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 SIR WALTER SCOTTS MONUMENT, 
 
 EDINBUH.OH.
 
 MONUMENTS 
 
 AND 
 
 MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS 
 
 IN 
 
 SCOTLAND. 
 
 REV. CHARLES ROGERS, LL.D., F.S.A. SCOT., 
 
 HISTORIOGRAPHER TO THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN. 
 
 VOL. I. 
 
 LONDON : 
 
 PUBLISHED FOR THE GRAMPIAN CLUB. 
 
 CHAELES GKIFFIN AND CO., 
 STATIONERS' HALL COURT. 
 
 1871.
 
 " Here will love its last attentions pay, 
 And place memorials on these beds of clay ; 
 Large level stones lie flat upon the grave, 
 And half a century's sun and tempest brave. 
 But many an honest tear and heartfelt sigh 
 Have followed those who now unnoticed lie ; 
 Of these what numbers rest on every side, 
 Without one token left by grief or pride ! 
 Their graves soon levelled to the earth, and then 
 Will other hillocks rise to other men. 
 Daily the dead on the decayed are thrust, 
 And generations follow dust to dust." 
 
 CRABBK. 
 
 u The long flat stones, 
 
 With nettles skirted and with moss o'ergrown, 
 That tell in homely phrase who lie below." 
 
 BLAIR'S "GRAVE."
 
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 v. / 
 
 THE GRAMPIAN CLUB. 
 
 HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES. 
 
 His GRACE THE DUKE OF ARGYLL, K.T., Pr evident. 
 
 ABERDEEN, UNIVERSITY OF. 
 
 ADAMSON, EDWARD, ESQ., M.TX 
 
 AITKEN, J., ESQ., M.D. 
 
 ALEXANDER, LIEUTENANT-COLONEL, W.R.E. 
 
 ALEXANDER, Louis CHARLES, ESQ., LL.D. 
 
 ANDERSON, JOHN, ESQ. 
 
 ANDERSON, GEORGE, ESQ. 
 
 ANDERSON, JAMES, ESQ., Q.C. 
 
 ARNAUD, JOHN MACAULAY, ESQ. 
 
 THE MOST HON. THE MARQUIS OF BUTE, Vice-President. 
 
 THE RIGHT HON. LORD BORTHWICK, F.S.A. SCOT., Fice- President. 
 
 BADENOCH, REV. G. R. 
 
 BAILLIE, JAMES WILLIAM, ESQ., of Culterallers. 
 
 BAIN, JOSEPH, ESQ. E.8.A. SCOT. 
 
 BATTEN, EDMUND CHISHOLM, ESQ., of Aigas, M.A., P.R.S.E. 
 
 BEATTIE, ALEXANDER, ESQ., J.P. 
 
 SEATTLE, JOSEPH, ESQ. 
 
 BENNET, RICHARD, ESQ. 
 
 BERRY, WALTER, ESQ., F.S.A. SCOT. 
 
 BISHOP, P., ESQ. 
 
 BOYD, MARK, ESQ., of Merton Hall. 
 
 L1BEAKI
 
 IV 
 
 BRAIKENRIDGE, REV. GEORGE WEARE, F.S.A. SCOT. 
 
 Hi; AMI, RICHARD ROLT, ESQ., M.R.I.A. 
 
 BROWNE, LIEUTENANT-GENERAL WALTER JOHN, C.B. 
 
 BDCHAN, PATRICK, ESQ., PH.D. 
 
 BLACKIE, JOHN, ESQ. 
 
 CAMPBELL, JAMES, ESQ. 
 
 CAMPBELL, DAVID, ESQ. 
 
 CAMPBELL, MAJOR PEMBERTON. 
 
 CABBELL, BENJAMIN BOND, ESQ., F.R.S., F.S.A., F.G.S. 
 
 CABBELL, BENJAMIN BOND, ESQ., JUN. 
 
 CHALMERS, J. A., ESQ., F.S.A. SCOT. 
 
 CHRISTIE, JONATHAN HENRY, ESQ. 
 
 CIBRARIO, COUNT, Honorary. 
 
 CLARK, GEORGE T., ESQ. 
 
 COULTHART, JOHN ROSS, ESQ., F.S.A. SCOT. 
 
 CRAIG, SKENE, ESQ. 
 
 CROLL, A. ANGUS, ESQ. 
 
 CKUIKSHANK, GEORGE, Honorary. 
 
 THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF DALHOUSIE, K.T., Vice-President. 
 
 DROUYN DE LHUYS, His EXCELLENCY EDOUARD, MEMBER OF THE IN- 
 STITUTE, AND PRESIDENT OF THE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF FRANCE, 
 Honorary. 
 
 DALLAS, A. G., ESQ., of Dunain. 
 
 DALZIEL, JOHN, ESQ. 
 
 DALTON, JAMES CARTER, ESQ. 
 
 DAVIDSON, DUNCAN, ESQ., of Tulloch. 
 
 DAVIDSON, JAMES W., ESQ. 
 
 DAVIDSON, J. E., ESQ. 
 
 DAVIDSON, JAMES, ESQ., of Ruchill. 
 
 DE CHAUMONT, F., ESQ., M.D. 
 
 DENNY, PETER, ESQ. 
 
 DOUGLAS, EDWARD OCTAVIUS, ESQ., of Killichassie. 
 
 DRUMMOND, GEORGE STIRLING HOME DRUMMOND, ESQ., of Blair Drum- 
 raond. 
 
 DRYSDALE, HECTOR, ESQ. 
 
 DUNCAN, ALEXANDER, ESQ.
 
 ELPHTNSTONE, THE RIGHT Hox. LORD. 
 
 EDGAR, ANDREW, Esq., LL.D. 
 
 EUING, WILLIAM, ESQ., F.R.S.E., F.S.A. SCOT. 
 
 FARQUHARSON, ROBEIIT 0., ESQ., of Haughton, F.S.A. SCOT. 
 
 FERGUSON, ROBERT, ESQ. 
 
 FINNIE, JOHN, ESQ. 
 
 FLEMING, J. W., ESQ., F.R.C.S. 
 
 FOWLER, JOHN, ESQ., of Braemore. 
 
 FRANCIS, EDWARD JAMES, ESQ. 
 
 FRASER, WILLIAM NATHANIEL, ESQ., of Tornaveen. 
 
 FRASER, FRANCIS GARDEN, ESQ., of Findrack. 
 
 THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF GLASGOW, Vice-President. 
 
 GARLAND, E. W., ESQ. 
 
 GIBBON, ALEXANDER, ESQ. 
 
 GLIDDON, ALFRED, ESQ., CITY BANK, 159, 160, TOTTENHAM COURT 
 
 ROAD, LONDON, Treasurer. 
 GOODEN, J. CHRISTOPHER, ESQ. 
 GORDON, SAMUEL, ESQ. 
 GORDON, ALEXANDER, ESQ. 
 GORDON, JOHN, ESQ. 
 GRAEME, CAPTAIN ALEXANDER, R.N. 
 GRAHAM, PETER, ESQ. 
 
 GRAY, JQHN EDWARD, ESQ., LL.D., F.R.S., F.L.S. 
 GREENSHIELDS, JOHN B., ESQ., F.S.A. SCOT , of Kerse. 
 GRIEVE, JOHN, ESQ. 
 GUTHRIE, JAMES, ESQ. 
 
 THE RIGHT HON. LORD HOUGHTON, F.S.A., Fice-f 'resident. 
 HOME, MAJOR JOHN FERGUSON, of Bassendean. 
 HEPBURN, WILLIAM CRICHTOK, ESQ. 
 HUNTER, DAVID, ESQ., of Blackness. 
 
 INNES, REV. J. BRODIE, of Milton Brodie,. 
 JESSETT, CLAUDE, ESQ.
 
 vi 
 KING, COLONEL W. Ross, of Tertowie, F.R.G.S., F.S.A. SCOT. 
 
 KINLOCH, GEORGE R., ESQ. 
 KEITH, REV. WILLIAM, M.A. 
 KIELL, GKORGE MIDDLETON, ESQ. 
 
 LAGOS, His EXCELLENCY BARON DE A., Honorary. 
 
 LAING, ALEXANDER, ESQ., F.S.A. SCOT. 
 
 LAMB, JAMES J., ESQ. 
 
 LARKING, J. W., ESQ. 
 
 LEGGE, REV. JAMES, D.D., LL.D. 
 
 THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF MAR, Vice-President. 
 
 MACUONALD, JOHN I)., ESQ., M.D., F.R.S. 
 
 MACFARLANE, REV. W. O., M.A. 
 
 MACFARLANE, W. H., ESQ. 
 
 MACGREGOR,"?. COMYN, ESQ., of Brediland. 
 
 MACINTOSH, ALEXANDER, ESQ. 
 
 MACINTOSH, CHARLES FRASER, ESQ., of Drummoiid, F.S.A. SCOT. 
 
 MACKAY, JOHN, ESQ. 
 
 MACKENZIE, JOHN WHITEFORD, ESQ., W.S., F.S.A. SCOT. 
 
 MACKENZIE, CAPTAIN ALEXANDER, of Springfield. 
 
 MACKENZIE, KEITH STEWART, ESQ., of Seaforth. 
 
 MACKENZIE, SIR KENNETH, BART. 
 
 MACKINNON, WILLIAM ALEXANDER, ESQ., C.B. 
 
 MACLEOD, R. B. E., ESQ., of Codboll. 
 
 MAC!NNES, DONALD, ESQ. 
 
 MARTIN, SIR J. RANALD, C.B. 
 
 MAXWELL, SIR WILLIAM, BART., of Monreith. 
 
 MCBURNEY, ISAAC, ESQ., LL.D., F.E.LS, F.S.A. SCOT. 
 
 MENELAUS, WILLIAM, ESQ. 
 
 McCosH, WILLIAM, ESQ. 
 
 MENZIES, SIR ROBERT, BART. 
 
 MONTGOMERY, HUGH EDMONDSTON, ESQ., F.S.A., F.A.S., F.R.C.S. 
 
 MOOKB, GEORGE, ESQ., M.D.
 
 Vll 
 
 MURCHISON, SIR RODERICK IMPEY, BART., K.C.B., F.R .8., F.R.S.E., 
 
 I) C.L., LL.l)., Member of the Institute of France, Fioe- President. 
 MURDOCH, PETER, ESQ. 
 MUSCHET, JOHN S., ESQ., M.D., of Birkhill. 
 
 ORDE, SIR JOHN POWLETT, BART., of Morpeth. 
 OLIPHANT, T. L. KINGTON, ESQ., of Gask. 
 OSCAR, H.E.H. PRINCE, Honorary. 
 
 THE EIGHT HON. THE EARL OF ROSSLYN, Fice- President. 
 
 RAMSAY, ROBERT HAMILTON, ESQ., M.D. 
 
 RAMSAY, ANDREW CROMBIE, ESQ., LL.D., F.R.S., V.P.G-.S. 
 
 RAE, JOHN, ESQ., LL.D., F.S.A. 
 
 REED, EDWARD J., ESQ., C.B. 
 
 RIDER, WILLIAM, ESQ. 
 
 HOUERS, REV. CHARLES, LL.D., F.S.A. SCOT., Snowdoun Villa, Lewisham, 
 
 S.E., Hon. Secretary. 
 Ross, GEORGE, W. H., ESQ., of Cromarty. 
 
 THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF STRATHMORE, Fice- President. 
 
 SAGASTA, His EXCELLENCY M. P., Honorary. 
 
 SCOTT, THOMAS D., 'EsQ. 
 
 SEMPLE, DAVID, ESQ., F.S.A. SCOT. 
 
 SHAIRP, PRINCIPAL JOHN C. 
 
 SIGN COLLEGE, LONDON. 
 
 SMITH, ALEXANDER, ESQ. 
 
 SHAW, CHARLES, ESQ. 
 
 STEWART, BALFOUR, ESQ., LL.D. 
 
 STEWART, CAPTAIN ROBERT WESTWOOD, F.G.S., F.R..A.S. 
 
 STEWART, CHARLES A., ESQ., of Achnacone. 
 
 STEWART, CHARLES, ESQ., R.A., F.S.A. SCOT. 
 
 STEWART, C. J., ESQ. 
 
 STRATTON, THOMAS, ESQ., M.D., R.N. 
 
 STUART, THE RIGHT HON. Sin JOHN, F.S.A. SCOT. 
 
 SWINTON, A. CAMPBELL, ESQ., of Kimmerghame, F.S.A. SCOT. 
 
 SWITHINBANK, GEORGE EDWIN, ESQ., LL.D., F.S.A. SCOT. 
 
 SYKES, COLONEL WILLIAM HENRY, F.R.S., F.G.S., F.R.A.S., M.P.
 
 Vlll 
 
 TBEVELYAN, SIR WALTER CALVERLEY, BART., F.S.A., F.G.S., F.S.A. 
 
 SCOT. 
 
 TAYLOR, W. J., Esq. 
 TENNANT, ROBERT, Esq. 
 TENNENT, GILBERT RAINEY, Esq. 
 TOD, ALEXANDER, Esq. 
 TURNER, THOMAS AUBREY, Esq. 
 WEIR, ARCHIBALD, Esq., M.D. 
 WILLIAMS, MAJOR W. E., F.S.A. SCOT. 
 WILSON, GEORGE FERGUSON, Esq., F.R.S. 
 WILSON, WILLIAM THORBURN, Esq., of Burnside, F.S.A. SCOT. 
 WIZSNIEWSKI, PRINCE ADAM, Honorary. 
 WRIGHT, REV. J. G., LL.D. 
 
 YULE, MAJOR-GENERAL P., F.S.A. SCOT.
 
 PKEFACE. 
 
 MONUMENTS are as milestones in the pathway of 
 civilization. In early times memorial stones were not 
 reared. When tribes became communities, unhewn stones 
 were set up to perpetuate their heroes. As nations arose, 
 cairns were heaped in celebration of national triumphs, 
 or to denote the graves of princes. When the Israelites 
 crossed Jordan, they placed twelve stones in memorial 
 of the event ; on their establishment as a nation they 
 erected tombs in honour of their prophets. Decorated 
 mummy tombs were common in ancient Egypt ; the 
 pyramids, which are clearly monumental, were built 
 about two thousand years before Christ. The Assyrians 
 constructed imposing edifices in celebration of their kings. 
 The Greeks adorned their tombs with elegant sculptures ; 
 these at length assumed magnificent proportions, such as 
 the celebrated Mausoleum at Halicarnassus. In Italy 
 the Romans substituted the adorned sepulchral
 
 1'HKFAUE. 
 
 chambers of Etruria by spacious structures, which while 
 honouring the dead suited the convenience of the living. 
 Alike among eastern and western nations the barrow, 
 or sepulchral mound, was superseded by the cromlech, 
 which in its turn was exchanged for the Kunic cross 
 and other sculptured forms. 
 
 The memorial stones which form the subject of this 
 work belong to a class usually termed modern. They 
 began to be reared in the thirteenth century, but were 
 then reserved for kings and warriors and churchmen. 
 At the Reformation churches and abbeys were found 
 studded with the cenotaphs of ecclesiastics ; these, with 
 the statues of saints and martyrs, were held as idolatrous, 
 and thrown down. For two centuries afterwards, 
 monumental tablets were disallowed in churches ; while 
 even in churchyards ornamental monuments were discom- 
 mended. In respect of such memorials a more cultivated 
 taste arose some sixty years ago. To encourage that 
 taste, and to aid in preserving existing monuments, 
 this work was originated. But the publication may be 
 found useful to some who take no concern in monumental 
 affairs ; to the student of Family History it will yield 
 convenient assistance while to those interested in the
 
 PREFACE. XI 
 
 memorials of National History it will convey information 
 otherwise inaccessible. 
 
 An absolutely complete work was scarcely to be at- 
 tained. For his performance the author claims only such 
 an approach to completeness as might be accomplished 
 by unwearied diligence. His inquiries were commenced 
 in 1861. In August of that year he addressed a 
 circular .letter, accompanied with a schedule, to the 
 whole of the parochial clergy. A schedule was after- 
 wards despatched to the parish schoolmasters. In the 
 principal Scottish journals information has been repeatedly 
 solicited. Locyl antiquaries have been addressed. A 
 tour was prosecuted throughout the principal counties, 
 including nearly every portion of the Lowlands. 
 
 If the author has had frequently to regret that 
 parochial functionaries have been unable to spare an hour 
 or two in procuring information for a national work, and 
 on a subject associated with the memory of their pre- 
 decessors, he has on the other hand had occasion to 
 rejoice in many intelligent and obliging coadjutors. For 
 materials used in the present volume he has been 
 under especial obligations to the Very Reverend Dean 
 Ramsay, David Laing. Esq., LL.D., and John
 
 Xll PREFACE. 
 
 Alexander Smith, Esq., M.D., Edinburgh ; William 
 Euing, Esq., Glasgow ; David Semple, Esq., Paisley ; 
 William McDowall, Esq., Dumfries ; A. Campbell S win- 
 ton, Esq., of Kimmerghame ; the Rev. John Struthers, 
 Prestonpans ; and Mr. Andrew Currie, sculptor, Darnick. 
 Every work bearing on the history of Scottish tomb- 
 stones, and the various local and provincial histories have 
 been examined; while the inscriptions and epitaphs 
 contained in the collections of Monteith and others have 
 been carefully utilized. Of modern publi cations none 
 has proved more useful than Dr. Hew Scott's " Fasti 
 Ecclesise Scoticanse," a work which in minute and 
 accurate details of ecclesiastical biography is altogether 
 unrivalled. For greater convenience of reference an 
 index is appended to each volume. 
 
 SNOWDOUN VILLA, 
 
 LEWISHAM, S.E., 
 
 September, 1871.
 
 CONTENTS. 
 
 EDINBURGHSHIKE 
 ST. GILES'S 
 GREYFRIARS 
 ST. CUTHBERT'S . 
 ST. JOHN'S 
 LADY TESTER'S . 
 LADY GLENORCHY'S 
 BUCCLEUCH 
 CANONGATE 
 OLD CALTON 
 NEW CALTON 
 HOLYROOD ABBEY 
 KESTALRIG 
 SOUTH LEITH 
 NORTH LEITH . 
 ROSEBANK 
 WARRISTON 
 DEAN 
 DALRY 
 GRANGE . 
 NEWINGTON 
 BORTHWICK 
 COLINTON . 
 CORSTORPHINE . 
 CRICHTON 
 DALKEITH 
 DUDDINGSTON . 
 GLENCROSS 
 INVERESK . 
 
 PAGE 
 
 
 PAGE 
 
 1 
 
 KIRKLISTON 
 
 . 168 
 
 15 
 
 KlRKNEWTON 
 
 . 169 
 
 19 
 
 LASSWADE 
 
 . 171 
 
 57 
 
 LlBERTON 
 
 . 175 
 
 72 
 
 NEWBATTLE 
 
 . 177 
 
 80 
 
 PENICUIK 
 
 . 177 
 
 81 
 
 
 
 81 
 
 LINLITHGOWSHIEE. 
 
 
 85 
 
 ABERCORN 
 
 . 179 
 
 91 
 
 BATHGATE 
 
 . 180 
 
 96 
 
 CARRIDEN 
 
 . 181 
 
 99 
 
 DALMENY . 
 
 . 181 
 
 116 
 
 ECCLESMACHAN . 
 
 . 182 
 
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 LlNLITHGOW 
 
 . 182 
 
 121 
 
 QUEENSFERRY . 
 
 . 183 
 
 124 
 
 TORPHICHEN 
 
 . 183 
 
 125 
 
 TJPHALL 
 
 . 184 
 
 130 
 
 
 
 144 
 
 HADDINGTONSHIRE. 
 
 
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 HADDINGTON 
 
 . 186 
 
 154 
 
 ABERLADY 
 
 . 199 
 
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 ATHELSTANEFORD 
 
 . 200 
 
 156 
 
 DUNBAR . 
 
 . 201 
 
 157 
 
 GLADSMUIR 
 
 . 206 
 
 159 
 
 NORTH BERWICK 
 
 . 207 
 
 159 
 
 ORMISTON 
 
 . 209 
 
 161 
 
 PRESTONKIRK . 
 
 . 211 
 
 163 
 
 PRESTONPANS . 
 
 . 212 
 
 165 
 
 SALTON 
 
 . 217
 
 XIV 
 
 CONTENTS. 
 
 SPOTT 
 TRANENT . 
 
 BERWICKSHIRE. 
 AYTON 
 BUNKLE . 
 CHIRNSIDE 
 COLDINGHAM 
 COLDSTREAM 
 
 DUNSE 
 
 EARLSTON . 
 ECCLES 
 EDROM 
 FOULDEN . 
 
 HUTTON 
 
 LAUDER . 
 
 IiONGFORMACUS . 
 
 MEKTON . 
 
 MORDINGTON 
 
 POLWARTH 
 
 SWINTON . 
 
 WESTRUTHER 
 WHITSOME 
 
 ROXBURGHSHIRE. 
 ANCRUM . 
 BOWDEN . 
 CASTLETON 
 CAVERS 
 ECKFORD . 
 EDNAM 
 HAWICK . 
 JEDBURGH 
 KELSO 
 LILLIESLEAP 
 
 LlNTON 
 
 MELROSE . 
 ROXBURGH 
 SMAILHOLMK 
 
 PAGE 
 
 
 218 
 
 ST. BOSWELL'S . 
 
 219 
 
 WILTON 
 
 
 PEEBLESSHIRE. 
 
 221 
 
 BROUGHTON 
 
 221 
 
 EDDLESTON 
 
 222 
 
 KIRKURD . 
 
 222 
 
 WEST LINTON . 
 
 223 
 
 LYNE 
 
 224 
 
 MANOR % 
 
 225 
 
 NEWLANUS 
 
 226 
 
 PEEBLES . 
 
 227 
 
 SKIRLING . 
 
 228 
 
 TRAQUAIR . 
 
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 TWEED SMUIR 
 
 229 
 
 
 
 SELKIRKSHIRE. 
 
 22Q 
 
 
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 2 SO 
 
 
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 YARROW . 
 
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 ETTRTCK . 
 
 235 
 
 
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 DUMFRIESSHIRE. 
 
 236 
 
 DUMFRIES 
 
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 ANNAN 
 
 
 CAERLAVEROCK . 
 
 
 CANONBIE . . 
 
 23& 
 
 CLOSEBURN 
 
 239 
 
 DORNOCK . 
 
 239 
 
 DRYFESDALE 
 
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 DUN SCORE 
 
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 DUEISDEEB 
 
 242 
 
 ESKDALEMUIR . 
 
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 GLENCAIRN 
 
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 GRETNA . 
 
 248 
 
 HODDAM . , 
 
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 HOLYWOOD 
 
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 JOHNSTONK . 
 
 250 
 
 KEIR 
 
 258 
 
 KlKKCONNKL 
 
 260 
 
 KlRKMAHOE 
 
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 261 
 
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 CONTENTS. 
 
 
 PAGE 
 
 
 PAGH 
 
 KlRKMICHAEL . 
 
 . 312 
 
 OLD LUCE 
 
 . 347 
 
 KIRKPATKICK-JUXTA . 
 
 . 313 
 
 PENNINGHAM 
 
 . 348 
 
 LANGHOLM 
 
 . 313 
 
 STRANRAER 
 
 . 348 
 
 LOCHMABEN 
 
 . 314 
 
 WHITHORN 
 
 . 348 
 
 MlDDLEBIE 
 
 . 314 
 
 WIGTON . 
 
 . 349 
 
 MOFFAT 
 
 . 315 
 
 AYRSHIRE. 
 
 
 PENPONT . 
 
 . 316 
 
 
 
 RUTHWELL 
 
 .316 
 
 AUCHINLECK 
 
 . 358 
 
 SANQUHAR 
 
 . 318 
 
 AYR .... 
 
 . 360 
 
 TlNWALD . 
 
 .319 
 
 BEITH 
 
 . 364 
 
 TORTHORWALD . 
 
 . 321 
 
 COLMONELL 
 
 . 365 
 
 TUNDERGARTH . 
 
 . 322 
 
 CUMNOCK . 
 
 . 365 
 
 TYNRON . . . 
 
 . 322 
 
 CRAIGIE . 
 
 . 366 
 
 WAMPHRAY 
 
 . 323 
 
 DAILLY 
 
 . 368 
 
 WESTERKIRK 
 
 . 324 
 
 DUNDONALD 
 
 . 368 
 
 
 
 DUNLOP . ; 
 
 . 370 
 
 KIRKCUDBRIGHTSHIRE. 
 
 
 FENWICK . 
 
 . 372 
 
 ANWORTH . 
 
 . 326 
 
 GALSTON . 
 
 . 375 
 
 BALMACLELLAN . 
 
 . 327 
 
 IRVINE 
 
 . 377 
 
 BALMAGHIE 
 
 . 328 
 
 KILBIRNIE 
 
 . 379 
 
 BORGUE 
 
 . 329 
 
 WEST KILBRIDE 
 
 . 382 
 
 CARSPHAIRN 
 
 . 329 
 
 KlLMARNOCK 
 
 . 384 
 
 CROSSMICHAEL . 
 
 . 330 
 
 KlLMAURS 
 
 . 388 
 
 DALRY 
 
 . 330 
 
 KlLWINNTNG 
 
 . 388 
 
 GlRTHON . 
 
 . 331 
 
 KlRKMICHAEL . 
 
 . 389 
 
 KELLS 
 
 . 332 
 
 LARGS 
 
 389 
 
 KELTON 
 
 . 335 
 
 LOUDOUN . 
 
 . 393 
 
 KIRKCUDBRIGHT 
 
 . 336 
 
 MAUCHLINE 
 
 . 396 
 
 KlRKMABRECK . 
 
 . 338 
 
 MAYBOLE . 
 
 . 396 
 
 KlRKPATRICK-lRONGRAY 
 
 . 339 
 
 MONKTON . 
 
 . 397 
 
 MlNNIGAFF 
 
 . 340 
 
 MUIRKIRK 
 
 . 398 
 
 NEW ABBEY 
 
 . 342 
 
 STEVEN STON 
 
 . 399 
 
 RERRICK . 
 
 . 343 
 
 STEWARTON 
 
 . 400 
 
 TERREGLES 
 
 . 344 
 
 STRAITON . 
 
 . 401 
 
 TON GLAND 
 
 . 345 
 
 TARBOLTON 
 
 . 401 
 
 URR. 
 
 . 345 
 
 
 
 
 
 RENFREWSHIRE. 
 
 
 WIGTONSIIIRE. 
 
 
 CATHCART 
 
 . 403 
 
 GLASSERTON 
 
 . 347 
 
 EAGLESHAM 
 
 . 405 
 
 LESWALT ... 
 
 . 347 
 
 EASTWOOD 
 
 . 407
 
 XVI 
 
 CONTENTS. 
 
 GREENOCK 
 HOUSTON . 
 INCHINNAN 
 INNERKIP . 
 
 KlLMALCOLM 
 
 LOCHWINNOCH 
 PAISLEY . 
 KEN FREW . 
 
 LANARKSHIRE. 
 
 AlRDRIE . 
 
 AVONDALE 
 
 BlGGAR 
 
 BLANTYRE . 
 BOTHWELL 
 CAMBUSNETHAN . 
 CARLUKE . 
 CARMICHAEL 
 CABNWATH 
 CRAWFORDJOHN . 
 DALSERF . 
 
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 PAGE 
 
 DALZIEL .... 446 
 DOUGLAS .... 447 
 GARTSTIERRIE . . . 450 
 GLASFORD .... 451 
 GLASGOW .... 452 
 THE CATHEDRAL . . 457 
 THE COLLEGE . . . 465 
 TRON CHURCH . . . 469 
 RAMSHORN . . . 469 
 THE NECROPOLIS . . 470 
 SOUTHERN NECROPOLIS . 491 
 SIGHTHILL CEMETERY . 494 
 JANEFIELD CEMETERY . 499 
 WOODSIDE CEMETERY, AN- 
 
 DERSTON . . . 501 
 GOVAN .... 501 
 HAMILTON . . .502 
 LANARK . . . .504 
 LESMAHAGOW . . . 505 
 WANDELL . . . .506 
 WALSTON . .506
 
 MONUMENTS 
 
 MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS IN SCOTLAND, 
 
 EDINBUEGHSHIEE. 
 
 EDINBURGH is a city of monuments. Sovereigns, statesmen, 
 warriors, poets, and philosophers are all commemorated with 
 befitting honours. The monuments are of every class, from the 
 lofty Gothic spire down to the simple tablet. 
 
 The monument to Sir Walter Scott, in Princes Street, claims 
 a first notice. It is the chef-d'oeuvre of Scottish memorial art ; in 
 elegance of construction it has never been excelled. Sir Walter 
 Scott died on the 21st September, 1832. On the 24th day of 
 the same month a circular letter was issued convening a meeting 
 at the rooms of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, to consider the 
 best means of suitably commemorating the illustrious departed. 
 At this meeting a committee was appointed to arrange a general 
 meeting of the citizens for more maturely considering the course 
 of action. This general meeting was held on the 5th October, 
 under the presidency of the Lord Provost, and a resolution in 
 favour of a national monument to Sir Walter was moved by the 
 Duke of Buccleuch, and seconded by the Earl of Eosebery. Sir 
 John Forbes, Bart., then announced that he was instructed by the 
 Bank of Scotland, and other banks in Edinburgh, creditors of the 
 deceased baronet, to subscribe 500 "in token of their appreciation 
 of the honourable feelings which induced him, after his embarrass- 
 
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 2 EDIXBUKGIISIIIRE. 
 
 ments in 1826, to dedicate his talents during the remainder of his 
 life in insuring the full payments of his debts." 
 
 Differences arose as to the character of the monument. An 
 auxiliary committee formed in London devoted their subscriptions 
 of 10,000 to liquidate the debt on the library and museum at 
 Abbotsford ; and committees formed at Glasgow, Selkirk, and Perth 
 resolved to appropriate their funds in rearing memorial statues of 
 Sir Walter in their several localities. 
 
 In November, 1833, the original Edinburgh committee had 
 collected 5,534, a sum sufficient to insure the construction of a 
 substantial monument. It was now resolved to deliberate about the 
 site. Among the sites suggested were the following : The space in 
 the Lawn Market, bounded on the east by St. Giles' Church ; the 
 west end of Princes Street, opposite to St. John's Church ; the foot 
 of St. David Street, near Queen Street Gardens ; the open space at 
 Picardy Place, head of Leith Walk ; the rocky angle at the north- 
 east corner of the Calton Hill ; Charlotte Square, at the west end 
 of George Street ; the centre of Moray Place ; and Eandolph 
 Crescent. 
 
 The committee, suspending their decision on the question of a 
 site, advertised in thirty-two newspapers, requesting that designs 
 might be sent to the secretary before the first day of September, 
 1836. Fifty-five designs were offered. For the best three the 
 committee adjudged prizes of fifty guineas. One of the prize 
 designs bore the signature " John Morvo," the name of a famous 
 master mason, commemorated by an inscription in Melrose Abbey. 
 It was assumed by George Meikle Kemp, author of the drawing, 
 then a working joiner. Kemp had studied the peculiarities of 
 Gothic architecture in different parts of the kingdom, and latterly 
 added to his scanty emoluments by making architectural drawings. 
 The committee, dissatisfied with all the designs received, including 
 those to which they had assigned prizes as the best, advertised a 
 second time. Among those who joined in the new competition 
 were Sir W T illiam Allan, David Roberts, E.A., and William H. 
 Playfair, the well-known architect. Kemp lodged an improved
 
 SIE WALTEK SCOTT S MONUMENT. 3 
 
 drawing of his original design. It represented an elaborately de- 
 corated Gothic tower, and was adopted by a majority of twenty-one 
 to ten at a meeting of the general committee, held at Edinburgh on 
 the 6th April, 1838. At the same time Mr. John Steell, the dis- 
 tinguished sculptor, was commissioned to prepare a marble statue 
 of Sir Walter Scott, to be placed under the lofty canopy of the 
 basement arch. The site was ultimately fixed in Princes Street, at 
 the foot of South St. David Street. The architect had designed 
 the monument to reach the height of 180 feet, but the funds at the 
 disposal of the committee did not justify their proceeding with it 
 on so large a scale. The reduction of the design was opposed, and 
 in May, 1840, an auxiliary committee undertook that the plan 
 should be fully carried out. 
 
 An Act of Parliament securing the site having been obtained, the 
 foundation stone of the monument was on the 15th August, 1840, 
 laid by the Eight Honourable Sir James Forrest, of Comiston, 
 Bart., Lord Provost of the city, and Grand Master Mason. A 
 metallic plate deposited in the foundation stone bore the following 
 inscription, composed by Lord Jeffrey : 
 
 " This graven plate, deposited in the base of a votive building on 
 the 15th day of August, 1840, and never likely to see the light 
 again till all the surrounding structures are crumbled to dust by 
 the decay of time, or by human or elemental violence, may then 
 testify to a distant posterity that his countrymen began on that 
 day to raise an effigy and architectural monument to the memory of 
 Sir Walter Scott, Bart., whose admirable writings were then allowed 
 to have given more delight, and suggested better feelings to a larger 
 class of readers in every rank of society than those of any other 
 author, with the exception of Shakspeare alone, and which were 
 therefore thought likely to be remembered long after this act of 
 gratitude on the part of the first generation of his admirers should 
 be forgotten. He was born at Edinburgh, 15th August, 1771, and 
 died at Abbotsford, 21st September, 1832." 
 
 The monument was, at the cost of upwards of 1,500, founded 
 on the solid rock, fifty-two feet below the level of Princes Street. 
 The structure, which presents the form of an open crucial Gothic 
 spire, may be thus described : From each corner of a raised
 
 4 EDINBURGHSH1RE. 
 
 platform of masonry rise elegantly clustered columns, from which 
 spring four grand Early English arches, that converge into a vaulted 
 roof, crossing each other by ribbed groinings with beautifully 
 carved bosses, and terminating in a richly ornamented pendant or 
 drop centre. The arches are successively supported by projecting 
 buttresses, also arched upon clustered columns, and which after 
 ascending to the first gallery spring into the open air to the height of 
 ninety-eight feet, and terminate in pinnacles beautifully carved with 
 crockets, and crowned with richly ornamented fiuials. The connect- 
 ing buttresses are decorated as they rise with large niches, adorned 
 with brackets and canopies ; and each of the abutment towers, at 
 the height of the first gallery, has two chaste and tastefully wrought 
 gargoyles in the form of grotesque griffins. The pilasters which 
 separate the different clustered pillars that support the vaulted 
 roof of the Gothic temple are crowned with finely ornamented 
 capitals, containing likenesses of sixteen Scottish poets. The 
 lateral towers are connected with the centre one by means of flying 
 buttresses, and with spandrils and crockets. The four principal 
 arches and buttresses sustain an open trellis, which extends 
 round the building in front of the first gallery; and level with this 
 gallery is an apartment used as a Waverley Museum. From the 
 gallery rises the principal tower. On each side is an arched 
 window. A flying staircase leads to the third gallery. Around 
 are towers, buttresses, pinnacles, arches, crockets, corbels, and 
 finials, in all the rich profusion of Gothic architecture. On reach- 
 ing the fourth gallery the view is grand in the extreme. At each 
 successive stage are elegantly sculptured niches, intended for 
 statues illustrative of the Poet's works. The height of the monu- 
 ment (increased beyond the original design) is 200 feet 6 inches 
 above the level of Princes Street ; it is ascended by 289 steps. 
 
 The monumental statue of Sir Walter represents him in a sitting 
 attitude, with the ample folds of a Scottish plaid hanging loosely 
 about him, and his favourite hound Maida at his feet. The artist 
 has seized the moment when the great novelist has just recorded 
 some of his imperishable thoughts in the volume which is in his
 
 SIR WALTER SCOTT's MONUMENT. 5 
 
 hand, and he has successfully communicated to the features a look 
 of complete abstraction ; while the dog, as if startled by the closing 
 of the book, is in the act of lifting up its head to catch the expres- 
 sion of its master's countenance. The statue was inaugurated in 
 1846. The block of white Carrara marble from which it was 
 chiselled contained 200 cubic feet, and weighed upwards of twenty- 
 five tons. The monument is constructed of sandstone from Binny 
 quarry. The funds raised by the original and auxiliary committees 
 amounted to 17,243 4s. The sum of 1,871 12s. 8d. was 
 expended in procuring subscriptions. For the statue Mr. Steell 
 received 2,000; eight small statues cost 179 5s. lOd. ; a sum of 
 460 3s. 5d. was lost by a contractor, and a railing was erected 
 at the expense of 147 13s. 6d. The balance, amounting to 
 12,584 8s. 6d., was expended in the monumental fabric.* 
 
 Notwithstanding the most persevering exertions, the auxiliary 
 committee were obliged to discontinue their labours without 
 obtaining sufficient funds to provide statues for all the niches. Of 
 these thirty are still unoccupied, but a vigorous effort is now being 
 made by Mr. James Ballantine, the ingenious poet, to complete the 
 work. The sum of 2,000, Mr. Ballantine conceives, will suffice 
 to provide the remaining statues. The museum-room is being 
 fitted up under the direction of Mr. Cousin, the city architect. 
 It is hoped that, in carrying out these improvements, some method 
 may be discovered to conceal the iron balustrade which, appearing 
 in the staircase above the arched windows, impairs the beauty of the 
 fabric as seen from St. David Street. 
 
 In point of magnitude, and the grandeur of its site, the Nelson 
 monument on the Calton Hill next claims attention. This 
 structure consists of a circular tower on an octagonal basement, 
 
 * In preparing an account of Sir "Walter Scott's monument I have been mainly 
 indebted to a MS. work entitled " History of the Subscriptions for Erecting the 
 Monument to the Memory of Sir Walter Scott at Edinburgh, compiled from the 
 Minute Books and Vouchers of the Original and Auxiliary Committees, by John 
 Castle, Secretary to the joint committees," 1852. 4to. This MS. volume waa 
 bequeathed by Mr. Castle to the Faculty of Advocates. Mr. Castle died a few years 
 ago, and his volume is preserved in the Advocates' Library.
 
 6 EDINBURGHSHIRE. 
 
 which together are upwards of one hundred feet in height. It was 
 erected in 1815 ; in front is the following inscription : 
 
 " To the memory of Vice-Admiral Horatio Lord Viscount 
 Nelson, and of the great victory of Trafalgar, too dearly pur- 
 chased with his blood, the grateful citizens of Edinburgh have 
 erected this monument, not to express their unavailing sorrow for 
 his death, nor yet to celebrate the matchless glories of his life ; 
 but by his noble example to teach their sons to emulate what 
 they admire, and like him, when duty requires, to die for their 
 country. MDCCCV." 
 
 On the flagstaff of the Nelson monument a huge ball is rigged, 
 which, moved by mechanism adjusted at the Observatory, drops 
 daily at one o'clock. 
 
 Twelve massive columns, with an entablature, situated on the 
 most elevated portion of the Calton Hill, originally intended as a 
 portico to a larger structure, constitute what is termed the 
 National Monument. The proposal to rear a great cenotaph in 
 commemoration of the heroes who fell in the land and sea battles 
 of Napoleon's reign was suggested in 1816, at a meeting of the 
 Highland Society. The Parthenon at Athens was adopted as a 
 model, and the erection was to consist of a great church with a 
 cemetery. The sum of 6,000 was subscribed at once, and in 1822 
 the subscribers were incorporated by Act of Parliament, and em- 
 powered to raise the sum of 50,000, in shares of 25 each. 
 When George IV. was at Holyrood Palace, in August, 1822, the 
 foundation stone was laid with splendid ceremonial by Eoyal 
 Commissioners, under the presidency of the Duke of Hamilton, 
 Grand Master Mason. But success did not attend the subsequent 
 efforts of the projectors. The sum of 13,500 was raised from 
 first to last, and the amount, deducting expenses, appropriated in 
 constructing the portico. 
 
 A proposal has been instituted to place on the Calton Hill a 
 monument to King Eobert the Bruce, from a spirited design, pre- 
 pared by Mr. George Cruikshank. A model of the proposed 
 monument was lately exhibited to the Queen at Windsor Castle. 
 It consists of a statue of the patriot king, to be cast in bronze,
 
 MONUMENTS ON THE CALTON HILL. 7 
 
 and resting on an upright block of unhewn granite. King Robert, 
 arrayed in the hauberk of the period, covered with the royal 
 surcoat, is in the act of sheathing his sword, and the expression of 
 his countenance, full of benignity, gives token that victory has 
 been achieved. The pedestal shares the simplicity of the figure 
 by which it is surmounted. On the reverse is a figure of 
 Britannia joining the two shields of Scotland and England. 
 Opposite are represented boughs of laurel and weeping willows 
 intertwined, and beneath are two hands, male and female, inter- 
 clasped, surrounded by a wreath of flowers. This elegantly devised 
 memorial will certainly be erected either at Edinburgh or at 
 Bannockburn. 
 
 A monument on the Calton Hill of elegant Greek architecture, 
 resembling " The Lantern of Demosthenes " at Athens, and exe- 
 cuted by W. H. Playfair, commemorates the celebrated Professor 
 Dugald Stewart. At the south-east corner of the hill a rectangular 
 monument celebrates the genius and worth of Professor John 
 Playfair, the eminent mathematician. 
 
 On the Calton Hill is an elegant monument to Robert Burns, 
 reared in 1830 at the cost of 3,000, after a design by Thomas 
 Hamilton. Of this elegant memorial, the cupola is a copy of 
 the monument of Lysistratus, at Athens. The interior is taste- 
 fully fitted up as a museum ; it contains, among other interesting 
 memorials, the Poet's bust, by Brodie, a sword-cane which he 
 carried as an officer of excise, the stool on which he sat while 
 correcting proofs in Creech's printing office ; a painting of " Tarn 
 o' Shanter," by James Drummond, R.S.A. ; and letters written by 
 the poet, his sons, the Colonels Burns, and his father and 
 paternal uncle, Robert Burns. 
 
 In front of the Register House stands a fine equestrian 
 statue of the Duke of "Wellington, on a pedestal of Peterhead 
 cyenite, thirteen feet in height. The duke's horse is in the act 
 of rearing, the forepart being elevated, with the head raised and 
 drawn back. The weight of horse and rider is thrown upon the 
 hind legs and flowing tail, which the position of the animal
 
 8 EDINBURGIISHIRE. 
 
 causes to touch the ground. The horse is a magnificent charger, 
 full of strength and action. The figure of the duke is excellent, 
 with an accurate likeness. Calm and self-possessed, he guides 
 his horse with his left hand, while with his right he points forward, 
 in the act of directing the field. From his shoulders a military . 
 cloak falls in graceful folds. The statue is of bronze. It was 
 modelled and cast by Mr. Steell at the cost of 10,000. It is 
 fourteen feet in height, and weighs twelve tons. The statue was 
 publicly unveiled on the 18th June, 1852. On the occasion a 
 masonic procession marched to the spot, headed by the Duke of 
 Athole, Grand Master Mason; an address was delivered by the 
 Duke of Buccleuch. 
 
 On the top of the Eoyal Institution, fronting Princes Street, 
 rests a colossal statue of her Majesty Queen Victoria. It was 
 reared in 1844, by public subscription. Her Majesty honoured 
 the sculptor, Mr. Steell, with several sittings ; she is represented 
 seated on her throne, with a diadem on her brow. In her right 
 hand she holds the sceptre, and her left hand leans on an orb, 
 emblematic of her extended sway. The statue is four times the 
 size of life. 
 
 Within Princes Street gardens, and on the right and left front 
 of the Royal Institution, are elegant monumental statues of Allan 
 Ramsay, author of " The Gentle Shepherd," and of Professor John 
 Wilson. The monument to Allan Ramsay was executed by Mr. 
 Steell, on the commission of the late Lord Murray. The statue, 
 cut in Carrara marble, is ten feet eight inches in height, and 
 in the sculptor's studio weighed eighteen tons. The poet, in the 
 quaint costume of his period, stands in an easy attitude, and is 
 in the act of composing. In his left hand he holds a book, the 
 back of which he presses to his breast The right arm is close 
 to his side, the fore-arm being slightly elevated; in his hand 
 is a pencil, held in readiness to inscribe the thought with which 
 he is busy. The right foot is advanced, and the body leans back 
 slightly on the left, imparting an air of ease and dignity. The 
 statue rests on a pedestal of Binny stone, decorated on the sides
 
 MONUMENTS IN PRINCES STREET GARDENS. 9 
 
 with medallion portraits of Lord Murray the founder, Mrs. Ramsay, 
 wife of the poet's son Allan, General Ramsay, a grandson of the 
 poet, and Lady Campbell and Mrs. Malcolm, the poet's grand- 
 daughters. The monument was erected in March, 1865. 
 
