Alan Don
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The Very Revd Alan Don KCVO |
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| Dean of Westminster | |
| Church | Westminster Abbey |
| In office | 1946-1959 |
| Predecessor | Paul de Labilliere |
| Successor | Eric Abbott |
| Other posts |
Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons (1936–1946) Chaplain and Secretary to the Archbishop of Canterbury (1931–1941) Provost of St Paul's Cathedral, Dundee (1921–1931) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1917 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 January 1885 Dundee, UK |
| Died | 3 May 1966 (aged 81) |
| Nationality | British (Scottish) |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Spouse | Muriel Gwenda McConnel |
| Alma mater | Magdalen College, Oxford |
Alan Campbell Don KCVO (3 January 1885 – 3 May 1966) was a trustee of the National Portrait Gallery, editor of the Scottish Book of Common Prayer,chaplain and secretary to Cosmo Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury, from 1931 to 1941, Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons from 1936 to 1946 and Dean of Westminster from 1946 to 1959.
Born into a manufacturing Dundee family, the son of Robert Bogle Don and Lucy Flora Campbell, he was educated at Rugby and Magdalen College, Oxford. Deciding the family business was not for him, studied for ordination at Cuddesdon College before becoming a curate in Redcar followed by an incumbency in Yorkshire.
There then followed a 10-year period as provost of the cathedral in his native city. From 1931 until 1941 he was secretary to Cosmo Gordon Lang and became a chaplain to King George V. Already the speaker’s chaplain in 1941 he became a canon of Westminster Abbey as rector of St. Margaret's, Westminster, commonly called "the parish church of the House of Commons".
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