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ROBERT SCOT, born Shiel, Grange,
772 Banffshire, 9th April 1731, son of
Robert S. and Margaret Ruddach;
educated at King's College, Aberdeen
;
M.A. (1752) ; tutor in the Hopetoun family ;
licen. by Presb. of Linlithgow 25th March
1772 ; pres. by John, Earl of Hopetoun, and
ord. 29th Oct. 1772; died 17th Aug. 1807.
He marr. (1) 31st Aug. 1773, Jane Elliot,
who died 2nd Nov. 1774 : (2) 10th Nov. 1775,
Margaret (died 6th July 1826), daugh. of
David Sherriff, farmer, Dremhills, and had
issue—Mary, born 8th Oct. 1776; Sir
Robert, K.C.B., major-gen. H.E.I.OS., born
29th May 1778, died 21st Dec. 1832 ; David,
surgeon H.E.I.C.S., born 23rd Dec. 1779,
died in India 4th June 1816 ; William,
surgeon, and secretary to the Medical Board,
Madras, born 8th April 1783 (marr. Helen
Goldie, heiress of Craigmuie), died 14th
March 1866 ; Margaret Lindsay, born 27th
July 1788 (marr. David Skirving, Garleton).
—\Athelstaneford Sess. Reg., Tombst.,
Family Papers of Gotdie Scot of Craiy-
mvie.]
WILLIAM SIBBALD, born 1760, son of
1808 William S., Leith ; licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow 5th May 1784; ord. to
Johnstone, Dumfriesshire, 22nd Dec. 1785 ;
D.D. (Edinburgh, 11th June 1800); pres.
by James, Earl of Hopetoun ; trans, and
adm. 4th Aug. 1808; died 4th June 1833.
He marr. 28th Aug. 1786, Frances Davis
(died 18th June 1836), daugh. of Thomas
Bontein, Jamaica, and had issue—James
Hope, min. of Cranshaws, born 31st July
1787; Helen, born 10th April 1789 (marr.
11th Sept. 1815, William Grierson of Bait-
ford, merchant, Dumfries) ; Frances, born
2nd Feb. 1791 (marr. 26th Nov. 1810, John
Coldstream, surgeon, 26th Foot) ; William,
lieutenant in the army, born 14th Nov.
1793; Thomas, born 27th Aug. 1796;
Jemima, born 15th June 1799; Robert,
surgeon, born 3rd June 1802; Margaret,
born 3rd Aug. 1806 (marr. John Robertson,
min. of Houndwood) ; Augusta, died un-
marr. Publications—Two single Sermons
(Dumfries, 1793-1807); Account of John-
stone (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, iv.).
JOHN COOK, M.A. ; trans, from Cults ;
1833 Pres ' ^v John, Earl of Hopetoun,
and adm. 19th Dec. 1833 ; trans, to
First Charge 20th June 1843.
JAMES BELL, born Torthorwald, 13th
June 1817, son of James B., farmer,
Grantrigg, and Helen Nelson ; edu-
cated at Torthorwald School, Dumfries
Academy, and Edinburgh Univ. ; licen. by
Presb. of Dumfries 1842 ; pres. by curators
of the Earl of Hopetoun, and ord. 22nd
Aug. 1843; died unmarr. 13th Aug. 1869.
Publications
—
A Philosophical Essay (Univ.
prize of 25 guineas) (Edinburgh, 1840) ; The
Mystery Unveiled, an Examination of the
Claims (Spiritual and Temporal) of the
Church ofRome (Edinburgh, 1855).
1869
WILLIAM ROSS, pres. by John, Earl of
Hopetoun, and adm. 16th Dec. 1869
;
trans, to First Charge 27th Oct. 1874.
ROBERT NIMMO SMITH, trans, from
1875 Cargill, and adm. 8th April 1875;
trans, to First Charge 18th May
1880.
JOHN FORBES WATSON GRANT,
lg80 M.A. ; ord. 23rd Sept. 1880; trans,
to St Stephen's, Edinburgh, 3rd
June 1891.
WILLIAM PROUDFOOT, born Perth,
1891 20th April 1852, son of Peter P. and
Janet Crichton ; educated at Madras
College, St Andrews, High School, Edin-
burgh, and St Andrews Univ. ; M.A.
(1872) ; licen. by Presb. of St Andrews
1876; assistant at Elgin and St Mungo's,
Glasgow ; ord. to St Margaret's, Arbroath,
29th Dec. 1879 ; trans, and adm. 26th Nov.
1891 ; died 31st May 1911. He marr. 20th
April 1880, Harrisence, daugh. of William
Berwick and Harrisence Flaharty, and had
issue—Harry Crichton, born 12th Feb. 1881 ;
Margaret, born 27th Aug. 1882 ; Dorothea,
born 12th Feb. 1884 ; Mary, born 5th April
1886, died 4th March 1887 ; William, born
16th Jan. 1888, died 26th Feb. 1888 ; Edith
Mary, born 1st March 1889 ; Ada, born
26th Jan. 1892, died 3rd July 1911.