George Pretyman Tomline
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The Right Reverend Sir George Pretyman Tomline Bt FRS |
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| Bishop of Winchester | |
Pretyman Tomline robed as Garter Prelate.
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| Diocese | Diocese of Winchester |
| In office | 1820–1827 |
| Predecessor | Brownlow North |
| Successor | Charles Sumner |
| Other posts | Private secretary to the Prime Minister (1783–1787) Dean of St Paul's (1787–1820) Bishop of Lincoln (1787–1820) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1774 (deacon); 1776 (priest) |
| Consecration | c. 1787 |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
9 October 1750 Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, Great Britain |
| Died | 14 November 1827 (aged 77) Wimborne, Dorset, United Kingdom |
| Buried | Winchester Cathedral |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Residence | Kingston Hall, near Wimborne (at death) |
| Parents | George Pretyman & Susan |
| Spouse | Elizabeth Maltby (m. 1784; d. 1826) |
| Children | 3 sons |
| Profession | theologian |
| Alma mater | Pembroke College, Cambridge |
Sir George Pretyman Tomline, 5th Baronet FRS (born George Pretyman; 9 October 1750 – 14 November 1827) was an English clergyman, theologian, Bishop of Lincoln and then Bishop of Winchester, and confidant of William Pitt the Younger. He was an opponent of Catholic emancipation.
He was born George Pretyman in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk to a family claiming to have been influential in the region as far back as the fourteenth century. His father, also George Pretyman (1722–1810) was a landowner and wool merchant. His mother, George's wife, was Susan née Hubbard (1720/1721 - 1807).
Pretyman attended Bury St Edmunds Grammar School and then Pembroke College, Cambridge, graduating in 1772 as senior wrangler and Smith's prizewinner. He was elected a fellow of Pembroke in 1773. He was ordained deacon in 1774 and priest in 1776: by Philip Yonge, Bishop of Norwich at his Palace's chapel on 14 August 1774 and by John Hinchliffe, Bishop of Peterborough at Trinity College, Cambridge on 16 June 1776.
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