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A Glance at Pluscarden History - Lay Priors

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(d) LAY PRIORS
1595-1611

Kenneth Mackenzie of Kintail, lay-Prior of Pluscarden.

1611-1633

Colin Mackenzie, 2nd Lord Kintail, lay-Prior of Pluscarden.

1633-1649

Thomas Mackenzie of Kintail, lay-Prior of Pluscarden.

1649-1655

Sir George Mackenzie of Tarbet, lay-Prior of Pluscarden.

1655-1662

Sir George Mackenzie, lay-Prior of Pluscarden.

1662-1664

George Sinclair, Earl of Caithness, and Major George Bateman lay-Priors of Pluscarden.

1664-1687

Major George Bateman, sole lay-Prior of Pluscarden.

1687-1709

James Grant of Grant, lay-Prior of Pluscarden.

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1709-1763

William Duff of Dipple, later 1st Earl of Fife, lay-Prior of Pluscarden.

1763-1809

James, 2nd Earl of Fife, lay-Prior of Pluscarden.

1809-1811

Alexander, 3rd Earl of Fife, lay-Prior of Pluscarden.

1811-1857

James, 4th Earl of Fife, lay-Prior of Pluscarden.

1857-1879

James, 5th Earl of Fife, lay-Prior of Pluscarden.

1879-1889

Alexander, 6th Earl & 1st Duke of Fife, lay-Prior of Pluscarden.

1889-1900

John Patrick, 3rd Marquess of Bute, lay-Prior of Pluscarden.

1896

Aelred Carlyle founds an Anglican Benedictine community.

1900-1945

Lord Colum Crichton-Stuart, lay-Prior of Pluscarden.

1913

Abbot Aelred Carlyle and the monks of Caldey received into the Catholic Church.

1928

The monks of Caldey move to Prinknash

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