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1653 ALEXANDER VERNOR, M.A. (Edinburgh, 23rd July 1636); schoolmaster of Musselburgh; licen. by Presb. of Dalkeith, and ord. 18th March 1653; coll. 12th Dec. 1662; died 1st April 1669, aged about 53. He marr. Isobel (died in July 1714, aged 102), daugh. of Andrew Makghie, min. of Dirleton, and had issue-Catherine. -[Reg. Sec. Sig. and Collat., Dirleton Sess. Reg., Wodrow's Hist.]

[GEORGE SHIEL, M.A., min. of Durisdeer, was pros. by Charles II. 16th April,

and coll. 14th May 1669, but his inst. was cancelled July following. Reg. See. Sig. and Collat.]

1669 ROBERT DOUGLAS, son of Robert, an illegitimate son of Sir George D. of Lochleven, brother of William, fifth Earl of Morton. Educated at Univ. of St Andrews; M.A. (1614); licen. about 1617. Almost immediately afterwards he was engaged as chaplain to one of the brigades of Scottish auxiliaries co-operating with Gustavus Adolphus in the Thirty Years' War. During that period he is said to have had no other book to read but the Bible, and committed nearly the whole of it to memory. Returning to Scotland he became min. of Second Charge, Kirkcaldy, in 1628. He was a member of Assembly in 1638, and was trans. in 1639 to the Second Charge of St Giles, Edinburgh. In 1641 he was removed to the Tolbooth Parish. He was Moderator of Assembly 1642 also in 1645, 1647,1649, and 1651. In 1643 he was elected acommissioner to the Assembly of Divines at Westminster. In 1644 he was chaplain to one of the Scots Regiments in England. In 1649 he was again min. of St Giles, and assisted in the presentation of the Solemn League and Covenant to Parliament. In 1650 he was one of the mins. who waited on Charles II. at Dunfermline, to obtain his signature to a declaration of religion, when Charles refused to sign, and a serious division of the Church ensued. Douglas became a leader of the Resolutioners, the moderate party. On 1st Jan. 1651 he preached at the coronation of Charles II. at Scone. Sent prisoner to London by Cromwell in 1653, he was soon released. In 1654 he was summoned to London (with others) to consult with the Protector upon the affairs of the Church of Scotland. In 1659 he preached the sermon at the opening of Heriot's Hospital. In 1661 he preached before Parliament. After the Restoration he was offered the Bishopric of Edinburgh, but indignantly declined, and remonstrated with Sharp for accepting the Archbishopric of St Andrews. On 27th June 1662 he was translated to Greyfriars, Edinburgh, but refusing to conform to Episcopacy, he was deprived