Henry de Winton explained

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]

Notes and References

1. Obituary . 8 . 1895-04-11 . Yorkshire Post . Leeds.
2. [Crockford's Clerical Directory]
3. Baptismal record . 1823-11-11 . 66 . Breconshire Baptisms . Welsh Archive Services. https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=GBPRS%2FWAL%2F4433480%2F00034&parentid=GBPRS%2FB%2F916267004%2F1.
4. Book: Jones, Theophilus . A History of the County of Brecknock . 155, 160 . 2 . Brecknock, Wales . Blissett, Davies & Co. . 1909.
5. Book: Shrewsbury School register 1798–1898 . 78 . 1898 . Oswestry . Shrewsbury School.
6. Book: 227 . Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed & Official Classes. 1882 . Kelly and Co. . London . eighth .
7. Book: Venn, John . John Venn

   . Alumni Cantabrigienses, Part II . ii . John Venn . Cambridge University Press . Cambridge. 1944 . 290.

8. Thring attended St John's College between 1843 and 1848:
9. Book: Jackson, N. L. . Association Football . 26 . 1900 . 1899 . London . Newnes . .
10. Book: Curry. Graham. Dunning. Eric. Association Football: A Study in Figurational Sociology. 9 January 2018. 2015-03-24. Routledge. 9781317573500. 66.
11. 'Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries' Leeds Mercury (Leeds, England), Saturday, April 13, 1895; Issue 17791
12. 8 . 1895-04-16 . Death of Archdeacon de Winton . Montgomeryshire Express and Radnor Times.