Harry Reid (bishop)
Bishop Harry Reid's grave, St Johns, Edinburgh
The Rt Rev. Harry Seymour Reid (died 18 January 1943) was Bishop of Edinburgh from 1929[1] until 1939.
He was educated at Loretto School[2] and Glasgow University. He was ordained in 1984[3] and began his career with a curacy at St John the Evangelist, Edinburgh.[4] After this he was Senior Chaplain at St Mary’s Cathedral, Edinburgh and then held incumbencies at St Mark’s, Portobello, Edinburgh and St Paul’s, York Place in the same city. In 1919 he became Dean of Edinburgh before his elevation to the Episcopate.
He is buried near the south-west corner of St John's churchyard in Edinburgh.
Notes
- ↑ New Bishop Of Edinburgh. Dean Reid Elected The Times Saturday, Apr 27, 1929; pg. 15; Issue 45188; col C
- ↑ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
- ↑ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory", London, Hamilton & Co, 1889
- ↑ Church web-site
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| Preceded by John Skinner Wilson |
Dean of Edinburgh 1919 –1929 |
Succeeded by William Perry |
| Preceded by Somerset Walpole |
Bishop of Edinburgh 1929 –1939 |
Succeeded by Ernest Denny Logie Danson |
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