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of Swinton; pres. by William John, Marquess of Lothian, and ord. 20th April 1813; died 2nd Nov. 1839.  He marr. 13th March 1815, Elizabeth Balfour (died 11th April 1854), daugh. of Robert Wodrow of Mauchline, grandson of the Church historian, and had issue—Louisa Balfour, born 5th Jan. 1816, died 1838; David, assistant surgeon of His Majesty's ship Cormorant, born 9th Sept. 1817; Robert Wodrow, min. of Ormiston, and of St Luke's, Glasgow, born 29th May 1819; Mary Ann Hepburn, born 10th April 1821, died 7th Aug. 1836; John William Robert Ker, merchant, Leith, born 4th Dec. 1824; James Wodrow, born 13th Feb. 1827, died 1836; Charles William, accountant, Edin­burgh, born 13th Feb. 1827. Publications —The Constraining Power of the Love of Christ, a sermon (Dalkeith, 1839); Ac­count of the Parish (New Stat. Acc., L). — [Mem. Sermon.}

 

1840 JAMES VEITCH, trans. from Galashiels, and adm. 2nd Oct. 1840; trans. to St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh, 16th March 1843.

 

1843 THOMAS GORDON, born 22nd Dec. 1817, son of James G., min. of Borgue; educated at Borgue Academy and Edinburgh Univ.; licen. by Presb. of Kirkcudbright; ord. 1st Sept. 1843; D.D. (St Andrews); died 12th Jan. 1888. He marr. 7th March 1855, Janet Elizabeth (died 27th Aug. 1895), eldest daugh. of Major James Aitchison, and had issue— Amy Mary, born 15th Feb. 1856; Henry James, surgeon, B.N., born 28th Oct. 1858; James Aitchison, min. of Swinton, born 22nd July 1860; Janet Elizabeth, born 22nd Aug. 1866 (marr. 16th April 1895, John David Sym, advocate, Sheriff-sub­stitute, Perth). Publication—Education in Scotland (Edinburgh, 1854). A coadjutor of Dr Hew Scott in the preparation of Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae.

 

1885 JOHN CHARLES CARRICK, born 27th March 1860, son of Daniel Maclachlan C., accountant, Glasgow,

and Cather­ine Miller, eldest daugh. of John Buchanan, LL.D.; educated at Crieff and Ayr Academies, and Glasgow and Edinburgh Univs.; M.A. (Glasgow 1880), B.D. (Edin­burgh 1883); licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh May 1883; assistant at Newbattle and St Giles, Edinburgh; ord. (assistant and suc­cessor) 17th March 1885; res. 17th Dec. 1912; died at Liberton 8th March 1914. Marr. 24th Feb. 1891, Annie Jane, daugh. of John Russell, merchant, Glasgow, and widow of Deputy Surgeon-General James Fraser. Publications—The Story of the Burning Bush (Edinburgh, 1890); S. Cuthbert and S. Cuthbert's (Edinburgh, 1894); Lee Lecture, Psalms, Paraphrases, and Hymns in the Church of Scotland (Edin -burgh, 1901); Synod sermon, How a Christian should meet the Intellectual and Social Difficulties of our Time; Things which every Scotsman Ought to Know (Church Defence pamphlet); The Abbey of S. Mary, Newbottle (Selkirk, 1900); Wycliffe and the Lollards (" World's Epoch-Makers " Series, Edinburgh, 1908); Around Dalkeith (Dalkeith, 1904); William Creech, Burns's Publisher (Dalkeith); Camp Meg (Dalkeith); The Story of the Ancient Scottish Cathedrals; The Story of the Ancient Abbeys of Scotland; The Story of Robert Burns and his Land; The Story of Sir Walter Scott and his Land; The Story of John Knox and his Land (all in Bryce's " Miniature Story" Series); Are Prayers ever Answered! (S.P.C.K.); editor of The Scots Magazine, 1893-1900.

 

1913 WILLIAM LINDSAY, born Coatbridge, 19th April 1876, son of William L. and Ann Henderson; educated at Coatbridge and Glasgow Schools, and Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1901); licen. by Presb. of Hamilton 1904; assistant at Shettleston and South Leith; ord. to St John's, Hawick, 3rd May 1906; trans. and adm. 17th June 1913.

 

NEW CRAIGHALL (Q.A).

[Disjoined from Inveresk and erected into a parish quoad sacra, 15th March 1886.]

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