Thomas George Spink Suther (5 February 1814 – 23 January 1883) was the Scottish Episcopalian

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from 1857 to 1865 and first bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney from 1865 to 1883. Suther was born in

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to Deputy Inspector General Peter Suther, M.D. who was posted to Nova Scotia when his son was an infant. His father was a doctor in the

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and was stationed at Halifax c.1814-1829. Sutherland was educated at King's College, Windsor in Halifax and

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in 1837.Types of Canadian women and of women who are or have been connected with Canada, 1903, p. 326
/ref> At age 21, Suther moved to Scotland and became a

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, Edinburgh, for 19 years. After curacies in Edinburgh and at St James

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he came to

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in 1856. He died at San Remo on 23 January 1883.''Obituary.''

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(London, England), Monday, 29 January 1883; p. 7; Issue 30729. In 1835, Suther married Catherine Fraser, daughter of James Fraser.

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Lectern in memory of Suther's daughter Sarah Rachel Amelia Suther
1814 births 1883 deaths Clergy from Edinburgh University of King's College alumni Provosts of St Andrew's Cathedral, Aberdeen Bishops of Aberdeen and Orkney {{UK-bishop-stub