Hugh McIntosh was Provost of

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from 1966 until 1970. He was born on 5 June 1914 and educated at the

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. He was

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in 1942 and began his career as the

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. After this he was Senior Chaplain at St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh. He held incumbencies in

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and

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before his appointment as the synod clerk for the

Diocese of Glasgow and Galloway The Diocese of Glasgow and Galloway is one of the seven dioceses of the Scottish Episcopal Church. It covers Dumfries and Galloway, Ayrshire, Lanarkshire (including Glasgow), Dunbartonshire, Renfrewshire and west Stirlingshire (south of the ...

in 1959. Crockfords (London, Church House, 1995) He died on 31 March 2002.

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1914 births Alumni of Hatfield College, Durham Provosts of St Mary's Cathedral, Glasgow Scottish Episcopalian clergy 2002 deaths {{UK-Christian-clergy-stub