| Type: | Priest |
| Honorific-Prefix: | The Very Reverend |
| Oswin Gibbs-Smith | |
| Honorific-Suffix: | CBE |
| Dean of Winchester | |
| Church: | Church of England |
| Diocese: | Winchester |
| Term: | 1961 to 1969 |
| Predecessor: | Norman Sykes |
| Successor: | Michael Stancliffe |
| Other Post: | Rector of Christ Church, Marylebone (1941–1948) Archdeacon of London (1947–1961) |
| Ordination: | 1924 (deacon) 1925 (priest) |
| Birth Name: | Oswin Harvard Gibbs-Smith |
| Birth Date: | 15 November 1901 |
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| Nationality: | British |
| Religion: | Anglicanism |
| Children: | Two |
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| Education: | Westminster School |
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Oswin Harvard Gibbs-Smith, CBE (15 November 1901 - 26 September 1969) was Dean of Winchester in the third quarter of the 20th century.[1]
Gibbs-Smith was born on 15 November 1901. He was educated at King's College School, Cambridge,[2] and then Westminster School, a public school within the precincts of Westminster Abbey, London. He studied at King's College, Cambridge and at Clare College, Cambridge. He trained for Holy Orders at Cuddesdon College, an Anglo-Catholic theological college.[3]
Gibbs-Smith was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1924 and as a priest in 1925. He then spent a short spell as an Assistant Master at Harrow School. He began his ecclesiastical career with a curacy at St Margaret's Church, Ilkley. Following this he was Vicar of John Keble Church, Mill Hill,[4] and Rector of Christ Church, Marylebone, from 1941 to 1948.[5] [6] He was the Archdeacon of London and a Canon Residentiary of St Paul's Cathedral between 1947 and 1961. He served as Dean of Winchester from 1961 to 1969.
In 1949, Gibbs-Smith married Nora Gregg. Together they had two children: one son and one daughter.
In 1953, Gibbs-Smith was made a Freeman of the City of London. In the 1961 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the Bath (CBE).