Ernest Denny Logie Danson (14 June 18809 December 1946) was an Anglican

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in the first half of the 20th century.

Biography

He was born into a distinguished clerical family — his father was Myers Danson, Dean of Aberdeen and Orkney — on 14 June 1880 and educated at

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and

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. He was

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deacon in 1906 and priest in 1907 and began his career with a

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at St Paul's Cathedral, Dundee. From 1906 he was a Missionary Priest in

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eventually becoming Bishop of Labuan and Sarawak. He then returned to England as a Canon Residentiary of

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and Assistant Bishop of Carlisle (both 1931–1938) before being appointed Provost of St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh and an

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. He was then elected diocesan

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in 1939. Four years later he was elected

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; ill-health caused him to resign as Primus in May 1946, and to resign his See in September before his death on 9 December 1946.''Obituary Dr. Logie Danson''

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Thursday, 12 December 1946; pg. 7; Issue 50632; col D

References

1880 births People educated at Glenalmond College Alumni of the University of Aberdeen Anglican bishops of Labuan and Sarawak Provosts of St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh (Episcopal) Bishops of Edinburgh Primuses of the Scottish Episcopal Church 20th-century Anglican bishops in Asia 1946 deaths British expatriates in Malaysia Scottish Anglican missionaries Anglican missionaries in Malaysia Anglican missionaries in Singapore People of British Borneo {{Christian-clergy-stub