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King's Chapel Leaders
1686 - Present

Ministers

1686-1689: Robert Ratcliffe
1689-1728: Samuel Myles
1729-1746: Roger Price
1747-1776: Henry Caner
1776-1782: American Revolution and Interregnum
1782-1836: James Freeman
1836-1843: F.W.P. Greenwood
1845-1856: Ephraim Peabody
1861-1889: H.W. Foote
1895-1921: Howard Brown
1921-1926: Harold Speight
1926-1933: John Carroll Perkins
1933-1955: Palfrey Perkins
1955-1965: Joseph Barth
1967-1999: Carl Scovel
1999-2001: Matthew McNaught (Interim)
2001-2009: Earl K. Holt, III
2009-2013: Dianne E. Arakawa (Interim)
2013-Present: Joy Fallon
Assistant Ministers

1686-1687: Josiah Clarke
1693-1696: George Hatton
1699-1706: Christopher Bridge
1709-1729: Henry Harris
1731-1736: Thomas Harward
1737-1740: Addington Davenport
1741-1744: Stephen Roe
1747-1755: Charles Brockwell
1755-1775: John Troutbeck
1809-1815: Samuel Cary
1824-1836: F.W.P. Greenwood
1912-1920: Sydney B. Snow
1924-1925: Laurence Hayward
1951-1953: George R. Plagenz
1976 (2 months): Craig McClellan
1980-1998: Charles C. Forman (Affiliate)
1980-1982: Yvonne Schaudt
1998-2001: Daniel C. Kanter
2001-2002: Patricia Brennan (Interim)
2003-2005: Patricia Brennan
2005-2007: Rali M. Weaver
2007-2010: Joanne Giannino
2010-2012: Kristin Grassel Schmidt
2014-2017: Shawn M. Fiedler
​2017 - 2019: Amelia Nugent

Minister for Education and Membership

2019 - present: David Waters
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Trustees of the Indenture of 1907

“Francis Greenwood Peabody Chair”
1907-1934: Francis G. Peabody
1934-1968: Alexander Wheeler
1968-1994: William Osgood
1994-2005: Gordon Holmes
2006-Present: Eugene Howard Clapp, III

“Arthur T. Lyman Chair”
1907-1915: Arthur T. Lyman
1916-1934: Robert Homans
1934-1972: Francis Calley Gray
1972-2009: Thaxter P. Spencer
2010-Present: William W. Park

“Francis C. Lowell Chair”
1907-1911: Francis C. Lowell
1911-1938: John Amory Lowell Blake
1939-1941: Herbert Lyman
1942-1966: Francis P. Sears
1966-1983: Ronald Theodore Lyman, Jr.
1984-Present: Samuel Perry

Senior Wardens 1686 - 2020

1686-1689: Benjamin Bullivant
1689-1690: Francis Foxcroft
1690-1691: Benjamin Mountfort
1691-1692: Savill Simpson
1692-1693: Nicholas Tippet
1693-1694: William Hobby
1694-1696: Thaddeus Maccarty
1696-1698: Giles Dyer
1698-1699: George Turfrey
1699-1700: John Indicott

1700-1701: William Hobby
1701-1702: East Apthorp
1702-1704: Edward Lyde
1704-1705: Thomas Newton
1705-1706: Nicholas Roberts
1706-1707: John Nelson
1707-1708: Savill Simpson
1708-1709: William Tailer
1709-1710: Thomas Newton
1710-1711: Arthur Langharne
1711-1712: Anthony Blount
1712-1713: Cyprian Southack
1713-1714: Sir Charles Hobby
1714-1715: John Jekyll
1715-1717: John Oulton
1717-1719: Giles Dyer
1719-1721: Henry Francklyn
1721-1723: John Cutler
1723-1724: Francis Brinley
1724-1725: James Stirling
1725-1726: John Barnes
1726-1727: John Gibbins
1727-1728: Thomas Selby
1728-1729: John Eastwicke
1729-1730: William Randle
1730-1731: William Speakman
1731-1732: Job Lewis
1732-1733: Charles Apthorp
1733-1734: George Steuart
1734-1735: George Shore
1735-1736: Thomas Greene
1736-1737: John Read
1737-1738: Thomas Child
1744-1745: Charles Apthorp
1738-1739: William Coffin
1739-1740: Silvester Gardiner
1740-1741: James Gordon
1741-1742: William Shirley
1742-1743: Samuel Wentworth
1743-1744: Eliakim Hutchinson
1745-1746: George Cradock
1746-1753: James Gordon
1753-1754: John Box
1754-1756: James Forbes
1756-1760: Silvester Gardiner
1760-1762: Nathaniel Wheelwright
1762-1763: Charles Paxton
1763-1775: Silvester Gardiner
1775-1782: American Revolution and Interregnum
1782-1795: Thomas Bulfinch
1795-1798: Charles Miller
1798-1827: Ebenezer Oliver

1827-1840: Francis Johonnot Oliver
1840-1845: Samuel Eliot
1845-1853: George Emerson
1853-1855: Chas Mills
1855-1863: William Thomas
1863-1866: George Emerson
1866-1867: William Thomas
1867-1870: Samuel Russell
1870-1877: George Richardson
1877-1915: Arthur Lyman

