George Douglas (priest)

George James Cosmo Douglas (1889 - 7 January 1973) was a Scottish Episcopalian priest during the 20th century.

Douglas was born in 1889.[1] He was educated at the University of Edinburgh and ordained in 1914.

He began his ordained ministry with a curacy at St Paul's Cathedral, Dundee, after which he was a chaplain to the British Armed Forces.[2] After the war he became the priest in charge of St Andrew's and St George's Rosyth and then the rector of St John the Baptist's Dundee. He became Provost of the Cathedral of the Isles in 1949[3] and then, concurrently, Dean of Argyll and The Isles - posts he held until his death on 7 January 1973.[4][5]

He is buried in the churchyard of the Cathedral of the Isles.[6]

References

1. “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 9780199540877
2. ”Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689-2000” Bertie, D.M: Edinburgh T & T Clark ISBN 0567087468
3. "Who Was Who: George James Cosmo Douglas". Retrieved 19 December 2020.
4. "Church website". Archived from the original on 21 October 2008. Retrieved 26 October 2008.
5. Obituary The Very Rev G.J.C Douglas The Times, 9 January 1973; pg. 14; Issue 58676; col G
6. "Find a Grave: George James Cosmo Douglas". Retrieved 19 December 2020.