Thomas Taylor (c.1770–1831) was a 19th century Church of Scotland minister, who served as Moderator of the General Assembly in 1826.

Life

He was the son of John Taylor, a teacher in Kinross. He was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of

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in April 1793. In October 1799 he was presented under patronage of King George III to the congregation of

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near Perth and was formally ordained there in February 1800. In June 1813 he was elected Presbytery Clerk to the General Assembly. In December 1822 Glasgow University awarded him an honorary

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(DD). In 1826 he succeeded Rev George Cook 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 ...

, the highest position in the Scottish church. He died on 7 December 1831. His position as minister of Tibbermore was filled by Rev William Weir Tulloch.

Family

On 30 December 1800 he married Mary Alison, daughter of Charles Alison, a farmer at

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. Their children included: *Jane (1802-1874) *Margaret (1804-1893) married Lt Col Kenneth Thomas Mackenzie of the HEICS *Rev John Taylor (b.1805) minister of Drumelzier *Mary (1812-1818)

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Taylor, Thomas 1770s births 1831 deaths People from Perthshire Alumni of the University of Glasgow Moderators of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland