Westminster was highly sought after by the ecclesiastical establishment. The value of the prebend helped to enrich the salaries of some of the poorer bishops, who retained their prebends at Westminster whilst in office. Other distinguishing features of the Westminster chapter were the close links with Westminster School – thirteen headmasters were canons – and eleven members of the peerage or baronetage were members of the chapter at various times. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners reports in 1835 and 1836 (as enacted in the statute 3 & 4 Queen Victoria c. 113) called for a reduction in the number of canons from twelve to six. Two of the remaining prebends were united with the rectories of St Margaret's, Westminster and St John's, Smith Square (which had already been held by a canon of no particular prebend for quite some time). The number of prebends was reduced further from six to five in 1890 on the resignation of Brooke Foss Westcott and from five to four in 1941 on the resignation of Russell Barry (rector of St John's). Canons are listed here by succession, rather than by chronological order of appointment. Canons in the succession of John Doughty 5 July 1660 – 25 December 1672 (d.): John Doughty 11 January 1673 – 14 April 1683 (d.): John North 3 May 1683 – bef. 1691 (res.): Edward Felling 16 July 1691 – bef. 1707 (d.): Stephen Upman 17 October 1707 – 6 August 1711 (d.): Thomas Knipe, Headmaster 27 September 1711 – 7 March 1720 (d.): Jonathan Kimberley (also Dean of Lichfield from 1713) 11 May 1720 – 4 May 1750 (d.): Thomas Manningham (Yr), Speaker's Chaplain 2 November 1750 – bef. 1754 (res.): Philip Yonge (became a canon of St Paul's) 30 April 1754 – 26 November 1806 (d.): Richard Cope (Sir Richard Cope, Bt. after 1779) 1 January 1807 – 7 June 1828 (d.): Lord Henry Fitzroy 2 August 1828 – 12 August 1844 (d.): Henry Bayley, Archdeacon of Stow 26 October 1844 – 1869 (res.): Christopher Wordsworth (Archdeacon 1864–1868; became Bishop of Lincoln) 25 February 1869 – 16 November 1894 (d.): George Prothero (father of Sir George and Lord Ernle) 14 December 1894 – 1902 (res.): Charles Gore (became Bishop of Worcester) 3 March 1902 – 1906 (res.): James Welldon (previously Bishop of Calcutta, Metropolitan of India; became Dean of Manchester) 16 July 1906 – 17 June 1913 (d.): Samuel Barnett