Hugh Gough (bishop)

The Most Reverend

Hugh Gough

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The Most Reverend; Hugh Gough; CMG OBE TD
Archbishop of Sydney
Church	Church of England in Australia
Province	New South Wales
Diocese	Sydney
In office	1959–1966
Predecessor	Howard Mowll
Successor	Marcus Loane
Other post(s)	Metropolitan of New South Wales; (ex officio); Primate of Australia; (1959–1966);
Previous post(s)	Bishop of Barking; (1948–1959); Archdeacon of West Ham; (1948–1958);
Orders
Ordination	1928 (as deacon); 1929 (as priest)
Consecration	1948
Personal details
Born	Hugh Rowlands Gough; 19 September 1905; Thandiani, Punjab, British India (now Pakistan)
Died	13 November 1997 (aged 92)
Denomination	Anglican
Parents	Charles Massey Gough; Lizzie, née Middleton;
Spouse	Hon. Madeline Elizabeth Kinnaird (m. 1929)
Children	1
Education	Weymouth College
Alma mater	Trinity College, Cambridge
Coat of arms

Hugh Rowlands Gough (19 September 1905 – 13 November 1997) was an Anglican bishop.

Early life

Gough was born in Thandiani, Punjab, British India, into a clerical family, the son of the Rev. Charles Massey Gough and his wife, Lizzie Middleton.^[1]^[2] He was educated at Weymouth College and Trinity College, Cambridge.^[3]

Clerical career

He trained for ordination at the London College of Divinity and was made deacon in 1928 and ordained a priest in 1929.^[4] His first position was as a curate at St Mary's Islington (1928–1931).

He was then successively perpetual curate of St Paul's Walcot, Bath (1931–1934), vicar of St James' Carlisle (1934–1939),^[5] Vicar of St Matthew's, Bayswater (1939–1946)^[6] as well as a chaplain in the British Armed Forces during World War II and (before his consecration to the episcopate) the vicar of St Mary's, Islington (1946–1948) and Rural Dean of Islington (1946–1948) and a prebendary of St Paul's Cathedral, London, in 1948.^[7]

He was the Bishop of Barking^[8] from 1948 to 1959 and Archdeacon of West Ham for most of that time before he was translated to be the Archbishop of Sydney, during which time he also served as Primate of the Church of England in Australia.^[9]

In 1961 he courted controversy by attacking atheist philosophers at Sydney University such as John Anderson for corrupting the youth.^[10]

His departure from Australia followed a complaint and allegations of having had an improper relationship with a married woman, after which the Rector of St Mark's Church, Darling Point was instructed to seek his immediate resignation.^[11]

On his return to England he was Rector of St Peter's Church, Freshford (1967–1972) after which he retired.^[12]

Personal life

In 1929 he married the Hon. Madeline Elizabeth, daughter of the 12th Lord Kinnaird and his wife Frances Clifton of Lytham Hall. They had a daughter Lucy Gough born in 1931.^[13] She married first Mervyn Temple Richards and secondly John Vivian, 4th Baron Swansea.

References

^ 1911 England Census
^ India, Select Births and Baptisms, 1786–1947
^ Who's Who 1970 London, A & C Black, 1971 ISBN 0-7136-1140-5
^ "Crockford's Clerical Directory: The Rt Revd Hugh Rowlands Gough". Retrieved 30 May 2022.
^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76. London: Oxford University Press, 1976. ISBN 0-19-200008-X
^ "Crockford's Clerical Directory: The Rt Revd Hugh Rowlands Gough". Retrieved 30 May 2022.
^ Loane, M. L. (29 November 1997). "Obituary: The Right Rev Hugh Gough". The Independent. London. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
^ "New Bishop Suffragan Of Barking". The Times, 26 August 1948, p. 6.
^ "Australia Primate Resigns". The Times, 25 May 1966, p. 10.
^ J. Franklin, Corrupting the Youth: A history of philosophy in Australia (Macleay Press, 2003), ch.5.
^ M. Cameron, Phenomenal Sydney: Anglicans in a Time of Change, 1945-2013 (Wipf and Stock, 2016), p. 105-106, ISBN 978-1-4982-8931-3
^ "Crockford's Clerical Directory: The Rt Revd Hugh Rowlands Gough". Retrieved 30 May 2022.
^ Burkes Peerage 105th Ed 1970 "Kinnaird"

Church of England titles
Preceded by James Theodore Inskip	Bishop of Barking 1948 – 1959	Succeeded by William Frank Percival Chadwick
Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by Howard West Kilvinton Mowll	Archbishop of Sydney 1959 – 1966	Succeeded by Marcus Lawrence Loane
Preceded by Howard West Kilvinton Mowll	Primate of Australia 1959 – 1966	Succeeded by Philip Nigel Warrington Strong

[1911census-1] 1911 England Census

[birth-2] India, Select Births and Baptisms, 1786–1947

[3] Who's Who 1970 London, A & C Black, 1971 ISBN 0-7136-1140-5

[4] "Crockford's Clerical Directory: The Rt Revd Hugh Rowlands Gough". Retrieved 30 May 2022.

[5] Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76. London: Oxford University Press, 1976. ISBN 0-19-200008-X

[6] "Crockford's Clerical Directory: The Rt Revd Hugh Rowlands Gough". Retrieved 30 May 2022.

[7] Loane, M. L. (29 November 1997). "Obituary: The Right Rev Hugh Gough". The Independent. London. Retrieved 6 April 2015.

[8] "New Bishop Suffragan Of Barking". The Times, 26 August 1948, p. 6.

[9] "Australia Primate Resigns". The Times, 25 May 1966, p. 10.

[10] J. Franklin, Corrupting the Youth: A history of philosophy in Australia (Macleay Press, 2003), ch.5.

[11] M. Cameron, Phenomenal Sydney: Anglicans in a Time of Change, 1945-2013 (Wipf and Stock, 2016), p. 105-106, ISBN 978-1-4982-8931-3

[12] "Crockford's Clerical Directory: The Rt Revd Hugh Rowlands Gough". Retrieved 30 May 2022.

[13] Burkes Peerage 105th Ed 1970 "Kinnaird"

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