Eric Abbott

Eric Abbott
Religion Church of England
Personal
Born 26 May 1906
Nottingham
Died 6 June 1983
Haslemere
Senior posting
Title Dean of Westminster
Period in office 1959-1974
Predecessor Alan Don
Successor Edward Carpenter

Eric Symes Abbott KCVO (26 May 1906 6 June 1983) was an English Anglican priest and Dean of Westminster.

Abbott was born in Nottingham in 1906 to William Henry Abbott and Mary Symes, both schoolteachers. He was educated at Nottingham High School and later studied classics and theology at Jesus College, Cambridge. After graduating he held a number of different posts, such as chaplain (1932–1936) and dean (1945–1955) of King's College London, and warden of Keble College, Oxford (1956–1960). He was also a chaplain to King George VI (1948–1952) and Queen Elizabeth II (1952–1959). In 1959, he was made Dean of Westminster, a position he held until 1974. As such he presided over the 900th anniversary of the founding of the abbey in 1965-1966. In 1966 he was knighted as a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO).

Abbott never married. He died at Haslemere in 1983. In his memory the Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Fund provides for annual lectures on spirituality, held alternately in Oxford and London.

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