288 PEEBLES [PKESB. OF
WILLIAM DALGLEISH, born Gallo-
1761 way, 1733; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh j licen. by Presb. of Edin-
burgh 26th March 1760; pres. by William,
Earl of March, 26th Nov. 1760; called 26th
March 1761 ; ord. 2nd July 1761. A grass
glebe having been designed to him, an
action of reduction was brought on the
ground that it had been feued out in
small divisions to the inhabitants of the
burgh on the eve of the Reformation.
The action was dismissed 23rd June 1784 ;
D.D. (Edinburgh, 20th Nov. 1786); chap-
lain to the Peeblesshire Regiment of
Volunteers ; died 20th Sept. 1807. He
marr. 7th July 1773, Jean (born 19th
Sept. 1748, died at Edinburgh, 7th Sept.
1819), daugh. of William Gibson of Green-
knowe. Publications
—
The True Sonship
of Christ Investigated (London, 1776).
[This work was animadverted on by the
Rev. Adam Gib in An Antidote against a
Neiv Heresy concerning the true Sonship of
Jesus Christ; as also an Appendix con-
cerning the Wonderful Theory of Ani-
malctdar Generation, as lately brought in
by a Clergyman of the Church of Scot-
land. It was also attacked by the Rev.
Michael Arthur, min. of the Secession
congregation, Peebles, in The Scripture
Doctrine of the Eternal Generation of
Christ as the Son of God Vindicated, etc.]
In reply, Dalgleish published The Self-
existence and Supreme Deity of Christ
Defended (Edinburgh, 1777) ; Two single
Sermons (Edinburgh, 1793, 1803) ; Sermons
on the Chief Doctrines and Duties of the
Christian Religion, 2 vols. (Edinburgh,
1799-1807) ; Religion, its Importance, etc.
(Edinburgh, 1801) ; Addresses and Prayers
(Edinburgh, 1804) ; Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xii.).— [Morrison's
Digest; Sinclair's, xii., and Neiv Stat.
Ace, iii. ; Pennecuik's Works ; Chalmers's
Caled., iii. ; Diet. Nat. Biog.]
JOHN LEE, M.A., M.D. ; pres. by the
1808 Commissioner for William, Duke of
Queensberry, 8th Dec. 1807 ; called
24th March, and adm. 7th April 1808;
dem. on appointment as Professor of
Divinity and Ecclesiastical History in St
Mary's College, St AndreAvs, 21st Oct.
1812. He became min. of the High Kirk,
Edinburgh (</:>'.), and Principal of the
University.
ROBERT BUCHANAN, born at Trean,
1813 Callander, 16th Feb. 1786, son of
John B., farmer ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; M.A. (1808) ; tutor in the
family of Francis, Earl of Wemyss and
March ; licen. by Presb. of Haddington
20th Oct. 1812; pres. by the said Earl
31st March, and ord. 1st July 1813; res.
on appointment as Prof, of Logic in the
Univ. of Glasgow 6th Oct. 1824; Vice-
Rector 1831-4; LL.D. (Glasgow 1869);
died unmarr. at Ardfillayne, Dunoon, 2nd
March 1873. Founder of the Buchanan
Bursaries ; familiarly known as "Logic
Bob." Publications
—
Wallace, a Tragedy
(1856) ; Fragments of the Table Round
(1860) ; The Vow of Glentreuil, and other
Poems (1862) ; Tragic Dramas from
Scottish History (1868) ; Canute's Birthday
in Ireland, a Drama in Five Acts (1868).
His tragedy, Wallace, was performed twice
for a charitable object at the Prince's
Theatre, Glasgow, in March 1862, the
principal characters being personated by
students of the divinity and arts classes.
—[Diet. Nat. Biog.]
JOHN ELLIOT, M.A. (Edinburgh, 13th
1825 March 1809) ; licen. by Presb. of Dal-
keith 31st March 1818 ; pres. by
Francis, Earl of Wemyss and March
;
called 27th Jan., and ord. 3rd March
1825; died 28th April 1847. He marr.
28th Aug. 1828, Janet (died 30th May
1844, without issue), daugh. of Joseph
Scott. Publication—Account of the Parish
(JVeiv Stat. Ace, iii.).
—
[To7nbst.]
1847
GEORGE HOPE [BARRINGTON]
MONILAWS, born 1805, only child
of Captain M., R.N., and Elizabeth,
only daugh. of Admiral Lord Barrington
;
educated at Kirkpatrick-Fleming (of which
parish his uncle was min.), and at Edin-
burgh Univ. ; licen. by Presb. of Annan
6th July 1831 ; assistant at Alloa ; ord. to
Tulliallan 18th Aug. 1836 ; pres. by Francis,