Thomas Houghton (priest)
Thomas Houghton was an Irish born Anglican clergyman and long-time editor of the Gospel Magazine. He was born in Cork in 1859, and died in Bristol on 26 January 1951.
After studying for the ministry in Manchester he was ordained in 1885. He ministered in the following places:
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- Barrow-in-Furness
- Chadderton
- Stafford
- Derby
- (1898-1917)
- (c1917-1949)
His wife, who had borne him four sons and four daughters, died in 1934. Of his children, three sons and two daughters served as missionaries abroad. These included Frank Houghton (1894-1972), bishop of East Sichuan and General Director of the China Inland Mission, and (1896-1993), Secretary of the Bible Churchmen's Missionary Society.
He edited The Gospel Magazine, one of the oldest evangelical periodicals still in production, from 1916 to 1951. He was also involved in The Sovereign Grace Advent Testimony and the , later incorporated in the .
Bibliography[]
- Houghton, Thomas: The Faith and the Hope of the Future; London, The Sovereign Grace Advent Testimony, circa 1950. Includes A Biographical Appreciation by George H Fromow.
- 1859 births
- 1951 deaths
- Clergy from Cork (city)
- British magazine editors
- Church of England priests
- 19th-century English Anglican priests
- 20th-century English Anglican priests
- 19th-century Church of England clergy
- 20th-century Church of England clergy