202 DALMENY [PKESB. OF
JAMES NASMYTH, born Hamilton,
1711 1683 » stu(*ie(l at tne Univ. of Glas-
gow and at Leyclen, under Witsius,
Frigland, and Boerhaave ; tutor to Basil
Hamilton, and to James, fifth Duke of
Hamilton ; licen. by Presb. of Hamilton
23rd March 1708 ; called 2nd Aug., and
ord. 13th Sept. 1711 ; nom. Moderator in
the Assemblies 1739 and 1744, but not
chosen ; died Father of the Church 27th
Nov. 1774. He marr. 25th April 1716,
Marion (died 7th June 1782), daugh. of
Patrick Young of Killiecantie, Linlithgow,
and had issue—Alexander ; Anne, died 9th
March 1816 ; Patrick ; James ; Margaret
;
Sarah (marr. William Paton, min. of Eck-
ford) ; Isabel (marr. Dr Parlane, Glasgow).
—[Test. Beg., Beg. Gen. Ass. ; Weekly Mag.,
xxvi. ; Carlyle's Autob.~\
THOMAS ROBERTSON, licen. by
17?5 Presb. of Lauder 3rd Jan. 1775;
pres. by Neil, Earl of Rosebery, and
ord. 26th Oct. 1775 ; F.B.S.E. (1784) ; D.D.
(Edinburgh, 26th March 1792); one of His
Majesty's Chaplains in Ordinary 1793 ; died
at Edinburgh, 15th Nov. 1799. He marr.
14th Nov. 1775, Jane Jackson, in the parish
of St John, Westminster, who died 18th
Dec. 1808, and had issue—Margaret, born
12th Feb. 1777 ; John, born 18th Jan. 1778 j
Janet, born 10th Feb. 1779; Mary, born
13th Aug. 1782 ; Charles Hope, writer,
Edinburgh, born 2nd Sept. 1785; William
Findlay, lieutenant H.E.I.C.S., born 31st
Dec. 1786. Publications
—
An Inquiry into
the Fine Arts, i. (Edinburgh, 1784) ; History
oj Mary, Queen of Scots (Edinburgh, 1793)
;
Two single Sermons (Edinburgh, 1784,
1799); "An Essay on the Character of
Hamlet" (Trans. Boy. Soc. Edin., ii.);
Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace,
i.).—[Kay's Portr., ii. ; Vict. Nat. Biog.]
JAMES GREIG, M.A. (Edinburgh, 16th
1800 Nov. 1785) ; licen. by Presb. of Kirk-
caldy 10th July 1793; pres. by Neil,
Earl of Rosebery, and ord. 18th Sept. 1800.
He became involved in a dispute with the
schoolmaster of the parish, and, disobeying
the authority of the Presb. thereanent, was
suspended in 1827. Refused to give up
the keys of the church to those appointed
to officiate. The case was referred to the
General Assembly, who (28th May 1828)
unanimously disapproved of his disobeying
the injunctions of his Presb., and declared,
with similar unanimity, " that it is the
ecclesiastical right of the ministers of
parishes to have free entrance to their
churches, for the purpose of divine worship
and religious instruction, and that during
vacancies or suspensions this right is
vested in the Presb. of the bounds." Died
17th March 1829, in his 60th year. He
marr. 1st June 1801, Anne Russell, who
died 14th Sept. 1822, and had issue
—
Eleanor, born 31st Oct. 1802 (marr. John
Sibbald, surgeon, Edinburgh); James
Dundas, born 8th Feb. 1804 ; Ann, born
6th Sept. 1805 (marr. George Ferguson,
Edinburgh Academy); Andrew, born 18th
Jan. 1807 ; John, surgeon, Queensferry,
born 13th Aug. 1808 ; Eliza Christian, born
30th May 1810 ; Christian, born 13th Aug.
1812, died 13th Oct. 1827; David, born
22nd Oct. 1815.—[Acts of Ass., Steven's
Nigh School.]
JAMES SCOTT, trans, from Torphichen
;
1829 Pres- by Arch. John, Earl of Rose-
bery, and adm. 10th Sept. 1829;
trans, to Dirleton 14th Dec. 1843.
ROBERT HUGH MUIR, born 26th
1844 Feb. 1819, son of William M., D.D.,
min. of St Stephen's, Edinburgh
;
educated at Edinburgh Academy and
Univ. ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 16th
Oct. 1843 ; pres. by the tutors of John
Alexander, Earl of Hopetoun, 13th Jan.
1844; ord. 21st March 1844; convener of
the General Assembly's Committee on
Intemperance ; one of the founders of
Morning Bays; convener of the Colonial
Committee 1866-80; res. 8th Nov. 1889;
died 11th May 1903. Marr. (1) 28th Sept.
1869, Margaret Flora (died 25th Sept. 1882),
daugh. of Colonel Wm. MacDonald of
Powderhall and Ormiston : (2) 5th Oct.
1892, Annie, daugh. of James Black, son
of James B. of Craigmaddie. Publica-
tions—Words that Take Hold (Edinburgh,
1896) ; Faith and False Science (Edinburgh,
1898).