Rudolph Henderson-Howat (11 September 1896 – 14 May 1957) was a Scottish Episcopalian priest who was Dean of Brechin from 1953 until his death in 1957. Henderson-Howat was born in

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and

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in 1924. He was a

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at All Saints,

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and then

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. After this he was

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of St Barnabas,

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then Rector of St John

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. From 1930 he was Rector of All Souls,

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. Henderson-Howat was also editor of two of the

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's newspapers, ''Scottish Guardian'' and ''Scottish Sentinel''. He died suddenly in 1957 following an annual church council meeting at an Aberdeen hotel. His widow, writer Agatha Cooke Henderson-Howat, died in 1990. They had two sons, Gerald and Nigel, and a daughter, Angela.

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Alumni of the University of Wales, Lampeter 20th-century Scottish Episcopalian priests] Deans of Brechin 1896 births 1957 deaths {{UK-Anglican-clergy-stub