Edward Henry Perowne (1826-1906)

Edward Henry Perowne was born on January 8, 1826 at Burdwan, Bengal the son of the Reverend John Perowne, a missionary with the Church Missionary Society and his wife Eliza Scott, a teacher in the missionary school.

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John Thomas Woolrych Perowne (1863-1954)

John Thomas Woolrych Perowne was born on June 1, 1863 the eldest son of the Right Reverend John James Stewart Perowne who was at that time Vice-Principal of St David’s College, Lampeter, Wales and his wife Anna Maria Woolrych.

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Thomas John Perowne (1868-1954 )

Thomas John Perowne was born on August 23, 1868 at Stalbridge, Dorset, England the son of Thomas Thomason Perowne the Rector of Stalbridge and his wife Mary Gillespie.

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Thomas Thomason Perowne (1824-1913)

Thomas Thomason Perowne was born April 16, 1824 at Burdwan, Bengal the second son of the Reverend John Perowne, a missionary with the Church Missionary Society and his wife Eliza Scott, a teacher in the missionary school.

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John James Stewart Perowne (1823-1904)

John James Stewart Perowne was born on March 13, 1823 at Burdwan, Bengal the eldest son of the Reverend John Perowne, a missionary with the Church Missionary Society and his wife Eliza, a teacher in the missionary school.

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Arthur William Thomson Perowne (1867-1948)

Arthur William Thomson Perowne was born on Jun 13, 1867 the fourth son of the Right Reverend John James Stewart Perowne who was at that time Vice-Principal of St David’s College, Lampeter, Wales and his wife Anna Maria Woolrych.

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Dame Freya Madeline Stark (1893-1993)

Freya Madeleine StarkFreya Madeline Stark was born on January 31, 1893 at Paris, France, the eldest daughter of Robert and Flora Stark.  Flora was Italian born,and it was there, two years later that Freya’s younger sister, Vera,  was born. Her childhood years were divided between the hill towns of northern Italy and the moors of southwest England. (Mother and daughters can be found at Chagford, Devon in the 1901 census).  

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