
Scope of Project
This project is a place to gather together profiles who were Moderators of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.
References
- Fasti ecclesiae scoticanae: the succession of ministers in the Church of Scotland from the reformation, Vol. VII, page 436-447
- Wikipedia contributors. "List of Moderators of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia.
16th Century
- John Knox (Edinburgh) (wikipedia entry)
- John Willock (Superintendent of the West) (wikipedia entry)
- John Erskine of Dun (Superintendent of Angus and Mearns) (wikipedia entry)
- George Buchanan (Principal, St Leonard's College, University of St Andrews) (wikipedia entry)
- John Row (St Johnstoun)
- David Lindsay (Leith)
- William Christison (Dundee)
- John Craig (Edinburgh)
- Robert Pont (Edinburgh: St Cuthbert's) (wikipedia entry)
- George Hay (Rathven)
- Gilbert Gardin (Fordyce)
- Robert Hamilton (St Andrews)
- David Ferguson (Dunfermline) (wikipedia entry)
- Alexander Arbuthnot (Principal of King's College, Aberdeen) (wikipedia entry)
- Andrew Hay (Renfrew)
- John Duncanson (Minister at the King's House) (wikipedia entry)
- James Boyd (Bishop of Glasgow)
- Andrew Melville (Principal of the College, Glasgow) (wikipedia entry)
- Thomas Smieton (Minister at Paisley, later Principal of the University of Glasgow) (wikipedia entry)
- James Lawson (Edinburgh)
- Robert Bruce (Edinburgh) (wikipedia entry)
- Thomas Buchanan (Ceres)
- James Melville (Anstruther, Fife) (wikipedia entry)
- Patrick Galloway (Minister at the King's House) (wikipedia entry)
- Nicol Dalgleish (Pittenweem) (wikipedia entry)
- James Nicholson (Meigle, later Bishop of Dunkeld)
- Robert Rollock (Principal of the College of Edinburgh) (wikipedia entry)
- Peter Blackburn (Aberdeen, later Bishop of Aberdeen) (wikipedia entry)
- Robert Wilkie (Principal, St Leonard's College, St Andrews) (wikipedia entry)
17th Century
- John Hall (St Giles,Edinburgh) (wikipedia entry)
- John Forbes AM (Alford, Aberdeenshire) (wikipedia entry)
- James Law AM (Bishop of Orkney, later Archbishop of Glasgow) (wikipedia entry)
- John Spottiswood AM (Archbishop of Glasgow, later Archbishop of St Andrews) (wikipedia entry)
- Alexander Henderson AM (Leuchars, later Edinburgh) (wikipedia entry)
- David Dickson AM (Irvine, Ayrshire) (wikipedia entry)
- Andrew Ramsay AM (Edinburgh)
- Robert Douglas AM (Edinburgh) (wikipedia entry)
- James Bonar AM (Maybole, Ayrshire)
- Robert Blair AM (St Andrews) (wikipedia entry)
- George Gillespie AM (Edinburgh) (wikipedia entry)
- Andrew Cant AM (Aberdeen) (wikipedia entry)
- Hugh Kennedie AM (Edinburgh: Trinity College Church)
- William Crichton AM (Edinburgh: Tron Church)
- John Law AM (Edinburgh: High Church)
- Patrick Simson (Renfrew)
- George Meldrum AM (Edinburgh: Tron Church and Professor of Divinity, Edinburgh)
- George Hamilton (Edinburgh: High Church)
- David Blair AM (Edinburgh: Old Church)
18th Century
- Thomas Wilkie AM (Edinburgh: Canongate)
- David Williamson AM (Edinburgh: West Kirk)
- William Carstares AM (Principal of the College of Edinburgh) (wikipedia entry)
- William Wishart DD (South Leith, later Principal of the College of Edinburgh) (wikipedia entry)
- John Stirling (Principal of the College of Glasgow)
- John Currie (Haddington)
- William Mitchell (Edinburgh: High Church)
