List of Chief Rabbis of the United Kingdom.
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
| Term
| Incumbent
| Notes
|
| 1704 to 1756 | Aaron Hart , Rabbi of the Great Synagogue | Died in office
|
| 1758 to 1764 | Hart Lyon , Rabbi of the Great Synagogue
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| 1765 to 1766 | David Tevele Schiff , Rabbi of the Great Synagogue | Appointed by the Great Synagogue
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| 1765 to 1780 | Meshullam Solomon | Appointed in opposition by Hambro' and the New Synaogues; return to Hamburg confirmed the primacy of Rabbi Schiff
|
| 1766 to 1791 | David Tevele Schiff , Chief Rabbi | Died in office
|
| 1791 to 1802 | vacancy
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| 1802 to 1842 | Solomon Hirschell , Chief Rabbi | Died in office
|
| 1845 to 1891 | Nathan Marcus Adler, Chief Rabbi
|
| 1879 to 1891 | Hermann Marcus Adler, Delegate Chief Rabbi | Appointed due to failing health of his father
|
| 1891 to 1911 | Hermann Marcus Adler, Chief Rabbi
|
| 1872 to 1946 | Joseph Herman Hertz , Chief Rabbi
|
| 1948 to 1965 | Israel Brodie , Chief Rabbi
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| 1966 to 1981 | Immanuel Jakobovits, Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth
|
| 1981 to 1987 | Sir Immanuel Jakobovits, Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth
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| 1987 to 1991 | Lord Immanuel Jakobovits, Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth | Retired
|
| 1 September 1991 to present | Professor Jonathan Sacks, Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth
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