William Howley
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William Howley was a clergyman in the Church of England. He served as Archbishop of Canterbury from 1828 to 1848.
Portrait by William Owen
Marble bust of Howley by Francis Chantrey, 1821. Yale Center for British Art
Queen Victoria receiving the news of her accession to the throne. The archbishop is on the right.
The memorial to Howley in the chancel of the Church of Saint Mary the Blessed Virgin, Addington
Bishop of London
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The bishop of London is the ordinary of the Church of England's Diocese of London in the Province of Canterbury. By custom the Bishop is also Dean of the Chapel Royal since 1723.
A certificate of ordination (with seal) given at Westminster by Richard Terrick, Bishop of London, 24 February 1770. The arms on the seal are blazoned: Per pale: 1. Gules, two swords in saltire points uppermost argent hilts and pommels or (for the office of the Bishop of London), and 2. ___ (the personal arms of Richard Terrick?), surmounted by a bishop's mitre above an escallop.