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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.  571    
Surname  Crawford    
Christian Name(s)  John    
Wife 1 Surname  Crawford    
Wife 1 Christian name(s)  Harriet    
Children to 1st Wife Christian name(s)  unnamed son    
Body of text  CRAWFORD, JOHN, born 15th January 1842, son of John C, minister of Crichton; educated at University of Edinburgh; BA (1860); MA (1863); BD (1865); licensed by Presbytery of Dalkeith 1865; assistant at Broughty Ferry 1866-7, Caputh 1867; missionary at Walkerburn 1868; assistant West Parish, Perth, 1868-70, St Andrews, Glasgow, 1870; missionary at Parkhead, 1870-2; ordained (by Presbytery of Glasgow) chaplain at Dimbula, Ceylon, 1872-6; acting chaplain at Galle, Ceylon, 1876-8; assistant at Tolbooth Parish, Edinburgh, 1878-9; missionary at Beauly and Guisachan, 1879-81; acting chaplain to Forces at Aldershot 1881; minister of Ruthrieston, Aberdeen, 1881-2; appointed chaplain at Meerut, India, 20th April 1882; died 30th June 1903. He married Harriet Crawford, DCS, who died at Cambridge, 12th September 1922, and had issue - a son. Publications ­ Buddhism at Home; Chastity in the British Army.    
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