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{{Short description|English Anglican bishop 1696–1781)}}
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{{Infobox Christian leader
| name = John Thomas
| title = [[Bishop of Winchester]]
| image = John Thomas, Bishop of Winchester.jpg
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| diocese = [[Diocese of Winchester]]
| elected =
| term = 1761–1781 (d.)
| enthroned =
| quashed =
| term_end =
| predecessor = [[Benjamin Hoadly]]
| opposed =
| successor = [[Brownlow North]]
| other_post = {{unbulleted list
| [[Bishop of Peterborough]] {{nowrap|(1747–1757)}}
| [[Bishop of Salisbury]] and [[Chancellor of the Order of the Garter]] {{nowrap|(1757–1761)}}
}}
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| ordination =
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| consecration = 4 October 1747
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1696|8|17|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Westminster]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1781|5|1|1696|8|17|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Winchester House, Chelsea]], [[Middlesex]], [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]]
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| nationality = [[English people|English]]
| religion = [[Anglicanism|Anglican]]
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| alma_mater = [[Keble College, Oxford]]
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'''John Thomas''' (17 August 1696{{snd}}1 May 1781) was an English Anglican bishop. He became [[Bishop of Peterborough]] in 1747, and was made preceptor to the future George, Prince of Wales (later [[George III of the United Kingdom|George III]]
==Early life, education and early career==
▲[[File:John Thomas, Bishop of Winchester.jpg|thumb|John Thomas, 1761 portrait by [[Nathaniel Dance-Holland]].]]
He was the son of Stremer Thomas, a colonel in the [[Guards Division#Past units|Guards Regiment]], born on 17 August 1696 at [[Westminster]], and educated at [[Charterhouse
==Rise and first See==
In 1742 Thomas succeeded to a canonry of St
==Later career==
In 1752 Thomas was selected to succeed [[Thomas Hayter]] as preceptor to the young Prince of Wales, later George III, [[James Waldegrave, 2nd Earl Waldegrave]] being governor; these appointments were directed against the influence of
==Death and legacy==
[[File:John Thomas bishop of Winchester Houston.jpg|thumb|John Thomas, 1771 engraving by [[Richard Houston]] after [[Benjamin Wilson (painter)|Benjamin Wilson]].]]
▲He became [[Bishop of Peterborough]] in 1747, and was made preceptor to the future [[George III of the United Kingdom|George III]], then [[Prince of Wales]], in 1752. In 1757 be became [[Bishop of Salisbury]], and in 1761 [[Bishop of Winchester]].<ref name = DNB/>
▲He was the son of Stremer Thomas, a colonel in the [[Guards Division#Past units|Guards Regiment]], born on 17 August 1696 at [[Westminster]], and educated at Charterhouse school. He matriculated from Christ Church, Oxford, on 28 March 1713, and took the degrees of B.A. 1716, M.A. 1719, B.D. 1727, and D.D. 1731. In 1720 he was elected fellow of All Souls' College, and, having been disappointed of a living promised to him by a friend of his father, took a curacy in London. Here his preaching attracted attention; in 1731 he was given a prebend in [[St Paul's Cathedral]], and was presented by the dean and chapter in 1733 to the rectory of [[St. Bene't and St. Peter, Paul's Wharf]], which he retained till 1757.<ref name = DNB/>
▲In 1742 Thomas succeeded to a canonry of St. Paul's, and held it till 1748. In 1742 he had been made one of George II's chaplains, and preached the [[Boyle lectures]], which he did not publish; and, having secured the favour of the king when Prince of Wales, he was given the bishopric of Peterborough, and consecrated at [[Lambeth Palace]] on 4 October 1747.<ref name = DNB/>
▲In 1752 Thomas was selected to succeed [[Thomas Hayter]] as preceptor to the young Prince of Wales, later George III, [[James Waldegrave, 2nd Earl Waldegrave]] being governor; these appointments were directed against the influence of the [[Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha|Princess Dowager]]. In 1757 he followed [[John Gilbert (archbishop of York)|John Gilbert]] as bishop of Salisbury(and ''ex officio'' [[Chancellor of the Order of the Garter]]) and also as [[clerk of the closet]], and in 1761 was translated to Winchester in succession to [[Benjamin Hoadly]].<ref name = DNB/>
Thomas died at [[Winchester Palace]], on 1 May 1781, and was buried in Winchester Cathedral. There are portraits of the bishop at the palaces of Salisbury and Lambeth, and a fine mezzotint engraving (three-quarter length in robes of the Garter) by R. Sayer from a picture by Benjamin Wilson, published on 24 January 1771.<ref name = DNB/>
John Thomas published about ten works, mainly sermons.<ref name = DNB/>
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Thomas married Susan, daughter of Thomas Mulso of [[Twywell]], [[Northamptonshire]]; her brother Thomas married the bishop's sister, and their daughter, Mrs. [[Hester Chapone]], spent much of her time after her husband's death with her uncle and aunt at [[Farnham Castle]]. Mrs. Thomas died on 19 November 1778, leaving three daughters:<ref name = DNB/>
* Susanna Thomas, married [[Newton Ogle]], Dean of Winchester;
* Anne Thomas, married [[William Buller (bishop)|William Buller]], Bishop of Exeter;
* Hester Thomas, married Rear Admiral [[Sir Chaloner Ogle, 1st Baronet]].
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[[Category:Chancellors of the Order of the Garter]]
[[Category:18th-century Church of England bishops]]
[[Category:18th-century Anglican theologians]]
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