Arthur Philip Perceval

Arthur Philip Perceval (1799–1853) was an English high church Anglican cleric, royal chaplain and theological writer.

Born on 22 November 1799, he was the fifth and youngest son of Charles George Perceval, 2nd Baron Arden, by his wife Margaret Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Sir Thomas Spencer Wilson.

He matriculated at Oriel College, Oxford, on 19 March 1817, graduating B.A.

He supported the Tractarian movement at Oxford, and in 1841 published a Vindication of the Authors of the Tracts for the Times, principally defending John Henry Newman against attacks made on his Tract 90.

Perceval died on 11 June 1853, having married, on 15 December 1825, Charlotte Anne, eldest daughter of the Rev.