1915-1922: J. Randolph Coolidge, Jr.
1922-1927: Henry Wheeler
1927-1933: Romney Spring
1933-1942: Herbert Lyman
1942-1946: Roger Merriman
1946-1948: Robert Bradford
1948-1951: Julian Coolidge
1951-1974: Robert Bradford
1974-1984: Jean Mayer
1984-1989: Mason Fernald
1989-1993: Peter Coccoluto
1993-2002: Judy Green

2002-2004: William Park
2004-2007: Denton Crews
2007-2010: Sylvia Soderberg
2010-2014: Dean K. Denniston, Jr.
2014-2017: C. Clifford Allen III
2017-2020: Miguel Gomez-Ibanez
2020-present: Katherine German

Junior Wardens 1686 - 2020

1686-1689: Richard Banks
1689-1690: Samuel Ravenscroft
1690-1691: Giles Dyer
1691-1692: Harry Clark
1692-1693: Edward Gouge
1693-1694: George Turfrey
1694-1696: Francis Foxcroft
1696-1697: Benjamin Mountfort
1697-1698: Savill Simpson
1698-1699: John Indicott
1699-1700: William Hobby

1700-1701: East Apthorp
1701-1702: Edward Lyde
1702-1704: Samuel Checkley
1704-1705: Nicholas Roberts
1705-1706: John Nelson
1706-1707: Savill Simpson
1707-1708: William Tailer
1708-1709: Thomas Newton
1709-1710: Arthur Langharne
1710-1711: Anthony Blount
1711-1712: Cyprian Southack
1712-1713: William Melross
1713-1715: John Jekyll
1715-1717: John Valentine
1717-1719: Edward Mills
1719-1721: George Cradock
1721-1722: Henry Francklyn
1722-1723: James Smith
1723-1724: James Stirling
1724-1725: John Barnes
1725-1726: John Gibbins
1726-1727: Thomas Selby
1727-1728: Thomas Phillips
1728-1729: William Randle
1729-1730: William Speakman
1730-1731: Job Lewis
1731-1732: Charles Apthorp
1732-1733: George Steuart
1733-1734: George Shore
1734-1735: Thomas Greene
1735-1736: John Read
1736-1737: Thomas Child
1737-1738: William Coffin
1738-1739: Silvester Gardiner
1739-1740: James Gordon
1740-1741: William Shirley
1741-1742: Samuel Wentworth
1742-1743: Eliakim Hutchinson
1743-1744: Charles Apthorp
1744-1745: George Cradock
1745-1746: William Shirley, Jr.
1746-1753: John Box
1753-1754: James Forbes
1754-1755: John Box
1755-1756: Thomas Hawding
1756-1758: Henry Llod
1758-1760: Nathaniel Wheelwright
1760-1762: Charles Paxton
1762-1763: Silvester Gardiner
1763-1769: Charles Paxon
1769-1775: Gilbert Dublois
1775-1782: American Revolution and Interregnum
1782-1783: James Ivers
1783-1793: Shrimpton Hutchinson
1793-1796: Joseph May
1796-1798: Ebenezer Oliver
1798-1827: Joseph May

1827-1840: William Minot
1840-1842: John Lowell
1842-1844: George Emerson
1844-1846: John Gardiner
1846-1853: Chas Mills
1853-1854: George Gardiner
1854-1856: Chas Mills
1856-1863: Gardner Brewer
1863-1866: Thomas Bulfinch
1866-1867: Samuel Russell
1867-1877: Edward Pickering
1877-1882: Thomas Hall
1882-1907: Charles Curtis

1907-1909: A. Lawrence Lowell
1909-1915: J. Randolph Coolidge, Jr.
1915-1917: Robert Peabody
1917-1920: W.W. Vaughan
1920-1923: H.W. Foote, Jr.
1923-1927: Romney Spring
1927-1929: Henry Scott
1929-1939: Greely Curtis
1939-1946: John Gardner Coolidge II
1946-1951: Stanley Estes
1951-1953: T. Temple Pond
1953-1975: Thaxter Spencer
1975-1982: Nicholas Danforth
1982-1984: Mason Fernald
1984-1987: Harriet Parker
1987-1989: Peter Coccoluto
1989-1991: James McNeely
1991-1993: Katherine German
1993-1994: Gordon Holmes
1994-2002: Miguel Gomez-Ibanez

​2002-2004: Elizabeth Thomson
2004-2006: Charles Perry
2006-2007: Lee Glenn
2007-2010: Todd Lee
2010-2015: William Sears
2016-2017: Miguel Gomez-Ibanez
2017-2020: Levina Wong
2020-present: Lee Glenn
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  • Memorial to Enslaved Persons
    • Memorial To Enslaved Persons
    • Memorial Project in the News
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    • Our History >
      • A Brief History
      • Research and Records
      • The Stone Chapel: Art & Architecture >
        • The Wooden Chapel
        • Georgian Architecture
        • Box Pews
        • Interior Colors
        • Memorials
        • The Chancel Windows
        • The Last Supper Painting
      • Crypt and Burying Ground >
        • Crypt >
          • Crypt Highlights: Crypt Entrance
          • Crypt Highlights: Tomb Structure
          • Crypt Highlights: The Stranger's Tomb
          • Crypt Highlights: Research and Family Connections
          • Crypt Highlights: Remaining Memorials
          • Crypt Highlights: Hand-Hewn Beams
        • Burying Ground
      • Religious History >
        • 334 Years of Ministry
      • Slavery and King's Chapel
    • History Program Blog
  • Music
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