INNES, Walter RC Priest in Scotland and France, Reverend Mr 1
- Born: About 1665, Drumgask, Aboyne parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
- Died: 15 August 1722, France 1
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General Notes:
"Walter (Innes), the fourth son of James Innes of Drumgask, studied at the Scots College at Rome. He resided for some time in France, and returned to Scotland as a missionary priest in 1688. He was imprisoned in 1690 for exercising his duties as a missionary; but, being liberated in April 1691 , went to France in the end of the same year, and from thence to Rome , to assist William Lesley, the mission agent. In May 1700 he again came to Scotland as a missionary. In 1703 or 1704 he publicly officiated in the hall of his brother's house at Drumgask, wherein, it is mentioned, an altar was placed ; and, in 1715 , it is known that he continued to be stationed on Deeside, in the neighbourhood of the family property. In June 1722 he left Scotland and went to France . He died on the 15th of August in the same year at his benefice in that country."
from Memoir 1
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