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After graduating, Thomson returned to Ayrshire and was licensed as minister of the Church of Scotland, and subsequently ordained as minister of Dailly in 1800 in place of his father. In 1805 he was translated to Duddingston near Edinburgh and became the most famous minister of the local Kirk , remaining in the role until death in 1840.
The Ordination of Elders in a Scottish Kirk, painting by John Henry Lorimer, 1891 Alexander Webster, minister of the Tolbooth Kirk in St. Giles, Edinburgh and moderator of the Church of Scotland in 1753, was responsible for providing the first reliable estimate of Scotland's population in modern times. Based on returns from parish ministers ...
The minister portrayed in this painting is the Reverend Robert Walker. He was a Church of Scotland minister who was born on 30 April 1755 in Monkton, Ayrshire.When Walker was a child, his father had been the minister of the Scots Kirk in Rotterdam, so the young Robert almost certainly learnt to skate on the frozen canals of the Netherlands.
Panbride Kirk Buccleuch and Greyfriars Free Church of Scotland Hugh Martin (11 August 1822 – 14 June 1885) was a Scottish minister of the Free Church of Scotland and a theological author. Life
Andrew Brown (minister) John Brown (moderator) Thomas Brown (minister of St John's, Glasgow) William Laurence Brown; John Bruce (minister) Alexander Brunton; Robert Buchanan (minister) Robert Buchanan (playwright) George Buist (minister) James Chalmers Burns; Thomas Burns (minister, born 1853) Amalric-Frédéric Buscarlet
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South Leith Parish Church St Mary's, Bellevue in Edinburgh. James Grant FRSE DD DCL (January 23, 1800 – July 28, 1890) was a Scottish minister. Combining his religious skills with business skills he was also Director of Scottish Widows for 50 years (1840 to 1890) and Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1854.
It was founded as an institution to educate future ministers and the Scottish leadership, who would in turn guide the moral and religious lives of the Scottish people. New College opened its doors to 168 students in November 1843, including about 100 students who had begun their theological studies before the Disruption.