Oswin Gibbs-Smith

The Very Reverend Oswin Gibbs-Smith
The Very Reverend; The Very Reverend Oswin Gibbs-Smith; CBE
	Dean of Westminster
Church	Church of England
Diocese	Royal Peculiar
In office	1961 to 1969
Predecessor	Norman Sykes
Successor	Michael Stancliffe
Other posts	Rector of Christ Church, Marylebone (1941–1948); Archdeacon of London (1947–1961)
Orders
Ordination	1924 (deacon) ; 1925 (priest)
Personal details
Birth name	Oswin Harvard Gibbs-Smith
Born	15 November 1901
Died	26 September 1969 (aged 67)
Nationality	British
Denomination	Anglicanism
Spouse	Nora (m. 1949)
Children	Two
Education	Westminster School
Alma mater	King's College, Cambridge; Clare College, Cambridge; Cuddesdon College;

Oswin Harvard Gibbs-Smith, CBE (15 November 1901 – 26 September 1969) was Dean of Winchester in the third quarter of the 20th century.[1]

Early life and education

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]

Ordained ministry

Gibbs-Smith was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1924 and as a priest in 1925.[3] He then spent a short spell as an Assistant Master at Harrow School.[3] 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.[3] He served as Dean of Winchester from 1961 to 1969.[3]

Personal life

In 1949, Gibbs-Smith married Nora Gregg. Together they had two children: one son and one daughter.[3]

Honours

In 1953, Gibbs-Smith was made a Freeman of the City of London.[3] In the 1961 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the Bath (CBE).

References

“Who was Who”1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
Henderson, RJ (1981). A History of King's College Choir School Cambridge. ISBN 978-0950752808.
'GIBBS-SMITH, Very Rev. Oswin Harvard', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 accessed 11 May 2017
Church web-site
CHRIST CHURCH, SAINT MARYLEBONE: COSWAY STREET, WESTMINSTER, lma.gov.uk, accessed 21 November 2020
National Archives material

External links

Portraits of Oswin Harvard Gibbs-Smith at the National Portrait Gallery, London

Church of England titles
Preceded by Ernest Sharpe	Archdeacon of London 1947–1961	Succeeded by George Appleton
Preceded by Norman Sykes	Dean of Winchester 1961–1969	Succeeded by Michael Stancliffe

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[1] “Who was Who”1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X

[2] Henderson, RJ (1981). A History of King's College Choir School Cambridge. ISBN 978-0950752808.

[WWW-3] 'GIBBS-SMITH, Very Rev. Oswin Harvard', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 accessed 11 May 2017

[4] Church web-site

[5] CHRIST CHURCH, SAINT MARYLEBONE: COSWAY STREET, WESTMINSTER, lma.gov.uk, accessed 21 November 2020

[6] National Archives material

Archdeacons of London and of Charing Cross
High Medieval	Edward Reinger William de Beaumis Hugh de Mareni Nicholas Peter de Waltham Alard de Burnham Peter of Blois Walter Gilbert de Plesseto William of Sainte-Mère-Eglise Geoffrey de Lucy William de Rising Peter de Newport John Chishull William Passemer Geoffrey de Mortuo Mari Richard Swinefield Robert de Ros Richard de Gravesend
Late Medieval	John de Bedford John de Sancto Claro Peter de Dene Bego de Cavomonte Reginald de Sancto Albano Hélie de Talleyrand-Périgord Richard de Aston Pontius de Podio Barzaco Itherius de Concoreto Edmund Howard John of Thoresby Richard Kilvington Peter Cardinal du Cros James de Beaufort John Barnet Fortanerius Vassalli, Patriarch of Grado Adam de Hertington Thomas Baketon Thomas Stowe Reginald Kentwood John Snell Richard Moresby William Fallan Richard Martyn John de Gigliis John Forster Pedro de Ayala William Horsey John Young, suffragan bishop Geoffrey Wharton William Clyff Thomas Bedyll Richard Gwent
Early modern	Edward Moylle John Wymmesley John Harpsfield John Mullins Theophilus Aylmer Thomas Paske John Dolben Thomas Lamplugh Edward Stillingfleet Thomas Tenison William Stanley Robert Tyrwhit Edward Cobden John Jortin Anthony Hamilton Richard Beadon William Bingham Joseph Pott William Hale
Late modern	Piers Claughton Edwin Gifford William Sinclair Ernest Holmes Ernest Sharpe Oswin Gibbs-Smith George Appleton Martin Sullivan Sam Woodhouse Frank Harvey George Cassidy Peter Delaney David Meara Nick Mercer Luke Miller
Charing Cross	John Klyberg Bill Jacob Rosemary Lain-Priestley, Archdeacon for the Two Cities Adam Atkinson (designate?)

Deans of Winchester
Early modern	William Kingsmill Roger Tonge Sir John Mason Edmund Steward John Warner Francis Newton John Watson Lawrence Humphrey Martin Heton George Abbot Thomas Morton John Young Alexander Hyde William Clarke Richard Meggot John Wickart William Trimnel Charles Naylor Zachary Pearce Thomas Cheyney Jonathan Shipley Newton Ogle
Late modern	Robert Holmes Thomas Rennell Thomas Garnier John Bramston George Kitchin William Stephens William Furneaux William Holden Hutton Gordon Selwyn Oswin Gibbs-Smith Michael Stancliffe Trevor Beeson Michael Till James Atwell Roland Riem (Acting) Catherine Ogle