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Cramond Kirk
Cramond Kirk is a church situated in the middle area Cramond parish, in the north west of Edinburgh, Scotland. Built on the site of an old Roman fort, parts of the Cramond Kirk building date back to the fourteenth century and the church tower is considered to be the oldest part. Next door to the Kirk there is the Manse which has been a home for the Minister of Cramond Kirk for centuries. The existing Manse was constructed in three parts, as extensions were needed to the original building. History The pre-Reformation church was dedicated to St Columba and fell under the control of the Bishop of Dunkeld rather than the much closer religious centres of Holyrood Abbey or St Cuthberts (both in Edinburgh. The existing church mainly dates from 1656 but incorporates a 15th-century tower and stands on the site of a medieval church which had become ruinous by 1500. It was used from 1573 onwards. However, it is noteworthy that the said medieval church stood on the site of the temple wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cramond Kirk
Cramond Kirk is a church situated in the middle area Cramond parish, in the north west of Edinburgh, Scotland. Built on the site of an old Roman fort, parts of the Cramond Kirk building date back to the fourteenth century and the church tower is considered to be the oldest part. Next door to the Kirk there is the Manse which has been a home for the Minister of Cramond Kirk for centuries. The existing Manse was constructed in three parts, as extensions were needed to the original building. History The pre-Reformation church was dedicated to St Columba and fell under the control of the Bishop of Dunkeld rather than the much closer religious centres of Holyrood Abbey or St Cuthberts (both in Edinburgh. The existing church mainly dates from 1656 but incorporates a 15th-century tower and stands on the site of a medieval church which had become ruinous by 1500. It was used from 1573 onwards. However, it is noteworthy that the said medieval church stood on the site of the temple wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Young (bishop)
Alexander Young (died 1684) was a Scottish bishop. Life Young was born in Aberdeen, in the year 1629. He became a minister in the Scottish Church, but his training is unclear. At this time King Charles was imposing bishops upon the Scottish Church, which the majority opposed. These were troubled times in the Scottish Church which eventually resulted in the Scottish Episcopalians Act of 1711 effectively splitting the church. In 1664 he was translated as minister of Dalmeny to minister of Cramond Kirk. In 1666 he moved to the Archdeaconry of St Andrews.Fasti Ecclesiastae Scoticana by Hew Scott In the winter of 1671, he became Bishop of Edinburgh, a position he held until his translation to be Bishop of Ross in 1679. This had been arranged by the Duchess of Lauderdale in order to allow John Paterson, Bishop of Galloway (not John Paterson, Young's predecessor at Ross) to hold the Diocese of Edinburgh. Young suffered from an ailment and in 1684 travelled to France to have an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Muirhead (minister)
George Muirhead (1764–1847) was a Scottish minister of the Church of Scotland who joined the Free Church of Scotland in his final years and was one of their senior ministers. Life He was born in the manse at Dysart, Fife in 1764 the second son of Patrick Muirhead, the parish minister, in a family of at least nine children. The church was remodelled in 1801 by Alexander Laing. He studied at Glasgow University then at Divinity Hall in Edinburgh. He was ordained by the Church of Scotland in 1788 and was made second in charge at Dysart as assistant to his father. In 1811 he replaced has father as first in charge. In 1816 he was translated to Cramond Kirk on the north edge of Edinburgh replacing Rev Archibald Bonar. In 1820 he is listed as a Governor of the Edinburgh Orphan Hospital. In 1828 he commissioned the Edinburgh architect William Burn to remodel the church interior. In the Disruption of 1843 he left the established church and joined the Free Church. As the old ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Walker (minister)
Robert Walker FRSE (30 April 1755 – 30 June 1808) was a Church of Scotland minister, best known as the subject of the oil painting ''The Skating Minister'' by Henry Raeburn. Life Walker was born in Monkton in Ayrshire, the son of William Walker, minister of the Scots Church in Rotterdam. Many of his male relatives were Church of Scotland ministers: his father was the minister in Monkton; his uncle, also Robert Walker, was minister at St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh and Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1771; his grandfather had been minister at Canongate Kirk in Edinburgh. His mother was the daughter of a merchant from Virginia. His father became minister of the Scots Church in Rotterdam in 1760, and it is likely that Walker learned to skate on frozen canals in the Netherlands. After his mother's death in the Netherlands, his father remarried in 1767 to the widow of a Scottish merchant in Rotterdam. Like his father and grandfather, Walker ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Stuart Of Binend
Sir James Stuart of Binend (1716–1777) was an 18th-century Scottish merchant who was twice Lord Provost of Edinburgh 1764 to 1766 and 1768 to 1770. Life He was born on 13 April 1716 the son of Charles Stuart of Dunearn in Fife (1672-1732) and his wife, Jean Hamilton. He died in Edinburgh on 10 June 1777. He is buried in Greyfriars Kirkyard. His large tomb lies midway along the eastern wall amongst other large monuments. Family He firstly married Elizabeth Drummond (1714-1752), daughter of Prof Adam Drummond (d.1758). Following her death in 1752 he married Alison Spittal (1720-1813). daughter of James Spittal of Leuchat and cousin of his first wife. Alison died at Kirkbraehead in Edinburgh aged 93. He was father to Rev Dr Charles Stuart of Dunearn FRSE (1748-1806), later minister of Cramond, who married Mary Erskine (1750-1817), daughter of John Erskine of Carnock (1721-1803). With dual training as a physician, Charles was President of the Royal College of Physicians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Stuart Of Dunearn
