of Cornwall, 1517 1534–1558: Thomas Thirlby, Bishop of Westminster, 1540–1550 Elizabeth I (1558) 1558–1583: George Carew, Dean of Bristol 1583–1603: No appointment James I (1603) 1603–1618: James Montague, Dean of Lichfield 1618–1626: Lancelot Andrewes, Bishop of Ely until 1619, then Bishop of Winchester Charles I (1625) 1626: William Laud, Bishop of St David's until 1626, then Bishop of Bath and Wells until 1628, then Bishop of London until 1633, then Archbishop of Canterbury 1643–?1651: Richard Steward (Provost of Eton and Dean of St Paul's (but not installed), 1642–1651)) Commonwealth (1649) Charles II (1660) 7 June 1660: Gilbert Sheldon, Bishop of London 2 October 1663: George Morley, Bishop of Winchester 7 February 1668: Herbert Croft, Bishop of Hereford 5 April 1669: Walter Blandford, Bishop of Oxford until 1671, then Bishop of Worcester 15 July 1675: Henry Compton, Bishop of London James II (1685) 28 December 1685: Nathaniel Crew, Bishop of Durham William III (1689) 20 September 1689: Henry Compton, Bishop of London (again) Anne (1702) 17 July 1713: John Robinson, Bishop of Bristol until 1714, then Bishop of London George I (1714) 15 March 1718: William Talbot, Bishop of Salisbury George II (1727) 17 November 1721 – 1748: Edmund Gibson, Bishop of Lincoln until 1723, then Bishop of London For deans after 1748 see Bishop of London Elizabeth II (1952) 29 November 1995: Richard Chartres, Bishop of London Following his 2017 retirement as Bishop of London, Richard Chartres remained as Dean while Sarah Mullally became accustomed to her various duties and responsibilities as Bishop of London; as such he assisted at the Baptism of Prince Louis on 9 July 2018 and the traditional Epiphany service at the Chapel Royal on 6 January 2019. Chartres retired as Dean of the Chapel Royal in July 2019. 12 July 2019: Sarah Mullally, Bishop of London Sources Scotland In Scotland, the title first appears in the fifteenth century, when it may have referred to a prebend in the church of St Mary on the Rock, St Andrews. In 1501 James IV founded a new Chapel Royal in Stirling Castle, but from 1504 onwards the deanery was held by successive Bishops of Galloway with the title of Bishop of the Chapel Royal and authority over all the royal palaces within Scotland. The deanery was annexed to the bishopric of Dunblane in 1621, and the Chapel Royal was removed to Holyrood. The office of Dean was suppressed