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Lewis Dibdin

Sir Lewis Tonna Dibdin KC (19 July 1852 – 12 June 1938) was an ecclesiastical lawyer and Dean of the Arches.

He was born the third son of the Rev. Robert W. Dibdin, of St. Giles's, London and went to St John's College, Cambridge.[1]

He trained for the law in Lincoln's Inn, was made KC (King's Counsel) in 1901 and gradually acquired a large Chancery practice. He established a reputation as an ecclesiastical lawyer and took part in some leading ecclesiastical cases. In 1903 he was knighted and appointed Dean of the Arches. He sat the Royal Commission on Divorce between 1909 and 1912 and held the post of Vicar-General of the Province of Canterbury from 1925 to 1934, when he retired.[1]

He died in 1938 and was buried St. John's Church, Dormansland, Surrey. He had married Marianne Aubrey, daughter of the late Rev. H.S. Pinder. They had three sons and two daughters.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Paget Family". Retrieved 4 December 2011.
Legal offices
Preceded by Dean of the Arches
1903–1934
Succeeded by
Church of England titles
Preceded by First Church Estates Commissioner
1905–1931
Succeeded by