Murdoch MacRae (1900–1961) was a Scottish minister. He served as

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of the Free Church of Scotland in 1951.

Life

He was born on 14 January 1900. He trained as a minister of the Free Church of Scotland. He was minister of Kinloch, in the Parish of Lochs, north of Loch Eireasort on the

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from 1927 to 1961. He lived at 13 Swordale in

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until his marriage then lived in

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. In 1952 he was joint founder (with

G. N. M. Collins George Norman MacLeod Collins (1901-1989) was a Scottish minister styled an "elder statesman of the Free Church of Scotland. He twice served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland (1949 and 1971). He was also Principal ...

) of the British Evangelical Council. In 1958 he was part of a delegation to the United States of America to lobby on behalf of the Harris Tweed Association to reduce import tax on imported woollen cloth. He died on Lewis on 4 August 1961.

Family

In 1929 he was married to Christina Ann Mackenzie.

References

1900 births 1961 deaths People from the Isle of Lewis 20th-century Ministers of the Free Church of Scotland {{Scotland-bio-stub Free Church of Scotland people Free Church of Scotland Scottish Christian clergy Scottish Christians