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The Rt Rev William Woodcock Hough (19 December 1859 – 8 March 1934) was an Anglican Bishop, the second Bishop of Woolwich from 1918 to 1932.

William Woodcock Hough was born into a medical family, son of the eminent surgeon James Hough, FRCS, JP. He was educated at The Perse School and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and began his working life as a school master at Wimborne Grammar School.

In 1885 he was ordained by the Bishop of Salisbury 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. He was also Archdeacon of Lewisham from 1919 to 1932

After his death on 8 March 1934, a chapel was erected to his memory at Carshalton.

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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

Church of England titles
Preceded byJohn Cox Leeke	Bishop of Woolwich 1918–1932	Succeeded byArthur Llewellyn Preston

v t e Bishops of Woolwich
John Leeke William Hough Arthur Preston Leslie Lang Robert Stannard John Robinson David Sheppard Michael Marshall Peter Hall (became first area bishop)
Area bishops	Peter Hall Colin Buchanan Christopher Chessun Michael Ipgrave Karowei Dorgu Alastair Cutting

v t e Archdeacons in the Diocese of Southwark
Southwark	Samuel Cheetham John Richardson Samuel Taylor* Percy Herbert* Frederick Hawkes* William Gilpin* Havilland Sands Reginald Bazire Michael Whinney Wilfred Wood Douglas Bartles-Smith Michael Ipgrave Dianna Gwilliams (Acting) Jane Steen Jonathan Sedgwick
Kingston	Charles Burney George Daniell William Hough Robert Joynt George Marten Nicol Anderson Percy Robb Bernard Jacob (became Archdeacon of Reigate)
Reigate	Bernard Jacob (previously Archdeacon of Kingston-on-Thames) Peter Coombs Martin Baddeley Danny Kajumba Jonathan Clark** (Acting) Moira Astin
Lewisham	Charles Escreet William Hough* Arthur Preston* Leslie Lang* Robert Stannard* Laurie Brown William Hayman Ivor Davies Clifford Lacey Gordon Kuhrt David Atkinson Christine Hardman (later of Lewisham & Greenwich) Alastair Cutting, Archdeacon of Lewisham & Greenwich Chigor Chike, Archdeacon of Lewisham & Greenwich
Wandsworth	Reginald Bazire Peter Coombs David Gerrard Stephen Roberts John Kiddle
Lambeth	Charles Pinder Dick Bird Nick Baines Chris Skilton Simon Gates David Stephenson (Acting)
Bishop suffragan of Kingston area Bishop of Croydon *Bishop suffragan of Woolwich See also: Archdeacon of Croydon.*

v t e Archdeacons in the Diocese of Southwark
Southwark	Samuel Cheetham John Richardson Samuel Taylor* Percy Herbert* Frederick Hawkes* William Gilpin* Havilland Sands Reginald Bazire Michael Whinney Wilfred Wood Douglas Bartles-Smith Michael Ipgrave Dianna Gwilliams (Acting) Jane Steen Jonathan Sedgwick
Kingston	Charles Burney George Daniell William Hough Robert Joynt George Marten Nicol Anderson Percy Robb Bernard Jacob (became Archdeacon of Reigate)
Reigate	Bernard Jacob (previously Archdeacon of Kingston-on-Thames) Peter Coombs Martin Baddeley Danny Kajumba Jonathan Clark** (Acting) Moira Astin
Lewisham	Charles Escreet William Hough* Arthur Preston* Leslie Lang* Robert Stannard* Laurie Brown William Hayman Ivor Davies Clifford Lacey Gordon Kuhrt David Atkinson Christine Hardman (later of Lewisham & Greenwich) Alastair Cutting, Archdeacon of Lewisham & Greenwich Chigor Chike, Archdeacon of Lewisham & Greenwich
Wandsworth	Reginald Bazire Peter Coombs David Gerrard Stephen Roberts John Kiddle
Lambeth	Charles Pinder Dick Bird Nick Baines Chris Skilton Simon Gates David Stephenson (Acting)
Bishop suffragan of Kingston area Bishop of Croydon *Bishop suffragan of Woolwich See also: Archdeacon of Croydon.*

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