biggar] SKIRLING—SYMINGTON 259 Church 1843-8; trans, to Free St John's, Edinburgh (as colleague to Dr Guthrie), 1850; LL.D. (Glasgow 1852), D.D. (Edin- burgh 1864) ; retired 1866 ; died at London, 24thMay 1882. He marr. 30th March 1836, Agnes, daugh. of Thomas Chalmers, D.D., Edinburgh, and had issue—two sons, died in infancy ; Thomas Chalmers, C.A., Edin- burgh, born 22nd June 1837, died 23rd Dec. 1910 ; Matilda Grace, born 24th March 1857 (marr. 17th Oct. 1882, A. W. Blackie). Publications— Memoirs of the Life and Writings ofThomas Chalmers, D.D., LL.D., 4 vols. (Edinburgh, 1849-52) ; Postscript to Dyke's Apostolic Times Revived (Edinburgh, 1859); The Headship of Christ (1860); Wycliffe and the Huguenots (Edinburgh, 1860) ; The Martyrs of the Scottish Refor- mation (1861) ; The LastDay of Our Lord's Passion(Edinburgh, 1862) ; TheFortyDays after Our Lord's Resurrection (Edinburgh, 1863) ; The Earlier Years of Our Lord's Life on Earth (Edinburgh, 1864); The Passion Week (1866) ; The Ministry in Galilee (1868) ; The Close of the Ministry (1869) ; The Wars of the Huguenots (1871)'; The Resurrection of the Dead (1872) ; Memoir of Sir Alexander Gibson Car- michael of Skirling, Bart, (private circula- tion) ; Memoir ofAlexander Keith Johnston (private circulation). He edited the " Pos- thumous Works of Thomas Chalmers," 9 vols. (1847-9) ; Essays by Ministers of the Free Church ofScotland (1858) ; Dr Charles Hodge's Idea of the Church (1860) ; Letters of Thomas Erskine of Linlathan (1877) ; edited the North British Review for a time. — [Diet. Nat. Biog.] WILLIAM M'KENZIE, born Kirk- 1843 cudbright, 17th Sept. 1789, son of John M. and Janet Kelly; educated at Academy, Kirkcudbright (in which he was afterwards English master) and Edin- burgh Univ. ; licen. by Presb. of Kirkcud- bright 1818; ord. 10th Nov. 1843; died unmarr. 21st Feb. 1854. Publications — History of Galloway (Kirkcudbright, 1841); Statistical Account of Kirkcud- bright ; Poems.— [See Scraps by M'K. (Kirkcudbright, 1881) ; Statement of Facts as to the Writing, Printing, and Publishing of History of Galloway, by J. C. M'Kenzie (1882).] 1854 MATTHEW ARMSTRONG, born Tin- wald Mill, Dumfriesshire, 9th Oct. 1819, son of Francis A. and Jean Brown ; educated at Dumfries and Edin- burgh Univ. ; licen. by Presb. of Dumfries ; assistant at Skirling; pres. by Sir Thomas Gibson Carmichael, Bart. ; ord. 7th June 1854 ; died 13th Jan. 1888. He marr. 30th Nov. 1854, Ramsay Hannay (died 16th May 1895), daugh. of John Christison, D.D., min. of Biggar, and had issue—John Brown, his successor; Francis, born 11th April 1857, died in the Bahamas, Sept. 1912 ; Ramsay Maclellan, born 25th July 1858 (marr. 11th Aug. 1881, Dr Miller, Birkenhead) ; Thomas, born 12th Oct. 1859, died abroad; Christi- son, born 7th March 1861, died in Havana ; Jean Brown, born 5th Feb. 1864 (marr. John Crawford Dick, min. of Eskdalemuir). 1888 JOHN BROWN ARMSTRONG, son of preceding, born 17th Oct. 1855 ; edu- cated at Biggar and Edinburgh Univ. ; licen. by Presb. of Biggar 1880 ; assistant at Duirinish, Skye ; ord. 5th July 1888; died 5th May 1906. He marr. 24th Dec. 1895, Rhoda Charlotte Mary, daugh. of Dr Trueman, and had issue—Christison Matthew, born 26th Oct. 1898. 1906 THOMAS MUIR, born Old Monkland, 21st Feb. 1858, son of James M. and IsabellaForbes ; educated atGlasgow Univ.; M.A. (1885), B.D. (1887); licen. by Presb. of Hamilton 26th April 1887; as- sistant at Holywood, Coylton, and St Paul's, Glasgow ; ord. to Methil 24th Sept. 1891 ; trans, and adm. 25th Sept. 1906. He marr. 2nd Dec. 1891, Joanna, daugh. of John Brown and Jeannie Russell, Wester Rhinds, Baillieston, and has issue—James Forbes, born 25th Oct. 1892; John Alex- ander Russell Brown, born 13th Sept. 1895. SYMINGTON. [The church previous to the Reformation belonged to the Abbey of Kelso.] 1567-73 JOHN LINDSAY, reader.