Club. He was elected President of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1931. in 1933, when the University of Edinburgh celebrated its 350th anniversary, he received the honorary degree of LL.D. Dowden took a lifelong interest in Merchiston Castle School and during his time as chairman of the Governing Board, he was actively involved in the relocation of the school to Colinton. Family In 1886 his father Rev John Dowden was consecrated as Episcopalian Bishop of Edinburgh and served in St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh. In 1907 he married Edith Georgina Oswald, daughter of H. R. Oswald, an Edinburgh medical graduate who had served as surgeon -general in the Indian Army. Dowden died in Edinburgh on 8 March 1936. References 1866 births 1936 deaths People educated at Merchiston Castle School Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Medical School British Army personnel of World War I Royal Army Medical Corps officers Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Presidents of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh