William Willcox Perrin (11 August 1848 – 27 June 1934) was an Anglican bishop in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
William Perrin | |
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Bishop of Willesden | |
Diocese | Diocese of London |
In office | 1911–1929 (ret.) |
Successor | Guy Smith |
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Orders | |
Ordination | 1870 |
Consecration | 1893 by Edward White Benson (Canterbury) |
Personal details | |
Born | Westbury-on-Trym, Somerset, UK | 11 August 1848
Died | 27 June 1934 | (aged 85)
Denomination | Anglican |
Alma mater | King's College London |
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.[3] He was consecrated a bishop on 24 March 1893, by Edward White Benson, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Westminster Abbey.[4] 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[5] (he kept the rectory until his death).[6] He died on 27 June 1934[7] and is buried in the churchyard of St John-at-Hampstead Church, London. His sister Edith was a prominent social reformer.[8]
Perrin unveiled and dedicated the Hampstead War Memorial in May 1922.[9]
He retired in summer 1929,[10] resigning his see in time for his successor's consecration on the Feast of St James (25 July).[11] He became an Assistant Bishop of London until his death[6] — he apparently retained oversight of Hampstead deanery throughout.[12]