Background
HOUGHTON, E. J. W. was born on August 11, 1867. Son of Reverend Canon Houghton, Master of Arts, Vicar of Blockley, Worcestershire, and Rural Dean.
HOUGHTON, E. J. W. was born on August 11, 1867. Son of Reverend Canon Houghton, Master of Arts, Vicar of Blockley, Worcestershire, and Rural Dean.
Studied at Sherborne School (scholar). Christ Church, Oxford—prox. acc. Abbott University Scholarship.
2nd Class Honours Classical Moderations (Oxford) 1889.
2nd Class Classics 1891. Bachelor of Arts 1891.
Master of Arts 1894. Doctor of Divinity.
Member of Marylebone Cricket Club. Played cricket for Worcestershire. Deacon, 1892; Priest, 1893.
Appointed Assistant Master in Bromsgrove School, 1891.
Housemaster and Senior Chaplain, 1893. Head Master of King Edward’s School, Stratford-on-Avon, Chaplain of Guild of Holy Cross, Trustee of Shakspere Buildings, et cetera, 1895-1902.
Head Master of Saint Edmund’s School, Canterbury, and Licensed Preacher in the diocese of Canterbury, 1902- 1908. Head Master of Rossall School since 1908.
Club: Royal Societies.
Spouse 1895, Ethelwynne Mary, daughter of Reverend H. H. Chamberlain, Master of Arts, Vicar of Godmanchester and Rural Dean.