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  • Canon Robert Wright to leave Abbey

    Friday, 5th February 2010

    Canon Robert Wright, Rector of St Margaret’s Church Westminster Abbey and Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons, told the congregation at St Margaret’s at the Sung Eucharist on Sunday 7th February that he will resign at the end of September 2010.

    Canon Robert Wright

  • Canon Wright in Birthday Honours List

    Monday, 14th June 2010

    The Reverend Robert Wright, Sub Dean, Canon of Westminster, Rector of St Margaret’s Church and Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons was made a Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) in HM The Queen’s Birthday Honours List published on Saturday 12th June 2010.

  • Sermon at the Installation of Tricia Hillas as Canon of Westminster - Revelation 3:14

    Sunday, 9th May 2021

    The Sermon given by the Dean of Westminster at the installation of Tricia Hillas as Canon of Westminster.

  • Sermon Given at Evensong with the Installation of The Reverend Paul Arbuthnot as Minor Canon of Westminster

    Sunday, 13th September 2015

    Sermon given by The Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster.

  • The Charles Gore Lecture 2010

    Monday, 29th November 2010

    A discussion chaired by Dr Nicholas Sagovsky, Canon Theologian, Westminster Abbey with Ms Eithne D’Auria, Professor Norman Doe, Professor Mark Hill QC and Reverend Professor Aidan McGrath OFM

  • The Abbey Welcomes Canon Robert Reiss

    Thursday, 5th May 2005

    The Reverend Canon Robert Reiss has been installed as Canon Treasurer at Westminster Abbey. Canon Reiss was educated at Trinity College Cambridge and Westcott House, Cambridge.

    Reverend Canon Robert Reiss

  • Elgar Organ Works

    Robert Quinney performs an imposing recital of works by Elgar featuring the majestic Organ Sonata in G.

  • Address given at A Service to mark the start of the 2020 legal year

    Thursday, 1st October 2020

    Address given at A Service to Mark the Start of the 2020 Legal Year

  • New Canon Treasurer for Westminster Abbey

    Tuesday, 11th June 2013

    The Reverend Canon David Stanton has been appointed a Canon of Westminster. He will become the Abbey’s Canon Treasurer and Almoner.

    Canon David Stanton

  • The Reverend Robert Latham appointed Minor Canon and Sacrist

    Sunday, 20th June 2021

    The Reverend Robert Latham, curate in the Fromeside Benefice of Churches in the Diocese of Bristol, has been appointed Minor Canon and Sacrist of Westminster Abbey.

  • Canon Hutt awarded Lambeth degree

    Friday, 15th April 2005

    Congratulations to Canon David Hutt on being awarded the degree of Master of Arts by the Archbishop of Canterbury.

    Canon David Hutt

  • Archdeacon of Stow and Lindsey appointed Canon of Westminster

    Thursday, 22nd May 2014

    The Venerable Jane Sinclair, Archdeacon of Stow and Lindsey, has been appointed by the Crown to the Canonry of Westminster vacant through the appointment of Canon Jane Hedges as Dean of Norwich.

    Canon Jane Sinclair

  • Former Sub-Dean Canon Robert Reiss dies aged 80

    Monday, 30th January 2023

    The Reverend Canon Dr Robert Reiss, former Sub-Dean and Canon Treasurer of Westminster Abbey, has died aged 80.

  • Robert Hooke memorialised at Westminster Abbey

    Wednesday, 23rd February 2005

    Robert Hooke, one of the most brilliant and versatile of seventeenth-century English scientists will be memorialised at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 3 March at 6.00pm.

    Robert Hooke Memorial dedication

  • The Reverend Canon David Stanton installed as a Canon of Westminster

    Monday, 7th October 2013

    The Reverend Canon David Stanton was installed as a Canon of Westminster during Evensong at Westminster Abbey on Saturday 5th October 2013.

  • Tricia Hillas appointed Canon of Westminster

    Monday, 26th April 2021

    The Reverend Tricia Hillas, Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons, has been appointed by HM The Queen to serve as a Canon of Westminster.

    Canon of Westminster

  • Thomas Wright

    Thomas Wright and his son Thomas James Wright both held the post of Clerk of the Works at Westminster Abbey.

  • Robert Hooke, Engineer and Scientist, to have Abbey memorial

    Monday, 28th July 2003

    The Dean of Westminster, Dr Wesley Carr, announced tonight that, seventeenth century English scientist and architect, Robert Hooke is to be memorialised in Westminster Abbey on the tercentenary of his death.

    memorial

  • Canon Sagovsky appointed Sub-Dean

    Friday, 1st October 2010

    The Reverend Dr Nicholas Sagovsky, Canon Theologian of Westminster Abbey, has been appointed Sub-Dean.

    ...Reverend Dr John Hall, said today: The position of Sub-Dean, vacant by the resignation of Canon Robert Wright, can be held by any of the Canons and is in the...

    Reverend Dr Nicholas Sagovsky

  • New Canon Steward Appointed

    Wednesday, 25th May 2016

    The Reverend Canon Anthony Ball has been appointed by the Crown to the Canonry of Westminster vacant through the appointment of the Venerable Andrew Tremlett as Dean of Durham.

    Canon Anthony Ball

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