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,