Samantha Jayne Rushton (born 1965) is a British Anglican priest[1] and Archdeacon of York.

[1] She studied Pure and Applied Biology at St Hilda's College, Oxford, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1987.

[1][2] She then worked in banking, and her final job before leaving for theological college was with Lloyds TSB.

[1] Then, from 2008 to 2015, she combined a diocesan appointment with parish ministry: she was Adviser for Licensed Ministry in the Diocese of Bristol, and a curate in the parish of St Paul, Chippenham with Hardenhuish and Langley Burrell, and at St Michael's Church, Kington St Michael.

[1] In March 2015, it was announced that Rushton would be the next Archdeacon of Cleveland in the Diocese of York.