About Hugh Foss
Lived 1848 – 1932 (aged 83). Hugh Foss was a missionary and anglican priest.
Hugh James Foss DD (25 June 1848 – 24 March 1932) was an Anglican bishop, the second Bishop of Osaka. Hugh James Foss was born at Petham, Kent into a legal family: his father was Edward Foss, author of The Judges of England. Ordained deacon in 1872 and priest in 1873, In 1923, Foss resigned from his position and moved to Chilcomb Lodge in Winchester, Hampshire.
In 1880, Foss married Janet McEwen, the daughter of Dr. William McEwen of Chester. Their son Charles Calveley Foss was awarded the Victoria Cross in the First World War. After his first wife's death in 1894, Their son Hugh Foss was a cryptanalyst for the Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park during the Second World War where he headed the Japanese section.
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Who was Hugh Foss?
Anglican bishop (1848–1932)
When was Hugh Foss born?
Hugh Foss was born on 25 June 1848 in Petham.
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Hugh Foss died on 24 March 1932 in Winchester.
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Hugh Foss was a missionary and anglican priest.
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