EDINBURGH] THE TOLBOOTH CHURCH 123 ROBERT SIBBALD CALDERWOOD, 1900 trans - from Garelochhead, and adm. 3rd May 1900 ; trans, to Cambuslang 24th June 1908. JAMES LUMSDEN, born Markinch, 1909 Fife, 14th March 1864, son of Robert L., Fortrose, Ross-shire, and Jane Houston Hetherwick ; educated at Avoch School, Ross-shire, Grammar School and Univ. of Aberdeen (M.A. 5th April 1884, B.D. 4th April 1887), and Bonn Univ. ; licen. by Presb. of Chanonry 9th May 1887 ; assistant at St Stephen's, Broughty Ferry ; ord. to Grange 14th May 1890; trans, and adm. 16th Feb. 1909. Marr. 4th March 1891, Alice Annie, daugh. of Thomas Morton Black, surveyor of taxes, Hamilton and Dundee, and Annie Nicol, and has issue—Dorothy Alice, born 16th Dec. 1891 ; Janet Amy, born 15th Feb. 1893; Emily Mary, born 2nd May 1894; Margaret Grange, born 21st March 1902. Collegiate, or Second Charge. [Uncollegiated by theTown Council, 26th Nov. 1828, and by the Presb., 10th Dec. 1828, with a view to the erection of St Stephen's.] JOHNOSWALD, trans, from Aberdeen ; 1643 Pres " ky tne Town Council 1st Nov. 1643, and adm. before the close of the year ; trans, to Prestonpans in 1648. — [Edin. Cowrie. Reg., Acts of Ass.] ALEXANDER MALCOLM, trans, from ,„„ Orwell; elected by the Town Coun- cil 28th Oct. 1663; trans, to New- battle in 1667. — [Edin. Coune. Reg.] WILLIAM GARDYNE, elected by the 1668 Town Council 7th Aug. ; ord. and coll. 22nd Oct. 1668; trans, to the First Charge in 1686.—[Edin. Cotmc. Reg., Reg. Collat.] THOMAS WILKIE, M.A.; trans, from 1Q87 North Leith; elected by the Town Council 11th Aug. 1687. He was the only min. of the city not superseded at the Revolution and was appointed to Greyfriars 23rd Jan. 1691. Being requested to waive his appointment, he replied, "he would very readily obey the good town, provided his legal right as one of the min. of Edin- burgh was not prejudged." The Council then offered him the meeting-house in the Castle-hill, which he declined, as it was not one of the legal churches of the city, to which he considered himself to have an undoubted claim. He was trans, to Lady Yester's 30th Oct. 1691.—[Edin. Comic. Reg.] JAMES WEBSTER, of Fife origin; . educated at Univ. of St Andrews ; suffered during earlier life for his religious opinions, being imprisoned no fewer than three times ; ord. to Liberton 1688 ; trans, to Whitekirk 1691 ; called 23rd Nov. 1692 ; trans, and adm. 1693. He scrupled to take the Oath of Abjuration in 1712 ; had a process instituted against him before the Lord Ordinary (Grange), same year, by the celebrated Dr Archibald Pitcairne, for calling him an atheist, which was amicably settled. He opposed giving toleration to Episcopalians. Died 18th May 1720, aged 61, and buried in Greyfriars. He took an active part in favour of the prosecution of Professor Simson of Glasgow in 1717, and in connection with the case worked himself into such an extremity of passion, that there was a probability of his being deposed by the Assembly at their next sitting, had he not tendered an apology. He marr. (1) Margaret Keir, who was buried in Greyfriars, 12th April 1698 : (2)Dec. 1698, Mary, daugh. of Dr James Stewart : (3) Sept. 1703, Agnes, daugh. of Alex. Menzies of Culterallers, advocate, and had issue — Alexander, min. of the Tolbooth Parish in 1737 ; Mary (marr. 6th Jan. 1724, Ebenezer Erskine, min. of Portmoak) ; Ann (marr. 28th May 1732, James Grant, merchant, Edinburgh). Publications—A Discourse, demonstrating that the Government of the Church is Fixed,andnot Ambulatory (Edin- burgh, 1701); A Discourse on the Govern- ment of the Church (Edinburgh, 1701); An Essay on Toleration (1703); An Apology for his Sermon (1703); Sacramental Ser- mons (Edinburgh, 1705); Three Poems