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1834 – 3 December 1918) was the first headmaster of Clifton College, where he made his reputation as a great
educator. In his 17 years at Clifton numbers rose to 680. He accepted the
presidency of Trinity College, Oxford to
recover from his years at Clifton. It was from Trinity that he went to Rugby to
become headmaster of Rugby School before
becoming Bishop of Hereford. Percival
was born in Brough Sowerby, near Kirkby Stephen, Westmorland, England, and was brought up on his uncle's farm
after the death of his mother when he was very young. He was educated at Appleby grammar school, before winning a scholarship to The Queen's College,
Oxford in 1854. He obtained first-class degrees in classics and
mathematics and was elected to a fellowship by the college in 1858.
Recuperating from overwork in Pau, France in the
following winter, he met Louisa Holland, whom he married in 1862. Percival was
ordained deacon in 1860 and was offered a position as a master at Rugby School by the headmaster, Frederick Temple. In 1862, Percival was appointed the first headmaster
of Clifton College in
Bristol, on Temple's recommendation. Percival made this new school into a
leading public school and he was also involved with other educational work in
the city, helping to found Clifton High School for
Girls (established in 1877).[1] and University College, Bristol (1876).
Percival became President of Trinity College, Oxford in
January 1879. Although he was not always happy as a college head, he was
involved in the wider work of the university, chairing the committee that
established Somerville Hall in
1879 and promoting the university's adult education work.
In May 1887, Percival became headmaster of Rugby School, succeeding Thomas Jex-Blake. During his time as headmaster, he pursued a
vigorous moral crusade. His leadership soon improved the prestige of the
school. He attacked "idleness" and "loafing" and, concerned
about "impurity", insisted that be worn below the knee and secured with elastic. He acquired the
nickname "Percival of the knees" as a result.
In 1888, Percival's appointment of Marie Bethell Beauclerc to
teach shorthand to classes of one hundred boys was the first appointment of a
female teacher in an English boys' public school and the first time shorthand
had been taught in any such school. Lord
Rosebery, the Prime
Minister, nominated Percival to be Bishop of Hereford in
January 1895. Whilst Queen Victoria was
opposed to the idea, since Percival was known to favour the disestablishment of the Church in Wales, Rosebery prevailed.[1] The Congé appointment passed the Great Seal of the Realm on
18 February 1895. Percival's
time in Hereford was affected by the death of his wife in 1896, and he had
difficulties in administering the large rural diocese where his radical
political views were often unpopular. Graham Neville characterises him as a
'Low-church Political Liberal'.;[3] in 1901 he publicly criticised the conditions
and loss of life in the Concentration
Camps of the Second Boer War.[4] He attracted criticism (including an
excommunication by Frank Weston, the bishop of Zanzibar) when he communion at Hereford Cathedral to
mark the coronation of George V. He
had more success on a national level, elected as the President of the
Educational Science section of the British Association, and
championed the cause of adult education in particular – he chaired the
first meeting of the Workers' Educational
Association in 1903. He was elected an honorary fellow of Queen's College, Oxford in
late 1902. Percival
hoped for the Archbishopric of York;
indeed felt that it had been promised him, but was disappointed when Cosmo Gordon Lang was given the post in 1909.
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