Thomas Thurstan Irvine was an

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in the mid 20th Century. He was born in

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, Cheshire on 19 June 1913, one of six children of historian William Fergusson Irvine and Lilian Davies-Colley. His brother Andrew "Sandy" Irvine and his brother's climbing partner

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lost their lives while attempting the

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in early June 1924. He was educated at

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and

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after a period of study at

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in 1939, he was

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at All Saints,

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and then

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. Later he was

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”Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689-2000” Bertie, D.M: Edinburgh T & T Clark and then held incumbencies at

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and

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before becoming

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of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane. He died on 5 November 1985.

References

1913 births People educated at Shrewsbury School Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford Deans of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane 1985 deaths {{UK-Anglican-clergy-stub