DALKEITH] DALKEITH—DALKEITH, WEST 3L7 nock. Publication—Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xii.) JAMES MONTEITH, born 1790, son of 1832 ^e ProPrietor °f Blantyre Cotton Works, of which he himself became a partner and manager. Having received strong impressions of religion, he studied for the ministry at the Univ. of Edin- burgh j M.A. (31st March 1827) ; pres. by "Walter Francis, Duke of Buccleuch (on the recommendation of the Rev. Dr Chalmers), 27th Dec. 1831; ord. 13th April 1832. Joined the Free Church ; min. of the Free Church, Kingarth, 1843 ; trans, to St John's Wood Presbyterian Church, London, 1852 ; died at Edinburgh, 20th April 1856. He marr. 24th April 1821, Margaret, eldest daugh. of Robert Thomson of Camphill, and had issue—Agnes, born 15thFeb. 1822 (marr. Walter Chalmers Smith, D.D., LL.D., min. of United Free High Church, Edinburgh, author of Olrig Grange, etc.) ; Robert Earle, born 28th July 1823; Margaret, born 15th July 1837. JOSEPH ROGERS DUNCAN, ord. (assistant and successor) 4th June 1841 ; trans, to Torthorwald, 5th Oct. 1843. 1843 NORMAN M'LEOD, trans, from Loudoun, and adm. 15th Dec. 1843 ; trans, to Barony, Glasgow, 17th July1843 1851. 1851 ROBERT WRIGHT, born Girvan, 26th May 1809, son of Robert W., farmer, and Agnes Brown ; educated at Glasgow Univ. ; licen. by Presb. of Ayr ; ord. to Heriot 22nd Sept. 1843 ; trans, to Luss 31st March 1846 ; trans, and adm. 26th Sept. 1851 ; D.D. (Glasgow 1861); res. 20th June 1876; died in Edinburgh, 10th Nov. 1897. Marr. 18th March 1851, Margaret (died 22nd Jan. 1868), daugh. of John Young of Rowmore, and had issue — Agnes Anne, born 20th Jan. 1853, died 19th Jan. 1865 ; Margaret Robina, born 8th July 1855 (marr. Alexander Meikle- john, Dalkeith). Publications—Home and Family Life; The Pulpit and Preaching. ANDREW GRAY, born Guildtown, Scone, 27th July 1835, son of 1 Andrew G. and Janet Kettle; edu- cated at Perth Academy and Univ. of St Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of Perth 1857 ; assistant at Kinnoull ; ord. to Wallacetown Chapel, Dundee, 4th Oct. 1857 ; trans, to New Church, Dumfries, 9th Sept. 1858 ; trans, to Mouswald 3rd July 1862; trans, to Morningside, Edinburgh, 19th Jan. 1865 ; trans, to St John's Parish, Glasgow, 22nd Aug. 1867 ; trans, to Maxwell Parish, Glasgow, 30th Dec. 1869; trans, and adm. 28th Nov. 1876 ; D.D. (St Andrews 1888) ; died 29th Oct. 1907. Marr. 15th Oct. 1863, Elizabeth (died 8th June 1911), daugh. of Evan Macgregor and Elizabeth Bowman, and had issue—Evan, born 30th July 1864 ; William Henry, B.D., min. of Aberdour, Fife, born 28th May 1866 ; Andrew, B.D., min. of Clatt,born 22nd Feb. 1868 ; Charles Maxwell, born 29th Nov. 1870, died 19th Dec. 1896 ; Robert John, died at school, 1877 ; Mary, born 4th June 1878. Publica- tion — The Church ofScotlandand Religious Equality (St Giles Series of Lectures). 1903 WILLIAM ALEXANDER DUNNETT, born Portobello, 14th Oct. 1875, son of William D., min. of Kilmar- nock ; educated atKilmarnockAcademyand Edinburgh Univ. ; M.A. (1898), B.D. (1901); licen. by Presb. of Irvine ; assistant at Tolbooth, Edinburgh ; ord. (assistant and successor) 11th Sept. 1903. Marr. 15th June 1904, Elizabeth Shaw, daugh. of George Linklater, Edinburgh, and has issue — William, born 18th Sept. 1912. DALKEITH, WEST (Q.S.) [Disjoined from Dalkeith and erected into a parish quoad sacra 1853. Church built and endowed by Walter Francis, Duke of Buccleuch.] JAMES REID, ord. 21st April 1854; 1854 trans, to Borthwick, 1st Oct. 1856. JOHN ANDERSON, formerly mission- ary in India ; adm. 9th Jan. 1857 ; trans, to Coulter, Biggar, 27th March1857 1863.