Hugh Rowlands Gough CMG OBE TD[1] (19 September 1905–13 November 1997) was an Anglican bishop. He was the Bishop of Barking[2] from 1948 to 1949 and then translated to be the Archbishop of Sydney, during which time he also served as Primate of the Church of England in Australia.[3]
Gough was born into a clerical family[4] and educated at Weymouth College and Trinity College, Cambridge.[5] His first post was as a curate at St Mary’s, Islington.[6] He was then successively perpetual curate of St Paul's Walcot, Bath, vicar of St James' Carlisle,[7] a chaplain in the Forces during World War II and (before his ordination to the episcopate) the Rural Dean of Islington.
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| Preceded by James Theodore Inskip |
Bishop of Barking 1948 – 1959 |
Succeeded by William Frank Percival Chadwick |
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| Preceded by Howard West Kilvinton Mowll |
Bishop of Sydney 1959 – 1966 |
Succeeded by Marcus Lawrence Loane |
| Primate of Australia 1959 – 1966 |
Succeeded by Philip Nigel Warrington Strong |
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