HOUGH, John (1651-1743) | HoP Development Site

Family and Education

b. 12 Apr. 1651, s. of John Hough of London, gent. and Margaret, da. of John Byrche (Burche), of Leacroft, Staffs. educ. Magdalen, Oxf. matric. 1669, BA 1673, ord. priest 1675, MA 1676, BD 1687, fell. 1674-8, DD 1687; incorp. Camb. 1689. m. lic. 12 May 1702, Lettice (1659-1722), Christ Church Oxf. Wake mss 22/174. da. of Thomas Fisher, of Walsall, Staffs. wid. of Sir Charles Lee, of Billesley, Warws. T. Eaton, Concise Hist. of the City and Cathedral of Worcester (1829), 129-30. d.s.p. d. 8 May 1743. will 2 Mar. 1742 – 10 Jan. 1743, pr. 28 May 1743. TNA, PROB 11/726.

Offices Held

Chap. to James Butler, duke of Ormond [I], 1677; Sermons … by the Rt. Rev. John Hough DD ... to which is prefixed, a memoir of his life by William Russell (1821), p. vi. rect. N. Aston, Oxon. 1678 – 87, Tempsford, Beds. 1687 – 90; preb. Worcester 1686 – 90.

Pres. Magdalen, Oxf. 15 Apr. – 21 Oct. 1687, Oct. 1688–1701; commr. for Church of Ireland 1690, CSP Dom. 1690–1, p. 158. 50 new churches 1715–27; Commissions for Building Fifty New Churches, ed. M.H. Port (London Rec. Soc. xxiii), p. xxxv. mbr. SPG.

Parlimentarian

HOUGH, John (1651-1743)

Associated with: Kensington Sq., London 1699–1743.

HUFF

Likenesses

oil on canvas by Sir G. Kneller, Lambeth Palace, Surr.; oil on canvas by unknown artist, Bodleian Lib. Oxf.; watercolour miniature by S. Digby 1695, NPG 3685; funerary bas-relief by L.F. Roubiliac, 1746, Worcester Cathedral.

Author

Adams, Beverly

Eagles, Robin

Volume

Lords 1660-1715

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

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