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Roderick Mackay

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Roderick John Mackay (20 July 1874 - 24 November 1956) was Dean of Edinburgh from 1939 to 1954.[1]

He was educated at Hatfield College, Durham.[2] He was awarded a Theological Scholarship in 1899, the Barry Scholarship in 1901, and won the Theological Prize the same year.[1] He was also elected President of the Durham Union, serving for Michaelmas term of 1901.[3] He served curacies in Pallion, Greenock and Edinburgh.[4] He was Priest in Charge of St Matthew, Edinburgh from 1904 to 1909; Rector of St Martin, Edinburgh from 1909 to 1921 and of St Peter, Edinburgh from 1921 to 1954 (also Synod Clerk for the Diocese of Edinburgh from 1934 to 1939).

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  1. [1]
    "Mackay, Very Rev. Roderick John, (20 July 1874–24 Nov. 1956)". Who was Who 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  2. [2]
    Crockford's Clerical Directory 1929/30 p 802: Oxford, OUP, 1929
  3. [3]
    Campbell, P. D. A. (1952). A Short History of the Durham Union Society. Durham County Press. p. 16.
  4. [4]
    ”Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689-2000” Bertie, D.M p350 : Edinburgh T & T Clark ISBN 0-567-08746-8
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