Alexander Macdonald Renwick (1888–1965) was a 20th century Scottish minister and theological author. He served as

Moderator of the General Assembly The moderator of the General Assembly is the chairperson of a General Assembly, the highest court of a Presbyterian or Reformed church. Kirk sessions and presbyteries may also style the chairperson as moderator. The Oxford Dictionary states th ...

of the Free Church of Scotland in 1931.

Life

The grave of Alexander MacDonald Renwick, Grange Cemetery

Renwick was born in the isolated cottage of Maol-bhuidhe, in Kintail, Ross-shire. In March 1900 his wife is listed as living in

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and several sources indicate he was also from there (probably

Chorlton-cum-Hardy Chorlton-cum-Hardy is a suburban area of Manchester, England, southwest of the Manchester city centre, city centre. Chorlton (ward), Chorlton ward had a population of 14,138 at the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 census, and Chorlton Park (w ...

). In the

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he served in the Royal Army Chaplains Department. He was professor of theology at

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he was also a professor at the Free Church College on the Mound in Edinburgh.. In1931 he was elected Moderator of the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland, succeeding Rev Robert M. Knox. In 1957 at the time of his wife's death they were living at 19 Roseburn Cliff in western Edinburgh. He died in Lochgilphead on 5 February 1965 and is buried in the

Grange Cemetery 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 Hil ...

in the south of Edinburgh. The grave lies against the south wall in the south-west corner of the original cemetery near the link to the west extension.

Family

He was married to Celia Ann Grassick (1883-1957) in Chorlton in November 1915.

Publications

*The Story of the Church *The Story of the Scottish Reformation

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Renwick, Alexander Macdonald 1888 births 1965 deaths People from Chorlton-cum-Hardy 20th-century Ministers of the Free Church of Scotland Clergy from Manchester