DALKEITH] BORTHWICK 303
3rd Aug. 1725; called 24th Dec. 1733;
trans, and adm. 16th June 1734 ; Moderator
of the General Assembly 25th May 1758;
died 23rd March 1786. He marr. 25th Nov.
1726, Margaret, daugh. of Hugh Stevenson
of Montgrenan, and had issue—Margaret
and George, aged above 21 in 1750 (George
died 26th Dec. 1769); Elizabeth (marr.
Robert Dundas, min. of Humbie) ; Robert,
born 29th April 1742; Janet (marr. Alex-
ander Torrence, Borthwick Mains).—[Car-
lyle's Autob., Morren's Ann.,New Stat. Ace]
JAMES FINLAYSON, M.A., Professor
7 7 of Logic in Univ. of Edinburgh,which office he held in conjunction ;
pres. by Lord President Dundas 30th Aug.
1786 ; ord. 6th April 1787 ; trans, to Lady
Tester's, Edinburgh, 29th July 1790.—
[Sermons, Chambers's Biog. Diet., Neiv
Stat. Ace.]
JOHN CLUNIE, born 1757 ; licen. by
17Q1 Presb. of Edinburgh 29th Dec.
1784 ; schoolmaster of Markinch,
and possessing a fine voice and some
musical skill acted as precentor in the
parish church ; ord. to Ewes 28th Sept.
1790 ; pres. by Robert Dundas of Arniston,
Lord Advocate ; trans, and adm. 13th May
1791 ; chaplain to the Eastern Regiment
of Mid-Lothian Volunteer Infantry ; died
at Greenend, Liberton, 14th April 1819.
He marr. 1st Dec. 1790, Mary (died 9th
May 1813), daugh. of Alexander Olipliant,
min. of Bower, and had issue—Margaret,
born 17th Aug. 1791, died 8th April 1810 ;
Alexander, born 27th June 1793, died 8th
May 1804 ; James Oliphant, born 14th
Aug. 1795 ; Robert Dundas, born 21st
March 1798. Publications—Author of a
version of the song "I lo'e na a laddie but
ane." His reputation as a writer and singer
of Scottish songs led to an acquaintance-
ship with Robert Burns. The song "Ca'
the Yowes to the Knowes " was taken down
by Stephen Clarke when he and Burns
were spending a night with Clunie in 1787,
and used afterwards by the national poet.
The occasion is recalled in a letter from
Burns to George Thomson : "About seven
years ago I was well acquainted with a
worthy little fellow of a clergyman, a Mr
Clunie, who sang it charmingly." Account
of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace., xiii.).
—
[Neiv Stat. Ace, Conolly'sMen of Fife, Diet.
Nat. Biog.]
ROBERT SMITH, pres. by Lord Chief
1814 Baron Dundas ; ord. (assistant and
successor) 22nd July 1814 ; trans, to
Newtyle 3rd Sept. 1818.
THOMAS WRIGHT, born 1785, son of
lgl8 Thomas W., plasterer, Dean, Edin-
burgh, and Isabella Somerville
;
educated at High School and Univ. of
Edinburgh ; tutor in the families of
Campbell of Stonefield, and Clerk Rattray
of Craighall ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh
26th Sept. 1810; pres. by the Right Hon.
Baron Dundas, and ord. 4th Dec. 1818;
dep. by the Assembly 24th May 1841, for
" constructive heresy " ; died unmarr. at
Edinburgh, 13th March 1855. Publica-
tions
—
Sermon (preached after the funeral
of the Lord Chief Baron) (Edinburgh,
1819) ; The Morning and Evening Sacrifice
(Edinburgh, 1822) ; Fareivell to Time (Edin-
burgh, 1828) ; The Last Simper (Edinburgh,
1828) ; The True Plan of a Living Temple,
3 vols. (Edinburgh, 1830) ; My Old House
(Edinburgh, 1835) ; A Manual of Conduct
(Edinburgh, 1838) ; translated from the
German
—
Elements of the Philosophy of
Plants (Edinburgh, 1821); Reinhard's
Family Discourses (Edinburgh, 1845)
;
Sermon XV. (Gillan's Scott. Ptdpit) ;
Account of the Parish (New Stat. Ace, i.).
JAMES SMITH, trans, from Chalmers
Parish, Glasgow, and adm. 19th
Nov. 1841 ; trans, to Kelso 28th
March 1844.
1841
1844
JAMES SOUTER, born Aberdeenshire ;
educated at King's College, Aber-
deen, 1819-23; M.A. (23rd April
1830); licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen 23rd
July 1828; ord. (at Aberdeen) to St
James's, Newcastle, Miramichi,New Bruns-