Archdeacon of Tonbridge

The Archdeacon of Tonbridge is a senior ecclesiastical officer in charge of the Archdeaconry of Tonbridge in the Church of England Diocese of Rochester. The archdeaconry was created from Rochester archdeaconry 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

• 1906–18 June 1925 (d.): Avison Scott, Vicar of St James's Tunbridge Wells (first archdeacon)^[3]
• 1925–1940 (ret.): Leonard Savill (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[4]
• 1940–1953 (ret.): William Gray,^{[5][better source needed]} Vicar of St Nicholas, Rochester (until 1942) then Vicar of Kippington (until 1952; afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[6]
• 1953–1976 (ret.): Maples Earle,^[7] Rector of Wrotham (until 1959) then Vicar of Shipbourne (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[8]
• 1977–1995 (ret.): Richard Mason,^[9] Vicar of Edenbridge (until 1983) then Minister of St Luke's Sevenoaks (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[10]
• 1996–2002 (ret.): Judith Rose^[11][12]
• 2002 – 31 July 2017:^[13] Clive Mansell^[2][14]
• 24 September 2017^[15] – 19 July 2021: Julie Conalty^[16] (became Bishop of Birkenhead)^[17]
• 16 January 2022^[18] – October 2024 (res.): Sharon Copestake^[19]
• 23 February 2025 – present: Nick Cornell^[20]