DOLBEN

dolben, john (1625-1686), english divine, was the son of william dolben (d. 1631), prebendary of lincoln and bishop-designate of gloucester. he was educated at westminster under richard busby and at christ church, oxford. he fought on the royalist side at marston moor, 1644. subsequently he took orders and maintained in private the proscribed anglican service. at the restoration he became canon of christ church (1660) and prebendary of st paul's, london (1661). as dean of westminster (1662-1683) he opposed an attempt to bring the abbey under diocesan rule. in 1666 he was made bishop of rochester, and in 1683 archbishop of york; he distinguished himself by reforming the discipline of the cathedrals in these dioceses. his son john dolben (1662-1710) was a barrister and politician; he was m.p. for liskeard from 1707 to 1710 and manager of sacheverell's impeachment in 1709.