Benjamin Lewers

Benjamin Hugh Lewers was an Anglican priest in the second half of the 20th century.

Lewers was born on 25 March 1932,^[1] educated at Sherborne School and Selwyn College, Cambridge and ordained in 1962.^[2] After a curacy at St Mary, Northampton he was Priest in charge of the Church of the Good Shepherd, Hounslow. From 1968 to 1975 he was an iIndustrial chaplain at Heathrow Airport. After a further incumbency at Newark he was appointed the fifth Provost of Derby Cathedral in 1981.^[3] He resigned in 1997 and lived in Marshwood, Dorset, where for many years he assisted at the local church, St Mary the Virgin.

Lewers died on 25 March 2015.

References

↑ Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 Lambeth, Church House, 1975 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
↑ The Times, Friday, Jul 17, 1981; pg. 16; Issue 60982; col B New Provost of Derby

Church of England titles
Preceded by Ronald Alfred Beddoes	Provost of Derby 1981 – 1997	Succeeded by Michael Francis Perham

Provosts and Deans of Derby

Provosts	Herbert Ham Philip Micklem Ronald O'Ferrall Ronald Beddoes Benjamin Lewers Michael Perham (became Dean)

Deans	Michael Perham Martin Kitchen Jeff Cuttell John Davies

Diocese of Derby

Derby Cathedral The Bishop's House, Belper Derby Church House, Derby

Office holders	Alastair Redfern, Bishop of Derby Jan McFarlane, Bishop suffragan designate of Repton AEO: Jonathan Goodall, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet John Davies, Dean of Derby Christopher Cunliffe, Archdeacon of Derby Christine Wilson, Archdeacon of Chesterfield

Historic offices	Provost of Derby (1931–2000; see Dean of Derby)

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