William Perrin (bishop)

William Perrin
Bishop of Willesden
Diocese	Diocese of London
In office	1911–1929 (ret.)
Successor	Guy Smith
Other post(s)	Bishop of British Columbia (1893–1911) Rector of St Andrew Undershaft (1912–1934) Assistant Bishop of London (1929–1934)
Orders
Ordination	1870
Consecration	1893 by Edward White Benson (Canterbury)
Personal details
Born	(1848-08-11)11 August 1848 Westbury-on-Trym, Somerset, UK
Died	27 June 1934(1934-06-27) (aged 85)
Denomination	Anglican
Alma mater	King's College London

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.[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]

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. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
3. Malden Richard (ed) (1920). Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn). London: The Field Press. p. 1630.
4. "Consecration of bishops". Church Times. No. 1575. 30 March 1893. p. 347. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 15 March 2021 – via UK Press Online archives.
5. Anonymous (January 2003). Representative British Freemasons. Publishing. pp. 109–. ISBN 978-0-7661-3589-5.
6. "in memoriam: Bishop Perrin". Church Times. No. 3727. 29 June 1934. p. 794. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 24 September 2020 – via UK Press Online archives.
7. "Obituary- Bishop Perrin, Columbia And Willesden". The Times. No. 46792. London. 28 June 1934. col A, p. 19.
8. Hale, Linda L. (1994), "PERRIN, EDITH", Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 13, University of Toronto/Université Laval, retrieved 21 October 2019
9. Historic England, "Hampstead War Memorial (1423688)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 27 June 2017
10. "Bishop of Willesden". Church Times. No. 3449. 1 March 1929. p. 245. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 24 September 2020 – via UK Press Online archives.
11. "New Bishop of Willesden". Church Times. No. 3470. 26 July 1929. p. 108. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 24 September 2020 – via UK Press Online archives.
12. "Church news". Church Times. No. 3733. 10 August 1934. p. 137. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 24 September 2020 – via UK Press Online archives.

Church of England titles
Preceded by George Hills	Bishop of British Columbia 1893–1911	Succeeded by Charles Roper
New title	Bishop of Willesden 1911–1934	Succeeded by Guy Smith