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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.  577    
Surname  Manson    
Christian Name(s)  George Wright    
Body of text  MANSON, GEORGE WRIGHT, born Edinburgh, 16th June 1845, son of George M and Janet Steele Reid; educated at High School and University of Edinburgh; MA (1867), BD (1869); licensed by Presbytery of Edinburgh 15th July 1868; assistant at St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh; ordained to Indian chaplaincy (Bengal) 21st July 1870; served in the Afghan War, took part in march to Kabul under Lord Roberts, and was present at the Battle of Kandahar (despatches, medals); retired in 1893; died unmarried at Edinburgh, 9th October 1915. He presented a spire for the new Dean Parish Church, Edinburgh (in memory of his old minister, James Veitch, DD, St Cuthbert's), along with a pulpit and elders' pews.    
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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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