John Bramston

Who was John Bramston?

John Bramston was Dean of Winchester.

He was the younger son of Thomas Gardiner Bramston, who owned Skreens estate in Roxwell, Essex and was a member of Parliament for Essex, and the younger brother of Thomas William Bramston, who inherited Skreens and was an MP for South Essex. He was also a descendant of his namesakes Sir John Bramston, the elder and the latter's son Sir John Bramston, the younger.

He went to Oriel College, Oxford and graduated with a B.A. in 1823. He became vicar of Great Baddow, Essex in 1831 and vicar of Witham in 1840. He became Dean of Winchester in October 1872 and resigned the post in 1883.

He married Clarissa Sandford Trant in 1832; she died in 1844. He remarried Anna Hanbury in 1846. His daughter Anna founded Winchester High School, now known as St Swithun's School.