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Patrick Clason
Patrick Clason (13 October 1789 – 30 July 1867) was a Scottish minister who served as Moderator of the General Assembly to the Free Church of Scotland in 1848/49. Life He was born on 13 October 1789 in the manse at Dalziel near the River Clyde, the youngest son of Rev Robert Clason. The family moved to Logie Kirk near Stirling in his youth. He studied divinity at the University of Glasgow then completed his studies at the University of Edinburgh and was licensed to preach by the Church of Scotland in 1811. In 1815 Lady Stuart of Castlemilk presented him (as his patron) to the parish of Carmunnock. In 1824 moved to Edinburgh as minister of St Cuthbert's Chapel of Ease, which was elevated to a quoad sacra parish church in 1834 and thereafter known as Buccleuch Parish Church. He lived nearby at 23 Buccleuch Place. In 1827 his house was burgled by William Law, blacksmith in Edinburgh. Two table cloths were stolen. Law was sentenced to be transported to Australia for 14 ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of St Andrews
(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] |
William Cunningham (theologian)
William Cunningham (2 October 180514 December 1861) was a Scottish theologian and co-founder of the Free Church of Scotland. He was Moderator of the Free Church in 1859. Life Cunningham was born in Hamilton, Lanarkshire the eldest son of Charles Cunningham a merchant and his wife Helen Cunningham. The family moved to Cheeklaw in the Scottish Borders and from there he attended Duns Academy. He studied Divinity at the University of Edinburgh and was licensed by the Presbytery of the Church of Scotland in Duns in 1828 and was posted as assistant minister to the Middle Parish in Greenock. He was ordained as minister of that church in October 1831, where he remained for three years. In January 1834 he was translated to the first charge of Trinity College Kirk in Edinburgh. This move (to one of Scotland's most prestigious churches) was mis-timed inasmuch that the fate of the church was already sealed by Act of Parliament as the church was to be demolished to make way for Waverl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Beith
Alexander Beith (1799–1891) was a Scottish divine and author who served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland 1858/59. Early life and education He was born at Campbeltown, Argyllshire, on 13 January 1799. His parents were Gilbert Beith and Helen Elder. Beith's father was a land agent and farmer in the Kintyre district of Argyleshire, and was a man of wide reading, especially in theology and church history. After the usual course of education at Campbeltown, young Beith entered the Glasgow University, on 20 November 1811, with a view to the ministry of the church of Scotland. He was a student of William M'Gill. After some time spent as a tutor, he was licensed as a preacher, by the presbytery of Kintyre, on 7 February 1821. He delivered his first sermons — both in Gaelic and English — in Campbeltown the following Sabbath. But although he spent so many years in Gaelic-speaking parishes, Alexander Beith was not fluent in Gaelic in his youn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathaniel Paterson
Nathaniel Paterson (1787–25 April 1871) was a Scottish minister who served as Moderator of the General Assembly to the Free Church of Scotland in 1850/51. He was a close friend of Walter Scott and was included in his circle of "worthies". Life He was born in Kells in Kirkcudbrightshire in 1787, the eldest son of Mary Locke and her husband, Walter Paterson a stone engraver, and grandson of Robert Paterson aka "Old Mortality". Nathaniel was educated at Balmaclellan. In 1804 he went to the University of Edinburgh to study divinity. Not until 1816 was he licensed by the Church of Scotland, initially being employed as an assistant at Linlithgow. He took some time to find a patron and only in 1821 became minister of Galashiels. In 1833 he moved to St Andrews Church in Glasgow. This church stood on Greendyke Street near Glasgow Green. In the Disruption of 1843 he left the established Church of Scotland and, together with a large part of his original congregation, created the F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Grierson (minister, Born 1791)
James Grierson (2 July 1791–22 January 1875) was a Scottish minister who served as Moderator of the General Assembly to the Free Church of Scotland in 1854/55. Early life He was born in Ruthwell in Dumfriesshire on 2 July 1791. He studied divinity at the University of Edinburgh. He was licensed by Presbytery of Stirling on 22 September 1816. He subsequently became tutor to Sir David Kinloch of Gilmerton, Bart. He was presented by John Lee Allen of Errol, 15 January, and ordained on 12 August 1819. In 1816 he was licensed to preach and began his ministry in Stirling as a minister for the Church of Scotland. In 1819 he moved to Errol and remained minister of the established church there until the Disruption of 1843. Post Disruption In 1843 he (and the bulk of the congregation) established the Free Church of Scotland in Errol. He remained in this role until his death in 1875. He was elected as Moderator of Free Church General Assembly on 18 May 1854. He was awarded a doct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Henderson (moderator)
