David Gordon Allen d'Aldecamb Lumsden of Cusehnie, FSAL, FSAS (25 May 1933, in

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, Baluchistan, Empire of India (now

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) – 29 August 2008, in

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) was a Scottish businessman, nationalist and sometime Baron of Cushnie-Lumsden (in Aberdeen). The son of Henry Gordon Strange Lumsden and Sydney Mary Elliot, he studied at Allhallows, Devon;

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; and

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( MA). He served in the Territorial Army with the London Scottish.

Career

He worked as an executive at

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from 1959 until his retirement in 1982. He was the Director of Heritage Porcelain Ltd. and Heritage Recordings Ltd.

Religious affiliations

* Knight of the

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, 1980 * Knight of Justice of the

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, 1978 * Knight of the

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, 1999

Death

His Requiem Mass in 2008 was the first celebration in St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh, since 1969, of Mass as in

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, in accordance with

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's indication, the year before, that, "for those faithful or priests who request it, the pastor should allow celebrations in this extraordinary form also in special circumstances such as ..funerals".Motu proprio ''Summorum Pontificum'', Art. 5 §3
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Nationalist or secular affiliations

* Garioch Pursuivant to the Chief of the Name and Arms of Mar (currently Margaret of Mar, the 30th Countess of Mar) *Co-founder, Scottish Historic Organs Trust (1991 - his death) *Co-founder and Chairman, Castles of Scotland Preservation Trust (1985 - his death) *President, Scottish Military History Society *Admiral the Viscount Keppel Association *Patron of the

Aboyne Aboyne ( sco, Abyne, gd, Abèidh) is a village on the edge of the Highlands in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, on the River Dee, approximately west of Aberdeen. It has a swimming pool at Aboyne Academy, all-weather tennis courts, a bowling green an ...

Highland Games (1999 - his death) *President of the 1745 Association/ Scottish Military History Society (1991 - his death) *Convenor of the

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(1993) *Member of

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(1985 - 2001) *Member, Council, Royal Stuart Society

References

External links

''Cheshire Heraldry'' obit

''The Herald'' obituary
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