John Campbell (1758–1828) was a

Church of Scotland The Church of Scotland ( sco, The Kirk o Scotland; gd, Eaglais na h-Alba) is the national church in Scotland. The Church of Scotland was principally shaped by John Knox, in the Scottish Reformation, Reformation of 1560, when it split from t ...

minister who served as

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in 1818.

Life

He was born in

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on 24 May 1758 the son of Daniel Campbell, a merchant. He was educated at

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then studied at

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. In August 1781 he was licensed to preach as a Church of Scotland minister by the Presbytery of Glasgow.''Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae''; by Hew Scott His first role (1782) was as private chaplain to

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, Lady Glenorchy. In that capacity he may have assisted Rev

Thomas Snell Jones Thomas Snell Jones (1754–1837) was a senior English-born Presbyterian minister operational in Scotland outwith the Church of Scotland. Life He was born in Gloucester on 11 May 1754. He was orphaned at an early age and cared for by a Wesley ...

for a year at

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(but as a Church of Scotland minister could not officially preside as the General Assembly did not approve of this privately built chapel). In May 1783 he was ordained as minister of

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. After two decades there, in October 1805 he was chosen as minister of Tolbooth parish, one of the four parishes contained within the subdivided

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as second charge under Rev

Thomas Randall Davidson Thomas Randall Davidson (1747–1827) was a Church of Scotland minister and landowner. Life He was born Thomas Randall in July 1747, the son of Rev Thomas Randall (b.1710), minister of Inchture west of Dundee. Early education was at least ...

. In 1806 he was chosen as Secretary of the Society for Propagating Christian Knowledge and in 1807 was awarded an honorary

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. He is listed as living at Society Hall on the Netherbow. In May 1818 he succeeded Rev

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, and was succeeded in turn in 1819 by Rev

Duncan Macfarlan Duncan Macfarlan (1771–1857) was a Scottish minister. He was twice Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland both in 1819 and in its most critical year of 1843. He was Principal of Glasgow University from 1823 to 1857. Life He ...

. He lived his final years at 45 Albany StreetEdinburgh Post Office Directory 1828 and died there on 30 August 1828 and was buried in

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Family

In 1788 he married Christian Innes daughter of Robert Innes of Gifford Vale, a country house north of

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. Christian died in April 1796. In October 1801 he married Jean Kinnear daughter of

Thomas Kinnear :not to be confused with Grace Marks' employer who died in 1843 Thomas Kinnear FRSE (1796–1830) was a Scottish banker and Director of T. Kinnear & Sons. He was also a Director of the Bank of Scotland. Life He was born on 11 January 1796. ...

a Director of the

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. their children included: *Daniel (1803-1809) *Elizabeth (b.1806) *Mary (b.1808) married Rev James Barclay Mellis of

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*Jane (b.1810) *Margaret (b.1814) married Charles James Kerr *Jane married Rev Dr John Gordon Lorimer (1804-1868) grandparents to John Gordon Lorimer

Publications

*Reflections on the Death of HRH Princess Charlotte (1817) *The Acclamation of the Redeemed (1818) *A Sermon After the Interment of Robert Balfour DD (1818)

References

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