Nicholas Guy Coulton (born 14 June 1940) was Provost of Newcastle from 1990[1] to August 2001 and then,[2] when the office title changed, its Dean until 2003.
Coulton was born on 14 June 1940,[3] 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.
[4] He was curate of Pershore Abbey until 1971 when he became domestic chaplain to the Bishop of St Albans.
[3] In 1975 he became Vicar of St Paul’s Bedford,[5] a post he held until his appointment at Newcastle.