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John Chappel Woodhouse

1748 – 1833

English cleric

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Lived 1748 – 1833 (aged 84–85). John Chappel Woodhouse was a British cleric.

John Chappel Woodhouse (1749 – 17 November 1833) was an English Anglican priest who was Archdeacon of Salop from 17 October 1798 until 24 December 1821; and Dean of Lichfield from 1807 until his death.

Woodhouse was born at Lichfield, son of William, a physician, and his wife, Mary Mompesson, granddaughter and heiress of William Chappel. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford. He held incumbencies at Donington, Shropshire and Stoke on Trent.

In 1805, he published Woodhouse's Annotations on the Apocalypse, which was well received. He married Mercy Peate (or Peet), with whom he had a son, Chappel Woodhouse (1780–1815), who married Amelia Oakeley, daughter of Sir Charles Oakeley, 1st Baronet; and two daughters, Ellen Jane and Mary Anne. His daughter Ellen married firstly, Rev. William Robinson, Rector of Swinnerton; secondly, Hugh Dyke Acland, second son of Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 9th Baronet; and thirdly, Richard Hinckley of Beacon House, Lichfield.

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Important facts

Born
1748
Birth century
Occupation
Education
Christ Church
Positions held
Dean of Lichfield, Archdeacon of Salop
Also known as
Chappel Woodhouse, Very Rev. Chappel Woodhouse

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English cleric (1749-1833)

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John Chappel Woodhouse was born in 1748.

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John Chappel Woodhouse died on 17 November 1833.

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John Chappel Woodhouse was a cleric.

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John Chappel Woodhouse was British.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: John Chappel Woodhouse

· Wikidata: Q28747976

· DBpedia: John Woodhouse (priest)

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