James Stuart or James Stewart (1701–1789) was a Scottish

cleric Clergy are formal leaders within established religions. Their roles and functions vary in different religious traditions, but usually involve presiding over specific rituals and teaching their religion's doctrines and practices. Some of the ter ...

. He was a minister in

Killin Killin (; (Scottish Gaelic: ''Cill Fhinn'') is a village in Perthshire in the central highlands of Scotland. Situated at the western head of Loch Tay, it is administered by the Stirling Council area. Killin is a historic conservation village an ...

and worked with poet

Dugald Buchanan Dugald Buchanan (Dùghall Bochanan in Gaelic) (Ardoch Farm, Strathyre (near Balquhidder) in Perthshire, Scotland 1716–1768) was a Scottish poet writing in Scots and Scottish Gaelic. He helped the Rev. James Stuart or Stewart of Killin to t ...

on the Scottish Gaelic New Testament published in 1767. His son, John Stuart (1743–1821) of

Luss Luss (''Lus'', 'herb' in Gaelic) is a village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, on the west bank of Loch Lomond. The village is within the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park. History Historically in the County of Dunbarton, its origina ...

, continued to work on the Old Testament published in 1801.The Highland monthly: Volume 1 Duncan Campbell, Alexander Macbain - 1890 James Stuart of Killin. ote by Dr Donald Mason.The following fragment of MS., in the handwriting of Mr Stewart's son. Dr John Stewart of Luss, the translator into Scotch Gaelic of the larger portion of the Old Testament. His daughter married James McLagan, minister at Amulree.

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1701 births 1789 deaths Translators of the Bible into Scottish Gaelic 18th-century Ministers of the Church of Scotland 18th-century British translators {{bible-translator-stub