Nicholas Guy Coulton (born 14 June 1940) was Provost of Newcastle from 1990[1] to August 2001 and then, when the office title changed, its Dean until 2003.
Coulton was born on 14 June 1940,[2] educated at Blundell's School, and qualified as a solicitor in 1962. He was ordained after a period of study at Ripon College Cuddesdon in 1967.[3] He was curate of Pershore Abbey until 1971 when he became domestic chaplain to the Bishop of St Albans.[2] In 1975 he became Vicar of St Paul’s Bedford,[4] a post he held until his appointment at Newcastle.
From 2003 to 2008 he was a residentiary canon at Christ Church, Oxford.