1823; pres. by David Stuart, Earl of Buchan; ord. (assistant and successor) 29th April 1824; dep. 19th June 1838; went to Australia, where he engaged in agriculture, and died 28th June 1873.

1839 GEORGE BOAG, born Glasgow, 2nd March 1799, son of William B. and Agnes Hamilton; educated at Glasgow Univ.; licen. by Presb. of Chirnside; ord. by Presb. of Northumberland to the Scottish Church at Widdrington; pros. by Henry, Earl of Buchan, June 1839, and adm. 2nd Aug. 1839; died 3rd Feb. 1863. He marr. 4th June 1833, Eleanor Goldie, died 14th Sept. 1872, and had issue-William Goldie, min. of Delting, born 15th Oct. 1834; John George, born 11th June 1837, died 29th May 1842; Ann Leithead, born 16th July 1839, died unmarr.; Agnes Hamilton, born 1st March 1842, died unmarr.; George, born 16th July 1844; Eleanor Goldie, born 23rd Jan. 1847; James, born 23rd Aug. 1849, died 1st June 1908.

1863 WILLIAM JOHNSTON, born Edinburgh, 29th May 1832; son of William J., English master and chaplain, Merchant Maidens' Institution, Edinburgh; educated at High School and Univ., Edinburgh; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 29th July 1858; assistant at Lesmahagow and Lady Yester's, Edinburgh; pres. by David, Earl of Buchan, 5th March 1863; ord. 24th July 1863; chaplain to the volunteers for upwards of forty years; received volunteer decoration from Queen Victoria; died 8th May 1912. He marr. 23rd Jan. 1872, Eliza, only daugh. of William Arbuckle, farmer, Wyndford, West Lothian.

1912 CHARLES DUNN, born 1st May 1874, son of Peter D. and Elspeth Strachan; educated at Grammar School and Univs. of Aberdeen and Berlin; M.A. (Aberdeen 1895), B.D. (Aberdeen 1898);  licen. by Presb. of Alford 1900; assistant at St Mary's, Dundee, and West Parish, Aberdeen; ord. to Arbuthnot 2nd July 1903; trans. to Uphall 24th Sept. 1912. He marr. 6th June 1911, Jean, daugh. of

William   Munro.

WHITBURN.

[The church was opened 21st Oct. 1718. Parish disjoined from Livingston, and erected by the Commissioners of Teinds, 23rd June 1731.]

1732 ALEXANDER WARDROBE, son of David W., of Colt, Livingstone; educated at Edinburgh Univ.; licen. by Presb. of Forres 13th March 1721; ord. to Muckhart 7th April 1725; pres. by Sir James Cunninghame of Milncraig ; trans. and adm. 2nd March 1732; died 13th June 1759, in his 66th year. He marr. Julia (died 8th July 1785), eldest daugh. of Sam Telfer, min. of Kirkintilloch, and had issue -David; Barbara; Julian; Mary; Henry; Quintin, all above 21 years of age in April 1759. - [Brown's Gosp. Truth,., Diary of Alexander Johnstone of Kirkland.]

1760  WILLIAM PORTEOUS, pres. by Lady Mary Cunninghame Nov. 1759; ord. 10th June 1760; trans. to Wynd Church, Glasgow, 28th June 1770.-[Connell's Par. Law; New Stat. Acc., ii.]

1771 WILLIAM BARRON, eldest son of John B., Glasgow; educated at Univ. of Glasgow; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 28th April 1762; ord. to Wamphray 10th Feb. 1763; pres. by Sir William Cunninghame of Livingston; trans. and adm. 25th April 1771; adm. Professor of Logic in the Univ. of St Andrews 2nd Dec. 1778; died 28th Dec. 1803. He marr. 2nd Nov. 1782, Margaret Stark, and had issue-Thomas, born 28th Oct. 1783; Helen, born 26th Jan. 1785; John, born 27th May 1786; Ann, born 25th Nov. 1787, died 10th Aug. 1789; Elizabeth, born 1st May 1790; Maria Catherine, born 2nd Aug. 1793, died 16th June 1794; James, born 24th Jan. 1795, died 7th Sept. 1795. Publications -An Essay on the Mechanical Principles of the Plough (Edinburgh, 1774); History of the Colonization of the Free States of Antiquity (London, 1777, anon.); History of the Political Connexion between England and Ireland from the Reign of Henry II to the Present .Time (London,