Background
Westwood, Horace was born on August 17, 1884 in Wakefield, England. Son of Review John and Emma (Ogden) Westwood.
Westwood, Horace was born on August 17, 1884 in Wakefield, England. Son of Review John and Emma (Ogden) Westwood.
Educational public schools, Grimsby, England. Student Garrett Biblical Institute, Evanston, Illinois, 1908-1909, Meadville Theological School, 1909, Division School, University of Chicago, 1909-1910. Doctor of Divinity, Lombard College, 1914.
1 son, Arnold Farrow. Preacher, Primitive Methodist Church, at 16. In charge church at Pelee Island, Ontario, Canada, 1904.
At Ewen, Michigan, 1905, Saulte Ste.
Marie, Michigan, 1906, 07. Received special ordination by Bishop McCabe of Methodist Episcopal Church, 1906.
Joined Unitarian Church, 1910. Pastor First Church, Youngstown, O., 1910-1912, All Souls’ Church, Winnipeg, Canada, 1912-1919.
Secretary Canadian Unitarian Association, 1913-1919, First Church, Toledo, O., 1919-1927.
Ministerial delegate Trades and Labor Council, Winnipeg, 1913-1918. Member Social Welfare Council of Manitoba, 1914-1919. Member Canadian Invalided Soldiers Commission Vocational Advisory Committee, Winnipeg, 1917-1919.
Mission preacher Unitarian Laymen’s League, 1927-1933.
Founder and brother director of The Mission Brotherhood, first liberal preaching order in modern religion. Minister-at-large Universalist Church.
Chairman General Conference Committee American Unitarian Association, 1925-1927. Minister 1st Church, Berkeley, California, 1934-1945.
Minister Unitarian Church, Charleston, South Carolina., 1945-1949.
Member Social Welfare Council of Manitoba, 1914-1919. Member Canadian Invalided Soldiers Commission Vocational Advisory Committee, Winnipeg, 1917-1919. Mission preacher Unitarian Laymen’s League, 1927-1933.
Member faculty Vice-President of trustees Pacific Unitarian School for the Ministry, acting dean, 1943 (now Starr King School for the Ministry).
Regional vice president American Unitarian Association, 1944-1946. Member American Academy Political and Social Science.
Mason (32°).
Married Florence Wright, 1905 (died 1919). Married second, Elizabeth A. Farrow, August 1920. Children: Lucy Emma (Mistress Leonard C. Gifford), Florence Ashby (Mistress T. P. Scott), Horace Frederick.