Dean of Winchester

The Dean of Winchester is the head of the Chapter of Winchester Cathedral in the city of Winchester, England in the Diocese of Winchester.^[1] The first incumbent was the last Prior William Kingsmill^[2] and the post is currently held by the Very Revd James Edgar Atwell,MA.^[3]

Deans

1541–1549 William Kingsmill or Basing
1549 Roger Tonge
1549–1554 Sir John Mason
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
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
1748–1760 Thomas Cheyney
1760–1769 Jonathan Shipley
1769–1804 Newton Ogle
1804–1805 Robert Holmes
1805–1840 Thomas Rennell
1840–1872 Thomas Garnier
1872–1883 John Bramston
1883–1894 George William Kitchin
1894–1902 William Richard Wood Stephens
1903–1919 William Mordaunt Furneaux
1919–1930 William Holden Hutton
1930–1959 Edward Gordon Selwyn
1961–1969 Oswin Harvard Gibbs-Smith
1969–1986 Michael Staffurth Stancliffe
1987–1996 Trevor Randall Beeson
1996–2005 Michael Stanley Till
2006–present James Edgar Atwell

Notes

^ Diocesan web site
^ British History on-line
^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 2008/2009 (100th edition), Church House Publishing (ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0)

Deans of Winchester

16th century	William Kingsmill • Roger Tonge • John Mason • Edmund Stewarde • John Warner • Francis Newton • John Watson • Laurence Humphrey • Martin Heton • George Abbott

17th century	Thomas Morton • John Young • Alexander Hyde • William Clark • Richard Meggott • John Wickart

18th century	William Trimnell • Charles Naylor • Zachary Pearce • Thomas Cheyney • Jonathan Shipley • Newton Ogle

19th century	Robert Holmes • Thomas Rennell • Thomas Garnier • John Bramston • George William Kitchin • William Richard Wood Stephens

20th century	William Mordaunt Furneaux • William Holden Hutton • Edward Gordon Selwyn • Oswin Harvard Gibbs-Smith • Michael Staffurth Stancliffe • Trevor Randall Beeson • Michael Stanley Till

21st century	James Edgar Atwell

Office holders in the Diocese of Winchester

The Bishop of Winchester • The Bishop of Southampton • The Bishop of Basingstoke • The Dean of Winchester • The Dean of Guernsey • The Dean of Jersey The Archdeacon of The Channel Islands The Archdeacon of Winchester The Archdeacon of Bournemouth