 Professor Wilson's monument occupies the corner of Princes 
 Street gardens, at the left front of the Royal Institution. The 
 statue, one of Mr. Steell's happiest impersonations, is eleven feet 
 eight inches in height. The careless ease of the professor's 
 ordinary dress is adopted, a plaid which he was in the habit of 
 wearing supplies the required drapery, and the trunk of a palm 
 tree gives a rest to the figure, while it symbolizes his principal 
 poem. The lion-like head and face thrown slightly upward 
 express impulsive genius evolving itself in fruitful thought, 
 the glow of fancy animating every feature. In his right hand 
 the professor grasps a pen, and clutches the plaid which hangs 
 across his breast. His left hand rests negligently in the leaves of 
 a half-open MS. The limbs loosely planted, yet firm and vigorous, 
 correspond with the grandly elevated expression of the countenance. 
 The pedestal is simple and appropriate. 
 
 In the centre of St. Andrew's Square a tall fluted column, in 
 the style of Trajan's pillar, commemorates Henry Dundas, first 
 Viscount Melville. It was reared in 1821 at the cost of 6,000, 
 chiefly defrayed by gentlemen connected with the navy. The 
 height is 136 feet, and the diameter at base 12 feet. A 
 circular pedestal on the top supports a statue of Lord Melville, 
 14 feet in height. 
 
 On the east side of St. Andrew's Square, in the recess in front 
 of the Royal Bank, a bronze statue, in Roman costume, leaning on 
 a charger, represents Lieutenant-General Sir John Hope, after- 
 wards fourth Earl of Hopetoun. This distinguished military 
 commander was born on the 17th August, 1766. He entered the 
 army in his sixteenth year, and in 1793 became Lieutenant- 
 Colonel in the 25th Foot. He was present at the battle of 
 Alexandria in 1801, and negotiated the convention for the sur- 
 render of Cairo in the same year. In the Peninsular War he
 
 10 EDINBURGHSIIIRE. 
 
 served with distinction. He commanded the left wing of the 
 British army at Corunna, and on the death of Sir John Moore 
 took the chief command. In 1813 he commanded the left wing 
 at the battle of Nivelle. He afterwards distinguished himself in 
 the campaign of the Pyrenees. Lord Hopetoun died at Paris on 
 the 27th August, 1823. This monument (one of four raised to his 
 memory) was erected in 1835, after a model by Campbell. 
 
 A colossal bronze statue of George IV., by Chantrey, at the 
 junction of George Street and Hanover Street, commemorates his 
 Majesty's royal visit to Scotland in 1822. It was erected in 1831. 
 
 A bronze statue of William Pitt, also by Chantrey, and which, 
 like the former, rests on a granite pedestal, stands at the crossing 
 of Frederick Street and George Street ; it was reared in 1803. 
 
 A monumental statue of Dr. Thomas Chalmers, now preparing 
 in the studio of Mr. Steell, will be placed at the crossing of 
 George and Castle Streets. The proposal to commemorate Dr. 
 Chalmers by a monument at Edinburgh was originated by Dean 
 Eamsay in 1847, and was revived at a meeting held in November, 
 1869, under the presidency of the Earl of Dalhousie. Upwards of 
 3,000 have been subscribed. 
 
 At Melville Crescent a monumental statue of Eobert, second 
 Viscount Melville, commemorates the regard and esteem in which 
 he was held by his friends and fellow-countrymen. The statue, 
 which was executed by Mr. Steell, is of bronze, and in height 
 measures nearly twelve feet. His lordship is represented leaning 
 with his right arm on a square truncated pillar, which being set 
 angularly admits of an easy and graceful pose. The right leg is 
 slightly advanced, and stands quite clear; and the left, which 
 sustains the greater part of the weight, is at the lower part also 
 clear of the cloak, which, falling loosely from the shoulders and 
 over the right arm, supplies the requisite drapery. The head is 
 bent forward with an expression of attention. Eobert Dundas, 
 second Viscount Melville, was born on the 14th March, 1771, and 
 studied at the High School of Edinburgh and in Emanuel College, 
 Cambridge. In 1802 he became M.P. for Mid-Lothian. In 1807 he
 
 MONUMENT TO MISS CATHERINE SINCLAIR. 11 
 
 was President of the Board of Control. On the death of his father, 
 the first Lord Melville, in 1811, he obtained a place in the House 
 of Peers, and was appointed Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland. 
 In 1812 he became First Lord of the Admiralty, and in 1814 was 
 elected Chancellor of St. Andrews University. He was a member 
 of several administrations, and held office in two royal commis- 
 sions for visiting the universities of Scotland. Lord Melville died 
 at Melville Castle, Mid-Lothian, on the 10th June, 1851, in his 
 eightieth year. 
 
 At the junction of St. Colme Street with North Charlotte Street 
 has (in questionable taste) been placed the richly carved Eleanor 
 cross, reared by grateful citizens to commemorate the philanthropy 
 and Christian work of the late Miss Catherine Sinclair. This 
 admirable gentlewoman was sixth daughter of the celebrated Sir 
 John Sinclair, Bart., of Ulbster, and was born on the 17th April; 
 1800. She was for many years resident in Edinburgh, where she 
 took an active part in promoting the interests of the industrial 
 classes, and in every charitable undertaking. In the literary world 
 she is known as the author of many interesting works. She died 
 at Edinburgh on the 6th August, 1864. Her monument was de- 
 signed by Mr. David Bryce, E.S.A. On a broad platform of stone 
 two and a half feet in height rests the base proper of the cross, 
 consisting of three massive steps, each two feet in height. The 
 monument is hexagonal, with buttresses at the angles, and the 
 total height is sixty feet. Above the base the structure is divided 
 into three stages, in the two lower of which the sides are finished 
 with arched recesses surmounted by pediments, and otherwise 
 ornamented. The upper stage consists of a crocketed pyramidal 
 spire. 
 
 Two monuments adorn the esplanade of the castle. That situated 
 nearer the castle is a bronze statue by Campbell of Frederick, Duke 
 of York and Albany, K.G., second son of George III., and com- 
 mander-in-chief ; it was reared in 1839. The other presents the 
 form of a Eunic cross, and is thus inscribed : 
 
 " Sacred to the memory of the officers, non-commissioned officers,
 
 12 EDINBURGHSHIRE. 
 
 and private soldiers of the 78th Highland Eegiraent, who fell in 
 the suppression of the mutiny of the native army of India in the 
 years 1857 and 1858. This memorial is erected as a tribute of 
 respect by their surviving brother officers and comrades, and by 
 many officers who formerly belonged to the regiment, A.D. 1861." 
 
 In Parliament Close, occupying the narrow space between St. 
 Giles' Church and the Parliament House, stands the equestrian 
 statue of Charles II. During the rejoicings which in the city 
 attended the event of the Eestoration, the Corporation resolved to 
 rear a statue in honour of the restored king, and an artist at 
 Eotterdam was commissioned to execute the work The statue 
 was reared in 1685, when the artist was recompensed with a 
 payment of 2,580 Scots, or 215 sterling.* The site selected is 
 not very creditable to the taste of Edinburgh citizens, for while the 
 statue is dwarfed by the high buildings which surround it, it 
 occupies the spot where were entombed the remains of John 
 Knox, the illustrious reformer.-f- After the conflagration of 1700, 
 which destroyed the range of buildings in Parliament Close, the 
 statue was temporarily deposited in the Calton jail ; it was after- 
 wards placed on a new and handsome pedestal, in which were 
 inserted two marble tablets. These tablets present the following 
 inscription : 
 
 " Augustisimo magnificentissimo 
 
 CAROLO SECUNDO, 
 
 Britanniarum Galliarum & Hibernie 
 
 Monarchae 
 
 Invictissimo 
 
 Cujus Natalitijs providentia arrisit Divina Asterisca Meridiano 
 eodem momenti conspicua qui postquam adolesceutiam in acie sub 
 patre, exegisset illo deruum, obtruncato, jus finim, per biennium 
 strenue quidem sed improspere vendicavit Rebellion! namq ; saepius 
 
 * Maitland's "History of Edinburgh," Edinb., 1753, foL p. 105. 
 
 t A square stone inscribed with the initials " J. K., 1572," a few feet to the west 
 of the statue, denotes the spot where it is supposed the reformer was buried, but Dr. 
 Daniel "Wilson is inclined to believe that the monument stands directly over the 
 Reformer's grave. The locality formerly constituted a portion of the churchyard of 
 St Giles. See Dr. Daniel Wilson's " Memorials of Edinburgh," voL i., p. 84.
 
 'MONUMENT TO CHARLES II. 13 
 
 victrici irapar, solum prope per decennium vertere coactiis ess iii 
 exteris autem Regionibus divinis excubijs. 
 
 Pactis dolis minis armis Incubatoris non obstantibus 
 Munitus, & custoditus, instar solis tandem, clarioris e nubibus, 
 in regna sua sine csede expostliminio reversus Ecclesiam politiam 
 Civilem pacem Commercium erexit, auxit, firmavit et stabilivit. 
 Bello dein Batanico insignis, stative devenit inter bellantes vicinos 
 belli pacisque Arbiter Rebellione denique pristina nuper repullu- 
 lante Palladis non Martis ministerio Basiliscum in ipso ovo com- 
 pressit contudit et conculcavit huic ergo miraculorum principi 
 sunima in pace et gloria." 
 
 Of this inscription the following translation is presented in the 
 Appendix of "The Life, Prophecies, and Times of Alexander Peden" 
 (Edinburgh, 1849) : 
 
 " To the Most August, Most Magnificent, and Most Unconquered 
 Charles II., Monarch of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, at the 
 moment of whose birth Divine Providence smiled auspiciously, by 
 causing a bright star to shine forth at noonday ; who, after having 
 spent his youth in arms under his father (and the latter being 
 beheaded), strenuously, but without success, contended for nearly 
 two years for his rights. But, unequal to cope with rebellion, too 
 often victorious, he was compelled for about ten years to retire 
 into foreign countries. Yet, guarded and defended by divine 
 protection, in spite of the proffered guiles, threats, and arms of the 
 usurper, at length, after the Eestoration, he arose brighter, just as 
 the sun when he emerges from the obscuring clouds, and returned, 
 without bloodshed, to his kingdom and to his rights. He erected, 
 augmented, remodelled, and strengthened the Church, the civil 
 polity, the peace, and the commerce of his kingdoms. After this 
 he shone forth illustriously in the Dutch war, waged between 
 neighbouring belligerents, and became the arbiter both of peace 
 and war. Finally, when the old rebellion sprung up anew, he 
 struck it down trampled it in the dust, more by the assistance of 
 Pallas, the goddess of wisdom, than by Mars, the god of war ; and 
 thus crushed the basilisk (or cockatrice) in its eggs. To this prince 
 of miracles, therefore, be the highest glory now that he is in the 
 enjoyment of peace ! " 
 
 Within the Parliament House are marble statues of several 
 distinguished lawyers. Duncan Forbes of Culloden, Lord President 
 of the Court of Session, who died in 1747, is commemorated by 
 the French sculptor, Roubiliac. The statue of Lord President Blair,
 
 14 EDINBURGHSHIRE. 
 
 (son of the author of "The Grave,") who died in 1811, was executed 
 by Chantrey. Robert Dundas of Arniston, Lord Chief Baron of 
 Exchequer, who died in 1819, is represented in marble at the cost 
 of the county of Edinburgh. There is a colossal statue of Henry, 
 first Viscount Melville, by Chantrey ; a statue of Lord Cockburn 
 by Brodie ; and admirable representations of Lord Jeffrey and Lord 
 President Boyle, both from the chisel of Mr. SteelL A statue of 
 Sir Walter Scott in freestone is preserved in the Advocates' Library. 
 Among the mural monuments in the vestibule of St. Giles' 
 Church, several possess special interest. Dr. Carson, Rector of the 
 High School of Edinburgh, is on a handsome tablet thus com- 
 memorated : 
 
 Memorise Sacrum 
 Aglionbii Ross Carson, A.M, LLJX, S.R.E.S., 
 
 Scholse Regise Edinensis 
 Per Vigiiiti Quinque Annos 
 
 Rectoris 
 
 Multo ingenii acumine praeditus, Linguarum tarn Recentium 
 quam veterum Literarumque Humaniorum scientia pree ceteris 
 spectabilis, Quadraginta fere annos juventuti hujus urbis formandse 
 operam dedit ; His et artibus clarum sibi nomen conquisivit. 
 
 Pius, plurimis ornatus virtutibus, Honesta decora, laudanda 
 fideliter excolendo, civium suorum gratiam conciliavit. 
 
 Benevolus, pacificus, verecundus, simplex, vixit amicis carus; 
 Discipulis, familiaribus, Liberis, sunimum sui desiderium sublatus 
 reliquit. 
 
 Natus A.D. Obiit A.D. 
 
 MDCCLXXIX. MDCCCL. 
 
 A handsome cenotaph commemorates Major-General Sir Robert 
 Henry Dick, K.C.B. K.C.H., of Tullymet, who was killed at 
 Sobraon on the banks of the Sutlej on the 16th February, 1846, 
 while gallantly leading his division within the enemy's trenches. 
 Sir Robert was Lieutenant- Colonel of the 42nd Regiment, and this 
 handsome tribute to his valour was reared by his brother officers. 
 
 Marble tablets erected by their brother officers celebrate the 
 heroism of Captain James Ranald Burt, of the 6th Bengal Light 
 Cavalry, who died at Ferozepore on the 8th May, 1846, aged 
 thirty-five ; of Lieutenant George Hill Sprott, of the 2nd Bengal
 
 MONUMENTS IN ST. GILES' CHURCH. 15 
 
 European Eegiment, who fell at the battle of Goojerat on the 
 21st February, 1849 ; and of John Marriott Aytoun, of the 94th 
 Eegiment, who was killed in action in the Punjaub on the 4th 
 May, 1860. 
 
 There are elegant marble cenotaphs in honour of the officers, 
 non-commissioned officers, and privates of the 72nd and 93rd 
 Regiments, who fell in action or died from wounds and disease 
 during the suppression of the mutiny in India in 1857-8. 
 
 A tablet supported by a massive bracket celebrates the philan- 
 thropy and Christian devotedness of George Lorimer, Dean of 
 Guild, who lost his life while seeking to save the lives of 
 others during the destruction by fire of the Theatre Eoyal, 13th 
 January, 1865. A marble tablet, reared at the expense of friends 
 "in token of their esteem and affection," commemorates Patrick 
 Eobertson, one of the Senators of the College of Justice. This 
 learned judge and most agreeable companion was son of James 
 Eobertson, Writer to the Signet, and was born at Edinburgh on the 
 17th February, 1794. He passed advocate in 1815, and speedily 
 attained high reputation as a pleader. His strength lay chiefly 
 in his sarcastic humour, which has rarely been equalled. In 1842 
 he was elected Dean of Faculty, and in the year following was 
 promoted to the Bench. In 1848 the students of Marischal College, 
 Aberdeen, elected him as Lord Eector of that university. He 
 died suddenly from a stroke of apoplexy on the 10th January, 
 1855. Lord Eobertson published several volumes of poems, but 
 his poetical merits were not equal to his forensic and conversa- 
 tional talents. His bon-mots and brilliant sallies of wit are 
 pleasantly remembered by the citizens of Edinburgh, among whom 
 his name is " familiar as a household word." 
 
 In the interior of St. Giles' Church is the recently restored 
 monument of the Eegent Murray.* The remains of Lord James 
 Stewart, Earl of Murray, were interred in the south aisle of 
 
 * This monument is situated partly below the west end of the present ceatre lohby 
 of the Old Church, and partly below the west side of the pulpit leading from the outer 
 lohby to the body of the church, when entering from Parliament Square.
 
 16 EDINBURGHSHIRE. 
 
 this church on Sunday, the 14th February, 1569-70, after a sermon 
 preached on the occasion by Knox. Above the vault in which 
 the body was entombed an altar-tomb was constructed, to which 
 was attached a brass plate, inscribed with a Latin inscrip- 
 tion, composed by Buchanan. The south aisle of the church 
 remained an open thoroughfare for nearly two centuries ; and when 
 it was converted during the last century into a parish church the 
 Eegent's monument was defaced, and the brass plate torn off. 
 Chiefly through the exertions of Mr. David Laing, with the 
 co-operation of the Scottish Society of Antiquaries, the late John, 
 twelfth Earl of Moray, was in 1865 induced to restore the monu- 
 ment of his progenitor. The restoration was effected under the 
 superintendence of Mr. David Cousin, city architect, who has 
 succeeded in reproducing the original aspects. The brass plate 
 which had been secured by the family on the dilapidation of the 
 fabric is re-attached, and two inscriptions added, with the dates of 
 the erection and the repair. In the " Proceedings of the Society of 
 Antiquaries of Scotland " Mr. Laing has presented an interesting 
 narrative of the negotiations attendant on the restoration of this 
 national memorial, with " The Compte " of the original cost found 
 in the family archives. He has enhanced the interest of his 
 narrative by engravings of the monument in its restored form, and 
 of the plate containing the inscription.* 
 
 In the quadrangle of the College opposite the entrance arch- 
 way, is a marble statue by Brodie, of Sir David Brewster, who 
 at the time of his decease held the offices of Principal and Vice- 
 Chancellor of the university. Immediately in front of the School 
 of Arts in Adam Square, James Watt is commemorated in a statue 
 by Slater. The great inventor is seated, and in the act of applying 
 a pair of compasses to a drawing which rests upon his knee. This 
 monumental statue was erected in 1853. 
 
 In October, 1869, Mr. William Chambers, of Glenormiston, 
 then Lord Provost of Edinburgh, made the judicious proposal 
 
 " Proceedings of the Socitty of Antiquaries of Scotland," vol. i., pp. 181 196 ; 
 and \ol. vi., pp. 49 55.
 
 PROPOSED COMMEMORATIVE INSCRIPTIONS. 17 
 
 that buildings and localities in the city associated with 
 historical personages or interesting events should be denoted by 
 suitable inscriptions. We subjoin a list of some of the localities 
 which Mr. Chambers suggested ^as entitled to commemoration, 
 and the inscriptions proposed. 
 
 On the tenement at the north-west corner of Drummond Street, 
 opposite the College, at present containing Drummond Street Hall, 
 Mr. Chambers purposed to inscribe-r-" On this spot, at Kirk of 
 Field, stood the house in which Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, was 
 blown up byglmpowder, in the morning of February 10, 1567." 
 
 On the tenement at the corner of High Street, and entrance to 
 Hunter Square, the lower part of which comprehends a draper's 
 shop " Here stood the old building known as the ' Black 
 Turnpike,' occupied by Sir Simon Preston, Lord Provost of 
 Edinburgh, and in which Mary Queen of Scots was lodged on her 
 surrender at Carbery Hill, loth June, 1567." 
 
 On the tenement in Kiddie's Court, Lawn Market, over the door- 
 way of the stair in which is the warehouse of Mr. Glass " The 
 house of Bailie Macmoran, in which took place two memorable 
 banquets given by the city of Edinburgh to King James VI., with 
 his Queen, Anne of Denmark, and her brother, the Duke of 
 Holstein, 24th April and 2nd May, 1578." 
 
 On the front of the Merchants' Hall, Hunter Square " George 
 Buchanan, the eminent Scottish historian and reformer, closed his 
 mortal career in a house in Kennedy's Close, near this spot, 28th 
 September, 1582." 
 
 On the old timber-fronted tenement, High Street, opposite 
 Niddry Street " Here Allan Eamsay, the eminent Scottish poet, 
 carried on business as author and bookseller at the sign of the 
 ' Mercury,' 1721 ; and here were first published his ' Gentle Shep- 
 herd ' and other works." 
 
 On the front of the building, head of St. John Street, Canongate, 
 first floor, entering on west of arch " Here resided Tobias Smollett 
 on his visit to Edinburgh, 1766 the visit which occasioned his 
 ' Humphrey Clinker.' " 
 
 c
 
 18 F.liINT.niCIISHIUE. 
 
 On the building to be erected near the head of College "VVynd, on 
 the spot (now a wood yard) "Near this spot stood the house in 
 which Sir Walter Scott was born, August 15, 1771." 
 
 On the tenement erected in St. Mary Street, at corner of 
 Boyd's Entry, belonging to the Catholic Institute " This edifice 
 occupies the site of Boyd's Inn, at which Dr. Samuel Johnson 
 alighted on his celebrated tour to the Hebrides, August 17, 1773." 
 
 Shortly after the lamented death of H.RH. the Prince Consort 
 it was resolved by the citizens of Edinburgh to commemorate 
 his virtues by a monument. After various competitions a 
 design by Mr. John Steell was adopted, and he was authorized to 
 proceed with its execution. The selected design may be thus 
 described : A great pedestal of Peterhead granite, enriched with 
 bas-reliefs and subsidiary groups of statuary, supports an equestrian 
 statue of the Prince. The structure, oblong in ground-plan, is 
 formed in three stages. The first, which presents faces of plain 
 masonry about four feet in height, has at each angle a square 
 projection supporting a group of figures. Over this rises the 
 second stage, which has its sides covered with quotations from 
 Prince Albert's published speeches. The third stage, or pedestal 
 proper, is richly moulded, and exhibits on each side a bas-relief in 
 bronze illustrative of the Prince's tastes, or of leading events in his 
 life. One represents the auspicious marriage by which his Eoyal 
 Highness became connected with the British Crown. In another 
 he appears in the act of opening the International Exhibition of 
 1851. These occupy the two sides of the oblong, while at the ends 
 there are representations, of the Prince in the act of distributing 
 rewards of merit, and a subject showing his Eoyal Highness in 
 his domestic relations. Under the centre of each bas-relief a group 
 of emblematic objects, suggestive of the Prince's honours and 
 pursuits, rests on the ledge formed by the projection of the second 
 stage beyond the base of the third. The groups of statuary on the 
 first stage represent people of all classes in the act of approaching 
 the Prince with gestures of affectionate reverence. The site of the 
 monument has not been definitely fixed, but a majority of the
 
 GREYFEIARS CHURCHYARD. 19 
 
 subscribers have indicated a preference for the centre of the east 
 side of Charlotte Square Gardens. On that site, unquestionably 
 the first in the city, it is hoped the monument will be reared. 
 
 After the Reformation, vigorous efforts were made by the Town 
 Council of the city, and also by the General Assembly, for the 
 discontinuance of interments in the Collegiate Church of St. Giles 
 and its adjacent churchyard. In answer to a memorial of the 
 Town Council, Queen Mary, on the 17th August, 1562, granted the 
 " zaird," or grounds of the Greyfriars Monastery, as a burial-place 
 to the citizens. It is sufficiently interesting to remark that the 
 last notable person interred in St. Giles' Churchyard was John 
 Knox, in November, 1572, while his great contemporary, George 
 Buchanan, is the first noted individual known to have been buried 
 in the grounds of the Greyfriars.* Buchanan died on Friday, the 
 28th September, 1582, and his funeral took place on the following 
 day. Neither he nor Knox has been honoured with a memorial 
 stone. The dust of Kuox is surmounted by the effigy of a profli- 
 gate king. A flat or through-stone which covered the grave of 
 Buchanan has long since disappeared ; it had sunken in 1701, 
 when the City Chamberlain was instructed to have it raised, and 
 the inscription cleared a work which he did not perform. Latterly 
 the stone was discovered and placed on the grave of a sexton. 
 Some years ago a humble blacksmith erected at Buchanan's 
 grave a small memorial stone, to compensate for the neglect of 
 an ungrateful country. Buchanan's skull, torn from his grave, 
 got into the hands of Mr. John Adamson, who in 1623 became 
 Principal of Edinburgh University. It is now preserved in the 
 College Library ; it is thin and transparent. 
 
 One of the earliest monuments in Greyfriars Churchyard is that of 
 George Heriot, father of the celebrated founder of the hospital.f Built 
 
 * Introduction, by Mr. David Laing, to " Epitaphs and Monumental Inscriptions 
 in Greyfriars Churchyard," Edinburgh, 1867. 12mo. 
 
 t The magistrates and council, on the 30th November, 1610, empowered George 
 Heriot, the "founder of the hospital," and David Heriot, sons of the deceased 
 George Heriot, elder, goldsmith, to erect a tomb to the said deceased George Heriot 
 in the Greyfriars Kirkyard. Town Council Records.
 
 20 F.niNBunoiisiiiRE. 
 
 in the east wall of the church, it bears the following inscription : 
 
 " Viator, qui sapis, uncle sis, quid sis, quidque 
 
 futurus sis, hinc nosce. 
 Vita mine mortis, Mors vitce janua facta est ; 
 Solaque mors mortis vivere posse dedit. 
 Ergo quisquis adhuc mortali vesceris aura, 
 Dum licet, ut possis vivere, disce mori. 
 G. H., 1610." 
 
 By Mr. Robert Monteith, author of " The Theater of Mortality," is 
 presented the following metrical translation : 
 
 " Passenger, who art wise, hence know whence you are, what you 
 are, and what you are to be, 
 
 Life, gate of death ; Death, gate of life to me, 
 Sole death of death gives life eternallie. 
 Therefore, whoever breath draws from the air, 
 While live thou may'st, thyself for death prepare." 
 
 A small stone marked " J. E. M." denotes the burial-place of James 
 Douglas, fourth Earl of Morton, Regent of Scotland. He was second 
 son of John George Douglas of Pittendriech, younger brother of the 
 sixth Earl of Angus. By his marriage with Lady Elizabeth 
 Douglas, only child of James, third Earl of Morton, he obtained 
 on her father's death his title and estates. In 1563 he became 
 Lord High Chancellor. Having joined Darnley in effecting the 
 death of Rizzio he was obliged, with his accomplices, to escape to 
 England. He subscribed the bond to protect Bothwell against the 
 charge of being concerned in the murder of Darnley. At the battle 
 of Langside he was one of the principal commanders, and continued 
 warmly to support the Protestant side against the adherents of the 
 Queen. He was appointed Regent on the death of the Earl of 
 Mar in 1572, but his avariciousness rendered him unpopular. 
 In September, 1577, he resigned office and retired to Lochleven. 
 Subsequently gaining possession of Stirling Castle and the King's 
 person, he proceeded to wreak vengeance on his adversaries. 
 These combined for his destruction, and accusing him of being 
 accessory to the murder of Darnley, subjected him to trial for the 
 offence. By the court he was declared " art and part " guilty, and
 
 GREYFRIARS CHURCHYARD. 21 
 
 was condemned. On the day following his sentence, being the 
 2nd of June, 1581, he was beheaded at Edinburgh. The instrument 
 used in his decapitation was called ilie Maiden : he had himself 
 brought it into Scotland from Halifax, in Yorkshire. His head 
 was placed on the tolbooth, and his body, wrapped in a coarse cloth, 
 was consigned to the burial-place of criminals. By the authority 
 of James VI. his head was taken down from the tolbooth on the 
 9th December, 1582, and buried at this spot. Whatever were his 
 offences as Eegent, Morton was innocent of participation in the 
 crime for which he suffered. The instrument of his death is pre- 
 served in the Antiquarian Museum. 
 
 John Nasmyth, chief physician to James VI., is commemorated 
 thus : 
 
 Hie situs est Joannes Nasmithius, e Posso familio non obscura in 
 Twedia, civis Edinburgensis, Serenissimse Begise Majestatis, et 
 Galliarum Eegis prsetorise e Scotia cohortis, protochirurgus ; 
 omnibus pise vitas officiis egregie functus ; qui Londini, dum 
 apud regem munia sua obit utriusque gentis luctu, fatis concedens, 
 corporis exuvias hue translatas (qui ejus in patriam fuit animus) 
 co3initerio hoc condi voluit : regi, patrise et amicis, quse habuit et 
 debuit, ad extremum usque persolvens. Obiit setatis suse anno 57, 
 ad 16 cal. Octobris, ciciccxiii., Eeverti, unde veneris, quid grave est ? 
 
 Ars mihi, vim contra Fortunes ; Tartara contra, 
 Est data, divino munere, firma fides. 
 Grata fuit resji cceloruin hsec, ilia Monarchae 
 
 . 
 
 Supremo, in terris ; plura ego nee volui. 
 
 Here lyes a flow'r that, with the too much haste 
 
 Of fates cut down, did in her blossom waste ; 
 
 In whose untimely fall fond man may see 
 
 Youth, vigour, strength, what mortal things they be. 
 
 What graver eye, contemplating thy dust, 
 
 happy Nasmyth, after thee will trust 
 
 The smiles of nature ? or presume to say 
 
 This well-set morn foresigns a hopeful day ? 
 
 O may thy grave, untainted like thy years, 
 
 Grow, ever green, bedewed with sister-tears ; 
 
 Who envies not thy good, but grieves to be, 
 
 By ling'ring life, so long disjoyn'd from thee. 
 
 " death, where is thy sting ? grave, where is thy victory?" 
 
 John Nasmyth died at London on the 16th September, 1613, at 
 the age of fifty-seven.
 
 22 EDINBURGHSHIRE. 
 
 A handsome monument with the following Latin inscription 
 celebrates John Layng, Keeper of the Signet, who died in 10 14: 
 
 " Quam natura dedit mortali corpore clauso, 
 
 Dum spes exilii sustinet una moras, 
 Vita fuit ; nee vita fuit : mors, nescia mortis, 
 Posse dedit vita jam meliore frui." 
 
 Monteith thus translates : 
 
 " The life me nature gave, while pent in clay, 
 Hopes of escape supporting the delay, 
 It was not life : death, ignorant of death, 
 To me a life far better did bequeath." 
 
 A plain monument indicates the family burial-place of Sir 
 Thomas Hope, the celebrated lawyer, and founder of the noble 
 House of Hopetoun. Son of an eminent merchant, he distinguished 
 himself at the trial of the six ministers who, in 1606, were 
 arraigned at Linlithgow on a charge of high treason, because 
 they had, in ecclesiastical matters, resisted regal authority. In 
 1626 he was appointed Lord Advocate to Charles I.; he was 
 created a baronet in 1628. In 1638 he took part in framing the 
 National Covenant; he supported the legality of the famous 
 General Assembly of that year. By Charles I. he was appointed 
 Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of 1643. He 
 died in 1646 ; he saw two of his sons appointed Judges of the 
 Supreme Court. Sir Thomas Hope's family monument is thus 
 inscribed : 
 
 Sir Thomas Hope of Craighall, Bart., 1628. 
 " At spes non fracta." 
 
 The family burying-ground in which are interred several of the 
 descendants of Sir Thomas Hope, Bart., of Craighall, advocate to 
 King Charles I. Also, Dame Elizabeth McDowall, the wife of Sir 
 Archibald Hope, Bart., of Craighall, and daughter of William 
 McDowall, Esq., of Castle-Semple, born April, 1742, died October, 
 1778. Here lies the body of Isabella Hope, relict of Colonel 
 William Cullen of Parkhead, and eldest daughter of Sir Archibald 
 Hope, Bart., and the above Dame Elizabeth McDowall, born 
 26th April, 1760, died 23rd May, 1842. Of Christian humility and 
 fortitude, she was one of the few who survived the eventful ship-
 
 GREYFRIARS CHURCHYARD. 23 
 
 wreck of the Winterton, East Indiaman, off Madagascar, in 
 August, 1792. 
 
 ' Blessed are the pure in heart.' Matt. v. 8. 
 
 " In memory of William Cullen, M.D., physician in Edinburgh, 
 second son of Colonel Cullen, born 27th April, 1798, died 28th 
 May, 1828 ; and Archibald Hope Cullen, eldest son of Colonel 
 Cullen, born llth March, 1792, died 14th May, 1850." 
 
 On the handsome mausoleum of Thomas Bannatyne are these 
 inscriptions : 
 
 Hodie mihi ; eras tibi. 
 
 Vita quid est hominis ? flos, umbra et fumus, arista, 
 
 Ilia malis longa est ; ilia bonis brevis est. 
 
 " If thou list, that passest by, 
 Know who in this tombe doth ly ; 
 Thomas Bannatyn, abroad 
 And at home who served God. 
 Though no children he possest, 
 Yet the Lord with meanes him blist. 
 He of them did well dispose, 
 Long ere death his eyes did close. 
 For the poore his helping hand, 
 And his friends his kyndness land ; 
 And on his deare bed-fellow, 
 Jennet Macmath, he did bestow, 
 Out of his lovelie affection, 
 A fit and goodlie portion. 
 Thankful! she herself to prove, 
 For a sign of mutuall love, 
 Did nor paines nor charges spair 
 To sit up this fabrick fair ; 
 As Artemise, that noble frame, 
 To her deare Mausolus' name. 
 
 He died 16th July, 1635, of his age 65. 
 
 /Know the multitude of those that 
 are to be damned ; the paucity of 
 those that are to be saved ; and the 
 vanity of transitory things. 
 
 were wise to\ Understand evil committed, good 
 things omitted, and the loss of time. 
 
 Foresee the danger of death, the 
 ^last judgment, and eternal punishment.
 
 24 KDIXBURGHSHIRE. 
 
 Sir Tliomas Henryson of Chester is on his monument comme- 
 morated thus : 
 
 " Sanctse et individual Trinitati solas, honor et gloria in seternum. 
 Amen. 
 
 " D. Thomas Henryson a Chesters eques. 
 
 "Mors unius vita omnium. Beati qui moriuntur in domino. 
 Christus in vita et morte lucmm. 
 
 " Jugum jugo valide excussum. 
 
 " Felicissimse memorite clarissimorum virorum, ingenuorum 
 adolescentium, innoxiorum, infantium, lectissimanim, fcemmarum 
 sanctissimarum matronarum, hie sparsim recubantium, gloriosum 
 servatoris Domini nostri Jesu Christi adventum expectantium, 
 et generalem universse carnis restirrectionem in Domino opperien- 
 tium, Dominus Thomas Henrysonus, Eques, senator, vi. Calend 
 Octobres posuit mcestissimus : anno Christi ciciccxxxvi." 
 
 On the same monument are commemorated by Latin inscriptions 
 Dr. Edward Henryson, Doctor of the Civil and Canon Law, and 
 Alexander Henryson, Judge of the Consistory Court at Edinburgh, 
 together with several other members of the Henryson family. 
 
 The celebrated Alexander Henderson is commemorated by a 
 monumental obelisk erected by his nephew. There are the follow- 
 ing inscriptions : 
 
 " Memorise Sacrum D. Alexandri Hendersonii, regi a sacris, 
 Edinburgensis ecclesiae pastoris, ibidem academic rectoris, academiae 
 Andreanae alumni, amplificatoris, patroni; qui, contra grassantes 
 per fraudem et tyrannidem prselatos, libertatis et discipline eccle- 
 siasticse propugnator fuit acerrimus ; superstitionis, juxta et succre- 
 scentium sectarum, malleus ; religionis cultusque divini purioris 
 vindex et assertor constantissimus : in quse cum omni cura et 
 cogitatione incumbens, assiduos, cum in patria, turn in vicino Anglise 
 regno, labores ecclesiae utiles, sibi gloriosos exantlavit, extremum 
 spiritum erfudit, die 19 Augusti, 1646, setatis 63. 
 
 " Eeader, bedew thine eyes, 
 Not for the dust here lyes ; 
 It quicken shall again, 
 And ay in joy remain ; 
 But for thyself, the Church and States, 
 Whose woes this dust prognosticates.
 
 GREYFRIARS CHURCHYARD. 25 
 
 " Hanc quisquis urnam transiens spectaveris, 
 
 Ne negligenter aspice, 
 Hie busta magni cernis Henderson!, 
 Pietatis hie bustum vides. 
 
 " No negligent spectator may 
 Look on this tomb at all ; 
 This tomb of greatest Henderson, 
 And duty we may call. 
 
 " Vir fuit divinus, ac plane eximius, et omni virtutis genere, 
 turn pietate imprimis, eruditione, prudentia, illustris; regi sere- 
 nissimo, et utriusque regni ordinibus, juxta charus ; cui hoc monu- 
 mentum, pietatis ergo, erigendum curavit Georgius Hendersonus 
 ex fratro nepos ; ipse sibi eternum, in animis bonorum reliquit." 
 
 Alexander Henderson was born in 1583, and studied at the 
 University of St. Andrews. He was, hrough the influence of 
 Archbishop Gladstanes, presented to the church living of Leuchars, 
 Fifeshire, and was in 1615 inducted forcibly into the charge. He 
 was then a supporter of episcopacy ; he subsequently changed his 
 views and became a zealous upholder of Presbyterianism. He 
 opposed the adoption of the five Articles of Perth in 1618, and 
 resisted the use of the Service Book in 1637. He preached in 
 the Greyfriars church on the 28th February, 1638, when the 
 National Covenant was renewed, and presided as Moderator of the 
 memorable General Assembly held at Glasgow in the following 
 November. On two subsequent occasions he was chosen Moderator 
 of Assembly. He was Rector of Edinburgh University, and 
 instituted a Professorship of Oriental Languages in that seat of 
 learning. With a view to conciliate the Presbyterians, Charles I. 
 appointed him his chaplain on his visit to Scotland in 1641. 
 Henderson was entrusted with various important missions ; he was 
 one of the commissioners who represented the Scottish Church at 
 the Assembly of Divines at Westminster, and he was honoured 
 with several interviews by Charles I., when he endeavoured, though 
 unsuccessfully, to bring the king over to Presbyterianism. He 
 died in 1646. At the Restoration the inscriptions on his tomb- 
 stone were obliterated ; they were restored at the Revolution.
 
 26 EDINBURGHSHIRE. 
 
 James Murray of Deuchar, who died ou the 30th April, 1649, is 
 thus celebrated : 
 
 S.D., J.M., L.H.G. 
 " Monumentum Jacobi Moravii, de Deuchar, 1649. 
 
 " Jacobus Moravius, ex antiqua Morav. a Philiphaugh familia 
 ortus, civitate Edinburgena, donatus, in ea mercaturam feliciter 
 exercuit, et magistratus honorem ssepius meruit ; Gulielmi Mauli, 
 civis praeclari, filiam Bethiam uxorem duxit, ex qua plures liberos 
 suscepit, et ex ijs tres filios superstites reliquit, cum filia una. 
 Jacobo Eliseo civi honorifico, nupta. Opum, non tarn custos, 
 quam oeconomus honestissimus ; in literates, munificus ; in egenos, 
 insigni charitate beneh'cus. Sic piani vitam placida secuta est 
 mors, prid. Kal. Maij. anno serse Christianas MDCXLIX. aetatis suae, 
 quarto sexti, supra decimum, lustri. Optimo Charissimoque patri 
 plorantes filij, Jacobus Eques, Rob. et. Pat. Moravii Parentarunt." 
 
 The inscription is thus rendered by Monteith : 
 
 " Stay, passenger, and shed a tear, 
 For good James Murray lyeth here ; 
 He was of Philiphaugh descended, 
 And for his merchandise commended. 
 He was a man of a good life, 
 Marry'd Bethia Maul to 's wife ; 
 He may thank God that e'er he gat her 
 She bare him three sons and one daughter. 
 The first he was a man of might, 
 For which the king made him a knight ; 
 The second was both wise and wyllie, 
 For which the town made him a baillie ; 
 The third a factor of renown, 
 Both in Camphier and in this town 
 His daughter was both grave and wise, 
 And she was married to James Elies." 
 
 Archibald Tod, who was Provost of the city from 1651 to 1654, 
 is commemorated thus : 
 
 D. 0. M. 
 
 "Quod caducum habuit, hie deponi jussit, Archibaldus Tod, 
 urbis Edinburgenae a mortalibus civis ; vir procul omni fuco, & sine 
 fastu probus ; quater matrimonia junctus ; at, ex prima tantum 
 conjuge Helena ; filia Joannis Jackson, civis praeclari, unicam 
 natam superstitem reliquit Katharinam, uxorem Davidis "Wilkie, 
 civis honorifici, & hoc anno 1656, aedilis. Ipse vero, seu pace
 
 GREYFRIARS CHURCHYARD. 27 
 
 juvante, seu bello adversante, pro patria & urbe semper, idem 
 magistrates honorem seque meruit, ter prsetor, bis Eedilis, septies 
 urbis prsefectus, & per sex lustra /SeXeurjje- Obiit multum de- 
 sideratus 5to Idus Februarii, anno 1656, setatis LXXI. 
 
 " Here worthy Provost Tod doth ly, 
 Who dy'd and yet who did not die. 
 His golden name in fame's fair roll, 
 Claims the liferent tack of a soul. 
 Edinburgh, in this man alone, 
 Lost both a father and a son ; 
 For twice three lusters that he sat 
 In council, for her publique state ; 
 For two years care of late, which more 
 Avail'd than fifty twice before ; 
 For the great pains he then did take, 
 T' avert the cry, Kill, burn, and sack ; 
 Sure he deserves a tomb of jeat, 
 Or one of purest porphyrite. 
 And ev'ry house should bring a stone, 
 To build him a mausoleon. 
 But outward pomp he still did flye, 
 And thus, iu singale dust would lye." 
 
 John Milne, Master Mason to the King, and member of Par- 
 liament for the city of Edinburgh, is commemorated by a handsome 
 monument. The inscriptions run thus : 
 
 "Bina quater ac trina post repetita lustra peracta, vitae hujus 
 lubricse, hie dormienti molliter, Joanni Milne, Eegio de Milneorum 
 stirpe sexto protofabro Murario, artis architectonicse, eximie 
 perito, artificum Edinorum saepius Archidecano, Publicis in Eegni 
 comitiis metropolis non semel delegate, considerate, fido ; viro 
 animi dotibus supra sortem excurto, corporis forma spectabili, 
 probo, cordato, pio, omnibus colendo ; monumentum hoc quale- 
 cunque Eobertus, ex fratro ISTepos, Patruo virtutum et officii 
 semulus successor, gratitudinis ergo posuit. Obiit 24 Decembris 
 anno 1667, setatis suae 56. 
 
 " Great artisan, grave senator, John Milne ! 
 Eenowned for learning, prudence, parts, and skill, 
 Who in his life Vitruvius' art had shown, 
 Adorning others' monuments ; his own 
 Can have no other beauty than his name, 
 His memory and everlasting fame.
 
 28 EDINBURCHSIIIKE. 
 
 Rare man he was, who could unite in one 
 
 Highest and lowest occupation ; 
 
 To sit with statesmen, councillor to kings, 
 
 To work with tradesmen, in mechaniek things; 
 
 Majestick man, for person, witt, and grace, 
 
 This generation cannot fill his place." 
 
 His descendant, namesake, and successor is thus celebrated : 
 
 " Reader, John Milne, who maketh the fourth John, 
 And, by descent, from father unto son, 
 Sixth master mason to a royal race 
 Of seven successive kings, sleeps in this place." 
 
 These epitaphs celebrate Alexander Bethune of Longhirdmon- 
 ston, Writer to the Signet : 
 
 " Hie jacent exuviae Alexandri Betlmne de Longhirdmonston, 
 Signeto Eegio Scribte ; ex prisca & pneclara familia de Balfour 
 ortum habentis. Vir erat prudentia, pietate, & industria, haud 
 leviter iinbutus. Ex uxore sua Marjorana Kennedie, cum qua 
 triginta annos conjunctissime vixit, numerosam sobolem suscepit : 
 ex quibus, septem mares, cum una filia, & dobus nepotibus, hie 
 una tumulantur. Obiit 9 Novembris 1672, setatis SUSP 57. 
 
 
 
 " Amidst two nephews and sev'n sones heir lyes 
 One of good birth, was prudent in his wayes ; 
 And tho' God blist him in his law profession, 
 To conquest riches, and a large possession, 
 Himselfe he never valu'd by these things, 
 But by the grace that Christ's salvation brings. 
 So he, by Christian prudence, did acquire 
 More than the world's gaine or the heart's desire : 
 Of godly, sober, just, the blessed name, 
 , And left unto posteritie his fame. 
 
 Just doing, speaking, writing, was his glorie, 
 Above all elogies of worldlie storie." 
 
 A massive tomb commemorates Sir George Mackenzie of 
 Rosehaugh, the celebrated lawyer. This distinguished individual 
 was nephew of the Earl of Seaforth. He was admitted advocate 
 in 1659, and soon earned a high reputation as a pleader. In 
 1661 he was one of the council at the trial of the Marquis of 
 Argyle for high treason. After the Restoration he was appointed 
 a judge in the criminal court, and was soon afterwards knighted.
 
