James Carruthers (1759–1832) was a Scottish Roman Catholic priest and historian.
Life
He was the son of Catholic parents, Andrew Carruthers and his wife Lucy Rigg;
Bishop
Andrew Carruthers
Andrew Carruthers (1770–1852) was a Catholic Church, Roman Catholic Bishop (Catholic Church), bishop who served as the Vicar Apostolic of the Vicariate Apostolic of the Eastern District (Scotland), Eastern District of Scotland.
Born in Drumil ...
was his brother. He was born in
New Abbey
New Abbey ( gd, An Abaid Ùr) is a village in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is south of Dumfries. The summit of the prominent hill Criffel is to the south.
History
The village has a wealt ...
in the Stewartry of
Kirkcudbright
Kirkcudbright ( ; sco, Kirkcoubrie; gd, Cille Chùithbeirt) is a town, parish and a Royal Burgh from 1455 in Kirkcudbrightshire, of which it is traditionally the county town, within Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
The town lies southwest of ...
.
Fr. Carruthers was educated in the
Scottish College, Douai
The Scottish College or Scots College at Douai was a seminary founded in Douai, France, for the training of Scottish Roman Catholic exiles for the priesthood. It was modelled on the similar English College there, founded for the same purpose. I ...
, and on his return to Scotland was ordained priest and appointed to the charge of
Glenlivet
Glenlivet (Scottish Gaelic: Gleann Lìobhait) is the glen in the Scottish Highlands through which the River Livet flows.
The river rises high in the Ladder Hills, flows through the village of Tomnavoulin and onto the Bridgend of Glenlivet, ...
. Afterwards he was successively at
Buchan
Buchan is an area of north-east Scotland, historically one of the original provinces of the Kingdom of Alba. It is now one of the six committee areas and administrative areas of Aberdeenshire Council, Scotland. These areas were created by ...
, in
Aberdeenshire, at Preshome in the Enzie, at
Dumfries, and at St Mary's, New Abbey, where he died on 14 February 1832.
He was buried in the graveyard of
Sweetheart Abbey
The Abbey of Dulce Cor, better known as Sweetheart Abbey ( Gaelic: ''An Abaid Ur''), was a Cistercian monastery founded in 1275 in what is now the village of New Abbey, in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway, ...
.
Works
Carruthers wrote:
* ''The History of Scotland from the earliest period of the Scottish Monarchy to the Accession of the Stewart Family, interspersed with Synoptical Reviews of Politics, Literature, and Religion throughout the World'', 2 vols., Edinburgh, 1826.
* ''The History of Scotland during the reign of Queen Mary until the accession of her son James to the crown of England'', Edinburgh, 1831.
See also
*
Catholic Church in Scotland
Notes
Attribution
1759 births
1832 deaths
Scottish Roman Catholic priests
19th-century Scottish historians
People from Dumfries and Galloway
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