394 SALTOUN [PRESB. OF ROBERTBUCHANAN,trans, from Gar- gunnock ; pres. by Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun, and adm. 22nd April 1830 j trans, to Tron Parish, Glasgow, 22nd Au£. 1833. 1830 1834 ROBERT KERR HAMILTON, fifth son of Daniel H. of Gilkerscleugh ; educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A. (30th March 1833); licen. by Presb. of Inveraray 11th Dec. 1833; pres. by Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun, and ord. 10th April 1834 ; trans, to the junior chap- laincy H.E.I.C. at Madras, 22nd Aug., and adm. 3rd Oct. 1839 ; prom, to the chap- laincy there in 1848, which he clem, in 1858; died at Edinburgh 18th Jan. 1865. He marr. 7th Jan. 1845, Susan Ann Sophia Churchhill (died 13th Nov. 1866), daugh. of George Trevor Spencer, D.D., Bishop of Madras. Publications — The India Mission, an address (Edinburgh, 1850) ; Account of the Parish (New Stat. Ace, ii.). PATRICK FAIRBAIRN, born Halybur- i84o ^on > Greenlaw, Berwickshire, 28th Jan. 1805, second son of John F., farmer, and Jessie Johnston, Middlestots ; educated at Greenlaw School and Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Duns 3rd Oct. 1826; tutor in the family of Captain Balfour of Balfour ; ord. to North Ronald- shay 28th July 1830; trans, to Bridgeton, Glasgow, 16th March 1837 ; trans, and adm. 25th June 1840. Joined the Free Church ; min. of Saltoun Free Church 1843 ; D.D. (Glasgow 1854) ; Professor of Theology in the Free Church College, Aberdeen, May 1855; Professor of Theology, Free Church College, Glasgow, May 1856; Principal of the College 1857; Moderator of the Free Church General Assembly 1864 ; one of the revisers of the Old Testament; died 6th Aug. 1874. He marr. (1) 27th March 1833, Margaret (died 4th May 1837), daugh. of Alexander Pitcairn, merchant, Edinburgh, and had issue—John, born 22nd Jan. 1834, died in Australia 1874 ; Alexander, born 7th Oct. 1836, died 21st May 1837; Mar- garet, born 27th April 1837, died 22nd May 1837 : (2) 23rd July 1839, Mary (died 9th Dec. 1852), daugh. of Patrick Playfair, merchant, Glasgow, and had issue—Patrick, born 21st Sept. 1840, died at Demerara, 20th March 1910 ; Jane Jessie, born 27th Sept. 1842, died 28th Sept. 1859 ; Thomas Pitcairn, born 16th March 1848, died 3rd Nov. 1877 ; Marian, born 9th Dec. 1852 (marr. Alexander Guthrie, merchant, Liver- pool, son of Thomas Guthrie, D.D.) : (3) 21st Sept. 1861, Frances Eliza Turnbull, Eye- mouth, who died 25th Jan. 1903, aged 85. Publications — The Typology of Scripture, 2 vols. (Edinburgh, 1845-7, and various editions); Jonah, his Life, Character, and Mission (1849); Ezekiel and the Book of his Prophecy (Edinburgh, 1851) ; Opinions of Reformers regarding the Sabbath (Edin- burgh, 1852) ; The Christian Ministry (Edinburgh, 1852); Prophecy, its Nature, Function, and Interpretation (Edinburgh, 1856) ; Hermeneutical Manual (Edin- burgh, 1858) ; The Revelation of Law in Scripture (Cunningham Lectures ; Edin- burgh, 1869) ; The Pastoral Epistles of St Paid (Edinburgh, 1874) ; Pastoral Theology (Edinburgh, 1875). He edited The Im- perial Bible Dictionary (London, 1864-6, 2 vols.), contributing many important articles, and for Clark's Biblical Cabinet and Foreign Theol. Library he translated in whole or in part several works from the German—Hengstenberg's Commentary/ on the Psalms and Commentary on the Revela- tion, etc. — [Disruption Worthies; Memoir by James Dodds, prefixed to Pastoral Theology; Diet. Nat. Biog., private in- formation.] JAMES M'WATT, born Duns, 23rd 1843 June 1816' son of David M'W., writer, and Alice Purves; educated at Duns and Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A., B.D. ; licen. by Presb. of Duns 17th May 1841 ; pres. by Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun, and ord. 23rd Aug. 1843; died 11th Feb. 1876. He marr. 6th Aug. 1845, Johanna Purves, Ford, Northumberland (his cousin), who died 28th Dec. 1886, and had issue —Agnes, born 17th Jan. 1847, died un- marr. 24th Feb. 1902 ; David James, born 30th Nov. 1849, died 23rd Feb. 1856; Alice Purves. born 1st May 1851, died unmarr. ; Johanna, died unmarr. 18th Sept. 1890.