Nov. 1710); James, bapt. 16th Nov. 1651; Michael, advocate, died 5th April 1739; Daniel; Andrew, his successor; James; Thomas; John; Charles; William; Robert and Beatrix (twins). - [Dalkeith Presb. and Edin. Reg. Sas. and Bapt.; Reg. Sec. Sig., cix.; Fountainhall's Dec., i.; Wodrow's Hist., i.]

1681 ANDREW LUMSDEN, son of preceding, bapt. 8th Oct. 1654; educated at the Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (1671); licen. by Alexander, Bishop of Edinburgh, 4th Aug. 1675; charged before the Privy Council, 22nd Nov. 1681, for refusing to take the Test. He was assoilzied, but the church was declared vacant by the Bishop. He petitioned the Council, 6th Dec. thereafter, "for liberty to take the Test from his Ordinary," and this being allowed, he was reponed to the charge, but was deposed by the Commiss. of Assembly, Jan. 1691, for declining their authority. He was consecrated a bishop by the Nonjurors, end Nov. 1727, and died 20th June 1733. He marr. 26th Oct. 1682, Katherine, only child of John Craig, and had issue-Elizabeth (marr. William Alexander); Beatrix; John; Charles, surgeon, Edinburgh; William, writer, Edinburgh; Margaret (marr. Capt. Dalzell).-[Wodrow's Hist., St Cuthbert's Sess. and Edin. Reg. Sas. and Bur.; Acts Parl., xi.]

1694 JAMES CRAIG, M.A (Edinburgh, 23rd May 1655); ord. to Hoddam 1661; trans. to Selkirk 1666; trans. to Tranent 1676 ; deprived for not taking the Test in 1681; adm. min. of the Canongate 14th Sept. 1687; trans. and adm. 1694; died 31st May 1704, aged about 72. He marr. (his wife's name is unknown), and had issue-John, vicar of Gillingham, Dorset, 1696, died in London 1731; William, prebendary of Sarum (G. R. Inhib., 14th Sept. 1706).

1705 DAVID MALCOLM, licen. by Presb.  of Haddington 11th Jan. 1700; called 1704; ord. 28th March 1705. He was rebuked 10th Nov. 1721, for celebrating the marriage of Lord Provost George

Drummond, Edinburgh, a chief promoter of the improvements in the city, to Catherine, daugh. of Sir James Campbell of Aberuchill, Bart.; dep. 24th March 1742, for deserting his charge two years without leave. He demitted 27th April 1743, the sentence of deposition being recalled. He claimed to be entitled to the benefit of the Ministers' Widows' Fund. This the Trustees refused, and brought an action of declarator, which he defended, when it was found by the Lord Ordinary, 21st Nov. 1747, " that having demitted his charge as min. of D. in April 1743, he was not in the sense of the Act of Parl. a min. of the Church of Scotland on the 25th March 1744, and that he, his wife and children, are entitled to none of the benefits arising from the Act." The decision was confirmed by the whole Lords. He died 7th Feb. 1748. He was a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London, and was “eminent for learning, honesty, moderation, good nature, and a benevolent disposition." His leisure hours were employed in the study of philology. Publications-Essay on the Antiquities of Great Britain and Ireland (Edinburgh, 1738); Tracts illustrating the Celtic Antiquities of Great Britain and Ireland (Edinburgh, 1738); Collection of Letters, in which the Imperfection of Learning, even among Christians, and a Remedy for it is Hinted (Edinburgh, 1739)-all these, with slight modifications, being the same book, although under different titles; Letters, Essays, and other Tracts relating to the Antiquities of Great Britain and Ireland (London, 1744). He proposed publishing a Celtic Dictionary, but it went no farther than a prospectus and specimen page, though receiving every encouragement from a committee of the General Assembly in 1737. - [Trustees' Reports; Sinclair's Stat. Acc., xviii.; New Stat. Acc., i.; Scots Mag., x.; Morren's Ann., Î.; Acts of Ass., 1736, 1737.]

1744 ROBERT POLLOCK, M.A.; pres. by 1741 Archibald, Duke of Argyll, 19th Nov. 1743; ord. 13th March 1744; trans. to Greyfriars, Aberdeen, 31st July 1745.