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26 CANONGATE [PRESB. OF III., trans, and adm. 19th Aug. 1784; F.R.S. ; died 30th June 1808. He marr. 8th May 1778, Jean (died 10th June 1831), daugh. of John Fraser, W.S., and had issue—Magdalene, born 23rd Feb. 1779 (marr. 3rd March 1800, Richard Scougal, merchant, Leith) ; Jane, born 30th Sept. 1781 (marr. James Thomson, merchant, Leith); John, born 6th April 1784; William, born 13th March 1786, died 1st April 1787; Robert, born 9th Sept. 1788. Publications — Sermons (Edinburgh, 1791); Three single Sermons (Edinburgh, 1794-8); Observations on the National Character of the Dutch, and the Family Character of the House of Orange (Edinburgh, 1794); The Psalms of David Methodized (Edin- burgh, 1794) ; Kolf, a Dutchgame (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xvi.).—[Kay's Portr.] ANDREW GRANT, D.D. ; trans, from 1808 Kilmarnock ; pres. by George III., and adm. 20th Oct. 1808; trans. to Trinity Parish, Edinburgh, 11th Oct. 1810.—[Anderson's Sketches.] HENRY GARNOCK, born Dunblane, 1811 ^68; educated at St Andrews Univ. ; licen. by Presb. of Dunblane 11th Feb. 1794; ord. to Legerwood 14th March 1798 ; pres. by the Crown, trans, and adm. 25th July 1811 ; Synod clerk 14th Nov. 1815 ; died in a carriage on his way home, 22nd Jan. 1820. He was un- marr. — [Tombst.] ALEXANDER STEWART, born 29th 1820 ^an ' 1^4, son °f Alexander S., min. of Blair Athole ; educated at Univ. of St Andrews ; tutor in the family of Graham of Greigston ; licen. by Presb. of StAndrews 8th Feb. 1786; ord.to Moulin21st Sept. 1786; M.A. (StAndrews 1792) ; trans, to Dingwall 1805 ; pres. by George IV., trans, and adm. 13th July 1820; died 27th May 1821. A proficient Gaelic scholar, he did great service to the Highlands in revising the translation of the Scriptures in his native language (S.P.C.K.), and for this work he received the unanimous thanks of the General Assemblies 1819 and 1820. He marr. (1) 31st Oct. 1793, Louisa (died 6th Feb. 1799), eldest daugh. of Capt. Lachlan Macpherson, and had issue—Alexander, min. of Cromarty, born 25th Sept. 1794 ; Catherine, born 11th May 1797 (marr. Hector Allan, min. of Kincardine) : (2) 4th March 1802, Emilia (died at Bayswater, 12th Nov. -1855), eldest daugh. of Charles Calder, min. of Urquhart, and had issue — Charles Calder, min. of Aberdalgie, born 22nd Nov. 1804 ; Duncan, M.D., H.E.I.C.S., born 21st Jan. 1805 ; James Calder, born 29th Aug. 1806 ; Patrick, born 30th May 1808; Margaret Brodie, born 16th Aug. 1810 (marr. 3rd March 1829, Sir John Herschel, the astronomer) ; Isabel Robert- son, born 27th May 1812, died unmarr. ; John, born 18th June 1814. Publications —Elements of Gaelic Grammar (Edinburgh, 1801) ; Account of a Late Revival of Religion in a Part of the Highlands (Edinburgh, 1802); Address to the Royal Athole Regt. of Volunteers (Edinburgh, 1804); A Primer or Spelling Booh, in Gaelic ; Sermons, with a Memoir (Edinburgh, 1822) ; Hints on Faith and Hope (Edinburgh, 1858); trans- lated into Gaelic Isaac Watts' Preservative from Vice and Folly ; revised the Original of Ossian, under the superintendence of the Highland Society of London ; Account of Moulin (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, v., xxi.). —[Sermons (Mem.), Bonar's Canongate ; Memoir, by James Sieveright, D.D., Markinch.] JOHN LEE, LL.D., M.D., Professor of Divinity and Ecclesiastical History, St Mary's College, St Andrews ; pres. by George IV. 15th June 1821 ; adm. 21st March 1823 ; D.D. (St Andrews, 28th Dec. 1823) ; trans, to Lady Yester's, 17th Feb. 1825.—[Bonar's Canongate.] JOHN GILCHRIST, a native of Edin- burgh, whose parents belonged to the Cameronian Church ; licen. by Presb. of Stranraer 2nd Aug. 1797 ; assistant at Dundee ; ord. to East Church, Greenock, 10th Nov. 1807; D.D. (Glasgow, 1st May 1812) ; pres. by George IV. ; trans, and adm. 25th Aug. 1825 ; died 23rd May 1849, in 79th year. He marr. 26th Oct. 1812, Catherine (died 24th Oct. 1842), daugh. of James Addie, min. of Kilmaronock, and had issue—Margaret, born 2nd Aug. 1813,

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