 GREYFRIARS CHURCHYARD. 29 
 
 In 1669 he -became parliamentary representative of the county 
 of Eoss. He was appointed King's Advocate in 1677, and 
 thereafter became a keen adversary of the Presbyterians. The 
 State prosecutions which he conducted against the adherents 
 of the Covenant brought him the designation of "the bloody 
 Mackenzie." When in 1686 James VII. abrogated the penal 
 laws against the Papists, he retired from his office as King's 
 Advocate, but it was afterwards restored to him. In 1689 he 
 founded the Advocates Library, and in the following year retired 
 to Oxford to dedicate his remaining years to classical studies. He 
 died at London on the 8th May, 1691. Sir George Mackenzie 
 published works on law, history, and antiquities, which in 1722 
 were collected by Euddiman and printed in two folio volumes. 
 Long after his death the humbler citizens of Edinburgh regarded 
 his monument with aversion.* It formerly bore the following 
 inscription: 
 
 " Eeliquise sacrse D. Georgii Mackenzie a valle Eosarum, equitis 
 aurati, Simonis filii, Coleni comit. de Seafort nepot. Natus serse 
 Christ! anno 1636. Per annos XXXI. foro in Supremo causarum 
 patronus. Ab anno 1677, regius advocatus ; regibus Carolo II. et 
 Jacobo VII. a secretioribus conciliis. Patrise decus, religionis 
 vindex, justitise propagator, juris regii assertor strenuus et inde- 
 fessus; collegii juridici, sive prudentiam suinmam sive eloquentiam 
 eximiam, sive instruenda jurisconsultorum bibliotheca curam, et 
 locupletanda munificentiam spectes, ornamentum imprimis illustre ; 
 comitatis exemplar ; eruditorum Maecenas eruditissimus ; omnibus 
 carus si perduellium colluviem excipias. A quorum violentia, 
 patriam, patriseque patrem, cum ore, cum calamo, accerrime 
 vindicavit; virulentiam jure et justitia temperavit; ferociam 
 rationis viribus repulit, ac tantum non domuit. Monarchies genius 
 tutillaris, fama, eloquio, morum integritate, factis et scrip tis clarus 
 vixit, Ecclesise, reipublicte, liberis et aniicis. Maii die octavo anno 
 1691, in Domino obiit desideratissimus." 
 
 Within Sir George Mackenzie's tomb were interred the remains 
 of Sir George Lockhart, Lord President of the Court of Session, who 
 was murdered by John Chiesley of Dairy in returning from church 
 
 * Children were wont to call in at the keyhole, 
 
 " Bluidy Mackinyie, come oot if ye daur, 
 Lift the sneck and drfuv the bar ! "
 
 30 EDINBURGHSIIIRE. 
 
 on the 31st of March, 1689. Sir George was second son of Sir 
 James Lockhart of Lee, a judge in the Court of Session. He endured 
 some persecution under the government of Charles II. In 1685 
 he was returned to the Scottish Parliament for the county of 
 Lanark, and was about the same time appointed Lord President. 
 John Chiesley, to whose violence he fell a victim, was father of the 
 noted Lady Grange; he sought to avenge himself for a decision 
 of the President compelling him to maintain his wife and children. 
 According to Monteith the following lines were formerly inscribed 
 on the President's tomb : 
 
 " So falls our glory with one fatal blow, 
 Gone is that head which did us justice show ; 
 That tongue from which such well-tuned words did come, 
 And charmed us all, is now tor ever dumb, 
 Which with such evenness justice did dispense, 
 As universal judge of wit and sense. 
 His pointed wit did in us hope create 
 To see our Church healed, and our tott'ring State. 
 This stroke doth make them vanish into air, 
 Leaves us behind to languish in despair. 
 So when a boist'rous wave doth overwhelm 
 The skilful pilot that should guide the helm, 
 And yet the enraged ocean still doth roar, 
 The passengers must doubt to reach the shore. 
 O heavens ! by such a horrid murder must 
 So brave a man's be mixed with common dust ? 
 Monster, what tiger would thy length have gone ? 
 Eavilac, Clement, Gerard, are outdone ; 
 Fatal it seems in pleading to excel, 
 Just so Home's pride and glory, Tully fell." 
 
 Lord Eoystoun, Lord of Session, cousin and son-in-law of Sir 
 
 George Mackenzie, who died in 1744,is also interred within his tomb. 
 
 The Martyrs' Monument J was reared in 1706 by James Currie, 
 
 Within the southern compartment of the churchyard, which is still enclosed with 
 the original iron gute, were placed upwards of 400 prisoners captured at the battle of 
 Both well Bridge, in 1679. They were treated with great cruelty, being allowed only 
 four ounces of bread daily as food, and during five months of winter were compelled 
 to sleep in the open air, almost without covering. Many died from exposure, and 
 the remainder, consisting of 257 persons, were thrust on board ship at Leith with the 
 view of being transported to Barbadoes ; but the vessel being wrecked, only forty of 
 the number were saved.
 
 OREYFKIARS CHURCHYARD. 31 
 
 merchant, Pentland, and others; it was renewed in 1771. The 
 inscriptions follow : 
 
 " Halt, passenger, take heed what you do see 
 This tomb doth shew for what some men did die : 
 Here lies interr'd the dust of those who stood 
 'Gainst perjury, resisting unto blood ; 
 Adhering to the covenants and laws ; 
 Establishing the same : which was the cause 
 Their lives were sacrific'd unto the lust 
 Of prelatists abjur'd : though here their dust 
 Lies mixt with murderers and other crew, 
 Whom justice justly did to death pursue. 
 But as for them, no cause was to be found 
 Worthy of death ; but only they were found 
 Constant and stedfast, zealous, witnessing 
 For the prerogatives of Christ their King ; 
 Which truths were seal'd by famous Guthrie's head, 
 And all along to Mr. Renwick's blood ; 
 They did endure the wrath of enemies, 
 Reproaches, torments, deaths, and injuries. 
 But yet they're those who from such troubles came, 
 And now triumph in glory with the Lamb. 
 
 "From May 27, 1661, that the most noble Marquis of Argyle 
 was beheaded, to the 17th February, 1688, that Mr. James 
 Renwick suffered, were one way or other murdered and destroyed 
 for the same cause about eighteen thousand, of whom were 
 executed at Edinburgh about an hundred of noblemen, gentlemen, 
 ministers, and others, noble martyrs for Jesus Christ. The most 
 of them lie here. 
 
 "Eev. vi. 9. And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw 
 under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word, 
 of God, and for the testimony which they held : 
 
 " 10. And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, 
 Lord, holy and true, dost Thou not judge and avenge our blood 
 on them that dwell on the earth ? 
 
 " 11. And white robes were given to every one of them ; and 
 it was said unto them that they should rest yet for a little season, 
 until their fellow-servants also and their brethren, that should 
 be killed as they were, should be fulfilled. 
 
 " Chap. vii. 14. These are they which have come out of great 
 tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in 
 the blood of the Lamb.
 
 32 EDINBURGHSHIRE. 
 
 " Chap. ii. 10. Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give 
 thee a crown of life." 
 
 The following inscriptions have been added at a later date : 
 
 " Yes, though the sceptic's tongue deride 
 Those martyrs whb for conscience died 
 Though modern history blight their fame, 
 And sneering courtiers hoot the name 
 Of men who dared above be free, 
 Amidst a nation's slavery ; 
 Yet long for them the poet's lyre 
 Shall wake its notes of heavenly fire ; 
 Their names shall nerve the patriot's hand 
 Upraised to save a sinking land ; 
 And piety shall learn to burn 
 With holier transports o'er their urn." * 
 
 (JAMES GRAHAME.) 
 
 " Peace to their mem'ry ! let no impious breath 
 Sell their fair fame, or triumph o'er their death. 
 Let Scotia's grateful sons their teardrops shed, 
 Where low they lie in honour's gory bed ; 
 Eich with the spoil their glorious deeds had won, 
 And purchas'd freedom to a land undone 
 A land which owes its glory and its worth 
 To those whom tyrants banished from the earth." 
 
 " For the accomplishment of this revolution, the three kingdoms 
 lie under no small debt of gratitude to the Covenanters. They 
 suffered and bled both in fields and on scaffolds for the cause 
 of civil and religious liberty ; and shall we reap the fruit of their 
 sufferings, their prayers, and their blood, and yet treat their 
 memory either with indifference or scorn ? No ; whatever minor 
 faults may be laid to their charge, whatever trivial accusations 
 may be brought against them, it cannot but be acknowledged that 
 they were the men who, ' singly and alone,' stood forward in 
 defence of Scotland's dearest rights, and to whom we at the 
 present day owe everything that is valuable to us as men or 
 as Christians."^ 
 
 Marjorie Brodie, spouse to James Brown, feltmaker, is thus 
 commemorated : 
 
 * "History of the Covenanters," vol. i., p. 349. t Ibid , vol. ii., p. 364.
 
 GREYFRIARS CHURCHYARD. 33 
 
 "Here lyes inter'd her corps in hopes to rise, 
 Whose soul's above, with Christ, in Paradise ; 
 When both unite, a matron grave and just, 
 Faithful and careful in her husband's trust ; 
 Not gaudie kept her shop, went not abroad, 
 Virt'ous and charitable, serving God ; 
 Prudent, obliging, in her ways discreet, 
 At home, abroad, did for her husband's credit; 
 He, mindful of her worth, moved this intent 
 For badge of love t'erect this monument." 
 
 In the burial vault of Trotter of Morton Hall, John Trotter, who 
 died in 1641, is celebrated in a Latin epitaph : 
 
 " Mors patet, hora latet, anno 1641. 
 John Trotter and Janet Macmath. 
 
 Octoginta ultra Trotterus vixerat annos ; 
 
 Progenie felix, ambitione carens. 
 Publica privatus curavit ; semper egenis 
 
 Aut opere, aut opibus, contulit almus opem." 
 
 Monteith supplies the following metrical translation : 
 
 " Death is most sure ; 
 
 Unseen its hour ; 1641. 
 'Bove eighty years John Trotter liv'd, 
 
 And saw his issue fair ; 
 He from ambition all was free, 
 
 A property most rare. 
 Tho privat, publick was his mind ; 
 
 He guardian to the poor ; 
 Whom to assist, by pow'r or wealth 
 
 He labour'd ev'ry hour." 
 
 The following acrostic constitutes the elegy of Thomas Fisher, 
 Treasurer of Heriot's Hospital, who died on the 26th March, 1711 : 
 
 " T he debt which man by birth contracts, he must 
 
 By death repay, adjoining to the dust ; 
 H ad goodness, grace, or truest candour been 
 
 Exeem'd from fate, he death had never seen. 
 h ! the contagion of our father's fall, 
 
 To certain death has doom'd his offspring all. 
 M ausoleum he merits well to have, 
 
 And not the common cell of homely grave ;
 
 34 KDINWUIJUSHIKK. 
 
 A s being, by Heaven's tender care, set o'er 
 
 The good town's treasure and George Heriot's store. 
 S ince his first breath did thro' his nostrils pass, 
 
 Of virtues all the mirrour bright he was ; 
 F urnishing mortals with examples lair 
 
 Of ev'ry action, honest, great, and rare ; 
 I njured Ed'nburgh to his wings did fly, 
 
 For sudden help from hardest je'pardy, 
 S cotland from him in epitome, did draw, 
 
 A matchless map of truest Burgal law. 
 H eroick actions ever did attend 
 
 Him all his life unto his blessed end, 
 E ndearing goodness did him so exalt, 
 
 'Bove burgers all, below the enamled vault 
 R eward of virtue, glory ; and the pen 
 
 Of learned ones him stile, FISHER OF MEN. 
 
 EPITAPH. 
 
 " Here lies the perfect and the upright man, 
 Of charity and righteousness the plan ; 
 Scotland with joy as glad that he was born, 
 As now in tears his funeral doth mourn." 
 
 There is a handsome monument to Dr. Archibald Pitcairn, the 
 celebrated physician and poet. Born at Edinburgh on the 25th 
 December, 1652, he prosecuted his medical studies in Paris, and 
 having obtained the degree of M.D. from the Medical Faculty at 
 Rheims began to seek practice in his native city. In 1692 he 
 became Professor of Physic in the University of Leyden, but after a 
 short interval returned to Edinburgh. In 1G91 he was admitted a 
 Fellow of the College of Surgeons ; he subsequently held the chair 
 of Medicine at Edinburgh. He died in 1713. His library was 
 after his decease purchased by Peter the Great of Eussia, but 
 many of his original MSS. were scattered and lost. His works 
 were printed at Venice in 1733, and in 1781 Dr. Charles Webster 
 published an account of his life and writings. Dr. Pitcairn's tomb 
 is inscribed thus : 
 
 " Here lyes Doctor Archibald Pitcairn, who died 26th day of 
 October, 1713, aged 61. Also, Elizabeth Pitcairu, his daughter, 
 who died the 18th day of March, 1718 ; Elizabeth Stevenson, his
 
 GREYFRIARS CHURCHYARD. 35 
 
 widow, died 5th October, 1734; Margaret Pitcairn, his daughter, 
 died August, 1777 ; Janet Pitcairn, Countess of Kellie, his 
 daughter, died 7th June, 1776 ; Lady Ann Erskine, his last 
 surviving grandchild, one of the best of women, died 18th 
 March, 1803. 
 
 " Ecce mathematicum, vatem, medicumque, sophumque, 
 Pitcairnum magnum hsec urnula parva tenet. 
 Ergo, vale, lux Scotigenum, princepsque medentium. 
 Musarum columen delicieeque, vale." 
 
 Dr. Pitcairn's monument was in 1800 restored by the Edinburgh 
 ^sculapian Club. 
 
 A Latin epitaph commemorates the talents and worth of Pro- 
 fessor Colin Maclaurin, the eminent mathematician. He was born 
 at Kilmodan, Argyleshire, in February, 1698, and studied at the 
 University of Glasgow. In his nineteenth year he was by competi- 
 tion elected to the chair of Mathematics in Marischal College, Aber- 
 deen; and in 1725 was preferred to the Mathematical Professorship 
 at Edinburgh. He died in 1746. The following is his elegy : 
 
 "C. M., nat. MDCXCVIIL; ob. MDCCXLVI. 
 
 " Infra situs est Colin Maclaurin, matheseos olim in Acad. Edin., 
 Prof, electus ipso Newtono suadente. 
 
 " H. L. P. E. 
 
 " Non ut nomini paterno consulat, 
 Nam tali auxilio nil eget, 
 Sed ut in hoc infelici campo, 
 Ubi luctus regnant et pavor, 
 Mortalibus prorsus non desit solatium ; 
 Hujus enim scripta evolve, 
 Mentemque tantarum rerum capacem, 
 Corpori caduco superstitem crede. 
 
 " Non omnis moriar, ridebit munus inane carminis ac tumuli 
 spiritus alta petens. Non fasces, non purpuram, non extructas 
 in altum divitias, non ingenium artibus atque scientiis utcunque 
 ornatum et imbutum, sed aninmm communi utilitati inservientern, 
 dignitas sequitur." 
 
 These rhymes commemorate John Barnett, student of "' Phisick/' 
 who was born in 1733, and died in 1755 :
 
 36 EDINBURGIISHIRE. 
 
 " Peace, gentlest Shade, this from a Brother's hand, 
 Who must not say what justice would demand ; 
 Yet this I must (not each proud marble can), 
 The dust beneath was truly once a man. 
 From virtue's pleasing paths he never rov'd, 
 Of man a lover, and by man belov'd ; 
 For others' ills he griev'd, contemn'd his own, 
 To none severe save to himself alone. 
 To him fair Science oped her useful page, 
 Rich with experience and the spoils of age. 
 Too early lost, lamented here he lies, 
 Nipp'd like a rose-bud, ere it blows it dies ; 
 Death, lest mankind he from the tomb should save, 
 Snatched him thus early to the peaceful grave." 
 
 Thomas Ruddiman, the eminent grammarian, has the following 
 simple epitaph upon his tombstone : 
 
 " Sacred to the memory of that celebrated scholar and worthy 
 man, Thomas Ruddiman, A.M., keeper of the Advocates Library 
 near fifty years. Born October, 1674, within three miles of the 
 town of Banff; died at Edinburgh, 19th January, 1757, in his 
 eighty-third year. 
 
 Post obitum benefacta manent aeternaque virtus 
 Non metuit stygiis ue rapiatur aquis. 
 
 " This tablet is erected as a respectful tribute, by his relative 
 William Ruddiman, M.D., 1801." 
 
 Ruddiman was in 1695 appointed parish schoolmaster of 
 Laurencekirk. Through the influence of Dr. Archibald Pitcairn 
 he obtained in 1700 a subordinate appointment in the Advocates 
 Library; he added to his emoluments by transcribing Chartu- 
 laries and practising as an auctioneer. In 1714 he published his 
 " Rudiments of the Latin Tongue," and in the following year edited 
 and published the works of Buchanan in two folio volumes. About 
 the same time he joined his brother Walter in establishing a 
 printing-house. He became proprietor and printer of the Cale- 
 donian Mercury. In 1730 he was appointed principal keeper of 
 the Advocates Library, an office which he retained till 1752, when 
 he tendered his resignation. He edited the works of Livy in four
 
 GREYFRIARS CHURCHYARD. 37 
 
 volumes duodecimo when nearly eighty. He died in 1757, at the 
 age of eighty-three. 
 
 One of the principal celebrities whose remains rest in Grey- 
 friars Churchyard is Allan Kamsay, the poet. His tombstone is 
 thus inscribed : 
 
 " In this cemetery was interred the mortal part of an immortal 
 poet, Allan Eamsay, author of ' The Gentle Shepherd/ and other 
 admirable poems in the Scottish dialect. He was born in 1686, 
 and died in 1758. 
 
 "No sculptur'd marble here, no pompous lay, 
 
 No storied urn, no animated bust ; 
 This simple stone directs pale Scotia's way 
 To pour her sorrows o'er her poet's dust. 
 
 " Though here you're buried, worthy Allan, 
 We'll ne'er forget you, canty callan ; 
 For while your soul lives in the sky, 
 Your ' Gentle Shepherd ' ne'er can die." 
 
 Allan Eamsay was remotely connected with the noble family of 
 Eamsay of Dalhousie. He commenced life as apprentice to a 
 wig-maker in Edinburgh ; he afterwards became a hair-dresser on 
 his own account. After a period he adopted the book trade, and 
 at his own shop published his "Tea-table Miscellany" and the 
 " Evergreen," two collections of Scottish songs and ballads. His 
 "Gentle Shepherd" appeared in 1725. He established a circu- 
 lating library, the first of the kind in Scotland. He built a house 
 (Eamsay Lodge) at the head of the mound, where he resided during 
 the last twelve years of his career. He died on the 7th January, 
 1758. His tombstone was erected about fifty years after his 
 decease. 
 
 The Eev. James Hall, " Minister of the Gospel, Edinburgh," who 
 died in 1781, aged fifty-five, is thus commemorated : 
 
 " Blameless in life, even from his early youth, 
 Unknown to wander from the paths of truth, 
 He lived ; but did not live on bread alone, 
 The word of Life his comfort, heaven his home. 
 His constant aim the soul of Christ to win, 
 A friend to sinners, yet abhorr'd their sin.
 
 38 EDINBURGIISHIRE. 
 
 Firm to the truth, by sacred influence mov'd, 
 Mild yet severe ; even in reproof belov'd. 
 This to thine honour, more than this thy due, 
 On earth the Christian's life was shown in you." 
 
 A handsome tombstone celebrates George Goldie, manager of 
 the British Linen Company, who died on the 26th September, 
 1785, aged seventy-nine. The inscription, prepared by his wife and 
 children, is as follows : 
 
 " God gave, and God resumes, be grief resigned 
 To every mandate of the sovereign mind ; 
 Yet for a while must wounded Nature smart, 
 And mourn her loss in bitterness of heart : 
 Friend, father, husband, all that life endears, 
 At once demands and vindicates our tears." 
 
 The following inscription celebrates Sir James Hunter Blair, 
 chief magistrate of the city, and its representative in Parlia- 
 ment : 
 
 "Sir James Hunter Blair, the son of Mr. John Hunter, 
 merchant, Ayr, was born there in 1741. He was apprenticed to 
 the Messrs. Coutts, bankers in Edinburgh, 1756, and Sir William 
 Forbes and he became partners in the concern in 1763. He 
 married Miss Blair of Duuskey, 1770, and in 1781 was chosen 
 Member of Parliament for Edinburgh ; three years after he became 
 chief magistrate of the city. The erection of the South Bridge was 
 arranged by his persevering exertions. Hunter Square and Blair 
 Street derive their names from him. Sir James died in 1787." 
 
 On the same tombstone are commemorated Major-General Thomas 
 Hunter Blair, C.B., sixth son of Sir James Hunter Blair, Bart., 
 who was born oth October, 1782, and died 31st August, 1849. 
 Also Anne Hunter Blair, daughter of Sir James Hunter Blair, and 
 wife of William Mure of Caldwell, who died in 1854. 
 
 A handsome monument, reared to the memory of the Eev. Adam 
 Gib, one of the ministers of the Secession Church, and leader of the 
 Antiburghers, proceeds thus : 
 
 " Sacred to the memory of the Eev. Adam Gib, an able and 
 faithful minister of Christ ; endued with a large share of natural 
 talent, improved by education, study, and use : in language concise,
 
 GREYFEIARS CHURCHYARD. 39 
 
 clear, nervous, and expressive ; with freedom, acuteness, zeal, and 
 assiduity, he long preached the pure doctrines of the Gospel, and 
 contended to instruct, warn, and reprove a degenerate and de- 
 clining age. Born 15th April, 1714, he died on the 14th of June, 
 1788, sBtatis 74." 
 
 Mr. Gib joined the Associate Presbytery when he was a student 
 in the College of Edinburgh. He was licensed in 1740, and in 1741 
 was settled as Minister of a new congregation in Mcolson Street, 
 Edinburgh. He greatly distinguished himself by his loyalty and 
 patriotism during the Rebellion of 1745, when the insurgents held 
 possession of Edinburgh. In 1746 he took a leading part with the 
 Antiburghers during the memorable schism of that year. He 
 died in 1788. 
 
 These simple lines denote the grave of Isabel Muir, who died 
 1st May, 1790, aged 65 : 
 
 " It is God's will that I most dye, 
 And this my burial place should be. 
 Reader, while you read, time is past ; 
 As I am now, you must be at last ; 
 Then haste, oh haste, make no delay ; 
 Make peace with God for the long day." 
 
 In Greyfriars Churchyard repose the remains of Dr. "William 
 Robertson, the eminent historian. This distinguished individual 
 was born in the manse of Borthwick, in 1721. Having studied at 
 the University of Edinburgh he was licensed to preach in 1741, 
 and two years afterwards was appointed to the church of Gladsmuir. 
 An eloquent speaker in the General Assembly, he was recognised 
 as leader of the Moderate party. In 1759 he was promoted to 
 Lady Tester's Church, Edinburgh. His " History of Scotland 
 during the reigns of Queen Mary and James VI." appeared in 1759, 
 and at once established his literary reputation. He was appointed 
 Chaplain of Stirling Castle, and one of the king's chaplains for 
 Scotland. In 1761 he was preferred to the Principalship of 
 the University of Edinburgh, and translated to Greyfriars Church. 
 Soon afterwards he was constituted Royal Historiographer for 
 Scotland, with a salary of 200 per annum. In 1769 he published
 
 40 EDINBURGHSHIRE. 
 
 his history of the Reign of Charles V. in three quarto volumes, 
 receiving for the copyright 4,500. His History of America 
 appeared in 1777. After a period of feeble health he died, on the 
 llth June, 1793, in his seventy-first year. His tombstone is 
 inscribed thus : 
 
 " In hoc conduntur sepulchre reliquiae summi viri, ingenio, judicio, 
 doctrina praestantis ; suavissima indole, puris moribus, assidua 
 benignitate, omnibusque privatis virtutibus ; suis quam maxime 
 cari ; sacrosancti evangelii miuistri fidelis, praedicatoris eloquentis ; 
 in Ecclesia Scotiae aduiinistranda presbyteri mitis, prudentis, felicis; 
 Academiae Edinburgenae praefecti meritissimi; historici gravis, 
 diserti, candidi, sagacis; cujus memoriam non exigua haec et 
 ruitura monunienta, sed scripta ipsuis sere perenniora vetabunt 
 mori, atque in omne aevum testabimtur tale sui seculi et patrias, 
 artibus ingenuis, et scientia frugifera, literisque elegantibus jam 
 turn florentissimae, decus et lumen extitisse Gulielmum Robertson, 
 S.S.T.P., Natus est A.D. MDCCXXL, obiit A.D. MDCCXCIII." 
 
 On Dr. Robertson's tomb are tablets commemorating the Honour- 
 able William Robertson, Senator of the College of Justice, the 
 Principal's eldest son, who died 20th November, 1835, aged eighty- 
 two, and Lieut-Col. David Robertson M'Donald, youngest son of 
 Principal Robertson, who was born 7th April, 1761, and died 7th 
 September, 1815. 
 
 Dr. Hugh Blair is interred near the burial-place of Principal 
 Robertson, and is commemorated by the following inscription 
 carved on a stone in the south wall of New Greyfriars Church : 
 
 " Infelici hoc in campo, ubi effunduntur suspiria et lacrymae 
 sepultus est Hugo Blair, S. S. Theol. Doctor; Ecclesiae Scotiae et 
 Academiae Edinburgenae, per annos pene sexaginta, decus et 
 tutamen ; in cathedra Academica criticus eximius ; in rostro templi 
 orator perelegans ; maritus amantissimus, amicus fidelis, vir bonus. 
 Natus 7mo Aprilis, 1718, terrain cum ccelo commutavit 27mo 
 Decembris, 1800, anno aetatis 83tio. Tertio jam condito lustro 
 post obitum viri venerabilis, hunc lapidem ponendum curabant 
 alumni virtutis memoriae studiosL" 
 
 Descended from the old family of Blair of Ayrshire, and great- 
 great-grandson of the celebrated Robert Blair, Minister of St. 
 Andrews, Hugh Blair was son of a merchant in Edinburgh, who
 
 GREYFRIARS CHURCHYARD. 41 
 
 subsequently held office in the Excise. Having studied at the 
 University of Edinburgh, he was in October, 1741, licensed to preach. 
 In the following year he was ordained Minister of Collessie, Fife- 
 shire, but in less than a year thereafter he was elected second 
 Minister of the Canongate. In 1754 he was translated to Ladv 
 
 o */ 
 
 Tester's, and in four years afterwards was promoted to the High 
 Church. Having delivered lectures on literary composition in the 
 college, he was, in 1762, appointed Professor of Ehetoric and Belles 
 Lettres. His lectures on Ehetoric, subsequently published, have 
 long been held as a standard work. Dr. Blair was a patron of 
 Eobert Burns, and also of James Macpherson when he first under- 
 took to collect the traditionary poetry of the Highlands. The first 
 volume of his celebrated Sermons appeared in 1777. The fifth 
 and last volume prepared by him for the press was published 
 posthumously in 1801. 
 
 The Ee'v. John Erskine, D.D., minister of Old Greyfriars from 
 1758 to 1803, is commemorated by a window of stained glass in 
 Old Greyfriars Church, and also by a tombstone. He was pro- 
 prietor of Carnock, in Fifeshire, which he inherited from his 
 ancestors. His father, John Erskine of Carnock, was a celebrated 
 lawyer, and author of " The Principles of the Law of Scotland." 
 He was born on the 2nd June, 1721, was licensed in 1743, and in 
 1744 was ordained Minister of Kirkintilloch. He was subsequently 
 translated to Culross, and in 1758 to the New Greyfriars. In 
 1767 he was associated with Dr. William Eobertson in the 
 collegiate charge of Old Greyfriars parish. Dr. Erskine was 
 leader of the Evangelical party in the General Assembly, and 
 maintained an extensive correspondence with eminent divines both 
 on the Continent and in the provinces of North America. He died 
 suddenly on the 18th January, 1803. His character and mode of 
 preaching are described in Guy Mannering. 
 
 A tombstone celebrates by a Latin inscription Andrew Dalzel, 
 Professor of Greek in the University of Edinburgh. The inscription 
 is as follows : 
 
 " Memorise sacrum Andrese Dalzel, multos per annos in Academia
 
 42 KlUXl'.CKCilSIIIRE. 
 
 Edinense Groecarum Literarum Professoris ; viri in vita amati. in 
 morte defleti, animo benigno, moribus cultis et urbanis, oinni 
 denique doctrina liberali et virtute ornatissimi ; cujus ita erat 
 comitate condita gravitas, ut animos discentium et sibi niiruni in 
 modum conciliaret, et amore literarum quo ipse flagrabat vehe- 
 menter incenderet. Nat. Prid. non. Oct. MDCCXLIL, ob. sext. 
 Id. Dec. MDCCCVI." 
 
 Professor Dalzel, the son of humble parents, was born in the 
 parish of Kirkliston, Linlithgowshire. Through the interest of the 
 Earl of Lauderdale, in whose family he had been tutor, he was by the 
 Town Council appointed to his Professorship. As an instructor of 
 youth he was widely celebrated. In 1789 he was elected principal 
 clerk to the General Assembly, being the first layman who ever 
 held that office. Professor Dalzel died on the 8th December, 1806. 
 
 The following rhymes celebrate the virtuous qualities of Dame 
 Darcy Brisbane, daughter of Thomas Brisbane, of Brisbane, and 
 widow of Sir Walter Maxwell, of Pollok, who died at Edinburgh 
 on the 2nd July, 1810 : 
 
 " Now she has dropt her cumbrous clay, 
 And joyful soars the shining way ; 
 "While kindred spirits spread their wings, 
 And bear her to the King of kings. 
 Long had she known the Saviour's love, 
 And fixed her heart on things above. 
 Long had she run, with even pace, 
 A useful, not uncertain race. 
 With various gifts and graces fraught, 
 By the unerring Spirit taught, 
 She warned, allured, with fervent zeal, 
 Nor dared religion to conceal. 
 And now she shines in endless light, 
 In all her Father's glories bright. 
 A spotless robe to her is given, 
 And all the glorious joys of heaven, 
 She sees with joy the Saviour's face, 
 And sings the triumphs of His grace ; 
 Then casts her crown beneath His throne, 
 And glory gives to God alone." 
 
 A monument, reared by " a few admirers of his genius," denotes 
 the burial-place of Duncan Ban Macintyre, the celebrated Gaelic
 
 GREYFRIARS CHURCHYARD. 43 
 
 bard. The following verse, extracted from his poems, is engraved 
 on the monument as his epitaph : 
 
 "MARBH BANK AN UGHDAIR DHA FEIN. 
 
 " Fhir tha'd sheasamh air mo lie 
 Bha mise mar tha thu'n drast ; 
 'S i mo leaba'n diugh an uaigh 
 Cha-n'eil smior no smuais 'am chnaimh ; 
 Ged tha thusa laidir 6g, 
 Cha mhair thu beo ged fhuair thu dail ; 
 Gabh mo chomhairle 's bi glic 
 Cuimhnich trie gu-n tig am bas." 
 
 This inscription has been thus translated : 
 
 " You that stand upon my gravestone, 
 I have been as you are now. 
 To-day the grave is my bed, 
 And there is no marrow in my bones. 
 Though you get respite, you will not live. 
 Take my advice, and be wise. 
 Bemember oft that death will come." 
 
 Macintyre was born at Glenorchy on the 20th March, 1724, and 
 died at Edinburgh on the 14th May, 1812. 
 
 A long Latin inscription commemorates the learning and per- 
 sonal qualities of Alexander Fraser Tytler, Lord Woodhouselee. 
 This distinguished judge, eldest son of William Tytler, author of 
 the " Inquiry into the Evidence against Mary, Queen of Scots," 
 was born at Edinburgh on the 15th October, 1747. In 1770 he 
 passed advocate, and in 1780 was appointed Joint Professor of 
 Civil History in the University of Edinburgh. In 1790 he ob- 
 tained the office of Judge Advocate of Scotland, and in 1802 was 
 appointed a Lord of Session. He died at Edinburgh on the 5th 
 January, 1813. Of his numerous publications, his " Lectures on 
 Universal History," and his " Essays on the Principles of Transla- 
 tion," retain popularity. On the same tombstone is commemorated 
 Patrick Fraser Tytler, youngest son of Lord Woodhouselee, and 
 author of the " History of Scotland " which bears his name. This 
 estimable and learned person was born at Edinburgh on the 30th
 
 44 O EDINBURGHSIIIRE. 
 
 * 
 
 August, 4 701. In 1813 he was called to the Bar, but he did not 
 seek practice as an advocate. He published in 1819 his " Life of 
 the Admirable Crichton," which was followed by the Lives of Sir 
 Thomas Craig of Puccarton, and of John Wycliffe. At the advice 
 of Sir Walter Scott he undertook his " History of Scotland," and in 
 order to obtain authentic information he proceeded to London, 
 where he conducted extensive researches in the State Paper Office. 
 The first volume of the " History " was issued in 1828, and the ninth 
 and last in 1843. Mr. Tytler published subsequently in Mr. 
 Murray's Family Library " Lives of Scottish Worthies," three vols., 
 12mo. In 1833 he edited and printed as a gift to the Bannatyne 
 and Maitland Clubs, " Memoirs of the War carried on in Scotland 
 and Ireland in 1689 1691, by Major-General Hugh Mackay." Mr. 
 Tytler latterly suffered from broken health. He died at Great 
 Malvern, on the 24th December, 1849, in his fifty-ninth year. 
 His character is thus represented on his tomb : 
 
 " Of his genius and his taste, his historical and biographical 
 works are a sufficient memorial ; of his pure converse and delight- 
 ful manners, his serene temper and lovely disposition, recollections 
 are garnered up where only they can be preserved in the hearts 
 of his friends; of his piety, his faith, his hope and love, the 
 record survives in heaven. 
 
 " * Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.' " 
 
 A tombstone denotes the burial-place of William Creech, the 
 eminent publisher. Son of the Rev. William Creech, Minister of 
 Newbattle, he was born on the 21st April, 1745. By his father 
 he was intended for the medical profession, but preferring the 
 concerns of trade, he became apprenticed to Mr. Kincaid, book- 
 seller in Edinburgh, with whom he subsequently entered into 
 partnership. His shop was the resort of the literati of the 
 capital He conducted business for forty-four years with remark- 
 able success, and held the office of Lord Provost of the city from 
 1811 to 1813. The first Edinburgh edition of Burns' poems was 
 issued from his printing office. He died unmarried on the 14th 
 January, 1815.
 
 GREYFKIARS CHURCHYARD. 45 
 
 Helen Blake, wife of Peter Leslie, who died on the 14th 
 November, 1818, is by her husband lamented in these lines : 
 
 " She was ! 
 
 But words are wanting to say what. 
 Think what a wife should be, 
 And she was that." 
 
 Henry Mackenzie, author of " The Man of Feeling " and other 
 works, is thus comemorated on the family tombstone : 
 
 " Here rest the mortal remains of Henry Mackenzie, who as an 
 author, for no short time and no small part, supported the literary 
 reputation of his country ; whose writings, by beautiful and pathetic 
 fancy, ingenuity and justice of thought, by elegance and delicacy of 
 style, by refined moral sentiments and religious purity, have 
 attained classical celebrity: not therefore to commemorate these 
 writings, or to record his fame as an author, is this stone erected, 
 but as a memorial of the love and affection of the widow and the 
 children he left behind to lament his loss, who saw in all the 
 relations of his life the practice of the virtues his writings inspire, 
 and in his prospect of death the peace of Christian faith and hope. 
 1 Thess. iv. 13 18. Born in Edinburgh, August 6, 1745 ; died in 
 the same place, January 14, 1831." 
 
 Henry Mackenzie was son of Joshua Mackenzie, physician in 
 Edinburgh. He studied law and became attorney for the Crown. 
 " The Man of Feeling," his first and most popular work, appeared 
 in 1771 ; it was followed in 1773 by "The Man of the World," and 
 in 1777 by " Julia de EoubigneV' In 1779-80 he edited the Mirror, 
 of which the papers were issued twice a week. The Lounger, a 
 periodical of similar character, appeared weekly from 1785 to 1787 
 under his editorial care. He contributed to the Transactions of 
 the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and of the Highland Society of 
 Scotland. He attained the advanced age of eighty-six. 
 
 Within the family tomb of Henry Mackenzie rest the remains 
 of Joshua Henry Mackenzie, his eldest son, a Senator of the 
 College of Justice; he died on the 17th November, 1851, aged 
 seventy-four. 
 
 On a family tombstone is recorded the name of James Wolfe 
 Murray of Cringletie, a Senator of the College of Justice. Lord
 
 40 KhlNMJKGHSHIKK. 
 
 Cringletie died in 1836 at the age of seventy-seven. His daughter, 
 Alicia Stewart, who died young, is commemorated in these lines : 
 
 " Pluck'd from its stem the bud before the flower 
 Had felt the blight of winter's chilling hour ; 
 Warned from a life with griefs and sorrows fraught, 
 "When Time its tale of tears had scarcely taught, 
 Her fragile form here found that sacred rest 
 Her soul had sought in mansions of the blest." 
 
 Dr. Thomas McCrie, the learned biographer of John Knox, is on 
 his tombstone thus celebrated by the members of his flock : 
 
 " In memory of Thomas McCrie, D.D., the biographer of John 
 Knox, &c., &c., born 1772, died 1835. A Christian and a patriot, 
 in him were united the softer virtues of private life with the high 
 disinterested spirit of the times, which his writings have illustrated. 
 Raised by his genius as an author to eminence in the world of 
 letters, he rose still higher, in the estimation of his flock, by his 
 affectionate fidelity as a minister of Jesus Christ, under the banner 
 of the Original Secession ; he contended with unfaltering firmness 
 for the principles of the Reformation, the memory of whose 
 champions he has vindicated and embalmed in the page of im- 
 perishable history. 
 
 " His congregation, among whom he laboured for nearly forty 
 years, have erected this memorial of his worth and of their 
 gratitude." 
 
 Dr. McCrie was born at Dunse ; he studied at Edinburgh, and 
 was some time employed in tuition. In 1795 he became a licentiate 
 of the Associate Presbytery of Kelso, and soon after was called to 
 minister to a congregation in Potterrow, Edinburgh. In 1806 he 
 separated with three others from the General Associate Synod on 
 the ground of their having departed from the principles of their 
 founders in reference to the powers of the civil magistrate. 
 He formed what was styled the Constitutional Associate Presbytery, 
 which in 1827 was joined by another body of protesters who 
 together assumed the designation of Original Seceders. In 1811 
 Dr. McCrie issued the first edition of his " Life of John Knox," 
 which was afterwards enlarged. In the pages of the Christian 
 Instructor in 1817 he vindicated the Covenanters from the 
 unhappy attack of Sir Walter Scott in the " Tales of my
 
 GKKYFRIARS CHURCHYARD. 47 
 
 Landlord." His "Life of Andrew Melville " appeared in 1819, and 
 was followed by bis " Memoirs of William Veitcb and George 
 Bryson." He publisbed subsequently " History of the Eeforma- 
 tion in Italy," and " History of the Eeformation in Spain." Dr. 
 McCrie died at Edinburgh on the 5th August, 1835. 
 
 A handsome mausoleum forms the burial-place of the family of 
 Adam of Blair Adam, Kinross-shire. It presents the following 
 inscriptions : 
 
 "The Eight Honourable William Adam, Lord Chief Commis- 
 sioner of the Jury Court, a Privy Councillor, and Lord Lieutenant 
 of the county of Kinross, eldest son of John Adam of Blair- Adam, 
 was born on the 2nd August, 1751, passed advocate 1773, elected 
 to Parliament in 1774, called to the English bar in 1782. He took 
 a prominent part in the proceedings of the House of Commons 
 until he vacated his seat in 1795. Associated with Mr. Fox and 
 the small number of eminent men who exerted their powerful 
 talents to uphold the principles of the Constitution during the 
 progress of the French Eevolution, he was conspicuous in his 
 endeavours, although in vain, to prevent the antiquated law of 
 lease-making being illegally used against the liberty of the subject. 
 He lived, however, to see his views adopted by the amendment of 
 that law. He was made King's Counsel in 1796, and appointed 
 Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall in 1806, in which year, on 
 the formation of the Granville Administration, he was returned to 
 Parliament for the counties of Kincardine and Kinross, and sat 
 for the former until 1811. From an early period he had devoted 
 his attention to the improvement of the administration of justice 
 in Scotland, and when it was resolved in 1815 to establish trial by 
 jury in civil causes, he was placed at the head of the court. The 
 distinguished talent, the unwearied zeal, and patient attention by 
 which he overcame the difficulties attending so great a change in 
 the jurisprudence of Scotland, together with the admirable temper, 
 the kindness of demeanour, and the urbanity he displayed in the 
 execution of this arduous undertaking, have been publicly recorded 
 by those over whom he presided. The energy of his character was 
 no less exhibited in the district in which his estate is situated, 
 where works of vast extent and great utility, suggested by his 
 foresight and completed by his influence, are lasting marks of his 
 unwearied exertions for the public benefit. He was distinguished by 
 his extensive knowledge and enlightened conversation, his judgment 
 in the conduct of affairs was remarkable, and his advice was sought 
 by persons of all ranks. The useful assistance and liberal en-
 
 48 l.I'IXBURGHSIIIRE. 
 
 couragement he afforded to the numerous objects of his solicitude 
 and regard will long be remembered as striking proofs of his active 
 benevolence and the kindness of his heart. He died in Edinburgh 
 on the 17th February, 1839, in the enjoyment of the profound 
 respect of the public, the admiration of his friends, and the affec- 
 tionate love of his family. 
 
 "William George Adam, third son of the Lord Chief Commissioner, 
 born in London, 6th December, 1781. He was entered at Lincoln's 
 Inn in 1799, called to the Bar in 1806, and appointed King's Counsel 
 in 1824. The accuracy of his knowledge and talents for business 
 established him at an early period in full employment at the Bar ; 
 but his declining health obliged him ultimately to confine himself 
 to the practice of Parliament. His career and success were pre- 
 eminent, for to his professional acquirements he added independence 
 of conduct and a high and honourable bearing which commanded 
 the respect and confidence of those tribunals before which he 
 practised. His strength, however, was unequal to the incessant 
 labour, and his health was rapidly giving way, when by the friend- 
 ship and spontaneous kindness of Lord Chancellor Brougham he 
 was appointed, in 1831, Accountant-General of the Court of Chan- 
 cery. But this comparative ease came too late ; the seeds of 
 disease had sunk too deep to be removed, and overpowered by a 
 complication of maladies, he died at his cottage in Eichmond Park, 
 on 16th May, 1839, and was interred in the churchyard of Mort- 
 lake. His unbending integrity, his high sense of honour, his 
 boundless generosity- of spirit, had secured to him alike the regard 
 and attachment of public and private friends, whilst the mildness 
 of his disposition and his other endearing qualities rendered him 
 the delight of those who witnessed the progress of his blameless 
 course in the privacy of domestic life. 
 
 " John Adam, of Blair- Adam,in Kinross-shire, eldest son of William 
 and Mary Adam. Firm in adversity, non-elated by prosperity, 
 the serenity of his temper and the kindness of his nature were 
 the source of happiness to his family, and a blessing to all within 
 his influence. His taste and spirit of improvement were most 
 distinguished. He died in June, 1792, aged 71. His remains are 
 interred here. 
 
 "John, the second son of John Adam, of Blair- Adam, was educated 
 at Eton School, where his amiable qualities and his distinction as 
 a scholar gave great hope of future eminence. He died in London 
 in 1769, aged 16. His remains are deposited in Grosvenor Chapel. 
 
 " Mary, the wife of William Adam, architect, a daughter of 
 Robertson, of Gladney, in Fife, a woman of exemplary virtue and 
 good sense. She died in 1761, aged 62. Her remains are interred 
 here.
 
 GRF,YFRIARS CHURCH YARD. 49 
 
 "Jean, the wife of John Adam, of Blair- Adam, daughter of John 
 Ramsay, a son of Eamsay of Abbotshall, in Fife; a woman of 
 great virtue and good sense. Died 1795, aged 74. Her remains 
 are interred here. 
 
