William Woodcock Hough

The Rt Rev William Woodcock Hough [ [http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/person.asp?LinkID=mp60381 NPG details] ] was the second Bishop of Woolwich ["Bishopric Of Woolwich The Vicar Of Lewisham Appointed (Official Appointments and Notices)" The Times Thursday, Nov 03, 1932; pg. 12; Issue 46281; col D] . Born into a medical family [His father was the eminent surgeon "James Hough",FRCS,JP -“Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 071363457X ] on 19 December 1859 and educated at The Perse School and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge [The Times, Friday, Nov 11, 1887; pg. 7; Issue 32227; col F "University Intelligence. Oxford, Nov. 10 (Award of MA to Hough)" ] , he began his working life as a school master at "Wimborne Grammar School". In 1885 he was ordained by the Bishop of Salisbury ["Ordinations- Salisbury. (Official Appointments and Notices)" The Times Tuesday, Dec 22, 1885; pg. 10; Issue 31636; col A] and was appointed to be the Curate at Hampreston. 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. After his death on 8 March 1934 [The Times, Tuesday, Mar 13, 1934; pg. 17; Issue 46701; col D "Deaths- The Rt Rev WW Hough"] a chapel was erected to his memory at Carshalton [The Times, Wednesday, Dec 05, 1934; pg. 12; Issue 46929; col C "Hough Memorial Chapel Dedication By Bishop Of Southwark"] .

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