Tour Scotland Photograph Reverend James Cameron Lees Memorial

Tour Scotland photograph of the James Cameron Lees Memorial, St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh, Scotland. Dean of the Thistle and Chapel Royal, 1886 to 1913. Reverend James Cameron Lees, born 1835, died 1913, was a Church of Scotland minister and author at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. James was born in London, England, and educated at London University. He was the incumbent at Carnach, Abbey of Paisley and St Giles' Cathedral Edinburgh. He was Dean of the Thistle and Dean of the Chapel Royal from 1887 to 1910. He was an Honorary Chaplain to the Queen from 1881 to 1901, and was appointed a Chaplain-in-Ordinary in Scotland to King Edward VII in October 1901. He died in Kingussie on 26 June 1913, and is buried in the Dean Cemetery, Edinburgh on the northern side of the original cemetery. He was married to Rhoda Rainsford Hannay, born 1843, died 1887. His children included Mabel, and John Cameron.

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