One late Victorian and A Carrick Whalen’s Nine Modern Stained Glass Windows

The late Victorian East Window probably by Edinburgh based specialist glass manufacturer Ballantine is adapted from Robert Scott Lauder’s Christ Teachest Humility, a picture in the collection of the National Galleries of Scotland currently undergoing restoration. Robert Scott Lauder (25 June 1803 – 21 April 1869) was born in Silvermills, in a house immediately behind St Stephen’s Centre, a hundred yards from St Vincent’s.

First window of the south wall of the nave: Sir William Steward, Knight KLJ, Sword Bearer of the Order, 1975. A Carrick Whalen

Second window of the south wall of the nave, on the left: Philip Stewart Mackenzie Arbuthnot, on the right: Cecil John Evelyn of Wotton KLJ (father and cousin of Mary Evelyn Arbuthnot DHL, DLJ. A Carrick Whalen

Third window of south wall of nave; on the left, Madam Nina Mary Gayre of Gayre and Nigg, Baroness of Lochoreshyre; on the right Reinold John Robert Gayre of Gayre and Nigg the Younger, 1979 (note the badge indicating knight). A Carrick Whalen

The East Window of the North Aisle to Lt Col. Gayre of Gayre and Nigg (A C Whalen 1980)

The East Window of the North Aisle,to (A Carrick Whalen 1980).

South wall window of chancel, left window, above – The Very Reverend David Lumgair CBE, KLJ, 0 StJ, Dean, 1975, below – The Very Reverend Malcolm A Clark, Dean of Edinburgh, and Dean of St Vincent’s 1989. Right window, the Lumgair family arms, 1976. A Carrick Whalen

St Vincent’s West Window, above the Gallery. On the left, Chevalier Raymond Otto Wicklander KLJ, 1984; in the centre, Chevalier Paul R Kraemer GCLJ, 1984; on the right, Chevalier Douglas Gordon Gair GCLJ, KMLJ – Chancellor and Surrogate Grand Commander, 1988, and above Dame Verdun Gair GCLJ. A Carrick Whalen

The windows of the Porch of St Vincent’s. On the left: St Lazarus Knight 1200 AD, 1985 (thought to be the first known knight of St Lazarus). On the right: Charlotte Mann DLJ, BMLJ, DMLJ. A Carrick Whalen

North wall second window, left, John Wilberforce MLJ, 1981, right, Chevalier Kenneth McLennan Hay BEM, ISM, KCLJ, KMLJ, 1983 by A Carrick Whalen

North wall third window, The Marquess of Bristol, 1978 (note chain of office surrounding shield indicating commander of a commandery and the cross indicating a chief of religion). A Carrick Whalen

Repairs to the east window in November 2013.

Replacing window stonework in November 2013

South side of St Vincent’s from Circus Lane