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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]].<ref>{{ |
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]].<ref>{{acad|id=PRWN886AW|name=Perowne, Arthur William Thomson}}</ref><ref>''University Intelligence. Oxford. Feb. 4. (Official Appointments and Notices)'' [[The Times]] Monday, Feb 06, 1893; pg. 8; Issue 33867; col D</ref> |
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Ordained in 1894, he began his ministry as a [[curate]] at [[Hartlebury]]<ref>[http://myancestors.wordpress.com/2007/09/19/arthur-william-thomson-perowne-1867-1948/ My ancestors]</ref> after which he was [[Vicar]] of St Philip and St James [[Hallow, Worcestershire|Hallow]], [[Rural Dean]] of [[Edgbaston]],<ref>"St George's Church Edgbaston" 1838 - 1998 Harkness,J.C/Pinkess,J.R.H: Birmingham St George's [[Edgbaston]] PCC, July 1998</ref> [[Prebendary]] of [[Diocese of Exeter|Exeter]] and finally (before his ordination to the [[episcopate]]) [[Archdeacon]] of [[Plymouth]]. |
Ordained in 1894, he began his ministry as a [[curate]] at [[Hartlebury]]<ref>[http://myancestors.wordpress.com/2007/09/19/arthur-william-thomson-perowne-1867-1948/ My ancestors]</ref> after which he was [[Vicar]] of St Philip and St James [[Hallow, Worcestershire|Hallow]], [[Rural Dean]] of [[Edgbaston]],<ref>"St George's Church Edgbaston" 1838 - 1998 Harkness,J.C/Pinkess,J.R.H: Birmingham St George's [[Edgbaston]] PCC, July 1998</ref> [[Prebendary]] of [[Diocese of Exeter|Exeter]] and finally (before his ordination to the [[episcopate]]) [[Archdeacon]] of [[Plymouth]]. |
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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]
In 1895 he married Helena Frances Oldnall-Russell (1869-1922). They had three sons: Francis Edward Perowne (1898-1988), Stewart Perowne, a diplomat, archaeologist and historian, and Leslie Arthur Perowne (1906-1997), sometime Head of Music at the BBC who was responsible for bringing Albert Ketèlbey out of retirement to conduct a huge BBC Ketèlbey Concert at the Royal Albert Hall prior to World War II.
A keen fisherman,[1] in retirement Arthur Perowne lived in Gloucester with his second wife, Mabel (1886-1968), the second daughter of Thomas Henry Bailey of Wyldcroft in Wokingham, whom he had married in 1926.
References
- ^ a b “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
- ^ "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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