Hugh Wood (priest)

Hugh Singleton Wood, KHC (1859–1941) was a Church of England priest and Royal Navy chaplain. He was the Chaplain of the Fleet and Archdeacon of the Royal Navy, serving from 1906[1] to 1917.[2]

Wood was educated at The Queen's College, Oxford, matriculating in 1878 and graduating B.A. in 1882.[3] and ordained in 1884. He began his ecclesiastical career with a curacy at Holy Trinity, Haverstock Hill. He then served with the Navy from 1886 to 1917. He was an Honorary Chaplain to the King from 1910 to 1936.[4]

He died on 8 March 1941.[5]

References

  1. ^ Naval And Military Intelligence The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Jul 18, 1906; pg. 5; Issue 38075
  2. ^ ‘WOOD, Rev. Hugh Singleton’, 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 29 May 2017
  3. ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Wood, Hugh Singleton" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
  4. ^ London Gazette
  5. ^ Obituary The Rev Dr H.S. Wood The Times (London, England), Saturday, Oct 11, 1941; pg. 6; Issue 49054


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