- Charles Pressley Smith
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The Very Rev Charles Pressley Smith [1] was an eminent Anglican Priest in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.[2]
Born into an ecclesiastical family in Fraserburgh in 1862,[3] he was educated at Aberdeen University and ordained after a period of study at Edinburgh Theological College in 1885. Initially, he was a Curate at Edinburgh Cathedral and then Priest in charge of St Martin’s, Edinburgh.[4] He was Rector of St John’s, Oban and in 1897 became its Dean until 1987, a post he held until 1930.[5] He died on 9 September 1935.
Religious titles Preceded by
Arthur John MacleanDean of Argyll and The Isles
1897 – 1930Succeeded by
Alexander Stewart MacInnesNotes
- ^ ” Burke's landed gentry of Great Britain” Dewar, P.B (Ed) London, London, Burke’s 2001 ISBN 0971196605
- ^ ”Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689-2000” Bertie, D.M: Edinburgh T & T Clark ISBN 0567087468
- ^ His father was the Rev. F. Smith sometime Incumbent of St John’s Church, Arpafeelie “Who was Who” 1897–2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
- ^ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
- ^ Ecclesiastical Intelligence The Times Thursday, Mar 25, 1897; pg. 8; Issue 35160; col B
Deans of Argyll and The Isles James Paterson • Samuel Hood • Robert Jackson MacGeorge • James Robert Alexander Chinnery-Haldane • Frederick Robert Halsey Herbert Noyes • Reginald John Mapleton • Arthur John Maclean • Charles Pressley Smith • Alexander Stewart MacInnes • Charles Whitworth Robert Lloyd • James Courtney Bevin • Duncan MacInnes • George James Cosmo Douglas • George Kennedy Buchanan Henderson • Charles MacAlester Copland • Ian George MacQueen Wilson •
John Henry James MacLeay • Roy Francis Ferguson Flatt • Norman Donald MacCallum
Province of Scotland
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