- William Hamilton (educator) DD (Professor of Divinity, later Principal of the University of Edinburgh) (wikipedia entry)
- James Grierson (Edinburgh: Trinity College Church)
- Thomas Black (Perth)
- James Smith (Cramond; later Principal of the University of Edinburgh) (wikipedia entry)
- James Alston AM (Dirleton)
- Neil Campbell DD (Principal of Glasgow University) (wikipedia entry)
- John Gowdie DD (Edinburgh: New North, also Principal of the University of Edinburgh) (wikipedia entry)
- James Gordon DD (Alford)
- Alexander Anderson AM (St Andrews)
- Lauchlan McIntosh (Errol)
- James Ramsay AM (Kelso)
- James Bannatyne (Edinburgh: Trinity College Church)
- George Logan (Edinburgh: Trinity College Church) (wikipedia entry)
- Thomas Tullideph (Principal, St Leonard's College, St Andrews)
- Robert Wallace DD (Edinburgh: New North) (wikipedia entry)
- John Adams (Dalrymple)
- William Wishart DD (Principal (Secundus) of the University of Edinburgh) (wikipedia entry)
- John Lumsden (Professor of Divinity, King's College, Aberdeen)
- Robert Kinloch AM (Edinburgh: High Church)
- George Wishart DD (Edinburgh: Tron Church)
- Patrick Cumming DD (Edinburgh: Old Church, also Professor of Church History)
- Robert Patoun AM (Renfrew)
- James Mackie (St Ninians)
- Alexander Webster DD (Edinburgh: Tolbooth) (wikipedia entry)
- Robert Hamilton DD (Professor of Divinity, Edinburgh)
- George Reid AM (St Evox)
- William Leechman DD (Professor of Divinity, later Principal of the University of Glasgow) (wikipedia entry)
- Thomas Turnbull (Borthwick)
- George Kay DD (Edinburgh: Old Greyfriars')
- John Hyndman DD
- Robert Trail DD (Professor of Divinity, University of Glasgow)
- William Robertson DD (Edinburgh: Old Greyfriars, also Principal of the University of Edinburgh) (wikipedia entry)
- Alexander Gerard DD (Professor of Theology, Marischal College, Aberdeen) (wikipedia entry)
- James Oswald DD (Methven)
- John Hamilton DD (Glasgow: High Church)
- James Murison DD (Principal of the New College, St Andrews)
- Gilbert Hamilton DD (Cramond, near Edinburgh)
- James MacKnight DD (Maybole)
- Alexander Carlyle DD (Inveresk) (wikipedia entry)
- Robert Walker (Edinburgh: The High Kirk)
- Adam Fergusson (Moulin)
- John Drysdale DD (Edinburgh: Tron)
- Robert Henry DD (Edinburgh: New Greyfriars') (wikipedia entry)
- David Shaw DD (Coylton)
- John Ker DD (Forfar)
- James Brown AM (Edinburgh: New Church)
- Patrick Grant DD (Urray)
- James Gillespie (St Andrews)
- Harry Spens DD (Wemyss)
- William Dalrymple DD (Ayr) (wikipedia entry)
- Joseph M'Cormick DD (Prestonpans, later Principal of St Leonard's College, St Andrews)
- Henry Grieve DD (Dalkeith)
- Sir Henry Moncrieff-Wellwood, Bart., DD (Edinburgh: West)
- Duncan Shaw DD (Aberdeen)
- Robert Liston (Aberdour) (last to be elected without DD)
- Archibald Davidson DD (Principal of the University of Glasgow) (wikipedia entry)
- George Hill DD Professor of Divinity, St Andrews University) (wikipedia entry)
- John Walker MD, DD (Professor of Natural History, Edinburgh) (wikipedia entry)
- Robert Small DD (Dundee, St Mary's), Mathematician and Astronomer (wikipedia entry)
- Andrew Hunter DD (Professor of Divinity, Edinburgh) (wikipedia entry)
- Thomas Hardy DD (Professor of Church History, Edinburgh) (wikipedia entry)
