Very Rev Andrew Hunter of Barjarg

Biographical Summary

Hunter of Barjarg, Andrew. ?-22/04/1809. Ref: 773. Male.

• Titles and British Honours: Very Rev.
• Place of Birth: Edinburgh.
• Place of Death: New Street, Edinburgh.
• Place of interment: Canongate Churchyard, Edinburgh.
• Profession: Minister of Religion.
• Appointments Held: Licensed 1767 Edinburgh; 1770 Minister, New Church, Dumfries; 1779 New Greyfriars, 1786 Tron, Edinburgh; Joint Professor 1779-1787, Professor 1787-1809, Divinity, Edinburgh University; Moderator 1792 CS General Asssembly.
• Schools and Tutors: High School, Edinburgh.
• Undergraduate Studies: Edinburgh University, University of Utrecht.
• Postgraduate Studies: DD (Hon Edinburgh 1779).
• Marital Status: Married (1779) Hon. Marion Schaw, daughter of Lord Napier.
• Mother: Grizel Maxwell.
• Father: Andrew Hunter of Park, WS.
• Other Family: Cousin of James William Hunter of Thurston FRSE d.1845.
• References: DNB 28, 1891, 284; Fasti Eccl. Scot. 1, 1915, 137; S Devlin-Thorp Scotland's Cultural Heritage 2, 1981, 50; W P Anderson 1931, 539-40.
• Date of Election: 17/11/1783.
• Proposers: Founder Member.
• Notes: Born 1743.
• Fellow Type: OF.

SOURCE: Waterston, Charles D; Macmillan Shearer, A (July 2006). Biographical index of 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 464

Other References

• Wikipedia contributors, "Andrew Hunter (minister)", Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia.
• Fasti ecclesiae scoticanae: the succession of ministers in the Church of Scotland from the reformation, Vol. I, page 137
• Burke, Bernard, Sir. A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Great Britain & Ireland 6th ed. London : Harrison 1879. Vol I. page 837