Sept. 1877; Allastair Gilmour M'Cowan, shipping agent, born 18th Feb. 1879; Crawford Cleland, M.D., born 24th March 1881; Jennie Isobel, born 24th Nov. 1882 William  Douglas, assistant min. Scots Church, Melbourne, born 9th July 1884; Allan (twin), born 9th July 1884, died 1880; Norman, born 10th Feb. 1886; Katherine Buchanan, born 30th Oct. 1887 (marr. John Phillip); Louis, born 1891; Doris Susan, born 1893.

1888  JAMES SHARP, born Scone, 1st Nov. 1860, son of William S. and Ann Sandilands; educated at Perth Academy and Edinburgh Univ.; licen. by Presb. of Perth May 1885; assistant at North Leith; ord. to North Church, Stirling, 3rd Feb. 1887; trans. and adm. 4th Sept. 1888; died 18th Oct. 1905. He marr. 12th Sept. 1887, Annie Taylor (died 11th May 1899), daugh. of John Graham, H.-M. Customs, and Agnes Marshall Easton, and had issue-William Stirling, born 30th Aug. 1888; Agnes Marshall, born 2nd June 1890; James Easton, born 3rd April 1892; Ursula Edmondston, born 27th Feb. 1894, died 13th July 1908; Maud Margaret, born 14th Feb. 1896; Dora Catherine, born 19th Oct. 1897; Irene Scott, born 26th Feb. 1899.

1906 JAMES WALLACE, born Corstorphine, 23rd Sept. 1871, son of Robert W. and Euphemia Stewart; educated at Gillespie's School and Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A., B.D.; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh; assistant at St Mary's, Edinburgh; ord. to Eyemouth 4th Aug. 1899; trans. to Second Charge, St Andrews, 25th June 1903; trans. and adm. 17th May 1906; died unmarr. 4th Oct. 1906.

1907  GEORGE GORDON DUNDAS STEWART DUNCAN, B.D.; trans. from Glencairn 16th May 1907; trans. to St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh, 12th May 1910.

1910  WILLIAM EDIE, born Wilton, Hawick, 30th Aug. 1865, son of Robert E. and Christian Miller; educated at Univ.  of St Andrews; M.A. (1888), B.D.  (1891):

licen. by Presb. of St Andrews 5th Aug. 1891;assistant at St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh; ord. to King Edward 7th Nov. 1893; trans. to Greyfriars, Dumfries, 24th Feb. 1905; trans. and adm. 20th Sept. 1910; examiner in theology, Univ. of St Andrews. He marr. (1) 5th April 1894, Martha M'Cormick (died 7th Dec. 1903), daugh. of James Williamson, Thornhill, and had issue- Robert Miller, born 17th Aug. 1896: (2) 16th Jan. 1906, Jeanie Irvine Fergusson. Publications-Translation of Nestle's Einfuhrung in das Griechische Neue Testament (Theological Translation Library, vol. xiii., 1901); Contributor to One Volume Bible Commentary.

LASSWADE.

[The church was dedicated to St Edwin. Previous to the Reformation the minister was Dean of the collegiate church of Restalrig, which was dissolved by Parliament 5th June 1592.

1565 WILLIAM BARBOUR, exhorter; pres.  to the vicarage pensionary by James VI. 18th May 1569; trans. to Pentland about 1573. He possessed the manse of Lasswade for 17 years before his death, and was still min. in 1574 (Reg. of Deeds, xiv., 15).-[Reg. Min.]

1581  GEORGE RAMSAY, son of Alexander R., parson of Foulden; ord. min. of Carrington 1570; trans. to Foulden 1574; trans. to Dalkeith 1575; trans. and adm. 1581; Dean of Restalrig (1583-93); Glencorse was also in his charge 1585-94. Having charged the Lords of Session with the selling of justice, by saying "they sold it in the tolbuithe, and took payment in their chambers at home, and that the place of their judgment was justly called `tolbuith,' because there they took toll of the subjects," he was summoned before their Lordships, 22nd Dec. 1593, but dismissed; pres. to the vicarage of Lasswade and Glencorse, in terms of the Act of Dissolution, by James VI. 23rd Nov. 1601; was a member of Assembly 1602; constant