Alexander Grier

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The Very Reverend Alexander Roy MacGregor Grier (usually known as Roy M. Grier [1] ; 8 May 1877 - 1 February 1940) was an eminent Anglican priest and schoolmaster in the first half of the 20th century. [2]

Born in 1877, [3] Grier was educated at Denstone College and the University of Oxford, where he read history. From university Grier became a schoolmaster at Worksop College in 1900 and was ordained in 1903. He became headmaster of Worksop in 1905 and carried out a large and expensive building programme, including the construction of a new chapel. Between 1915 and 1919 he was headmaster of Bloxham School, successfully guiding the school through the First World War. [4] He then became headmaster of his old school (1919-31) before becoming the Rural Dean of Switzerland in 1931. [5] Grier then worked as Provost of St Ninian's Cathedral, Perth from 1936 [6] to 1940, when he died. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ The Denstone Register, 1873 - 1930; pp. [iv] & 349
  2. ↑ "Burke's landed gentry of Great Britain: together with members of the titled and non-titled contemporary establishment" Dewar, P.B (Ed): Stokesley, Burke's, 2001 ISBN   0-9711966-4-8
  3. ↑ "Who was Who" 1897-2007 London: A & C Black, 2007 ISBN   978-0-19-954087-7
  4. ↑ Old Bloxhamist Society, A History of Bloxham School (H. E. Boddy & Co. Ltd, Banbury, 1978), 83.
  5. ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1940 Obituaries Section
  6. ↑ "Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689-2000" Bertie, D .M: Edinburgh: T & T Clark ISBN   0-567-08746-8
  7. ↑ The Times, Saturday, Feb 03, 1940; pg. 9; Issue 48530; col D Obituaries
Religious titles
Preceded by
Hubert Mitchell Rankin 		Provost of St Ninian's Cathedral, Perth
1936 –1940		Succeeded by
James Lumsden Barkway


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