Scrapbook: Newspaper cuttings and related printed material. 'Chiefly concerning 19th century clergy of the Scottish Episcopal Church with notices of some of the prominent laymen'. [See also: typed index inside volume for list of clergy].

• Reference:GB 254 BrMS 3/DC 119
• Dates of Creation:1874-1930
• Name of Creator:
  Dean William Leslie Christie
• Physical Description:
  1 volume

• Scope and Content

  (p.1) Memorials to Alexander Penrose Forbes, Bishop of Brechin, The Church Magazine, Diocese of Brechin, No. CXXI, December 1875. (p.1) Report of consecration of Rev. Walter John Forbes Robberds as Bishop of Brechin, St. Paul's Church, Dundee, 1904. (p.4-5) Photograph with names: The Provincial Synod of the Scottish Episcopal Church, 1911. Photograph of Scottish bishops, supplement to the Scottish Chronicle, 3 March, 1905. (p.7) Order of Service at burial of the Rt Rev. Rowland Ellis, Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney, 1911. (p.20A) Article with photograph relating to memorial to Rev. John Comper erected in St. Peter's Cemetery, Aberdeen. (p.19) Consecration of the Parish Church, Forres. (p.24-25) Photograph: 'Reception to Miss Sybil Thorndike at Bishop's Court', n.d. (p.61) Photograph: The Mission Hospital at Chanda. (p.67) In Memoriam Samuel Cox Smyth: a memoir and appreciation, by J.C.D. Fraser, Banchory, 1893. (p.70) Photograph: Church Dignitaries in Dundee, The Dundee Advertiser, 8 May, 1924. [On loose pages at end of volume]. (1.1) In Memoriam. William Hatt, Dean of Brechin, d.1913. (1.2) St. James', Stonehaven. At the Dedication of the Baptistery, n.d. (1.3) Photograph: Arthur Foley Winnington - Ingram, Lord Bishop of London, n.d. (1.4) Photograph: a group of churchmen with Walter John Forbes Robberds, Bishop of Brechin, in front, centre, n.d. (1.5) Photograph: part of a procession of churchmen, n.d.

• Administrative / Biographical History

  Dean Christie was born in 1858, the son of the Reverend William Christie, the incumbent of Fochabers and Dean of Moray. He was educated at Aberdeen University and Edinburgh Theological College, being ordained in 1881. Following curacies at Leith, and Hornsey, London, he became the incumbent of Stonehaven in 1890, where he remained until his death in 1931. He was examining chaplain to the Bishop of Brechin 1904-1916, and was synod clerk 1909-1917. In 1917 he became Dean of Brechin.

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• Note

  Dean Christie was born in 1858, the son of the Reverend William Christie, the incumbent of Fochabers and Dean of Moray. He was educated at Aberdeen University and Edinburgh Theological College, being ordained in 1881. Following curacies at Leith, and Hornsey, London, he became the incumbent of Stonehaven in 1890, where he remained until his death in 1931. He was examining chaplain to the Bishop of Brechin 1904-1916, and was synod clerk 1909-1917. In 1917 he became Dean of Brechin.

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• Archivist's Note

  Description compiled by Jennifer Johnstone

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