The Right Reverend Arthur William Thomson Perowne (13 June 1867 – 9 April 1948) was an eminent Anglican Bishop in the first half of the 20th century.[1]
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 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 elevation to the Episcopate) Archdeacon of Plymouth. Initially the first Bishop of Bradford, he was translated to Worcester in 1931.[6] A keen fisherman,[1] in retirement he lived at Gloucester and died on 9 April 1948.
| Church of England titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Inaugural appointment |
Bishop of Bradford 1920–1931 |
Succeeded by Alfred Blunt |
| Preceded by Ernest Harold Pearce |
Bishop of Worcester 1931–1941 |
Succeeded by William Wilson Cash |