Walsham How
Walsham How | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Wakefield | |
Photograph of How. | |
| Diocese | Diocese of Wakefield |
| In office | 1889 – 1897 (d.) |
| Successor | Rodney Eden |
| Other post(s) | Bishop of Bedford (1879–1888) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1846 |
| Consecration | 1879 by Archibald Campbell Tait (Canterbury) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 December 1823 |
| Died | 1 August 1897 (aged 73) Leenane, County Mayo, Ireland |
| Buried | Whittington, Shropshire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Alma mater | Wadham College, Oxford |
William Walsham How (13 December 1823 – 10 August 1897) was an English Anglican bishop.
Known as Walsham How, he was the son of a Shrewsbury solicitor; How was educated at Shrewsbury School, Wadham College, Oxford and University College, Durham. He was ordained in 1846, and after a curacy at Kidderminster, began more than thirty years actively engaged in parish work in Shropshire, as curate at the Abbey Church in Shrewsbury in 1848. In 1851 he became Rector of Whittington and was at one point Rural Dean of Oswestry in 1860, then Suffragan Bishop of Bedford (for East London) and in turn Bishop of Wakefield.