Alexander Roy MacGregor Grier (usually known as Roy M. Grier; 8 May 1877 - 1 February 1940) was an eminent

Anglican Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of th ...

priest and schoolmaster in the first half of the 20th century. Born in 1877, Grier was educated at

Denstone College Denstone College is a mixed, independent, boarding and day school in Denstone, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, England. It is a Woodard School, having been founded by Nathaniel Woodard, and so Christian traditions are practised as part of Colle ...

and the University of Oxford, where he read history. From university Grier became a schoolmaster at Worksop College in 1900 and was ordained in 1903. He became headmaster of Worksop in 1905 and carried out a large and expensive building programme, including the construction of a new chapel. Between 1915 and 1919 he was headmaster of Bloxham School, successfully guiding the school through the First World War. He then became headmaster of his old school (1919-31) before becoming the Rural Dean of

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

in 1931. Grier then worked as Provost of

St Ninian's Cathedral, Perth St. Ninian's Cathedral (Scottish Gaelic: Cathair-eaglais Naomh Ninian) is a cathedral of the Scottish Episcopal Church in the Diocese of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane. History The Scottish Episcopal Church was disestablished in 1689 and a ...

from 1936 to 1940, when he died. His son Anthony MacGregor Grier was born on 12 April 1911."Grier, Anthony MacGregor"
''Who Was Who'' (online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2007). Retrieved 26 September 2018.''Burke's Peerage'' (2003), vol. 2, p. 3702.

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1877 births 1940 deaths Alumni of the University of Oxford English Anglo-Catholics 20th-century English Anglican priests Schoolteachers from Staffordshire Headmasters of Bloxham School People educated at Denstone College Provosts of St Ninian's Cathedral, Perth Anglo-Catholic clergy {{Christian-clergy-stub