Henry de Winton

Henry de Winton (1823-1895 ) was Archdeacon of Brecon from 1875 until[1] 1895.

De Winton was educated at Shrewsbury School and Trinity College, Cambridge. While a Cambridge undergraduate, in 1848, he with John Charles Thring developed a set of football rules, later called the Cambridge Rules.[2][3] He died on 7 April 1895.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1895 p333:London, Horace Cox, 1885
  2. ↑ Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900, John Venn/John Archibald Venn Cambridge University Press > (10 volumes 1922 to 1953) Part II. 1752–1900 Vol. ii Chalmers – Fytche (1944) p290
  3. ↑ Curry, Graham; Dunning, Eric (2015-03-24). Association Football: A Study in Figurational Sociology. Routledge. p. 66. ISBN 9781317573500. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  4. ↑ 'Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries' Leeds Mercury (Leeds, England), Saturday, April 13, 1895; Issue 17791



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