EDINBURGH] ST MARY'S 113
of St Mary's Free Church, Edinburgh,
1843; Moderator of the Free Church
General Assembly 16th May 1844; died
13th Jan. 1859. In the " Apocrypha Con-
troversy" he took a prominent part in
opposition to Dr Andrew Thomson,
in favour of the policy of circulating in
foreign countries Bibles with the Apoc-
rypha. He was one of the first of the
city ministers to introduce more frequent
celebrations of the Holy Communion. On
his jubilee in 1851, a sum was raised for
the endowment of bursaries in the New
College, to be inscribed with his name.
He marr. 12th Oct. 1808, his cousin Mar-
garetta (died 22nd Nov. 1858, aged 72),
eldest daugh. of George Grey of West
Ord, Northumberland, and had issue—
Mary, born 9th Feb. 1810 (marr. 24th Oct.
1839, John Hampden Gurney, M.A., rector
of St Mary's, Bryanston Square, London,
miscellaneous writer), died 16th July 1857 ;
Harriet Jane, born 2nd July 1811 (marr.
8th March 1837, Charles Birrell, min. of
Pembroke Baptist Church, Liverpool, and
was mother of Augustine Birrell, statesman
and author), died 26th Oct. 1863; George
Edward, born 31st July 1812, died 26th
Jan. 1819; Henry Campbell, M.A., vicar
of Watling, Sussex, born 18th June 1814,
died 17th Aug. 1854 ; Emelia Isabella,
born 27th Sept. 1816, died 11th July
1843; Edward John, born 26th Nov.
1820, died 1869. Publications—^ Cate-
chism on Baptism (Edinburgh, 1811) ;
Sermon on Behalf of the Edinburgh
Lunatic Asylum (1815); The Diffusion of
Christianity Dependent on the Exertions
of Christians (1818) ; The Veil of Moses
done away in Christ (1820) ; Man's
Judgment at Variance with God's (1824)
;
Review of Remarks Relative to his Con-
nection with the Letters of Anglicanus
Edinburgh, 1828); The Duty and Desir-
ableness of Frequent Communion with
Christ in the Sacrament of the Supper
(Edinburgh, 1832); Address to the Congre-
gation of St Mary's (Edinburgh, 1843);
A Parting Memorial (Edinburgh, 1858)
;
Thoughts in the Evening of Life, ed.
with Memoir by C. M. Birrell (London,
1871); Lecture IV., "On the Conversion
VOL. I.
of the Jews " (Edinburgh, 1842).—
[Tombst., Anderson's Sketches ; Kay's
Portr., ii. ; Diet. Nat. Biog., private
information.]
1843
JAMES GRANT, born 23rd Jan. 1800,
third son of Andrew G., D.D., min.
of Portmoak (afterwards of St
Andrew's, Edinburgh); educated at High
School and Univ. of Edin. ; licen. by Presb.
of Edinburgh 27th Feb. 1822 ; ord. to South
Leith 26th Aug. 1824; trans, and adm.
16th Nov. 1843; D.D. (Glasgow 1842),
D.C.L. (Oxon. 1854); Moderator of the
General Assembly 1854 ; collector of the
Ministers' Widows' Fund 1843-60 ; chaplain
Highland and Agricultural Society of
Scotland 1840-90; secretary Scottish Bible
Society 1836-74 ; chaplain Harveian Society
1833-90 ; Fellow and sometime member of
council of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
1851-90; original member, and for many
years chairman of the Edinburgh Ecclesi-
astical Commissioners ; director of the
Scottish Widows' Fund Assurance Society
1840-90 ; res. 1871 ; died 28th July 1890.
He marr. 25th April 1826, Jessie Anne
(died 6th May 1881), youngest daugh.
of Colin Campbell, Achindoon, Argyll-
shire (widow of Major Archibald Camp-
bell of Braglen), and had issue—Agnes
Willis, born 16th Sept. 1828, died
8th Jan. 1855 ; Andrew, merchant, Bom-
bay, sometime M.P. for Leith Burghs,
born 13th June 1830; Colin Campbell,
W.S., afterwards barrister-at-law, Middle
Temple, born 13th June 1830, died 30th
April 1902 ; James, captain R.N., born 8th
April 1833, died 24th Feb. 1909; George,
born 15th May 1834, died 11th June 1848
;
Margaret Campbell, born 10th Oct. 1836,
died 20th April 1906; Archibald Duncan,
East India merchant, Snell Exhibitioner
(Glasgow Univ.), B.A. (Oxon.), born 3rd
June 1839. Publications—Memorandum
for the Solicitor - General for Scotland
(Edinburgh, 1842) ; Statement regarding the
Fundfor a Provision for the Widows and
Children of the Ministers of the Church and
Professors in the Universities of Scotland
(Edinburgh, 1860).
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