Arthur Douglas (bishop)

Arthur Gascoigne Douglas D.C.L. (1827–1905) was Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney in Scotland from 1883 to 1905.

Ordained 1850,^[1] he served as a priest in Kidderminster, Southwark, Scaldwell and Shawick^[2] before he was elected Bishop of Aberdeen in 1883

He was the fifth son of George Sholto Douglas, 17th earl of Morton. He married, 17 April 1855, Anna Maria Harriet, youngest daughter of Richards Richards of Caerynch, co. Merioneth. By her, he had 3 sons and 6 daughters.^[3]

He was a participant in the consecration of St Mary's Church, Dalmahoy in 1850, where he was subsequently buried in 1905

References

^ The official year-book of the Church of England
^ A short history of the Episcopal Church in Scotland: By Frederick Goldie
^ Burke's Peerage, 1922

Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by Thomas George Suther	Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney 1883–1905	Succeeded by Rowland Ellis

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[1] The official year-book of the Church of England

[2] A short history of the Episcopal Church in Scotland: By Frederick Goldie

[3] Burke's Peerage, 1922

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