James Grierson (minister)

Very Rev Dr James Grierson DD (2 July 1791–22 January 1875) was a 19th-century Scottish minister who served as Moderator of the General Assembly to the Free Church of Scotland in 1854/55.

Life
Errol Parish Church

He was born in Ruthwell in Dumfriesshire on 2 July 1791.

He studied divinity at the University of Edinburgh.

In 1816 he was licensed to preach and began his ministry in Stirling as a minister for the Church of Scotland. In 1819 he moved to Errol and remained minister of the established church there until the Disruption of 1843. In 1843 he (and the bulk of the congregation) established the Free Church of Scotland in Errol. He remained in this role until his death in 1875.[1]

He died on 22 January 1875 and is buried near his parents in Ruthwell churchyard.[2]

Publications
  • A Doctrinal and Practical Treatise on the Lord's Supper[3]

Artistic recognition
The Moderator and Ex Moderators of the Free Church of Scotland, Assembly; 1860

He was photographed by Hill & Adamson in 1855.[4] He was photographed in 1860 (illustrated right) at the foot of the steps to New College with several other ex-Moderators of the Free Church.[5]

Family

In 1822 he married Margaret Moncrieff, daughter of Dr George Moncrieff of Perth, and granddaughter of Rev George Lyon of Longforgan.[6] They had three daughters and two sons,[2] one of whom was George Moncrieff Grierson (1829-1895).[7]

References


  1. "Rev. Dr. James Grierson -- Presbyterian Heritage Center". www.phcmontreat.org. Retrieved 2019-05-29.
  2. "Rev James Grierson (1791-1875) - Find a Grave".
  3. "Miscellaneous Writings, chiefly historical, of the late T. McCrie ... Edited by his son [T. Mac Crie, the younger]". 1841.
  4. "Rev. Dr James Grierson, 1791 - 1875. Of Errol; Free Church minister; Moderator of the General Assembly". National Galleries of Scotland. Retrieved 2019-05-29.
  5. "The Moderator and Ex Moderators of the Free Church of Scotland, Assembly 1860". National Galleries of Scotland. Retrieved 2019-05-29.
  6. "Lyons of Cossins and Wester Ogil - Histories of Scottish families - National Library of Scotland". digital.nls.uk. Retrieved 2019-05-29.
  7. Grierson grave, Ruthwell


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