Thomas Perowne (died 1954)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Thomas John Perowne (23 August 1868 – 25 August 1954) was an English Anglican cleric who was Archdeacon of Norwich from 1937 until his death in 1954.[1]

Perowne was born in Stalbridge, Dorset,[2] to the Ven. Thomas Thomason Perowne (1824–1913) and Mary Gilles Wood. His father was also Archdeacon of Norwich, from 1878 until 1910.[3] He was educated at Haileybury and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge and ordained in 1893.[4] After curacies in locations including Lowestoft, Kelsale and Norwich he was Vicar of Hindringham from 1913 to 1922. He was Rector of Starston from 1922 to 1945; and Rural Dean of Redenhall from 1927 to 1936.[5]

Family tree[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "The Ven. T. J. Perowne." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Aug 26, 1954; pg. 8; Issue 53020
  2. ^ 1871 England Census
  3. ^ Haileybury Register, 1862-1910. R. Clay. 1910. p. 265. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  4. ^ Crockfords 1951/2 p833 (London, OUP, 1951) p 874
  5. ^ ‘PEROWNE, Thomas John’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 22 Dec 2016