“Church of Scotland” Ronnie Selby Wright Hand Written Letter Dated 1970. Is certified authentic by Todd Mueller Autographs and comes with their Certificate of Authenticity. Ronald William Vernon Selby Wright. 24 October 1995. He became one of the best known. Ministers of his generation and served as. Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. Selby Wright was born in Glasgow in 1908, the son of Prof Vernon O. Wright, and his wife, Anna Gilberta Selby. The family lived at 6 India Street in the Charing Cross district. His father was Professor of Music at the Glasgow College of Music. When Ronald was three years old, the family moved to. He was educated at. He studied divinity at. He was probationer assistant at. In 1936, prior to becoming minister at. In Edinburgh in January 1937. His only ministerial charge, he remained at Canongate until he retired in 1977. He turned down numerous offers, including the Chair in Practical Theology at the. University of St Andrews. And the Chaplaincy of the. His ministry at Canongate Kirk was notable for his social concern, liturgical interest and for the restoration of the church building. His social concern was particularly reflected in the establishment of the Canongate Boys’ Club. During his ministry the. Parish was one of the most run-down areas of Edinburgh, with considerable poverty – despite the presence of the. He would also later serve as chaplain to a number of Edinburgh schools and edited some books for teenagers, such as Asking Them Questions. His social concern would also see him become actively involved in a wide range of activities in Edinburgh, including serving on the management of various institutions. He was an erudite man, the author of many books and he had a large personal library. He had been a. Chaplain, but in 1939 he was mobilised as a padre with. He managed to evade capture by the German Army and was evacuated from Dunkirk in 1940. During his military service the Rev. Served as locum at Canongate Kirk. Back in Scotland, Ronald Selby Wright was recruited by the. To give a series of broadcasts. His direct, conversational style won deep appreciation and he acquired the nickname “The Radio Padre”. In 1942 he was appointed Senior Chaplain to the 52nd (Lowland) Division of the British Army, serving in. The Mediterranean and the Middle East. Following the war, Ronald Selby Wright played a considerable role in renewing interest in liturgy in the. S work (notably the Book of Common Order of 1564), he devised a liturgical order of service for use at Canongate Kirk, including considerable participation by the congregation then highly unusual in the Church of Scotland. He was very much of the’High Church’ tradition within the Church of Scotland; he was President of the. He also oversaw the renovation and restoration of Canongate Kirk, through the removal of unsympathetic Victorian accretions such as the galleries and an overbearing organ in front of the pulpit. The church was thus restored to a dignified, aesthetic simplicity of high quality. From 1946 he lived at 17. In Edinburgh, a truly huge and luxurious property. He valued the church’s connections with the state and in 1963 became a. Chaplain to The Queen. The Queen worships in Canongate Kirk when in residence at the. He was made a Commander of the. (CVO) in 1986, Doctor of Divinity (DD) by the University of Edinburgh in 1956 and a Fellow of the. Royal Society of Edinburgh. A 1997 Sunday Times article, citing the private diaries of an unnamed deceased member of an upper class Scottish family, claimed that Wright was a persistent paedophile who was treated for venereal disease. However, Tam Dalyell, writing in the Independent, said… There seemed to be little question and certainly no evidence.. That he was a paedophile. He never married but one source claimed he had a platonic relationship with a nurse who fell in love with him. He retired from Canongate Kirk in 1977 and continued to live in Edinburgh, where he died in 1995 at the age of 87. His ashes are buried immediately east of the church, with a small granite memorial, immediately below the monument to. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Autographs\Historical”. The seller is “historicsellsmemorabilia” and is located in this country: US. 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