Dean of Winchester is in Dean, Winchester Cathedral [Map].
In 1549 John Mason [aged 46] was elected Dean of Winchester which position he held until 1554.
In 1679 Richard Meggot was appointed Dean of Winchester.
John Evelyn's Diary. 7th March 1684. Dr. Meggot, Deane of Winchester, preached an incomparable sermon, (the King [aged 53] being now gone to Newmarket,) on 12 Heb. 15. shewing and pathetically pressing the care we ought to have least we come short of the grace of God. Afterwards I went to visite Dr. Tenison [aged 47] at Kensington, whither he was retired to refresh after he had ben sick of the smallpox.
John Evelyn's Diary. 8th July 1686. Dr. Meggot, Dean of Winchester preached before the household in St. George's Chapel [Map] at Windsor, the late King's glorious chapel now seized on by the mass priests. Dr. Cartwright [aged 52], Dean of Ripon, preached before the great men of the Court in the same place.
John Evelyn's Diary. 3rd March 1687. Dr. Meggott, Dean of Winchester, preached before the Princess of Denmark [aged 22], on Matt. xiv. 23. In the afternoon, I went out of town to meet my Lord Clarendon, returning from Ireland.
On 31st October 1769 Reverend Newton Ogle [aged 43] was appointed Dean of Winchester which office he held until his death 1804.
In 1840 Thomas Garnier [aged 64] was appointed Dean of Winchester.