Rev. Canon Archibald Sholto Douglas, TD (1914-2004)
Michael Rhodes
and Honorary Canon of Chester Cathedral, died 11 February, 2004. He
was aged 89.
Archibald Sholto Douglas was born 22 April, 1914, son of Sholto James
Douglas (1866-1950), descended from the Scottish Earls of Morton, by
his wife Grace Elizabeth Gibson-Craig (of the Gibson-Craig-Carmichael
Baronets).
His paternal grandfather, the Rt. Rev. the Hon. Arthur Gascoigne
Douglas, was Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney 1883-1905, and was fifth
son of George Sholto Douglas, 17th Earl of Morton (1789-1858).
He was educated at Brighton College, and Selwyn College, Cambridge [BA
1937, MA 1946].
Career: Vicar of Capesthorne and Siddington, Cheshire, from 1955;
Chaplain to the High Sheriff of Cheshire, 1960-61; Chaplain to the
Forces; late Major, the 4th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers
[Territorial Army].
He received the Territorial Decoration in 1950.
Canon Douglas never married.
The funeral takes place at All Saints Church, Siddington, 25 February,
2004.
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