Eric Brereton Explained

Eric Hugh Brereton, OBE (1889–1962)^[1] was Dean of Glasgow and Galloway from 1959 to 1962.^[2]

He was born on 17 November 1889,^[3] educated at Durham University; and ordained deacon in 1912, and became a priest in 1913. Following curacies in Leith and at St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh, he was a Chaplain to the Forces from 1915 to 1919.^[4] He was then a Chaplain to the Territorial Army^[5] until 1940. He became Rector of Christ Church, Morningside from 1921 until 1927; Vice-Provost of St Mary's Cathedral, Glasgow from 1927 until 1933; and Rector of St Margaret Glasgow from 1933 until^[6] his death on 8 December 1962.^[7]

Notes and References

1. The Very Rev. E. H. Brereton. The Times (London, England), Tuesday, 11 Dec 1962; pg. 12; Issue 55571
2. "Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689-2000" Bertie, D.M p596: Edinburgh T & T Clark
3. Bertie (Ibid) p187
4. [Crockford's clerical directory|Crockfords]
5. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32755/page/7208/data.pdf London Gazette
6. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2507&dat=19581107&id=sWhAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XpUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3139,734204&hl=en Glasgow Herald
7. ‘BRERETON, Very Rev. Eric Hugh’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 4 Sept 2015