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Archdeacon of Norwich

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.

Perowne was born in Stalbridge, Dorset, to the Ven. Thomas Thomason Perowne (1824–1913) and Mary Gilles Wood. His father was also Archdeacon of Norwich, from 1878 until 1910. He was educated at Haileybury and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge and ordained in 1893. 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.

Family tree

Family tree of the Perownes of Burdwan, Bengal
John Perowne, priest
missionary to Burdwan
m. Eliza Scott
John Perowne
(1823–1904)
Bishop of Worcester
m. Anna Woolrych
Thomas Perowne
(1824–1913)
Archdeacon of Norwich
m. Mary Gillespie
Edward Perowne
(1826–1906)
priest, Master of Corpus &
Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge
John Perowne
(1863–1954)
army officer
m. Edith Browne
Arthur Perowne
(1867–1948)
Bishop of Bradford
and of Worcester
m. Helena Oldnall-Russell
Thomas Perowne
(1868–1954)
Archdeacon of Norwich
Rosbelle Perowne
(1899–1987)
Christopher Perowne
(1904–1973)
Sir Victor Perowne
(1897–1951)
diplomat
Lancelot Perowne
(1902–1982)
army officer
Francis Perowne
(1898–1988)
Stewart Perowne
(1901–1989)
diplomat, archaeologist,
explorer & historian
m. Dame Freya Stark
Leslie Perowne
(1906–1997)
music broadcaster


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
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