Moderator of The Presbyterian Church in Ireland

Past Moderators

2011 Rev. Ivan James Patterson BA, MTh, DD (Newcastle) Hundred and seventy-second
2010 Rev. Dr. Norman Hamilton OBE, BA, BD. (Ballysillan)Hundredth and seventy-first

2009 Rev. John Stafford Carson BSc, MA, MAR, MTh, DD (First Portadown)Hundredth and seventieth
2008 Rev. Dr. William Donald Patton BSSc, BD, PhD, DD (Old Congregation, Randalstown) Hundredth and sixty-ninth
2007 Rev. John Mateer Finlay BA, BD, DD (Harryville, Ballymena)Hundredth and sixty-eighth
2006 Rev. David Clarke LLB, BD, DD (Terrace Row, Coleraine)Hundredth and sixty-seventh
2005 Rev. Dr. Robert Ernest Henry Uprichard BA, BD, MTh, PhD, DD (Trinity, Ahoghill)Hundredth and sixty-sixth
2004 Rev. Kenneth Norman Ernest Newell OBE, BA, BD, MTh, DD (Fitzroy, Belfast)Hundredth and sixty-fifth
2003 Rev. Ivan Alexander McKay BA, BD, DD (Dundonald)Hundredth and sixty-fourth
2002 Rev. Russell Ivan Birney BA, BD, DD (High Kirk, Ballymena)Hundredth and sixty-third
2001 Rev. Hugh Alastair Dunlop BA, BD, DD (Knock, Belfast)Hundredth and sixty-second
2000 Rev. Dr. Trevor William John Morrow MA, BD, MTh, PhD, DD (Lucan, Dublin)Hundredth and sixty-first

1999 Rev. Dr. John William Lockington BA, BD, MTh, PhD, DD (Gardenmore, Larne)Hundredth and sixtieth
1998 Rev. Samuel John Dixon BA, DD (First Antrim)Hundredth and fifty-ninth
1997 Rev. Samuel Hutchinson BA, BD, MTh, DD (Clerk of the General Assembly)Hundredth and fifty-eighth
1996 Rev. David Henry Allen MA, BD, DD (New Row, Coleraine)Hundredth and fifty-seventh
1995 Rev. John Ross BA, DD (High Street, Holywood)Hundredth and fifty-sixth
1994 Rev. David Joseph McGaughey BA, DD (Mourne, Kilkeel)Hundredth and fifty-fifth
1993 Rev. Andrew Rutherford Rodgers MA, DD (Dungannon)Hundredth and fifty-fourth
1992 Rev. Dr. John Dunlop CBE, BA, BD, DD, LLD (Rosemary, Belfast)Hundredth and fifty-third
1991 Rev. Rodney Sterritt BA, DD (Greenwell Street, Newtownards)Hundredth and fifty-second
1990 Rev. Prof. Robert Finlay Gregg Holmes MA, MLitt, DD (Union Theological College, Belfast)Hundredth and fifty-first

1989 Rev. James Matthews BA, BD, DD (First Lurgan)Hundredth and fiftieth
1988 Rev. Dr. Andrew William Godfrey Brown BA, BD, PhD, DD, DLitt (Ballycastle)Hundredth and forty-ninth
1987 Rev. William Fleming BA, DD (Abbot's Cross, Belfast)Hundredth and forty-eighth
1986 Rev. Prof. John Thompson BA, BD, PhD, DD (Union Theological College, Belfast)Hundredth and forty-seventh
1985 Rev. Robert Dickinson MA, BD, DD (Tobermore and Draperstown)Hundredth and forty-sixth
1984 Rev. Howard Cromie MA, BD, DD (Railway Street, Lisburn)Hundredth and forty-fifth
1983 Rev. Dr. Thomas John Simpson MA, LLB, DD, DLitt (Clerk of General Assembly) Hundredth and forty-fourth
1982 Rev. Eric Paul Gardiner BA, DD (First Ballymena)Hundredth and forty-third
1981 Rev. John Girvan BA, DD (Hill Street, Lurgan)Hundredth and forty-second
1980 Rev. Ronald Gavin Craig BA, DD (First Carrickfergus)Hundredth and forty-first

