James Hendry (sometimes shown as Henry) (1852–1927) was a Free Church of Scotland minister and missionary who served as

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in 1909.

Life

He was born in Elgin in 1852. He studied at Aberdeen University graduating MA around 1872 then studied Divinity at the Free Church College in

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. He was ordained by the

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in 1878 as minister of Rothes. In 1886 he left

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to work as a missionary in

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in the

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. He transferred to

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in 1889. He returned to Scotland in 1894 and from then until death he was minister of the High (Free) Church in Forres. In 1909 he succeeded Rev William MacKinnon as

of the

. He was succeeded in turn by Rev John Kennedy Cameron. Although some records mark him as minister of nearby Burghead this appears to be an error. He died on 20 July 1927. He is buried at Cluny Hill Cemetery in

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Family

In 1879 he married Susan Christie (1853-1935). They had two daughters, Gertrude and Amy.Grave of Rev James Hendry, Forres

References

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