William Perrin (bishop)

William Willcox Perrin (11 August 1848 – 27 June 1934) was an Anglican bishop in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Perrin was born at Westbury-on-Trym, Somersetshire, on 11 August 1848 and educated at both King's College London and Trinity College, Oxford.[1][2] Ordained in 1870, he began his ministry with a curacy at St Mary's Southampton and was then vicar of St Luke's in the same city before his ordination to the episcopate as the Bishop of British Columbia. He was later translated to be the Bishop of Willesden. During this period he was also the rector of St Andrew Undershaft[2] A noted Freemason[3] (he kept the rectory until his death).[4] He died on 27 June 1934[5] and is buried in the churchyard of St John-at-Hampstead Church, London.[6] His sister Edith was a prominent social reformer.[7]

Perrin unveiled and dedicated the Hampstead War Memorial in May 1922.[8]

He retired in summer 1929,[9] resigning his See in time for his successor's consecration on the Feast of St James (25 July).[10] He became an Assistant Bishop of London until his death[4] — he apparently retained oversight of Hampstead deanery throughout.[11]

References

1. "British Columbia To Lose Noted Bishop". The Calgary Herald. Canadian Associated Press. 9 August 1911. p. 11.
2. "Perrin, William Willcox". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
3. Anonymous (January 2003). Representative British Freemasons. Publishing. pp. 109–. ISBN 978-0-7661-3589-5.
4. "in memoriam: Bishop Perrin". Church Times (#3727). 29 June 1934. p. 794. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 24 September 2020 – via UK Press Online archives.
5. "Obituary- Bishop Perrin, Columbia And Willesden". The Times (46792). London. 28 June 1934. col A.
6. William Willcox Perrin at Find a Grave
7. Hale, Linda L. (1994), "PERRIN, EDITH", Dictionary of Canadian Biography, University of Toronto/Université Laval, vol. 13, retrieved 21 October 2019
8. Historic England, "Hampstead War Memorial (1423688)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 27 June 2017
9. "Bishop of Willesden". Church Times (#3449). 1 March 1929. p. 245. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 24 September 2020 – via UK Press Online archives.
10. "New Bishop of Willesden". Church Times (#3470). 26 July 1929. p. 108. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 24 September 2020 – via UK Press Online archives.
11. "Church news". Church Times (#3733). 10 August 1934. p. 137. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 24 September 2020 – via UK Press Online archives.