Farquhar Matheson was a Scottish minister, who 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 1939.''Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, 1930 to 1939''

Life

In 1920 he became minister of the Free Church in

Assynt Assynt ( gd, Asainn or ) is a sparsely populated area in the south-west of Sutherland, lying north of Ullapool on the west coast of Scotland. Assynt is known for its landscape and its remarkable mountains, which have led to the area, along with ...

. Soon after he was translated to

Stoer Stoer ( gd, An Stòr) is a crofting township in the parish of Assynt, Sutherland, in the Highlands of Scotland and in the council area of Highland. It is located about five miles north of the village of Lochinver. Norman McLeod, a presbyteri ...

. In 1939 he succeeded Rev

John MacKay MacLennan John MacKay MacLennan (1885–1977) was a Scottish minister, who served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland in 1938. Life He graduated with an MA from Edinburgh University in 1915. From 1915 to 1923 he was m ...

Family

He was father-in-law to

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moderator in the 1970s, and maternal grandfather of Derek Lamont Moderator in 2017.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Matheson, Farquhar 20th-century Ministers of the Free Church of Scotland