henry Law who was Bishop of Ch ...

*1885–1885 Edward Bickersteth *1885–?1887 Montagu Butler *1887–1917 Donald Spence (Spence-Jones after 1904) *1917–1938 Henry Gee *1938–1953 Harold Costley-White *1953–1972 Seiriol Evans *1973–1982 Gilbert Thurlow *1983–1996 Kenneth Jennings *1997–2010 Nicholas Bury *2011–2022 Stephen Lake (became

Bishop of Salisbury The Bishop of Salisbury is the ordinary of the Church of England's Diocese of Salisbury in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese covers much of the counties of Wiltshire and Dorset. The see is in the City of Salisbury where the bishop's seat ...

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Dean of Gloucester The Dean of Gloucester is the head (''primus inter pares'': first among equals) and chair of the chapter of canons - the ruling body of Gloucester Cathedral - and senior priest of the Diocese of Gloucester. The dean and chapter are based at Glouc ...