Dean of Peterborough

The Dean of Peterborough is the head of the chapter at Peterborough Cathedral. On the Dissolution of Peterborough Abbey in 1539 and the abbey-church's refoundation as a cathedral for the new bishop and diocese of Peterborough, care for the abbey/cathedral church passed from an abbot to a dean. The current Dean of Peterborough is Chris Dalliston.

Early modern

 * 1541–1542 Francis Leycester
 * (last prior of St Andrew's Priory, Northampton)


 * 1543–1549 Gerard Carleton
 * 1549–1557 James Curthoppe
 * 1557–1559 John Boxall (deprived)
 * 1560–1583 William Latymer
 * 1583–1589 Richard Fletcher
 * 1590–1597 Thomas Nevile
 * 1597–1607 John Palmer
 * 1607–1612 Richard Clayton
 * 1612–1617 George Meriton
 * 1617–1622 Henry Beaumont (later dean of Windsor)
 * 1622–1630 William Piers
 * 1630–1639 John Towers
 * 1639–1640 Thomas Jackson
 * 1640–1660 John Cosin
 * 1661–1664 Edward Rainbowe
 * 1664–1679 James Duport
 * 1679–1689 Simon Patrick
 * 1689–1691 Richard Kidder
 * 1691–1707 Samuel Freeman
 * 1707–1718 White Kennett
 * 1718–1721 Richard Reynolds
 * 1721–1722 Edward Gee


 * 1722–1725 John Mandeville
 * 1725–1740 Francis Lockier
 * 1740–1744 John Thomas
 * 1744–1764 Robert Lamb
 * 1764–1791 Charles Tarrant
 * 1791–1792 Charles Manners-Sutton
 * 1792–1797 Peter Peckard

Late modern

 * 1797–1822 Thomas Kipling
 * 1822–1830 James Henry Monk
 * 1830–1842 Thomas Turton
 * 1842–1853 George Butler
 * 1853–1878 Augustus Saunders (previously Headmaster of Charterhouse School)
 * 1878–1890 John Perowne
 * 1891–1892 Marsham Argles
 * 1893–1901 William Ingram
 * 1901–1908 William Barlow
 * 1908–1928 Arnold Page
 * 1928–1942 James Simpson
 * 1943–1965 Noel Christopherson
 * 1966–1980 Dick Wingfield-Digby
 * 1981–1992 Randolph Wise
 * 1992–31 March 2006 Michael Bunker
 * 2006–2 October 2016 (ret.) Charles Taylor
 * 2 October 2016 – 9 October 2017 Jonathan Baker (Acting)
 * 2017: Tim Sledge (dean-designate only: announced 27 August 2017, but withdrew his nomination due to personal health reasons)
 * 9 October 2017 – 20 January 2018 Tim Alban Jones (Acting)
 * 20 January 2018 – present Chris Dalliston