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James Gunn Matheson

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In 1961 he returned to Scotland to take on a senior administrative role at the Church of Scotland Offices on George Street in Edinburgh. During this period he was an elder in
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in Italy for the remainder of the war. During this time he learned Italian and acted as a liaison officer with the Italian authorities.
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in 1975. He did much to bridge differences between religions and was a strong friend of Archbishop
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in southern Edinburgh. In 1973 he returned to ministry going north to the remote town of
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In 1937 he married Janet Clarkson and together they had two daughters and three sons.
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he served as an Army Chaplain in North Africa. He was captured by the Germans at the
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from 1946. In 1951 he travelled to the other side of the world as minister of
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the son of Rev Matheson, a Free Church of Scotland minister. He was educated
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On release he rejoined the ministry and served at St Columba's Church in
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as Moderator in 1975 and in turn was succeeded by Very Rev
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He was ordained around 1934 and his first charge was
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Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
Thomas Winning


Caithness
Inverness Royal Academy
University of Edinburgh
Olrig
Second World War
Battle of Tobruk
prisoner-of-war
Blackhall, Edinburgh
Knox Church, Dunedin
New Zealand
Mayfield Church
Portree
Gaelic
Very Rev David Steel
Thomas F. Torrance
Totaig
Isle of Skye
"Moderators of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland genealogy project"
"Rev James Matheson"
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