Dean of Rochester
The Dean of Rochester is the head of the chapter of canons at Rochester Cathedral, the mother church of the Church of England Anglican [Diocese of Rochester|Diocese of Rochester]. The current dean is Philip Hesketh, who has served in that role since June 2016.
List of deans
Early modern
- 1541β1570 Walter [Phillips |Walter Phillips]
- 1570β1572 Edmund Freke
- 1572β1581 Thomas Willoughby
- 1581β1591 John Coldwell
- 1592β1611 Thomas Blague
- 1611β1615 Richard Milbourne
- 1615β1620 Robert [Scott |Robert Scott]
- 1621β1624 Godfrey Goodman
- 1625β1639 Walter Balcanquhall
- 1639β1642 Henry King
- 1642β1644 Thomas Turner
- 1644β1660 Vacancy
- 1660 Benjamin Lany
- 1661β1670 Nathaniel Hardy
- 1670β1673 Peter Mews
- 1673β1688 Thomas Lamplugh
- 1676β1688 John Castilion
- 1688 Simon Lowth
- 1689β1706 Henry Ullock
- 1706β1723 Samuel Pratt
- 1724β1732 Nicholas Clagett
- 1732β1743 Thomas Herring
- 1743β1744 William [Barnard |William Barnard]
- 1744β1765 John Newcombe
- 1765β1767 William Markham
- 1767β1775 Benjamin Newcombe
- 1775β1779 Thomas Thurlow
- 1779β1782 Richard Cust
- 1782β1802 Thomas Dampier
Late modern
- 1802β1808 Samuel Goodenough
- 1808β1820 William Busby
- 1820β1870 Robert Stevens
- 1870β1870 Thomas [Dale |Thomas Dale]
- 1870β1887 Robert Scott
- 1887β1904 Samuel Hole
- 1904β1913 Ernald Lane
- 1913β1928 John Storrs
- 1928β1932 Reginald Talbot
- 1932β1937 Francis Underhill
- 1937β1943 Ernest Blackie
- 1943β1958 Thomas Crick
- 1959β1966 Robert Stannard
- 1966β1977 Stanley Betts
- 1978β1989 John [Arnold |John Arnold]
- 1989β2003 Edward Shotter
- 2003β2005 Jonathan Meyrick
- 2005β2011 Adrian Newman
- 2011β2012 Philip Hesketh
- 2012β25 January 2015 : Mark Beach
- 25 January 2015 β 16 June 2016: Philip Hesketh
- 16 June 2016βpresent: Philip Hesketh