Arthur William Thomson Perowne
| Arthur Perowne | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Worcester | |
| Diocese | Diocese of Worcester |
| In office | 1931–1941 |
| Predecessor | Ernest Pearce |
| Successor | William Wilson Cash |
| Other posts |
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 | 13 June 1867 |
| Died | 9 April 1948 (aged 80) Gloucester, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Parents | John Perowne & Anne Woolrych |
| Spouse | 1) Helena Oldnall Russell (m. 1895; she d. 1922) 2) Mabel Bailey (m. 1926; wid. 1948) |
| Children | 3 sons, incl. Stewart |
| Alma mater | King's College, Cambridge |
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.
Perowne was born into a distinguished ecclesiastical family: he was the fourth son of John Perowne, sometime Bishop of Worcester and Anna Woolrych, 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}).
Having been assistant master at Magdalen College Choir School, Oxford since 1890, Perowne was ordained a deacon on Trinity Sunday (28 May) 1893 and a priest on Trinity Sunday (20 May) 1894 (both times by his father, the Bishop of Worcester, in Worcester Cathedral), beginning his ministry with his title post as a curate at Hartlebury, Worcestershire (being also a chaplain to his father, the Bishop). His first incumbency was as Vicar of St Philip & St James, Hallow, Worcestershire (1901–1904), after which he became Vicar of St George's Edgbaston, Warwickshire from 1904, Rural Dean of Edgbaston from 1905 and an honorary canon of Birmingham Cathedral from 1912.
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