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Arthur William Thomson Perowne (13 June 1867 – 9 April 1948) was an Anglican bishop in Britain. He was the first Bishop of Bradford and, from 1931, was the Bishop of Worcester.[1]
Biography
Arthur Perowne was born into a distinguished ecclesiastical family: his father was John James Stewart Perowne, sometime Bishop of Worcester. He was educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College and King's College, Cambridge.[2][3]
Ordained in 1894, he began his ministry as a curate at Hartlebury[4] after which he was Vicar of St Philip and St James Hallow, Rural Dean of Edgbaston,[5] Prebendary of Exeter and finally (before his ordination to the episcopate) Archdeacon of Plymouth.
Initially the first Bishop of Bradford (1920-1931), he was translated to Worcester in 1931.[6]
A keen fisherman,[1] in retirement he lived at Gloucester. His son Stewart was a government administrator and ancient historian; his son Leslie worked for the BBC.
References
- ^ a b “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 071363457X
- ^ "Perowne, Arthur William Thomson (PRWN886AW)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ University Intelligence. Oxford. Feb. 4. (Official Appointments and Notices) The Times Monday, Feb 06, 1893; pg. 8; Issue 33867; col D
- ^ My ancestors
- ^ "St George's Church Edgbaston" 1838 - 1998 Harkness,J.C/Pinkess,J.R.H: Birmingham St George's Edgbaston PCC, July 1998
- ^ "New Bishop Of Worcester", The Times, 9 February 1931, p. 12.
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