James Henderson (1797 – 12 September 1874) was a Scottish minister of the Free Church of Scotland who served as Moderator of the General Assembly to the Free Church 1855/56. Early life and ministry Henderson was born in Kelso on 4 February 1797 and was educated at Kelso Grammar School. He studied divinity at the University of Edinburgh. Then he studied under George Lawson at Selkirk Divinity Hall. After examination he was licensed by Presbytery of Selkirk. He was ordained by the by Presbytery of Kelso, on 4 September 1821, to the Low Meeting, Berwick-upon-Tweed. On 27 November 1823 he translated to St Bernard's Church in Stockbridge, Edinburgh. On 21 February 1828 translated to Ratho Kirk. He lived in Ratho manse.Ewing, William ''Annals of the Free Church'' In 1832 he moved to St Enoch's Church in Glasgow, being presented by the Magistrates and Council 29 August, and admitted 29 November 1832. He was awarded a doctorate D.D. by Glasgow University in 1837. He was then ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Smyth (minister)
John Smyth (1796–1860) was a Scottish minister who served as Moderator of the General Assembly for the Free Church of Scotland 1853/54. Early life John Smyth was born in Ayr in 1796, the son of an officer in the Army. After studying divinity at the University of Edinburgh he was employed as a tutor in the family of Thomas John Fordyce of Ayton. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Chirnside on 14 August 1821. Later he became assistant minister at Canongate, Edinburgh, and to Dr Chalmers in St John's, Glasgow. He was presented by the Magistrates and Town Council 6 December 1822 and ordained on 20 February 1823 as minister of St George's in Glasgow, living in a manse on Stirlings Road. He was awarded a doctorate in divinity D.D. by Glasgow University on 5 April 1830. After the Disruption In the Disruption of 1843 he left the established Church of Scotland to join the Free Church of Scotland. St Georges (on Bath Street) was one instance where the entire congregation moved to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick MacFarlan
Patrick MacFarlan (4 April 1781 – 13 November 1849) was a Scottish minister who served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1834 and as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland in 1845. Early life and education He was born in Canongate manse on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh on 4 April 1781, the second son of Helen Macdowall and her husband, John MacFarlan (formerly known as John Warden, 1740–1788). Patrick's father, who was minister of the second charge at Canongate Kirk, changed his name on succeeding to the estate of Balancleroch, Campsie. He died when Patrick was only seven years old. One of his forebears, John Warden, merchant, Falkirk, was a zealous persecutor of the Covenanters. Patrick was the youngest of a large family; his brother John, an advocate, was a friend of Thomas Muir. Patrick's grandfather, John, was also a minister in Stirlinghire - at Campsie. Patrick was educated at the High School in Edinburgh, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New College, Edinburgh
New College is a historic building at the University of Edinburgh which houses the university's School of Divinity. It is one of the largest and most renowned centres for studies in Theology and Religious Studies in the United Kingdom. Students in M.A., M.Th. and Ph.D. degree programmes come from over 30 countries, and are taught by almost 40 full-time members of the academic staff. New College is situated on The Mound in the north of Edinburgh's Old Town. New College originally opened its doors in 1846 as a college of the Free Church of Scotland, later of the United Free Church of Scotland, and since 1935 has been the home of the School of Divinity (formerly the Faculty of Divinity) of the University of Edinburgh. As "New College" it continues the historic commitment to offer a programme of academic preparation for ministry in the Church of Scotland, also made use of by ministerial candidates from other churches. In the 1970s the Faculty of Divinity also began offering under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grange, Edinburgh
The Grange (originally St Giles' Grange) is an affluent suburb of Edinburgh, just south of the city centre, with Morningside and Greenhill to the west, Newington to the east, The Meadows park and Marchmont to the north, and Blackford Hill to the south. It is a conservation area characterised by large early Victorian stone-built villas and mansions, often with very large gardens. The Grange was built mainly between 1830 and 1890, and the area represented the idealisation of country living within an urban setting. The suburb includes streets which are renowned for their pricey properties, and it is home to some of Scotland's richest people, top lawyers and businessmen. Whitehouse Terrace, in the Grange area of the Capital, was named as the priciest postcode in Zoopla's 'Rich List for 2021'. Character of the Area The architectural form and green environment of The Grange are attributable to the picturesque movement and characterised by romantic revivalism of the architectur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Square, Edinburgh
George Square ( gd, Ceàrnag Sheòrais) is a city square in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is in the south of the city centre, adjacent to The Meadows (park), the Meadows. It was laid out in 1766 outside the overcrowded Old Town, Edinburgh, Old Town, and was a popular residential area for Edinburgh's better-off citizens. In the 1960s, much of the square was redeveloped by the University of Edinburgh, although the Cockburn Association and the Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland, Georgian Group of Edinburgh protested. Most but not all buildings on the square now belong to the university (among the exceptions being the Dominican Order, Dominican St Albert's Catholic Chaplaincy, Edinburgh, priory of St Albert the Great). Principal buildings include the Gordon Aikman Lecture Theatre, Edinburgh University Library, 40 George Square and Appleton Tower. Georgian square The square was laid out in 1766 by the builder James Brown, and comprised modest, typically Georgian architecture, Geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
