Thomas Martin (14 April 1856 – 7 January 1942) was a Scottish minister who served as

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in 1920.

Life

Old Parish Church of Peebles Clock Tower

Martin was born on 14 April 1856 at Scone, Perthsire. His father, Hugh, was farmer. He attended St Martin's Parish School and studied at the universities of

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(MA, 1880) and

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. Martin was successively minister of

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, St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh, The Barony Church in

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and from 1911

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as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. He was succeeded in turn in 1921 by James McClymont. He married Christian I. Robertson in London.Scotsman newspaper 12 January 1942 Their children were Hugh Forgan Martin of

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, Thomas Martin who was a physician, and Christian Isabella who married the theologian George Thomas Thomson. He died on 7 January 1942.

References

1942 deaths Clergy from Edinburgh 19th-century Ministers of the Church of Scotland Moderators of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland Alumni of the University of Edinburgh 1856 births 20th-century Ministers of the Church of Scotland {{Scotland-reli-bio-stub