John Newey (4 December 1664 – 13 September 1735)[1] was an English churchman, Dean of Chichester[2] from 1727 to 1735.
Newey was educated at Kinver and at Pembroke College, Oxford (BA: 1686; MA: 1689); DD, 1729.
[5] Newey died on 13 September 1735, at age 70 and is buried at Itchen Abbas church where he is commemorated in two memorials.
[7] He resigned from this position on grounds of ill health and moved to London becoming Professor of Music at Gresham College (9 October 1696 – 1 December 1705)[5] and being elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society (30 November 1696).
[1] He resumed church duties becoming Rector and then Prebendary of Itchen Abbas (25 April 1707 – 13 September 1735) shortly before his marriage; Rector: Avington (9 April 1722 – 31 August 1726); Dean of Chichester (21 June 1728 – 13 September 1735).