Percival Ernest James

Percival Ernest James (born 1 Mar 1883 Easington, County Durham - died Dunedin 31 July 1958) 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 Church, 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.