Archdeacon of Westminster
The Archdeacon of Westminster is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Chapter of the Royal Peculiar of Westminster Abbey in London. The holder of the post oversees relationships with the twenty-four parishes of which the Dean and Chapter are patrons, and is responsible for the pastoral care of the staff and volunteers of the Abbey.
The post is currently held by David Stanton, Sub-Dean and Canon Treasurer of the Abbey, who took up the position in 2018. The role of archdeacon has previously been held together with other chapter roles, including Canon Steward, Speaker's Chaplain and Canon Theologian.Richard Widmore lists the following as Archdeacons of Westminster, acknowledging the incompleteness of the list:
- Richard Crokesley
- Thomas
- A. de Wycomb
- Roger Bures
- William de Huntyngdon
- Alexander de Pershore
- Robert
- William de Ipswich
- Thomas Pyk
- William de Colchester
- John Stowe
- John Burwell
- William Agmondesham
- William Wycombe
- William Borogh
- Andrew Perne
- John Hardyman
- William Latymer
- Richard Reve
- Richard Hakluyt
- Christopher Sutton
- Gabriel Grante
- Thomas Mountford
At Widmore's time of writing, the present archdeacon was Scawen Kenrick.
- 1854–1864 : William Bentinck
- 1864–1868 : Christopher Wordsworth
- 1868–1883: John Jennings
- 1883–1894 : Frederick Farrar
- 1894–1900: Charles Furse
- 1900–13 May 1916 : Basil Wilberforce, Speaker's Chaplain
- 1916–1918: Ernest Pearce
- 1918–1919: William Carnegie, Speaker's Chaplain
- 1919–30 January 1931 : Robert Charles
- 1931–December 1936 : Vernon Storr
- 1937–?: Frederic Donaldson
- 1946–1951 : Stephen Marriott
- Adam Fox
- 1959–1964 : Stephen Marriott
- 1963–1974 : Edward Carpenter
- 1974–1 September 1975 : Ronald Jasper
- 1975–1987 : Edward Knapp-Fisher
- 1987-1999 : Anthony Harvey, Sub-Dean
- 1999–2005 : David Hutt, Sub-Dean
- 2006–2010 : Jane Hedges, Canon Steward
- 2009–2010 : Robert Wright, Sub-Dean, Rector of St Margaret's & Speaker's Chaplain
- 2010–21 June 2014 : Jane Hedges, Canon Steward
- 2014–17 July 2016 : Andrew Tremlett, Sub-Dean and Rector of St Margaret's
- 2016–2018 : Vernon White, Sub-Dean
- before 17 June 2018present: David Stanton
