42 OLD GREYFRIARS [PRESB. OF (London, 1791); eight Articles in the Edin- burgh Review (Edinburgh, 1755). — [Edin. Count: Beg., Stewart's Life; Erskine's Disc, i. ; Grant's Univ., ii. ; Greyfriars Bur. Re*:, Brunton and Haig's Senators of the College of Justice, Diet. Nat. Biog., family information.] JAMES FINLAYSON, M.A. ; trans. 1704 from Lady Tester's ; elected and pres. by the Town Council 20th Nov. 1793; adm. 9th Jan. 1794, holding in conjunction the professorship of Logic in the Univ. ; trans, to the High Kirk Parish 14th March 1799. JOHN INGLIS, born 1762, youngest son I7gq °f Harry I., min. of Forteviot ; edu- cated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Fresb. of Perth 28th Sept. 1785; ord. to Tibbermore 20th July 1786 ; pres. by the Town Council 3rd July, trans, and adm. 17th Oct. 1799; D.D. (Edinburgh, March 1804); Moderator of the General Assembly 17th May following ; one of the Deans of the Chapel Koyal 23rd Feb. 1810 ; died 2nd Jan. 1834. He had great weight in the councils of the Church, and was sometime leader of the Moderate party. In personal appearance he was stately and commanding. Through his influence the General Assembly, on 27thMay 1824, agreed to appoint a committee for Foreign Missions. He was the first convener, and did much to forward its interests. He marr. 16th Oct. 1798, Maria Moxham Passmore, who died 12th Jan. 1864, aged 87, and had issue— Harry, of Loganbank, W.S., born 25th May 1800, died 7th May 1883 ; Abraham Passmore, an officer in the army, bom 14th Jan. 1803 ; William Bryce, born 30th Aug. 1806, died 1808 ; The RightHon. John, of Glencorse, Lord President of the Court of Session, born 21st Aug. 1810, died 20th Aug. 1891 ; Mary Jane, born 7th Dec. 1804 (marr. Dr John Mackenzie of Eilanreach). Publications—Four single Sermons (Edinburgh, 1803-26) ; A Letter on the Case of Mr John Leslie (Edinburgh, 1805) ; An Examination of Mr Dugald 1834 Stewart's Pamphlet relative to the Election of a Mathematical Professor (Edinburgh, 1806) ; Reply to Professor Plai/fair's Letter t» the Author (Edinburgh, 1806); The Im- portance of Ecclesiastical Establishments (Edinburgh, 1821) ; A Vindication of Christian, Faith (Edinburgh, 1830); A Vindication of Ecclesiastical Establishments (Edinburgh, 1833) ; Account of Tibbermore (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xvii.).—[Brunton's and Gordon's Fun. Serms., Anderson's Sketches, Cockburn's Mem.] JOHN SYM, born Paisley, 19th Jan. 1809, fourth son of James S. and Jean Melvill ; educated at Glasgow Univ.; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 14th Dec. 1831 ; ord. to Sprouston 6th June 1833 ; pres. by the Town Council, trans, and adm. 25th Sept. 1834. Joined the Free Church 1843, and died 28th Jan. 1855. He conducted the Church History class in the New Coll., Edinburgh, during the last illness of Dr Welsh ; was convener of the Presb. of Edinburgh Home Mission Committee ; suggested better accommoda- tion for the houseless poor, and promoted the Lodging-house Association. He marr. 28th June 1836, Catherine Glassford (died 27th Oct. 1886), only daugh. of Lieut.-Col. John Munro, H.E.I.C.S., and had issue — James, born 6th Sept., died 21st Dec. 1837 ; Major-General Sir John Munro, K.C.B., born 15th Feb. 1839 ; Margaret Scott, born 23rd March 1840 ; Jane Melvill, born 12th June 1842 ; Catherine, born 14th Sept. 1846 (marr. 16th Dec. 1886, Alexander Gordon Miller, F.R.C.S.E.); Mary Agnes, bom 21st Oct. 1848 (marr. 22nd June, 1869, George Tait, min. at South Yarra, Australia) ; Georgina Violet, born 29th Nov. 1851, died 23rd July 1876 ; Henrietta Wilson, born 29th Oct. 1853. Publication —A posthumous volume of Discourses (1856, with Memoir). ROBERT LEE* born Tweedmouth, 11th Nov. 1804, son of George L., boatbuilder, and Jane, daugh. of Robert Lambert ; educated at the Gram- 1843 * Almost all the notices of Robert Lee's life contain erroneous statements as to his earlier years, his poverty, etc. The following is derived from first-hand informa- tion. His grandfather, Robert Lee, was a shipbuilder, and marr. Lily, daugh. of Isaac Davidson, a clever woman, a sweet singer, and a good violinist. Their son,