124 THE TOLBOOTH CHURCH [PRESB. OF
(Edinburgh, 1706) ; A Sermon at the Elec-
tion of Magistrates (Edinburgh, 1706);
The Covenants Displayed (Edinburgh,
1707) ; Lawful Prejudices against the
Union (Edinburgh, 1707); The Author
Defended [reply to Daniel Defoe] (Edin-
burgh, 1707) ; Second Defence of the Author
(1707); Select Sermons (Edinburgh, 1723);
The Wicked Life of Haman (Edinburgh,
1740).—[Edin. Counc., Test.,andReg. (Marr.
and Eur.); Wodrow's Anal., iii. ; Boston's
and Webster's Mem.; Edin. Chr. Inst.,
xxiii. ; Carlyle's Autob. ; Kay's Portr., ii.
See Some Tears from the South for the
Death ofMr James Webster (1720).]
WILLIAM GUSTHABT, M.A. (Edin-
1721 kur§h> !6th July 1698); adm. min.
of Crailing 10th June 1708 ; refused
the Oath of Abjuration 1712; deputed to
congratulate George I. on his accession
;
was successful in obtaining a modification
of the aforesaid Oath, 1717 ; called 30th
Aug. and 17th Nov. 1720 ; trans, and adm.
22nd Jan. 1721 ; one of His Majesty's
Chaplains in Ordinary, and Dean of the
Chapel Royal 1726 ; died 27th March 1764.
He marr. (1) 24th July 1711, Ann, daugh.
of Adam Tait of Howden : (2) 13th May
1718, Ann, daugh. of Robert Hepburn of
Whitburgh, and had issue—Robert; Jane,
died 1795; Elizabeth, died 1792; John—
[Edin. Counc. Reg. ; Wodrow's Corresp., ii.;
Morren's Ann., i. ; Fraser's Life of R.
Ershine, Carlyle's Autob.]
DAVID PLENDERLEATH, eldest son
1765 of Patrick P., min. of Saline ; licen.
by Presb. of Kincardine-O'Neil 6th
Oct. 1731 ; ord. to Ormiston 20th Sept.
1732; trans, to Dalkeith 7th Oct. 1746;
pres. by the Town Council 15th Aug. 1764 ;
trans, and adm. 30th Jan. 1765; died 26th
April 1779. He marr. 6th Sept. 1743, Helen
(died 25th March 1796), daugh. of Matthew
Simson, min. of Pencaitland, and had issue
—Alison, born 20th Jan. 1745; Patrick,
born 10th July 1746 ; Jean, born 16th Oct.
1749 (marr. Thomas Sellar of Westfield);
Helen, born 18th Aug. 1753; Janet, born
10th Nov. 1755; Robert, hosier in Edin-
burgh, born 18th March 1759. Publication
—Religion a Treasure to Men and the
Strength and Glory of a Nation, a sermon
(Edinburgh, 1754).—[Edin. Counc. Reg.;
Kay's Portr., i.]
JOHN KEMP, born 1745, son of David
177 K, min. of Gask ; educated at Univ.
of St Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of
Auchterarder 7th Feb. 1769 ; ord. to Trinity
Gask, 4th April 1770 ; trans, to New Grey-
friars 19th Dec. 1776 ; trans, and adm. 25th
Nov. 1779 ; secretary to the Society in
Scotland for Propagating Christian Know-
ledge, 1789; D.D. (Harvard Univ., Cam-
bridge, U.SA., 1793); died 18th April
1805. He marr. (1) 2nd Oct. 1780, Beatrix
(died 12th March 1796), daugh. of Andrew
Simpson, merchant, Edinburgh, and had
issue—David of Balsusney, born 13th Sept.
1781; Agnes, born 18th Aug. 1783; Jane,
born 24th Sept. 1784, died 24th Aug. 1794;
Robert, born 22nd July 1790, died 5th Sept.
1790 : (2) 2nd June 1797, Lady Mary Anne
Carnegie (died 11th Aug. 1798), youngest
daugh. of George, Earl of Northesk : (3)
26th Aug. 1799, Lady Elizabeth Hope
(died 17th Sept. 1801, aged 33), seventh
daugh. of John, Earl of Hopetoun.
Publications
—
The Gospel adapted to the
State and Circumstances ofMan, a sermon,
to which are added Facts serving to illus-
trate the Character of Thomas, Earl of
Kinnoull (Edinburgh, 1788); Account of
the Society in Scotland for Propagating
Christian Knowledge (Edinburgh, 1796);
Observations on the Islands of Shetland
(Edinburgh, 1801); The Character of the
Apostle Paul in some of its Features,
Delineated (Edinburgh, 1802).—[Douglas's
Peer. ; Kay's Portr., i., 282.]
JOHN CAMPBELL, born Glasgow,
24th May 1758, son of Daniel C,
merchant ; educated at Grammar
School and Univ. of Glasgow; licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow 1st Aug. 1781 ; chaplain
to Willielma, Lady Glenorchy, 1782 ; ord.
to Kippen 8th May 1783 ; pres. by the Town
Council 31st July; trans, and adm. 24th
Oct. 1805 ; secretary to the Society in
Scotland for Propagating Christian Know-
ledge, 1806; D.D. (Edinburgh, 10th Jan.