Chaplains in Ordinary, and a Dean of the Chapel Royal. He died 25th Jan. 1784. Though strictly evangelical in doctrine, he was of convivial and social habits, and withal so popular and beloved that sittings in the Tolbooth Church were not easily obtained, which led one of the city functionaries to observe, "it was easier to get a seat in the kingdom o' heivin than i' the Tolbuith kirk." Webster is said to have suggested the erection of the New Town, Edinburgh. He was enthusiastic in furthering the civilisation of the Highlands by the promulgation of the gospel and the spread of industry. He marr. 13th June 1737, Mary (died 28th Nov. 1766), eldest daugh. of Colonel John Erskine, brother of Sir Charles E. of Alva, Bart., and had issue-John, born 31st May 1738; James, born 9th Jan. 1740; George, civil paymaster, H.E.I.C.S., born 15th Oct. 1744, died in Bengal, July 1794; William, born 21st Dec. 1750, died 9th Jan. 1767; Ann, born 22nd Sept. 1752 (marr. Captain Eyre Robert Mingay, of the 66th Foot), died 16th May 1786; Alexander, mate of the Dutton East Indiaman, born 29th Sept. 1754, died on his passage to India in 1782; Basil, born 8th Aug. 1757, died 2nd Dec. 1759. Publications-Four single Sermons (Edinburgh, 1740-54); Divine Influence the True Spring of the Extraordinary Work at Cambuslang (Edinburgh, 1742; 2nd ed., with Postscript, 1742); Vindication of said Postscript (Edinburgh, 1743); Calculations, with the Principles and Data on which they are Instituted, relative to the Widows' Scheme (Edinburgh, 1748); Zeal for Civil and Religious Interests (1754). He was author of a well-known song, "Oh, how could I venture to love one like thee.''-[Scots Mag., xlvi., lxiv.; Webster's Mem., Morrell's Ann.; Douglas's Peer., i.; Mackenzie's Life of Home, Somerville's Life, Carlyle's Autob.; Kay's Portr., i.; Struthers's Harp of Caled., i., ii.; Dict. Nat. Biog.]

1785 THOMAS RANDALL [DAVIDSON], born July 1747, son of Thomas R., min. of Inchture; educated at Univ. of Leyden; licen. at Rotterdam 14th June 1769; adm. min. of Inchture 21st Feb.

1771; trans. to Glasgow (Outer High) 18th Nov. 1773; trans. to Lady Yester's, Edinburgh, 26th Nov. 1778; trans. and adm. 9th June 1785; D.D. (Harvard Univ., Cambridge, U.S.A., 1793). By the death (1794) of his maternal uncle, William Davidson, lie succeeded to the property of Muirhouse, in the parish of Cramond, and assumed the name of Davidson; died 25th Oct. 1827. He was an affectionate and assiduous evangelical minister, and did much to counsel and assist young men studying for the ministry. He marr. (1) 29th Jan. 1772, Christian (died 6th July 1797), daugh. of John Rutherford of Edgerston, and had issue-Sarah, born 18th Jan. 1773; Mary, born 19th Feb. 1776, died unmarried; William of Muirhouse, born 7th May 1783, died 23rd July 1865: (2) 20th Aug. 1798, Elizabeth (died 30th March 1850), daugh. of Archibald Cockburn, Baron of Exchequer, and had issue-Jane, born 6th Oct. 1800; Elizabeth, born 23rd June 1802; Thomas, born 5th Nov. 1803, died 3rd Nov. 1811; Archibald, advocate, Sheriff of the Lothians, born 17th Oct. 1805, died 28th March 1886; David, born 20th May 1808; Henry, born 15th June 1811 (marr. 1845, Henrietta, daugh. of John Campbell Swinton of Kimmerghame, and was father of Randall Thomas Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury 1903). Publications-Three single Sermons (Glasgow, 1779; Edinburgh, 1802); A Sketch of the Character of Dr John Erskine (1803).-[Muirhead's Fun. Serm. Kay's Portr. Philip's Ancestry of Randall Thomas Davidson.)

1828 JAMES MARSHALL, born Rothesay, 23rd Feb. 1796; son of Hugh M., surgeon; educated at Paisley and Univs. of Glasgow and Edinburgh; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 2nd Sept. 1818; ord. to Glasgow (Outer High) 8th July 1819; pres. by the Town Council 15th Dec. 1827; trans. and adm. 12th June 1828. He adopted views which led him to renounce connection with the Church of Scotland, and demitted his charge 27th Oct. 1841; took orders in the Church of England, was curate to William Stephen Gilly, vicar of Norham, and canon of Durham; became