- Robert Arnot DD (Professor of Divinity, University of St Andrews) (wikipedia entry)
- James Meek DD (Cambuslang), Historian and Meteorologist (wikipedia entry)
- William Greenfield DD (Edinburgh: High Church, also Professor of Rhetoric at the University of Edinburgh) (wikipedia entry)
- John Adamson DD (St Andrews) Professor of Civil History in the United College, St Andrews (wikipedia entry)
- William Taylor DD (Glasgow: High, also Principal of the University of Glasgow) (wikipedia entry)
- William Moodie DD (Edinburgh: St Andrew's, also Professor of Hebrew at the University of Edinburgh) (wikipedia entry)
- George Baird DD (Principal, University of Edinburgh) (wikipedia entry)
19th Century
- William Ritchie DD (Kilwinning)
- James Finlayson DD (Edinburgh: High Church, also Professor of Logic at the University of Edinburgh) (wikipedia entry)
- Gilbert Gerard DD (Professor of Divinity, University of Aberdeen) (wikipedia entry)
- John Inglis DD (Edinburgh)
- George Hamilton DD (Gladsmuir)
- William Taylor DD, jr. (Glasgow)
- James Sheriffs DD (Aberdeen)
- Andrew Grant DD (Kilmarnock)
- Francis Nicoll DD (Mains and Strathmartine)
- Hugh Meiklejohn DD (Abercorn, also Professor of Church History at the University of Edinburgh)
- Alexander Rankin DD (Glasgow: North West Church)
- William MacMorine DD (Caerlaverock)
- Andrew Brown DD (Edinburgh: Old Church, also Professor of Rhetoric at the University of Edinburgh)
- David Ritchie DD (Edinburgh: St Andrew's, also Professor of Logic at the University of Edinburgh)
- Lewis Gordon DD (Drainie)
- John Cook DD (Professor of Divinity, St Andrews)
- Gavin Gibb DD (Glasgow: St Andrew's, also Professor of Hebrew, University of Glasgow)
- John Campbell DD (Edinburgh)
- Duncan MacFarlan DD (Drymen, later Principal of the University of Glasgow)
- Thomas M'Knight DD (Edinburgh: Old Church)
- Duncan Mearns DD (Professor of Divinity, Aberdeen)
- David Lamont DD (Kirkpatrick-Durham)
- Alexander Brunton DD (Edinburgh: Tron Kirk, also Professor of Oriental Languages, University of Edinburgh)
- Andrew Duncan DD (Ratho)
- George Cook DD (Laurencekirk)
- Thomas Taylor DD (Tibbermore)
- Robert Haldane DD (Principal, St Mary's College, St Andrews) (wikipedia entry)
- Stevenson M'Gill DD (Professor of Divinity, Glasgow)
- Patrick Forbes DD (Oldmachar)
- William Singer DD (Kirkpatrick-Juxta)
- James Wallace DD (Whitekirk)
- Thomas Chalmers DD LLD (Professor of Divinity, University of Edinburgh)
- John Stirling DD (Craigie)
- Patrick M'Farlan (Greenock)
- William Aird Thomson DD (Perth)
- Norman Macleod DD (The Highlanders' Friend) (Glasgow: St Columba) (wikipedia entry)
- Matthew Gardiner DD (Bothwell)
- William Muir DD LLD (Edinburgh: St Stephen's)
- Henry Duncan DD (Ruthwell)
- Angus Makellar DD (Pencaitland)
- Robert Gordon DD (Edinburgh: High Church) (wikipedia entry)
- David Welsh DD (Professor of Church History, University of Edinburgh)
- John Lee DD LLD MD (Principal, University of Edinburgh) (wikipedia entry)
- Alexander Hill DD (Professor of Divinity, Glasgow)
- James Paul DD (Tullynessle)
- John Paul DD (Edinburgh: West Kirk)
- George Buist DD (Professor of Church History, St Andrews)
- Alexander L. Simpson DD (Kirknewton)
- John Graham DD (Killearn)
- John Macleod DD (Morven)
- Lewis W. Forbes DD (Boharm)
