Alan Don

Alan Campbell Don KCVO (3 January 1885 – 3 May 1966) was a trustee of the National Portrait Gallery, editor of the Scottish Episcopal Church's 1929 Scottish Prayer Book, 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.

The Very Reverend

Alan Don

KCVO
Dean of Westminster
ChurchChurch of England
DioceseRoyal Peculiar
In office1946–1959
PredecessorPaul de Labilliere
SuccessorEric Abbott
Other post(s)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
Ordination1917
Personal details
Born3 January 1885
Dundee, UK
Died3 May 1966(1966-05-03) (aged 81)
NationalityBritish (Scottish)
DenominationAnglican
SpouseMuriel Gwenda McConnel
Alma materMagdalen College, Oxford
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