Patrick Grant (1706–1787) was a Scottish minister who served as

Moderator of the General Assembly The moderator of the General Assembly is the chairperson of a General Assembly, the highest court of a Presbyterian or Reformed church. Kirk sessions and presbyteries may also style the chairperson as moderator. The Oxford Dictionary states t ...

in 1778.

Life

He was born in 1706, and was licensed to preach (by the Presbytery of Haddington) until March 1734.Fasti Ecclesiastae Scoticana by Hew Scott In July 1735, he was ordained as minister of

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near Inverness. In March 1748, he was "called" to

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in place of the late Rev John Morison of

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, and formally translated to this role in May 1749. He remained in this post for 38 years. In 1778, he succeeded the James Brown as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland the highest position in the Scottish Church. He was succeeded in turn by James Gillespie. He died in the manse of Urray on 14 April 1787. His position at Urray was filled by John Downie.

Family

In March 1738 he married Anne Spence (d.1793).

Publications

*''The Spirit of Moderation in Religion Recommended'' (1779)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Grant, Patrick 1706 births 1787 deaths Moderators of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland