Arthur Perowne
Template:Anglican PortalThe Right Reverend Arthur William Thomson Perowne was an eminent Anglican Bishop in the first half of the 20th Century[1]. He was born into a distinguished ecclesiastical family[2] on 13 June 1867 and educated at Haileybury and King's College, Cambridge [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 Worcester, Rural Dean of Edgbaston[5],Prebendary of Exeter and finally (before his elevation to the Episcopate) Archdeacon of Plymouth. Initially the first Bishop of Bradford, he was translated to Worcester in 1931[6]. A keen fisherman[7], in retirement he lived at Gloucester and died on 9 April 1948.
References
- ^ NPG details
- ^ His father was John James Stewart Perowne sometime Bishop of Worcester > “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 071363457X
- ^ University Intelligence. Oxford. Feb. 4. (Official Appointments and Notices) The Times Monday, Feb 06, 1893; pg. 8; Issue 33867; col D
- ^ http://myancestors.wordpress.com/2007/09/19/arthur-william-thomson-perowne-1867-1948/ 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 Monday, Feb 09, 1931; pg. 12; Issue 45742; col F
- ^ Who’s Who (ibid)
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