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==List of archdeacons==
==List of archdeacons==

* Richard Mason
*?1906–?1926: Avison Terry Scott (first archdeacon, died 1926)
*?1906–1926: Avison Terry Scott (first archdeacon)
*1927–1939: Leonard Saville
*1939–?: William James Gray <ref> {{cite new|newspaper=Kent and Sussex Courier|date=22 December 1939}} </ref>
*1953–1976: Edward Ernest Maples Earle <ref> {{cite web|url = http://www.stjamestw.co.uk/thehistoryofstjames.htm|title= The History of St James|accessdate = 26 October 2013}} </ref>
*1953–1976: Edward Ernest Maples Earle <ref> {{cite web|url = http://www.stjamestw.co.uk/thehistoryofstjames.htm|title= The History of St James|accessdate = 26 October 2013}} </ref>
*1977–1995: Richard Mason <ref> Oxford Index </ref>
*1996–2002: Judith Rose (retd) <ref> {{cite web| url = http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kentonline/newsarchive.aspx?articleid=3737|title= Archdeacon to retire|publisher= Kent Online|accessdate =26 October 2013}} </ref>
*1996–2002: Judith Rose (retd) <ref> {{cite web| url = http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kentonline/newsarchive.aspx?articleid=3737|title= Archdeacon to retire|publisher= Kent Online|accessdate =26 October 2013}} </ref>
*2002–present: Clive Mansell <ref name = ACM/>
*2002–present: Clive Mansell <ref name = ACM/>

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The Archdeacon of Tonbridge is a senior ecclesiastical officer in charge of the Tonbridge archdeaconry in the Church of England Diocese of Rochester. The archdeaconry was created – as the Archdeaconry of Tonbridge – by Order in Council on 4 April 1906.[1]

The archdeaconry covers 6 deaneries, namely Malling, Paddock Wood, Sevenoaks, Shoreham, Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells.[2]

List of archdeacons

  • ?1906–1926: Avison Terry Scott (first archdeacon)
  • 1927–1939: Leonard Saville
  • 1939–?: William James Gray [3]
  • 1953–1976: Edward Ernest Maples Earle [4]
  • 1977–1995: Richard Mason [5]
  • 1996–2002: Judith Rose (retd) [6]
  • 2002–present: Clive Mansell [2]

References

  1. ^ "No. 27903". The London Gazette. 10 April 1906.
  2. ^ a b "Archdeacon Clive Mansell". Retrieved 26 October 2013.
  3. ^ Kent and Sussex Courier. 22 December 1939. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ^ "The History of St James". Retrieved 26 October 2013.
  5. ^ Oxford Index
  6. ^ "Archdeacon to retire". Kent Online. Retrieved 26 October 2013.