1979 Rev. William Magee Craig MA, BD, DD (First Portadown)Hundredth and fortieth
1978 Rev. David Burke BA, DD (Hamilton Road, Bangor)Hundredth and thirty-ninth
1977 Rev. Thomas Algeo Patterson BA, DD (Portaferry)Hundredth and thirty-eighth
1976 Rev. Andrew John Weir MSc, DD (Clerk of the General Assembly)Hundredth and thirty-seventh
1975 Rev. George Frederick Hampton Wynne BA, DD (Great James Street, Londonderry) Hundredth and thirty-sixth
1974 Rev. George Temple Lundie MA, LLB, DD (First Armagh)Hundredth and thirty-fifth
1973 Rev. John Whiteford Orr BA, DD (Bloomfield, Belfast)Hundredth and thirty-fourth
1972 Rev. Robert Victor Alexander Lynas BA, BD, DD (Gardenmore, Larne)Hundredth and thirty-third
1971 Rev. Frederick Rupert Gibson BA, DD (Superintendent of The Irish Mission)Hundredth and thirty-second
1970 Rev. Principal James L. M. Haire MA, MTh, DD (Assembly's College, Belfast)Hundredth and thirty-first

1969 Rev. John Talbot Carson BA, DD (Trinity, Bangor)Hundredth and thirtieth
1968 Rev. John Herbert Withers BA, BD, DD (Fisherwick, Belfast)Hundredth and twenty-ninth
1967 Rev. William Boyd MA, DD (First Lisburn)Hundredth and twenty-eighth
1966 Rev. Alfred Martin BA, DD (Lowe Memorial, Finaghy)Hundredth and twenty-seventh
1965 Rev. Samuel James Park MA, DD (Dun Laoghaire)Hundredth and twenty-sixth
1964 Rev. James Dunlop MA, DD (Oldpark, Belfast)Hundredth and twenty-fifth
1963 Rev. William Alexander Montgomery MA, DD (Strand, Londonderry)Hundredth and twenty-fourth
1962 Rev. John Higginson Davey BA, DD (Missionary to India)Hundredth and twenty-third
1961 Rev. William Alexander Albert Park MA, DD (Ballygilbert, Bangor)Hundredth and twenty-second
1960 Rev. Dr. Austin Alfred Fulton MA, BD, PhD, DD (Assembly's Foreign Mission) Hundredth and twenty-first

1959 Rev. Thomas Alexander Byers Smyth BA, DD (Rathgar, Dublin)Hundredth and twentieth
1958 Rev. William McAdam MA, DD (First Newry)Hundredth and nineteenth
1957 Rev. Principal Robert John Wilson MA, DD (Assembly's College, Belfast)Hundredth and eighteenth
1956 Rev. Thomas McCurdy Barker MA, DD (Donegal)Hundredth and seventeenth
1955 Rev. James Carlile Breakey BA, DD (Fortwilliam Park, Belfast)Hundredth and sixteenth
1954 Rev. John Knowles BA, DD (Tullylish)Hundredth and fifteenth
1953 Rev. Principal James Ernest Davey MA, DD (Assembly's College, Belfast)Hundredth and fourteenth
1952 Rev. John Knox Leslie McKean MA, DD (First Comber)Hundredth and thirteenth
1951 Rev. Hugh McIlroy BA, DD (Ryans)Hundredth and twelfth
1950 Rev. Joseph H. R. Gibson MA, DD (Clerk of the General Assembly)Hundredth and eleventh

1949 Rev. Gordon Douglas Erskine BA, DD (Rosemary, Belfast) Hundredth and tenth
1948 Rev. Alfred William Neill MA, DD (First Armagh)Hundredth and ninth
1947 Rev. Robert Boyd BA, DD (Belfast)Hundredth and eighth
1946 Rev. Thomas Byers MA, DD (Ormond Quay & Scots, Dublin)Hundredth and seventh
1945 Rev. Prof. Robert Corkey PC, MA, PhD, DD (Assembly's College, Belfast)Hundredth and sixth
1944 Rev. Andrew Gibson MC, BA, DD (Trinity, Cork)Hundredth and fifth
1943 Rev. Phineas McKee BA, DD (Downshire Road, Newry)Hundredth and fourth
1942 Rev. Wilson Moreland Kennedy BA, DD (First Derry)Hundredth and third
1941 Rev. W. A. Watson MA, DD (Belfast)Hundredth and second
1940 Rev. James Barkley Woodburn MA, DD (Fitzroy)Hundredth and first

