A history of the county of Inverness (Mainland)

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Between the end of the 1800s and the start of the 1900s, James Cameron Lees KCVO was a minister in the Church of Scotland and an author. Lees was born in London on July 24, 1834. His father, James Lees, was a gunmaker from Perth who had moved to London with his wife, Mary Isabella Cameron. At that time, his dad ran the Royal Caledonian Asylum in that place. Later, he became a priest in Stornoway. He went to school in London and then studied religion at first Glasgow University and then Aberdeen University. In November 1855, the Presbytery of the Isle of Lewis gave him permission to serve as a minister in the Church of Scotland. He then moved to Stornoway to be with his family. He was made a minister of Carnach in Rossshire in November 1856. He was made "second charge" of Paisley Abbey in 1859 and "first charge" in 1865. In 1877, he took over as minister of St. Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh, which was one of Scotland's most important charges, from David Arnot. From 1887 to 1910, he was Dean of the Chapel Royal and Dean of the Thistle.

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