Frederic Henry de Winton MA (1852–1932) was an

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clergyman and the last

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. De Winton was

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from 1891 until 1901. Born on 19 January 1852 into an ecclesiastical family, he was educated at Uppingham School and

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. He was elected to a Leoline

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in 1876. This category of fellow at Jesus College was established by Leoline Jenkins, a former principal of the college, to provide priests to serve in "His Majesty's fleet at sea and foreign plantations", under the direction of the Lord High Admiral and the

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respectively. De Winton was the last of these fellows, since they were abolished in 1877 by the Oxford and Cambridge Universities Commission without prejudice to the rights of existing holders. He held the position until his death, by which time he had become the most senior fellow at the college. He was made deacon at Oxford on 24 September 1876. In 1877 he went to

Ceylon Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

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to the Bishop of Colombo. He held various parochial charges in Ceylon including Diocesan Inspector of Schools followed by incumbencies at St Mark,

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then St John, Kalutara until his appointment as

in 1902. He held this position until 1925.

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, Principal of the college at the time of de Winton's death, said that he had devoted his life to Colombo, where he was a "well-known and well-loved, if rather eccentric, figure". He retired to England and died in Bognor Regis on 25 April 1932.

Notes and references

* * "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900 * * * Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1908, p. 397 * * ''The Rev. F. H. De Winton''

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(London, England), Friday, 29 April 1932; p. 19; issue 46120 {{DEFAULTSORT:de Winton, Frederic Henry Sri Lankan Anglican priests Anglican chaplains People educated at Uppingham School Alumni of University College, Oxford Fellows of Jesus College, Oxford Archdeacons of Colombo 1852 births 1932 deaths Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford People from British Ceylon 19th-century Anglican priests 20th-century Anglican priests