18 January 1943 A.D. Harry Reid Passes—Scots Episcopal Minister and Bishop of Edinburgh

 

(Date of ordination appears to be in error below.

Harry Reid (bishop)

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Bishop Harry Reid's grave, St Johns, Edinburgh

The Rt Rev. Harry Seymour Reid (died 18 January 1943) was Bishop of Edinburgh from 1929^[1] until 1939.

He was educated at Loretto School^[2] and Glasgow University. He was ordained in 1984^[3] and began his career with a curacy at St John the Evangelist, Edinburgh.^[4]After this he was Senior Chaplain at St Mary’s Cathedral, Edinburgh and then held incumbencies at St Mark’s, Portobello, Edinburgh and St Paul’s, York Place in the same city. In 1919 he became Dean of Edinburgh before his elevation to the Episcopate.

He is buried near the south-west corner of St John's churchyard in Edinburgh.

Notes

1.    Jump up^ New Bishop Of Edinburgh. Dean Reid Elected The Times Saturday, Apr 27, 1929; pg. 15; Issue 45188; col C

2.    Jump up^ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7

3.    Jump up^ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory", London, Hamilton & Co, 1889

4.   Jump up^ Church web-site

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Religious titles
Preceded by John Skinner Wilson	Dean of Edinburgh 1919 –1929	Succeeded by William Perry
Preceded by Somerset Walpole	Bishop of Edinburgh 1929 –1939	Succeeded by Ernest Denny Logie Danson