He was consecrated at Inverness Cathedral in Scotland and sailed for the Cape on 25 April 1871, arriving in Cape Town on 28 July.
He was then a canon at St Andrew’s Cathedral, Inverness from 2000 until his appointment as Dean of Moray, Ross and Caithness in 2009.
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From 2003 to 2004 he was Provost of St Andrew’s Cathedral, Inverness and Hospital and Community Health Care Chaplain for NHS Highland since then.