 "Francis, the fifth and youngest son of the Lord Chief Commis- 
 sioner, was a merchant in London. Actuated by a high sense of 
 honour, he undertook a voyage to Demerara for the arrangement of 
 some arduous affairs. His brother (Rear-Admiral Adam) accom- 
 panied him a signal instance of family affection. Francis was 
 seized with the yellow fever on their voyage home, and on the 8th 
 of June, 1820, aged 29, he expired in his brother's arms. His 
 remains were committed to the ocean. Put up by his father in 
 July, 1827. 
 
 " John Adam, eldest son of the Lord Chief Commissioner, was 
 born 4th May, 1779. In June he sailed for Bengal, in the Civil 
 Service of the East India Company. He passed through various 
 offices of great trust and labour, and in 1819 was placed in the 
 Supreme Council. The usual time of holding that station being 
 completed, he was reappointed, and from January to August, 1823, 
 he acted as Governor-General, a period which required decision, 
 firmness, and energy. His character and services have been extolled 
 by the public voice of India. His extensive knowledge, his elevated 
 views, his indefatigable zeal, his exemplary integrity, and the 
 wisdom of his measures, have been publicly recorded by the 
 Supreme Council of Bengal, and by those who preside over the 
 affairs of India in England. Ill-health the effect of climate, 
 fatigue, and anxiety compelled him, in March, 1852, to embark for 
 England. His surviving parent and family expected to have seen 
 in ripened manhood what early youth had promised to have 
 beheld his benign countenance, to have enjoyed his enlightened 
 discourse, to have been soothed by his warm affection, to have 
 witnessed his active benevolence ; but he died on the 4th of June, 
 1825, on his voyage home, and his remains were committed to the 
 ocean. This stone is inscribed to his private virtue. His public 
 services will be recorded In the history of British India. Put up 
 by his father in July, 1827. 
 
 " Eleanora, the wife of the Right Hon. William Adam, Lord Chief 
 Commissioner of the Jury Court, a daughter of Charles, the tenth 
 Lord Elphinston, of exemplary goodness, unassuming manners, and 
 superior understanding. She died in London, 4th February, 1800, 
 aged 53. Her remains are deposited in Grosvenor Chapel. Put 
 up by her husband in July, 1827. 
 
 "Erected in 1750 by John, the eldest son of William Adam, 
 architect ; repaired, and surrounding inscriptions put up, in 1827, by 
 William, the son of John. 
 
 E
 
 50 ' EDINBURGHSHIRE. 
 
 " The Right Hon. Sir John Leach, Knt., Master of the Rolls. 
 He died in Edinburgh, the 14th day of September, 1834, aged 
 seventy-four years. He was appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of 
 Cornwall in 1816, Chief Justice of Chester in 1817, Vice-Chancellor 
 of England and one of His Majesty's most honourable Privy 
 Council, 1818, Master of the Rolls, 1827. His revered remains are 
 deposited in this mausoleum by permission of the Lord Chief Com- 
 missioner, his early and most valued friend. This memorial was 
 placed by his affectionate brother, Thomas Leach." 
 
 To the narrative inscribed on the mausoleum may be added 
 that the Lord Chief Commissioner was nephew of Robert and 
 James Adam, the celebrated architects. His grandfather, William 
 Adam, born at Kirkcaldy in 1728, likewise possessed an eminent 
 reputation as an architect. By a course of professional industry 
 he purchased Blair Adam estate. Admiral Sir Charles Adam, 
 eldest son of the Lord Chief Commissioner, was Governor of 
 Greenwich Hospital, and one of the Lords of the Admiralty ; his 
 son, William Patrick Adam, of Blair Adam, now represents the 
 county of Kinross. 
 
 A tombstone with a short Latin inscription commemorates 
 Robert Blair of Avontoun, Lord President of the Court of Session. 
 This eminent judge was fourth son of the Rev. Robert Blair, author 
 of "The Grave;" he was born in 1741, and passed advocate in 
 1764. He was in 1789 appointed Solicitor-General, and in 1801 
 elected Dean of Faculty. In 1808 he was appointed to his office 
 of Lord President. He died on the 18th May, 1811. On the same 
 tombstone is commemorated Captain Robert Blair, of the 2nd 
 Dragoon Guards, grandson of Lord President Blair, who died at 
 Cawnpore on the 28th March, 1859. 
 
 A small tombstone denotes the burial-place of John Beugo, 
 engraver of Xasmyth's portrait of Burns prefixed to the first 
 Edinburgh edition of his poems. Beugo was born at Edinburgh on 
 the 7th May, 1759, and died on the 13th December, 1841. 
 
 A tombstone celebrates the worth of Robert Cadell of Ratho. 
 Mr. Cadell is entitled to remembrance as the spirited and successful 
 publisher of the Waverley novels. He was born at Cockenzie, Had-
 
 GREYFRIAKS CHURCHYARD. 51 
 
 dingtonshire, on the 16th December, 1788, and became partner of 
 Archibald Constable in 1809. He had as his first wife, Elizabeth 
 Constable, his partner's daughter, who died on the 16th July, 1818, 
 and whose name is inscribed upon his tombstone. In 1826, after 
 the failure of Constable and Co., he became sole publisher of Sir 
 Walter Scott's works. He acquired the joint copyright in 1827, 
 and after Scott's death he paid 30,000 for the remaining share. 
 After a prosperous career he died at Cockenzie on the 20th 
 January, 1860. 
 
 A short inscription on a tombstone, engraven with several other 
 names, denotes the resting-place of George Dunbar, Professor of 
 Greek. This accomplished scholar was born at Coldingham, 
 Berwickshire, in 1774. He was bred a gardener, but being injured 
 by an accident he betook himself to study. His scholarly abilities 
 recommended him as assistant to Professor Dalzel, of the Greek 
 chair in the University of Edinburgh, and on his death in 1805 he 
 was appointed successor. In his efforts to advance the study of 
 Greek literature he was unwearied. He compiled an excellent Greek 
 dictionary. Professor Dunbar died on the 6th December, 1851. 
 
 Dr. Carson, Eector of the High School, was interred in this 
 churchyard. He was born at Holywood, Dumfriesshire, in 1780 ; 
 studied at Wallacehall Academy and the University of Edinburgh, 
 and in 1801 was elected Master of the Grammar School, Dumfries. 
 In January, 1806, he was elected one of the Masters of the High 
 School, Edinburgh, and in 1820 was on vacancy promoted to the 
 rectorship. He resigned office in 1845, and died at Edinburgh 
 on the 4th November, 1850. Dr. Carson was a profound classical 
 scholar. A monument to his memory has been erected in the 
 vestibule of St. Giles's Church. 
 
 The names of other prominent persons whose mortal remains 
 have been consigned to Greyfriars Churchyard must be simply 
 enumerated : 
 
 William Cowper, Bishop of Galloway and Dean of the Chapel 
 Eoyal, died 15th February, 1619, aged 53 ; Sir William Oliphant 
 King's Advocate, died 13th April, 1628, aged 77; Sir James
 
 52 EDINBURGHSHIRE. 
 
 Skene, Bart., of Curriehill, President of the College of Justice, 
 died 15th October, 1633, aged 54; David Aikenhead, Lord Provost 
 of the city, died 13th August, 1637, aged 71 ; George Jamesone, 
 the eminent painter, born 1587, died 1644 ; Sir David Falconar 
 of Newtoun, President of the Court of Session, died 15th December, 
 1685, aged 46 ; William Annand, Dean of Edinburgh, born 1633, 
 died 13th June, 1689 ; Sir James Falconer of Phesdo, one of 
 the Senators of the College of Justice, born 16th August, 1648, 
 died 10th June, 1706 ; Sir Hugh Cunningham of Bonnington, 
 Provost of Edinburgh and Founder of the Merchants' Maiden 
 Hospital, died 16th December, 1710, aged 67; Sir John Medina, 
 the eminent painter, died 5th October, 1710 ; James "Watson, 
 printer and editor of the Scottish Collection of Poems, which 
 bears his name, died 1722 ; Sir Robert Whyte of Bennochy, 
 Physician to the King and Professor of Medicine in the Univer- 
 sity of Edinburgh, died on the 15th April, 1766, aged 51 ; 
 Patrick Grant of Elchies, Senator of the College of Justice, 
 born 1691, died 1754 ; William Ged, inventor of the art of 
 stereotyping, died 1749 ; Alexander Nisbet, author of the "System 
 of Heraldry," born 1672, died 1725 ; Alexander Smellie, F.R.S.E., 
 author of " The Philosophy of Natural History," died 24th June, 
 1795, aged 54; Joseph Black, M.D., Professor of Chemistry, 
 died 26th November, 1799, aged 71; Sir John Home, Bart., 
 of Blackadder, Vice-Admiral of the Blue, died 2nd May, 1803 ; 
 Catherine Wilson, first wife of Francis Jeffrey, died 8th August, 
 1805, aged 28 years; Alexander Gibson Hunter of Blackness, 
 died 9th March, 1812, aged 41 ; Henry Siddons, died 12th April, 
 1815, aged 40 ; William Brown, M.D., born 14th November, 
 1757, died 28th November, 1818; Alexander Christison, Professor 
 of Humanity in the University of Edinburgh, died 25th June, 
 1820, aged 69 ; Sir John Peters, Consul-General for the Nether- 
 lands, died 19th June, 1826, aged 81 ; the Rev. John Campbell, 
 .D.D., one of the Ministers of the Tolbooth Church, Edinburgh, 
 died 30th August, 1828, aged 70 ; Gilbert Innes of Stow, died 
 26th February, 1832, aged 81 ; William Trotter of Ballindean,
 
 GREYFRIARS CHURCHYARD. 53 
 
 born 10th November, 1772, died 16th August, 1833; the Eev. 
 Andrew Brown, D.D., Minister of the Old Church, and Professor 
 of Ehetoric in the University, died 19th February, 1834, aged 71 ; 
 Lieut.-Colonel John Farquharson, late of the 42nd Eegiment, 
 and Lieut.-Governor of Carlisle, died 3rd November, 1835, aged 
 82 ; the Eev. Eobert Anderson, D.D., one of the Ministers of Old 
 Greyfriars, died 24th January, 1837, aged 69 ; General Sir James 
 Hay, K.C.H., died llth February, 1837, aged 72 ; William Wallace, 
 LL.D., Professor of Mathematics in the University of Edinburgh, 
 died 28th April, 1843, aged 74; Adam, Lord Gillies, Senator 
 of the College of Justice, born at Brechin, 29th April, 1766, 
 died at Leamington, 24th December, 1842 ; Alexander Mony- 
 penny, W.S., born 23rd March, 1778, died 15th June, 1844; 
 Alexander Falconar of Falcon Hall, died 10th December, 1847; 
 Sir Alexander Charles Maitland Gibson of Clifton Hall, Bart., 
 born 21st November, 1755, died 7th February, 1848 ; John 
 Jeffrey (brother of Francis Jeffrey), born 25th March, 1775, died 
 3rd July, 1848 ; Alexander Boswell, Writer to the Signet, died 
 30th August, 1850, aged 69 ; James L'Amy, Esq., of Dunkenny, 
 Sheriff of Forfarshire, died 15th January, 1854, aged 81 ; David 
 Simpson of Teviot Bank (father of General Sir James Simpson, 
 who was appointed Commander-in-chief in the Crimea, June, 
 1855), died 1st January, 1806 ; Patrick Miller of Dalswinton, born 
 1731, died 9th December, 1815 ; John Kay, the eminent carica- 
 turist, born April 1722, died 21st February, 1826 ; James Gillespie 
 Graham of Orchill, the eminent architect, died 21st March, 1855, 
 aged 78 ; John Learmouth of Dean, died llth December, 1858, 
 aged 69 ; .Daniel Scrymgeour, Inspector of Schools, died 2nd 
 March, 1859 ; the Eev. David Barclay Mellis, Minister of the Free 
 Church, Tealing, died at Edinburgh the 27th May, 1861, aged 60 ; 
 General Henry James Eiddell, K.H., died 8th March, 1861 ; Eobert 
 Eiddell, Advocate, born 29th May, 1797, died 18th April, 1862 ; 
 John Porteous, Captain of the City Guard, who was executed by 
 the mob on the 8th September, 1736, was on the following day 
 interred in Greyfriars Churchyard.
 
 54 EDINBURGHSIIIRE. 
 
 An elegant memorial window in Old Greyfriars Church com- 
 memorates the celebrated George Buchanan ; it was erected by 
 the late Mr. James Buchanan of Moray Place. In the same 
 church are memorial windows in honour of the Eev. Dr. James 
 Finlayson, minister of the High Church and Professor of Logic in 
 the University, who died on the 28th January, 1808 ; Principal 
 Eobertson, the historian; the Rev. Dr. John Inglis, minister of 
 Greyfriars ; the Eev. Robert Trail, minister of Greyfriars, who 
 died in May, 1716, aged seventy-four; and of Dr. Robert Anderson, 
 also a minister of the church, who died on the 24th January, 1837, 
 aged sixty-nine. 
 
 Within Old Greyfriars Church an elegant medallion by Mr. John 
 Hutchison, R.S.A., commemorates Dr. Robert Lee, minister of the 
 church, who died on the 14th March, 1868. 
 
 On the north wall of New Greyfriars Church an inscription 
 denotes a former burial-place of the family of Lauder of Lauder. 
 Among those commemorated is Sir Andrew Dick Lauder of Grange, 
 sixth Baronet, of Fountainhall, who died 16th December, 1820.* 
 
 From Monteith's " Theater of Mortality " we extract the following 
 inscriptions : 
 
 Tomb of Elizabeth Hay, spouse to George Drummond, bailie, 
 died 1673 :- 
 
 " Let no dry eyes indifference confess, 
 When ev'n a stone doth so just grief express ; 
 Here the best wife, mother, and friend doth ly, 
 In whom none but herself a fault could spy. 
 Here grief and love show in their noble strife, 
 Him, a kind husband, her a matchless wife ; 
 She to her husband herself in life resigned, 
 And here he her to heaven hath consigned." 
 
 * In Mr. James Brown's valuable work, " The Epitaphs and Monumental Inscrip- 
 tions in Greyfriars Churchyard," are presented lists of eminent persons interred in the 
 churchyard. These lists include the names of the more noted citizens of Edinburgh 
 during the last two centuries. Those who desire to obtain a more intimate ac- 
 quaintance with the history and annals of the churchyard we have great pleasure 
 in referring to Mr. Brown's work.
 
 GREYFRIARS CHURCHYARD. 55 
 
 James Brown, who died in 1691, had bemoaned his wife who 
 pre-deceased him in these lines : 
 
 " Here lyes interr'd her corps, in hopes to rise, 
 Whose soul's above with Christ in paradise, 
 When both unite ; a matron grave and just, 
 Faithful and careful in her husband's trust ; 
 Not gaudie, kept her shop, went not abroad, 
 Vert'ous and charitable, serving God, 
 Prudent, obliging, in her ways discreet, 
 At home, abroad, did for her husband's credit ; 
 He mindful of her worth moved this intent, 
 For badge of love, t'erect this monument." 
 
 A parent laments his children thus : 
 
 " Though marble, porphirie, and mourning touch 
 May praise these spoils, yet can they not too much ; 
 For beauty lost and fame this stone doth close 
 One earth's delight, heaven's care, a purest rose. 
 And shouldst thou, reader, but vouchsafe a tear, 
 Upon it other flowers shall soon appear, 
 Sad violets and hyacinths, which grow 
 With marks of grief, a publick loss to show/' 
 
 The following is common to Scottish graveyards : 
 
 "A soul prepared needs no delays, 
 The summons comes, the saint obeys ; 
 Swift was her flight and short the road, 
 She closed her eyes and saw her God." 
 
 A female who died 12th November, 1675, aged forty-six, is 
 celebrated in these lines : 
 
 " A nature sweet grace did enamel o'er, 
 A modest mind a great wit did decore ; 
 Her comely features vertue did excel, 
 Her dust here lyes, her soul with Christ doth dwell." 
 
 A child of seven years, daughter of Alexander Swinton of Mer- 
 singtoun, advocate, had these lines upon her tombstone : 
 
 " The sweetest children are but like fair flowers, 
 Which please the fancy for some days and hours ; 
 They soon spring up, but ere they be well grown, 
 They fade away, their place is no more known ;
 
 56 EDINBURGHSHIRE. 
 
 Only their death, sure, leaveth such a smart, 
 That griefs engraven on the parents' heart." 
 
 The following lines commemorated a youth who died in 1699 : 
 
 " death, grave, why so severe ? 
 E'en youth must see thy look austere, 
 This young man did by living die, 
 By death he lives eternally." 
 
 Here is an epitaph alike pervaded by sentiment and poetry : 
 
 " You'll say, alas, he's dead ! he cannot die ; 
 He's only changed to immortality. 
 Weep not for him who has no cause of tears, 
 Hush then your sighs and calm your needless fears ; 
 Eun such a race as you again may meet, 
 You'll find your conversation far more sweet, 
 When purged from dross, you shall unmix'd possess 
 The purest essence of eternal bliss." 
 
 The following is composed creditably : 
 
 "By Him whose conquests through the world are known, 
 I to my first original am thrown, 
 My earth lies here, my better part's above, 
 And lives, so I, not death, the conqu'ror prove. 
 Yet lest the stingless terror boast 
 Of what he's won, and what he thinks I lost, 
 He that's almighty and for ever true, 
 Engaged this dust should rise and conquer too ! 
 What I possess secures me what's to come, 
 My clay shall be refined, then sent for home." 
 
 The Eev. James Hall, who died 8th December, 1781, is thus 
 commemorated : 
 
 " Blameless in life, e'en in his early youth 
 Unknown to wander from the paths of truth, 
 He lived ; but did not live on bread alone, 
 The word of God his comfort, heaven his home. 
 His constant aim the love of Christ to win, 
 A friend to shiners, yet abhorred their sin ; 
 Firm to the truth by sacred influence moved, 
 Mild yet severe, even in reproof beloved ; 
 This to thine honour, more than this thy due, 
 On earth the Christian's life was shown in you."
 
 ST. CUTHBERT'S CHURCHYARD. 57 
 
 The blessedness of the future life is thus happily portrayed 011 
 an existing tombstone : 
 
 " Now she has dropt her cumbrous clay, 
 And joyful soars the shining way, 
 While kindred spirits spread their wings, 
 And bear her to the King of kings. 
 Long had she known the Saviour's love, 
 And fix'd her heart on things above. 
 Long had she run with even pace 
 A useful, not uncertain race, 
 With various gifts and graces fraught, 
 By the unerring Spirit taught, 
 She warn'd, allured with fervent zeal, 
 Nor dared religion to conceal. 
 And now she shines in endless light, 
 In all her Father's glories bright ; 
 A spotless robe to her is given, 
 And all the glorious joys of heaven. 
 She sees with joy her Father's face, 
 And sings the triumphs of His grace, 
 Then casts her crown beneath His throne, 
 And glory gives to God alone." 
 
 ST. CUTHBEET'S CHUECHYAED. 
 
 In the vestibule of St. Cuthbert's Church a decorated marble 
 tablet erected in 1842 commemorates by a Latin inscription the 
 genius and learning of John Napier of Merchiston, inventor of the 
 Logarithms. This remarkable man was born in Merchiston Castle, 
 near Edinburgh, in 1550. He was eldest son of Sir Alexander 
 Napier, Master of the Mint to James VI., by his first wife, daughter 
 of Sir Francis Bothwell, a Lord of Session. He was educated at 
 St. Salvator's College, St. Andrews; after travelling abroad, he 
 devoted himself to mathematical studies. For many years he 
 directed his inquiries to the discovery of a short method of 
 calculation to facilitate the solution of trigonometrical problems. 
 In 1614 he produced his book of Logarithms. His invention
 
 58 EDINBURGIISIIIRE. 
 
 rendered his name celebrated over Europe. He died at Merchiston 
 Castle in April, 1G17, and was buried in St. Giles Church. His 
 eldest son was the first Lord Napier. 
 
 A marble tablet in the vestibule of St. Cuthbert's Church is 
 thus inscribed : " Here lyes the corpse of the Honble. Sir James 
 Eocheid of Inverleith, who died on the 1st of May, 1787, in the 71st 
 year of his age." Sir James was second and last Baronet of the old 
 family of Rocheid of Craigleith and Inverleith. His daughter and 
 co-heir, Mary, married Sir Francis Kinloch, Bart., of Gilmerton ; her 
 third son on succeeding to the estates of his maternal grandfather as- 
 sumed the name of Eocheid. The family is extinct. Also in the vesti- 
 bule of the church a marble tablet commemorates the Eev. William 
 Paul, minister of the second charge of the parish, who died on the 
 27th October, 1802, in the forty-eighth year of his age and twenty- 
 fourth of his ministry. Mr. Paul was translated from Newbattle 
 in 1786; he was Chaplain in Ordinary to the King, and was held 
 in high esteem for the fidelity and earnestness of his ministrations. 
 
 The Eev. Sir Henry Moncreiff Wellwood, Bart., minister of the 
 first charge of St. Cuthbert's, is commemorated by a mural tablet. 
 This distinguished divine was son of the Eev. Sir William 
 Moncreiff, seventh Baronet of Tippermalloch and Minister of 
 Blackford, Perthshire. Educated at the Universities of Glasgow and 
 Edinburgh, he was licensed in 1771, and in the same year ordained 
 successor to his father in the parish of Blackford. In October, 1775, 
 he was translated to St. Cuthbert's parish. He became leader of 
 the evangelical section of the church; in 1785 he was elected 
 Moderator of the General Assembly. He died on the 9th August, 
 1827, in the seventy-eighth year of his age, and fifty-sixth of his 
 ministry. For forty-three years he held the office of collector of 
 the Ministers' Widows' Fund, and he was one of the original 
 members of the Society for benefiting the sons of the clergy. 
 
 The oldest tombstone in the churchyard is a mural tablet in 
 memory of Henry Nisbet of Dean, who died in 1692. Among the 
 older mortuary enclosures is one containing the remains of the 
 celebrated Mr. Eobert Pont. This eminent clergyman and civil
 
 ST. CUTHBERT'S CHURCHYARD. 59 
 
 judge was born at Culross about the year 1524. He studied at the 
 University of St. Andrews, and afterwards improved himself in law 
 at the universities of the Continent. In 1559 he was sent by the 
 kirk-session of St. Andrews as a Commissioner to the first General 
 Assembly, and in 1563 was appointed by the Assembly their com- 
 missioner to visit the diocese of Moray. He was chosen moderator 
 of Assembly in 1570, and was four times thereafter elected to 
 that office. In 1571 he was appointed provost of Trinity College, 
 and a senator of the College of Justice. In 1574 he became 
 collegiate minister of St. Cuthbert's ; he was translated to St. 
 Andrews, Eifeshire, in 1582. In 1587 he was nominated by the 
 king to the temporality of the Bishopric of Caithness, but the 
 General Assembly declined to ratify the appointment. He died on 
 the 8th May, 1606, in his eighty-second year, and the forty-fourth 
 of his ministry. His tombstone became a subject of dispute, as 
 appears by a minute of the Privy Council, dated 4th June, 1607 : 
 " Having befoir his death ordered his grave stone with some 
 epitaphs thereon, and Mary Smyth, his relict, on a vain curiositie 
 having removit that stone and made another, the kirk session 
 complaines thereof to the councill, who preferrs her stone to his, 
 and discharges the session to trouble her anent the laying thereof 
 on her husband's grave." Mr. Font's tombstone is adorned with a 
 Latin inscription. 
 
 In Mr. Font's burial-place is interred the Hon. Patrick Eobertson, 
 a senator of the College of Justice (see ante}. 
 
 A mural monument commemorates John Grant cf Kilgraston, 
 assistant judge in the island of Jamaica. He was elder son of 
 Peter Grant, the last of the lairds of Glenlochy, and held office as 
 assistant judge in Jamaica from 1783 to 1790. He died on the 
 25th March, 1793. 
 
 A tombstone celebrates the virtues of Dr. James MacKnight, one 
 of the ministers of the Old church, and author of " The Harmony of 
 the Gospels." This learned divine was son of the Eev. William 
 MacKnight, minister of Irvine, and was born on the 17th 
 September, 1721. In May, 1753, he was ordained to the ministry
 
 GO EDINBURGHSHIRE. 
 
 at Maybole, Ayrshire. His " Harmony of the Gospels " appeared 
 in 1756, and his "Truth of Gospel History " in 1763. In 1769 
 he was elected Moderator of the General Assembly, and in the same 
 year was translated to Jedburgh. In 1772 he became minister 
 of Lady Tester's church, Edinburgh; he was subsequently pre- 
 ferred to the Old church. He published in 1795 a translation 
 of the Apostolical Epistles. He died on the 13th January, 1800. 
 
 A handsome mausoleum commemorates Alexander Murray, Lord 
 Henderland, a senator of the College of Justice, who died on the 
 16th March, 1795. On this monument are inscribed the names of 
 William Murray of Henderland, eldest son of the preceding, who 
 died 3rd October, 1854, and of Sir John Archibald Murray, second 
 son of Lord Henderland, who after holding the offices of Eecorder 
 of the Great Roll, and Lord Advocate, was raised to the Bench as 
 Lord Murray in 1839. Lord Murray died on the 7th March, 
 1859. On this monument is also commemorated Mary, wife of 
 Lord Murray and daughter of William Rigby, Esq., of Oldfield Hall, 
 Cheshire, who died on the 2nd October, 1861. Lord and Lady 
 Murray, it is recorded, evinced such unwearied zeal in doing good, 
 that their departure was felt as a general loss. 
 
 John Mason, " Student of Physic," who died in 1763, at the age 
 of twenty-seven, is commemorated in these lines : 
 
 " Death, O Grave, why so severe, 
 
 E'en youth must see 
 
 Thy looks austere ; 
 This young man did by living die, 
 By death he lives eternally." 
 
 These lines are inscribed on the tombstone of Jacobina Curtis, 
 wife of Archibald Lumsdaine, who died in 1809 : 
 
 " Hark from the tomb a solemn sound ! 
 
 ' Prepare, prepare,' it cries, 
 ' To drop your body in the dust 
 Your soul to mount the skies.' " 
 
 More ambitious verse is inscribed on the gravestone of Eliza 
 Dunbar, wife of Captain Tod, who died in 1804 :
 
 ST. CUTHBEKT'S CHURCHYARD. 61 
 
 " Ah ! whither fled, ye dear illusions, say ? 
 Lo ! pale and silent lies the lovely clay. 
 How are the roses on that cheek decayed, 
 Which beauty's bloom to every eye displayed ? 
 Health on her form each sprightly grace bestowed, 
 With life and thought each speaking feature glowed. 
 Fair was the blossom, soft the vernal sky, 
 Elate with hope, we deemed no tempest nigh ; 
 When lo ! a whirlwind's instantaneous gust 
 Left all its beauties withering in the dust." 
 
 By a marble slab is commemorated John, fifteenth Earl of 
 Glencairu, who died at Coats, near Edinburgh, on the 29th 
 September, 1796, aged forty-six. At his death the earldom became 
 dormant. His lordship's elder brother, who died in 1791, was a 
 warm patron of the poet Burns. 
 
 A monument celebrates the ministerial faithfulness of the Rev. 
 Neil McVicar, Minister of St. Cuthbert's, who died on the 29th 
 January, 1747, in the seventy-fifth year of his age and forty-eighth 
 of his ministry. From the office of military chaplain at Fort 
 William, Mr. McVicar was transferred to St. Cuthbert's church in 
 May, 1707; he was appointed almoner to the king in 1729. An 
 anecdote of him is related in connection with Prince Charles 
 Edward's triumphal entry into Edinburgh after the battle of Pres- 
 tonpans. On the following Sunday he preached to a promiscuous 
 audience, many of whom were opposed to the reigning family. 
 During prayer he expressed the petition that " the young man 
 recently come amongst us in search of an earthly crown may soon 
 obtain what is far better, a heavenly one." 
 
 A tombstone marks the burial-place of Major-General Mark 
 Napier, who died on the 10th June, 1809. He was son of Francis, 
 fifth Lord Napier, by his wife Lady Henrietta Hope, third daughter 
 of the first Earl of Hopetoun. His family are interred in the 
 churchyard. 
 
 A monument denotes the burial-place of William Jobson of 
 Lochore, who died on the 19th December, 1822, and of his wife, 
 Mrs. Eachel Stuart, who died on the 15th August, 1863. Jane,
 
 62 Ki>ixi;ri;<;!isniRE. 
 
 only child of Mr. and Mrs. Jobson, married on the 3rd February, 
 1825, Lieutenant Walter Scott, eldest son and heir of Sir Walter 
 Scott, Bart. She subsequently became Lady Scott of Abbotsford. 
 
 A tombstone celebrates the Rev. Thomas Fleming, D.D., minister 
 of Lady Tester's, who died on the 19th July, 1 824, in the seventieth 
 year of his age and forty-sixth of his ministry. To Lady Tester's 
 church he was translated from Kirkcaldy in October, 1806. He 
 aided in revising the translation of the Scriptures into Gaelic, and 
 was author of several useful publications. 
 
 The Eev. John Johnstone, minister of Roxburgh Place Chapel of 
 Ease, is commemorated by a tombstone. He was a native of Edin- 
 burgh, and was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of the Relief 
 Church on the 12th July, 1807. In July, 1808, he was ordained 
 to the third congregation, then worshipping in Carrubber's Close, 
 and afterwards in Roxburgh Place. In 1829 some of his members 
 desired to introduce an organ, a proposal which, being keenly 
 opposed, led to its use being prohibited by the Relief Synod. Mr. 
 Johnstone consequently withdrew his connection with the Relief 
 Church, and in 1833 obtained admission into the Church of 
 Scotland. He died suddenly on the 3rd September, 1833. 
 
 A monument commemorates the Rev. George Paxton, D.D., who 
 died on the 9th April, 1837. Dr. Paxton was born at Dalgowry, 
 Haddingtonshire, in 1762 ; he ministered successively at Kilmaurs 
 and Stewarton in connection with the Associate Synod. Subse- 
 quently he became pastor of the congregation of the Associate 
 Church worshipping in Infirmary Street, Edinburgh, and was 
 Professor of Divinity in the connexion. His "Illustrations of 
 Scripture " is a well-known work. 
 
 The Rev. John Jamieson, D.D., the distinguished antiquary, and 
 author of the Scottish Dictionary, rests in this churchyard. Dr. 
 Jamieson was born at Glasgow in 1758. For many years he 
 ministered as pastor of a congregation of Antiburghers at Forfar. 
 In 1797 he undertook the pastorate of the Associate Congregation 
 in Nicolson Street, Edinburgh. His Dictionary of the Scottish 
 language appeared in 1809-10 in two quarto volumes. In 1811
 
 ST. CUTHBERT'S CHURCHYARD. 63 
 
 he published his " History of the Culdees." His last publication, 
 " Views of the Eoyal Palaces of Scotland," appeared in ] 828_ 
 Dr. Jamieson was member of many of the learned societies. He 
 latterly enjoyed a pension on the Civil List. His death took 
 place at Edinburgh on the 12th July, 1828. 
 
 An elegant monument, erected by admiring and attached friends, 
 commemorates Eobert Jameson, advocate, son of the preceding. 
 He died on the 31st December, 1834. 
 
 A tombstone denotes the grave of the Eev. David Dickson, 
 minister of New North Church, Edinburgh. This reverend 
 gentleman was proprietor of Persilands, Lanarkshire, and was suc- 
 cessively minister of the parishes of Liberton and Bothkennar, and 
 of the Canongate Chapel of Ease, Trinity College, and New North 
 Church, Edinburgh. He died on the 3rd August, 1820, in the sixty- 
 seventh year of his age, and forty-fourth of his ministry. 
 
 Attached parishioners have reared an elegant monument, adorned 
 with appropriate sculptures, to the memory of the Eev. David Dick- 
 son, D.D., minister of St. Cuthbert's. Dr. Dickson was translated to 
 St. Cuthbert's from the Chapel of Ease, Kilmarnock, on the 16th 
 May, 1803. He was a zealous promoter of benevolent enterprises, 
 and for many years held the secretaryship of the Scottish Mis- 
 sionary Society. He contributed to the " Edinburgh Encyclo- 
 paedia," and the Edinburgh Christian Instructor. He died on the 
 28th July, 1842, in the sixty-third year of his age and forty-first 
 of his ministry. 
 
 A small obelisk marks the burial-place of Adam McCheyne, 
 Writer to the Signet, who died on the 24th February, 1 854. On the 
 same monument is commemorated his son, the Eev. Eobert Murray 
 McCheyne, minister of St. Peter's Church, Dundee. This popular 
 and gifted clergyman was born at Edinburgh on the 21st May, 
 1813. He studied at the High School and University of the city, 
 and was licensed to preach in 1835. After a period of ministerial 
 employment in the united parishes of Larbert and Dunipace, he 
 was, in November, 1836, ordained to the pastoral charge of 
 St. Peter's Church, Dundee. In 1839 he accompanied a deputation
 
 14 F.I'INRURGIISHIRE. 
 
 from the Church of Scotland on a mission to Palestine. He died 
 after a short illness on the 29th March, 1843. Mr. McCheyne 
 was an earnest and most effective preacher. 
 
 In the new portion of the burial-ground rest the remains of 
 Mrs. Anne Grant, commonly styled " of Laggan " the amiable and 
 accomplished authoress. Daughter of Duncan M'Vicar, an officer 
 in the British army, and, through her mother, descended from the 
 ancient Argyleshire family of Stewart, of Invernahyle, she was 
 born at Glasgow on the 21st February, 1775. Her infancy was 
 spent in America, where her parents had settled for a time. 
 Returning to Scotland in 1768, Mr. M'Vicar was appointed 
 barrack-master of Fort Augustus. There his daughter became 
 acquainted with the Eev. James Grant, chaplain to the Fort, to 
 whom, on his becoming parish minister of Laggan, she was married 
 in 1779. On the death of Mr. Grant, which took place in 1801, Mrs. 
 Grant removed with her family of young children, first to Stirling, 
 and afterwards to Edinburgh. During her married life she had 
 evinced some poetical talent, but it was not until her widowhood 
 that she ventured on a publication. Three thousand subscribers 
 were procured for a volume of poems which she published in 1803. 
 This was followed by her " Letters from the Mountains," a work 
 which materially enhanced her literary reputation, and considerably 
 stimulated a taste for Scottish sceneiy and traditions. Mrs. Grant 
 was much cherished in the literary society of the capital. In 1825 
 she obtained a pension on the Civil List. She died on the 7th 
 November, 1838, at the age of 84. Her "Memoir and Correspond- 
 ence" appeared in 1844. 
 
 An elegant monument with a medallion denotes the resting-place 
 of John Abercrombie, M.D., the eminent physician and philo- 
 sophical writer. He was born at Aberdeen on the 12th October, 
 1780. Having become qualified as a physician at the University 
 of Edinburgh, he commenced in his twenty-third year to practise 
 in that city. He was appointed physician to Heriot's Hospital, 
 and physician to the King for Scotland. In 1830 he published 
 his work on the " Intellectual Powers," which gained him a wide
 
 ST. CUTHBERT'S CHURCHYARD. 65 
 
 reputation as a philosophic thinker. He was a zealous promoter 
 of benevolent institutions, and enjoyed the highest reputation as a 
 consulting physician. In 1835 he was elected Lord Rector of 
 Marischal College, Aberdeen. He died suddenly on the 14th 
 November, 1844; his remains were honoured with a public 
 funeral. 
 
 A monument commemorates the Rev. David Welsh, D.D. This 
 eminent divine was son of a farmer at Moffat ; he was born in 
 that parish on the llth December, 1793. Educated at the Univer- 
 sity of Edinburgh, he was licensed to preach in 1816. In March, 
 1821, he was ordained to the pastoral charge of Crossmichael ; he 
 was subsequently translated to St. David's Church, Glasgow ; and 
 was, in 1831, appointed to. the Professorship of Church History in 
 the University of Edinburgh. In 1842 he was chosen Moderator 
 of the General Assembly. At the opening of the Assembly the 
 following year, he announced the determination of a large number 
 of his brethren to leave the Establishment and constitute the 
 Free Church. Dr. Welsh died suddenly on the 24th April, 1845. 
 He several years held the secretaryship of the Scottish Bible 
 Board. For a time he edited the North British Eeview. 
 
 A monument has been erected to Andrew Combe, M.D., and to 
 the members of his family. Dr. Combe was born at Edinburgh, 
 on the 27th October, 1797. Having prosecuted his medical studies 
 at Edinburgh and on the Continent, he commenced practice as a 
 physician in 1822. He was, in 1836, appointed physician to the 
 King of the Belgians, but after a short period was compelled to 
 resign the office from infirm health. He died at Gorgie Mill, near 
 Edinburgh, on the 9th August, 1847. Dr. Combe obtained wide 
 celebrity from his phrenological speculations. His works on 
 physiology are held in estimation. 
 
 A small obelisk indicates the sepulchre of Eobert Archibald 
 Smith, the eminent composer of Scottish music. Mr. Smith was 
 born at Reading, in Berkshire, on the 16th November, 1780. In his 
 20th year he settled at Paisley, where he formed the acquaintance 
 of Robert Tannahill, whose best songs he set to music. In 1823 
 
 F
 
 66 EDINBURGHSHIRE. 
 
 be became precentor in St. George's Church, Edinburgh. His 
 numerous musical works are much valued. He died at Edinburgh 
 on the 3rd January, 1829. 
 
 By a tombstone is commemorated Dr. Andrew Thomson, minister 
 of St. George's. This eminent divine was born at Sanquhar, in 
 the county of Dumfries, on the llth July, 1779. His father, Dr. 
 John Thomson, was in succession minister of Sanquhar and Mar- 
 kinch, and one of the ministers of Edinburgh. He was licensed 
 in 1802, and in the same year was ordained minister of Sprouston, 
 Roxburghshire. In 1808 he was translated to the East Church, 
 Perth; and in 1810 was presented to New Grey friars Church, 
 Edinburgh. He now commenced the Christian Instructor a 
 periodical which under his editorial care obtained much favour in 
 religious circles. He contributed valuable articles to the " Edinburgh 
 Encyclopedia." In 1814, on the opening of St. George's Church, 
 he was appointed its first pastor. Dr. Thomson took a prominent 
 part in the Apocryphal controversy; he was keenly opposed to 
 the Scriptures being printed along with the Apocrypha. In the 
 General Assembly he was an eloquent debater, and leader of the 
 Evangelical party. He died suddenly on the 9th February, 
 1831. 
 
 A monument denotes the grave of James Donaldson, founder of 
 the great hospital which bears his name. Mr. Donaldson was a 
 printer in the city. He died in October, 1830, bequeathing 
 200,000 for the erection and endowment of an hospital for the 
 maintenance and education of 300 children. Donaldson's Hospital, 
 a spacious quadrangular structure, built from a design by William 
 H. Playfair, was completed in 1850 ; it is one of the most imposing 
 erections in the city. 
 
 A tombstone celebrates the pious labours of the Rev. Henry 
 Grey, D.D., minister of St. Mary's Church, Edinburgh. This 
 eminent clergyman was successively minister of St. Cuthbert's 
 Chapel, New North Church, and St. Mary's Church. To the last 
 charge he was admitted in 1825. In the celebrated controversy in 
 <1 to the books of the Apocrypha being printed along with
 
 ST. CUTHBERT'S CHURCHYARD. 67 
 
 the authorized Scriptures, he supported the practice. In 1843 
 he joined the Free Church, and in the following year was elected 
 Moderator of Assembly. On the celebration of his jubilee in 
 1851, several bursaries were endowed in the Free Church College 
 in association with his name. He died on the 1.3th January, 
 1859, in the eighty-first year of his age and fifty-ninth of his 
 ministry. 
 
 The Eev. William Innes, D.D., minister of Elder Street Church, 
 is commemorated by an obelisk. This reverend gentleman was 
 son of the Kev. James Innes, minister of Yester. He was licensed 
 to preaeh in 1792, and in the following year was appointed 
 minister of the second charge of Stirling. With Mr. Robert 
 Haldane, of Airthrey, he associated in his religious enterprises. 
 Having adopted sentiments of Independency, he tendered the 
 resignation of his charge, but he was deposed from the ministry in 
 October, 1799. He accepted an educational and ministerial ap- 
 pointment at Dundee; but a controversy having arisen on the 
 subject of baptism, he adhered to those who preferred the adult 
 mode, and removed to Edinburgh. In that city, beside ministering 
 to a congregation in Elder Street, he conducted business as a 
 bookseller. He died on the 3rd March, 1855, at the age of 
 eighty-five. Dr. Innes was author of numerous publications, 
 chiefly theological. 
 
 A tombstone denotes the burial-place of William Home Lizars, 
 the eminent engraver, who died on the 30th March, 1859 ; and of 
 his brother John Lizars, surgeon, who died on the 21st May, 1860. 
 
 A small monument commemorates Thomas de Quincy. This 
 distinguished writer was born in Manchester, on the 15th August, 
 1786. He was educated at Oxford, and, being possessed of an 
 independent fortune, he early established his residence at the Lakes 
 of Cumberland. In 1819 he removed to Lasswade, near Edinburgh. 
 He died at Edinburgh, on the 8th December, 1859. De Quincy 
 was a brilliant magazine writer his articles being pervaded by 
 genial humour and curious speculation. His most celebrated 
 work is " The Confessions of an Opium-eater." His habits were
 
 08 KMXRUUGIISIIIUE. 
 
 eccentric ; he frittered away a fine fortune, and reduced himself to 
 indigence. 
 
 A plain mural monument is inscribed with the name of James 
 Alexander Haldane. This gentleman, the younger of two remark- 
 able brothers, was born at Dundee, on the 14th July, 1768. His 
 father, Captain James Haldane, of Airthrey, died a fortnight before 
 his birth, and his early upbringing devolved on his mother, a 
 woman of eminent piety. He was educated at the High School 
 and University of Edinburgh ; and in his seventeenth year entered 
 the service of the East India Company as a midshipman on board 
 the Duke of Montrose. At sea the religious impressions of his 
 youth were some time forgotten, but afterwards returned with 
 resistless efficacy. In his 25th year, when he became com- 
 mander of the Melville Castle, he caused public worship to be 
 celebrated on board, and Bibles and religious publications to be 
 distributed among his men. He subsequently resigned his appoint- 
 ment ; and, returning to Edinburgh, began to preach as an itinerant. 
 During the summer of 1797, he made a missionary tour in the 
 northern counties. He was afterwards ordained to the pastorate of 
 Circus Chapel, Edinburgh. He latterly adopted Baptist views. 
 Captain Haldane died on the 8th February, 1851, in his eighty- 
 fourth year. He published several theological and other works. 
 
 A tombstone, with a sculptured medallion, commemorates George 
 Meikle Kemp, architect of the Scott Monument. This ingenious 
 person was born early in the century, on the southern slope of the 
 Pentland Hills. The son of a shepherd, he received a very ordinary 
 education, and while still young was apprenticed to a joiner. He 
 early devoted himself to the study of Gothic architecture, and 
 performed long journeys to examine remarkable specimens of the 
 art. He spent some time on the Continent examining the more 
 celebrated Gothic structures. Returning to Edinburgh in 1825, he 
 occupied himself with architectural drawing, and in this line 
 (>l)t;iiued considerable employment from the leading architects. In 
 1838, when premiums were offered for the best design for a monu- 
 ment to Sir Walter Scott, he became a competitor, and was
 
 ST. CUTHBERT'S CHURCHYARD. 69 
 
 ultimately successful. His design has been described (See ante}. 
 When the foundation stone of the monument was laid on the loth 
 August, 1840, Mr. Kemp was appointed superintendent of building 
 operations. On the evening of Wednesday, the 6th March, 1844, 
 while proceeding along the Union Canal to meet some boats laden 
 with stones for the monument, he missed his footing in the dark- 
 ness of the night and fell into the canal, where he perished. His 
 remains were accompanied to St. Cuthbert's burying-ground by a 
 large number of the citizens. On his tombstone these lines have 
 been inscribed : 
 
 " Hope still cheers us while we mourn ; 
 Fame strews laurels o'er his urn ; 
 See yon structure cleave the sky ; 
 Dream not genius e'er can die." 
 
