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Archibald Donald Cameron
Archibald Donald Cameron (1866–1946) was a minister of the Free Church of Scotland who served as Moderator of the General Assembly in 1928/29. Life He was born in Urray, Ross and Cromarty in 1866. His religious education is unclear but he was licensed to preach by the Free Presbytery of Dingwall in 1897 and he was ordained as minister of Lochfyneside in 1898. At the Union of 1900 he remained in the Free Church of Scotland. He also then served as Clerk to the Free Presbytery of Inverary. In 1908 he was translated from Lochfyneside to Creich. In 1928 he succeeded Very Rev Alexander Dewar as Moderator of the General Assembly the highest position in the Free Church of Scotland. He died in Morningside, Edinburgh in 1946. Family In 1919 (aged 53) he married Euphemia MacDonald Munro (1884-1922), and 18 years his junior, niece of Lord Alness and granddaughter of Rev Alexander Rose Munro (b.1835), in St Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh Edinburgh ( ; gd, Dùn Èideann ) is t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lochfyneside Free Church, Minard, Argyll - Geograph
Loch Fyne ( gd, Loch Fìne, ; meaning "Loch of the Vine/Wine"), is a sea loch off the Firth of Clyde and forms part of the coast of the Cowal peninsula. Located on the west coast of Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It extends inland from the Sound of Bute, making it the longest of the sea lochs in Scotland. It is connected to the Sound of Jura by the Crinan Canal. Although there is no evidence that grapes have grown there, the title is probably honorific, indicating that the river, (river Fyne), was a well-respected river. In the north the terrain is mountainous, with the Arrochar Alps, , Glen Shira, Glen Fyne, Glen Croe, Arrochar, Argyll, Arrochar, Tyndrum and Loch Lomond nearby. It is overlooked by the Tinkers' Heart, an old Scottish Gypsy and Traveller groups, travellers' monument. It was a place for weddings to traditionally take place. Transport Roads The loch has several roads surrounding it. The A83 road, A83 goes round the head of the loch then travels down the west ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
