30 CANONGATE—GAELIC CHAPEL [PRESB. OF
ANDREW REDMAN BONAR, trans,
from Fogo 13th March 1845 ; trans,
to First Charge 28th Nov. 1849.
DANIEL M'FEE [MACFIE], trans, from
1Rfin St Andrew's, Kilmarnock, and adm.
15th Aug. 1850 ; became sole min. on
death of preceding in 1867. (See First
Charge.)
DEAN (Q.S.)
[First church opened by Dr Chalmers,
15th May 1836 ; disjoined from St
Cuthbert's and declared a parish quoad
sacra by the General Assembly, 30th May
1836. Erected into a parish quoad sacra
by the Court of Teinds in 1870. A new
church was opened, 30th May 1903.]
JAMES KEITH HAY, born (?) Avon-
bridge ; studied at the United
Secession Hall ; joined the Church
of Scotland about 1824 ; licen. by Presb.
of Dunblane 18th Sept. 1832; ord. 18th
Aug. 1836 ; dep. 30th March 1842.
JAMES MANSON, ord. 10th Nov. 1842.
1842 J°med the Free Church ; min. of the
Free Church, Duns, 1843 ; died 21st
Feb. 1890.
JOHN BIRKMYRE, born Kilbarchan,
1844 14th Dec. 1796, son of William B.
and Elizabeth Stevenson ; educated
at Glasgow Univ. ; M.A. (1816) ; ord. to
St Paul's, Fredericton, New Brunswick,
1832; D.D. (Glasgow 1840); returned to
Scotland 1841 ; adm. 2nd May 1844 ; died
6th June 1864. He marr., and had issue
—
William Frederick, actuary, Glasgow.
1865
ROBERT WILLIAM WALKER, born
Musselburgh, 6th Dec. 1840, son of
Andrew W., schoolmaster at White-
kirk, and Jean Telfer ; educated at High
School and Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A.
(1859), B.D. (1861); licen. by Presb. of
Dunbar 3rd July 1863; ord. 11th May
1865 ; res. 9th Jan. 1879; died 26th April
1882. He marr. 14th June 1870, Jessie,
daugh. of James Ogilvie, and had issue
—
Helen Ogilvie, born 24th Aug. 1876.
JAMES WILLIAMSON, born Kirkcud-
187g bright, 26th June 1833, son of JamesW. and Janet Gordon ; educated at
Kirkcudbright Academy and Glasgow
Univ. ; M.A. (25th April 1854) ; licen. by
Presb. of Kirkcudbright 9th June 1858
;
assistant at Kirkmabreck and St Michael's,
Dumfries ; ord. 22nd June 1859, as chaplain
on the Bengal Ecclesiastical Establishment
;
ind. 26th June 1879 ; convener of the
General Assembly's Committee on Indian
Churches from 1881 ; D.D. (Glasgow 1905).
Marr. (1) 4th Nov. 1861, Agnes (died 24th
March 1870), daugh. of Robert Wallace,
D.D., min. of St Michael's, Dumfries, and
had issue—James Gordon, M.B., Gates-
head, born 28th Oct. 1862; Elizabeth
Wallace, born 31st Jan. 1864, died 22nd
Nov. 1884 : (2) 1st Nov. 1875, Isabella Agnes
Jane, daugh. of John Donaldson, min. of
Kirkconnel, and has issue—Mary Gordon,
M.A., born 14th June 1877, authoress of
Edinburgh (Series of "Ancient Cities").
GAELIC CHAPEL-OF-EASE.
[Proposed July 1766, built 1768, opened
June 1769 ; united to the Gaelic and English
Chapel, and closed 22nd Oct. 1815.]
JOSEPH ROBERTSON [MAC-
1(7,_5 GREGOR], a native of Perthshire,
for sometime clerk in an upholstery
warehouse in the city ; licen. by the New-
castle Classis [Presbytery] of Dissenting
Ministers, 13th April 1773, and ordained
by them next day. Officiated among this
people, and was received into communion
and authorised by the Presb. 26th July
1775. Assumed the name of MacGregor
in 1784 (which had long been proscribed),
and died 12th Jan. 1801. He marr. Janet
Brown, who died 5th April 1789, and had
issue—Robert Brown, Colonel of the 88th
Foot ; Margaret (marr. Joseph Maclaren,
surgeon, Royal Scots).—[Kay's Portr., i.
;
Duncan's Elog. Sepidch., Epitaphs.]
JAMES M'LAUCHLAN, formerly
chaplain to Fraser's Regt. of Scots
Fencibles, and Missionary at Strath-
glass ; nominated by the Society for Propa-
1799