William White Anderson MC (1888–1956) was a Scottish minister who served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1951. He was Chaplain in Scotland to both King

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and Queen

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Life

He was born on 17 March 1888 in

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. He was educated at Bo'ness Academy and then studied divinity at

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. In 1912 he went to

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to run a mission. In the

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he served as a Senior Chaplain to the

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. He won the

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in 1917. In 1919 he returned to Glasgow as minister of

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Church. In 1926 he transferred to

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Church in Bearsden in northwest Glasgow. In 1931 he moved to Edinburgh as an assistant minister of St Cuthberts at the west end of Princes Street Gardens. Later promoted to Senior Minister he remained there for the rest of his working life. He died on 17 December 1956.

References

1888 births 1956 deaths Alumni of the University of Glasgow 20th-century Ministers of the Church of Scotland Moderators of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland Recipients of the Military Cross People from Bo'ness Scottish expatriates in Canada British Army personnel of World War I Military personnel from Falkirk (council area) {{Scotland-reli-bio-stub