Lancelot Rupert Shilton AM (30 December 192112 March 1998)[1] was an Australian Anglican cleric. He became the 8th Dean of Sydney on 30 November 1973, remaining in office until 1988.[2]
Shilton was born in late 1921 in Elsternwick, Victoria,[1] a suburb of Melbourne. He was educated at the University of Melbourne and ordained in 1950.[3] His first post was as a curate in Hawthorn. Then he was the incumbent at Carlton from 1951 to 1954. After this he was at the University of London for two years completing a Bachelor of Divinity degree. From 1957 to 1973, he was the rector of Holy Trinity, Adelaide.[4]
In 1985, he was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM).[5] He died on 12 March 1998.[6]