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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