Dean of Chester
The Dean of Chester is based at Chester Cathedral in the Diocese of Chester and is the head of the Chapter at the cathedral.
List of deans
Early modern
- 1541 Thomas Clerk
- 1541–1547 Henry Man
- 1547–1558 William Clyff
- 1560–1567 Richard Walker
- 1567–1572 John Piers
- 1572–1579 Richard Longworth
- 1579–1580 Robert Dorset
- 1580–1589 Thomas Mawdesley
- 1589–1602 John Nutter
- 1602–1605 William Barlow
- 1605–1607 Henry Parry
- 1607–1644 Thomas Mallory
- 1644–1657 William Nichols
- 1660–1682 Henry Bridgeman
- 1682–1691 James Arderne
- 1691–1718 Lawrence Fogg
- 1718–1721 Walter Offley
- 1721–1732 Thomas Allen
- 1732–1758 Thomas Brooke
- 1758–1787 William Smith
- 1787–1805 George Cotton
Late modern
- 1806–1815 Hugh Cholmondeley
- 1815-1820 Robert Hodgson
- 1820–1826 Peter Vaughan
- 1826–1828 Edward Coplestone
- 1828–1831 Henry Phillpotts
- 1831–1839 George Davys
- 1839–1867 Frederick Anson
- 1867–1885 John Howson
- 1886–1919 John Darby
- 1920–1937 Frank Bennett
- 1937–1953 Norman Tubbs
- 1954–1962 Michael Gibbs
- 1963–1977 George Addleshaw
- 1978–1986 Ingram Cleasby
- 1987–2001 Stephen Smalley
- 200230 September 2017 Gordon McPhate
- 2017–2018 Jane Brooke
- 8 September 2018present Tim Stratford