Alexander Nairne

Alexander Nairne (1862–1936) was a Canon of Windsor from 1921 to 1936 and Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge.

Career
He was educated at Jesus College, Cambridge, and graduated DD in 1914.

He was appointed:
 * Assistant curate of Great St Mary's, Cambridge 1887 - 1889
 * Assistant Master at Harrow School 1890 - 1892
 * Assistant curate at Hadleigh, Suffolk 1892 - 1894
 * Rector of Tewin 1894 - 1912
 * Professor Hebrew and Old Testament Exegesis, King’s College, London 1900 - 1917
 * Vicar of All Saints Church, Cambridge 1917 - 1919
 * Dean of Jesus College, Cambridge 1917
 * Canon of Chester Cathedral 1914 - 1922
 * Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge 1922 - 1932

He was appointed to the eleventh stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, in 1921, and held the stall until 1936.