John Jardine (1716–1766) was a

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minister who served as

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, Dean of the

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and Chaplain in Ordinary to the King. He was a close friend of the Edinburgh author John Home (who was a distant cousin to his wife), and also of

David Hume David Hume (; born David Home; 7 May 1711 NS (26 April 1711 OS) – 25 August 1776) Cranston, Maurice, and Thomas Edmund Jessop. 2020 999br>David Hume" ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. Retrieved 18 May 2020. was a Scottish Enlightenment phil ...

and

Henry Home, Lord Kames Henry Home, Lord Kames (169627 December 1782) was a Scottish writer, philosopher, advocate, judge, and agricultural improver. A central figure of the Scottish Enlightenment, a founding member of the Philosophical Society of Edinburgh, and a ...

Life

He was born on 3 January 1716 the son of Rev Robert Jardine (d.1749), and his wife Janet Rannie (d.1778). His father was minister of

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at the time of his birth but moved to Glencairn in 1719 and settled in

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near Dumfries in 1732. There is no mention of any formal training but he was licensed to preach as a

minister by the Presbytery of Lochmaben in September 1736. It took five years to find a position, and only in July 1741 was he ordained as minister of Liberton parish, just south of

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. He was translated to Lady Yester's Church in the city in 1750 and in October 1754 moved to the

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on the Royal Mile working under Rev George Wishart.

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awarded him an honorary Doctor of Divinity in 1758. In 1759 he was appointed Chaplain in Ordinary to

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continuing as Chaplain to

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on the death of the former. In 1761 he was created

and in 1763 Dean of the Order of the Thistle. In the summer of 1763 Jardine met

James Boswell James Boswell, 9th Laird of Auchinleck (; 29 October 1740 ( N.S.) – 19 May 1795), was a Scottish biographer, diarist, and lawyer, born in Edinburgh. He is best known for his biography of his friend and older contemporary the English writer ...

at Lord Eglinton's house in London. Boswell described Jardine as "a hard-headed, jolly dog". He died suddenly while attending the

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on 30 May 1766 aged only 50. He is buried in

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His position at Tron Kirk was filled by John Drysdale.

Family

In 1744 he married Jean Drummond (1722 - Sept 1766) eldest daughter of

George Drummond George Drummond (1688–1766) was accountant-general of excise in Scotland and a local politician, elected Lord Provost of Edinburgh a number of times between 1725 and 1764. Life Drummond was born at Newton Castle in Blairgowrie, Perthshire ...

, the

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. The couple had several children. *Robert d.1747 in infancy *George Jardine WS (b.1753) *John (1759-1763) *Janet (1762-1840) married her cousin George Home Drummond of

Blair Drummond Blair Drummond is a small rural community northwest of Stirling in the Stirling district of Scotland, predominantly located along the A84 road. Lying to the north of the River Forth, the community is within the registration county of Perthshire ...

parents to

Henry Home-Drummond Henry Home-Drummond FRSE FSA (28 July 1783 – 12 September 1867) was a Scottish politician, advocate, landowner and agricultural improver. Life He was born on 28 July 1783, the son of George Home Drummond of Blair Drummond and his wife (and ...

. *Sir

Henry Jardine Sir Henry Jardine of Harwood WS FRSE (30 January 1766 – 11 August 1851) was a solicitor, antiquarian and a founder member of the Bannatyne Club in 1823, with his friend Sir Walter Scott. Life He was born in Edinburgh on 30 January 1766. He ...

FRSE WS (1766-1851)

Publications

Jardine worked on a history of the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745 but it was never published.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jardine, John 1716 births 1766 deaths People from Dumfries and Galloway Deans of the Chapel Royal 18th-century Ministers of the Church of Scotland