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 Church of Scotland Ministers A

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Date transcribed2011-00-00
Transcribed byJane Britcliffe, Peter Schofield, Penny Tipper
CommentList of Ministers of the Church of Scotland who served in India or South Asia, extracted from Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae

Section  India    
Volume No.  7    
Page No.  569    
Surname  Archibald    
Christian Name(s)  William Forrest    
Wife 1 Surname  Cookson    
Wife 1 Christian name(s)  Jeanie Proudfoot    
Children to 1st Wife Christian name(s)  Robert George; William Forrest    
Wife 2 Surname  Thompson-Smith    
Wife 2 Christian name(s)  Lilian    
Father-in-law 2 Surname  Thompson-Smith    
Father-in-law 2 Christian name(s)  Edward    
Body of text  ARCHIBALD, WILLIAM FORREST, born New Monkland, 13th August 1853, only son of Robert A, minister of that parish; educated at Airdrie Academy and University of Glasgow; licensed by Presbytery of Hamilton; assistant at St John's, Glasgow; appointed to Indian chaplaincy (Madras), 15th November 1878; served with Black Mountain Expedition; senior Presidency chaplain in 1896; chaplain to Scottish troops at Khartoum, Egypt; retired 7th October 1900; held chaplaincy appointments at Shoeburyness, Aldershot, and Colchester, 1902-20; died 11th December 1920. He married (1) 17th September 1879, Jeanie Proudfoot (born 1st July 1852, died 15th June 1883), widow of Captain Cookson, and had issue - Robert George, army surgeon, born 4th July 1880; William Forrest, army surgeon, born 10th July 1882, died 22nd June 1911 : (2) 8th April 1914, Lilian (without issue), daughter of Edward Thompson-Smith, Mayor of Colchester.    
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List of Ministers of the Church of Scotland who served in India or South Asia extracted from Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae
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