Education
University of Glasgow.
University of Glasgow.
Educated at Glasgow University and ordained in 1854 he was Chaplain to the Bishop of Edinburgh, during which time he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Subsequently a vicar, then canon within the area he was elevated to the colonial episcopate in 1883. Returning to Great Britain six years later he became Rector of Boldon and coadjutor to Joseph Lightfoot and Brooke Westcott, two successive Bishops of Durham
He is buried in the upper terrace of Street Johns Church at the west end of Princes Street in Edinburgh.