William Greenfield, Min. of St Giles, Edinburgh

Biographical Summary

"William Greenfield, son of Capt. 1787 John G. and Grizel Cockburn ; M.A. (Edinburgh, 7th April 1778); ord. to Wemyss 6th Sept. 1781 ; trans, to St Andrew's, Edinburgh, 25th Nov. 1784 ; pres. by the Town Council 21st Feb., trans, and adm. 1st April 1787, holding in conjunction the Professorship of Rhetoric ; Almoner to the King, March 1789, which he res. in 1798; D.D. (Edinburgh, 31st March 1789) ; Moderator of Assembly 19th May 1796 ; dem. 20th, and dep. 26th Dec. 1798. He was degraded by the Univ. from his degrees of M.A. and D.D. ; died in the North of England 28th April 1827. He marr. 22nd Nov. 1782, Janet Bervie, who assumed the name of Rutherford, died 20th June 1827, and had issue —

• Margaret, born 25th July 1784
• Hugh Blair of Crosshill, captain 25th Regt., born 7th May 1786
• Grizel, born 5th Dec. 1787 (marr. Thomas Clark, min. of St Andrew's, Edinburgh)
• Jane, born 7th July 1789
• Andrew, Senator of the College of Justice, born 21st June 1791, died 13th Dec. 1854
• James Hunter, major R.E., born 13th Aug. 1794."

SOURCE: Fasti ecclesiae scoticanae: the succession of ministers in the Church of Scotland from the reformation, Vol. I, page 60

Other References

• Wikipedia contributors. "William Greenfield (minister)." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia.
• Waterston, Charles D; Macmillan Shearer, A (July 2006). Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783-2002: Biographical Index. I. Edinburgh: The Royal Society of Edinburgh. ISBN 978-0-902198-84-5. page 382

Notes

• Though his date of election to RSE is 17/11/1783, his name does not appear on the List of Founding Fellows (17/11/1783) in the RSE Roll Book.