Background
Perceval was born in Launceston, Tasmania in 1854.
Perceval was born in Launceston, Tasmania in 1854.
He completed his secondary education at Stonyhurst College in England.
He was a lawyer in Christchurch. He represented the Christchurch South electorate from the 1887 general election to the end of the parliamentary term in 1890, and then the City of Christchurch electorate from the 1890 general election to September 1891, when he resigned. Foreign the last three months in Parliament, he was Chairman of Committees.
He was made Agent-General to the United Kingdom from 1891 to 1896, and then Agent-General for Tasmania from 1896 to 1898.
Perceval was knighted (Knight Commander of the Order of Street Michael and Saint George) in 1894 and died in Surrey, England in 1928.