John Cawston

John Cawston, DD (1824- 3 March 1900) was a Church of England priest and Royal Navy chaplain. He was Chaplain of the Fleet, serving from 1876 to 1882.

Cawston was educated at St David's College, Lampeter. He was ordained deacon in 1847 andpriest in 1848. After curacies at St Paul, Newport, Wales and St. Michael and All Angels, Great Torrington he began his long association with the Royal Navy in 1853. He served in Crimea, Turkey, Mexico, the Baltic and the West Indies before his time as head of the service; and as an Honorary Chaplain to the Queen afterwards.

He died at his home in Blackheath Park on 3 March 1910. His son, also John Cawston, was Comptroller of the Royal Mint from 1917 to 1921.