Robert Mackay was
Dean of
Aberdeen and Orkney from 1922 to 1934.
He was educated at the
University of Aberdeen
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and
ordained
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in 1883. After a
curacy at
Edinburgh Cathedral he was
Rector of
Longside from 1845.
["Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689-2000" p494 Bertie, D.M: Edinburgh T & T Clark ] During
World War I
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he was a
Chaplain
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to the
Forces. He was the Synod Clerk for the
Diocese of Aberdeen and Orkney from 1910 to 1922; and a
Canon of
Aberdeen Cathedral from 1914 to 1922.
Notes
Alumni of the University of Aberdeen
Deans of Aberdeen and Orkney
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