EDINBURGH] ST GILES—OLD KIRK 69
Aug. 1826), eldest daugh. of Thomas Elder
of Forneth, Lord Provost of Edinburgh,
and had issue—Emelia Husband, born 1st
Dec. 1793, died 5th June 1794; Thomas
Elder of Forneth, advocate, born 30th Sept.
1795, died 1876 ; Marion Spottiswood, born
13th July 1797 (marr. 8th Aug. 1823, Isaac
Bayley of Manuel, S.S.C.); James, born
27th Dec. 1799, died 21st May 1823;
Emelia Husband, born 22nd Oct. 1801,
died 23rd Aug. 1824. Publications—A
sermon on the Universal Propagation and
Influence of the Christian Religion (of
which only 48 pp. were printed, 1795)
;
edited Poems of Michael Bruce (Edinburgh,
1799).—[Anderson's Sketches, Kay's Portr.,
Grant's Univ., Diet. Nat. Biog.]
JAMES BUCHANAN, born Paisley,
1840 14t^ April 1804' son °f James B.
;
educated at Paisley Grammar School
and Univs. of Glasgow and Edinburgh
;
licen. by Presb. of Paisley 27th Sept.
1826; ord. to Roslin 23rd Nov. 1827;
trans, to North Leith 25th Sept. 1828;
trans, and adm. 20th Aug. 1840. Joined
the Free Church ; min. of the Free High
Church, Edinburgh, 1843-4 ; first min. of
St Stephen's Free Church, 17thMarch 1845 ;
Professor of Apologetics in Free Church
College, 30th May 1845; Professor of
Systematic Theology, 1847 ; res. 1868 ; D.D.
(Princeton 1844), LL.D. (Glasgow 1852);
died 19th April 1870. He marr. (1) 10th
Feb. 1829, Elizabeth (died 6th May 1832),
daugh. of John Cochrane, merchant, Glas-
gow, and had issue—James, born 13th Dec.
1829 ; Elizabeth, born 5th Feb. 1831 : (2)
12th Dec. 1836, Mary (died 25th Aug.
1887), daugh. of John Morison of Het-
land, and had issue—Janet Morison, born
22nd Aug. 1840. Publications—Two Ser-
mons (Edinburgh, 1835) ; Preparatory Dis-
course to Lectures on Civil Establishments
of Religion (Edinburgh, 1835) ; Comfort in
Affliction (Edinburgh, 1837) ; Improvement
of Affliction (Edinburgh, 1840) ; The Office
and Work of the Holy Spirit (Edinburgh,
1842); Faith in God and Modern Atheism
Compared, 2 vols. (Edinburgh, 1855) ; The
Essays and Revieivs Examined (Edinburgh,
1861); Analogy Considered as a Guide to
Truth and applied as an Aid to Faith
(Edinburgh, 1864) ; The Doctrine of Justifi-
cation (Cunningham Lecture, 1866).
—
[Dis-
ruption Worthies, Hist. Notices of Free St
Stephen's, Diet. Nat. Biog.}
JAMES MLETCHIE, born Maybole,
1844 24th Dec. 1800, son of John M'L.,
merchant, and MaryThom ; educated
at Dalrymple School and Univ. of Glasgow ;
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 4th Jan. 1826 ;
missionary at Larkhall, and ord. there 27th
July 1837; trans, to Gartsherrie 11th Jan.
1838 ; trans, to St Thomas's, Leith, 6th May
1841 ; trans, to the College Church, Glas-
gow, 28th April 1842 ; trans, and adm. 13th
July 1844; D.D. (Glasgow, 29th April
1857); died unmarr. 18th Sept. 1866. He
was a capable classical student, and had
few rivals as a linguist. Publication
—
Sermon preached on a Special Fast (Edin-
burgh, 1849) ; Sermons, with memoir, by
John Macrae, D.D. (Edinburgh, 1871).
OLD KIRK, or SOUTH-
EAST PARISH.
WILLIAM WATSON, min. of St Giles
;
adm. 18th April 1598. Doubting the
genuineness of the Gowrie Con-
spiracy, he refused to return thanks for
the King's deliverance in the terms which
had been prescribed ; he was summoned
to appear before the Privy Council 9th
Sept. 1600, and ordered to be imprisoned,
but recanted on the following day, a step
he ever afterwards regretted. The King
was resolved, however, that he should no
longer retain his ministry in the city, and
he was removed by the Assembly 16th May
1601, and admitted to Burntisland.
—
[Presb.
and Edin. Counc. Reg.; Spottiswood's,
Row's, and Calderwood's Hists. ; Booke of
the Kirk.}
WILLIAM FORBES, D.D., min. of
1626 St GlleS; adm - 27th Jan " 1G26-
He craved to be transported "on
account of weakness of body" 12th Aug.
thereafter, and was retrans. to his former
charge at Aberdeen about Michaelmas.
He became Bishop of Edinburgh Feb. 1634
(q.v.).—[Edin, Counc. Reg., Row's Hist.;