The Very Reverend
William Holden Hutton
Dean of Winchester
In office
1919–1930
Personal details
Born24 May 1860
Lincolnshire, England
Died24 October 1930

William Holden Hutton (24 May 1860 – 24 October 1930) was a British historian and a priest of the Church of England. He was Dean of Winchester from 1919 to 1930.[1]

Biography

William Holden Hutton was born in England on 24 May 1860, in Lincolnshire, where his father was rector of Gate Burton. He studied at Magdalen College, Oxford, where he graduated with a first class degree in Modern History in 1881. He was a fellow at St John's College, Oxford,[2] from 1884 to 1923, and an honorary fellow thereafter; and from 1889 to 1909 was a tutor at the college. Between 1895 and 1897 he also lectured on Church history at Cambridge University. During this period he had a house at Burford and wrote about Burford and the Cotswolds in some of his books.

In March 1901 he was appointed a curator of the Indian Institute at the University of Oxford,[3] and in 1903 he delivered the Bampton lectures.

In 1911, at the prompting of Bishop Carr Glyn of Peterborough, he began serving as Archdeacon of Northampton and a canon residentiary of Peterborough Cathedral.[4] During this period he revisited Oxford as a university reader in Indian history. He found the climate at Peterborough was not good for his health.

From 1919 he accepted the deanery of Winchester Cathedral, with a house suitable for his large library. His continuing ill-health did not prevent him from being a ready host. He was also a generous helper to the young.

He wrote several historical works,[5] chiefly on the Church in Britain, and was a copious reviewer.

He authored the biography of Richard Wellesley (1893) for the Rulers of India series.[6][7]

He died on 24 October 1930.[8]

Publications

Further reading

  • "Hutton, William Holden". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/34081. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  • Frank Baker, 'William Holden Hutton', in F. Baker, I Follow But Myself (1968), p. 8-22
  • 'Obituary The Dean of Winchester', in The Times (25 October 1930), p. 17.

Notes

  1. ↑ "Who was Who"1897–1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
  2. ↑ The Times, Wednesday, 20 December 1893; p. 15; Issue 34139; col A University Intelligence. Oxford, 19 Dec..
  3. ↑ "University Intelligence". The Times. No. 36092. London. 17 March 1900. p. 13.
  4. ↑ The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory London, Kelly's, 1913
  5. ↑ Amongst others he wrote:The Misrule of Henry III; The English Church, 1625–1714; and The Statutes governing the Cathedral Church of Winchester British Library web-site accessed 2 March 2009
  6. ↑ Lane-Poole, S. (October 1894). "The Marquess Wellesley, K. G by W. H. Hutton". The English Historical Review. 9 (36): 811–813. JSTOR 547604.
  7. ↑ H. P. (1895). "Lord Wellesley by W. H. Hutton". Revue Historique. 59 (2): 404–408. JSTOR 40939319.
  8. ↑ wikisource
  9. ↑ "Review of Letters of William Stubbs edited by W. H. Hutton". The Oxford Magazine. The Proprietors. 23: 310. 10 May 1905.
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