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- Priest and church historian. He was born in Danville, Virginia. Brydon received his B.A. from Roanoke College, Salem, Virginia, in 1896, and his B.D. from Virginia Theological Seminary in 1899. He was ordained deacon on June 23, 1899, and priest on May 31, 1900. Brydon was deacon-in-charge of Randolph Parish, Halifax County, 1899-1900; assistant at Emmanuel Church, Baltimore, 1900-1901, and again 1904-1907; rector of St. Paul's Church, Hamilton, as well as Mt. Calvary, Round Hill, and Christ Church, Lucketts, all in Loundon County, 1901-1904; rector of Trinity Church, Morgantown, West Virginia, 1907-1911; rector of St. Paul's and Hanover Parishes in King George County, 1911-1914; Richmond City Missionary, 1914-1917; and rector of St. Mark's Church, Richmond, 1917-1919. He was executive secretary and treasurer of the Diocese of Virginia, 1919-1940, and the Archdeacon of Colored Work, 1914-1930 and 1937-1941. He made many of his most significant contributions as historiographer of the Diocese of Virginia. His major work was Virginia's Mother Church and the Political Conditions Under Which It Grew, 2 vols. (1947, 1952). He died in Richmond, Virginia.
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Dr. George Brydon Funeral Set Monday
In Richmond Church Funeral services for the Rev. George MacLaren Brydon, D.D., will take place in Richmond Monday at 11 a.m. at Christ Episcopal Church, with burial following in Forest Lawn Cemetery. The Danville native who was historiographer and registrar of the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia died yesterday at his home in Richmond at the age of 88.
Dr. Brydon was born here June 27, 1875, the son of the late Robert and Ellen Page Dame Brydon. The only surviving relative left in Danville is Mrs. William Meade Brydon, a sister-in-law. He attended the public schools of Danville, was ordained as deacon in 1899 after his graduation from the Union Theological Seminary. He was ordained priest the following year. Dr. Brydon went to Richmond in 1914 as Richmond City Missionary of the Episcopal Church and served in lhat capacity until 1917 when he was appointed rector of St. Mark's Church. Prior to that time he had served as assistant at a church in Baltimore, Md., and as rector of churches .in Loudoun County. In 1919 Bishop William Cabell Brown had all the business and financial affairs of the diocese assembled under one office and appointed Dr. Brydcn to head the office as treasurer. He later was given added duties as secretary and treasurer of church schools and in 1922 assumed the office of register of the diocese. He was appointed historiographer of the diocese in 1925. He was married in 1901 to Nathalie Page Coleman of Halifax County. Survivors include three sons, Captain George M. Brydon, Jr., (USN, retired), Robert Brydon III and Nathaniel Coleman Brydon, all of Richmond; a daughter, Anne Page Brydon of Charlottesville and a sister, Mrs. W. E, Murrie of Lynchburg.
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