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Adair, Patrick (1624?–1693/4), Presbyterian minister and historian  

Finlay Holmes

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Adair, Patrick (1624?–1693/4), Presbyterian minister and historian, was the son of John Adair of Genoch in Galloway. His family were prominently involved in the Scottish migration to Ulster in the seventeenth century, and he was the nephew of Sir Robert Adair, a major Scots colonizer in ...

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Anderson, James (bap. 1679, d. 1739), Church of Scotland minister and historical writer  

Francis Espinasse

revised by S. J. Skedd

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Anderson, James (bap. 1679, d. 1739), Church of Scotland minister and historical writer, was born in Aberdeen and baptized on 19 January 1679 at St Nicholas's Church, Aberdeen, one of at least two sons of James Anderson and Jean Campbell. His brother was ...

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Anderson, Walter (d. 1800), historian and Church of Scotland minister  

[Anon.]

revised by Philip Carter

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Anderson, Walter (d. 1800), historian and Church of Scotland minister, was educated at the University of Edinburgh where he graduated MA on 18 March 1742. Licensed by the presbytery of Duns on 5 December 1744, he was ordained on 13 May 1756 at ...

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Brown, William (1764–1835), Church of Scotland minister and historical writer  

Newcomen Groves

revised by Rosemary Mitchell

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Brown, William (1764–1835), Church of Scotland minister and historical writer, was the son of William Brown, a stonemason in Peeblesshire, whose second wife was an aunt of Thomas Carlyle. Brown was licensed by the presbytery of Stirling in August 1791 and was presented to the parish of ...

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Burnet, Gilbert (1643–1715)  

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Gilbert Burnet (1643–1715) by Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1693 Wimpole Hall, The Bambridge Collection (The National Trust). Photograph: Photographic Survey, Courtauld Institute of Art, London

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Burnet, Gilbert (1643–1715), bishop of Salisbury and historian  

Martin Greig

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Burnet, Gilbert (1643–1715), bishop of Salisbury and historian, was born in Edinburgh on 18 September 1643, the youngest child of Robert Burnet (d. 1661), a judge of the court of session as Lord Crimond, and Rachel Johnston, sister of Archibald Johnston, Lord Wariston...

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Calamy, Edmund (1671–1732)  

Maker: George Vertue

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Edmund Calamy (1671–1732) by George Vertue, pubd 1722 © National Portrait Gallery, London

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Calamy, Edmund (1671–1732), Presbyterian minister and historian  

David L. Wykes

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Calamy, Edmund (1671–1732), Presbyterian minister and historian, was born on 5 April 1671 in the parish of St Mary Aldermanbury, London, the only son of Edmund Calamy (bap. 1634, d. 1685), former rector of Moreton, Essex, and Mary (d. 1715), daughter of ...

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Calderwood, David (c. 1575–1650), Church of Scotland minister and historian  

Vaughan T. Wells

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Calderwood, David (c. 1575–1650), Church of Scotland minister and historian, was the second son of William Calderwood (d. c.1605) of Dalkeith, near Edinburgh. He was educated first at the grammar school and then at the University of Edinburgh (under the regency of ...

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Evans, John (1679/80–1730), Presbyterian minister and historian  

Alsager Vian

revised by S. J. Skedd

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Evans, John (1679/80–1730), Presbyterian minister and historian, was born at Wrexham, Denbighshire, the son of John Evans (1628/9–1700), dissenting minister and schoolmaster, and his wife, Katherine (bap. 1638), widow of Vavasor Powell (1617–1670), Independent minister, and the fifth daughter of Gilbert Gerard...

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Guthrie [Guthry], Henry (1600?–1676), bishop of Dunkeld and historian  

David Stevenson

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Guthrie [Guthry], Henry (1600?–1676), bishop of Dunkeld and historian, said to have been born in Coupar Angus, was the second son of Henry Guthrie (d. in or after 1633), minister of Bendochy, Forfarshire, who for a time had charge of Coupar Angus...

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Henderson, George David (1888–1957), Church of Scotland minister and historian  

William Johnstone

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Henderson, George David (1888–1957), Church of Scotland minister and historian, was born on 26 March 1888 in Flowerhill manse, Airdrie, Lanarkshire, the oldest of the four sons and two daughters of the Revd Robert Henderson (1855–1941), minister of the Church of Scotland, and his wife, ...

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Henry, Robert (1718–1790), Church of Scotland minister and historian  

Richard B. Sher

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Henry, Robert (1718–1790), Church of Scotland minister and historian, was born on 1 March 1718, the son of James Henry, a farmer in Muirton, St Ninians, Stirlingshire, and Jean Galloway, also from Stirlingshire. He attended the parish school and subsequently the grammar school at ...

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Hewat, Alexander (1738/9?–1824?), Church of Scotland minister and historian  

Emma Vincent Macleod

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Hewat, Alexander (1738/9?–1824?), Church of Scotland minister and historian, was probably born in or near Kelso. It is not known who his parents were. He was educated at Kelso grammar school and Edinburgh University. He emigrated to America in 1763 to serve as minister of the First Presbyterian or Scots church in ...

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Kirkton, James (d. 1699), Church of Scotland minister and historian  

Ralph Stewart

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Kirkton, James (d. 1699), Church of Scotland minister and historian, was born most probably in south-east Scotland; his parents are unknown. He graduated MA at Edinburgh in 1647, and became minister of Lanark (second charge) in 1655 and of Mertoun in Berwickshire in 1657. On 31 December 1657 he married ...

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Lothian, William (1740–1783), Church of Scotland minister and historian  

Richard B. Sher

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Lothian, William (1740–1783), Church of Scotland minister and historian, was born in Edinburgh on 5 November 1740, the son of George Lothian, an Edinburgh surgeon, and Elizabeth Hutchison. His mother having died when he was an infant, and his father when he was five years old, he was raised by relatives. After attending ...

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Maclaine, Archibald (1722–1804), Presbyterian minister and historian  

James K. Cameron

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Maclaine, Archibald (1722–1804), Presbyterian minister and historian, was born in Monaghan, Ireland, the elder son of Thomas Maclaine (d. 1740), Presbyterian minister, and his wife, Elizabeth (d. c.1735), daughter of James Milling. James Maclaine (1724–1750), the ‘gentleman highwayman’, was his younger brother. In 1739 ...

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Marshal, Ebenezer (d. 1813), historian and Church of Scotland minister  

Gordon Goodwin

revised by Philip Carter

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Marshal, Ebenezer (d. 1813), historian and Church of Scotland minister, was licensed as a preacher by the presbytery of Edinburgh on 30 October 1776, and ordained on 3 April 1782 as chaplain to the Scottish regiment in the Dutch service. On 22 November 1782 he was presented to the living of ...

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McKerrow, John (1789–1867), minister of the United Presbyterian church and historian  

T. B. Johnstone

revised by Lionel Alexander Ritchie

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McKerrow, John (1789–1867), minister of the United Presbyterian church and historian, was born in Mauchline, Ayrshire, on 15 May 1789, the third son of John McKerrow and his wife, Margaret, in a family of six sons and four daughters. His father, a cloth merchant, died while he was still a boy and his mother died during his first session at ...

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Millar, Robert (1672–1752), Church of Scotland minister and historian  

Richard B. Sher

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Millar, Robert (1672–1752), Church of Scotland minister and historian, was the son of the Revd Andrew Millar of Neilston, Renfrewshire. He was educated at Glasgow University and was licensed to preach by the presbytery of Paisley on 3 February 1697. While the minister of ...