George Johnstone Jeffrey was a Scottish minister who served as

Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland is the ministers and elders of the Church of Scotland, minister or elder chosen to moderate (chair) the annual General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, which is held for a week i ...

in 1952.

Life

From 1920 to 1928 he was minister of the New Laigh Kirk (West High Kirk) in

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. In 1938 he was minister of Sherbrooke St Gilbert's Church, in

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. He was still minister of Sherbrooke when he served as Moderator. He retired from Sherbrooke the year he succeeded William White Anderson as Moderator. He was replaced at Sherbrooke by David Noel Fisher (1914–2009).

Family

He was married with at least one child: Archibald Jeffrey.Glasgow Herald, 29 June 1938

References

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