| Repository | Lambeth Palace Library |
| Level | Subfonds |
| Alt Ref No | MS 1586-1589 |
| Extent | 4 volumes |
| Title | PAPERS OF SIR LEWIS TONNA DIBDIN |
| Description | Papers of Sir Lewis Tonna Dibdin, Kt. (1852-1938). |
| AdminHistory | 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. |
| Acquisition | The papers were given to the Library by L. G. Dibdin, 1958. For more information see LR/L/11 ff. 207-210. |
| PublnNote | Sunderland, E.S.S. "Dibdin and the English Establishment: the public life of Sir Lewis Dibdin, Dean of the Arches 1903-34" 1995. |
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| Code | Name | Dates |
| DS/UK/4019 | Dibdin; Sir; Lewis Tonna (1852-1938); ecclesiastical lawyer, judge, administrator and historian | 1852-1938 |