Rector of St Margaret's from 1724) 23 May 1730 – 2 April 1739 (res.): Robert Thistlethwaite 18 May 1739 – 1743 (res.): Matthew Hutton (became Bishop of Bangor) 1 December 1743 – 15 April 1784 (d.): Thomas Wilson 7 May 1784 – 1800 (res.): William Cleaver (held in commendam as Bishop of Chester from 1787; became Bishop of Bangor) 21 April 1801 – 1802 (res.): William Vincent, Headmaster (became Dean) 21 August 1802 – 1815 (res.): John Ireland (Sub-Dean from 1806; became Dean) 26 February 1816 – 3 September 1847 (d.): James Webber (also Dean of Ripon from 1828) No successor appointed per the Victorian statutes. Canons in the succession of James Lamb 23 July 1660 – 18 October 1664 (d.): James Lamb (also Rector of St Andrew, Holborn from 1662) 3 November 1664 – 1673 (d.): Richard Perrinchief (also a canon of St Paul's from 1664; also Archdeacon of Huntingdon from 1670) 22 September 1673 – 1674 (d.): Richard Colebrand 16 September 1674 – 30 June 1694 (d.): Adam Littleton 15 September 1694 – 31 January 1722 (d.): Thomas Dent 15 February 1722 – bef. 1729 (res.): John Wynne (in commendam; also Bishop of St Asaph until 1727; also Bishop of Bath and Wells from 1727) 25 November 1729 – 2 May 1753 (d.): Scawen Kenrick, Speaker's Chaplain (Rector of St Margaret's from 1730; Archdeacon 1734–?; Sub-Dean from 1743) 27 April 1754 – 1768 (res.): John Thomas (became Dean) 20 July 1768 – 5 February 1784 (d.): William Stockwood 13 February 1784 – 1787 (res.): George Pretyman (became Bishop of Lincoln) 29 March 1787 – 23 March 1808 (d.): Samuel Smith (also Headmaster until 1788) 30 April 1808 – 1822 (res.): Frederick Blomberg (became a canon of St Paul's) 1 February 1822 – 7 February 1836 (d.): George Holcombe From Jennings onwards, the canons in Lamb's stall were ex officio rectors of St John's, Smith Square. 19 January 1837 – 26 March 1883 (d.): John Jennings (Archdeacon 1868–1883) 19 May 1883 – 2 March 1894 (moved): Charles Furse (father of Charles; afterwards a canon in Mitchel succession) 31 March 1894 – 13 May 1916 (d.): Basil Wilberforce (Speaker's Chaplain from 1896; Archdeacon from 1900) 11 July 1916 – 19 August 1918 (res.): Henry Gamble (became Dean of Exeter) 1918 – 20 January 1926 (res.): Henry de Candole (Treasurer from 1924; became Dean of Bristol) 4 March 1926 – 21