Robert Mackay was Dean of Aberdeen and Orkney from 1922The Times (London, England), Saturday, 23 May 1931; pg. 15; Issue 45830 (conducts burial of the Princess Royal at Mar Lodge) to 1934.
He was educated at the University of AberdeenCrockford's Clerical Directory 1929/30 p830: Oxford, OUP, 1929 and ordained in 1883. After a curacy at Edinburgh Cathedral he was Rector of Longside from 1845."Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689-2000" p494 Bertie, D.M: Edinburgh T & T Clark During World War I he was a Chaplain to the Forces. He was the Synod Clerk for the Diocese of Aberdeen and Orkney from 1910 to 1922; and a Canon of Aberdeen Cathedral from 1914 to 1922.
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