Charles Stuart of Dunearn FRSE (1745–1826) was a Scottish minister who went on to co-found the Royal Society of Edinburgh and to be President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. Life He was born at Dunearn House near Burntisland in Fife in 1745 the son of James Stuart of Binend, later Lord Provost of Edinburgh, and his first wife, Elizabeth Drummond, daughter of Dr Adam Drummond. He originally trained as a minister and was licensed by the Church of Scotland in London in August 1772. He was ordained in Cramond Kirk on 30 September the following year under the patronage of Lady Glenorchy. He resigned and left Cramond in May 1776, creating in 1781 an independent Anabaptist church in Edinburgh, which was somewhat short-lived. In 1777 he inherited his father's estates of Dunearn and Binend in Fife. He retrained as a doctor, studying medicine at the University of Edinburgh. He was President of the Royal Medical Society (a student organisation) in 1780 gaining hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilbert Hamilton (minister)
Gilbert Hamilton (1715–1772) was a Scottish minister of the Church of Scotland who served as Moderator of the General Assembly in 1768, the highest position in the Scottish Church. Life He was born in Edinburgh on 16 May 1715 the son of Rev William Hamilton, Professor of Divinity at Edinburgh University and formerly minister of Cramond Kirk, and his wife Mary Robertson. His brother Robert Hamilton was minister of Greyfriars kirk in Edinburgh. He was educated at the High School in Edinburgh and studied at Edinburgh University from around 1729. In 1730 his father became Principal of the university. In 1736 he was licensed to preach as a minister of the Church of Scotland by the Presbytery of Dalkeith and under the patronage of John Earl of Ruglen was ordained as minister of Cramond Kirk near Edinburgh in March 1737. In 1760 King's College, Aberdeen awarded him an honorary Doctor of Divinity (DD). In 1768 he was elected Moderator of the General Assembly in succession to R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edinburgh University
The University of Edinburgh ( sco, University o Edinburgh, gd, Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann; abbreviated as ''Edin.'' in post-nominals) is a public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Granted a royal charter by King James VI in 1582 and officially opened in 1583, it is one of Scotland's four ancient universities and the sixth-oldest university in continuous operation in the English-speaking world. The university played an important role in Edinburgh becoming a chief intellectual centre during the Scottish Enlightenment and contributed to the city being nicknamed the "Athens of the North." Edinburgh is ranked among the top universities in the United Kingdom and the world. Edinburgh is a member of several associations of research-intensive universities, including the Coimbra Group, League of European Research Universities, Russell Group, Una Europa, and Universitas 21. In the fiscal year ending 31 July 2021, it had a total income of £1.176 billion, of which £3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Hamilton (educator)
William Hamilton (1669–1732) was a Scottish Presbyterian theologian and minister of the Church of Scotland. He was professor of divinity at the University of Edinburgh from 1709 to 1732 and also principal of the university from 1730 to 1732. Life He was born in 1669 the son of Gavin Hamilton of Airdrie, North Lanarkshire. He studied at Edinburgh University graduating around 1688. He was ordained as a Church of Scotland minister in September 1694 at Cramond Kirk. In 1709 he left Cramond to be Professor of Divinity at Edinburgh University. He was also Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland on five occasions: 1712,1716,1720,1727 and 1730. :''The elder Hamilton was an influential figure in the growth of "early moderatism", and several of his students, including Wishart, were prominent Rankenians.'' In 1732, having been promoted to Principal of Edinburgh University in 1730, he took on the additional role of collegiate minister to the New (West) Kirk in St Gi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Andrews University
(Aien aristeuein) , motto_lang = grc , mottoeng = Ever to ExcelorEver to be the Best , established = , type = Public research university Ancient university , endowment = £117.7 million (2021) , budget = £286.6 million (2020–21) , chancellor = The Lord Campbell of Pittenweem , rector = Leyla Hussein , principal = Sally Mapstone , academic_staff = 1,230 (2020) , administrative_staff = 1,576 , students = () , undergrad = () , postgrad = () , doctoral = , other = , city = St Andrews , state = , country = Scotland , coordinates = , campus = College town , colours = United College, St Andrews St Mary's College School of Medicine S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishop Of Edinburgh
The Bishop of Edinburgh, or sometimes the Lord Bishop of Edinburgh is the ordinary of the Scottish Episcopal Diocese of Edinburgh. Prior to the Reformation, Edinburgh was part of the Diocese of St Andrews, under the Archbishop of St Andrews and throughout the mediaeval period the episcopal seat was St Andrew's Cathedral. The line of Bishops of Edinburgh began with the creation of the See of Edinburgh in 1633: the See was founded in 1633 by King Charles I. William Forbes was consecrated at St Giles' Cathedral as the first bishop on 23 January 1634 though he died later that year. The General Assembly of 1638 deposed David Lindsay and all the other bishops, so the next, George Wishart, was consecrated in 1662 after the Stuart Restoration. In 1690, it was Alexander Rose (bishop 1687–1720) whose unwelcome reply to King William III ( and II) led to the disestablishment of the Scottish Episcopalians as Jacobite sympathisers, and it was he who led his congregation from St Giles' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
