PAPERS OF SIR LEWIS TONNA DIBDIN

This material is held atLambeth Palace Library

  • Reference
    • GB 109 MS 1586-1589
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1711-1933
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 4 volumes

Scope and Content

Papers of Sir Lewis Tonna Dibdin, Kt. (1852-1938).

Administrative / Biographical History

Dibdin held the offices of Chancellor of the Diocese of Rochester (1886-1903), of Exeter (1888-1903), and of Durham (1891-1903); counsel to the Attorney-General in charity matters (1895-1903); Dean of the Arches, Auditor of the Chancery Court of York, Master of the Faculties (1903-34); Vicar-General of the Province of Canterbury (1925-34); First Church Estates Commissioner (1905-31). He was also a member of the Royal Commission on Church Discipline, 1904-6, and on Divorce, 1909-12.

Access Information

Open

Acquisition Information

The papers were given to the Library by L. G. Dibdin, 1958. For more information see LR/L/11 ff. 207-210.

Bibliography

Sunderland, E.S.S. "Dibdin and the English Establishment: the public life of Sir Lewis Dibdin, Dean of the Arches 1903-34" 1995.