Benjamin Lewers

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Benjamin Hugh Lewers (25 March 1932 – 25 March 2015) was an Anglican priest in the second half of the 20th century.

Lewers was born on 25 March 1932,^[1] educated at Sherborne School and Selwyn College, Cambridge, and ordained in 1962.^[2] After a curacy at St Mary, Northampton he was Priest in charge of the Church of the Good Shepherd, Hounslow. From 1968 to 1975 he was an industrial chaplain at Heathrow Airport. After a further incumbency at Newark he was appointed the fifth Provost of Derby Cathedral in 1981.^[3] He resigned in 1997 and lived in Marshwood, Dorset, where for many years he assisted at the local church, St Mary the Virgin.

Lewers died on 25 March 2015.^[4]

References

^ Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 Lambeth, Church House, 1975 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
^ The Times, Friday, Jul 17, 1981; pg. 16; Issue 60982; col B New Provost of Derby
^ "The Very Revd Benjamin Hugh Lewers". The Church Times. Retrieved 14 January 2021.

Church of England titles
Preceded by Ronald Alfred Beddoes	Provost of Derby 1981 – 1997	Succeeded by Michael Francis Perham

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[1] Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8

[2] Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 Lambeth, Church House, 1975 ISBN 0-19-200008-X

[3] The Times, Friday, Jul 17, 1981; pg. 16; Issue 60982; col B New Provost of Derby

[4] "The Very Revd Benjamin Hugh Lewers". The Church Times. Retrieved 14 January 2021.

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v t e Provosts and Deans of Derby
Provosts	Herbert Ham Philip Micklem Ronald O'Ferrall Ronald Beddoes Benjamin Lewers Michael Perham (became Dean)
Deans	Michael Perham Martin Kitchen Jeff Cuttell John Davies Sue Jones (acting) Stephen Hance Peter Robinson

v t e Diocese of Derby
Derby Cathedral Bishop's House, Duffield Derby Church House, Derby
Office holders	Libby Lane, Bishop of Derby Malcolm Macnaughton, Bishop suffragan of Repton AEO: Paul Thomas, Bishop suffragan of Oswestry & Rob Munro, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet Peter Robinson, Dean of Derby Matthew Trick, Archdeacon of Derby City and South Derbyshire Karen Hamblin, Archdeacon of East Derbyshire Nicky Fenton, Archdeacon of Derbyshire Peak and Dales
Historic offices	Archdeacon of Derby (1927–2002; previously in the Dioceses of Lichfield and of Southwell) Archdeacon of Chesterfield (1927–2002; previously in Southwell diocese) Provost of Derby (1931–2000; see Dean of Derby)