- James Barr DD (Glasgow: St Enoch's)
- James Grant DD DCL (Edinburgh: St Mary's)
- Andrew Bell DD (Linlithgow)
- John Crombie DD (Scone)
- James Robertson DD (Professor of Church History, University of Edinburgh)
- Matthew Leishman DD (Govan)
- John Cook DD (Professor of Church History, St Andrews)
- James Maitland DD (Kells)
- Colvin Smith DD (Inveraray)
- James Bisset DD (Bourtie)
- James Craik DD (Glasgow: St George's)
- William R. Pirie DD (Principal, University of Aberdeen)
- James Macfarlane DD (Duddingston, near Edinburgh)
- John Cook DD (Haddington)
- Thomas J. Crawford DD (Professor of Divinity, University of Edinburgh)
- James S. Barty DD (Bendochy)
- Norman MacLeod DD (Glasgow: The Barony) (wikipedia entry)
- George Ritchie DD (Jedburgh)
- Robert Horne Stevenson DD (Edinburgh: St George's) (wikipedia entry)
- Robert Jamieson DD (Glasgow: St Paul's)
- Robert Gillan DD (Inchinnan) (wikipedia entry)
- Samuel Traill DD (Professor of Divinity, Aberdeen)
- James Sellar DD (Aberlour)
- George Cook DD (Borgue)
- K. M. Phin DD (Convener of the Home Mission Committee)
- John Tulloch DD LLD (Principal, St Mary's College, St Andrews) (wikipedia entry)
- J. Crystal DD LLD (Auchinleck)
- Archibald Watson DD (Dundee)
- James Smith DD (Cathcart)
- William Milligan DD (Professor of Biblical Criticism, Aberdeen)
- John Rankin DD (Sorn)
- Peter M'Kenzie DD (Dingwall: Urquhart)
- A. F. Mitchell DD (Professor of Church History, St Andrews)
- John Cunninghame DD LLD (Principal, St Mary's College, University of St Andrews)
- G. Hutchison DD (Banchory-Ternan)
- W. H. Gray DD (Liberton)
- Paton J. Gloag DD LLD (Galashiels)
- A. K. H. Boyd DD LLD (St Andrews) (wikipedia entry)
- James MacGregor DD (Edinburgh: St Cuthbert's)
- A. H. Charteris DD LLD (University of Edinburgh)
- J. Marshall Lang DD LLD (Glasgow: The Barony)
- Robert Herbert Story DD LLD (Principal of the University of Glasgow) (wikipedia entry)
- Donald Macleod DD (Glasgow: Park Church)
- Archibald Scott DD (Edinburgh: St George's)
- William Mair DD (Earlston)
- Thomas Leishman DD (Linton) (wikipedia entry)
- John Pagan DD (Bothwell)
- Norman Macleod DD (Inverness)
20th Century
- James Mitchell DD (South Leith)
- James C. Russell DD (Campbeltown)
- John Gillespie LLD (Mouswald)
- John M'Murtrie DD (Convener, Committee on Foreign Missions)
- Andrew J. Milne LLD (Fyvie)
- T. B. W. Niven DD (Pollokshields)
- J. R. Mitford Mitchell DD (Convener, Colonial Committee)
- Theodore Marshall DD (Convener, Home Mission Committee)
- James Robertson DD (Whittinghame)
- P. M’Adam Muir DD (Glasgow Cathedral)
- Alexander Stewart DD (Principal of St Mary’s College, University of St Andrews)
- S. Marcus Dill DD (Alloway)
- Andrew Wallace Williamson DD (Edinburgh: High Kirk (St Giles’ Cathedral))
- Thomas Nicol DD (Professor of Biblical Criticism, Aberdeen)
- David Paul LLD (Edinburgh: Robertson Memorial)
- John Brown DD (Glasgow: Bellahouston)
- James Cooper DD DCL DLitt (Professor of Church History, Glasgow)
- James N. Ogilvie DD (Edinburgh: New Greyfriars')
- William Paterson Paterson DD LLD (University of Edinburgh)
- Thomas Martin DD (Peebles)
- James A. M'Clymont CBE DD (Convener of the Committee on Chaplains to H. M. Forces)
- John Smith DD (Glasgow: Partick)
- George Milligan DD DCL (University of Glasgow)
- David Cathels DD (Hawick)
