Arthur Perowne
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]
Early life
He was born into a distinguished ecclesiastical family: his father was John Perowne, sometime Bishop of Worcester. He was educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College and King's College, Cambridge.[2][3]
Early ministry
Ordained in 1894, he began his ministry as a curate at Hartlebury[4] and then was Vicar of St Philip and St James Hallow, Rural Dean of Edgbaston,[5] Prebendary of Exeter Cathedral and finally (before his ordination to the episcopate) Archdeacon of Plymouth.
Bishop
Initially the first Bishop of Bradford (1920–1931), he was translated to Worcester in 1931.[6]
Personal life
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] he lived retirement 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 Perowne. "Perowne, Arthur William Thomson". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2016 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black.
{{cite encyclopedia}}: Unknown parameter|accessed=ignored (help); Unknown parameter|othernames=ignored (help) (Subscription or UK public library membership required.) - ^ "Perowne, Arthur William Thomson (PRWN886AW)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ University Intelligence. Oxford. Feb. 4. (Official Appointments and Notices) The Times, Monday 6 February 1893; p. 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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