The Dean of Winchester is the head of the Chapter of

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in the city of Winchester,

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, in the

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List of deans

Early modern

*1541–1549 William Kingsmill *1549 Roger Tonge *1549–1554 John Mason ''(layman)'' *1554–1559 Edmund Steward *1559–1565 John Warner *1565–1572 Francis Newton *1573–1580 John Watson *1580–1589 Lawrence Humphrey *1589–1600 Martin Heton *1600–1609 George Abbot *1609–1616 Thomas Morton *1616–1654

John Young John Young may refer to: Academics * John Young (professor of Greek) (died 1820), Scottish professor of Greek at the University of Glasgow * John C. Young (college president) (1803–1857), American educator, pastor, and president of Centre Col ...

*1660–1665 Alexander Hyde *1666–1679 William Clarke *1679–1692 Richard Meggot *1692–1722 John Wickart *1722–1729 William Trimnel *1729–1739 Charles Naylor *1739–1748

Zachary Pearce Zachary Pearce, sometimes known as Zachariah (8 September 1690 – 29 June 1774), was an English Bishop of Bangor and Bishop of Rochester. He was a controversialist and a notable early critical writer defending John Milton, attacking Richard ...

*1748–1760

Thomas Cheyney Sir Thomas Cheney (or Cheyne) KG (c. 1485 – 16 December 1558) of the Blackfriars, City of London and Shurland, Isle of Sheppey, Kent, was an English administrator and diplomat, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports in south-east England from 1 ...

*1760–1769 Jonathan Shipley *1769–1804 Newton Ogle

Late modern

*1804–1805 Robert Holmes *1805–1840 Thomas Rennell *1840–1872 Thomas Garnier *1872–1883 John Bramston *1883–1894

George Kitchin George William Kitchin (7 December 1827 – 13 October 1912) was the first Chancellor of the University of Durham, from the institution of the role in 1908 until his death in 1912. He was also the last Dean of Durham to govern the university. ...

*1894–1902 William Stephens *1903–1919 William Furneaux *1919–1930 Holden Hutton *1931–1958

Gordon Selwyn Edward Gordon Selwyn (6 July 1885 – 11 June 1959) was an English Anglican priest and theologian, who served as Warden of Radley College from 1913 to 1919; Rector of Red Hill, near Havant. He was Dean of Winchester from 1931 to 1958. He wrote s ...

*1958–1961 Norman Sykes *1961–1969 Oswin Gibbs-Smith *1969–1986 Michael Stancliffe *1987–1996 Trevor Beeson *1996–2005 Michael Till *2006–2016 James Atwell *2017–present Catherine Ogle

References

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