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Rev Henry Duncan

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Rev Henry Duncan

Birth
Lochfoot, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Death
12 Feb 1846 (aged 71)
Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Burial
Ruthwell, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland GPS-Latitude: 55.0005584, Longitude: -3.407175
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Henry Duncan was a Scottish minister, and the founder of the world's first commercial savings bank. He was born in Lochrutton, south-west of Dumfries.
Henry Duncan was a Scottish minister, and the founder of the world's first commercial savings bank. He was born in Lochrutton, south-west of Dumfries.

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Sacred To The Memory Of
Agnes
Daughter Of The Late
Reverend John Craig
And Wife Of Henry Duncan, D.D.
Ministers In Ruthwell,
She Died On 28th Jan. 1862
In The 61st Year Of Her Age
Esteemed, Admired, Beloved, Deeply Lamented
Also
Henry Duncan, D.D.
Who Died Feb XIIth MDCCCXLVI
In The LXXIInd Year Of His Age
And XLVIIth Of His Ministry.
Distinguished Through Life By Many
Gifts And Graces, His Last Years Were
His Best And Death Found Him A Tried
Soldier Of The Cross, Cheerfully
Enduring Hardness And Contesting Earnestly
Matt. XIX 20


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