Professor of Scottish History and Literature University of Oxford. In 1929, Rait was appointed Principal of the University. He remained in post as professor for a year, publishing a "History of the Union Bank of Scotland" in 1930, but resigned later that year, succeeded by John Duncan Mackie, previously Professor of Modern History at Bedford College (predecessor institution of Royal Holloway), who had initiated the teaching of Scottish History at the University of St Andrews on being appointed a lecturer there at only twenty-two years old. His publications whilst in the chair included "Andrew Lang and the House of Stuart" (1935) and "The Earlier Tudors 1485-1558"
Chapel Royal, Dublin presented to the church in 1946. It is currently deconsecrated, and neither masses nor divine services have taken place there for many years. It has however been recently restored to its nineteenth-century state and is open to the public. The crypt is sometimes used for cultural events. The Chapel was used in the television series "The Tudors" for scenes including the trial of Thomas More. Chapel Royal, Dublin The Chapel Royal in Dublin Castle was the official Church of Ireland chapel of the Household of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1814 until the creation of the Irish Free State