Alexander Roy MacGregor Grier (usually known as Roy M. Grier;[ 1] 8 May 1877 - 1 February 1940) was an eminent Anglican priest and schoolmaster in the first half of the 20th century.[ 2]
Born in 1877,[ 3] Grier was educated at Denstone College and the University of Oxford , where he read history. From university Grier became a schoolmaster at Worksop College in 1900 and was ordained in 1903. He became headmaster of Worksop in 1905 and carried out a large and expensive building programme, including the construction of a new chapel. Between 1915 and 1919 he was headmaster of Bloxham School , successfully guiding the school through the First World War .[ 4] He then became headmaster of his old school (1919-31) before becoming the Rural Dean of Switzerland in 1931.[ 5] Grier then worked as Provost of St Ninian's Cathedral, Perth from 1936[ 6] to 1940, when he died.[ 7]
His son Anthony MacGregor Grier was born on 12 April 1911.[ 8] [ 9]
References
^ The Denstone Register, 1873 - 1930 ; pp. [iv] & 349
^ "Burke's landed gentry of Great Britain: together with members of the titled and non-titled contemporary establishment" Dewar, P.B (Ed): Stokesley, Burke's, 2001 ISBN 0-9711966-4-8
^ "Who was Who" 1897-2007 London: A & C Black , 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
^ Old Bloxhamist Society, A History of Bloxham School (H. E. Boddy & Co. Ltd, Banbury, 1978), 83.
^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1940-41 Oxford, OUP ,1940 Obituaries Section
^ "Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689-2000" Bertie, D .M: Edinburgh: T & T Clark ISBN 0-567-08746-8
^ The Times , Saturday, Feb 03, 1940; pg. 9; Issue 48530; col D Obituaries
^ "Grier, Anthony MacGregor" , Who Was Who (online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2007). Retrieved 26 September 2018.
^ Burke's Peerage (2003), vol. 2, p. 3702.