Rev Hugh James Nicol Purves

1910 - 1984  (73 years)

• Name	Hugh James Nicol Purves
  Prefix	Rev
  Birth	30 Nov 1910	Portobello,Midlothian,Scotland.,
  Gender	Male
  Death	1984	Morningside,Edinburgh,Lothian,Scotland.,   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I500	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	24 Apr 2026

  
  

  Father	John Purves,   b. 4 Apr 1877   d. Abt 1958 (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Agnes Shearer,   b. Abt 1883, Auchterarder,Perthshire,Scotland., d. Abt 1963, Edinburgh,Midlothian,Scotland., (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1908	South Africa
  Family ID	F157	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Isabelle Mary Jeffrey
  Marriage	23 Jul 1943  [3, 4]
  Children	1. Living
  Family ID	F158	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Apr 2020

  
  

• Notes

  PRIVATE At one time Chaplain of Malta Source: Andrew O Thompson's Genealogy Entry in FASTI: «i»Born 30 Nov 1910 at Portobello, son of John P & Agnes Shearer; educated at Edinburgh Inst 1921-3, George Watson College 1923-8, University of Edinburgh 1927-37 MA (Hons history), student assistant Edinburgh Old Kirk 1935-6, Nicolson St 1936-7, Licensed by Presbytery of Edinburgh 7 April 1937, ordained as Chaplain RN[Royal Navy] by same presbytery 7 April; 1937. Served in Malta 1938-42, 1944-6, 1950-2. Married 23 July 1943 Isabelle Mary daughter of Rev Thomas Jeffrey MA Edinb., and Caroline Spy and had issue Margaret Elaine born 10 Mar 1947<

  
  

• Sources

  [S1090] Scotland. Statutary Deaths., MORNINGSIDE EDINBURGH/LOTHIAN REGION 744/00 0023 (Reliability: 3). [S352] Scotland. Statutary Deaths., MORNINGSIDE EDINBURGH/LOTHIAN REGION 744/00 0023 (Reliability: 3). [S970] FASTI Ecclessiae Scoticana, Vol 9, (1929-54) (Reliability: 3). [S36] FASTI Ecclessiae Scoticana, Vol 9, (1929-54) (Reliability: 3).