1939 Rev. Prof. James Haire MA, DD (Assembly's College, Belfast) Hundredth
1938 Rev. William John Currie BA, DD (First Bangor)Ninety-ninth
1937 Rev. John Waddell MA, DD (Fisherwick, Belfast)Ninety-eighth
1935 Rev. Andrew Frederick Moody MA, DD (Cliftonville, Belfast)Ninety-seventh
1936 Rev. F. W. S. O'Neill MA, DD (Belfast)Ninety-sixth
1934 Rev. Thomas McGimpsey Johnston BA, DD (Newington, Belfast)Ninety-fifth
1933 Rev. William Corkey MA, DD (Windsor, Belfast)Ninety-fourth
1932 Rev. James Jordan Macaulay BA, DD (Rathgar, Dublin)Ninety-third
1931 Rev. James Gilbert Paton MC, MA, DD (Malone, Belfast)Ninety-second
1930 Rev. Edward Clarke MA, DD (Strabane) Ninety-first

1929 Rev. John Love Morrow MA, DD (Clontarf, Dublin) Ninetieth
1928 Rev. Thomas Alexander Smyth MA, LLB, DD (Great Victoria Street, Belfast)Eighty-ninth
1927 Rev. James Thompson BA, DD (Great James Street, Londonderry)Eighty-eighth
1926 Rev. Robert Kennedy Hanna MA, DD (Adelaide Road, Dublin)Eighty-seventh
1925 Rev. Thomas Haslett MA, DD (First Ballymena)Eighty-sixth
1924 Rev. Robert Wilson Hamilton MA, DD (Railway Street, Lisburn)Eighty-fifth
1923 Rev. George Thompson DD (Cliftonville, Belfast)Eighty-fourth
1922 Rev. William Gordon Strahan DD (First Newry)Eighty-third
1921 Rev. William James Lowe MA, DD, LLD (Clerk of the General Assembly)Eighty-second
1920 Rev. Hugh Patterson Glenn BA, DD (Bray)Eighty-first

1919 Rev. Dr. J. M. Simms CB, CMG, DD, LLD, KHC (Newtownards)Eightieth
1918 Rev. James McGranahan BA, DD (First Derry)Seventy-ninth
1917 Rev. John Irwin MA, DD (Belfast)Seventy-eighth
1916 Rev. Thomas West BA, DD (First Antrim)Seventy-seventh
1915 Rev. Thomas Hamill MA, DD (Belfast)Seventy-sixth
1914 Rev. James Bingham MA, DD (Dundonald)Seventy-fifth
1913 Rev. William John Macauley BA, DD (First Portadown)Seventy-fourth
1912 Rev. Henry Montgomery MA, DD (Shankill Road Mission, Belfast)Seventy-third
1911 Rev. John Macmillan BA, DD (Cooke Centenary, Belfast)Seventy-second
1910 Rev. John Howard Murphy MA, DD (Trinity, Cork)Seventy-first

1909 Rev. John Courtenay Clarke BA, DD (Galway)Seventieth
1908 Rev. John McIlveen BA, DD (Crescent, Belfast)Sixty-ninth
1907 Rev. John Davidson MA, DD (Glennan) Sixty-eighth
1906 Rev. William McKean DD (First Ballymacarrett, Belfast)Sixty-seventh
1905 Rev. William McMordie MA, DD (Mourne, Kilkeel)Sixty-sixth
1904 Rev. Samuel Prenter MA, DD, LLD (Ormond Quay, Dublin)Sixty-fifth
1903 Rev. John MacDermott MA, DD (Belmont, Belfast)Sixty-fourth
1902 Rev. John Edgar Henry MA, DD (Strand, Londerderry)Sixty-third
1901 Rev. James Heron BA, DD (Belfast)Sixty-second
1900 Rev. John McC. Hamilton MA, DD (Donore, Dublin)Sixty-first

1899 Rev. David Alexander Taylor MA, DD (Second Comber)Sixtieth
1898 Rev. William Beatty MA, DD (Knock, Belfast)Fifty-ninth
1897 Rev. Matthew Leitch MA, DD, LLD (Assembly's College, Belfast)Fifty-eighth
1896 Rev. Henry McIlree Williamson DD (Fisherwick, Belfast)Fifty-seventh
1895 Rev. George Raphael Buick MA, LLD (Cuningham Memorial, Cullybackey)Fifty-sixth
1894 Rev. W. Todd Martin MA, DD, DLitt (Belfast)Fifty-fifth
1893 Rev. W. Todd Martin MA, DD, DLitt (Belfast)Fifty-fourth
1892 Rev. R. McCheyne Edgar MA, DD (Adelaide Road, Dublin)Fifty-third
1891 Rev. Nathaniel McAuley Brown DD, LLD (Drumachose, Limavady) Fifty-second
1890 Rev. William Park MA, DD, LLD (Rosemary Street, Belfast)Fifty-first

