104 BONNINGTON—ST DAVID'S [press, of THOMASBAYLEYM'CORKINDALE, M.A. ; app. 14th Oct. 1900; res. 22nd Nov. 1907, on election as min. of Knoxland, Dumbarton. 1900 JOHN SUTHERLAND HUNTER, min. of Holytown (1890-1905) ; app. 1908; res. 1911. [Ordained assistants at St Cuthbert's Church have carried on the Mission at Bonnington since 1911.] CHARTERIS MEMORIAL : ST NINIAN'S MISSION CHURCH [Opened 24th May 1912, as a memorial of Archibald Hamilton Charteris, D.D., LL.D., Professor of Biblical Criticism, Univ. of Edinburgh, 1868-1898; founder of the Guilds of the Church of Scotland, and Moderator of Assembly 1892.] WILLIAM COWAN, born Edinburgh, 25th Oct. 1857, son of James O, Selkirkshire ; educated at Heriot- Watt School, and LTniv. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh May 1888 ; assistant at Tolbooth Parish, Edinburgh ; ord. by Presb. of Edinburgh Feb. 1891, for service in Egypt at St Andrew's Church, and as consular chaplain, Alexandria ; began Scottish congregation in Cairo ; returned to Scotland ; was, 1903-5, senior assistant at St Giles ; app. to St Ninian : s Mission 1905, having oversight of the Institute of Missionary Training, and adm min. of the Charteris Memorial Church 24th May 1912. He marr. 26th Sept. 1893, Margaret, daugh. of Peter Black, Bey, Egyptian Government Service. ST DAVID'S (Q.S.). [Formerly Gardner's Crescent Chapel under St Cuthbert's ; opened 29th May 1831. Declared a parish quoad sacra by the General Assembly, 30th May 1836, and named St David's. Erected by the Court of Teinds, 6th July 1874. A new church was built in 1912, and the parish extended 31st May 1912.] JOHNALEXANDERCASTLEMAINE lg37 TANNOCH, nominated by the Kirk- session of St Cuthbert's, and ord. 9th Feb. 1837 ; trans, to Kinross 27th Sept. 1842. ROBERT FERGUSON, born Morton, 1843 15th Sept. 1802, son of William F., farmer, and Mary Johnstone ; edu- cated at Edinburgh Univ. ; M.A. (12th April 1828); ord. to Fenwick 25th Aug. 1836; trans, and adm. 16th May 1843. Joined the Free Church ; min. of Free St David's, Edinburgh, 1843 ; died at Grace- field, Keir, Dumfriesshire, 18th Dec. 1866. He marr. (1) 10th Oct. 1836, Agnes (died 30th Nov. 1853), daugh. of Robert Lidgate of Maines, Berwickshire, and had issue — William, born 3rd Jan. 1842 ; Agnes Mar- garet, born 2nd June 1844; Robert, born 7th June 1849 : (2) 3rd April 1856, Eliza- beth Black, who died 22nd Sept. 1888. Publication — The New Creature, a sermon (Edinburgh, 1844). GEORGE GORDON PITTENDRIGH, 1844 k°rn Aberdeen, 2nd Aug. 1799, son of William P. and Margaret Gordon ; educated at King's College 1828-32; assist- ant to Dr Kidd, Aberdeen ; licen. by Presb. ofAberdeen ; ord. to Scots Church, Alnwick, Northumberland : adm. 26th Dec. 1844 ; died 23rd March 1869. He marr. Jane (died 3rd July 1882), daugh. of Joseph Hartridge, wood-bailiff to Duke of North- umberland, and had issue—Mary Nicolson, teacher, born 1845, died 20th Dec. 1903 ; George, marine engineer,born 1846 ; Joseph, died aged 60; Thomas Millons, manager, Norwich Union, Edinburgh, bom 25th March 1851, died 24th April 1913 ; Susan, born 1854 ; Maggie Jane, born 1856. [ROBERT JOHN SINTON, assistant lg69 at Dalton, was app. to take charge of the parish as the mission district of the Edinburgh Univ. Mission Association, 1869 ; he died in Feb. 1871.] DAVID LAIRD ADAMS, M.A., B.D. ; 1871 ord ' ^rst mm ' °^ ^e Parisn 2nd Nov. 1871 ; trans, to Monimail 23rd Sept. 1875 ; [became Professor of Hebrew in Edinburgh Univ.].