Samuel Marcus Dill (20 December 184323 January 1924) was an Irish-born minister who served as

Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland is the ministers and elders of the Church of Scotland, minister or elder chosen to moderate (chair) the annual General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, which is held for a week i ...

in 1912.

Life

He was born on 20 December 1843, the eldest son of Prof Robert Foster Dill MD, Professor of Midwifery at Queens College, Belfast, and his wife, Catherine Haughton Rentoul.The Twelve Dills: Rev W T Latimer He was educated at the

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and at Queen's College, Belfast. He was licensed to preach in December 1867 and began his ministry soon after in Lower Cumber, Killaoo in

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. In 1874 he was called to

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to replace his namesake uncle, Rev Samuel Marcus Dill (1811-1870), who was also a noted theological author. In 1881 he left Ireland and joined the

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to preach at

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. He was minister of Alloway for at least 30 years, and was still in this position in 1912 when he was appointed Moderator. He died on 23 January 1924.

Family

In 1878 he married Agnes Graham Rowe (d. 1934), daughter of John James Rowe. They had nine children. He was a first cousin to Sir Samuel Dill.

References

1843 births 1924 deaths Moderators of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland Irish Presbyterian ministers 19th-century Ministers of the Church of Scotland 20th-century Ministers of the Church of Scotland {{UK-reli-bio-stub