Henry Walsham How

The Ven Henry Walsham How[1] (b Whittington, Shropshire[2] 17 May 1856 - d Malvern Link 29 November 1923) was Archdeacon of Halifax[3] from 1917 until his death.[4]

The son of William Walsham How[5] the inaugural Bishop of Wakefield,[6] he was educated at Marlborough; Wadham College, Oxford[7] and Leeds Clergy School.[8] He was ordained deacon in 1879, and priest in 1880.[9]

After curacies in Stoke-on-Trent[10] and Haughton;[11] How held incumbencies in Mirfield[12] and Meltham.[13] He was Rural Dean of Huddersfield[14] from 1905 to 1917 and a Canon of Wakefield Cathedral from 1917 to 1923.[15]

On 4 August 1886 he married Katharine Hutchinson:[16] they had three sons and one daughter.[17]

References
  1. Yorkshire Indexers
  2. Dusty Docs
  3. Huddersfield Exposed
  4. Death Of Mr. Walsham How. The Times (London, England), Saturday, 1 December 1923; pg. 7; Issue 43513
  5. National Library of Wales
  6. National Archives
  7. Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "How, Rev. Henry Walsham" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
  8. Journal of Northern History
  9. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1908 p715: London, Horace Cox, 1908
  10. "Visitation of England and Wales" by Howard, J.J./ Crisp, F.E p178 joint ed London, College of Arms,1902
  11. ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE The Hampshire Advertiser (Southampton, England), Saturday, 25 July 1885; pg. 2; Issue 4081
  12. INSTITUTION OF THE NEW VICAR OF MIRFIELD. The Huddersfield Chronicle and West Yorkshire Advertiser (West Yorkshire, England), Saturday, 9 March 1889; pg. 7; Issue 6740
  13. Shropshire archives
  14. Huddersfield daily Examiner
  15. Ecclesiastical News. The Times (London, England), Tuesday, 29 May 1923; pg. 17; Issue 43353
  16. East Devon East Devon AONB
  17. ‘HOW, Ven. Henry Walsham’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 28 July 2017
Church of England titles
Preceded by
William Foxley Norris		 Archdeacon of Halifax
1917–1923		 Succeeded by
Richard Phipps


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