The Rev Canon Robert William Breaden was Dean of Brechin from 1984 until 2007. He was born on 7 November 1937, educated at The King's Hospital and ordained in 1962. He was a Curate at Broughty Ferry and then Rector of the Church of the Holy Rood, Carnoustie from 1965 to 1972. That year he returned to Broughty Ferry and also became a Canon of St Paul's Cathedral, Dundee. Records relating to his incumbency at St Mary's are held by Archive Services at the University of Dundee, as part of the archives of the Brechin Diocese.