John Perowne

Born in Burdwan, Bengal, Perowne was a member of a notable clerical family, whose origins were Huguenot.

He was educated at Norwich School, and at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, becoming a fellow in 1849[1] and where his brother Edward was later Master.

[3] Perowne was a respected Hebrew scholar of the traditional type and sat on the Old Testament Revision Committee.

[2] Perowne married Anna Maria Raikea, daughter of Humphry William Woolrych, before moving to Wales in 1862.

One of his grandsons, Stewart Perowne, married Dame Freya Stark and was the more famous as Head of Education in British Palestine, archaeologist, explorer, and writer.