List of Moderators of The General Assembly of The Church of Scotland - 18th Century

18th Century

  • 1701 and 1704 Thomas Wilkie AM (Edinburgh: Canongate)
  • 1702 David Williamson AM (Edinburgh: West Kirk)
  • 1705, 1708, 1711 and 1715 William Carstares AM (Principal of the College of Edinburgh)
  • 1706, 1713, 1718, 1724 and 1728 William Wishart DD (South Leith, later Principal of the College of Edinburgh)
  • 1707 John Stirling (Principal of the College of Glasgow)
  • 1709 John Currie (Haddington)
  • 1710, 1714, 1717, 1722 and 1726 William Mitchell (Edinburgh: High Church)
  • 1712, 1716, 1720, 1727 and 1730 William Hamilton (educator) DD (Professor of Divinity, later Principal of the University of Edinburgh)
  • 1719 James Grierson (Edinburgh: Trinity College Church)
  • 1721 Thomas Black (Perth)
  • 1723 and 1731 James Smith (Cramond; later Principal of the University of Edinburgh)
  • 1725 and 1729 James Alston AM (Dirleton)
  • 1732 and 1737 Neil Campbell DD (Principal of Glasgow University)
  • 1733 John Gowdie DD (Edinburgh: New North, also Principal of the University of Edinburgh)
  • 1734 James Gordon DD (Alford)
  • 1735 Alexander Anderson AM (St Andrews)
  • 1738 and 1741 James Ramsay AM (Kelso)
  • 1739 James Bannatyne (Edinburgh: Trinity College Church)
  • 1740 George Logan (Edinburgh: Trinity College Church)
  • 1742 Thomas Tullideph (Principal, St Leonard's College, St Andrews)
  • 1743 Robert Wallace DD (Edinburgh: New North)
  • 1744 John Adams (Dalrymple)
  • 1745 William Wishart DD (Principal (Secundus) of the University of Edinburgh)
  • 1746 John Lumsden (Professor of Divinity, King's College, Aberdeen)
  • 1747 Robert Kinloch AM (Edinburgh: High Church)
  • 1748 George Wishart DD (Edinburgh: Tron Church)
  • 1749, 1752 and 1756 Patrick Cumming DD (Edinburgh: Old Church, also Professor of Church History)
  • 1750 Robert Patoun AM (Renfrew)
  • 1751 James Mackie (St Ninians)
  • 1753 Alexander Webster DD (Edinburgh: Tolbooth)
  • 1754 and 1760 Robert Hamilton DD (Professor of Divinity, Edinburgh)
  • 1755 George Reid AM (St Evox)
  • 1757 William Leechman DD (Professor of Divinity, later Principal of the University of Glasgow)
  • 1758 Thomas Turnbull (Borthwick)
  • 1759 George Kay DD (Edinburgh: Old Greyfriars')
  • 1761 John Hyndman DD
  • 1762 Robert Trail DD (Professor of Divinity, University of Glasgow)
  • 1763 William Robertson DD (Edinburgh: Old Greyfriars, also Principal of the University of Edinburgh)
  • 1764 Alexander Gerard DD (Professor of Theology, Marischal College, Aberdeen)
  • 1765 James Oswald DD (Methven)
  • 1766 John Hamilton DD (Glasgow: High Church)
  • 1767 James Murison DD (Principal of the New College, St Andrews)
  • 1768 Gilbert Hamilton DD (Cramond, near Edinburgh)
  • 1769 James MacKnight DD (Maybole)
  • 1770 Alexander Carlyle DD (Inveresk)
  • 1771 Robert Walker (Edinburgh: The High Kirk)
  • 1772 Adam Fergusson (Moulin)
  • 1773 and 1784 John Drysdale DD (Edinburgh: Tron)
  • 1774 Robert Henry DD (Edinburgh: New Greyfriars')
  • 1775 David Shaw DD (Coylton)
  • 1776 John Ker DD (Forfar)
  • 1777 James Brown AM (Edinburgh: New Church)
  • 1778 Patrick Grant DD (Urray)
  • 1779 James Gillespie (St Andrews)
  • 1780 Harry Spens DD (Wemyss)
  • 1781 William Dalrymple DD (Ayr)
  • 1782 Joseph M'Cormick DD (Prestonpans, later Principal of St Leonard's College, St Andrews)
  • 1783 Henry Grieve DD (Dalkeith)
  • 1785 Sir Henry Moncrieff-Wellwood, Bart., DD (Edinburgh: West)
  • 1786 Duncan Shaw DD (Aberdeen)
  • 1787 Robert Liston (Aberdour) (last to be elected without DD)
  • 1788 Archibald Davidson DD (Principal of the University of Glasgow)
  • 1789 George Hill DD Professor of Divinity, St Andrews University)
  • 1790 John Walker MD, DD (Professor of Natural History, Edinburgh)
  • 1791 Robert Small DD (Dundee, St Mary's), Mathematician and Astronomer
  • 1792 Andrew Hunter DD (Professor of Divinity, Edinburgh)
  • 1793 Thomas Hardy DD (Professor of Church History, Edinburgh)
  • 1794 Robert Arnot DD (Professor of Divinity, University of St Andrews)
  • 1795 James Meek DD (Cambuslang), Historian and Meteorologist
  • 1796 William Greenfield DD (Edinburgh: High Church, also Professor of Rhetoric at the University of Edinburgh)
  • 1797 John Adamson DD (St Andrews) Professor of Civil History in the United College, St Andrews
  • 1798 William Taylor DD (Glasgow: High, also Principal of the University of Glasgow)
  • 1799 William Moodie DD (Edinburgh: St Andrew's, also Professor of Hebrew at the University of Edinburgh)
  • 1800 George Baird DD (Principal, University of Edinburgh)

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