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Percival James
Percival
Ernest James
was
Dean of Dunedin
from 1950 until 1956.
Button was
educated
at
St Bees School
and
The Queen's College, Oxford
. He was
ordained
deacon
in
1909
and
priest
in
1910
. He was
Chaplain
of
Durham School
until 1917 when he became a
Chaplain to the Forces
, serving in
Egypt
and
Mesopotamia
. He was
Vicar
of
St Mary's Cathedral, Auckland
from 1920 to
1929
; Vicar of
St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington
from 1929 to 1937; and Vicar of
Halifax
,
Diocese of Wakefield, England
from 1937 to 19139.