 There is a monument in this churchyard to John Lee, D.D., 
 Principal of the University of Edinburgh. This distinguished 
 divine was born of humble parents at Stow, Edinburgh shire, in 
 1780. He studied medicine, passed as M.D., and became surgeon 
 apothecary in a military hospital. He afterwards qualified himself 
 for the ministry, and preached in London. In 1808 he was pre- 
 sented to the church of Peebles, and four years thereafter became 
 Professor of Church History at St. Andrews. In 1820, he accepted 
 the professorship of Moral Philosophy in King's College, Aberdeen, 
 intending to lecture one -half of the session at Aberdeen, and 
 the other at St. Andrews. His intention was changed by an 
 overturn of the stage-coach, which nearly proved fatal to him. 
 From St. Andrews he removed to Edinburgh to become collegiate 
 minister of the Canongate. In 1824 he was chosen a University 
 commissioner, and was appointed minister of Lady Tester's Church. 
 In 1827 he was elected depute-clerk of the General Assembly; in 
 1828 he delivered lectures as substitute Professor of Theology in 
 the University of Edinburgh. He was appointed, in 1830, one of 
 the King's Chaplains. In 1835 he exchanged Lady Tester's for the 
 Old Church, Edinburgh. In 1837 he became Principal of the 
 United College, St. Andrews. In 1838 he was named secretary ot
 
 70 EDINBURGIISniRE. 
 
 the Bible Board. The Deanery of the Chapel Eoyal, and principal- 
 ship of Edinburgh University, came in 1840. In 1843 the 
 professorship of Divinity was added to the principalship. In 
 1844 he was both Moderator and Principal Clerk of the General 
 Assembly. He died on the 2nd May, 1859, in his eightieth year, 
 and the fifty-second of his ministry. His lectures on the "History of 
 the Church of Scotland," published posthumously, are a valuable 
 contribution to ecclesiastical history. 
 
 On a tombstone commemorative of his wife and two infant sons, 
 Mr. William Penney, advocate (now Lord Kinloch), has inscribed 
 these lines : 
 
 " Sacred to memory not alone, 
 
 Love hath a wider scope, 
 Through mercy made by faith its own ; 
 Sacred not less to hope." 
 
 A tombstone celebrates George Lorimer, Dean of Guild, who 
 died 13th January, 1865. Mr. Lorimer is also commemorated by a 
 mural monument in the vestibule of St. Giles' Church (See ante]. 
 
 A tombstone commemorates certain members of the family of 
 Ferrier. James Ferrier, one of the principal clerks of Session, died 
 on the 18th January, 1829. His son, John Ferrier, W.S., died on 
 the 23rd November, 1852 ; his wife, Margaret Wilson, sister of 
 Professor John Wilson, died on the 5th January, 1853. Their son, 
 James Frederick Ferrier, Professor of Moral Philosophy at St. 
 Andrews, whose name is also recorded on this tombstone, attained 
 a first rank among Scottish metaphysicians. He was born at 
 Edinburgh, in November, 1808, studied at the Universities of Edin- 
 burgh and Oxford, and in 1832 was called to the Scottish Bar. 
 He did not seek legal practice, but dedicated himself sedulously to 
 literature. He was elected to the chair of Universal History 
 at Edinburgh, and some years afterwards was preferred to the 
 professorship of Moral Philosophy at St. Andrews. His celebrated 
 work, " The Institutes of Metaphysics," appeared in 1854. Pro- 
 fessor Ferrier died at St. Andrews, on the llth June, 1864. His 
 remains were interred in the Cathedral churchyard of that city.
 
 ST. CUTHBERT'S CHURCHYARD. 71 
 
 The other notable persons commemorated in St. Cuthbert's 
 Churchyard, are the following : 
 
 The Eev. Thomas Pitcairnes, minister of St. Cuthbert's from 
 1735 to 1751 ; he died on the 13th June, 1751, in the thirty-second 
 year of his ministry. Mrs. Mary Megget, daughter of William, 5th 
 Lord Cranstoun, by his wife Lady Jane Ker, eldest daughter of 
 William, 2nd Marquis of Lothian; she died on the 10th April, 
 1768. Mrs. Jane Bruce, widow of Captain Andrew Bruce, who 
 died on the 10th August, 1794. The Eev. James Eobertson, 
 Professor of Oriental Languages in the University of Edinburgh, 
 who died the 26th November, 1795. James Erskine, of Alva, 
 senator of the College of Justice, by the title of Lord Alva, who 
 died on the 17th May, 1796. Sir John Ogilvy, 5th Baronet of 
 Innerquharity, who died in March, 1802. The Rev. David Black, 
 minister of Lady Tester's, who died on the 25th February, 1806, 
 in his forty-fourth year and twenty-first of his ministry. Bain 
 Whyte, writer to the Signet, who died in 1818. George Winton, 
 architect, who died on the 30th November, 1822. Henry Dewar, 
 of Lassodie, who died on the 19th January, 1823. David Steuart, 
 Lord Provost of Edinburgh, who died 19th May, 1824. Lieutenant- 
 Colonel George Hutchison, who died 24th July, 1828. Alexander 
 Sutherland, author of " Tales of a Pilgrim," and editor of the 
 Edinburgh Observer, who died on the 30th June, 1831. The Eev. 
 Thomas Snell Jones, minister of Lady Glenorchy's Chapel, who 
 died the 3rd March, 1837, in his eighty-third year and fifty-eighth 
 of his ministry. Francis Georgiana Vans, daughter of Eobert Vans 
 Agnew, of Barnbarrow, Wigtonshire, who died the 18th February, 
 1840. Sir Eichard Bemptde-Johnstone Honyman, Baronet, of 
 Armadale, who died on the 24th February, 1842. The Eev. Archi- 
 bald McLean, pastor of the Baptist Church, Edinburgh, who died 
 December 21st, 1842. Sir William Drysdale, of Pitteuchar, who 
 died on the 4th June, 1843. John Montgonierie Bell, Sheriff of 
 Kincardineshire, who died llth May, 1844. John Alexander, 
 M.D., first physician to the Queen for Scotland, who died 14t!i 
 November, 1844. Eear- Admiral Janies Haldane Tait, who died
 
 72 EDINBUROIISIIIRE. 
 
 7th August, 1845. George Murray, Captain 52nd Regiment, and 
 4th sou of Sir Patrick Murray, of Ochtertyre, who died 24th 
 February, 1866. Robert Louis, of Plean, who died 2nd September, 
 1856. George Ross, advocate, sort of Admiral Sir John Lock- 
 liart Ross, Bart., of Balnagowan, who died on the 17th March, 
 1861. 
 
 A handsome mausoleum commemorates several members of the 
 family of Gordon, of Cluny. 
 
 CHURCHYARD OF ST. JOHN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH. 
 
 Among the eminent persons who have been commemorated 
 in this churchyard, may be first named Sir Henry Raeburn. This 
 distinguished painter was born at Stockbridge, Edinburgh, on the 
 4th March, 1756. His parents having died while he was still 
 young, he was educated by his brother William, who apprenticed 
 him to a goldsmith. He began to paint miniatures, which being 
 in demand, he was encouraged to execute portraits in oil. With 
 letters from Sir Joshua Reynolds he proceeded to Italy, where he 
 prosecuted artistic studies for two years. Returning to Edinburgh 
 in 1787, he established himself as an artist. He painted the 
 portraits of most of his distinguished contemporaries. Many of 
 his portraits have been engraved. He was elected member of 
 the leading academies of Europe ; and in 1822 received the honour 
 of knighthood. He died on the 8th July, 1823. 
 
 A monument commemorates Neil, 3rd Earl of Rosebery, K.T., 
 who died 25th March, 1814 ; also his Countess. 
 
 The Rev. Archibald Alison, author of " Essays on the Nature and 
 Principles of Taste," rests in this churchyard. This eminent 
 divine was born at Edinburgh, in 1757; he studied at ' the 
 University of Glasgow, and became an Exhibitioner at Bnliol 
 College, Oxford. After holding some ecclesiastical preferments in
 
 ST. JOHN'S CHURCHYARD. 73 
 
 England, he was in 1800 elected minister of the Episcopal Chapel, 
 Cowgate. The congregation having removed to St. Paul's Church, 
 York Place, he continued to officiate there till 1831, when failing 
 health compelled him to retire from ministerial duty. Mr. Alison 
 died on the 17th May, 1839, in his eighty-second year. 
 
 Dr. William Pulteney Alison, M.D., LL.D., eldest son of the 
 preceding, and Professor of the Practice of Physic in the Univer- 
 sity of Edinburgh, has also here found a resting-place. He died 
 in 1855. Professor Alison was author of various works in medical 
 science and was much distinguished for his efforts to mitigate the 
 sorrows of the labouring poor. 
 
 To this place of sepulture were consigned the remains of Professor 
 Sir William Hamilton, Bart. This distinguished philosopher was 
 born at Glasgow, in March, 1788. He studied at Glasgow College ; 
 and, obtaining a Snell exhibition, proceeded to Baliol College, 
 Oxford, where he obtained first-class honours. In 1813 he passed 
 advocate. After much diligent research, he established his right 
 to the baronetcy of Hamilton, of Preston, which had remained in 
 abeyance since 1701. In 1821 he was elected to the chair of 
 Universal History in the University of Edinburgh ; and in 1836 
 was preferred to the chair of Logic. He died at Edinburgh, on the 
 6th May, 1856. Sir William Hamilton edited the works of 
 Thomas Eeid and Dugald Stewart. Since his death his lectures 
 and memoir have been published. 
 
 A memorial stone denotes the grave of Macvey Napier, Professor 
 of Conveyancing in the University of Edinburgh, and successor of 
 Francis Jeffrey as editor of the Edinburgh Review. Mr. Napier 
 was son of John Macvey, of Kirkintilloch, and was born in 1777. 
 He adopted his mother's family name of Napier. He obtained his 
 professorship in 1825, and in 1837 was appointed one of the 
 principal clerks of Session. In 1824 he edited a supplement to the 
 Encyclopaedia Britannica, in six volumes quarto. In 1829 he became 
 editor of the Edinburgh Review/which he conducted for seventeen 
 years. He died at Edinburgh, on the llth February, 1847, in the 
 seventieth year of his age.
 
 74 EDINBURGIISIIIRE. 
 
 The remains of Miss Catherine Sinclair, whose public monument 
 has been noticed (See ante), rest in this churchyard. 
 
 In St. John's Churchyard rest the remains of Professor George 
 Moir, the eminent lawyer and essayist. A native of Aberdeen, he 
 studied law at the University of Edinburgh, and was called to the 
 Bar in 1825. As a writer he first attracted public notice by an 
 article on Spanish Literature in the Edinburgh Review. He was 
 then in his twenty-fifth year ; till the period of his death he 
 continued to furnish papers to the leading serials, especially 
 BlackwoocCs Magazine. He was in 1838 elected Professor of 
 Rhetoric in the University of Edinburgh, an office which he 
 resigned in 1840, when he was appointed Sheriff of Ross-shire. 
 He was in 1858 preferred to the Sheriffship of Stirling ; and was 
 in 1864 elected Professor of Scots Law in Edinburgh University. 
 Professor Moir died on the 19th October, 1870, aged seventy- 
 one. 
 
 To St. John's burying-ground were consigned the remains of 
 James Syme, the late distinguished surgeon. Professor Syme was 
 born in Kinross-shire, where his father inherited a small estate. 
 Having studied surgery under Liston, he settled in Edinburgh, 
 where he attained a high reputation as a practitioner and lecturer. 
 In 1835 he was appointed Professor of Clinical Surgery in the 
 University. He was elected to a similar chair in University 
 College, London, in 1847, but he resigned this post after two years, 
 and was re-installed in his former chair at Edinburgh. He held 
 a high reputation as a skilful operator. Of his numerous publica- 
 tions his work " On the Excision of Diseased Joints " has obtained 
 a first rank. Owing to his exertions a new Infirmary is about to 
 be reared at Edinburgh. Professor Syme died on the 26th June, 
 1870. He was surgeon to the Queen for Scotland. 
 
 In the interior of St. John's Church a series of elegant monu- 
 mental tablets bear the following inscriptions : 
 
 " In testimony of affection and respect for the memory of the 
 Right Rev. Father in God, James Walker, D.D., Cambridge, late 
 Bishop of this Diocese and Primus, his clergy and some lay
 
 ST. JOHN'S CHURCHYARD. 75 
 
 friends have dedicated this monumental tablet. Born January 
 24th, 1770; ordained Deacon 1793; ordained Priest 1805 ; conse- 
 crated Bishop March 7th, 1830. Died March 5th, 1841." 
 
 " Sacred to the memory of Major General Sir John Campbell, 
 Baronet, C.B., who served throughout the first Burmese war, under 
 his distinguished father, Lieutenant- General Sir Archibald Camp- 
 bell, Baronet, G.C.B., K.C.T.S. He commanded the 38th Regiment 
 for fourteen years, and as Brigadier General fought at Alma and at 
 Inkerman. He fell while gallantly leading on at the assault of 
 the EeJan, 18th June, 1855. His remains were laid in the cemetery 
 on Cathcart's Hill, near Sebastopol. His widow dedicates this 
 tablet, near the remains of his revered parents, to the memory of 
 a beloved husband. 
 
 A monument has also been erected in Winchester Cathedral by 
 the 38th Regiment, in which he served for thirty-three years, as a 
 testimony of respect, sincere affection, and esteem. 
 
 " ' Them also that sleep in Jesus will God bring with him 
 2 Thess. iv. 14." 
 
 "Sacred to the memory of Captain James Robertson, 9th Regiment 
 Madras Native Infantry, and assistant Commissary General, third 
 son of the late Colonel David Robertson Macdonald, of Kinloch- 
 Moidart. Born 22nd July, 1806. He died on board the Bucephalus 
 on his passage to the Cape of Good Hope, lat 25 9' south, long. 
 62 31' east, February loth, 1851." 
 
 " This tablet is erected by Jeannette Stanley in memory of her 
 beloved husband, Edward Stanley, senr., captain of H.M. 57th 
 Regiment of Foot, Knight of the Tower and Sword of Portugal. 
 Born A.D. MDCCCXVI. He fell in the Crimea, November 5th, 
 MDCCCLIV., while in command of his regiment, and on the 
 following day his remains were committed to a soldier's grave on 
 Cathcart's Hill. 
 
 " ' Cast down but not destroyed.' 2 Cor. iv. 9." 
 
 " In memory-of Douglas Charles Turing Beatson, Lieutenant 14th 
 Bengal Native Infantry, who hardly recovered from a wound 
 received at Ferozeshuhur on the 21st December, 1845, was again 
 wounded 10th February, at Sobraon, and died at Ferozepore, 16th 
 February, 1845, aged 24. The officers of the 14th Regiment place 
 this monumental tablet as a record of their affection and esteem 
 for a lamented fellow soldier and friend. 
 
 " ' Thou therefore endure hardness as a good soldier of Jesus 
 Christ.' 2 Tim. ii. 3."
 
 76 KDlNBUttOHSHIllK. 
 
 " Sacred to the memory of Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Graham, 
 youngest son of General Alexander Graham Stirling, of Duchray 
 and Authyle, and late of the First or " The Royal Ilegiment," who 
 died at Haslar Hospital on his return from the Crimea, 2nd 
 November, 1855, in the forty-sixth year of his age and thirtieth of 
 his service. The mortal remains of Colonel Graham rest in the 
 family burying-grouiid, Port of Monteith. But this tablet has 
 been dedicated by his brother officers to record the unchanged 
 love and honour with which during the entire period of his 
 service his companions in arms regarded his character and conduct. 
 " By grace ye are saved." 
 
 " Sacred to the memory of Lieutenant James Cruikshank, 36th 
 IN -lament Madras Native Infantry, and eldest son of the late 
 Alexander Cruikshank, Esq., of Keithock, Forfarshire. He died at 
 sea, 16th October, 1857, aged 32 years. This tablet has been 
 erected by his brother officers as a mark of their esteem and 
 regard." 
 
 - ,-) 
 
 " This Tablet, erected by Susan Jane Ballard, is sacred to the 
 memory of her beloved uncle, Alexander Bruere Tod, late of 
 H.E.I.C. Civil Service, Bengal, and during twenty-five years a 
 member of this congregation. He died "looking unto Jesus," 
 March 20th, MDCCCLIIL, aged LXVIII. 
 
 " ' As in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.' 
 1 Cor. xx. 22." 
 
 " In memory of Captain Archibald Sinclair, E.N., fourth son of 
 the Kight Honourable Sir John Sinclair, Baronet. Born 20th 
 September, 1801 ; died 1st June, 1859. On three occasions 
 Captain Sinclair saved the lives of others at the immediate hazard 
 of his own. He leaped overboard and rescued from drowning in 
 one instance a boy, in another a seaman, and in the third an 
 officer of his own ship. 
 
 " ' I know that my Eedeemer liveth.' Job xix. 25." 
 
 " Sacred to the memory of Alex. Lawrence Tweedie, Capt. 36th 
 lloyal Madras N.I., who died on his passage from India, 19th 
 November, 1858, aged 38 years. This tablet is erected by his 
 brother officers, to whom he was endeared by many amiable 
 qualities, in token of their esteem and regard." 
 
 " This tablet records the deaths (within a space of two months) of 
 a father and mother whose beloved memory seven orphan children 
 cherish and revere. Rupert John Cochrane, Esq., of Halifax, N.S.,
 
 ST. JOHN'S CHURCHYARD. 77 
 
 died in London, 28th June, 1851, aged 50 years; and was buried 
 at Ikttersea. Isabella Maccomb Cochrane, of New York, United 
 States, America, died in Edinburgh, 3rd September, 1851, aged 
 42 years ; and was buried in the Dormitory attached to this chapel. 
 " ' The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away : blessed be the 
 name of the Lord.' Job i. 21." 
 
 " Sacred to the memory of Elizabeth Bannerman, Dowager Lady 
 Ramsay, eldest daughter and co-heiress of the late Sir Alexander 
 Bannerman, of Elsick, Bart., and widow of Sir Alexander Eamsay, 
 of Balmain, Bart. Born April vii.,, MDCCLXVL; died Decem- 
 ber xi., MDCCCXLIV. 
 
 ' " She stretched out her hand to the poor.' Prov. xxxi. 20." 
 
 " This tablet is erected by four surviving children to the loved and 
 honoured memory of their parents, Captain William Hunter, 
 H.E.I.C.S. Died instantaneously within this house of God, Sunday, 
 April 30th, 1843. Mary Knox, his wife, died at Hyde, Isle of 
 Wight, February 2nd, 1850. 
 
 "'Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.' 
 St. Matt. v. 8." 
 
 " To the honoured memory of Captain John Woodburn, 44th 
 Bengal Native Infantry, and Commandant of the 5th Disciplined 
 Hindostanee Eegiinent of Infantry, in the service of His Majesty 
 the late Shah Soqjah Ool Moolk, who nobly fell at the head of a 
 small band of devoted followers in action with an overpowering 
 number of Ghilzie insurgents, near Ghuznee, in. Afghanistan, on 
 the 4th of November, 1841. This cenotaph has been erected by 
 the surviving British officers of that service, friends and companions 
 in arms, who deeply lamented his untimely fate, knew and admired 
 his great skill as a soldier, his sterling worth and honesty as 
 a man." 
 
 " Sacred to the memory of Sir John Eobison, E.N., late Secretary 
 to the Eoyal Society of Edinburgh, who, inheriting from his father 
 an ardent love of philosophy, was like him distinguished in the 
 pursuit of physical science. Died vii. March, MDCCCXLI1I. This 
 tablet is erected by two surviving children to the beloved memory 
 of a kind and affectionate father." 
 
 "In memory of Mary Ann, the beloved wife of Major General 
 Mayne, C.B. Born 1st January, 1795 ; died 29th June, 1841. This 
 monumental tablet is erected by her bereaved husband as a tribute 
 of his love and affection."
 
 78 EDINBURGIISIIIRE. 
 
 By all who venerate wisdom, sanctity, and virtue, let this stone 
 be held for ever sacred in memory of the Eight Reverend Daniel 
 Sandford, D.D. in the Scottish Episcopal Communion, Bishop of 
 Edinburgh, to record the gratitude of a Church, which to his piety, 
 prudence, and meekness, was mainly indebted for its union and 
 prosperity, and of a congregation which for thirty-eight years he 
 Led by teaching and example in the ways of truth, peace and 
 godliness. This monumental tablet was erected by the vestry of 
 the chapel of St. John. Bom July 1st, 1766 ; died January 14th, 
 1830. 
 
 The following brief sketch of Bishop Sandford has been kindly 
 supplied by Dean Ramsay : 
 
 " Daniel Sandford was second son of Rev. Dr. Sandford, Shrop- 
 shire; he was born at Delville, near Dublin, the residence of 
 Dean Delany, in 1766. His father held preferment in the Irish 
 Church. He represented a very ancient family in Norfolk ; he 
 served long in the Irish Church, and died early in life. His 
 widow was sister-in-law of Mrs. Chapone, of literary celebrity. 
 An able woman, she took much pains in the education and up- 
 bringing of her family. The well-known Mrs. Harriet Bowdler 
 was her intimate friend, and was the friend of Daniel, her sou, for 
 sixty years. 
 
 Daniel was educated at Southampton under the charge of a clergy- 
 man; and entered a commoner at Christ Church, Oxford, in 1789. 
 Among his friends and associates were the late Earl of Liverpool 
 and Lord Bexley. Distinguished as an accurate and accomplished 
 scholar, he won the Christ Church prize for Latin composition. 
 During vacation, at the Duchess of Portland's, he became a zealous 
 student of botany; he was also a capital rower. Mr. Sandford 
 in 1790 married Miss Douglas, a near connection of the Queens- 
 berry family; the same year he was admitted to holy orders. 
 He came to Edinburgh in 1792 : he was intimate with Blair, 
 Robertson, Dugald Stewart, Playfair, and other eminent literary 
 Scottish characters. Charlotte Chapel, in Rose Street, was opened 
 for Divine service under his ministry in 1797. It was said 
 that Mr. Sandford's preference for the Church lost him a bequest
 
 ST. JOHN'S CHURCHYARD. 79 
 
 of 70,000 from an eccentric old relative. For some time he 
 officiated out of the jurisdiction of Scottish Bishops. He joined 
 the Episcopal Church of Scotland in 1803. He was himself conse- 
 crated a Bishop of the Church in 1806. In 1818 he became 
 incumbent of the beautiful church of St. John's. His acceptance of 
 the Scottish Episcopate, it is supposed, prevented his having English 
 preferment. He had always very delicate health, and died 1st 
 January, 1830, in full faith and hope. Bishop Sandford's cha- 
 racter as a scholar, divine, and Christian is well portrayed in the 
 work published by his son, Archdeacon Sandford. He was an 
 acceptable and serious preacher. His deep and earnest study was 
 the Greek New Testament, of which he was an accurate and judicious 
 critic. He published during his lifetime sermons, and after his death 
 his son, the Archdeacon, published extracts from his diary, which he 
 kept with great care for many years, and which forms a very 
 accurate picture of his mind and opinions. His son, Sir Daniel 
 Sandford, Professor of Greek in Glasgow college, was one of the 
 most distinguished scholars of his time." 
 
 In St. John's Church are many elegant memorial windows. 
 Among these are windows commemorative of George, Earl of 
 Morton, who died 31st March, 1858 ; Baron Clerk Eattray, of 
 Craighall; W. W. Hay Newton, of Newton; and "Isabella, for 
 twenty-nine years the beloved and faithful wife and friend of 
 Edward B. Eamsay, Incumbent of St. John's." In the church- 
 yard is commemorated Sir William Arbuthnot, Bart., Lord Provost 
 of Edinburgh, who died in 1829. In the "Dormitory" of the 
 church were deposited the remains of Mrs. Anne Scott, wife of 
 Walter Scott, Writer to the Signet, and mother of Sir Walter Scott, 
 Bart., the illustrious novelist. She died on the 24th December, 
 1819.
 
 80 KHIXIintiiHSHIRE. 
 
 LADY TESTER'S CHURCHYARD. 
 
 Lady Yester's Church was founded by Margaret, Lady Yester, 
 previous to her death, 15th March, 1647. According to Monteith, 
 her ladyship was thus commemorated "on the north side of the 
 vestiary " : 
 
 " It's needless, to erect a marble tomb : 
 The daily bread, that for the hungry womb, 
 And bread of life thy bounty hath provided, 
 For hungry souls, all times to be divided ; 
 World-lasting monuments shall reare, 
 That shall endure, till Christ himself appear. 
 Pos'd was thy life ; prepar'd thy happy end ; 
 Nothing, in either, was without commend, 
 Let it be the care of all who live hereafter, 
 To live, and die, like Margaret Lady Yester : 
 Who died 15th March, 1647. Her age 75." 
 
 Lady Yester was third daughter of William Kerr, 3rd Earl of 
 Lothian, and wife of James, 7th Lord Yester. 
 
 In the churchyard, according to Monteith, a monument was thus 
 inscribed : 
 
 " Hie, aut alibi, forsan nullibi, condenda sunt ossa Joannis 
 Mackenzie, et Margaretae Hay, sortis humanae sociorum, casta 
 cura radamantium, fidei praemia, non morum, humili spe praes- 
 tolantium. Hoc quippe quadrum, in ulnas quinque patens, ab 
 urbico senatu, sibi suisque sepeliundis impetrarunt, anno solis 
 justiti. MDCCII." 
 
 The inscription has been thus rendered : 
 
 " Here, or elsewhere, perhaps nowhere, are to be laid up the 
 bones of John Mackenzie and Margaret Hay, mutually loving 
 with chaste care rewards of their faith, not works in humble hope 
 expecting. For this square place, extending to five elnes, from the 
 town council, to bury them and their heirs they obtained in the 
 year of the Sun of Righteousness 1702."
 
 81 
 
 LADY GLENOECHY'S CHAPEL. 
 
 Above the pulpit a monumental tablet commemorates Willielma 
 Maxwell, Viscountess Glenorchy, founder of the church. The 
 inscription is as follows : 
 
 "In memory of that most excellent lady, Willielma Maxwell, 
 Viscountess Glenorchy. Few characters in the religious world were 
 better known or more universally and justly respected. Her 
 many amiable personal qualities and superior understanding, im- 
 proved by education, genuine religion, reading and experience, 
 greatly endeared her to her numerous acquaintance, her family and 
 select friends. And this house, with several other places of 
 worship in Scotland and England, founded by her, together with 
 large sums she bequeathed to the Society for Promoting Christian 
 Knowledge, will be a lasting monument how much she had at heart 
 the glory of the Kedeemer, and the best interests of mankind. 
 She died July 13th, 1786, aged 43, and her remains are deposited 
 in the centre of this church. This monument was erected as 
 a tribute of respect by her executrix, Lady Maxwell." 
 
 Lady Glenorchy was daughter and co-heir of William Maxwell 
 of Preston, and wife of John Lord Glenorchy, son of John, third 
 Earl of Breadalbane. Zealously interested in religious concerns, 
 she devoted herself, after the death of her husband in 1771, to the 
 erection and endowment of places of worship in the localities in 
 which she happened to reside. A memoir of her life, with extracts 
 from her Diary and Correspondence, was published in 1822 by the 
 Eev. Thomas Snell Jones, D.D., minister of her chapel at Edin- 
 burgh. 
 
 BUCCLEUCH CHUKCHYARD. 
 
 IN the burial-ground attached to Buccleuch Church (formerly 
 St. Cuthbert's Chapel of Ease) are several interesting memorial 
 stones. Among those associated with the names of prominent 
 persons are the following : 
 
 G
 
 82 EDINBURGHSIIIKE. 
 
 A mural tablet in memory of Dr. Thomas Blacklock, with the 
 following Latin inscription, composed by Dr. Beattie : 
 
 " Viro Reverendo Thomae Blacklock, D.D., Probo, Fio, Benevolo, 
 Omnigena, Doctrina Erudito, Poetse sublimi ; ab incunabulis usque 
 oculis capto, at hilari, faceto, amicisque semper carissimo ; qui natus 
 xxi. Novemb., MDCCXX., obiit vii. Julii, MDCCXCI : Hoc Monumentum 
 Vidua ejus Sara Johnston, mcerens P." 
 
 Deprived of eyesight in his childhood, Dr. Blacklock compensated 
 for his misfortune by composing verses and cherishing the society 
 of his ingenious and learned contemporaries. One of the first to 
 recognise the genius of Robert Burns, it was owing to his counsel 
 that the great Scottish bard relinquished his intention of leaving 
 his native country. Dr. Blacklock was ordained minister of Kirk- 
 cudbright in April, 1762, but owing to oppositions from his parish- 
 ioners, he demitted the charge in October, 1765. He afterwards 
 resided at Edinburgh, where he died on the 7th July, 1791, in his 
 seventieth year. Dr. Blacklock was much esteemed for his conver- 
 sational powers, and was beloved for his benignity. 
 
 At the north-east corner of the churchyard a tombstone is 
 inscribed 
 
 " To the memory of Mrs. Alison Rutherfurd,* widow of Patrick 
 Cockburne, Esq., Advocate, who died 22 November, MDCCXCIV., 
 and of her son Captain Adam Cockburne, who died 22 August, 
 MDCCLXXX." 
 
 Mrs. Cockburn composed the song beginning, 
 
 " I've seen the smiling of fortune beguiling." 
 
 Daughter of Robert Rutherfurd of Fernylee, Selkirkshire, she 
 was born about 1710. In 1731 she married Patrick Cockburn, 
 youngest son of Adam Cockburn of Ormiston, Lord Justice Clerk, 
 who died 16th April, 1735, in his seventy-ninth year. Patrick 
 was admitted advocate in January, 1728 ; he died at Musselburgh 
 on the 29th April, 1755. Mrs. Cockburn survived her husband 
 
 * The Christian name of this gentlewoman has heen a source of difficulty to her 
 biographers. She is styled Alicia in the Index of Johnson's "Musical Museum," and 
 Sir Walter Scott describes her as Mrs. Catherine Cockburn.
 
 BUCCLEUCH CHUKCHTARD. 83 
 
 upwards of forty years. Personal recollections of her, communicated 
 by Sir Walter Scott to Mr. Eobert Chambers will be found in his 
 " Scottish Songs " (Edinburgh, 1829). 
 
 A mural tablet commemorates David Herd, editor of the collection 
 of " Scottish Songs " which bears his name. Herd was born at 
 Balmakelly, parish of Marykirk, Kincardineshire, on the 23rd 
 October, 1732.* Though descended on his mother's side from the 
 old family of Low of Balmakelly, he was uninfluenced by ambition, 
 and did not attain a position higher than that of clerk to an 
 accountant. His tombstone is thus inscribed : 
 
 " Near this stone are interred the remains of Mr. David Herd, 
 writer ; a man of probity, of a kind and friendly disposition, of 
 mild, tolerant principles, and a taste in ancient Scottish literature. 
 Not solicitous to shine nor anxious to become rich, he lost few 
 friends and made few enemies. These qualities had their influence, 
 for they averted many of the wants and evils of declining years. 
 He died a bachelor, aged eighty-six, upon the 10th of June, 1810." 
 
 On the east wall a tablet is inscribed, 
 
 " The burial-place of Mora, eldest daughter of Macleod of Easay, 
 wife of Colonel James Mure Campbell of Eowallan, county of Ayr. 
 She died 8th September, 1780, a few hours after giving birth to her 
 only child, Flora, who afterwards became Countess of Loudoun." 
 
 About the centre of the north wall rest the mortal remains of 
 Dr. Alexander Adam, rector of the High School. A mural tablet 
 is thus inscribed : 
 
 " Memorise sacrum Alexandri Adam, florentissimse scholse regise 
 Edinensis, per annos xl. et amplius rectoris indefessi, meritissimi ; 
 viro ingenio, doctrina, industria, literarum suavitate penitus imbuti 
 insignis, quas ipse et prseceptis, et exemplo, mira felicitate discipulis 
 suis commendavit. Natus viii. cal. Jufii, 1741, obiit xv. Januarii, 
 1810 ; eodem die quo films ejus natu maximus efferebatur." 
 
 Dr. Adam was born of humble parents in the parish of Eafford, 
 Elginshire. In his seventeenth year he proceeded to the University 
 of Edinburgh. During the first portion of his attendance he endured 
 
 * "We have ascertained the correct date of his birth from the register of his native 
 parish. It has been misstated.
 
 84 EDINBUKOIISHIRR. 
 
 the utmost privation. Iii his nineteenth year he was elected head 
 master of Watson's Hospital, and in 1768 was promoted to the 
 Rectorship of the High School His " Principles of Latin and 
 English Grammar " appeared in 1772, and his " Eoman Antiquities " 
 in 1791. He died on the 18th December, 1809, in his sixty-eighth 
 year. His remains were honoured with a public funeral. Dr. 
 Adam introduced the study of Greek into the High School, and 
 greatly extended the educational reputation of that seminary. 
 
 A tombstone commemorates Andrew Duncan, senior, M.D. This 
 eminent physician was born at St. Andrews, on the 17th October, 
 1744 Having passed surgeon, and obtained his degree of M.D., 
 he began in 1774 to deliver lectures at Edinburgh on the 
 Theory of Medicine. In 1790 he was elected President of the 
 College of Physicians. Soon afterwards he obtained the chair of 
 the Institutions of Medicine in the university. In 1821 he was 
 appointed first physician to the king for Scotland. He died on the 
 5th July, 1828. Besides providing valuable contributions to 
 medical literature, Dr. Duncan founded a public dispensary and 
 the Horticultural Society of Edinburgh. He also established the 
 .Royal Lunatic Asylum at Morningside. 
 
 A tombstone commemorates the Rev. Robert Hamilton, D.D., 
 Professor of Divinity in the university. Dr. Hamilton was son of 
 the Rev. William Hamilton, minister of Cramond, subsequently 
 Professor of Divinity at Edinburgh. He was born on the 19th 
 May, 1707. Educated at the High School and University of 
 Edinburgh, he obtained licence in 1730, and in 1731 was 
 ordained to the ministry at Cramond. In 1736 he was translated to 
 Lady Tester's Church, Edinburgh. He was promoted to Old Grey- 
 friars in 1750, and in 1754 was elected Professor of Divinity. He 
 was chosen Moderator of the General Assembly in 1754, and^was 
 again elected to the chair in 1760. In 1766 he was appointed 
 Dean of the Order of the Thistle. He died on the 3rd April, 1787, 
 in the eightieth year of his age, and fifty-seventh of his ministry. 
 
 Tombstones commemorate the Rev. Janes Bain, of the family of 
 Easter Livilands, Stirlingshire; James Stormouth, of Lednathy,
 
 CANONGATE CHURCHYARD. 85 
 
 W.S., who died 20th October, 1817; and Thomas Riddel], yr., of 
 Carrieston, who died 18th April, 1826. 
 
 Henry Francis Duncan, who died in 1805, in his fourteenth year, 
 is thus commemorated : 
 
 " If rising virtues claim the poet's tear ; 
 
 If worth, if genius wake soft pity's sigh, 
 Who will not weep o'er Henry's youthful bier ? 
 
 Who will not grieve that worth like his should die ? 
 
 " Sweet youth, farewell ! yet long we'll mourn thy doom, 
 
 Long kindle incense at affection's shrine ; 
 And oft we'll wander to thy early tomb, 
 And oft in sorrow read this tender line. 
 
 " Here Henry rests, a youth beloved by all, 
 His parents' hope amid declining years ; 
 More could I say, but friendship's sacred call 
 Demands this tribute of my bursting tears." 
 
 CANONGATE CHUECHYAED. 
 
 Canongate Churchyard contains much honoured dust. Here is 
 the simple gravestone erected by Robert Burns over the remains of 
 the poet, Eobert Fergusson. The following inscription, composed 
 by Burns, is engraved upon it : 
 
 " Here lies Robert Fergusson, Poet, born September 5th, 1751, 
 died October 16th, 1774. 
 
 " No sculptured marble here, nor pompous lay, 
 
 ' No storied urn, nor animated bust/ 
 This simple stone directs Pale Scotia's way 
 To pour her sorrows o'er her Poet's dust." 
 
 On the back are these words : " By special grant of the 
 Managers to Robert Burns, who erected this stone, this burial- 
 place is ever to remain sacred to the memory of Robert Fergusson." 
 Fergusson's reputation as a poet has considerably waned; his
 
 86 EDINBURGHSHIRE. 
 
 compositions are seldom read. He was intended for the Church, 
 but he subsequently sought employment as a clerk. Before 
 his twentieth year he contributed verses to Euddiman's Weekly 
 Magazine. Fond of society which his power of song enabled him 
 to adorn, he fell into habits of dissipation and became insane. He 
 died in a lunatic asylum at the age of twenty-four. 
 
 Alexander and John Runciman, brothers, eminent as historical 
 painters, are commemorated in this churchyard. Alexander was 
 born at Edinburgh in 1736. In 1750 he became apprentice to a 
 firm of house-painters; after various experiences he established 
 himself as an historical painter in the city. Through the patronage 
 of Sir James Clerk, of Penicuik, he was afterwards sent to Italy. 
 On his return in 1771 he was appointed Master of the Academy for 
 Drawing lately established at Edinburgh. The paintings in the 
 hall of Penicuik are his greatest work. He died suddenly on the 
 21st October, 1785. John Eunciman died in his twenty-fourth 
 year while on a professional visit to Naples in 1768. An elegant 
 tablet with medallion busts of the brothers was placed in the west 
 wall of Canongate Church in 1866 at the expense of the Royal 
 Scottish Academy. The sculpture was executed by Mr. Brodie. 
 
 In Canongate Churchyard were deposited the remains of Dr. 
 Adam Smith the distinguished Political Economist. He was born 
 at Kirkcaldy on the 5th June, 1723. In his third year he was 
 stolen by gipsies, but was soon recovered by a relative. Of a 
 delicate constitution, he evinced an early aptitude for reading, with 
 a singularly retentive memory. He studied at the University of 
 Glasgow and at Baliol College, Oxford. Disappointed in obtaining 
 suitable employment in England, he returned to Kirkcaldy in 1746. 
 In 1751 he was elected Professor of Logic in Glasgow University; 
 he was subsequently preferred to the chair of Moral Philosophy in 
 the same college. He published his "Theory of Moral Senti- 
 ments " in 1759, which was followed by his treatise on the origin 
 of languages. In 1763 he resigned his Professorship to accompany 
 the young Duke of Buccleuch in Continental travel. He returned 
 to Britain in 1766, and spent the next ten years in studious retire-
 
 CANONGATE CHUKCHYARD. 87 
 
 ment. His " Inquiry into the Wealth of Nations " appeared in 1776, 
 in two volumes, quarto. Appointed a Commissioner of Customs he 
 established his residence in Edinburgh. He was in 1787 elected 
 Eector of Glasgow University. He died in July, 1790. 
 
 Near the grave of Dr. Adam Smith a handsome mausoleum 
 denotes the resting-place of Professor Dugald Stewart. This pro- 
 found and amiable philosopher was born at Edinburgh on the 22nd 
 of November, 1753. Having studied at the Universities of Edin- 
 burgh and Glasgow, he was appointed successor to his father as 
 Professor of Mathematics in Edinburgh College. In 1785 he ex- 
 changed his chair for that of Moral Philosophy. The first volume 
 of his " Philosophy of the Human Mind " appeared in 1792. In 
 1800 he added a course of lectures on Political Economy to the 
 usual course of his chair. In 1806 he procured the sinecure office 
 of gazette- writer, with a salary of 600 a year. He relinquished 
 his professorship in 1810, retiring to Kinnoul House on the banks 
 of the Forth, where he enjoyed the society of literary friends. He 
 died at Edinburgh on the llth June, 1828. Professor Stewart's 
 Monument on the Calton Hill has been noticed. 
 
 An elegant monument commemorates Sir William Fettes, Bart., 
 on two occasions Lord Provost of Edinburgh, and founder of the 
 institution which bears his name. Sir William died on the 27th 
 May, 1836. His monument was reared " by the trustees of the 
 Fettes endowment out of respect for his benevolence in making a 
 provision for the children of his less fortunate fellow-countrymen/' 
 
 A monument celebrates Walter, Lord Ogilvy, who died at 
 Paris on the 21st March, 1824. 
 
 A tomb denotes the burial-ground of the family of Lord Macleod, 
 now represented by the Countess of Cromartie. Within the en- 
 closure are deposited the remains of Isabel, daughter of Sir John 
 Gordon, Bart., of Invergordon, and relict of George, third Earl of 
 Cromartie, who died 23rd April, 1769, and of John, Lord Macleod, 
 son of the preceding, who died the 2nd April, 1789. Along with 
 his father, Lord Macleod adhered to the fortunes of Prince Charles 
 Edward. They were captured by a party of Lord Sutherland's
 
 88 EDINBURGHSHIRE. 
 
 militia at Dunrobin Castle in April, 1746, and were sent prisoners 
 to London. Both were convicted of high treason, the Earl being 
 sentenced to death and his estates forfeited. The capital sentence 
 was remitted. Lord Macleod was pardoned. With the per- 
 mission of the British Government he accepted military service in 
 Sweden. He was appointed aide-de-camp to the king. Returning 
 to Britain in 1777 he raised two battalions of Highlanders and 
 became colonel of the 71st Foot, with which he served in India. In 
 1784 his estates were restored to him. Other members of the 
 family are interred in the Canongate Churchyard. 
 
 A handsome monument perpetuates the worth and public spirit 
 of George Drummond, Lord Provost of Edinburgh and founder of 
 the Eoyal Infirmary. Tliis benevolent and energetic individual 
 was son of George Drummond of Newton, a cadet of the ancient 
 house of Drummond of Stobhall. He was born on the 27th June, 
 1687. At the age of twenty he was appointed Accountant-General 
 of the Excise. He gave early information of the rising under the 
 Earl of Mar in 1715, and, joining the royal forces with a body of 
 volunteers, fought at Sheriffmuir. In 1725 he was elected Lord 
 Provost of Edinburgh, an office which he filled on five subsequent 
 occasions. He established the Royal Infirmary in 1736. During 
 the Rebellion of 1745 he again joined the army, and was present at 
 the battle of Prestonpans. He laid the foundation-stone of the 
 Royal Exchange in 1753, and of the North Bridge in 1763. Five 
 professorships in the University were constituted by his enterprise. 
 He died on the 4th December, 1766, in his eightieth year. His 
 remains were honoured with a public funeral. A bust of Provost 
 Drummond was placed in the hall of the Royal Infirmary. 
 
 A tombstone has been reared in honour of John Jardine, D.D., 
 one of the ministers of the Tron Church, Edinburgh. This eminent 
 clergyman was son of the Rev. Robert Jardine, successively 
 minister at Glencairn and Lochmaben, Dumfriesshire. He was 
 born at Lochmaben on the 3rd January, 1716. Licensed as a 
 probationer in 1736, he was ordained minister of Liberton in 1741. 
 In 1750 he was translated to Lady Tester's Church, Edinburgh,
 
 CANONGATE CHURCHYARD. 89 
 
 and in 1754 was preferred to the Tron Church. He became 
 Chaplain in Ordinary to the King, one of the deans of the Chapel 
 Royal, and Dean of the Order of the Thistle. He died suddenly 
 while attending the General Assembly on the 30th May, 1766, in 
 the fifty-first year of his age and twenty-first of his ministry. Dr. 
 Jardine projected the first Edinburgh Review, which was published 
 in July, 1755, but was discontinued in the following year. By his 
 marriage with a daughter of Lord Provost Drummond he became 
 father of Sir Henry Jardine, who is also commemorated by a 
 tombstone in this churchyard. 
 
 Sir Henry Jardine was born at Edinburgh on the 30th January 
 1766. In 1790 he passed as a Writer to the Signet, and three 
 years afterwards was appointed Solicitor for Taxes in Scotland. 
 In 1820 he became King's Remembrancer, having for many 
 years held the deputy office. He was knighted in 1825. He died 
 on the llth August, 1851. Sir Henry Jardine was an ingenious 
 antiquary and elegant scholar. 
 
 A mortuary enclosure inscribed with the single word " Ramsay " 
 denotes the burial-place of James Ramsay, Bishop of Ross. Son of 
 Principal Ramsay of Glasgow College ; he was successively minister 
 of Kirkintulloch and Linlithgow. In 1670 he was appointed Dean 
 of Glasgow ; and in the following year Bishop of Dunblane. In 
 1673 he was translated to the Bishopric of Ross. He died at 
 Edinburgh, 22nd October, 1696. 
 
 A tombstone commemorates Charles Alston, M.D., Professor of 
 Botany. This eminent physician was born in 1683 ; he studied at 
 the University of Glasgow and afterwards at Ley den. In 1738 he 
 was appointed to the Chair of Botany and Materia Medica in the 
 University of Edinburgh. By his numerous medical and other 
 scientific works he laid the foundation of that fame which Edin- 
 burgh has since enjoyed as a school of medicine. He died on 
 the 22nd November, 1760. 
 
