James Montgomery

Deceased Person

1818 – 1897

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Who was James Montgomery?

The Very Reverend James Francis Montgomery was an Anglican priest in the second half of the 19th century

He studied for the bar before being ordained after a period of study at Durham University, and was a Curate at Puddletown before Edinburgh incumbencies. He was appointed Dean of Edinburgh in 1873; and Provost of that St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral in Edinburgh in 1879. A fine recumbent effigy of Montgomery exists on the north side of the choir stalls, sculpted by James Pittendrigh Macgillivray two decades after his death.

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Born
1818
Died
1897

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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