| born 7 January 1906 |
| died 7 November 1997 aged 91 |
| clothed 1926 |
| professed 28 October 1927 |
| solemn profession 29 September 1933 |
| ordained 2 August 1936 |
Lester student (pre-seminary) at Fort Augustus 1925, Father Denys gained a first in Classics at Edinburgh (St Andrews Priory). He was an Army Chaplain from 1935-45.
He became a hermit on Mull 1949, then Canna then spent two years in Ashram in India, then 1961-82 with Araucanian Indians in Chile.
He returned to Fort Augustus in 1982 for health reasons but was always in Choir until his final illness.
Father Denys’s headstone in the monk’s cemetery
