Archdeacon of Hampstead
The Archdeacon of Hampstead is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England Diocese of London, named after, and based in and around, the Hampstead area of London. They are the priest responsible for the Archdeaconry of Hampstead.
History
The archdeaconry was created by Order in Council on 23 July 1912 from the ancient archdeaconries of Middlesex and of London; at its erection it consisted the rural deaneries of Enfield, of Holborn, and of Tottenham and of Hampstead, of Hornsey, of St Marylebone, of St Pancras, and of Willesden. Part of the archdeaconry was split off to create the Charing Cross archdeaconry before 1989. The Hampstead archdeaconry is geographically equivalent to the episcopal area overseen by the area Bishop of Edmonton.List of archdeacons
- 1912–1920 : Brook Deedes
- 1920–1950 : Charles Lambert
- 1950–1962 : Hubert Matthews
- 1962–1964 : Graham Leonard
- 1964–1974 : Hubert Pink
- 1974–1984 : Fred Pickering
- 1985–1994 : Robert Coogan
- 1995–1999 : Peter Wheatley
- 1999–2010 : Michael Lawson
- 2011–31 July 2015 : Luke Miller
- 2015–present: John Hawkins