Logie Danson
Ernest Denny Logie Danson was an Anglican bishop in the first half of the 20th century.[1]
He was born into a distinguished clerical family[2] on 14 June 1880 and educated at Trinity College, Glenalmond and Aberdeen University. He was ordained in 1906 and began his career with a curacy at St Paul's Cathedral, Dundee.[3] From 1906 he was a Missionary Priest in Southeast Asia eventually becoming Bishop of Labuan and Sarawak.[4] He then returned to England as a Canon Residentiary at Carlisle Cathedral[5] before being appointed Provost of St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh. He was then elected Bishop of Edinburgh in 1939.[6] Four years later he became Primus of Scotland,[7] a post he held to his death on 9 December 1946.[8]
References
- ↑ National archives
- ↑ His father was the Very Rev. J. M. Danson, Dean of Aberdeen and Orkney “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
- ↑ ”Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689-2000” Bertie, D.M: Edinburgh T & T Clark ISBN 0-567-08746-8
- ↑ Bishops of Labuan and Sarawak Archived 4 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
- ↑ Diocesan History
- ↑ BU Theology Library
- ↑ Obituary Dr. Logie DansonThe Times Thursday, 12 December 1946; pg. 7; Issue 50632; col D
| Church of England titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by William Robert Rupert Mounsey |
Bishop of Labuan and Sarawak 1917 – 1931 |
Succeeded by Noel Baring Hudson |
| Preceded by William James Margetson |
Provost of St Mary’s Cathedral, Edinburgh 1938 – 1939 |
Succeeded by David Colin Dunlop |
| Preceded by Harry Seymour Reid |
Bishop of Edinburgh 1939 – 1946 |
Succeeded by Kenneth Charles Harman Warner |
| Preceded by Arthur John Maclean |
Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church 1943 – 1946 |
Succeeded by John Charles Halland How |
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