Edward Reid

Edward Thomas Scott Reid was an Anglican bishop[1] in the first half of the 20th century. He was born on 12 December 1871 and educated at Fettes College and Edinburgh University.[2] His first post was a curacy at Old Saint Paul's, Edinburgh[3] after which he was Second Chaplain of St Mary’s Cathedral, Edinburgh. Later he was Rector of St Cuthbert’s, Hawick, and then of St Bride’s, Glasgow. In 1920 he was appointed Dean of Glasgow and Galloway and the following year its Bishop.[4] In 1931 he was translated to St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane and died in post on 27 July 1938.[5]

Religious titles
Preceded by
Archibald Ean Campbell
Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway
1921 – 1931
Succeeded by
John Russell Darbyshire
Preceded by
Charles Edward Plumb
Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane
1931 – 1938
Succeeded by
James Lumsden Barkway

Notes

  1. ^ ”Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689-2000” Bertie, D.M: Edinburgh T & T Clark ISBN 0-567-08746-8
  2. ^ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
  3. ^ Church web-site
  4. ^ St Cyprian, Lenzie
  5. ^ The Times, Thursday, Jul 28, 1938; pg. 16; Issue 48058; col C Obituary: The Bishop Of St. Andrews