 Dr. John Walker, Professor of Natural History at Edinburgh, is 
 interred in the churchyard. Son of the Rector of the Canongate 
 Grammar School, he studied at the University of Edinburgh, and
 
 90 EDINBURGHSIIIHE. 
 
 was licensed by the Presbytery of Kirkcudbright in 1754. In 
 1758 he was ordained to the pastoral charge of Glencross, from 
 which he was translated to Moffat in 1762. In 1779 he was 
 appointed Regius Professor of Natural History and Keeper of the 
 Museum in the University of Edinburgh. Along with his academi- 
 cal appointment he retained his clerical office. In 1783 he was 
 translated to Colinton. He was elected Moderator of the General 
 Assembly in 1790. Professor Walker died on the 31st December, 
 1803, at the age of seventy- three. 
 
 A tombstone is consecrated to the memory of Thomas Hardy, 
 D.D., one of the ministers of Edinburgh and Professor of Church 
 History in the University. He was son of the Rev. Henry Hardy, 
 minister of Culross and proprietor of Navity, Fifeshire. Licensed 
 as a probationer in 1772, he was in the following year ordained 
 minister of Ballingry. He was translated to the High Church, 
 Edinburgh, in 1784, and two years afterwards was preferred to the 
 New North Church and to the Professorship of Church History. 
 In 1793 he was elected Moderator of the General Assembly. He 
 died on the 21st November, 1798, in his fifty-first year. Dr. Hardy 
 was instrumental in forming the " Society for the Benefit of the Sons 
 of the Clergy." He was author of several works and a leader in 
 the General Assembly. 
 
 A monument denotes the resting-place of Henrietta, Viscountess 
 Duncan, relict of Admiral Lord Viscount Duncan of Camperdown. 
 She was second daughter of the Right Honourable Robert Dundas 
 of Arniston, Lord President of the Court of Session. She died at 
 Edinburgh in December, 1822. 
 
 A monumental enclosure contains a memorial tablet in memory 
 of Robert Suttie, fourth son of Sir George Grant Suttie of Balgone, 
 Haddingtonshire. He died in February, 1843. 
 
 A monument celebrates Sir Robert Crawfurd Pollok, Bart., of 
 Pollok, who died on the 7th August, 1845. 
 
 A tombstone marks the grave of Robert Forsyth, author of 
 " Beauties of Scotland," and other works. Mr. Forsyth was born 
 at Biggar on the 18th January, 1766. In his twentieth year he
 
 OLD CALTON BURIAL-GROUND. 91 
 
 obtained licence as a preacher, but having no prospect of a settle- 
 ment, lie studied law and became an advocate. At the Bar he 
 attained considerable distinction; he published several valuable 
 works. He died in 1845. His memoir has been published. 
 
 John Ballantyne, printer and bookseller, one of the attached 
 friends of Sir Walter Scott, is interred and commemorated in this 
 churchyard. He was born at Kelso in 1774. Originally engaged 
 in merchandise in his native town, he proceeded to Edinburgh in 
 1805, where he was sometime employed as clerk in the printing 
 office of his brother, James. Through the good offices of Sir Walter 
 Scott, he was in 1808 established as a partner in the firm of 
 Ballantyne and Co., Publishers, Hanover Street. The poem of the 
 " Lady of the Lake " was issued by this firm. John Ballantyne 
 subsequently added to his emoluments by practising as an 
 auctioneer. After a period of feeble health, he died at Edinburgh 
 on the 16th June, 1821, at the age of forty-seven. He was 
 possessed of a kind and generous nature, combined with a strong 
 sense of humour. 
 
 On the east wall of the churchyard a monumental slab is 
 inscribed thus : 
 
 " Here lye the mortal remains of John Frederic Lampe, whose 
 harmonious compositions shall outlive monumental registers, and 
 with melodious notes, through future ages perpetuate his fame, till 
 time shall sink into eternity. His taste for moral harmony appeared 
 through all his conduct. On the 23rd of July, 1751, in the forty- 
 eighth year of his age, he was summoned to join that heavenly 
 concert with the blessed choir above, where his virtuous soul now 
 enjoys that harmony which was his chief delight upon earth. 
 
 " In vita felicitate dignos rnors reddit felices." 
 
 OLD CALTON BUELAL-GEOUND. 
 
 In this place of sepulture, a monument protects the remains 
 of David Hume, philosopher and historian ; he bequeathed money 
 for its erection.
 
 92 EDIXBURGHSHIRE. 
 
 Hume was born at Edinburgh on the 26th April, 1711. His 
 father, Joseph Home of Ninewells, Berwickshire, was remotely 
 connected with the noble family of Home. The philosopher (who 
 preferred to spell his name Hume) studied at Edinburgh University 
 with a view to the legal profession. Conceiving an aversion to the 
 law, he attempted merchandise at Bristol ; he subsequently travelled 
 abroad, improving himself in literature. He published in 1737 his 
 " Treatise on Human Nature," and five years afterwards two 
 volumes of essays. Subsequent to 1745 he became guardian to the 
 young Marquis of Annandale. He was afterwards secretary to 
 General St. Glair during his expedition to Canada and embassy at 
 the courts of Vienna and Turin. In 1752 he published his 
 "Political Discourses," which attracted immediate attention. In 
 the same year he was appointed keeper of the Advocates Library, 
 Edinburgh, with a small salary which he devoted to charitable 
 purposes. In 1754 he issued the first. portion of his "History of 
 England," which he completed in 1762. He went to France 
 in 1763 as secretary to Lord Hertford's embassy. At Paris he 
 became acquainted with Eousseau, who repaid his substantial 
 kindness with the basest ingratitude. In 1766 he became Under 
 Secretary of State for the Home Department; in 1769 he 
 returned to Edinburgh, with an annual revenue of 1,000. 
 After a period of feeble health he died on the 25th of August, 
 1776. 
 
 An obelisk, eighty feet in height, commemorates the Political 
 Martyrs of 1793 ; it is thus inscribed : 
 
 " To the memory of James Muir, Thomas Tyshe Palmer, William 
 Skirving, Maurice Margarot and Joseph Gerald. Erected by the 
 friends of Parliamentary Keform in England and Scotland, 1844. 
 ' I have devoted myself to the cause of the people ; it is a good 
 cause; it shall ultimately prevail It shall finally triumph.' 
 Speech of Thomas Muir in the Court of Justiciary, on the 30th of 
 August, 1793. 'I know what has been done these two days will 
 be re-judged.' Speech of William Skirving in the court of Justi- 
 ciary on the 7th of January, 1794." 
 
 A tombstone commemorates the Eev. John Barclay, commonly
 
 OLD CALTON BU RIAL-GKOUND. 93 
 
 known as the Berean. He was son of a farmer at Muthill, Perth- 
 shire. At St. Andrews University he adopted the peculiar 
 theological views of Professor Archibald Campbell, maintaining 
 that faith in Christ, and the assurance of personal salvation, are < 
 inseparable ; that a real Christian only can or ought to pray, and 
 that it is absurd for a believer to pray for an interest in Christ, 
 which he ought to feel assured he already has. The public avowal 
 of these opinions rendered Barclay obnoxious to his clerical 
 brethren, who though not depriving him of his status as a 
 probationer, prevented his admission into the pastoral office. 
 Compelled to secede from the Church of Scotland, he became 
 founder of a sect called the Bereans. He died at Edinburgh on 
 the 29th July, 1798, at the age of sixty-five. 
 
 A tombstone commemorates the poet, Eichard Gall. This short- 
 lived bard was born at Dunbar in 1776. He was employed in the 
 Edinburgh Courant printing-office, and subsequently was engaged as 
 travelling clerk to the proprietors. At an early age he composed 
 verses : several of his songs continue to be popular. He enjoyed 
 the intimacy of Hector Macneil and of Thomas Campbell, author 
 of " The Pleasures of Hope." With the poet Burns he maintained 
 a friendly correspondence. He died of a pulmonary complaint on 
 the 10th May, 1801, in his twenty-fifth yea'r. 
 
 Archibald Constable, the distinguished publisher, is interred and 
 commemorated in this churchyard. He was born on the 24th 
 February, 1773, at Kellie, parish of Carnbee, Fifeshire. He com- 
 menced business as bookseller in High Street, Edinburgh, in 1795, 
 and his shop immediately became the resort of persons of learning. 
 In 1800 he started the Farmer's Magazine, a quarterly publication, 
 and in 1801 became proprietor of the Scots Magazine. In October, 
 1802, he issued the first number of the Edinburgh Review, which 
 greatly extended his reputation as a publisher. From his premises 
 "The Lay of the Last Minstrel" proceeded in 1805. With few 
 exceptions the whole of Sir Walter Scott's subsequent poems and 
 works of fiction were produced under his auspices. In 1812 he 
 became proprietor of the Encyclopedia Britannica, of which he
 
 94 EDINBUKGHSIIIRE. 
 
 issued the fifth edition with a supplement. He suffered in- 
 solvency in 1826, his liabilities exceeding a quarter of a million. 
 He died on the 21st July, 1827, in his fifty-third year. Mr. 
 Constable was a munificent patron of literature, and a generous 
 friend. His insolvency was consequent on a monetary panic ; the 
 event shattered his health, which was never re-established. 
 
 William Blackwood, another eminent bookseller, is interred in 
 this burial-ground. He was born at Edinburgh on the 20th 
 November, 1776. After a long apprenticeship to a bookseller, he 
 commenced business in 1804 on his own account. For some time 
 he dealt in old books only. In 1816 he disposed*of his stock and 
 became publisher. He issued the first number of Blackwootfs 
 Magazine in April, 1817 ; henceforth he became one of the foremost 
 of Scottish publishers. He died at Edinburgh on the 16th 
 September, 1834, at the age of fifty-eight. Mr. Blackwood held 
 office as a magistrate, and took a deep interest in civic affairs. 
 
 A handsome obelisk reared by public subscription commemorates 
 Charles Mackay, of the Theatre Royal. Mr. Mackay was a native 
 of Glasgow. He obtained wide celebrity for his successful personi- 
 fication of Bailie Nicol Jarvie in the drama of " Eob Koy," and for 
 his embodiment of other creations of the author of "Waverley." 
 He died on the 2nd November, 1857. 
 
 David Roberts, R.A., has commemorated his parents by a tomb- 
 stone which is thus inscribed : 
 
 " Sacred to the memory of John Roberts, shoemaker of Stock- 
 bridge, who died 27th April, 1840, aged eighty-six years, and was 
 here interred. As also his wife, Christian Ritchie, who died 
 llth July, 1845, aged eighty-six years. There are also interred 
 near the same spot three of their children ; Christian, aged two 
 years, Alexander, aged seven years, and John, aged nine years. 
 This stone is erected to their memory by their only surviving son, 
 David Roberts, member of the Royal Academy of Arts, London, 
 who gratefully attributes much of his happiness and success in life 
 to their parental care and solicitude, combined with the virtuous 
 example which in their own conduct they placed before him during 
 his early years." 
 
 By an affectionate relative a Gothic spire has been erected to
 
 OLD CALTON BURIAL-GROUND. 95 
 
 the memory of Dr. George Wilson, Professor of Technology in the 
 University of Edinburgh and Director of the Industrial Museum of 
 Scotland. This eminent philosopher was born at Edinburgh on the 
 21st February, 1818. Having studied at the University of Edin- 
 burgh, and University College, London, he became Surgeon in 
 1837, and M.D. in 1839. For many years he delivered chemical 
 lectures at Edinburgh in the Extra Academical School. In 1855 
 he was appointed Professor. He died on the 22nd November, 
 1859, at the age of forty-one. Dr. George Wilson's more esteemed 
 works are his " Text-book of Chemistry/' " Researches on Colour 
 Blindness," " The Five Gateways of Knowledge," and his memoirs 
 of John Reid, M.D., and Edward Forbes. 
 
 Professor John Playfair, whose monument on the Calton Hill 
 has already been noticed, was interred in this churchyard. This 
 celebrated mathematician was born at Benvie, Forfarshire, on the 
 10th March, 1748. In his eighteenth year he became candidate 
 for the Professorship of Mathematics in Marischal College, Aber- 
 deen, and though unsuccessful, highly distinguished himself in a 
 public competition. In 1773 he was ordained minister of Liff and 
 Benvie in succession to his father. This charge he resigned in 
 1782 to become tutor in the family of Ferguson of Raith. In 1785 
 he was appointed joint Professor of Mathematics in the University 
 of Edinburgh, a chair which he exchanged for that of Natural 
 Philosophy in 1805. He died on the 19th July, 1819, in his 
 seventy-second year. His principal works are "Elements of 
 Geometry," " Outlines of Natural Philosophy," and " Illustrations 
 of the Huttonian Theory of the Earth." 
 
 Among the other notable persons commemorated in Old Calton 
 burial-ground are the following : Thomas Hamilton, Architect of 
 the High School, Edinburgh ; the Rev Thomas Thomson, minister 
 of the Relief congregation, James Place, Edinburgh, died 16th 
 April, 1819; Major Archibald Argyle Campbell of the 42nd 
 Regiment, died 27th January, 1809 ; John Carruthers of Holmains, 
 died 20th October, 1809 ; Robert Spottiswood, a field officer in the 
 service of the East India Company, died 31st August, 1828 ; John
 
 96 EDINBURGHSHIRE. 
 
 Boyd of Maxpoffle, died 22nd July, 1861 ; and the Eev. John 
 Dunlop Taxton, minister at Musselburgh, died 10th January, 
 1864. A mortuary enclosure protects the remains of several 
 members of the family of the Rev. Dr. Robert S. Candlish, 
 minister of Free St. George's Church, and Principal of the New 
 College. 
 
 NEW CALTON BURIAL-GROUND. 
 
 New Calton Burial-ground is separated from "the old" by 
 Regent's Road. A tombstone commemorates David Allan, the 
 eminent historical painter. Born at Alloa on the 13th February, 
 1744, he early displayed artistic tastes, and by some opulent 
 persons in Clackmannanshire was sent to Rome, where he re- 
 mained sixteen years. He afterwards resided in London. In 
 1786 he was appointed successor to Alexander Runciman as 
 Director of the Academy of Art, Edinburgh. His edition of " The 
 Gentle Shepherd" with characteristic etchings appeared in 1783. 
 He died at Edinburgh on the 6th August, 1796. 
 
 A monument celebrates the memory of the Rev. Dr. John Inglis, 
 minister of Old Greyfriars. This distinguished divine was youngest 
 son of the Rev. Harry Inglis, minister of Forteviot, and was born 
 in 1763. Having studied at the University of Edinburgh he was 
 licensed to preach in 1785. In 1786 he was ordained to the 
 pastoral charge of Tibbermuir. To Old Greyfriars Church, Edin- 
 burgh, he was translated in 1799. In 1804 he was chosen 
 Moderator of the General Assembly. He died at Edinburgh on 
 the 2nd January, 1834. Dr. Inglis published an able work on the 
 " Evidences of Christianity " and a " Vindication of Ecclesiastical 
 Establishments." He originated the General Assembly's scheme 
 of India Missions. 
 
 By a monument is commemorated Sir William Miller, of 
 Barskimming, Bart., Lord Glenlee. Son of Sir Thomas Miller, Bart.,
 
 NEW C ALTON BURIAL-GKOUND. 97 
 
 Lord President of the Court of Session, he was admitted Advocate 
 in 1777, and raised to the bench in May, 1795. He retired from 
 his public duties in 1840, and died in 1846. Lord Glenlee was a 
 sound lawyer and an intelligent antiquary. 
 
 A handsome mausoleum records the worth and genius of Eobert 
 Stevenson, the eminent engineer. Mr. Stevenson was born at 
 Glasgow on the 8th June, 1772. He was at first intended for the 
 ministry, but afterwards devoted himself to engineering, in which 
 he was encouraged by his step- father, whom he succeeded as 
 Superintendent of Northern Lighthouses. He erected twenty- 
 three lighthouses, that of the Bell Eock being his principal work. 
 He proved the superiority of malleable iron rods for railways over 
 those of cast iron formerly used. Mr. Stevenson died at Edin- 
 burgh on the 12th July, 1850. 
 
 An elegant monument by Patric Park commemorates Andrew 
 Skene, the eminent lawyer. Son of Dr. George Skene, Professor of 
 Natural History in Marischal College, he was born at Aberdeen on 
 the 26th February, 1784. In 1806 he passed Advocate, and soon 
 obtained a wide practice. In 1834 he was promoted as Solicitor 
 General. He died on the 2nd April, 1835. 
 
 In New Calton Churchyard rest the remains of Dr. David 
 Bitchie, minister of St. Andrew's Church, and Professor of Logic in 
 the university. Dr. Eitchie was a native of Methven, Perthshire. 
 He was licensed to preach in 1789. In 1798 he was ordained 
 assistant and successor at Penicuik. In 1800 he was admitted 
 minister of the first charge, Kilmarnock ; he was translated to 
 St. Andrew's Church, Edinburgh, in the following year. In 1807 he 
 obtained his professorial chair. He presided as Moderator of the 
 General Assembly in 1814. Dr. Eitchie died on the 10th 
 January, 1844. 
 
 A monument celebrates the piety and learning of Dr. John 
 Brown, minister of Broughton Place Church, Edinburgh. This 
 eminent divine was grandson of the Eev. John Brown, author 
 of the " Self-Interpreting Bible," and was born in the parish of 
 Whitburn, Linlithgowshire, on the 12th July, 1784. Having 
 
 H
 
 1)8 EDINBURGIISIIIHE. 
 
 studied for the Secession Church, he was ordained to the ministry 
 at Biggar in February, 1806. He was translated to Rose Street 
 Church, Edinburgh, in 1822, and afterwards became pastor of the 
 church in Broughton Place. In 1834 he was elected Professor of 
 Exegetical Theology. He took a leading concern in several im- 
 portant religious movements, much to the satisfaction of his people, 
 who on the completion of the fiftieth year of his ministry presented 
 him with a large donation ; this he generously handed to the fund 
 for the relief of aged ministers. Dr. Brown died at Newington, 
 Edinburgh, on the 13th October, 1858, in his seventy-fourth year. 
 He was honoured with a public funeral. Dr. Brown's expository 
 works are much valued. 
 
 These lines are inscribed on a tombstone erected by Thomas Ord, 
 equestrian, in memory of Clara Jane, his infant daughter, who died 
 on the 2nd January, 1834 : 
 
 " The rose that decked thy cheek is dead, 
 The ruby from thy lips has fled, 
 
 Thy body's lost its breath ; 
 And the pure smile that used to play 
 Upon thy brow has passed away 
 
 Before the touch of death. 
 But oh ! thou wert to mortal eyes, 
 Like some pure spirit from the skies, 
 
 Awhile to bless us given ; 
 And sadly pining for the day 
 To spread thy wings and flee away 
 
 Back to thy native heaven ; 
 Thou wast beloved by all before, 
 But now a thing that we adore." 
 
 The mortal remains of the following notable persons rest in 
 this burial-ground : 
 
 James Haig, of Blairhill, died 8th October, 1833 ; Major- 
 General William Turner, C.B., died 29th April, 1839; Admiral 
 Alexander Fraser, died 29th December, 1829 ; David Pratt, of 
 Seggie, died 31st December, 1841 ; Admiral John Graham, of 
 Coldoch, died 3rd June, 1854; William Handyside, late of 
 St. Petersburg, died 26th May, 1850 ; William Fraser, of Broughton
 
 HOLYROOD ABBEY CHURCHYARD. 99 
 
 Place, died 29th A.ugust, 1862 ; George Boyd, publisher, Edinburgh, 
 died 1st February, 1843 ; John Hume, of the General Begister 
 House, died 7th December, 1849 ; Robert Kinniburgh, teacher of 
 the Deaf and Dumb Institution, Edinburgh, died 28th August, 
 1851 ; John E. Greig, Esq., of Lethangie, died 4th July, 1859 ; 
 and Colonel John Simpson, who died 20th June, 1836. 
 
 HOLYEOOD ABBEY CHUECHYAED. 
 
 The Abbey Church of Holyrood was founded by David I. early 
 in the twelfth century. Within it were crowned several kings 
 and queens. It was the scene of the marriage of James II. to 
 Mary of Gueldres ; and of the marriage of James III. to Margaret 
 of Denmark. Here James IV. received from the Papal Legate the 
 purple crown and richly decorated sword which Pope Julius II. 
 sent as gifts to that monarch. Within the fabric Mary Stuart took 
 in wedlock the hand of Darnley. The church was frequently 
 dilapidated. By Edward II., in 1322, it was partially demolished. 
 It was burnt by Eichard II. in 1385 ; mutilated by the English 
 invaders in 1547 ; and stripped during the angry tumult of the 
 Eeformation. The choir and transepts have disappeared. Of the 
 north and south aisles which remain, a large portion is paved with 
 incised slabs a species of sepulchral memorials common in 
 Continental countries in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. 
 Of these old memorial stones the majority are illegible and broken. 
 The oldest legible inscription is the following, which surrounds a 
 floriated cross with a decorated base : 
 
 " Hie jacet dns. Eobertus Cheyne, xii. prior hujusce monastery" 
 qui obiit xvii. die Sept. An. Dni. MCCCCLV." 
 
 In the south-east corner of the chapel is the royal vault, secured 
 with a grated iron door. Here were deposited the remains of 
 David II. ; James II. ; Prince Arthur, third son of James IV. ;
 
 100 EDINBURGIISHIUE. 
 
 James V., and his first queen, Magdalene of France ; Arthur, Duke 
 of Albany, second son of James V. ; and Henry, Lord Darnley. 
 According to Fordoun, David II. died in Edinburgh Castle in 1371, 
 and was buried near the high altar an elaborate Latin epitaph 
 being inscribed upon his tomb. This long since disappeared. 
 In the Advocates Library a MS., supposed to be in the hand- 
 writing of Sir Robert Sibbald, presents the narrative of a search 
 made in the royal vault in 1683. We present it entire : 
 
 " Upon ye xxiv of January, MDCLXXXIII, by procurement of 
 ye Bischop of Dumblayne, I went into ane vault in ye south-east 
 corner of ye Abbey Church of Halyrudehouse, and yr. were present 
 ye Lord Strathnavar and E. Forfare, Mr. Robert Scott, minister of 
 ye Abbey, ye Bishop of Dumblayn, and some utheris. Wee viewed 
 ye body of King James ye Fyft of Scotland. It lyeth within ane 
 wodden coffin, and is coveret wyth ane lead coffin. There seemed 
 to be haire upon ye head still. The body was two lengths of my 
 staf, with two inches more, that is twae inches and mare above twae 
 Scots elne ; for I measured the staf with ane elnwand afterward. 
 
 " The body was coloured black with ye balsam that preserved it, 
 which was like melted pitch. The Earl of Forfare took the 
 measure with his staf lykeways. There was plates of lead, in 
 several long pieces, louse upon and about the coffin, which carried 
 the following inscription, as I took it from before the bishop and 
 nobleman in ye isle of ye church : 
 
 " Illvstris Scotorvm Rex Jacobvs Ejvs Nominis v .Etatis 
 Sue Anno xxxi Regni vero xxx Mortem Obiit In 
 
 Palacio De Falkland 14 Deceinbris Anno Dni. MDXLII 
 Cvjvs Corpvs Hie Traditvm Est Sepvltvre. 
 
 " Next ye south wall, in a smaller arch, lay a shorter coffin, 
 with ye teeth in ye skull. To the little coffin in the narrow arch 
 seemeth to belong this inscription, made out of long pieces of lead 
 in the Saxon character : 
 
 " Magdelena Francisci Regis Franciae 
 
 Primo-genita Regina Scotia3, Sponsa Jacobi V. 
 
 Regis. A.D. MDXXXYII. Oblit. 
 
 " There was ane piece of a lead crown, upon the syde of whilk I 
 saw two floor de leuces gilded ; and upon ye north side of ye coffin 
 lay two children, none of the coffins a full elne long, and one of 
 them lying within ane wod, the other only the lead coffin. 
 
 " Upon ye south syde, next the King's body, lay ane gret coffin
 
 HOLYROOD ABBEY CHURCHYARD. 101 
 
 of lead, with the body in it. The muscles of the thigh seemed to 
 be entire ; the body not so long as King James the Fyth, and ye 
 balsam stagnating in sum quantity at ye foote of ye coffin : there 
 appeared no inscription upon ye coffin. 
 
 " And at ye east syde of ye vaults which was at ye feet of ye 
 other coffins, lay a coffin with the skull sawen in two, and aue 
 inscription in small letters, gilded upon a square of ye lead coffin, 
 making it to be ye bodye of Dame Jane Stewart, Countesse of 
 Argyle, MDLXXXV., or thereby, for I do not well remember ye 
 yeare. The largest coffin I suld suppose to be that of Lord 
 Dariiley's, and the short coffin, Queene Magdalene's." 
 
 Jane, Countess of Argyle, mentioned in this narrative, was wife 
 of Archibald, the fifth Earl, and natural daughter of James V. by 
 Elizabeth, daughter of John, Lord Carmichael. She was at supper 
 with Queen Mary when Kizzio was murdered in her presence on 
 the 9th March, 1566. At the baptism of James VI. she stood 
 sponsor for Queen Elizabeth. After her death her body was 
 enclosed in a magnificent coffin with gilded compartments, and was 
 deposited in the royal vault. That vault has latterly received 
 the dust of Mary of Gueldres, queen of James II. This muni- 
 ficent princess was originally interred in Trinity College Church, 
 which was erected by her bounty ; but when that structure was 
 taken down in 1848, her remains were removed and deposited in 
 this place. The Duchess de Grammont, of the dynasty of the 
 Bourbons, who died in exile on the 30th March, 1803, was interred 
 in this royal sepulchre. 
 
 Near the royal vault is the burial-place of Jane, Countess of 
 Eoxburghe, governess to the children of James VI. She died on 
 the 7th October, 1643. 
 
 In the southern aisle a tablet on one of the pillars commemorates 
 Adam Bothwell, Bishop of Orkney, who officiated at the marriage 
 of Queen Mary and the Earl of Bothwell. His father, Francis 
 Bothwell, was a senator of the College of Justice ; he was one of 
 the four bishops who embraced the Eeformed doctrines. 
 
 The following is his epitaph : 
 
 " Hie reconditus jacet nobilissimus vir, Dominus Adamus Bothue- 
 lius, Episcopus Orcadum & ZethlanduB; cominendatarius Monasterii
 
 102 EDINBURGIISHIRE. 
 
 Sanctse Crucis, senator & consiliarius regius : qui obiit anno aetatis 
 suae 67. 23 die mensis August!, anno Domini 1593. 
 
 Nate, senatoris magni ; magne ipse senator ; 
 Magne senatoris, triplice laude, parens ; 
 Tempore cujus opem poscens ecclesia sensit ; 
 Amplexa est cujus cura forensis opem ; 
 Vixisti, ex animi voto : jam, plenus honorum, 
 Plenus opum, senii jam quoque plenus, obis. 
 Sic nihil urna tui, nis membra senilia, celat ; 
 Teque vetat virtus vir tua magne mori, 
 I fsalix, mortem requie superato suprema ; 
 Sic, patriae & liberis, fama perennis erit. 
 Sternum vive, atque vale." 
 
 Monteith thus translates: 
 
 " Here lies interred a most noble man, Lord Adam Bothwell, 
 Bishop of Orkney and Zetland ; Commendator of the Monastery 
 of Holy Rood, Senator of the College of Justice, and one of the 
 Lords of his Majesty's Privy Council; who died in the sixty- 
 seventh year of his age, 23rd day of the month of August, in the 
 year of our Lord 1593." 
 
 " Thy praise is triple, sure; thyself, thy sire, 
 Thy son, all senators, whom men admire. 
 The stagg'ring state by thee was quickly stayed, 
 The troubled Church from thee got present aid. 
 Thou livedst at thy wish ; thy good old age 
 In wealth and honours took thee off the stage. 
 Thine aged corpse interred here does lie, 
 Thy virtues great forbid your name to die. 
 Go, happy soul, and in thy last repose 
 Vanquish thou death, and all its fatal blows ; 
 Thy fragrant frame shall thus eternal be 
 Unto thy country and posterity." 
 
 On the south wall a monument commemorates, by a short Latin 
 inscription, Alexander Hay, of the Park family, Clerk Eegister 
 and Lord of Session, under the title of Lord Easter Kennet. He 
 obtained various offices and honours. In 1589 he accompanied 
 James VI. to Denmark as private secretary. He died on the 
 19th September, 1594. His younger son, Sir Alexander Hay, 
 became a Judge in the Court of Session, under the title of Lord 
 Newton.
 
 HOLYROOD ABBEY CHURCHYARD. 103 
 
 A mural monument, thus inscribed, commemorates Jean, Countess 
 of Eglinton, who died in 1596 : 
 
 "D. I. H. 
 
 "Here lyes ane Nobil and maist 
 
 vertuous Ladie, Deame Jeane 
 
 Hamilton, Countas of Egling- 
 
 toun, Dochtor to James Duke 
 
 of Schattillarot, sometyme 
 
 Governor of this Kealme. 
 
 She deceast in December 
 
 MDXCVI." 
 
 A memorial tablet celebrates Lord James Douglas, otherwise 
 styled Sir James Douglas, of Parkhead, nephew of the Regent 
 Morton. His wife was only child of William, Master of Carlyle ; 
 who died in the lifetime of his father, Michael, fourth Lord Carlyle. 
 In 1596 Sir James Douglas slew James Stewart, Earl of Arran, 
 an unworthy favourite of James VI., to avenge the wrongs of his 
 uncle the Eegent. He was, in 1608, killed in the High Street of 
 Edinburgh, by William Stewart, Arran's nephew. His tombstone 
 is inscribed thus : 
 
 " Heir lyes ye noble and potent Lord James Douglas, Lord of 
 Cairlell, air and heretrix yarof ; wha was slaine in Edinburghe ye 
 xiii day of July in ye zeier of God 1608. Was slain in 48 ze." 
 
 On the north side of the church a monumental tablet is thus 
 
 inscribed : 
 
 "D. 0. M. 
 
 " Here lyeth Dame Margaret Eoss, daughter to James Lord Eoss ; 
 and Dame Margaret Scott, daughter of Walter Lord Buccleugh, 
 and sister to Walter Scott, Earl of Buccleugh. She was married 
 to Sir George Sterline, of Keir, Knight and Chief of his name ; 
 and having lived a pattern and paragon for piety and debonairitie 
 beyond her sex and age, when she had accomplished 17 years, 
 she was called from this transitory life to that eternal 10 March, 
 MDCXXXIII. She left behind her an only daughter, Margaret, 
 who in her pure innocency soon followed her mother, the llth day 
 of May thereafter, when she had been twelve months shown to 
 this world, and she lyeth near unto her, interred. 
 
 "D. Georgius Sterline de Keir, eques auratus, Familise Princeps 
 Conjugi dulcissimae, poni curavit MDCXXXIII.
 
 104 EDINBURGHSHIRE. 
 
 Though Marble, Porphirie, and mourning touch 
 May praise these spoils, yet can they not so much ; 
 For beauty lost, and fame this stone doth close 
 One, earth's delight, heav'n's care, a spotless Rose; 
 And shouldst thou, reader, but vouchsafe a tear 
 Upon it, other flowers will soon appear ; 
 Sad violets and hyacinths which grow 
 With marks of grief a public loss to show." 
 
 In the north-west tower an altar-tomb, formed of Italian marble, 
 commemorates Robert, Viscount Belhaven, Master of the Horse to 
 Charles I. This royal favourite was son of Malcolm Douglas, of 
 Mains, and was in youth Page of Honour to Prince Henry. He 
 gradually rose in royal favour, obtaining a succession of offices at 
 court. By Charles I. he was raised to the rank of Privy Councillor, 
 and was in 1633 created Viscount Belhaven. His monument was 
 reared by Sir Archibald and Sir Robert Douglas, his nephews and 
 heirs. A recumbent figure of his lordship, in his robes of state, 
 and wearing a coronet, is sculptured in Parian marble. Within 
 an arched recess is presented the following inscription : 
 
 D. O. M. 
 
 " Quod reliquum apud nos est, hie conditur Roberti Vice- 
 comitis de Belhaven, Baronis de Spot etc.Regi Carolo, a secretioribus 
 consiliis, et inter familiares intimi quippe qui et prius. 
 
 Henrico Valliae gratissiin. ejusq. stabulis prsefecterat. Illo vero 
 fatis cedente, patri Carolo nunc rerum potito, in qusesturam domus, 
 adscitus est, singulari favoris gradu accept., re et honoribus auctus. 
 In juventute Nicolae Moraviae Abercarniae comarcho natse ad 
 octodecim non amplius menses unicaB uxoris in puerperio simul 
 cum foetu extinctae lectissimo consortio fruebatur. Ingravescente 
 senectute ab aulico strepitu (ut morum illico et malorum temporum 
 pertsesus) se subtrahens in patriam reversus est. Archibaldum et 
 Robertum Duglassios Equites auratos, primaevi fratris filios, terris et 
 bonis, prater quae testamento legavit aequa lance divisis hseredes 
 scripsit, qui, memorise ejus, gratitudinis suae pignus, hoc monumeu- 
 tum poni curarunt. Ingeniuui quod literiscultura non implevit saga- 
 citate natura supplevit. Indolis bonitate et candore nulli cessit facile 
 succendi at durn loquimur facilius defervescere ei in moribus quod 
 seque ab omnibus vix acciperetur unicuin erat Fide in Regem; Pietate 
 in 1'iitriam Officiis in amicos charitate in egenos nulli secundus cui
 
 HOLYROOD ABBEY CHURCHYARD. 105 
 
 in prosperis modus et comitas in adversis constantia et magnani- 
 mitas ad supremuui usque diem invaluere obiit Edinburgi prid idus 
 Januarii anno ab incarnatione Messiae supra ciciocxxiix setatis 
 vero ultra clymactericum magnum, tertio." 
 
 Lord Belhaven's epitaph has been translated thus : 
 
 " Here are interred the remains of Eobert, Lord Viscount Bel- 
 haven, Baron of Spot, &c., Counsellor to King Charles, and most 
 intimately in favour with him, because formerly he had been most 
 dear to Henry, Prince of Wales, and Master of his Horse. But he 
 being dead, and Charles his brother now reigning, he was made 
 Chamberlain to the King's household, and entertained with a 
 singular degree of favour, and advanced to great honours and 
 wealth. In his youth he enjoyed the sweet society of Nicolas 
 Murray, daughter to the Baron of Abercairney, his only wife, who 
 lived with him not above eighteen months, and died in childbed 
 with her child. When grievous old age came upon him (as weary 
 of bad times and customs), withdrawing himself from the noise of 
 the court, he returned to his country. He nominated Sir Archibald 
 and Sir Robert Douglasses, baronets, sons to his elder brother, to be 
 his heirs, dividing equally amongst them all his lands and goods, 
 except some legacies; and they erected this monument to his 
 memory, as a token of their gratitude. 
 
 " Nature supplied in him by sagacity what his mind wanted of 
 education. He was inferior to none in a good capacity and 
 candour. He would soon be angry, but was as soon calmed. This 
 is one thing he had in his life which scarcely could be alike 
 acceptable to all ; for loyalty towards his Prince, love to his 
 country, kindness to his relations, and charity to the poor, he was 
 singular. In prosperity he was meek and moderate ; in adversity 
 his constancy and magnanimity prevailed to his very end. He died 
 at Edinburgh, on the 14th day of January, and from the incarnation 
 of the Messiah 1639, and of his age 66, being the third year above 
 his great climacteric." 
 
 At the north-east corner of the church a noble monument to 
 Alexander Milne, undated, is thus inscribed : 
 
 "Tarn arte, quam marte. In clarissimum virum, Alexandmm 
 Milnum, Lapicidain egregium, hie sepultum, Anno Dom. 1643, 
 Febr. 20. 
 
 Siste Hospes ; clarus jacet hoc sub Marmore Milnus; 
 Dignus cui Pharius conderet ossa labor :
 
 106 EDINIiUHGIISIIIRE. 
 
 Quod vel iii aere Myron fudit, vel pinxit Appelles, 
 Artifice hoc potuit hie lapicida rnanu. 
 Sex lustris tantum vixit, (sine labe,) senectam 
 Prodidit, et mediam clauserat ille diem." 
 
 Monteith translates thus : 
 
 " Here is buried a worthy man and an ingenious mason, Alexander 
 Milne, 20th Feb., A.D. 1643. 
 
 Stay, Passenger, here famous Milne doth rest, 
 Worthy in ^Egypt's marble to be drest ; 
 What Myron or Appelles could have done 
 In brass or paintry that he could in stone ; 
 But thretty yeares hee (blameless) lived ; old Age 
 He did betray, and in's prime left this stage." 
 
 An elegant mural monument commemorates George Wishart, 
 Bishop of Edinburgh. This learned prelate was born in Hadd ing- 
 ton shire, in 1609. He studied at Edinburgh University, and became 
 minister at Leith. For refusing to subscribe the Covenant, he was 
 deposed in 1638 ; he afterwards suffered imprisonment for his zeal 
 in the royal cause. Rescued from Edinburgh Tolbooth by the 
 Marquis of Montrose, he became his lordship's chaplain, and 
 accompanied him to the Continent. He composed an account of 
 Montrose's military exploits in Latin. For some time after 
 Montrose's death he held the rectory of Newcastle-on-Tyne ; he 
 was consecrated Bishop of Edinburgh in June, 1662 ; he died in 
 1671. His epitaph is as follows : 
 
 " Hie recubat Celebris Doctor Sophocardius alter, 
 Entheus ille So^otr Kap&av Agricola. 
 Orator fervore pio, facundior olim 
 Doctiloquis rapieus pectora dura modis. 
 Ternus ut Antistes Wiseheart, ita ternus Edinen. 
 Candoris columen nobile, semper idem. 
 Plus octogensis hinc gens Sophocardia lustris, 
 Summis hie mitris claruit, atque tholis ; 
 Dum cancellarius regni Sophocardius, idem 
 Prsesul erat Fani, Eegulse Sanctoe, tui. 
 Atque ubi pro regno, ad Norham, contendit avito 
 Brussius, indomita niente manuque potens ;
 
 HOLYKOOD ABBEY CHURCHYARD. 107 
 
 Glasguus Kobertus erat Sophocardius alter, 
 
 Pro patria, qui se fortiter opposuit. 
 
 Nee pacis studiis Gulielmo, animisve Eoberto, 
 
 Agricola inferior, caetera forte prior ; 
 
 Excelsus sine fastu animus, sine fraude benignus, 
 
 Largus opis miseris, intemerata fides. 
 
 Attica rara fides ; constantia raraque, nullis 
 
 Expugnata, licet mille petita, malis. 
 
 In regem, obsequii exemplar, civisque fidelis 
 
 Antiquam venerans, cum probitate, fidem. 
 
 Omnibus exutum ter, quern proscriptio, career, 
 
 Exilium, lustris non domuere tribus. 
 
 Ast reduci Carolo plaudunt ubi regna secundo, 
 
 Doctori Wiseheart insula plaudit ovans. 
 
 Olim ubi captivus, squalenteque carcere laesus, 
 
 Annos ter ternos, prsesul honorus obit. 
 
 Vixit Olympiadas terquinas ; Nestoris annos 
 
 Vovit Edina : obitum Scotia moesta dolet. 
 
 Gestaque Montrosei, Latio celebrata cothurno : 
 
 Quantula (proh) tauti sunt monumenta viri ! " 
 
 Monteith has produced the following translation : 
 
 " Another famous Doctor Wiseheart, here 
 Divine George Wiseheart lies, as may appear ; 
 Great orator, with eloquence and zeal, 
 Whereby on hardest hearts he did prevail. 
 Three Wisehearts, Bishops, so the third was he 
 When Bishop of fair Ed'nburgh's diocie. 
 Candour in him was noble ; free of stain ; 
 In cases all, the same he did remain 
 Above four hundred years great Wiseheart'g name, 
 For honours, has pure and untainted fame ; 
 While one thereof both purse and mitre bore, 
 Chancellor and Bishop near St. Andrew's choir ; 
 And when brave Bruce did for his nation plead 
 At Norham, with undaunted hand and head, 
 Then Eobert Wiseheart sat in Glasgow's chair, 
 With courage for his country singular. 
 To those great George was not inferior 
 In peace, and war elsewhere superior. 
 High, without pride ; his bounty had no guile, 
 His charity to th' poor nought could defile ; 
 His loyalty untainted faith most rare, 
 Athenian faith, was constant everywhere, 
 And though a thousand evils did control,
 
 108 EDINBUKCHSHIKE. 
 
 None could o'ercome his high and lofty soul- - 
 
 To King and Country he was faithful still ; 
 
 Was good and just, e'en from a constant will. 
 
 Thrice spoil'd and banish'd, for full fifteen years, 
 
 His mind unshaken, cheerful still he bears. 
 
 Deadly proscription, nor the nasty gaol 
 
 Could not disturb his great seraphic soul. 
 
 But when the nation's King, Charles the Second, blest 
 
 On his return from sad exile to rest ; 
 
 They then received great Doctor Wiseheart he 
 
 Was welcome made, by church and laity ; 
 
 And where he had been long in prison sore, 
 
 He nine years Bishop did them good therefore. 
 
 At length he dy'd in honour : where his head 
 
 To much hard usage was accustomed. 
 
 He liv'd 'bove seventy years and Edinburgh town 
 
 Wish'd him old Nestor's age in great renown ; 
 
 Yea, Scotland, sad with grief, condoled his fall, 
 
 And to his merits gave just funeral. 
 
 JMontrose's acts, in Latin forth he drew ; 
 
 Of one so great, ah ! monuments so few." 
 
 George, fourteenth Earl of Sutherland, is commemorated by a 
 monument thus inscribed: 
 
 " Memorise illustrissimi Domini Georgii Sutherlandiae comitis, 
 Strathnaverniae, &c. Dynastae, Sutherlandiae et Strathnaverniae, 
 jure haereditario, vicecomitis, ac regalitatis doinini ; ex sigilli magni 
 custodibus unius; regi Gulielmo a secretioribus conciliis; deciini 
 noni comitis recta linea oriundi ab Allano Sutherlandiae thano ; 
 quein, Milcolumbo tertio, haeredi legitimo regnum restituere conan- 
 tem, e medio sustulit M'Bethus ; cum tyrannidem occupasset, circa 
 annum aerae Christianas 1057. Hoc fainae perennis monumeutum 
 deflens posuit vidua, Jeanna Vemia, filiarum Davidis comitis Vemia 
 natu maxima; quae huic comiti peperit Joannem nunc Suther- 
 landiae comitem, & Annam Arbuthuoti vicecomitissam ; priori vero 
 marito, Archibaldo Angusiae comiti filio marchionis Daglassioruin 
 natu maximo, Archibaldum Forfarae comitem, & Margaretam, vice- 
 comiti de Kingstoun, in matrimonium datam. Quinq. alii hujus 
 douiinae liberi impuberes decesserunt. 
 
 " Natus in arce sua de Dornach, 2do Novembris, 1633. Denatus 
 Ediuburgi 4to, Martii, 1703." 
 
 Monteith supplies the following translation : 
 
 " To the memory- of the most illustrious Lord George, Earl of
 
 HOLYKOOD ABBEY CHURCHYARD. 109 
 
 Sutherland, Lord Strathnaver, &c., heritable Sheriff of said lands, 
 and lord of the regality thereof; one of the Keepers of the Great 
 Seal under the most renowned Prince King William, one of the 
 Lords of Privy Council, and the nineteenth Earl descended in a 
 right line from Allan, Thane of Sutherland, whom Macbeth, in 
 the rage of his usurping tyranny, about the year of Christ 1057, 
 slew for endeavouring to restore the kingdom to Malcolm III., 
 lawful heir to the Crown. His mournful widow, Jean Wemyss, 
 eldest daughter to David, Earl of Wemyss, erected this monument 
 of lasting fame. 
 
 " To the defunct Earl she brought forth John, now Earl of 
 Sutherland, and Anne, Viscountess of Arbuthnot. And to her 
 former husband Archibald, Earl of Angus, eldest son to the Mar- 
 quis of Douglas, she brought forth Archibald, Earl of Forfar, and 
 Margaret, given in marriage to the Viscount of Kingstown. Five 
 other children of the said Lady Dowager died in their nonage. 
 The Earl himself was born in his own Castle of Dornoch, 2nd 
 November, 1633, and died at Edinburgh, 4th March, 1703." 
 
