Sam Woodhouse Explained

Samuel Mostyn Forbes Woodhouse (28 April 1912 – 13 October 1995) was an English Anglican priest who became the Archdeacon of London.

He was born into an ecclesiastical family on 28 April 1912,[1] educated at Shrewsbury and Christ Church, Oxford and ordained in 1937.[2] He was a curate at Lancaster Priory and then, during World War II, a chaplain to the British Armed Forces[3] he was mentioned in dispatches three times. When peace returned he was vicar of Holy Trinity, South Shore, Blackpool[4] then rural dean of Leominster. In 1957 he became rector of St Stephen's Bristol and after a decade there became the Archdeacon of London.

He retired in 1978 and died on 13 October 1995.[5]

Notes and References

  1. His father was the Rev. Major James D. F. Woodhouse, DSO > "Who was Who" 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007
  2. [Crockford's Clerical Directory]
  3. http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/accessions/1997/97digests/religion.htm National Archives
  4. http://www.htss.org.uk/ Church website
  5. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-the-ven-sam-woodhouse-1578042.html Independent Obituary