George William Outram Addleshaw (1 December 1906–14 June 1982) was Dean of Chester in the third quarter of the 20th century.[1] He was born on 1 December 1906 and educated at Bromsgrove and Trinity College, Oxford.[2] Ordained in 1931, he was initially a Curate at Highfield Parish Church, Southampton. Following this he became Vice Principal of St Chad's College, Durham, then a Canon Residentiary at York Minster before his elevation to the Deanery of Chester.[3] A man with extensive knowledge of church architecture,[4] he died on 14 June 1982.[5] In the 1950s, Addleshaw was living at 10 Precentor's Court, adjacent to York Minster.[6]