DEARMER, PERCY, brother of Thomas Edgar Dearmer (qv); b. 27 Feb 1867; adm. (G) 22 Jan 1880; left May 1881; subsequently at private school in Vevey, Switzerland; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 12 Jun 1886; BA 1890; MA 1896; BD and DD 1911; ordained deacon 1891, priest 1892; Curate, St. Anne’s, Lambeth 1891-4, St. John’s, Great Marlborough Street, 1894-7, Berkeley Chapel, Mayfair, 1897, St. Mark’s, Marylebone Road, 1898-1901; Vicar of St. Mary’s, Primrose Hill, Hampstead, Middlesex 1901-15; Secretary, London Christian Social Union 1891-1912; Chaplain to British Red Cross in Servia 1915; YMCA Lecturer, France 1916, Delhi 1917-8, Japan and USA 1918-9; a liturgical scholar and hymnologist; Professor of Ecclesiastical Art, King’s Coll. London, from 1919, also Fellow King’s Coll. London; Canon Residentiary, Westminster, from 1931; joint editor, The English Hymnal; author, numerous publications on religious art, the liturgy and social questions; m. 1st, 1891, Mabel, artist and writer, dau. of Surgeon-Maj. William White; m. 2nd, 19 Aug 1916 Nancy, sister of Denis Knowles (qv); d. 29 May 1936. DNB Supp.
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