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]
Arthur Perowne | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Worcester | |
| Diocese | Diocese of Worcester |
| In office | 1931–1941 |
| Predecessor | Ernest Pearce |
| Successor | William Wilson Cash |
| Other post(s) | Archdeacon of Plymouth (&c.; 1918–1920) Bishop of Bradford (1920–1931) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1893 (deacon); 1894 (priest) by his father |
| Consecration | 1920 by Cosmo Gordon Lang |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Arthur William Thomson Perowne 13 June 1867 |
| Died | 9 April 1948 (aged 80) Gloucester, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Parents | John Perowne and Anna Maria Raikea Woolrych |
| Spouse | 1) Helena Oldnall Russell (m. 1895-1922; her death) 2) Mabel Bailey (m. 1926) |
| Children | 3 sons, incl. Stewart |
| Alma mater | King's College, Cambridge |
Birth family and education
editPerowne was born into a distinguished ecclesiastical family: he was the fourth son of John Perowne, sometime Bishop of Worcester and Anna Maria Raikea Woolrych,[1] his uncles Thomas and Edward were Archdeacon of Norwich and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge respectively and his first-cousin Thomas also Archdeacon of Norwich. He was educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College and King's College, Cambridge (he was admitted 4 October 1886, matriculated that Michaelmas, and gained the degrees of Bachelor of Arts {BA, 1889}, Cambridge Master of Arts {MA(Cantab), 1893}, and Doctor of Divinity {DD, 1920}).[2][3][4]
Priest
editHaving been assistant master at Magdalen College Choir School, Oxford since 1890, Perowne was ordained a deacon on Trinity Sunday (28 May) 1893[5] and a priest on Trinity Sunday (20 May) 1894 (both times by his father, the Bishop of Worcester, in Worcester Cathedral),[6] beginning his ministry with his title post as a curate at Hartlebury, Worcestershire[7] (being also a chaplain to his father, the Bishop).[1] His first incumbency was as Vicar of St Philip & St James, Hallow, Worcestershire (1901–1904),[2] after which he became Vicar of St George's Edgbaston, Warwickshire from 1904,[8] Rural Dean of Edgbaston[9] from 1905 and an honorary canon of Birmingham Cathedral from 1912.
In 1913, he left all three posts in Warks for Devon, where he became Vicar of St Andrew's, Plymouth; he became additionally Rural Dean for the Three Towns (i.e. the wider Borough of Plymouth), 1914–1918, a Prebendary of Exeter Cathedral from 1917, Archdeacon of Plymouth from 1918, and a Chaplain to the King from 1918, remaining as Vicar of Plymouth throughout, until he relinquished them all in 1920.[2]
Bishop
editHis appointment to become Bishop of Bradford, the first bishop diocesan of the new Diocese of Bradford, was announced on 12 December 1919,[10] and he was ordained and consecrated a bishop by Cosmo Gordon Lang, Archbishop of York, at York Minster on Candlemas (2 February) 1910.[11] He was translated to become Bishop of Worcester (in which See his father had served until 1901) in 1931[12] and retired in 1941.[2]
Marriages, family and death
editIn 1895, he married Helena Frances Oldnall-Russell (1869–1922). They had three sons:[2] 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 (where he died)[13] with his second wife, Mabel (1886–1968), the second daughter of Thomas Henry Bailey of Wyldcroft in Wokingham, whom he had married in 1926.[2]
Family tree
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References
edit- ^ a b c d "Perowne, Arthur William Thomson". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2016 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 16 April 2017. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ a b c d e f "Perowne, Arthur William Thomson (PRWN886AW)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ University Intelligence. Oxford, 4 February 1893. (Official Appointments and Notices) The Times.
- ^ The Times, Monday 6 February 1893; p. 8; Issue 33867; column D.
- ^ "Ordinations on Trinity Sunday". Church Times. No. 1585. 9 June 1893. p. 619. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 20 April 2017 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ^ "Ordinations on Sunday last". Church Times. No. 1635. 25 May 1894. p. 565. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 20 April 2017 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ^ My ancestors
- ^ Malden Richard (ed) (1920). Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn). London: The Field Press. p. 166.
- ^ "St George's Church Edgbaston" 1838 – 1998 Harkness, J. C./Pinkess, J. R. H.: Birmingham, St George's Edgbaston PCC, July 1998
- ^ "First Bishop of Bradford: Appointment of the Archdeacon of Plymouth". Church Times. No. 2968. 12 December 1919. p. 567. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 20 April 2017 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ^ "The See of Bradford: Consecration of the First Bishop". Church Times. No. 2976. 6 February 1920. p. 146. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 20 April 2017 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ^ "New Bishop of Worcester", The Times, 9 February 1931, p. 12
- ^ "in memoriam: Arthur William Thomson Perowne, Bishop". Church Times. No. 4445. 16 April 1948. p. 220. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 20 April 2017 – via UK Press Online archives.
External links
edit- Hesilrige, Arthur G. M. (1921). Debrett's Peerage and Titles of courtesy. London: London: Dean & son, limited. p. 134.
- Portraits of Perowne, Arthur William Thomson at the National Portrait Gallery, London
