John Thomas (bishop of Winchester)

John Thomas (17 August 1696 – 1 May 1781) was an English bishop.

For the 18th-century Bishop of Lincoln and Salisbury, see John Thomas (bishop of Salisbury). For the 18th-century Bishop of Rochester, see John Thomas (bishop of Rochester). For other people named John Thomas, see John Thomas (disambiguation).

John Thomas
Bishop of Winchester
1761 portrait by Nathaniel Dance-Holland
DioceseDiocese of Winchester
In office1761–1781 (d.)
PredecessorBenjamin Hoadly
SuccessorBrownlow North
Other post(s)
Orders
Consecration4 October 1747
Personal details
Born(1696-08-17)17 August 1696
Died1 May 1781(1781-05-01) (aged 84)
Winchester House, Chelsea, Middlesex, Great Britain
NationalityEnglish
DenominationAnglican
Alma materKeble College, Oxford

He was educated at Charterhouse School and Christ Church, Oxford, where he graduated M.A. in 1719 and became Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford in 1720.

He became Bishop of Peterborough in 1747, and was made preceptor to the future George III, then Prince of Wales, in 1752. In 1757 he became Bishop of Salisbury, and in 1761 Bishop of Winchester.

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