LINLITHGOW] KIRKLISTON 213 14th Feb. 1677 ; Janet (marr. Archibald Hamilton, min. of Cambuslang).— [Mun. Univ. Glasg., ii., iii. ; Edin. Guild, and Reg. (Bapt. and Bur.) ; Lamont's, Nicoll's, and Brodie's Diaries ; Kirkton's and Wod- row's Hist, and Anal. ; Acts Pari., vii. ; BailhVs Lett., iii. ; Monteith's Mort., i.] JAMES WEMYSS, M.A. ; pres. by 1663 James > Archbishop of St Andrews; ord. 31st July, and adm. 3rd Aug. 1663 ; D.D. (St Andrews, 18th April 1687) ; prom, to the Professorship of Divinity in Univ. of Glasgow 1688 (q.v.).—[Act. Beet. Univ. St And., Reg. Collat. ; Mien. Univ. Glasg., iii.] JOHNMACKENZIE,thirdsonofDonald 1689 ^* °^ doggie; "served His Majesty seven years in foreign countries"; the edict for his admission was read at St Andrews, thirty miles distant, and not at K. ; the parish was declared vacant 16th Oct. 1690, there being no legal settlement ; he went to Holland, and died in London. —[MS. Ace. of Min., 1689 ; Hist, and Reg. Gen. Ass., 1690 ; Kule's Sec. Vindication.] THOMAS MILLER, M.A. (Edinburgh 1669); min. of Stranraer in 1689; called 8th March, and having pro- duced testificates of his ordination, was adm. 14th April 1691 ; died Jan. 1716, aged about 67. He marr. (name unknown), and had a son, William, min. in the Barbados. —[Nisbet's Her., ii.] JAMES HOUSTON, licen. by Presb. of Linlithgow 16th May 1694 ; ord. to Bathgate 1st Sept. 1694 ; called 20th July ; trans, and adm. 26th Sept. 1716 ; died 7th Jan. 1749. He marr. Isabel Baillie, who died 26th March 1762.—[Test. Reg.] JOHN DRYSDALE, pres. by George II. 18th Feb., and ord. 9th Aug. 1749; trans, to Lady Yester's, Edinburgh, 14th Aug. 1764. JAMES LINDSAY, licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 23rd Feb. 1732 ; tutor at Thirlestane Castle, Lauder ; ord. to Lauder 19th Aug. 1736 ; trans, to Dun- barney 20th June 1746 ; trans, to Loch- maben 9th Aug. 1750; pres. by George III. 21st Jan., trans, and adm. 16th July 1749 1794 1765 ; died 2nd Nov. 1796, in 85th year.— [Carlyle's Autob. ; Wilson's Pr., Perth; Kay's Portr., ii.] CHARLES RITCHIE, born 7th Dec. 1765, son of John R., min. of Aber- corn ; licen. by Presb. of Linlithgow 31st Oct. 1792 ; pres. by George III. 20th March, and ord. (assistant and successor) 19th June 1794 ; died 2nd Oct. 1825. He marr. 30th April 1821, Margaret (died 5th Aug. 1837), daugh. of Alexander Reid of Rathobank. Publication — A Sermon }yreached after the Heath of John, Earl of Hopetoun (Edinburgh, 1823). ADAM DUNCAN TAIT, born 1802, son 1826 °^ Walter T., min. of Trinity Parish, Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Kirk- caldy 21st Sept. 1825 ; pres. by George IV., and ord. 29th June 1826; died 10th Nov. 1864. He marr. 4th Sept. 1829, Margaret Hill, who died 13th March 1873, and had issue—Walter, min. of St Madoes; Mary Jemima, born 1st Feb. 1833 (marr. Robert Hutchison of Carlowrie) ; James Hill, min. of Aberlady. Publications — Remarks on a Pamphlet by the Rev. James Buchanan (Edinburgh, 1840) ; Letter to the Moderator of the Church of Scotland (Edinburgh, 1840) ; Letter to the Duke of Argyll on the Abolition or Modification of the Tests affecting Chairs in Universities (Edinburgh, 1853) ; Letter to the Right Hon. the Lord Justice-Clerk on the State of the Theological Facidties in the Univ. of Scotland (Edin- burgh, 1859) ; Account of the Parish {Neiv Stat. Ace, i.). JOHN ROBERTSON LIDDLE, born Lauder, 25th Oct. 1836, son of Mark L. and MargaretRobertson ; educated at Lauder School and Edinburgh Univ. ; licen. by Presb. of Lauder 9th June 1863 ; pres. by Queen Victoria 31st Dec. 1864; ord. 11th May 1865; died 18th Jan. 1879. He marr. 21st March 1872, Clara Elizabeth (died 29th Jan. 1875), daugh. of Thomas Price of Crickhowell. ALEXANDER MASSON, born Aber- deen, 18th Aug. 1845, son of Alex- ander M., Aberdeen ; educated at Grammar School and Univs. of Aberdeen and Edinburgh; M.A. (Aberdeen 1863), 1865 1879