- John White DD LLD (Glasgow: The Barony) (wikipedia entry)
- John D. M'Callum DD (Larkhall)
- Norman Maclean DD (Edinburgh: St Cuthbert's)
- J. Montgomery Campbell DD (Dumfries)
- Joseph Mitchell DD (Mauchline)
- John White CH DD LLD (Glasgow: The Barony) (wikipedia entry)
- Andrew N. Bogle DD (Joint-Secretary, Church and Ministry Department)
- John A. Graham CIE DD (Kalimpong, India) (Founder of Dr. Graham's Homes)
- H. R. Mackintosh DD DPhil ThD (Professor of Dogmatics, University of Edinburgh) (wikipedia entry)
- Lauchlan MacLean Watt DD LLD (Glasgow Cathedral) (wikipedia entry)
- Peter Donald Thomson DD (Glasgow: Kelvinside (Botanic Gardens))
- Marshall B. Lang DD (Whittingehame)
- Daniel Lamont DD (Professor of Practical Theology, New College, Edinburgh) (wikipedia entry)
- Dugald Macfarlane DD (Kingussie)
- James Black DD (Edinburgh: St George's West)
- Archibald Main DD LLD DLitt (Glasgow)
- J. R. Forgan DD (Ayr: Trinity)
- J. H. Cockburn DD TheolD LHD (Dunblane Cathedral) (wikipedia entry)
- C. W. G. Taylor CBE DD (Edinburgh: St George's)
- John Baillie DD DLitt (Professor of Divinity, University of Edinburgh) (wikipedia entry)
- E. J. Hagan DD (Edinburgh: Warrender)
- A. J. Campbell DD (Evie, Orkney)
- John McKenzie CIE DD (former Principal, The Wilson College, Bombay, India)
- Matthew Stewart DD (Hamilton Old and Auchingramont)
- Alexander Macdonald (Glasgow: St Columba)
- George Simpson Duncan OBE DD LLD DTh (University of St Andrews) (wikipedia entry)
- Hugh Watt DD DLitt (University of Edinburgh)
- W. White Anderson MC DD (Edinburgh: St Cuthbert's)
- G. Johnstone Jeffrey DD (Glasgow: Sherbrooke St Gilbert's)
- J. Pitt-Watson DD (Glasgow)
- Ernest D. Jarvis DD (Glasgow: Wellington)
- G. D. Henderson DD DLitt DTheol FBA (University of Aberdeen)
- R. F. V. Scott DD (London: St Columba's)
- George MacLeod MC DD (Iona Community) (Peerage in 1967: Lord MacLeod of Fuinary) (wikipedia entry)
- John A. Fraser MBE TD DD (Hamilton Old and Auchingramont)
- R. H. W. Shepherd DD DLitt (Lovedale (South Africa))
- John H. S. Burleigh DD BLitt (University of Edinburgh)
- A. C. Craig MC DD (University of Glasgow)
- Nevile Davidson DD (Glasgow Cathedral)
- James S. Stewart DD (Edinburgh) (wikipedia entry)
- Duncan Fraser DD PhD (Invergordon)
- Archibald Watt DD STM (Edzell and Lethnot)
- Leonard Small OBE DD (Edinburgh: St Cuthbert's)
- W. Roy Sanderson DD (Stenton linked with Whittinghame)
- J. B. Longmuir TD DD (Principal Clerk to the General Assembly)
- T. M. Murchison MA DD (Glasgow: St Columba Summertown)
- Hugh O. Douglas KCVO CBE DD LLD (Dundee: St Mary's) (wikipedia entry)
- Andrew Herron MA BD LLB (Clerk to the Presbytery of Glasgow)
- Ronald Selby Wright CVO TD JP MA DD FRSE FSAScot (Edinburgh: Canongate) (wikipedia entry)
- George Reid MC MA BD DD (Aberdeen: Langstane)
- David Steel MA BD DD (Linlithgow: St Michael's) (Father of Lord Steel of Aikwood)
- James G. Matheson MA BD DD (Portree (Isle of Skye))
- Thomas Torrance MBE DLitt DD FRSE (University of Edinburgh)
- John R. Gray VRD MA BD ThM (Dunblane Cathedral)
- Peter Brodie MA BD LLB DD (Alloa: St Mungo's)
- Robert A. S. Barbour KCVO MC MA BD STM DD (University of Aberdeen) (wikipedia entry)
- William B. Johnston MA BD DD (Edinburgh: Colinton)
- Andrew B. Doig BD STM DD (National Bible Society of Scotland)
