Dean of Carlisle

The Dean of Carlisle is based in Carlisle, United Kingdom, and is the head of the Chapter of Carlisle Cathedral in the Church of England's Diocese of Carlisle. The post of Dean is currently vacant following the resignation of Jonathan Brewster in July 2025.

List of deans

Early modern 1542–1547 Lancelot Salkeld (last prior) 1548–1554 Thomas Smith 1554–1560 Lancelot Salkeld (again) 1560–1577 Thomas Smith (again) 1577–1596 John Wolley 1596–1622 Christopher Perkins 1622–1626 Francis White 1626–1629 William Peterson (afterwards Dean of Exeter) 1629–1654 Thomas Comber 1660–1672 Guy Carleton 1672–1684 Thomas Smith 1684–1686 Thomas Musgrave 1686–1704 William Grahme (afterwards Dean of Wells) 1704–1711 Francis Atterbury 1711–1713 George Smalridge 1713–1716 Thomas Gibbon 1716–1727 Thomas Tullie 1727–1735 George Fleming 1734–1763 Robert Bolton 1764 Charles Tarrant (afterwards Dean of Peterborough, 1764–1791) 1764–1778 Thomas Wilson 1778–1782 Thomas Percy 1782–1791 Jeffery Ekins

Late modern 1792–1820 Isaac Milner 1820–1844 Robert Hodgson 1844–1848 John Cramer 1848 Samuel Hinds 1849–1856 Archibald Campbell Tait 1856–1881 Francis Close 1882–1884 John Oakley 1884–1905 William Henderson 1906–1908 Charles Ridgeway 1908–1917 William Barker 1917–1924 Hastings Rashdall 1924–1933 Henry Stuart 1933–1938 Cecil Cooper 1938–1942 Frederick Matheson 1943–1959 Cyril Mayne 1960–1973 Lionel du Toit 1973–1987 John Churchill 1988–1998 Henry Stapleton 1999–2003 Graeme Knowles 2004–2022 Mark Boyling (retired 30 September 2022) 2023–2025 Jonathan Brewster

References

Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857: volume 11: Carlisle, Chester, Durham, Manchester, Ripon, and Sodor and Man dioceses