 Here are also deposited the remains of William, seventeenth Earl 
 of Sutherland, and his amiable Countess, Mary, daughter of William 
 Maxwell, of Preston, Kirkcudbright. His lordship died at Bath, 
 June 16th, 3766, just after he had completed his thirty-first year; 
 and the Countess, June 1st, 1766, in her twenty-sixth year, sixteen 
 days before the Earl. The bodies of this illustrious and affection- 
 ate pair were brought to Scotland and interred in one grave in 
 the Abbey Church, on the 9th August, 1766. 
 
 " Beauty and birth a transient being have, 
 Virtue alone can triumph o'er the grave." 
 
 A flat tombstone, adorned with the family escutcheon, com- 
 memorates Isabel, Viscountess Drumlanrig, wife of William 
 Douglas, first Viscount Drumlanrig, afterwards Earl of Queensberry, 
 who died in 1628. She was fourth daughter of Mark Ker, first 
 Earl of Lothian. Her elder sister, Lady Margaret, married James, 
 seventh Lord Tester, who in 1747 founded the church in Edin- 
 burgh which bears her name. 
 
 In a monumental recess on the south wall is interred Lady Mary 
 Ker, Marchioness of Douglas, daughter of Eobert, first Marquis of
 
 110 EDINBURGI1SHIRE. 
 
 Lothian, who died on the 22nd January, 1736, aged fifty-eight. 
 Also her daughter, Lady Jane Douglas, born 17th March, 1698, 
 died 22nd November, 1753, aged fifty-six. The latter married 
 secretly, in 1746, Sir John Stewart, Bart., of Grandtully, and (as 
 was alleged) gave birth to twin sons on the 10th July, 1748. . Of 
 these the younger, Sholto Thomas Stewart, who died at Edinburgh 
 on the 14th May, 1758, is interred with the remains of Lady Jane. 
 From her connection with the famous Douglas cause, her ladyship 
 is entitled to more than a passing notice. The twin children were 
 born when she was in her fifty-first year, and it was maintained by 
 the guardians of the infant Duke of Hamilton, heir of the Douglas 
 estates, that the children were obtained surreptiously. The Court 
 of Session decided in favour of the Duke, but its decision was 
 reversed by the House of Lords in 1769, when the surviving son of 
 Lady Jane Douglas took possession of the estates. 
 
 A plain altar-tomb commemorates George, fifth Baron Reay, and 
 Elizabeth, Baroness Reay, his second wife : 
 
 " Under this stone 
 Are laid the remains of 
 
 The late Right Honourable George, Lord Reay, 
 And Elizabeth Fairley, his wife. 
 
 In the grave thus undivided, 
 As in life they were united in that divine bond 
 
 Of Christian Faith and Love, 
 
 Which ennobled their earthly affection, 
 
 By elevating each view and desire 
 
 In one undeviating course, 
 Towards another and a better world. 
 
 "George Lord Reay died 27th February, 1768, aged thirty-four; 
 Elizabeth Lady Reay died 10th November, 1800, aged sixty-one. 
 This stone is inscribed, January, 1810, in token of grateful respect 
 and affection, by their daughters, the Honourable Mrs. H. Fullarton 
 and the Honourable Georgina M'Kay." 
 
 An inscription on the tombstone of Thomas Lowes, of Ridley 
 Hall, proceeds thus : 
 
 " Here lies the body of Thomas Lowes, Esq., late of Ridley Hall, 
 in the county of Northumberland ; one instance among thousands 
 of the uncertainty of human life and the instability of earthly pos-
 
 IIOLYROOD ABBEY CHURCHYARD. Ill 
 
 sessions and enjoyments. Born to ample property, he for several 
 years experienced a distressing reverse of fortune ; and no sooner 
 was he restored to his former affluence, than it pleased Divine 
 Providence to withdraw this, together with his life. Reader, be thou 
 taught by this to seek those riches which never can fail, and those 
 pleasures which are at God's right hand for evermore the gracious 
 gift of God, and to be enjoyed through faith in Jesus Christ our 
 Saviour. An only daughter, over whom the deceased had long 
 watched with the tenderest care, and many friends who admired 
 his liberal and generous mind, unite in deploring his loss. He 
 departed this life on the eighteenth day of September, in the year 
 of our Lord 1812, and in the sixty-first year of his age." 
 
 In the centre of the southern aisle a plain altar-tomb denotes the 
 resting-place of Isabella, Countess Dowager of Errol. It is thus 
 inscribed : 
 
 " In memory of Isabella, Countess Dowager of Errol, daughter of 
 Sir William Carr, of Etall, Bart., and widow of James, fourteenth 
 Earl of Errol, whose life was passed in the discharge of all the 
 duties which religion prescribes, and closed in all the hopes which 
 it inspires. This stone is inscribed by her grateful and affectionate 
 daughter, Augusta Carr, Countess of Glasgow. She was born 
 March 31, 1742, and died November 3, 1808." 
 
 At the east end of the chapel a monumental tablet celebrates the 
 deceased in Latin and English, thus : 
 
 " Gulielmo Graino de Hilton et Margaretse Stuartse consorti suse, 
 suisque terrena animee indumenta cum fata vocaverint, hie deponi 
 concessum fuit Gto cal. Sept., 1646. Hoc in ccemetereo conditur 
 hactenus progenies tota ; Alexander, Margareta, Maria una, atque 
 alteri liberi quidem non posteri sed parentum suorum ut in morte, 
 ita in vita et hsereditate ilia seterna antecessores. quam fluxa 
 res humana, spes lubrica et mortalitas saepe prsepostera. vitae 
 fugacis curriculum breve in quo viator hsec legens sistis nee sistis ! 
 
 Mind, passenger, thy going hence, 
 From Captain Graham, his providence, 
 Nor envy thou this little stone, 
 Here is no proud mausoleon : 
 But rather emulate his hopes, 
 In which he earth far overtops 
 Nilus' vast pyramids : lo ! here 
 A wardrobe for his soul's attire
 
 112 EDINBURGIISHIRE. 
 
 He doth provide ; he trusts at last 
 This coat incarnate not to cast, 
 But lay it off ; the world may burn, 
 Yet shall his ashes from his urn 
 Muster his outside, and present 
 Christ's all-monarchick parliament. 
 
 ANAGRAM. 
 
 " Ah me, I gravel am and dust, 
 And to the grave descend I must ; 
 O painted piece of living clay, 
 Man, be not proud of thy short day." 
 
 Nicol Paterson, Secretary to John, Earl of Eothes, has these 
 epitaphs : 
 
 "Hie habentur reliquiae Nicolai Patersoni Nobilissimo Joanni, 
 inclyto Rothusias Comiti, Clarissimo Scotorum proregi, a Secreti- 
 oribus ministris. Obiit postridie' Iduum Decembr. MDCLXV. 
 
 " To weep for him that's gone is surely folly : 
 To rest in hope is best, in spirits holy. 
 You see that neither youth, nor strength, nor beauty, 
 Can privilege one man from Nature's duty. 
 Howe'er, let none pass by without resent 
 To Death itself for his death doth repent." 
 
 John Paterson, Bailie in the Canongate, who died in 1663, is by 
 his widow thus celebrated : 
 
 Memoriae dilectissimi conjugis Joannis Patersoni ; qui cum 
 suavissimo matrimonii vinculo XXXV. plus minus annos tran- 
 segisset et aliquoties Balivi munere in vico (Canongate) functus 
 esset. Obiit anno Christi MDCLXIII. Apr. XXIII., aetatis 
 LXIII. Amoris et officii ergo. Monumentum hoc dicavit Agneta 
 Lyall quae haec ipsa obiit "A.D. MDCLXIV. Ap. XXIIL aatatis 
 LXI. 
 
 Ecce Patersoni mortis sicura secundae, 
 Mens peregrinantes quae peragenda mouet, 
 
 Stay, passenger, consider well 
 
 That thou ere long with me must dwell ; 
 
 Endeavouring, while thou hast breath, 
 
 How to avoid the second death ; 
 
 For on this moment do depend 
 
 Torments and pleasures without end.
 
 IIOLYROOD ABBEY CHURCH YARD. 113 
 
 See then to sin thou daily die, 
 
 So shalt thou live eternallie ; 
 
 And serve the Lord with all thy might, 
 
 The day's far spent, fast comes the night. 
 
 Mark well, my son, what here you read ; 
 
 The best advice is from the dead." 
 
 Mary Moss, " daughter of Edward Moss," who died in 1671, 
 aged eighteen, is commemorated in these lines : 
 
 "Here lies interred chaste beauty's maid, 
 In whom death virtue had betrayed ; 
 Meek, modest, mild, sweet Mary Moss, 
 Perfection's flow'r in. primely bloss, 
 Transformed now is into dust, 
 Had the respect of all in trust ; 
 From wedlock's hope divorced here, 
 Stop, reader, and her worth admire." . . 
 
 A small tablet on the east exterior wall thus describes the worth 
 cf Mrs. Anne Fowler, who died 9th May, 1645: 
 
 " Two vert'ous hands, one truth-expressing tongue, 
 A furnisht heart with piety, faith, and love ; 
 
 A fruitful womb, whence hopeful males are sprung, 
 Two lust-free eyes, thoughts tending far above, 
 
 The reach of nature, motionless become, 
 
 Rest peaceably into this earthly tomb. 
 
 Till 1804, ' when it was removed, a tombstone in the Abbey 
 Churchyard thus celebrated Richard Henderson, who died 30th 
 November, 1677, aged thirty-three, and his brother Robert, who 
 died on the 21st June, 1680, aged twenty-three: 
 
 " Two brethren, Hendersons, here lye below, 
 
 Sons to Alexander Henderson gardener, 
 Struck in the prime of youth by death's sad blow, 
 
 Richard could write and read, Robert could cure. 
 
 Their arts, strength, stature, seem'd them to secure 
 Longer from this attack ; but we may see 
 Nothing impedes the course of destinie. 
 
 Near the southern wall are deposited the remains of the following 
 notable persons whose monuments have perished : 
 
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 114 
 
 Fergus, Prince of Galloway, leader of his countrymen at the 
 battle of the Standard in 1138, and husband of an illegitimate 
 daughter of Henry I. of England, he died at Holyrood in 1161 ; 
 John, Bishop of Whithorn, afterwards a monk in this abbey, died 
 1209 ; Archibald Crawford, Abbot of Holyrood and Treasurer to 
 James III., a restorer of the church ; Andrew Fairfowl, Bishop of 
 Glasgow, died November, 1663 ; John Paterson, successively Bishop 
 of Galloway and Edinburgh, and afterwards Archbishop of Glasgow, 
 died 8th December, 1708 ; George Douglas, Bishop of Moray, 
 natural son of Archibald, Earl of Angus, died 1780 ; Henry David, 
 tenth Earl of Buchan, died 1st December, 1767, and his wife 
 Agnes, daughter of Sir James Stewart of Goodtrees ; John, Lord 
 Drummond (who assumed the title of Duke of Perth), died 27th 
 October, 1757; and Sir William Hamilton of Whitelaw, one of 
 the senators of the College of Justice and Lord Justice Clerk, 
 died 1750. 
 
 In the abbey a magnificent monument (destroyed by Cromwell's 
 soldiers) commemorated David Fleming, Lord Biggar and Curnber- 
 nald. On his return from accompanying Prince James to the Bass 
 on his voyage to France in February, 1405, he was assailed and 
 slain at Longherdmanstoun near Edinburgh by James Douglas of 
 Balveny, afterwards seventh Earl of Douglas. He is thus celebrated 
 by Wyntoun : 
 
 " Sence Davy Fleming of Cumbernald, 
 Lord, a Knycht baith stout and bald, 
 Trowit and livit wel with the Kyng, 
 This ilke gude and gentil Knychte 
 That was baitl- manfu' leid and wychte, 
 "VVes cruely mangled in hys blude, 
 And now is laycle in Halyrude." 
 
 In 1857 several stone coffins were discovered at the east end of 
 the chapel, supposed to belong to the thirteenth or fourteenth 
 century. 
 
 The following noble and distinguished persons were interred in 
 the chapel :
 
 HOLYROOD ABBEY CHURCHYARD. 115 
 
 John, Lord Bellenden, died 2nd November, 1706 ; John, Lord 
 Lindores, died 17th January, 1706 ; James Carnegie, Earl of Fin- 
 haven, died 24th March, 1707; Charles Murray, first Earl of 
 Dunmore, died 12th May, 1710 ; Lord Anstruther, died 3rd 
 February, 1711 ; Elizabeth, Countess of Crawford, died 26th 
 February, 1711 ; Anne York, Lady Newark, died 28th February, 
 1713 ; James Douglas, twelfth Earl of Morton, one of the Com- 
 missioners for the Union, died 14th December, 1715 ; Eobert 
 Douglas, thirteenth Earl of Morton, died 14th December, 1730 ; 
 Henry Maule, Earl of Panmure, died 25th June, 1734 ; James Lyon 
 Bowes, seventh Earl of Strathmore/died 18th January, 1735; 
 Francis, tenth Lord Semple, died 1760 ; the Hon. John Maule, one 
 of the Barons of Exchequer, died 3rd July, 1781 ; Dunbar Hamilton 
 Douglas, fourth Earl of Selkirk, died 24th May, 1799, and his 
 eldest daughter, Lady Isabella Margaret, died 6th September, 
 1830 ; Euphemia, widow of William Stewart, of Castle Stewart, 
 and daughter of Keniiet, Lord Fortrose, died 14th February, 1817 ; 
 Eleanor, Dowager Lady Saltoun, widow of George, fourteenth Baron 
 Saltoun, died 13th September, 1800 ; Lord Webb John Seymour, 
 died 19th April, 1819 ; Daine Matilda Cochrane Wishart, wife of 
 Captain Sir Thomas John Cochrane, E.N., died 4th September, 
 1819; Lady Alvanley, died 17th January, 1825; Lady Caroline 
 Anne Edgcumbe, wife of Eanald George Macdonald, Chief of Clan 
 Eanald, and daughter of Eichard, Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, died 
 10th April, 1824; Mary, widow of Francis, Lord Seaforth, died 
 27th February, 1829 ; Thomas Lyon-Bowes, eleventh Earl of 
 Strathmore, died 22nd August, 1846 ; Charlotte, daughter of John 
 Francis Erskine, fifteenth Earl of Mar, died 27th February, 1852 ; 
 Alexander Campbell Sinclair, thirteenth Earl of Caithness, died 
 24th December, 1855 ; and Louisa Georgiana, Countess of Caith- 
 ness and daughter of Sir George Eichard Philips, Bart., of Weston, 
 Warwickshire, died the 31st July, 1870. 
 
 In 1833 the Abbey Churchyard received the remains of the Eight 
 Honourable Sir John Sinclair, Bart., of Ulbster. This eminent 
 person was born in Thurso Castle on the 10th May, 1754. Having
 
 116 EDINBURGHSHIRK. 
 
 studied at the Universities of Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Oxford, 
 he passed Advocate ; he was afterwards called to the English Bar. 
 In 1780 he entered Parliament as M P. for Caithness ; he sat in the 
 House of Commons for thirty years. In 1790 he devised the 
 "Statistical Account of Scotland," which was completed in 1798 in 
 twenty octavo volumes. Through his exertions the Board of 
 Agriculture was established in 1793. In 1810 he was sworn of the 
 Privy Council; in 1811 he was appointed Cashier of Excise. He 
 died at Edinburgh on the 21st December, 1835. The author of 
 numerous political, statistical, and agricultural works, he enjoyed 
 the reputation of being the busiest man of his time. Near his 
 remains rest those of his second wife, Diana, daughter of Alexander, 
 first Lord Macdonald; she died on the 22nd May, 1845. 
 
 EESTALKIG CHURCHYARD. 
 
 One mile south-eastward from the city is the ruin of Restalrig 
 Church, which was founded by James III. It was, as a monument 
 of idolatry, demolished by order of the General Assembly in De- 
 cember, 1560, but it has latterly been restored, and is now used 
 for public worship. In the chapterhouse is the burial vault of 
 the House of Logan of Eestalrig. This family was one of the most 
 ancient in Scotland. " Dominus Robertus de Logan " is mentioned 
 in a charter in the twelfth year of the reign of Alexander II. The 
 family had possessions in different parts of Scotland, but their 
 principal estate was the Barony of Restalrig, lying between Edin- 
 burgh and the sea, and on which the greater part of South Leith is 
 now built. Sir Robert Logan of Restalrig married a daughter of 
 Robert II. Several representatives of the family were chief magis- 
 trates of Edinburgh. The last owner of the barony was a turbulent 
 and worthless person ; his name is associated with the history of 
 the Gowrie Conspiracy. The Barony of Restalrig subsequently
 
 RESTALRIG CHURCHYARD. 117 
 
 became the property of the noble family of Balmerino. John, 
 second Lord Balmerino, President of the Scottish Parliament, and 
 an extraordinary Lord of Session, died on the 28th February, 1649, 
 and was interred in the Logan family vault. According to Scott 
 of Scotstarvet, his body was exhumed in 1650 by Cromwell's 
 soldiers, who searched the leaden coffins in the vault for the pur- 
 pose of making bullets. Arthur, sixth and last Lord Balmerino, 
 was decapitated on Tower Hill on the 18th August, 1746, for 
 taking up arms on behalf of Prince Charles Edward. His widow, 
 Margaret, daughter of Captain Chalmers, died at Eestalrig on the 
 24th August, 1765, and was interred in the Logan vault. 
 
 A plain monument in Eestalrig Churchyard denotes the burial- 
 place of Henry Brougham, of Brougham Hall, Westmoreland. This 
 gentleman, representative of the old Saxon family of Brougham, is 
 entitled to remembrance as father of the distinguished Henry, Lord 
 Brougham and Vaux. He was born on the 18th June, 1742 ; 
 married, 22nd May, 1777, Eleanora, only child of the Rev. James 
 Syme, minister of Alloa, by Mary, sister of Principal Robertson, 
 and died at Edinburgh on the 19th February, 1810, at the age 
 of sixty-seven. 
 
 In the interior of the church is commemorated by a mural monu- 
 ment Alexander Wood, surgeon, Edinburgh, who died on the 12th 
 May, 1807. Also his wife, Veronica Chalmers, daughter of George 
 Chalmers, Writer to the Signet; she died 9th December, 1807. 
 
 A monument commemorates John Barclay, M.D., the distin- 
 guished anatomist, nephew of John Barclay, the Berean. He was 
 born at Cairn, Perthshire, in 1760. Obtaining licence as a preacher, 
 he accepted a tutorship in a private family, and afterwards devoted 
 himself to the study of medicine. In 1797 he began a course of 
 anatomical lectures at Edinburgh, which brought him reputation 
 and emolument. He died at Edinburgh on the 21st August, 1826. 
 He contributed the article " Physiology " to the third edition of 
 the "Encyclopaedia Britannica." His valuable anatomical collec- 
 tion is preserved in the Eoyal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh. 
 
 In the church rest the remains of Alexander Rose, successively
 
 118 EDINBURGHSIIIKK. 
 
 Bishop of Moray and Edinburgh. To the see of Edinburgh he 
 was translated in 1687. He was in the following year, at the 
 Revolution, deprived of his status ; he survived till the 20th March, 
 1720. Bishop Rose was much respected for his consistent adher- 
 ence to his ecclesiastical opinions.* 
 
 A handsome monument celebrates the worth and learning of the 
 Right Rev. Michael Russell, Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway. 
 This respectable historical writer was born at Edinburgh in 1781, 
 studied at the University of Glasgow, and was in 1808 appointed 
 minister of the Episcopal Church, Alloa. During the following 
 year he was preferred to St. James's Church, Leith. In 1831 he 
 was appointed Dean of Edinburgh, and in 1837 was elected to his 
 bishopric. Bishop Russell was author of " History of the Church 
 in Scotland," and of many other historical and theological works. 
 He died at Edinburgh on the llth April, 1848. 
 
 Restalrig Churchyard is the burial-place of the family of Camp- 
 bell of Aberuchill. A tombstone is inscribed to the memory of 
 Daine Mary Anne Brown, widow of the late Sir James Campbell, 
 Bart., of Aberuchill, who died July 13th, 1819. Another tombstone 
 commemorates William Campbell, Writer to the Signet, sou of Sir 
 James Campbell, Bart., of Aberuchill, who died 28th April, 1849. 
 
 There are tombstones in memory of Alexander Telfer, of Luscar, 
 who died 28th March, 1803; Lieut.-General John Gordon, who 
 died 26th December, 1832 ; and Thomas Galbraith Logan, M.D., 
 who died 6th March, 1836. 
 
 SOUTH LEITH CHURCHYARD. 
 
 This churchyard environs the parish church of South Leith. 
 That church was substituted for the collegiate church of Restalrig, 
 
 * For an interesting narrative of the proceedings of Bishop Rose in connection with 
 the event of the Revolution, see Keith's " Scottish Bishops," edited by Dr. Russell, 
 pp 64-72. Edinb., 1824. 8vo.
 
 SOUTH LEITH CHURCH YAKD. 119 
 
 and declared to be " the parish kirk " by Act of Parliament on the 
 24th June, 1609. Within the vestibule a mural tablet commemo- 
 rates Lieut.-Colonel Adarn White, Political Agent in Upper Assam, 
 who fell during a night attack of the Kampti tribes, in Upper 
 Assam, on the 28th January, 1839. 
 
 In the interior of the church a tablet commemorates the Eev. 
 James Eobertson, minister of the parish, who died on the 25th 
 August, 1832, in the seventy-fifth year of his age, and fiftieth of his 
 ministry. 
 
 These are commemorated by mural tablets. James Jameson, 
 surgeon to the 88th Eegiment, died 16th October, 1760 ; Lieu- 
 tenant John Spence, killed at the Battle of Moodkee, 18th Decem- 
 ber, 1845 ; James Eeoch, formerly Provost of the Burgh, and an 
 active improver of the town, died 1848 ; James Miller, merchant, 
 died loth December, 1855. 
 
 In one of the external walls a mural monument commemorates 
 the Eev. John Home, author of the tragedy of " Douglas," who is 
 buried at the spot. Son of Alexander Home, town clerk of Leith, 
 this ingenious dramatist was born at Ancrum, Eoxburghshire, on 
 the 22nd September, 1722. When a licentiate of the Church lie 
 joined a volunteer corps in support to the Government, and was 
 present at the battle of Falkirk in 1745. In the following year 
 he was ordained minister of Athelstaneford. His tragedy of 
 " Douglas " was produced in 1755 ; it was performed at Edinburgh 
 in the following year, when he and several of his brethren were 
 present. The encouragement of theatricals being deemed an un- 
 clerical offence, Home escaped deposition by resigning his charge. 
 He soon after obtained a Civil List pension of 300 a year, with 
 the sinecure office of Conservator of Scots Privileges at Campvere. 
 In 1802 he published a history of the Eebellion of 1845 ; it was 
 unequal to his former productions. He died on the 4th September, 
 1808, in his eighty-sixth year. 
 
 In the churchyard is interred Hugo Arnot, the historical and 
 antiquarian writer. Sou of a merchant at Leith, he was there born 
 on the 8th December, 1749. His family name was Pollock, but
 
 120 EliIXUUUCHSIUUK. 
 
 he changed it on succeeding through his mother to the estate of 
 Balcormo, Fifeshire. In 1772 he passed Advocate. His " History 
 of Edinburgh" appeared in 1779, and in 1785 he published his 
 " Collection of Criminal Trials." He died on the 20th November, 
 1786, aged thirty-seven. 
 
 This churchyard contains the earthly remains of the Rev. Andrew 
 Grant, D.D., Minister of St. Andrew's Church, Edinburgh. Dr. 
 Grant was successively Minister of Kilmarnock, the Canongate 
 and Trinity College Church; he was translated to St. Andrew's 
 Church in December, 1812. He was one of his Majesty's Chap- 
 lains, Dean of the Chapel Royal, and Collector of the Ministers' 
 Widows Fund. He died on the 2nd July, 1836, in the eightieth 
 year of his age, and fifty-second of his ministry. 
 
 A monument commemorates Robert Gilfillan, the ingenious poet. 
 Born at Dunfermline, on the 7th July, 1798, he was in his thir- 
 teenth year apprenticed to a cooper at Leith ; he subsequently be- 
 came clerk to a wine merchant. In 1837 he was preferred to the 
 office of collector of poor rates in Leith. He died on the 4th De- 
 cember, 1850, at the age of fifty-two. 
 
 Tombstones in South Leith Churchyard commemorate the follow- 
 ing : Robert Ramsay, died 9th December, 1808 ; James Balfour, 
 of Pilrig, died 6th March, 1795 ; Rev. John Colquhoun, Minister 
 of the New North Church, Leith, died 27th November, 1827 ; Rev. 
 Dr. Robert Dickson, minister of South Leith, died 25th January, 
 1824; Rev. Alexander Nisbet, minister of the United Associate 
 Congregation, Portsburgh, died 12th September, 1832; John Watt, 
 founder of the hospital at Leith, which bears his name, died 30th 
 September, 1829; John Macfie, died 28th December, 1852; Lieut.- 
 Colonel Archibald Kerr, died 10th February, 1850; Thomas 
 Hutchison, of Carlowrie, Provost of Leith, died 8th May, 1852; 
 Duncan Mathieson, Advocate and Sheriff-Substitute, of Leith, died 
 24th May, 1838 ; Adam White, of Feus, first Provost of Leith, died 
 31st December, 1843. 
 
 ( Mi the tombstone of Margaret White, who died in 1810, aged 
 twenty-four, are inscribed these lines:
 
 N011TH LEITH CHURCHYARDS. 121 
 
 " Adieu, dear Margaret, till we meet above, 
 In those pure, peaceful realms of light and love ; 
 Grain sown on earth is still its owner's care, 
 And evening suns but set to rise no more." 
 
 In the north-east corner of the church a tablet formerly comme- 
 morated "David Gillies, skipper, who died 2nd January, 1685." 
 The inscription was as follows : 
 
 " Here are consigned his ashes, understood 
 No other thing but to be just and good; 
 "Who did endeavour God and man to please 
 In all his actions, both by land and seas ; 
 Who all his life practised his counsel deep, 
 Your mind unto yourself I bid you keep : 
 Devout to God, and loyal to the king, 
 In heaven now doth hallelujahs sing." 
 
 NOKTH LEITH CHUKCHYAEDS, 
 
 There are two churchyards at North Leith, the Old and the New. 
 The Old Churchyard is in a most neglected condition, reflecting the 
 utmost discredit on the parochial authorities. Here rest the 
 remains of the immediate progenitor of a distinguished benefactor 
 of North Leith, and ancestor of the present Prime Minister of the 
 Crown. A tabular tombstone denotes the spot; it is thus in- 
 scribed : 
 
 " Beneath this stone are the remains of Ellen Neilson, spouse of 
 Thomas Gladstones, merchant in Leith, who died July the 17th, 
 1806, aged sixty-six years ; also the remains of the said Thomas Glad- 
 stones, who died the llth May, 1809, aged seventy-six years ; also 
 the remains of Margaret Gladstones, eldest daughter of the above, 
 and spouse of Peter Crowden, shipmaster, Leith, died 3rd May, 
 1814, aged fifty-one years." 
 
 Thomas Gladstones, who is thus commemorated, was a prosperous 
 trader in Leith. By his marriage with Ellen, daughter of Walter 
 Neilson, of Springfield, he became father of Sir John Gladstone, 
 Baronet of Fasque, who was born at Leith on the llth December,
 
 122 EUlNBUHGllSlllUK. 
 
 1704. Sir John's fourth son, the Kight Honourable William 
 Ewart Gladstone, after a distinguished career as a statesman, 
 obtained the Premiership in 1868. Sir John Gladstone, as a 
 tribute of respect to his native town, erected and endowed at Leith 
 a church and school in connection with the Established Church. 
 
 The following Latin inscription celebrates the personal virtues 
 and ministerial fidelity of the Kev. James Lundie, minister of the 
 parish, who died on the 31st March, 1696 : 
 
 " Siste gradum, viator. Hie jacet Dominus Jacobus Lundiuus, 
 theologus admodum reverendus, & verbi divini minister eximius ; 
 prseclarum exemplar spectatse moruin probitatis, verse pietatis, 
 Christianas humilitatis, modestce gravitatis, certae amicitise, & 
 humanse urbanitatis, perpetuse fidei, curse & vigilantise, in 
 munere pastorali; quo, cum annos octodecem, in ecclesia Edin- 
 burgena, unum in Dalkethensi, summa cum laude & bonorum 
 favore functus esset, conscientise suse fide commotus ab anno 
 MDCLXXXI. ad annum MDCLXXXVIL a publicoejusdem exer- 
 citio cessavit. Postea vero, rnutato rerum statu, unanimi ecclesise 
 Lethensis Septentrionalis suffragio, ad aniuiarum curain ibidem 
 admotus earn tenuti annos VIII. menses V. Obijt prid cal. April, 
 anno Dom. MDCXCVI astatis 56. 
 
 " Charissimo patri posuit filius natu maximus, Dominus Archi- 
 baldus Lundinus, verbi divini minister, apud Saltoun. Volat 
 irrevocabile tempus." 
 
 Monteith supplies the following translation : 
 
 " Stay, passenger. Here lieth Mr. James Lundie, a very reverend 
 divine, and a notable minister of God's word ; a most famous 
 pattern of a good life, true piety, Christian humility, modest 
 gravity, firm friendship, and courteous civility ; of constant faith- 
 fulness, care, and vigilance, in his ministerial function; which 
 when he had discharged for the space of eighteen years in the 
 Church at Edinburgh, one year at Dalkeith, with great commenda- 
 tion, and the favour of good people, he all moved by a principle 
 of conscience, ceased from the public exercise of his ministry, from 
 the year 1681 to the year 1687. But afterwards the state of ailaiix 
 being altered, by the unanimous call of the Church at North Leith, 
 he was advanced to the cure there, in which he officiated for the space 
 of eight years and five months. He died the last day of March, 
 in the year of our Lord 1696. His age fifty-six. 
 
 " His eldest son, Mr. Archibald Lundie, minister of God's word at
 
 NORTH LEITH CHURCHYARDS. 123 
 
 Saltoun, erected this monument to Ms dearest father's memory. 
 Irrecoverable time flies away." 
 
 A tombstone commemorates the Eev. David Johnston, D.D., 
 minister of North Leith. Second son of the Eev. John Johnston, 
 Minister of Arngask. Dr. Johnston was born on the 24th April, 
 1734. Licensed by the Presbytery of Selkirk in 1757, he was in 
 the following year ordained to the ministry at Langton, Berwick- 
 shire. He was translated to North Leith parish in 1765. He 
 died on the 5th July, 1824, in the ninety-first year of his age, and 
 sixty-seventh of his ministry. 
 
 A tombstone commemorates the Rev. Walter Foggo Ireland, who 
 succeeded Dr. Johnston in the ministerial charge of the parish. 
 Having studied at the High School and University of Edinburgh, 
 he was licensed in 1798, and in the following year was ordained 
 assistant and successor to Dr. Johnston. He died on the 18th 
 February, 1828, in the fifty-third year of his age, and thirtieth of 
 his ministry. 
 
 A plain tombstone denotes the resting-place of the poet, Robert 
 Nicoll. This short-lived son of genius was born at Auchtergaven, 
 Perthshire, on the 7th January, 1814. For some time he kept a 
 circulating library at Dundee. In 1836 he became editor of the 
 Leeds Times. The labour of conducting a public journal under- 
 mined a constitution which was never robust. He died at Edin- 
 burgh, on the 7th December, 1837, in his twenty-third year. 
 Several of Robert Nicoll's songs have obtained a wide popularity. 
 
 Tombstones in the Old Churchyard commemorate Samuel 
 Lindsay, Teacher in the High School of Edinburgh, who died 
 18th January, 1854, and Captain John Thomson, R.N., who died 
 12th November, 1803. 
 
 The New Churchyard of North Leith is of recent construction. 
 There is a tombstone in memory of William Gooch, brother of Sir 
 Thomas Gooch, Bart., of Beuacre Hall, Suffolk. He died on the 
 15th October, 1833.
 
 124 KDlNBUUGlIfSlIlKK. 
 
 EDINBURGH AND LEITH CEMETERY, ROSEBANK. 
 
 Rosebank Cemetery is situated on the east of the Water of 
 Leith, in the vicinity of Bonnington. Among the more noted 
 persons commemorated within its enclosure are the following : 
 William Child, of Glencorse, died 10th August, 1847; George 
 Cunnynghame, of Cronan, died 9th January, 1847; Matthew Buchan, 
 M.D., died 4th February, 1848; Lieutenant-Colonel Philip Warren 
 Walker, died 5th November, 1850; Alexander Spence, banker, 
 Leith, died 4th May, 1852 ; Robert Cook, shipowner, Leith, died 
 llth November, 1856 ; David Young, teacher, Edinburgh, died 23rd 
 October, 1849 ; William Finlayson, M.D., died 26th April, 1852 ; 
 John Davidson, teacher in the High School, Leith, died 23rd 
 November, 1858; Lieutenant Edward W. Pitt, R.M., died 18th 
 January, 1858 ; William Belfrage, died 22nd March, 1860 ; Captain 
 John Hall, died 30th January, 1861 ; Robert Tulloh Easton, 
 Surgeon, R.N., died 14th August, 1861 ; James Pope, died 8th 
 November, 1866 ; and John Mitchell, of Mayville, Knight of the 
 Order of Leopold, and Belgian Consul at Leith, died 24th 
 April, 1865. 
 
 A monument commemorates Peter Macleod, of Polbeth, author 
 of several popular Scottish melodies. He was born on the 8th 
 May, 1797, and died on the 10th February, 1859. 
 
 A tombstone, of Aberdeen granite, is thus inscribed : 
 
 " Sacred to the memory of Miss Ida Bonanomi, the faithful and 
 highly esteemed dresser of Queen Victoria, who departed this life 
 October 15th, 1854, in the thirty-seventh year of her age, beloved 
 and respected by all who knew her. This stone has been erected 
 by Queen Victoria as a mark of her regard." 
 
 Miss Bonanomi died at Holy rood Palace while in attendance on 
 the Queen.
 
 125 
 
 WARRISTON CEMETERY. 
 
 "Warriston Cemetery is situated in the vicinity of the Botanical 
 Gardens west of the Water of Leith, and in the immediate vicinity 
 of Warriston Crescent. In this cemetery a handsome monument 
 commemorates Patrick Neill, LL.D., the eminent horticultural 
 writer. Dr. Neill was born in 1776. He engaged in business as a 
 printer, but devoted his spare hours to the cultivation of flowers. 
 He published several valuable works on gardening, and contributed 
 papers to the Transactions of the Wernerian Society and the 
 Edinburgh Philosophical Journal. He died at Edinburgh on the 
 5th September, 1851. On his monument he is described as 
 "distinguished for literature, science, patriotism, benevolence, and 
 piety." 
 
 A tombstone denotes the resting-place of George Outrarn, 
 advocate, editor of the Glasgow Herald. This skilful prose-writer 
 and ingenious poet was born in the vicinity of Glasgow, in 1805. 
 He was called to the Scottish Bar in 1827, and for some years 
 practised as an advocate. In 1837 he accepted his appointment in 
 connection with the Glasgow Herald. He died at Rosemore, on 
 the shores of the Holy Loch, on the 16th September, 1856, in his 
 fifty-first year. Mr. Outram composed a MS. volume of humorous 
 songs, which he styled " Legal Lyrics ;" a few only of these 
 compositions have been published. 
 
 An obelisk of Aberdeen granite commemorates Professor Robert 
 Jameson, the distinguished naturalist. He was third son of 
 Thomas Jameson, soap manufacturer, and was born at Leith on 
 the llth July, 1774. He studied medicine, and became keeper of 
 the Natural History Museum in Edinburgli College. He visited 
 the Shetland and Western Isles, and in two important works pub- 
 lished the results of his explorations, chiefly mineralogical. Pro- 
 ceeding to Germany, he studied geology under the celebrated 
 Werner. On his return to Edinburgh he was appointed to the 
 vacant chair of Natural History in the University. He founded
 
 126 KIiINr.riiOHSHIRE. 
 
 the Edinburgh Wernerian Society, and originated the Edinburgh 
 Philosophical Journal. His indefatigable labours in connection 
 with the Natural History Museum, of which he was keeper, led to 
 its conversion into a National Museum. A bust of Professor 
 Jameson, by Mr. Steell, is placed in the Museum. He died at Edin- 
 burgh on the 19th April, 1854, in his eightieth year. His works 
 on Natural History are held in high estimation. 
 
 In Warriston Cemetery rest the remains of Robert Fleming 
 Gourlay, an eccentric political writer. Descended from an ancient 
 Norman family, which accompanied William the Lion to Scotland 
 in 1174, Mr. Gourlay was born in the parish of Ceres, Fifeshire, 
 in 1778. His father, Oliver Gourlay, proprietor of Craigrothie, 
 was a zealous agriculturist; he expended his fortune in useless 
 enterprises. Robert Gourlay was educated at the University of 
 St. Andrews. Becoming a zealous politician, his extreme views 
 necessitated his leaving his native county for England. He sub- 
 sequently removed to Canada, and on his return enthusiastically 
 advocated the cause of emigration to that colony. His next 
 movement was to illustrate the importance of political economy, 
 when, to indicate the sincerity of his convictions, he became a stone 
 breaker. He accused Mr. Henry Brougham of plagiarizing his views 
 on reform, and chastised the illustrious statesman with his whip. 
 This escapade made him acquainted with the House of Correc- 
 tion. His subsequent career was occupied in political or other 
 agitations. He died on the 1st August, 1863, in his eighty-fifth 
 year. Though entirely lacking in discretion, Mr. Gourlay pos- 
 sessed considerable intellectual calibre, and was a kind and intel- 
 ligent companion. 
 
 In Warriston Cemetery an elegant monument commemorates 
 Alexander Smith, author of the " Life Drama." This ingenious poet 
 was born at Kilmarnock on the 31st December, 1829. He began 
 life as a pattern-drawer, but disliking the avocation employed his 
 leisure hours in the composition of verses. In 1851 he submitted 
 his poems to the Rev. George Gilfillan, and by that judicious 
 critic was advised to contribute his " Life Drama " to the Critic,
 
 WARRISTON CEMETERY. 127 
 
 a London serial. The appearance of the poem in this well- 
 circulated journal laid the foundation of the poet's fame. The 
 " Life Drama " was subsequently published by Bogue. In 1854 
 Mr. Smith was appointed Secretary of Edinburgh University. He 
 now contributed prose articles and tales to various periodicals. 
 After a short career of literary activity he fell into feeble health, 
 and died on the 5th January, 1867. His monument was reared 
 by public subscription. Designed by Mr. James Drummond, R.S.A., 
 it consists of an lona cross of Binny stone, twelve feet in height, 
 the centre of the shaft displaying a bronze medallion of the poet, 
 executed by Brodie. In the centre of the cross is a large boss, 
 and the four arms are covered with Scottish thistles. There are 
 other appropriate ornaments. 
 
 In this cemetery rest the remains of Horatio M'Culloch, R.A., 
 the celebrated landscape painter. He was born at Glasgow in 
 1806. Though in humble circumstances his father contrived to 
 afford him a respectable education, both in his native city and at 
 Edinburgh. For some time he was employed in the establishment 
 of W. H. Lizars, the celebrated engraver. Eeturning to Glasgow 
 he began out-of-door sketching in the interesting scenery of the 
 west of Scotland. He carried his colours to the fields, and 
 worked his pictures into life and fidelity on the spot. In 1826 
 he exhibited at Edinburgh a view on the Clyde which attracted 
 considerable notice. He now became a regular exhibitor in the 
 Scottish Academy, of which in 1836 he was elected an associate. 
 In 1838 he exhibited his celebrated picture of Caclzow Forest, 
 and in the same year was elected a Royal Academician. He* 
 had now attained a first rank as a painter of Scottish landscapes, 
 and his pictures were in great demand, and brought high prices. 
 Through exposure to damp in the prosecution of his art his 
 health became shattered ; he died on the 24th June, 1867, aged 
 sixty-one. 
 
 A handsome monolith of grey Sicilian marble commemorates 
 Robert Scott Lander, R.S.A., the great historical painter. He was 
 born on the 25th June, 1803. After a steady progress as an artist,
 
 128 EDIXP.URGHRHIRE. 
 
 lie was in 1826 elected an Associate of the Scottish Academy. In 
 1833 he visited the Art galleries in Italy and at Munich. For the 
 next ten years he resided in London, exhibiting at the Academy 
 many pictures illustrative of scenes in Scottish history and 
 romance. He died at Edinburgh on the 21st April, 1869. His 
 monument, designed and executed by Mr. John Hutchison, K.S.A., 
 contains a medallion head of the artist in white marble. 
 
 On the 13th May, 1870, were consigned to their last resting- 
 place the remains of Sir James Young Simpson, Bart., Professor of 
 Midwifery at Edinburgh. This celebrated physician was born at 
 Bathgate in 1811. His father, David Simpson, was a baker, and 
 he was originally intended for the same trade. A love of learning 
 marked him out for a higher position, and he was sent to the Uni- 
 versity of Edinburgh. He became M.D. in 1832. His eminence 
 as a lecturer in obstetric science at Edinburgh justified his being 
 appointed in 1840 to the Professorship of Midwifery in the Uni- 
 versity. He introduced chloroform into the practice of his profes- 
 sion in 1847, and soon afterwards was elected President of the 
 Edinburgh College of Physicians. He was a leading member of 
 the Scottish Society of Antiquaries, and in the Transactions of that 
 body published useful and interesting papers. In 1866 he was 
 created a Baronet, and appointed Physician-Accoucheur to the 
 Queen for Scotland. He died on the 6th May, 1870, at the age of 
 fifty-nine. His premature death was deeply lamented by the 
 citizens of Edinburgh and the members of the medical profession. 
 His remains were honoured with a public funeral, and a public 
 'monument is about to be erected to his memory. 
 
 In Warriston Cemetery are interred the remains of Samuel 
 Halkett, Keeper of the Advocates Library. He was born in the 
 Canongate, Edinburgh, in 1814. Educated at Smith's classical 
 academy, George Street, he was apprenticed to a trade. He after- 
 wards, in partnership with another, became a woollendraper on the 
 North Bridge. From youth devoted to linguistic studies, he could 
 read all and speak most of the languages of Europe. In 1853 he 
 was elected Keeper of the Advocates Library, and in discharging
 
 WAKRISTON CHUKCHYARD. 129 
 
 the duties of this important office he proved himself efficient and 
 laborious. For fifteen years preceding his decease he was engaged 
 in the compilation of a dictionary of anonymous and pseudonymous 
 British literature. After an illness of some months, Mr. Halkett 
 died on the 19th April, 1871. 
 
 The following are also commemorated in this Cemetery: 
 John Orr, of Brackraw, died February 10th, 1837; Captain 
 John Watson, died 13th February, 1847; Major Neil Camp- 
 bell, died January 14th, 1842; Eobert KendaU Fair, M.D., 
 died 19th April, 1844; James Johnston, M.D., died 6th April, 
 1846 ; Captain the Honourable William Keith, youngest son of 
 William, 6th Earl of Kintore, died 5th January, 1846; William 
 Fergusson, Governor of the Colony of Sierra Leone, died 19th 
 January, 1846 ; Major-General Pitman, C.B., died 26th December, 
 1846 ; Lieut.-Colonel David Crichton, died 7th August, 1845 ; 
 Lieut.-Colonel Martin, died 8th October, 1846 ; Captain John 
 Hamilton Montgomerie, of Broomfield, died 20th May, 1846 ; 
 Major-General John Ogilvie, died 20th September, 1847; Eev. 
 John Birrell, AM., second minister of the Collegiate Church, Cupar- 
 Fife, died 1st February, 1842 ; Major-General Thomas Murray, died 
 30th January, 1846; William Balfour, M.D., died June, 1846; 
 George Ogilvie, of Kirkbuddo, died 17th March, 1848; Colonel 
 Dugald Campbell, died 4th July, 1849 ; Lieut.-Colonel Charles 
 Hamilton Bell, died 20th April, 1848 ; Archibald Mackellar, M.D., 
 died 31st March, 1848; George Wauchope, died 28th February, 
 1848; William Beilby, M.D., died 30th May, 1849; Admiral 
 Pringle Stoddart, died 29th January, 1848 ; David Hatton, M.D., 
 died May 13th, 1854; Colonel Eobert Low, died 25th September, 
 1853; Eliza Margaret Carstairs, wife of George Harvey, E.S.A. 
 (now Sir George Harvey, President of the Eoyal Scottish Academy), 
 died 18th December, 1844, and Margaret Muir, his second wife, 
 died 15th August, 1854; the Eev. William B. Smith, died 24th 
 September, 1852 ; Peter Eamsay, banker, died August 31st, 1855 ; 
 the Eev. John Willison Ferguson, minister of St. James's Episcopal 
 Church, Edinburgh, died 27th March, 1854 ; Major Alexander 
 
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 130 ED1NBURGHSHIRE. 
 
