List of Chief Rabbis of the United Hebrew Congregations


The following list of Chief Rabbis of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth 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

ImageNameTermTitleNotesReason for termination
1Aaron Hart17041756Rabbi of the Great SynagogueDied in office
2Hart Lyon17581764Rabbi of the Great SynagogueResigned
3Tevele Schiff17651766Chief RabbiRabbi appointed by
the Great Synagogue
4Meshullam Solomon17651780Chief RabbiAppointed in opposition
by Hambro and the
New Synagogues;
return to Hamburg
confirmed the primacy
of David Tevele Schiff
5Tevele Schiff17801791Chief RabbiDied in office
17911802Post vacantPost vacantPost vacant
6Solomon Hirschell18021842Chief RabbiDied in office
7Nathan Marcus Adler18451890Chief Rabbi
8Hermann Adler18911911Chief RabbiAppointed
delegate Chief Rabbi
in 1879 due to failing
health of his father
9Joseph Hertz19131946Chief RabbiDied in office
10Israel Brodie19481965Chief RabbiRetired
11Immanuel Jakobovits19661991Chief Rabbiknighted 1981
life peer 1988
Retired
12Jonathan Sacks19912013Chief Rabbiknighted 2005
life peer 2009
Retired
13Ephraim Mirvis2013presentChief RabbiCurrently serving