1762 ALEXANDER STUART, licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 24th Oct. 1753; ord. to South Leith, Second Charge, 10th July 1755; pres. by George III. 3rd Dec. 1761; trans. and adm. 10th June 1762; died 5th April 1775, in his 45th year. During his incumbency the church, which was erected about 1548 after Somerset's invasion, was declared unsafe and taken down. He marr. (1) 7th July 1756, Margaret Heriot, who died 2nd Aug. 1764, and had issue-Isabel, born 4th Nov. 1757; John, born 4th May 1760; George, born 7th June 1763, died 3rd March 1764; Margaret, born 26th July 1764: (2) 29th April 1767, Jean (died 15th Oct. 1792), daugh. of William Herries of Hartwood, merchant, Leith.-[Sime's West Kirk, Laing Charters.]

1775 Sir, HENRY MONCREIFF WELLWOOD, eighth Baronet of Tullibole, born 6th Feb. 1750; eldest son of Sir William Moncreiff, Bart., min. of Blackford; educated at Univs. of Glasgow and Edinburgh; licen. by Presb. of Auchterarder 8th May 1771; ord. to Blackford 15th Aug. 1771; pres. by George III. 24th May, trans. and adm. 26th Oct. 1775; was nom. Moderator of Assembly 25th May 1780, in opposition to Henry Spens, D.D., Professor of Divinity, St Andrews, but defeated by a majority of 112 to 106;  joint-collector of the Ministers' Widows' Fund 17th Feb. 1784; Moderator of Assembly 19th May 1785; D.D. (Glasgow, June 1785); app. one of the chaplains to George, Prince of Wales, 1785, but declined to accept; Chaplain in Ordinary to His Majesty, 1793. He died 9th Aug. 1827. In the affairs of the Society for Propagating Christian Knowledge he took a sympathetic interest, and constantly devoted his best efforts to promote its efficiency; he was also one of the original members who, in 1790, formed the Society for Benefiting the Sons of the Clergy. He marr. 16th Nov. 1772, his cousin Susan (died 24th July 1826), eldest daugh. of James Robertson Barclay of Cavell, W.S., and had issue -Isabella, born 31st March 1774 (marr. 1st Aug. 1803, Sir John Stoddart, Chief Justice in Admiralty Court, Malta), died 1846;

William, King's Advocate in the Admiralty Court, Malta, born 20th July 1775, died 5th Sept. 1813; James, who succeeded to the Baronetcy, Senator of the College of Justice, born 13th Sept. 1776, died 4th April 1851; Henry, W.S., born 25th Feb. 1778, died 16th April 1817; Catherine, born 17th Jan. 1780, died unmarr.; George, born 19th Nov. 1782, died 15th March 1822; Archibald, born 20th May 1786. Publications-Seven single Sermons (Edinburgh, 1777-1812); Sketch of a Plan for Augmenting the Livings of the Ministers of the Church of Scotland  Edinburgh, 1788); A Letter to the Contributors to the Fund for Ministers' Widows (Edinburgh, 1797); Memorial to the Trustees for Managing the  Ministers' Widows' Fund (Edinburgh, 1800) Remarks on Principal Hill's Speech in the General Assemble (Edinburgh, 1807); Discourses on the Evidence of the Jewish and Christian Revelation (Edinburgh, 1815); Account of the Life and Writings of John Erskine, D.D (Edinburgh, 1818); Sermons (Edinburgh, 1805-31, 4 vols.); prepared for the Press Discourses by John Erskine, D.D., vol. ii. (Edinburgh, 1804); edited Dr Henry's History of Great Britain, vol. vi., and prefixed a Life of the Author (London, 1793); contributed Account of the Family of Moncreiff Wellwood (Playfair's British Baronetage, iii., London, 1811); also Life of Alexander Murray, D.D., to History of the European Languages (Edinburgh, 1823). -[Sime's West Kirk; Playfair's Bar., - iii.; Thomson's and Dickson's Fun. Serms., Anderson's Edin. Clergy; Edin. Chr. Inst., N.S., i.; Kay's Portr., Cockburn's Mem.; Life of Jefrey, i.; Haldane's .Mem.; Peter's Letters to his Kinsfolk, iii.; Dict. Nat. Biog.]

1828  JOHN PAUL, born 12th March 1795, son of William P., min. of St Cuthbert's, and nephew of preceding; educated at High School and Univ. of Edinburgh; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 7th Aug. 1816; ord. to Straiton 1st May 1817; trans. to Maybole 4th Sept. 1823; pres. by George IV. 25th Oct. 1827, trans. and adm. 17th April 1828; D.D. (Edinburgh, April 1847) ; Moderator