Henry de Winton

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Henry de Winton (7 November 1823 – 7 April 1895) was Archdeacon of Brecon from 1875[1] until[2] 1895.

De Winton was born Henry Wilkins in Hay-on-Wye,[3] the fourth son of the Rev. Walter Wilkins, clerk, of Hay Castle. The family later adopted its ancestral surname "de Winton".[4][5] Henry was educated at Shrewsbury School and Trinity College, Cambridge.[6][7]

According to N. L. Jackson, while de Winton was studying at Cambridge in 1846, "two old Shrewsbury boys, Messrs. H. de Winton and J. C. Thring,[8] persuaded some Old Etonians to join them and formed a [football] club. Matches were few and far between, but some were played on Parker's Piece. Unfortunately, the game was not popular at the 'Varsity then, and the club did not last long".[9] On the basis of this passage, de Winton has been credited with playing a part in the development of one of the earliest sets of "Cambridge rules", which were significant in the history of football.[10]

De Winton died on 7 April 1895[11] in Tenby after suffering an attack of influenza.[12]

References

  1. ^ "Obituary". Yorkshire Post. Leeds: 8. 11 April 1895.
  2. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory1895 p333:London, Horace Cox, 1885
  3. ^ "Baptismal record" (1823-11-11). Breconshire Baptisms, p. 66. Welsh Archive Servicces.
  4. ^ Jones, Theophilus (1909). A History of the County of Brecknock. Vol. 2. Brecknock, Wales: Blissett, Davies & Co. pp. 155, 160.
  5. ^ Shrewsbury School register 1798–1898. Oswestry: Shrewsbury School. 1898. p. 78.
  6. ^ Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed & Official Classes (eighth ed.). London: Kelly and Co. 1882. p. 227.
  7. ^ Venn, John (1944). Alumni Cantabrigienses, Part II. Vol. ii. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 290.
  8. ^ Thring attended St John's College between 1843 and 1848: "Thring, John Charles (THRN843JC)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  9. ^ Jackson, N. L. (1900) [1899]. Association Football. London: Newnes. p. 26..
  10. ^ Curry, Graham; Dunning, Eric (24 March 2015). Association Football: A Study in Figurational Sociology. Routledge. p. 66. ISBN 9781317573500. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  11. ^ 'Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries' Leeds Mercury (Leeds, England), Saturday, April 13, 1895; Issue 17791
  12. ^ "Death of Archdeacon de Winton". Montgomeryshire Express and Radnor Times: 8. 16 April 1895.
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