Ewan Macleod (1847–1928) was a minister of the Free Church of Scotland who served as

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in 1905/06.

Life

He was born in

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in 1847, the son of Donald Macleod, a farmer, and his wife, Catherine MacDonald. He studied Divinity at

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from 1872 to 1876. He was licensed to preach by the Free Presbytery of

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in June 1876 and ordained in

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soon after. In 1887 he declined an offer from Hope Street Free Church in

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(the post eventually being filled by Rev

James Duff MacCulloch James Duff McCulloch or MacCulloch (1836–1926) was a minister of the Free Church of Scotland who served as Moderator of the General Assembly in 1901/02. Life He was born on 28 April 1836 at Logie Easter in Ross and Cromarty, the son of A ...

). He turned down further in

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and

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before accepting the role as minister of the Free High Kirk in

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in January 1895. In the Union of 1900 he remained in the Free Church. During his period in Oban in 1905 he succeeded the Very Rev

Murdoch MacQueen Murdoch MacQueen (1848–1912) was a minister of the Free Church of Scotland who served as Moderator of the General Assembly at the end of his career in 1904/05. Life He was born on 3 May 1848 in Kilfinichen on the Isle of Mull the son of ...

, the highest position in the Free Church. He was succeeded in turn in 1906 by Very Rev

Colin Bannatyne Colin Archibald Bannatyne (1849–1920) was a Scottish minister who twice served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland both in 1900/1901 and 1906/1907. He is the "Bannatyne" of the Free Church court case ''Banna ...

returning for a second period as Moderator. Macleod translated to

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immediately after serving as Moderator. He retired in 1910 and died in

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on 26 April 1928.

Family

In 1877 he married Ann Vass Lobban (1849-1916) from

. They had a son who died in infancy and two daughters: Elizabeth Macleod (b.1880) was the first missionary sent to India by the Free Church after the Union of 1900 in that she accompanied Rev Gilbert Dick to

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in 1905.Preserving a Reformed Heritage, James Keddie

Publications

*''Free Church Psalmody''

References

1847 births 1928 deaths People from Harris, Outer Hebrides Alumni of the University of Edinburgh 20th-century Ministers of the Free Church of Scotland 19th-century Ministers of the Free Church of Scotland {{Scotland-reli-bio-stub