edinbukgh] DUDDINGSTON 19
Nov. 1710); James, bapt. 16th Nov. 1651
;
Michael, advocate, died 5th April 1739
;
Daniel ; Andrew, his successor ; James ;
Thomas ; John ; Charles ; William ; Robert
and Beatrix (twins).— [Dalkeith Presb.
and Edin. Reg. Sas. and Bapt. ; Reg. Sec.
Sig., cix. ; FountainhalPs Dec, i. ; Wod-
row's Hist., i.]
ANDREW LUMSDEN, son of preced-
1681 ing, bapt. 8th Oct. 1654 ; educated
at the Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A.
(1671); licen. by Alexander, Bishop of
Edinburgh, 4th Aug. 1675 ; charged before
the Privy Council, 22nd Nov. 1681, for
refusing to take the Test. He was
assoilzied, but the church was declared
vacant by the Bishop. He petitioned the
Council, 6th Dec. thereafter, "for liberty
to take the Test from his Ordinary," and
this being allowed, he was reponed to the
charge, but was deposed by the Commiss.
of Assembly, Jan. 1691, for declining their
authority. He was consecrated a bishop
by the Nonjurors, 2nd Nov. 1727, and died
20th June 1733. He marr. 26th Oct. 1682,
Katherine, only child of John Craig, and
had issue—Elizabeth (marr. William Alex-
ander) ; Beatrix ; John ; Charles, surgeon,
Edinburgh ; William, writer, Edinburgh ;
Margaret (marr. Capt. Dalzell).—[Wodrow's
Hist., St Cuthbert's Sess. andEdin. Reg. Sas.
and Bur. ; Acts Pari., xi.]
JAMES CRAIG, M.A. (Edinburgh, 23rd
16g4 May 1655) ; ord. to Hoddam 1661
;
trans, to Selkirk 1666 ; trans, to
Tranent 1676 ; deprived for not taking the
Test in 1681 ; adm. min. of the Canongate
14th Sept. 1687; trans, and adm. 1694;
died 31st May 1704, aged about 72. He
marr. (his wife's name is unknown), and
had issue— John, vicar of Gillingham,
Dorset, 1696, died in London 1731
;
William, prebendary of Sarum (G. R.
Inhib., 14th Sept. 1706).
DAVID MALCOLM, licen. by Presb.
1705 of Haddington 1 1 th Jan. 1700 ; called
1704; ord. 28th March 1705. He
was rebuked 10th Nov. 1721, for celebrating
the marriage of Lord Provost George
Drummond, Edinburgh, a chief promoter
of the improvements in the city, to
Catherine, daugh. of Sir James Campbell
of Aberuchill, Bart. ; dep. 24th March 1742,
for deserting his charge two years without
leave. He demitted 27th April 1743, the
sentence of deposition being recalled. He
claimed to be entitled to the benefit of
the Ministers' Widows' Fund. This the
Trustees refused, and brought an action of
declarator, which he defended, when it was
found by the Lord Ordinary, 21st Nov.
1747, " that having demitted his charge as
min. of D. in April 1743, he was not in the
sense of the Act of Pari, a min. of the
Church of Scotland on the 25th March
1744, and that he, his wife and children,
are entitled to none of the benefits arising
from the Act." The decision was confirmed
by the whole Lords. He died 7th Feb.
1748. He was a Fellow of the Society of
Antiquaries of London, and was "eminent
for learning, honesty, moderation, good-
nature, and a benevolent disposition." His
leisure hours were employed in the study
of philology. Publications
—
Essay on the
Antiquities of Great Britain and Ireland
(Edinburgh, 1738) ; Tracts illustrating the
Celtic Antiquities of Great Britain and
Ireland (Edinburgh, 1738); Collection of
Letters, in which the Imperfection of Learn-
ing, even among Christians, and a Remedy
for it is Hinted (Edinburgh, 1739)—all
these, with slight modifications, being the
same book, although under different titles ;
Letters, Essays, and other Tracts relating
to the Antiquities of Great Britain and
Ireland (London, 1744). He proposed
publishing a Celtic Dictionary, but it
went no farther than a prospectus and
specimen page, though receiving every en-
couragement from a committee of the
General Assembly in 1737. — [Trustees'
Reports ; Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xviii. ; New
Stat. Ace, i. ; Scots Mag., x. ; Morren's Ann.,
i. ; Acts of Ass., 1736, 1737.]
ROBERT POLLOCK, M.A. ; pres. by
Archibald, Duke of Argyll, 19th
Nov. 1743; ord. 13th March 1744;
trans, to Greyfriars, Aberdeen, 31st July
1745.