The Ven Henry Walsham How (born Whittington, Shropshire 17 May 1856died Malvern Link 29 November 1923) was Archdeacon of Halifax from 1917 until his death.

The son of William Walsham How the inaugural Bishop of Wakefield, he was educated at Marlborough; Wadham College, Oxford and Leeds Clergy School. He was ordained deacon in 1879, and priest in 1880.

Henry Walsham How

After curacies in Stoke-on-Trent and Haughton; How held incumbencies in Mirfield and Meltham. He was Rural Dean of Huddersfield from 1905 to 1917 and a Canon of Wakefield Cathedral from 1917 to 1923.

Henry Walsham How

On 4 August 1886 he married Katharine Hutchinson: they had three sons and one daughter.

Henry Walsham How

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Archdeacons of Halifax

19th-century English Anglican priests

20th-century English Anglican priests

People educated at Marlborough College

Alumni of Leeds Clergy School

Alumni of Wadham College, Oxford

1856 births

1923 deaths

Clergy from Shropshire

Freemasons of the United Grand Lodge of England