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The Rt Rev William Woodcock Hough [
pronunciation? ] (19 December 1859 – 8 March 1934) was an Anglican Bishop, the second
Bishop of Woolwich from 1918 to 1932.
[1]
William Woodcock Hough was born into a medical family, son of the eminent surgeon James Hough,
FRCS ,
JP .
[2] He was educated at
The Perse School and
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge ,
[3]
[4] and began his working life as a
school master at Wimborne Grammar School.
In 1885 he was
ordained by the
Bishop of Salisbury
[5] and was appointed to be the
Curate at
Hampreston .
[6] He was then in charge of the
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge Mission,
Old Kent Road for 13 years; Clerical Secretary of the South London Church Fund;
Vicar of Lewisham; and
Archdeacon of Kingston-upon-Thames before his elevation to the
episcopate . He was also
Archdeacon of Lewisham from 1919 to 1932
After his death on 8 March 1934,
[7] a chapel was erected to his memory at
Carshalton .
[8]
Notes
^ Bishopric of Woolwich The Vicar of Lewisham Appointed (Official Appointments and Notices)
The Times Thursday, 3 November 1932; pg. 12; Issue 46281; col D
^
"Who was Who" 1897–1990 London:
A & C Black , 1991
ISBN
0-7136-3457-X
^
"Hough, William Woodcock (HH879WW)" . A Cambridge Alumni Database . University of Cambridge.
^
The Times , Friday, 11 November 1887; pg. 7; Issue 32227; col F University Intelligence. Oxford, 10 Nov. (Award of MA to Hough)
^ Ordinations- Salisbury. (Official Appointments and Notices)
The Times Tuesday, 22 December 1885; pg. 10; Issue 31636; col A
^
Malden Richard (ed) (1920). Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn) . London: The Field Press. p. 1680.
^
The Times , Tuesday, 13 March 1934; pg. 17; Issue 46701; col D Deaths- The Rt Rev WW Hough
^
The Times , Wednesday, 5 December 1934; pg. 12; Issue 46929; col C Hough Memorial Chapel Dedication By Bishop of Southwark
External links
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Southwark Kingston Reigate Lewisham Wandsworth Lambeth