John MacKay MacLennan (1885–1977) was a Scottish minister, who served as

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of the Free Church of Scotland in 1938.

Life

He graduated with an MA from

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in 1915. From 1915 to 1923 he was minister of the Free Church in

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then was minister of

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from 1923 to 1965. He died in

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on 25 August 1977, aged 92, and is buried in the churchyard at Kirkton of Lochalsh.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:MacLennan, John MacKay 1885 births 1977 deaths Alumni of the University of Edinburgh 20th-century Ministers of the Free Church of Scotland