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The Archbishops from Augustine to Williams

Painted portraits of the Archbishops of Canterbury are displayed on the walls of Lambeth Palace.

These can be viewed digitally at the BBC 'Your Paintings' website or at the Archbishop of Canterbury Portraits gallery on this website.

 2002 Rowan Douglas Williams
2002 Rowan Douglas Williams
1991 George Leonard Carey 1991 George Leonard Carey
1980 Robert Alexander Kennedy Runcie
1980 Robert Alexander Kennedy Runcie
1974 Donald Coggan
1974 Donald Coggan
1961 Arthur Michael Ramsey
1961 Arthur Michael Ramsey
1945 Geoffrey Francis Fisher 1945 Geoffrey Francis Fisher
1942 William Temple 1942 William Temple
1928 William Cosmo Gordon Lang
1928 William Cosmo Gordon Lang  
1903 Randall Thomas Davidson
1903 Randall Thomas Davidson  
1896 Frederick Temple
1896 Frederick Temple  
1883 Edward White Benson
1883 Edward White Benson  
1868 Archibald Campbell Tait
1868 Archibald Campbell Tait  
1862 Charles Thomas Longley
1862 Charles Thomas Longley  
1848 John Bird Sumner
1848 John Bird Sumner  
1828 William Howley
1828 William Howley  
1805 Charles Manners-Sutton
1805 Charles Manners-Sutton  
1783 John Moore
1783 John Moore  
1768 Frederick Cornwallis
1768 Frederick Cornwallis  
1758 Thomas Secker 1758 Thomas Secker  
1757 Matthew Hutton 1757 Matthew Hutton  
1747 Thomas Herring
1747 Thomas Herring  
1737 John Potter
1737 John Potter  
1716 William Wake
1716 William Wake  
1695 Thomas Tenison
1695 Thomas Tenison  
1691 John Tillotson
1691 John Tillotson  
1678 William Sancroft
1678 William Sancroft  
1663 Gilbert Sheldon 1663 Gilbert Sheldon  
1660 William Juxon
1660 William Juxon  
1633 William Laud
1633 William Laud  
1611 George Abbot
1611 George Abbot  
1604 Richard Bancroft
1604 Richard Bancroft  
1583 John Whitgift 1583 John Whitgift  
1576 Edmund Grindal 1576 Edmund Grindal  
1559 Matthew Parker 1559 Matthew Parker  
1556 Reginald Pole 1556 Reginald Pole  
1533 Thomas Cranmer 1533 Thomas Cranmer  
1503 William Warham 1503 William Warham  
  1501 Henry Deane  
  1486 John Morton  
  1454 Thomas Bourchier  
  1452 John Kempe  
  1443 John Stafford  
1414 Henry Chichele 1414 Henry Chichele  
1399 Thomas Arundel (restored)
1399 Thomas Arundel (restored)  
 

1398 Roger Walden

1396 Thomas Arundel

1381 William Courtenay

1375 Simon Sudbury

1368 William Whittlesey

1366 Simon Langham

1349 Thomas Bradwardine

1349 Simon Islip

1333 John de Stratford

1328 Simon Meopham

1313 Walter Reynolds

1294 Robert Winchelsey

1279 John Peckham

1273 Robert Kilwardby

1245 Boniface of Savoy

1234 Edmund of Abingdon

1229 Richard le Grant

1207 Stephen Langton

1193 Hubert Walter

1184 Baldwin

1174 Richard (of Dover)

1162 Thomas a Becket

1139 Theobald

1123 William de Corbeil

1114 Ralph d'Escures

1093 Anselm

1070 Lanfranc

1052 Stigand

1051 Robert of Jumieges

1038 Eadsige

1020 Ethelnoth

1013 Lyfing

1005 Alphege

995 Aelfric

990 Sigeric

c.988 Ethelgar

960 Dunstan

959 Aelfsige

959 Brithelm

942 Oda

923 Wulfhelm

914 Athelm

890 Plegmund

870 Ethelred

833 Ceolnoth

832 Feologeld

805 Wulfred

793 Ethelhard

765 Jaenbert

761 Bregowine

740 Cuthbert

735 Nothelm

731 Tatwine

693 Berhtwald

668 Theodore

655 Deusdedit

627 Honorius

624 Justus

619 Mellitus

604 Laurentius

597 Augustine