1889 Rev. William Clarke BA (Trinity, Bangor) Fiftieth
1888 Rev. Robert John Lynd BA, DD (May Street, Belfast)Forty-ninth
1887 Rev. John Henry Orr DD (High Street, Antrim)Forty-eighth
1886 Rev. Robert Ross DD (Carlisle Road, Londonderry)Forty-seventh
1885 Rev. James Weir Whigham DD (Ballinasloe)Forty-sixth
1884 Rev. James Maxwell Rogers MA, DD (Great James Street, Londonderry)Forty-fifth
1883 Rev. Hamilton Brown Wilson DD (First Cookstown)Forty-fourth
1882 Rev. Thomas Young Killen DD (Duncairn, Belfast)Forty-third
1881 Rev. William Fleming Stevenson DD (Rathgar, Dublin)Forty-second
1880 Rev. Jackson Smyth DD (First Armagh) Forty-first

1879 Rev. Robert Watts DD, LLD (Belfast)Fortieth
1878 Rev. Prof. Thomas Witherow DD (Magee College, Londonderry)Thirty-ninth
1877 Rev. George Bellis DD (Belfast)Thirty-eighth
1876 Rev. John Meneely DD (First Ballymacarrett, Belfast)Thirty-seventh
1875 Rev. Josias Leslie Porter DD, LLD (Belfast)Thirty-sixth
1874 Rev. William Magill DD (Cork)Thirty-fifth
1873 Rev. William Johnston DD (Townsend Street, Belfast)Thirty-fourth
1872 Rev. William Johnston DD (Townsend Street, Belfast)Thirty-third
1871 Rev. Lowry Edmonds Berkley (First Lurgan)Thirty-second
1870 Rev. Richard Smyth DD (First Derry)Thirty-first

1869 Rev. Richard Smyth DD (First Derry)Thirtieth
1868 Rev. Charles Lucas Morell DD (Dungannon)Twenty-ninth
1867 Rev. Robert Montgomery (India)Twenty-eighth
1866 Rev. David Wilson DD (Limerick)Twenty-seventh
1865 Rev. David Wilson DD (Limerick)Twenty-sixth
1864 Rev. John Rogers DD (Second Comber)Twenty-fifth
1863 Rev. John Rogers DD (Second Comber)Twenty-fourth
1862 Rev. Henry Cooke DD, LLD (May Street, Belfast)Twenty-third
1861 Rev. John Macnaughton MA (Rosemary Street, Belfast)Twenty-second
1860 Rev. Samuel Marcus Dill DD (First Ballymena)Twenty-first

1859 Rev. Prof. William Gibson DD (Assembly's College, Belfast)Twentieth
1858 Rev. John Johnston MA, DD (Tullylish)Nineteenth
1857 Rev. Alexander Porter Gowdy DD (Strabane)Eighteenth
1856 Rev. Prof. Robert Wilson DD (Assembly's College, Belfast)Seventeenth
1855 Rev. Robert Allen MA (Ballina)Sixteenth
1854 Rev. David Hamilton (Belfast)Fifteenth
1853 Rev. Henry William Molyneaux DD (First Larne)Fourteenth
1852 Rev. John Bleckley MA (First Monaghan) Thirteenth
1851 Rev. John Coulter DD (Gilnahirk) Twelfth
1850 Rev. William Bailey Kirkpatrick DD (Abbey, Dublin)Eleventh

1849 Rev. John Barnett DD (Moneymore)Tenth
1848 Rev. Henry Jackson Dobbin DD (First Ballymena)Ninth
1847 Rev. William McClure (Londonderry)Eight
1846 Rev. James Morgan (Fisherwick, Belfast)Seventh
1845 Rev. James Carlile DD (Dublin)Sixth
1844 Rev. John Brown DD (Aghadowey)Fifth
1843 Rev. Robert Stewart DD (First Broughshane)Fourth
1842 Rev. John Edgar DD, LLD (Fitzroy, Belfast)Third
1841 Rev. Henry Cooke DD, LLD (May Street, Belfast)Second
1840 Rev. Samuel Hanna DD (Rosemary Street, Belfast) First

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