Sam Woodhouse

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

^ His father was the Rev. Major James D. F. Woodhouse, DSO > "Who was Who" 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
^ Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
^ National Archives
^ Church website
^ Independent Obituary

Church of England titles
Preceded by Martin Gloster Sullivan	Archdeacon of London 1967 – 1978	Succeeded by Francis William Harvey

[1] His father was the Rev. Major James D. F. Woodhouse, DSO > "Who was Who" 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7

[2] Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941

[3] National Archives

[4] Church website

[5] Independent Obituary

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Late modern	Piers Claughton Edwin Gifford William Sinclair Ernest Holmes Ernest Sharpe Oswin Gibbs-Smith George Appleton Martin Sullivan Sam Woodhouse Frank Harvey George Cassidy Peter Delaney David Meara Nick Mercer Luke Miller
Charing Cross	John Klyberg Bill Jacob Rosemary Lain-Priestley, Archdeacon for the Two Cities Adam Atkinson Katherine Hedderly