Eric Symes Abbott KCVO (26 May 1906 – 6 June 1983) was an English Anglican priest and academic administrator.

[2] From 1928 to 1930, Abbott trained for ordination at Westcott House, Cambridge, a liberal Anglo-Catholic theological college.

[1] He taught Anglicanism and pastoral theology to the students, and helped prepare them as parish priests.

[3] Following the end of the Second World War in 1945, he was invited back to King's College London to serve as its dean.

[5] In addition to his college work, privately he provided spiritual guidance via correspondence, writing a great number of letters and even holiday postcards.

[1] The ten years he spent as dean took a great toll on his health, exacerbating a pre-existing heart condition.

[1] After the death of Princess Margaret it was reported that she regarded Eric Abbott as "a father figure.

In the 1966 New Year Honours, he was appointed a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO), although clergymen do not use the title "sir".