Angus Galbraith (1837–1909) was a minister of the Free Church of Scotland who served as Moderator of the General Assembly at the end of his career in 1903/04.

Life

He was born in Torrisdale in

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on 28 December 1837 the son of Neil Galbraith, a farm labourer, and his wife, Janet McQuilken (pronounced "McWilken"). He studied Divinity at the

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and Free Church College in Glasgow. He was ordained by the Free Church of Scotland in 1867 on the island of

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. In 1890 he was translated to Ferintosh and in 1893 to

Lochalsh Lochalsh is a district of mainland Scotland that is currently part of the Highland council area. The Lochalsh district covers all of the mainland either side of Loch Alsh - and of Loch Duich - between Loch Carron and Loch Hourn, ie. from Stromef ...

. In the Union of 1900 the Rev Galbraith remained in the Free Church of Scotland. In 1903 he succeeded Donald M. Macalister as

Moderator of the General Assembly The moderator of the General Assembly is the chairperson of a General Assembly, the highest court of a Presbyterian or Reformed church. Kirk sessions and presbyteries may also style the chairperson as moderator. The Oxford Dictionary states t ...

, the highest position in the Free Church of Scotland. He was succeeded in turn in 1904 by

Murdoch Macqueen Murdoch MacQueen (1848–1912) was a minister of the Free Church of Scotland who served as Moderator of the General Assembly at the end of his career in 1904/05. Life He was born on 3 May 1848 in Kilfinichen on the Isle of Mull the son of ...

. He died at

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on 25 April 1909. He is buried in

Family

. In 1876 he married Jemima Sutherland (1842-1915) daughter of James Sutherland of St Vincent in the

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. They had a son, John James Galbraith (1877-1949).Grave of Angus Galbraith, Lochalsh

Publications

*''Sermons of the Late Rev Angus Galbraith'' (1910)

References

1837 births 1909 deaths People from Kintyre Alumni of the University of Glasgow 19th-century Ministers of the Free Church of Scotland 20th-century Ministers of the Free Church of Scotland {{Scotland-reli-bio-stub