The Very Reverend Ivor Erskine St Clair Ramsay was an eminent Anglican priest in the middle part of the 20th century. He was born on 1 November 1902 and educated at Uppingham and Glasgow University.[1] He was ordained in 1925 and began his career with a curacy at St Paul's Cathedral, Dundee.[2] In 1931 he became a Novice of the College of the Resurrection, Mirfield and the following year Chaplain of the Home of St Francis, Dunfermline. He then held incumbencies at St John’s Church, Jedburgh, Christ Church, Falkirk and St Andrew’s, Dunmore [3] before being appointed Provost of St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh.[4] In 1949 he was appointed Dean of King's College, Cambridge, a post he held to his death seven years later[5]
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| Preceded by David Colin Dunlop |
Provost of St Mary’s Cathedral, Edinburgh 1944 – 1949 |
Succeeded by Hector Bransby Gooderham |
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