Thomas Perowne (died 1954)

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]

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References

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