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15th Sept. 1785; pres. by the Town Council 25th June, trans. and adm. 20th Nov. 1794; died 24th Feb. 1806. He marr. 26th March 1795, Agnes (died 14th Sept. 1844), daugh. of George Wood of Warriston, and had issue-Agnes, born 30th Jan. 1796, died 17th Oct. 1812; Jean MacVicar, born 30th April 1797, died 6th Feb. 1799; Elizabeth, born 20th Sept. 1798; Jean MacVicar, born 24th May 1800; Veronica, born 15th July 1802, died 31st Oct. 1816; David, born 20th Feb. 1804; Bridget Bonar, born 4th June 1806, died 4th May 1819. Publications-Two single Sermons (Edinburgh, 1798-1803); Sermons on Important Subjects, with au Account of the Author (Edinburgh, 1808); Account of St Madoes (Sinclair's Stat. Acc., iii.).-[Bonar's Serm., i.; Kay's Portr., Haldane's Mem.]

 

1806 THOMAS FLEMING, born 1754, a native of Kirkmichael, Perthshire; educated at the Parish School of Blairgowrie and Perth Grammar School, and at the Univs. of St Andrews and Edinburgh; tutor to the Haldanes of Airthrey; licen. by Presb. of Dundee 5th Nov. 1777; ord. to Kirkmichael 29th April 1779; trans. to Kenmore 24th Aug. 1780; trans. to Kirkcaldy 10th July 1788 ; D.D. (Harvard, U.S.A., 1804); pres. by the Town Council 18th June, trans. and adm. 23rd Oct. 1806; died 19th July 1824. “The benevolent institutions of the city reaped much advantage from his friendly counsels and aid. He was particularly attentive to the affairs of George Heriot's Hospital, the Orphan Hospital, the Edin. Education Society, and the Society for Propagating Christian Knowledge." He marr. 14th Nov. 1780, Anne Robertson, who died 17th April 1829, in 78th year, and had issue William, banker in Edinburgh, born 28th Aug. 1786; Thomas, lieut. 1st Batt. Berar Native Infantry, born 22nd Dec. 1797, died March 1821; Maxwell, born 9th Aug. 1781 (marr. 7th Aug. 1807, George Muirhead, D.D., min. of Cramond); Catherine, born 30th Jan. 1785 (marr. 28th March 1810, George Lyon of Wester Ogill, W.S.); Isabella, born 27th March 1783, died 9th Sept. 1852; Grace, born 14th July 1790; Anne Campbell,

born 13th July 1792; James, born 6th May 1794. Publications -Three single Sermons (Edinburgh, 17901809); Sermons (Edinburgh, 1826); "A Remarkable Agitation of the Waters of Loch Tay" (Trans. Roy. Soc. Edin.); Account of Kirkcaldy (Sinclair's Stat. Acc., xviii.); "Memoir of Robert Cathcart of Drum" (Edin. Chr. Inst., vi.); Translated the Shorter Catechism into Gaelic, and assisted in revising the Gaelic Translation of the Scriptures, published by the Society for Propagating Christian Knowledge. [Sermons, Tombst., Society Sermons; Scots Mag., xciv.; Stewart's Sermons (Mem.).]

 

1825 JOHN LEE, D.D.; trans. from Canongate; pres. by the Town Council in 1824; trans. and adm. 17th Feb. 1825; trans. to the Old Church 22nd Jan. 1835.

 

1835 ARCHIBALD BENNIE, born Glasgow, 1st Nov. 1797, fourth son of William B., merchant; educated at Univ. of Glasgow; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow Sept. 1820; ord. min. of Albion Street Chapel, Glasgow, 6th March 1823; trans. to Third Charge, Stirling, 28th Oct. 1824; trans. to Second Charge 17th June 1825; trans. to First Charge 31st March 1829; pres. by the Town Council, trans. and adm. 24th Sept. 1835; one of Her Majesty's Chaplains in Ordinary; Dean of the Chapel Royal 1841; D.D. (Glasgow, 10th Jan. 1845); died at Dunoon 21st Sept. 1846. He marr. 9th July 1827, Eliza (died 25th Nov. 1867), only child of James Noble, collector of Excise, Stirling, and had issue - Ann Young, born 10th May 1828; Agues Mary, born 7th Aug. 1829; James Noble, LL.D., Canon of Peterborough, born 6th Jan. 1831, died 27th March 1899; Elizabeth Noble; Archibald, born 8th Nov. 1836. Publications-Five single Sermons, Christian Benevolence, etc. (1825-39); Letter to Patrick Arkley, Esq., Advocate (Edinburgh, 1846); Discourses, with a Memoir, by Rev. John Paul (Edinburgh, 1847). He edited the Edin. Christian Instructor (Edinburgh, 1836, 1837, Third Series, 2 vols.).-[Smith's Scott. Clergy, i.; Tombst.]

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