- John McIntyre CVO DD DLitt FRSE (University of Edinburgh) (wikipedia entry)
- J. Fraser McLuskey MC DD (London: St Columba's) (wikipedia entry)
- John M. K. Paterson MA ACII BD (Milngavie: St Paul's)
- David M. B. A. Smith BA BD DUniv (Logie, by Stirling)
- Robert Craig CBE DLitt LLD DD (Jerusalem (Emeritus)) (wikipedia entry)
- Duncan Shaw Bundesverdienstkreuz PhD ThDr JP (Edinburgh: Craigentinny St Christopher's)
- James A. Whyte MA LLD (University of St Andrews) (wikipedia entry)
- William J. G. McDonald MA BD DD (Edinburgh: Mayfield)
- Robert Davidson MA BD DD FRSE (University of Glasgow) (wikipedia entry)
- William B. R. Macmillan MA BD LLD DD (Dundee: St Mary's) (wikipedia entry)
- Hugh R. Wyllie MA DD FCIBS (Hamilton: Old Parish Church)
- James L. Weatherhead CBE MA LLB DD (Principal Clerk to the General Assembly) (wikipedia entry)
- James A. Simpson BSc BD STM DD (Dornoch Cathedral) (wikipedia entry)
- James Harkness KCVO CB OBE MA DD (Chaplain General of Her Majesty's Forces (Emeritus)) (wikipedia entry)
- John H. McIndoe MA BD STM DD (London: St Columba's linked with Newcastle: St Andrew's) (wikipedia entry)
- Alexander McDonald BA CMIWSc DUniv (General Secretary of the CofS Board of Ministry) (wikipedia entry)
- Alan Main TD MA BD STM PhD (University of Aberdeen) (wikipedia entry)
- John B. Cairns LTh LLB LLD DD (Dumbarton: Riverside) (wikipedia entry)
- Andrew McLellan CBE MA BD STM DD (Edinburgh: St Andrew's & St George's) (wikipedia entry)
21st Century
- John Miller BA BD DD (Glasgow: Castlemilk East) (wikipedia entry)
- Finlay Macdonald MA BD PhD DD (Principal Clerk to the General Assembly) (wikipedia entry)
- Iain Torrance TD MA BD DPhil DD (Professor, University of Aberdeen) (wikipedia entry)
- Alison Elliot OBE MA MSc PhD LLD DD (Elder, Session Clerk at Edinburgh: Greyfriars Tolbooth & Highland Kirk, Associate Secretary of the Centre for Theology & Public Issues at the University of Edinburgh, first woman to be Moderator and first non-minister to be Moderator since 16th century) (wikipedia entry)
- David Lacy BA BD DLitt (Kilmarnock: Henderson) (wikipedia entry)
- Alan McDonald LLB BD MTh DLitt (Cameron linked with St Andrews: St Leonard's) (wikipedia entry)
- Sheilagh M. Kesting BA BD DD (Secretary of the Committee on Ecumenical Relations) (wikipedia entry)
- David W. Lunan MA BD (Clerk to the Presbytery of Glasgow) (wikipedia entry)
- William C. Hewitt BD DipPS (Greenock: Westburn) (wikipedia entry)
- John Christie BSc BD (Interim Minister at West Kilbride: St Andrews and the Scots Kirk, Lausanne) (wikipedia entry)
- A. David K. Arnott MA BD (retired, formerly at St Andrews: Hope Park linked with Strathkinness) (wikipedia entry)
- Albert O. Bogle BD MTh (Bo'ness: St Andrew's) (wikipedia entry)
- E. Lorna Hood MA BD (Renfrew: North) (wikipedia entry)
- John Chalmers (Principal Clerk to the General Assembly) (Angus Morrison MA BD PhD (Orwell and Portmoak) was initially nominated but withdrew on health grounds)
SOURCE: Wikipedia contributors, 'List of Moderators of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland', Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 18 August 2014, 15:45 UTC, <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Moderators_of_the...> [accessed 20 October 2014]