List of Chief Rabbis of the United Hebrew Congregations

The following list of Chief Rabbis of the United Kingdom gives information regarding the Chief Rabbi of the mainstream majority Orthodox Ashkenazi community of the United Kingdom, and various other Orthodox communities located within the Commonwealth of Nations. The Chief Rabbi's full title is the "Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth".

List

Term	Incumbent		Notes
1704 — 1756	Aaron Hart	100px	Rabbi of the Great Synagogue, died in office
1758 — 1764	Hart Lyon	100px	Rabbi of the Great Synagogue, resigned
1765 — 1766	David Tevele Schiff	100px	Rabbi appointed by the Great Synagogue
1765 — 1780	Meshullam Solomon		Appointed in opposition by Hambro and the New Synagogues; return to Hamburg confirmed the primacy of David Tevele Schiff
1780 — 1791	David Tevele Schiff	100px	Chief Rabbi, died in office
1791 — 1802			Post vacant
1802 — 1842	Solomon Hirschell	100px	Chief Rabbi, died in office
1845 — 1890	Nathan Marcus Adler	100px	Chief Rabbi
1891 — 1911	Hermann Adler	100px	Appointed delegate Chief Rabbi in 1879 due to failing health of his father
1913 — 1946	Joseph Herman Hertz		Chief Rabbi, died in office
1948 — 1965	Israel Brodie		Chief Rabbi, retired
1966 — 1991	Immanuel Jakobovits	100px	Chief Rabbi, retired
1991 — 2013	Jonathan Sacks		Chief Rabbi, retired
2013-	Ephraim Mirvis	100px	Chief Rabbi

See also

• Chief Rabbi
• British Jews
• History of the Jews in England
• History of the Jews in Scotland
• History of the Jews in Wales
• History of the Jews in Northern Ireland