EDINBURGH] WEST ST GILES 147
5th July 1771 (marr. John Gray, solicitor).
Publications
—
The Extensive Influence of
Religious Knowledge, a sermon (Edinburgh,
1769) ; Plan for Regulating the Charity
Workhouse, Edinburgh.—[Burns's Mem. of
M'Gill, and On the Poor.]
THOMAS HARDY, of Navitie, born
1786
1~4"> son 0I" Henry H., min. of
Culross ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Kirkcaldy
16th Feb. 1772; ord. to Ballingry 16th
June 1774 ; trans, to High Kirk Parish,
Edinburgh, 25th Nov. 1784 ; pres. by the
Town Council, trans, and adm. 3rd Dec.
1786 ; app. Professor of Ecclesiastical His-
tory (which he held in conjunction) 31st
July 1788; D.D. (Edinburgh, 4th Oct.
1 788) ; Moderator of the General Assembly
16th May 1793 ; one of His Majesty's
Chaplains in Ordinary and a Dean of the
Chapel Royal Oct. same year ; died 21st
Nov. 1798. He was an attractive and
eloquent preacher, took a lively interest in
the beneficent and charitable institutions
of the city, and was one of the founders of
the "Society for the Benefit of the Sons
of the Clergy of the Church of Scotland
in Edinburgh." He marr. 28th June 1780,
Agnes (died 4th June 1812), daugh. of
William Young, min. of Hutton, and had
issue—Agnes, born 6th Nov. 1782 ; Henry,
advocate, born 27th July 1783, died 1807
;
William, captain H.E.I.C.S., born 23rd
May 1785, died 1824; Anne, born 19th
April 1787, died 1857 ; Charles Wilkie,
min. of Dunning, born 26th Sept. 1788
;
Janet, born 1791, died 1847 ; Sophia, born
24th July 1792 (marr. (1) Gilbert Bertram,
merchant, Leith, and (2) Robert Allan,
surgeon, Edinburgh), died 8th Jan. 1845
;
Thomas, F.R.C.S., born 17th June 1794,
died 1836; Hugh Blair, born 28th Nov.
1796, died 8th May 1797. Publications-
Five single Sermons (Edinburgh, 1775-94)
;
The Principles of Moderation (Edinburgh,
1782) ; The Benevolence of the Christian
Spirit (Edinburgh, 1791); Plan for the
Augmentation of Stipends (Edinburgh,
1793); The Patriot (Edinburgh, 1793);
Fidelity to the British Constitution (Edin-
burgh, 1794) ; Sermon I. (Scotch Preacher,
iv.).—[Grant's Univ., ii. ; Kay's Portr.}.
GEORGE HUSBAND BAIRD, D.D.
;
17gg trans, from New Greyfriars ; pres.
by the Town Council 28th Dec.
1798, and adm. 10th Jan. 1799, holding in
conjunction the Principalship of the Univ.
;
trans, to the High Kirk Parish 30th April
1801.
DAVID DICKSON of Persilands, born
1801 30th March 1754, third son of David
D. of Kilbucho, min. of Newlands ;
educated at West Linton and Peebles
schools, and Univs. of Glasgow and Edin-
burgh ; licen. by Presb. of Biggar 29th
Aug. 1775 ; assistant at Libberton, Lanark-
shire ; ord. there 1st May 1777 ; trans, to
Bothkennar 16th July 1783 ; app. to Canon-
gate Chapel-of-Ease, New Street, 22nd Oct.
1795 ; trans, to Trinity Parish 21st March
1799 ; pres. by the Town Council 27th
Jan., trans, and adm. 26th Nov. 1801
;
died 2nd Aug. 1820. He was often seen
on horseback, and it was said there were
two things of w
7
hich he never tired—riding
and preaching. He marr. 10th Dec. 1777,
Christina (died 14th Dec. 1832, aged 77),
daugh. of Thomas Wardrobe, min. of
Bathgate, and had issue—Margaret, born
5th Oct. 1778, died 29th Nov. 1852 ; David,
min. of St Cuthbert's ; John, W.S., 1806,
born 17th Nov. 1781, died 8th July 1823
;
William, born 12th Nov. 1783 ; Anne, born
13th April 1787, died 28th Feb. 1860
;
Elizabeth Somerville, born 29th May 1792
(marr. 10th April 1812, John Tawse, advo-
cate, secretary of the Society for Propa-
gating Christian Knowledge), died 12thMay
1843 ; James Wardrobe, advocate, Sheriff-
substitute of Stirlingshire, born 2nd April
1794, died 9th June 1847 ; Christian Ward-
robe, born 3rd Aug. 1800, died 8th Jan.
1802. Publications—Four single Sermons
(Edinburgh, 1779-1819) ; Sermons preached
on Different Occasions (Edinburgh, 1818)
;
The Principal Subject, Joyful Import, and
Glorious Extent of Gospel Tidings (sermon
preached before the London Missionary
Society, 1804); Account of Bothkennar