James Syme (priest)

The Ven James Greensill Skottowe Syme was Archdeacon of Lahore from 1916 to 1919.

Syme was educated at the University of Glasgow[1] and Edinburgh Theological College; and ordained Deacon in 1888 and Priest in 1889.[2] He was Curate at Hamilton, South Lanarkshire [3] and then went out to the North Western Frontier Province. He was at Calcutta, Dum Dum, Quetta, Abbottabad, Multan, Karachi and Shimla before his time as Archdeacon; and at Ampthill and Alstead afterwards.

He died at Farnham on 18 April 1948.[4]

Notes
  1. University web-site
  2. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1947-48 p1278: Oxford, OUP, 1947
  3. "Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689-2000" p586Bertie, D.M: Edinburgh T & T Clark ISBN 0-567-08746-8
  4. Obituary The Times (London, England), Tuesday, 20 April 1948; pg. 7; Issue 51050
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Edward John Warlow		 Archdeacon of Lahore
1916–1919		 Succeeded by
Hugh Trevor Wheeler


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