Background
GOUGH, Edward John was born on August 22, 1849. Son of Edward Gough of Gravel Hill, Shrewsbury.
GOUGH, Edward John was born on August 22, 1849. Son of Edward Gough of Gravel Hill, Shrewsbury.
Studied at Shrewsbury School. Christ Church, Oxford. Master of Arts; Master of Arts.
Ordained Deacon, 1872. Priest, 1873, by Bishop of Worcester. Curate of Bishop Ryder’s Church, Birmingham, 1872-1874.
Curate of Edgbaston, 1874-1876. Curate of St. Thomas’s, Huddersfield, 1876-1880. Vicar of Christ Church, Wolverhampton, 1880-1885.
Rector of St. Paul’s, Dundee, 1885-1894. D. D., Oxford; ad eundem Durham; Vicar of Newcastle-upon-Tyne since 1894; Canon Residentiary of Newcastle Cathedral since 1900; Rural Dean of Newcastle and Chaplain to the Lord Bishop of Newcastle since 1895.
Spouse 1876, Clara Jane, 2nddaughter of S. Pountney Smith, J.P., of the Limes, Shrewsbury.