 Robertson, died September 17th, 1857; George Robertson, Deputy 
 Keeper of the Records, died 5th March, 1857; William Archi- 
 bald Cadell, of Banton, died 19th February, 1855 ; Alexander 
 Blackie, banker, Aberdeen (father of Professor Blackie), died 10th 
 May, 1856; Captain John Stuart, died 14th September, 1854; 
 David Low, Professor of Agriculture, died 7th January, 1859 ; 
 Walter Nichol, LL.D., died 4th March, 1858; Charles W. Camp- 
 bell, late of the 39th Regiment, son of John Campbell, of Boreland, 
 died 18th January, 1861 ; John Raimes, of Cowden, died June 24th, 
 1858; William Simson, Secretary of the Bank of Scotland, died 
 31st October, 1858; Major David Munro, died 10th November, 
 1863; George Simson, R.S.A., died llth March, 1862; George 
 Walker, M.D, died 28th September, 1866 ; Walter Marshall, gold- 
 smith, died 6th April, 1866; and Peter Edward, sculptor, died 
 2nd January, 1867. 
 
 In Warriston Cemetery are mortuary enclosures belonging to 
 Lord Deas, one of the senators of the College of Justice, and 
 to Charles Lees, R.S.A. 
 
 THE DEAN CEMETERY. 
 
 The Dean or Western Cemetery was opened for interments in 
 1846. Owing to the picturesqueness of its situation, and the re- 
 markable taste with which it has been laid out, it is a favourite 
 place of sepulture. It is adorned with a profusion of monumental 
 obelisks and memorial crosses, in granite and marble. 
 
 One of the most elegant monumental erections in the Dean 
 Cemetery is a pyramid of red granite, reared by the Right Honour- 
 able Andrew Rutherfurd, in memory of his wife, and likewise to 
 commemorate himself. It is inscribed 
 
 " Uxori desideratissimae contra votum superestes moerens posuit 
 Andreas Rutherfurd, et sibi, MDCCCLII."
 
 THE DEAN CEMETERY. 131 
 
 The remains of Lord Eutherfurd, who died on the 13th 
 December, 1854, have been placed in a vault under the pyramid. 
 Andrew Rutherfurd was born at Edinburgh in 1791. Through 
 his mother, Mrs. Janet Bervie, he was descended from the old 
 Scottish house of Eutherfurd, and he and the other members of 
 his family assumed this patronymic. He passed Advocate in 1812, 
 and soon became known for his forensic talents. In 1837 he was 
 appointed Solicitor-General, and two years afterwards Lord Ad- 
 vocate. He was elected M.P. for Leith. In 1851 he was raised 
 to the bench by the title of Lord Eutherfurd, and was sworn a 
 member of the Privy Council. He died at Edinburgh on the 13th 
 December, 1854, in his sixty-third year. When Lord Advocate 
 he effected by legislative enactment several valuable reforms in 
 connection with the law of Scotland. His wife, Sophia Stewart, 
 was daughter of Sir James Stewart, of Fort Stewart, county 
 Donegal, Ireland. She died in 1852. 
 
 Adjoining the burial-place of Lord Eutherfurd a handsome 
 tombstone, with a well-executed medallion head, is inscribed 
 thus : 
 
 " Francis Jeffrey, erected by his friends." 
 
 An acute lawyer and the greatest of British critics, Francis 
 Jeffrey was born at Edinburgh on the 27th October, 1773. He 
 was educated at the University of Glasgow, and Queen's College, 
 Oxford. In 1794 he passed Advocate, but not early obtaining a 
 remunerative practice at the Scottish Bar, he removed to London, 
 with a view to adopting a literary profession. Eeturning to Edin- 
 burgh, he joined Sydney Smith, Henry Brougham, and others in 
 establishing the Edinburgh Review, of which the first number ap- 
 peared in October, 1802. During the first year the periodical was 
 conducted by Sydney Smith, but thereafter Jeffrey became editor. 
 He retained the office for twenty-five years. Under his manage- 
 ment the Review not only sustained its original reputation, but ob- 
 tained a position in the critical world altogether unrivalled. His 
 success as a lawyer kept pace with his celebrity as a critic.
 
 132 EDINBURGIISHIUE. 
 
 In 1820 he was elected Rector of the University of Glasgow, and 
 in 1829 was chosen Dean of the Faculty of Advocates. In 
 December, 1830, when the Liberal party came into power, he was 
 appointed Lord Advocate, and entered Parliament. He was nomi- 
 nated a Lord of Session in 1834. After a period of feeble health, 
 he died at Edinburgh on the 26th January, 1850, at the age of 
 seventy-seven. His contributions to the Edinburgh Review have 
 been collected and published in four octavo volumes. 
 
 A few feet from the grave of Jeffrey, a monument commemorates 
 Sir James Wellwood Moncreiff, Bart., a Lord of Session under the 
 title of Lord Moncreiff. This eminent lawyer was born on the 
 13th September, 1776. Completing his education at Oxford, he 
 passed Advocate at the Scottish Bar in 1779. Early distinguished 
 in his profession, he was in 1807 appointed Sheriff of Clackmannan 
 and Kinross. In 1826 he was chosen Dean of Faculty. He was 
 raised to the bench in 1829, and was also appointed a Lord of 
 Justiciary. He died on the 30th April, 1851, at the age of 
 seventy-five. An enlightened judge, Lord Moncreiff maintained a 
 liberal policy in Church and State. He was distinguished for his 
 benevolence. 
 
 Lord Cockburn, another distinguished lawyer, is entombed in 
 the same division of the cemetery. Born on the 26th October, 
 1779, Henry Cockburn was educated at the High School and 
 University of Edinburgh. In 1800 he passed Advocate. In 1806 
 he was appointed Advocate-Depute, and in 1830, when the Liberal 
 party obtained power, he became Solicitor-General. Eaised to the 
 bench in 1834, he devoted his leisure to literary pursuits. In 
 1852 appeared his " Life of Lord Jeffrey," in two octavo volumes. 
 His " Memorials of his Time " were published posthumously. He 
 died at Bonaly, near Edinburgh, on the 26th April, 1854, at the 
 age of seventy-five. Of Lord Cockburn it has been said that his 
 homely style and unaffected utterance gave him a weight in the 
 Jury Court such as no other Scottish pleader ever attained. 
 
 An obelisk of Aberdeen granite denotes the last resting-place of 
 Sir William Allan, the distinguished painter. He was born at
 
 THE DEAN CEMETERY. 133 
 
 Edinburgh in 1782, and was originally apprenticed to a coach 
 painter. Having studied at the Trustees' Academy, he removed 
 to London, and subsequently to St. Petersburg. After an absence 
 of ten years he returned to Edinburgh in 1814, when he attracted 
 the attention of Sir Walter Scott, who, with other eminent literary 
 persons, afforded him encouragement. His professional employ- 
 ment became ample, and in 1838 he was chosen President of the 
 Academy. In 1841 he was appointed limner to the Queen for 
 Scotland, and was knighted in the following year. He died on 
 the 23rd February, 1850, in his sixty-ninth year. Among his 
 more celebrated paintings are " Elora Macdonald's Parting with 
 Prince Charles Edward," "The Death of the Regent Murray," 
 "The Murder of Archbishop Sharpe," "The Ettrick Shepherd's 
 House-heating," and " The Author of Waverley in his Study." 
 
 David Scott, another distinguished painter, has found a resting- 
 place in the Dean Cemetery. This ingenious artist was born at 
 Edinburgh on the 10th October, 1806. The son of an eminent 
 engraver, he was devoted to this branch of art, but he after- 
 wards qualified himself in drawing, and in the use of the brush. 
 Having visited several art galleries in France and Italy, he re- 
 turned to Edinburgh, and there assiduously applied himself to the 
 practice of his profession. His pictures evince much grandeur of 
 conception, combined with a certain quaintness of execution, espe- 
 cially in the treatment of the supernatural. His death took place 
 at Edinburgh on the 5th March, 1849, at the age of forty-two. 
 
 A handsome obelisk of polished granite marks the resting-place 
 of Professor John Wilson. Son of a manufacturer in affluent 
 circumstances, this celebrated person was born at Paisley on the 
 18th May, 1785. Having studied at the University of Glasgow, 
 he proceeded to Magdalen College, Oxford, where he gained the 
 Newdegate prize for the best English poem of fifty lines. On 
 attaining his majority he succeeded to his father's estate, becoming 
 master of 30,000. Purchasing the property of Elleray, in West- 
 moreland, he indulged in eccentric adventures and humorous 
 escapades. He married in 1811, and four years afterwards passed
 
 134 EDINBURGHSHIRE. 
 
 Advocate, and established his residence at Edinburgh. " The Isle 
 of Palms," a poem in four cantos, appeared from his pen in 1812 ; 
 he published in 1816 "The City of the Plague," a dramatic poem, 
 which was followed by tales and sketches. On the establishment 
 of Blackwood's Magazine in 1817 he became one of the principal 
 contributors ; his celebrated Nodes Ambrosiance, a series of dia- 
 logues on the literature and manners of the times, appeared in 
 that periodical from 1822 till 1835. In 1820 he was elected to 
 the chair of Moral Philosophy in the University of Edinburgh, an 
 office which he subsequently adorned. In 1850 he was chosen first 
 President of the Edinburgh Philosophical Institution ; in the year 
 following he obtained a Civil List pension. He died at Edin- 
 burgh, on the 3rd of April, 1854 ; his remains were honoured with 
 a public funeral. As a poet, Professor Wilson is chiefly to be 
 remarked for serenity and pathos ; as a periodical writer he will 
 find admirers while the English language is understood. By 
 public subscription his statue in bronze has been erected in Princes 
 Street Gardens. It has been described (see ante). 
 
 A brother and a son-in-law of Professor Wilson, both men 
 of eminence, have been interred in the Dean Cemetery. His 
 brother, James Wilson, styled of Woodville, was born at Paisley, 
 in November, 1795. At the age of eighteen he began to study 
 law at the University of Edinburgh, which, however, he speedily 
 relinquished. From 1816 to 1821 he travelled on the Continent, 
 employing a portion of his time in the study of Natural History. 
 In 1824 he settled at Woodville, near Edinburgh, and there re- 
 sided till his death, which took place on the 18th May, 1856. His 
 works on Ornithology and Entomology are much valued ; his style 
 is clear, precise, and elegant. On subjects of Natural History he 
 contributed to the Quarterly Revieiv, the North British Keview, and 
 Blackivood's Magazine. To the seventh edition of the Encyclopaedia 
 Britannica he furnished numerous articles on Natural History, and 
 revised others in this department. His Memoir was published in 
 1859 by the late Dr. James Hamilton, of London. 
 
 Professor Wilson's son-in-law, whose remains rest in this ceme-
 
 THE DEAN CEMETERY. 135 
 
 tery, divides celebrity with himself, both as a poet and essayist. 
 Professor William Edmonstone Aytoun, to whom has been reared 
 a handsome monument, was descended from an old Norman 
 family, which obtained an early settlement in Scotland. He was 
 born at Edinburgh on the 21st June, 1813; he studied at the 
 university of the city, and afterwards in Germany. In 1835 he 
 was admitted a Writer to the Signet ; he passed Advocate in 1840. 
 With strong literary tastes, he became a contributor to Blackwood's 
 Magazine, and in 1841 rose into fame by his share in the "Bon Gaul- 
 tier Ballads." In 1843 he added to his poetical laurels by his " Lays 
 of the Scottish Cavaliers." In 1845 he was elected to the chair 
 of Rhetoric in the University of Edinburgh, and in 1852 was 
 nominated- to the Sheriffdom of Orkney. He died at Blackhills, 
 near Elgin, on the 4th August, 1865. Of a humorous and kindly 
 nature, he was much lamented by his friends. His Memoirs have 
 been published by Mr. Theodore Martin. 
 
 A Greek cross of polished granite rests on the grave of Thomas 
 Thomson, M.D., the distinguished chemist. Born at Crieff, on the 
 12th April, 1773, he was educated at Stirling under Dr. Doig, and 
 afterwards at the Universities of St. Andrews and Edinburgh. In 
 1799 he commenced a course of chemical lectures in Edinburgh, 
 which was numerously attended. He had already contributed 
 scientific articles to the Encyclopaedia Britannica. Many new 
 compounds and minerals which he discovered were brought under 
 public notice in his " System of Chemistry," of which the third 
 edition appeared in 1807. In 1817 he was appointed Lecturer on 
 Chemistry in the University of Glasgow, an appointment which 
 in the following year was converted into a professorship. In 1830 
 he published his " History of Chemistry," and in 1836 his " Out- 
 lines of Mineralogy and Geology." After a period of failing 
 health he died at Kilmun, Argyleshire, on the 2nd August, 1852, 
 in his eightieth year. One of the foremost of British chemists, 
 Dr. Thomson rendered valuable service to science by his numerous 
 publications. 
 
 Other eminent naturalists rest in this place of tombs. One of
 
 136 EDINBURGHSHIRE. 
 
 these is the amiable and short-lived Professor Edward Forbes. 
 He was born at Douglas, Isle of Man, on the 12th February, 1815. 
 His father, Edward Forbes, of Oakhill, was descended from a 
 branch of the old Scottish House of that name. The future pro- 
 fessor was intended for an artist, but he renounced painting after 
 a short trial, and entering the University of Edinburgh, speedily 
 obtained distinction as a naturalist. He frequently visited the 
 Continent to improve himself in his peculiar studies. In 1841 
 he published his "History of British Star-fishes/' and in the 
 same year was attached as naturalist to H.M. surveying ship 
 Beacon, in which he explored some of the least known parts of 
 Asia Minor. During his absence he was appointed to the chair of 
 Botany in King's College, London. Subsequently he became 
 Secretary to the Geological Society ; he was a leading member of 
 the British Association. In 1853 he was appointed Professor of 
 Natural History and Keeper of the Museum in the University of 
 Edinburgh. This appointment, so entirely suitable to his tastes 
 and the object of his ambition, he was not long privileged to enjoy. 
 After a short illness he died on the 18th November, 1854. An in- 
 teresting memoir of his career has been published under the 
 editorial care of the late Dr. George Wilson and Mr. Geikie. 
 
 An obelisk denotes the grave of Professor John Fleming. This 
 eminent naturalist was born in 1784. Having obtained licence as 
 a probationer, he was ordained to the ministerial charge of Bressay, 
 Orkney: he was, in 1811, translated to the parish of Flisk, Fife- 
 shire. In 1832 he obtained the church living of Clackmannan, 
 which he resigned after two years, on being appointed Professor of 
 Natural Philosophy in King's College, Aberdeen. He demitted 
 his office in 1845, when he accepted the Professorship of Natural 
 History in the New College, Edinburgh. He died on the 1 8th 
 November, 1857. His principal works are his " History of British 
 Animals " and his " Philosophy of Zoology." He was a contri- 
 butor to the Enclyclopaedia Britannica and the Edinburgh Philoso- 
 phical Journal. 
 
 Henry Darwin Rogers, the eminent geologist, and latterly Pro-
 
 THE DEAN CEMETERY. 137 
 
 fessor of Natural History in the University of Glasgow, has here 
 found his last resting-place. He was born in Philadelphia, 
 in 1809, and in his twenty-first year became Professor of 
 Chemistry and Natural Philosophy in Dickenson College. He 
 subsequently undertook the geological survey of the States 
 of New Jersey and Pennsylvania, in which he was engaged for 
 twenty-two years. In 1857 he was elected Professor of Natural 
 History in Glasgow College. He died at Glasgow on the 29th 
 May, 1866. Professor Rogers's Survey has been pronounced a 
 most valuable contribution to geological science. Professor Piogers 
 was of Scottish extraction. 
 
 A handsome monument commemorates Eobert Kaye Greville, 
 LL.D., author of the " Scottish Cryptogamic Flora/' This esti- 
 mable gentleman died on the 4th June, 1866. With a first rank 
 as a botanist, Dr. Greville obtained deserved reputation for his 
 earnest endeavours to promote the moral and religious well-being 
 of the community. 
 
 George Combe, the distinguished phrenologist, brother of Dr. 
 Andrew Combe, formerly mentioned, is celebrated by an elegant 
 monument. Born at Edinburgh in 1788, he was bred to the law, 
 and in 1812 became a Writer to the Signet. When Spurzheim, the 
 eminent physiologist, visited Edinburgh in 1816, Mr. Combe 
 attended his phrenological lectures, and at length embraced his 
 opinions. His " Essays on Phrenology " were collectedly published 
 in 1819, and in 1825 were included in his larger work entitled 
 "A System of Phrenology/' For many years he edited the 
 Phrenological Journal. His "Constitution of Man" appeared in 
 1828, and at once commanded an extraordinary sale, both in 
 Britain and America. From 1837 to 1840 he travelled in the 
 United States, delivering lectures in the principal towns ; on his 
 return he published his " Notes on the United States," in three 
 volumes. After a period of feeble health he died at Moor Park, 
 Surrey, on the 14th August, 1858. Mr. Combe married in 1833, 
 Cecilia, daughter of Mrs. Siddons, the celebrated actress; she 
 became the companion of his journeys, and contributed important
 
 138 EDINBURGIISIIIRE. 
 
 materials to his work on the United States. A lady of high 
 culture, she delighted to associate with persons of literary taste. 
 She ably seconded her husband's efforts in rendering pleasant the 
 literary and scientific reunions which for many years they held at 
 Edinburgh. Mrs. Combe died at Nice on the 19th February, 1868, 
 and, according to her express wish, her body was brought to 
 Edinburgh and interred beside her husband's grave. 
 
 In the Dean Cemetery a handsome obelisk commemorates John 
 "Wilson, the celebrated vocalist. This ingenious illustrator of 
 Scottish song was bom at Edinburgh in 1800. For many years 
 he was employed as a compositor and reader in the printing 
 establishment of Ballantyne and Co. In 1827 he retired from the 
 printing business and began to improve himself in the theory and 
 practice of music. For a period he engaged in theatrical per- 
 formances. In 1838 he commenced his public entertainments in 
 Scottish song. These he conducted in the principal towns of the 
 United Kingdom and in the United States. He died at Quebec, of 
 cholera, after a few hours' illness, on the 8th July, 1849. Wilson 
 composed several melodies. In singing the patriotic and pathetic 
 songs of Scotland he was unrivalled. 
 
 Finlay Dun, another eminent musician, author of " The Analysis 
 of Scottish Music," rests in this cemetery ; he died at Edinburgh 
 on the 28th November, 1853. 
 
 Captain Charles Gray, an agreeable song- writer, is commemo- 
 rated by a tombstone. He was born at Anstruther on the 10th 
 March, 1782. In his twenty-third year he procured a commission 
 in the Eoyal Marines. In 1811 he produced a volume of poems, 
 which passed into a second edition. After thirty-six years' service 
 he retired in 1841, and established his residence in Edinburgh. 
 At the request of his friends he published a collected edition of 
 his verses with the title " Lays and Lyrics." He died on the 13th 
 April, 1851. His " Cursory Remarks on Scottish Song," which 
 originally appeared in the Glasgow Citizen newspaper, are copiously 
 quoted by Mr. Farquhar Graham in his edition of the " Songs of 
 Scotland."
 
 THE DEAN CEMETEKY. 139 
 
 By subscription an obelisk has been reared to the memory of 
 
 " Colonel the Hon. Lauderdale Maule, Colonel James Ferguson, 
 Captain Adam Maitland, Lieutenant F. A. Grant, Lieutenant 
 F. J. Harrison, and Dr. E. J. Mackenzie ; also 369 non-commis- 
 sioned officers and men of the 79th Highlanders, who died in 
 Bulgaria and the Crimea, or fell in action during the campaign 
 of 1854-5." 
 
 Colonel Maule was second son of William, Baron Panmure ; he 
 was born 27th March, 1807, and died at Varna, on the 1st August, 
 1854. Colonel Ferguson was a member of the house of Ferguson 
 of Eaith. Captain Maitland was connected with the family of 
 Maitland of Dundrennan. 
 
 A Greek cross commemorates William Ambrose Morehead, 
 member of the Supreme Council of India, who died on the 1st 
 December, 1863, aged fifty-eight. His relative, the Eev. Eobert 
 Morehead, D.D., Incumbent of St. Paul's Church, Edinburgh, and 
 subsequently Eector of Easington, Yorkshire, was one of the early 
 contributors to the Editiburgh Review. 
 
 A monument, in the form of a Greek temple, reared by his 
 widow, celebrates the munificent liberality and Christian devoted- 
 ness of James Buchanan, founder of the Institution at Glasgow 
 which bears his name. He died on the 21st December, 1857. 
 
 In 1857 were reared handsome memorial stones in memory of 
 Hannah Leonora, widow of Sir William Maxwell, Bart., of Calder- 
 wood, and daughter of Eobert Pasley, Esq., of Mount Annan, who 
 died on the 19th July, 1857; William H. Playfair, architect of 
 Donaldson's Hospital, the New College, and other public buildings 
 at Edinburgh, who died on the 19th March,. 1857, and Dr. Thomas 
 Clark, minister of St. Andrew's Church, who died on the llth 
 January, 1857. Dr. Clark was born in Galloway, in September, 
 1790. Licensed by the Presbytery of Kirkcudbright in 1819, he 
 was, in 1824, ordained to the pastoral charge of Methven, Perth- 
 shire. In 1843 he was admitted to the collegiate charge of St. 
 Andrew's Church, Edinburgh. In the public business of the Church
 
 140 EDINBURGHSH1RE. 
 
 Dr. Clark took considerable interest ; he was much devoted to the 
 pastoral duties. 
 
 An obelisk of polished granite, with a bronze medallion, has been 
 erected by the congregation of St. Stephen's Church, in memory of 
 the Rev. Dr. William Muir, their late pastor. This esteemed 
 clergyman was licensed in 1810, and was in 1812 ordained to St. 
 George's Church, Glasgow. In 1822 he was translated to New 
 Greyfriars Church, Edinburgh, from which he was transferred to 
 St. Stephen's Church in 1828, when it was erected into a parish. 
 In 1838 he was elected Moderator of the General Assembly. He 
 died at Ormelie, Murrayfield, on the 23rd June, 1869. Dr. Muir 
 was, after the Disruption in 1843, consulted by Government in 
 the filling up of the parochial cures in the gift of the Crown. He 
 was a laborious and faithful minister. He published several 
 volumes of Discourses and other works. 
 
 A monument commemorates the Hon. John Lord Cunningham, 
 of Duloch, senator of the College of Justice, who died on the 26th 
 October, 1854. Lord Cunningham derived considerable notoriety 
 during the period which preceded the Disruption, on account of his 
 decisions as Lord Ordinary adverse to the views of the General 
 Assembly. 
 
 A monument of Aberdeen granite denotes the grave of Robert 
 Handyside, a judge of the Court of Session, by the title of Lord 
 Handyside. Son of a Writer to the Signet, he was born at Edin- 
 burgh in 1793. In 1822 he passed Advocate, and in 1840 was 
 appointed Sheriff of Stirlingshire. He became Solicitor-General in 
 1852, and in the following year was raised to the bench. He died 
 on the 18th April, 1858. 
 
 John Riddell, Advocate, the most profound of Scottish geuealo- 
 lists, is interred in this cemetery. He was born in 1785, and was 
 called to the Scottish Bar in 1807. For many years he devoted 
 himself to the study of Scottish family history, many of the prin- 
 cipal charter chests passing under his review. His familiarity with 
 the law feudal, consistorial, genealogical, and heraldic was un- 
 rivalled. His principal work, " Inquiry into the Law and Practice
 
 THE DEAN CEMETERY. 141 
 
 in Scottish Peerages," is held as an authority. Mr. Riddell died at 
 Edinburgh on the 8th February, 1862. A tombstone erected to 
 his memory is thus inscribed : 
 
 " Johannes Riddell, armiger, jurisconsultus, vir cujusque ^Etatis 
 imbutus literis ; qui in antiquitate et ea prsecipue quae ad origines 
 gentilicias pertinet, ad veritatem rerum revocanda. Prodigus laboris 
 atque etiam felix fuit eandemque scriptis illustravit auctor animum 
 consensu gravissimus ; hoc in agro, qui proavorum ipsius olim fuit 
 sepultus est. Natus IV die Octobris, MDCCLXXXV. Decessit 
 VIII die Februarii, MDCCCLXII. ; vixit annos LXXVI." 
 
 A handsome monumental cross, designed by Mr. James Drum- 
 mond, R.S.A., has just been erected to the memory of Dr. Joseph 
 Robertson, the distinguished antiquary. He was born at Aberdeen 
 in 1811, and was educated at Marischal College. At an early age 
 he began to write on local antiquities in the provincial journals ; 
 he subsequently became newspaper editor, first in Aberdeen, 
 afterwards at Edinburgh. In 1839 he joined the " Spalding Club," 
 for which he edited many ancient charters and some historical 
 memoirs. The Maitland and Bannatyne Clubs subsequently pro- 
 fited by his labours. An article which he contributed to the 
 Quarterly Review, on the " Ecclesiastical and Domestic Architecture 
 of Scotland," was much commended by Mr. Lockhart, and attracted 
 general attention. In 1853 he was appointed Curator of the His- 
 torical Department in the General Register House, Edinburgh, an 
 office which he filled with distinguished ability. Of his various 
 publications, the "Councils and Canons of the Scottish Church," 
 and " Inventory of the Jewels, &c., of Queen Mary," are the most 
 widely known. As an accurate inquirer into every department 
 of Scottish antiquarian lore he was held to be unrivalled. Dr. 
 Robertson died on the 13th December, 1866, aged fifty-five. He 
 was LL.D. of the University of Edinburgh. 
 
 Sir Archibald Alison, Bart., the historian of Europe, is interred 
 in this cemetery. Son of the Rev. Archibald Alison, author of 
 " Essays on Taste," and scion of the family of Alison of Newhall, 
 Forfarshire, he was born at Kenley, Shropshire, on the 29th De- 
 cember, 1792. Educated at the University of Edinburgh, he was
 
 142 EDINBUKGIISHIRE. 
 
 admitted Advocate in 1814. For eight years he travelled on the 
 Continent. In 1822 he was appointed Advocate-Depute, an office 
 which he held for ten years. In 1832 he published his " Principles 
 of the Criminal Law of Scotland," to which in the following year 
 he added " The Practice of the Criminal Law." He was appointed 
 Sheriff of Lanarkshire in 1834. The first volume of his great 
 work, the " History of Europe," appeared in 1833 ; it extended to 
 nineteen octavo volumes. In 1845 Sheriff Alison was elected Lord 
 Eector of Marischal College, Aberdeen ; and in 1851 he was chosen 
 Rector of Glasgow University. In June, 1852, he was created a 
 baronet. He was D.C.L. of Oxford, a member of many of the 
 learned societies, a constant contributor to Blackwootfs Magazine, 
 and an ingenious writer on political economy. He died at his 
 residence, Possil House, Lanarkshire, on the 31st May, 1867. Sir 
 Archibald Alison was a zealous promoter of patriotic and bene- 
 volent enterprises. 
 
 In the Dean Cemetery monuments or tombstones commemorate 
 the following : Major Thomas Fairweather, died 29th September, 
 1846; John Aitken of Mount Aitken, Victoria, Australia, died 
 21st October, 1853 ; John BeU, W.S., died 15th November, 1852 ; 
 Archibald Bell, Sheriff of Ayr, died 6th October, 1854; George 
 Swinton, son of the Honourable George Swinton of Swinton, died 
 17th June, 1854; John Scott, M.D., died 3rd May, 1853; Sir 
 John Peter Grant of Rothiemurchus, died 17th May, 1848 ; Lieut.- 
 Colonel James Oliphaut Clunie, C.B., died 27th July, 1851 ; James 
 Greig of West Cambus, W.S., died 25th December, 1850. William 
 Richardson Dickson of Alton, died 2nd May, 1850 ; Rachel Jane 
 Aytoun, daughter of Major-General Roger Aytoun of Inchdairnie, 
 and Mrs. Jean Sinclair Aytoun of Balgreggie, died 3rd April, 1852, 
 and Mary their second daughter, died 24th September, 1854 ; James 
 Keir, M.D., died December 16th, 1852 ; David Erskiue of Cardross, 
 died 28th November, 1847; Matthew Wingrave of Kirkbaiik, died 
 23rd November, 1848; James Alexander Cruikshank of Langley 
 Park, died 25th April, 1849 ; Henry Marshall, M.D., died 5th 
 May, 1851 ; Robert Hepburn Swinton of Swinton, died 3rd June,
 
 THE DEAN CEMETEEY. 143 
 
 1852; Thomas Eobertson Chaplain of Collision, died 7th De- 
 cember, 1857; John Tod, W.S., died 24th December, 1856; Rev. 
 John Stevenson, D.D., minister of Ladykirk, died llth August, 
 1858 ; Annabella Macartney, wife of the Honourable Lord Cowan, 
 died 31st October, 1858 ; Allan Menzies, Professor of Conveyancing 
 in the University of Edinburgh, died 13th February, 1856 ; Robert 
 Ainslie, W.S., died llth December, 1858 ; Mrs. Marian Anstruther, 
 daughter of the Right Honourable Sir John Anstruther, Bart., and 
 wife of James Anstruther, W.S., died 19th June, 1859 ; James 
 Murray, of Wick, Caithness, died 24th October, 1859 ; Robert Reid, 
 Crown Architect, died 20th March, 1856 ; John Goodall, of Renny- 
 hill, Advocate, died 23rd October, 1854; Captain Alexander Drys- 
 dale, died 27th August, 1854; Major William Blackwood, died 8th 
 April, 1861 ; Rev. Henry Wright of Largnean, died 28th June, 
 1861; John Taylor, M.D., died July 14th, 1856; John Knapp, 
 M.D., died November 8th, 1857 ; Robert Thomson, Advocate, 
 Sheriff of Caithness, died 26th May, 1857 ; Rev. Robert Stirrat, 
 minister of Free St. Cuthbert's, died 16th January, 1852 ; Alexander 
 Black, Architect, died 19th February, 1858 ; Monsieur Gabriel 
 Surenne, died 12th September, 1858 ; Major-General John Pringle, 
 died 29th December, 1861 ; Lieut.-Colonel Humphrey Hay, died 
 30th August, 1860; James Russell, M.D., died 21st November, 
 1862 ; James George Hunter, eldest son of John Hunter, Auditor of 
 the Court of Session, died 7th July, 1862 ; Patrick S. K. Newbig- 
 ging, M.D., died 10th January, 1864 ; Lieut.-General Thomas Robert 
 Swinburne, died 29th February, 1864; Lieut.-Colonel John Mac- 
 dougall, died 3rd June, 1865 ; Lieut.-Colonel ^neas John Mackay, 
 died 9th February, 1865 ; John Balfour Atkinson, died 2nd May, 
 1866 ; Major James Hunter Rutherfurd, died 1st February, 1866 ; 
 Mrs. Campbell Hamilton of Dalserf, died 22nd February, 1867; 
 Robert Allan, F.R.S.E, died 6th June, 1862 ; John MacneiU of 
 Ardnacross, died 10th November, 1867; Major-General Carnegy, 
 C.B., died 1st August, 1862 ; Honora, youngest daughter of the 
 late Sir Henry Havelock, Bart., died 15th August, 1861 ; Rev. 
 Francis Gillies, minister of Free St. Stephen's, died 10th January,
 
 144 EDINBUIIGHSHIRE. 
 
 1862 ; Robert Bell, Procurator of the Church of Scotland, and 
 Sheriff of Haddingtonshire, died 27th April, 1861 ; Major-General 
 William John Gairdner, C.B., died 3rd February, 1861; James 
 Carlile, D.D., LL.D., died 2nd February, 1866 ; and the Rev. John 
 Le Poer, French Rector of Temple Michael, Longford, Ireland, died 
 29th September, 1866. Monumental erections or mortuary en- 
 closures denote the family burial-places of Sir John Graham Mac- 
 donald, Bart.; Major-General Wardlaw; Major-General Peter 
 Dudgeon ; William Blackwood, merchant ; R. C. Williamson ; 
 Douglas Maclagan, M.D. ; and Haig of Bonnington. 
 
 . DALRY CEMETERY. 
 
 This cemetery is situated in the south-western suburb, about two 
 and a half miles from the General Register House ; it was laid out 
 in 1845. Within its enclosure a handsome monument celebrates 
 Lieut-General Sir Neil Douglas, K.C.B., Colonel of the 78th 
 Highlanders and Commander of the Forces in North Britain. He 
 died on the 21st September, 1853, in his seventy-ninth year. 
 
 By an elegant monument is commemorated James Burnes, of 
 Montrose, father of Sir Alexander Burnes, C.B., the distinguished 
 traveller. His grandfather, James Burnes, was brother of William 
 Burnes, father of the poet Burns. He was born in 1780 at Mon- 
 trose, where for many years he practised as a solicitor and served as 
 chief magistrate. He died at Edinburgh on the 15th February, 
 1852. His wife Elizabeth, daughter of Adam Glegg, of Montrose, 
 died on the 25th February, 1851 : she is commemorated on the 
 same tombstone. Two of their sons, Sir Alexander and Charles 
 Burnes, were massacred at Cabool, India, on the 2nd November, 
 1841. 
 
 A monument is reared to the memory of Captain George Edding- 
 ton, who died on the 10th December, 1851, and of his sons Captain
 
 DALRY CEMETERY. 145 
 
 George Eddington and Lieutenant Edward W. Eddington, who were 
 both killed at the battle of the Alma on the 20th September, 1854. 
 
 A handsome monument celebrates the ministerial devotedness of 
 the Rev. Alexander Lockhart Simpson, D.D., minister of Kirk- 
 newton. This estimable divine was educated for the Secession 
 Church : he subsequently joined the Establishment, and was 
 licensed by the Presbytery of Kirkcaldy in 1810. In October, 1812, 
 he was ordained to the ministry at Kirknewton. In 1828 he was 
 elected joint sub-clerk of the General Assembly ; in 1859 he was 
 on a vacancy promoted to the principal clerkship. He was elected 
 Moderator of the General Assembly in 1849. He died on the 
 15th December, 1861, in the seventy-eighth year of his age and 
 fiftieth of his ministry. Dr. Simpson was one of the earliest 
 advocates of Church extension, and was for many years Convener 
 of the Assembly's Committee on Home Missions. He was an 
 earnest preacher, an eloquent debater, and a friendly man. 
 
 A marble obelisk commemorates Charles Mclntosh, F.R.H.S., 
 author of " The Book of the Garden," and other works. 
 
 There are tombstones in memory of 
 
 John M'Nab, of Inglisgreen, died 25th December, 1850 : Captain 
 James Galloway, R.N., died 12th August, 1846 ; Alexander Stephen, 
 M.D., died 10th August, 1848 ; Alexander Cruikshank, of Keithock, 
 died 18th January, 1855; Major Archibald Macneil, died 6th No- 
 vember, 1855 ; Archibald Mackenzie, of the Orphan Hospital, died 
 28th April, 1866 ; Lieutenant Evan Macpherson, died 5th 
 December, 1859 ; and William Carmichael, Assistant Clerk of 
 Session, died 15th November, 1860. 
 
 These quaint lines commemorate John Eobertson, a native of 
 the United States, who died 29th September, 1860, aged 22 : 
 
 " Oh, stranger ! pause, and give one sigh 
 For the sake of him who here doth lie 
 Beneath this little mound of earth, 
 Two thousand miles from land of birth."
 
 146 EDINBURGHSIIIRE. 
 
 THE GRANGE CEMETERY. 
 
 The Grange or Southern Cemetery is situated to the south of 
 the meadows. In the front wall a mural tablet denotes the 
 resting-place of Dr. Thomas Chalmers. This distinguished divine 
 was born on the 17th March, 1780, at Anstruther, Fifeshire. He 
 studied at the University of St. Andrews, and in his nineteenth 
 year obtained licence as a probationer. In 1803 he was appointed 
 assistant to Professor Vilant, of the Mathematical chair at St. 
 Andrews, and in the same year was presented to the church living 
 of Kilmany. He was translated to the Tron Church, Glasgow, in 
 1814. Hitherto he had devoted his chief attention to the exact 
 sciences and to philosophical speculation ; he was henceforth to 
 concentrate his energies on theological study and parochial 
 work. As a preacher he attained a national celebrity. In 1819 
 he was translated to St. John's parish, Glasgow, and here he began 
 to develop his system of parochial economy, which he conceived 
 would dispense with the necessity of a poor law. He accepted 
 in 1823 the Professorship of Moral Philosophy at St. Andrews, 
 where his popularity as a teacher restored to that university a 
 portion of its earlier celebrity. In 1828 he was elected Professor 
 of Divinity in the University of Edinburgh, an office which he 
 held till the Disruption in 1843, when he was chosen Principal of 
 the New College. In May, 1843, he was elected first Moderator of 
 the Free Church ; he was the principal framer of its Sustentation 
 Fund. He died on the 31st May, 1847. A man of vigorous in- 
 tellect and massive eloquence, Dr. Chalmers attracted persons of all 
 ranks by the force and splendour of his declamation. His Astro- 
 nomical Discourses are the most splendid specimens of pulpit 
 eloquence which have been published. To Dr. Chalmers a public 
 monument is in progress of construction (see ante). 
 
 A monument of Peterhead granite commemorates Sir Andrew 
 Agnew, Bart., of Lochnaw, and his wife, Lady Agnew. Sir Andrew 
 was born at Kingsdale, Ireland, on the 21st March, 1793. He
 
 THE GRANGE CEMETERY. 147 
 
 was only child of Lieutenant Andrew Agnew, eldest son of Sir 
 Stair Agnew, sixth Bart, of Lochnaw, representative of a family 
 who were long hereditary Sheriffs of Wigtonshire. In his sixteenth 
 year he succeeded his grandfather in his title and estates. He 
 studied at the University of Edinburgh, and at Oxford. Entering 
 Parliament as M.P. for Wigtonshire, in August, 1830, he began to 
 take an interest in public affairs. His movement so zealously prose- 
 cuted for the legislative protection of the Sabbath took origin in 
 1832, and was continued till the period of his death. After a 
 short illness he died at Edinburgh, on the 12th April, 1850. His 
 wife, Madeline Lady Agnew, tenth daughter of Sir David Carnegie, 
 Bart., of Southesk, was born on the 8th January, 1796, and died 
 on the 21st January, 1858. A memoir of Sir Andrew Agnew has 
 been published by Dr. Thomas McCrie, of London. 
 
 Sir Thomas Dick Lauder, Bart., of Fountainhall, a learned and 
 ingenious writer, rests in this cemetery. He was born in 1784, 
 and was for a short time an officer in the 79th Eegiinent. He was 
 one of the original contributors to Blackwood's Magazine. Two 
 romances from his pen, "Lochandhu," and "The Wolf ofBadenoch," 
 were formerly popular, and have been translated into several con- 
 tinental languages. His interesting account of "The Moray 
 Floods in 1829 " added to his reputation. In 1839 he was ap- 
 pointed Secretary to the Board of Scottish Manufactures, an office 
 with which was afterwards conjoined the Secretaryship of the 
 British Fisheries. He died on the 29th May, 1848. Besides the 
 works enumerated, Sir Thomas composed several others, chiefly 
 connected with subjects of natural history. 
 
 Sir John Dick Lauder, Bart., son of the preceding, is also com- 
 memorated. He was born at Relugas, Morayshire, in 1813, and 
 was some time in the military service of the East India Company, 
 He died on the 23rd March, 1867. 
 
 A monument of Peterhead granite commemorates Hugh Miller, 
 the distinguished geologist. This remarkable individual was born at 
 Cromarty, on the 10th October, 1802. Having lost his father when 
 he was only five years old, he was brought up under the care of two
 
 148 EDINBURGHSHllIi:. 
 
 of his mother's brothers, who severally imbued him with a taste 
 for natural history and old Scottish traditions. With a substantial 
 training at the grammar school of his native place, he commenced 
 in his seventeenth year to work as a stonemason. In 1829 he 
 published a small volume of poems, which a few years afterwards 
 was followed by " Scenes and Legends of the North of Scotland." 
 Having renounced his handicraft occupation, he obtained employ- 
 ment as a bank clerk. In 1840 he accepted an invitation to 
 become editor of the Witness newspaper, then started at Edin- 
 burgh. He advocated with remarkable power the claims of the 
 Non-intrusion party, and proved of essential service in the constitu- 
 tion of the Free Church. In 1840 he published his work on the 
 " Old Red Sandstone," which at once led to his recognition as an 
 accomplished geologist. Of his subsequent publications the more 
 prominent are his " Footprints of the Creator " and " The Testimony 
 of the Rocks." A course of persistent study at length preyed upon 
 his health, his brain gave way, and in a frenzy he shot himself. 
 He died at Portobello on the 23rd December, 1856. 
 
 An elegant obelisk commemorates the literary merits and private 
 worth of John and Mrs. Christian Johnstone, a married pair whose 
 names are intimately associated with Scottish literature during the 
 last half-century. John Johnstone began life as a schoolmaster at 
 Dunfermline : he subsequently became proprietor and editor of the 
 Inverness Courier. Latterly he entered into business as a printer 
 in Edinburgh. He projected the Schoolmaster, a weekly serial, 
 which he some time conducted in connection with his wife. He 
 died on the 3rd November, 1857, in his seventy-eighth year. 
 Mrs. Johnstone is best known as author of the " Edinburgh Tales." 
 She was a principal contributor to Tait's Magazine. She died on 
 the 26th August, 1857, at the age of seventy-six. 
 
 A marble obelisk denotes the grave of Professor John Pringle 
 Nichol, LL.D., the astronomical writer. He was born at Brechiii 
 on the 13th January, 1804. Having studied at King's College, 
 Aberdeen, he was, in his seventeenth year, appointed parish 
 schoolmaster of Dun, in the neighbourhood of his birthplace. He
 
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 subsequently taught at Hawick and Cupar-Fife, and was after- 
 wards elected rector of Montrose Academy. He now took licence 
 as a probationer, intending for the ministry of the Established 
 Church. In 1836 he was appointed to the Professorship of 
 Practical Astronomy in the University of Glasgow, an office which 
 he held till his death, which took place at Eothesay, on the 19th 
 September, 1859. Among his principal works are "View of the 
 Architecture of the Heavens," " The Solar System," " The Stellar 
 Universe," and the " Cyclopaedia of the Physical Sciences." 
 
 The poet David Vedder rests here. Son of a small landowner 
 in the parish of Burness, Orkney, he was born in 1790. After some 
 experience as a seaman, he entered the Ee venue service in 1815 as 
 first officer of an armed cruiser. A writer of verses from his 
 boyhood, he published, in 1826, "The Covenanters' Communion, 
 and other Poems," which was followed by a second volume of 
 prose and poetry, under the title of " Orcadian Sketches." He 
 contributed to the leading journals. He latterly resided in 
 Edinburgh, where he died on the llth February, 1854. 
 
 A tombstone commemorates William Lennie, the celebrated 
 grammarian. Mr. Lennie was originally a teacher in the city ; he 
 latterly devoted himself to the publication of his "Principles of 
 Grammar," a work of which he issued upwards of fifty editions. 
 From the profits he was enabled to purchase a landed estate. He 
 died on the 20th July, 1852, 
 
 A mural tablet commemorates Dr. David Irving, one of the 
 most erudite of modern Scotsmen. He was born at Langholm on 
 the 5th December, 1778. At the University of Edinburgh he 
 studied with a view to the ministry, but he afterwards chose the 
 literary profession. His "Elements of English Composition," 
 which has passed through many editions, was issued in 1801. In 
 1804 he published his " Lives of the Scottish Poets," in two octavo 
 volumes, which was followed by his most elaborate work, 
 "Memoirs of the Life and Writings of George Buchanan." In 
 1820 he was appointed Keeper of the Advocates Library, an office 
 which he held for thirty years. Dr. Irving died at Edinburgh on
 
 150 EDINBURGHSHIRE. 
 
 the 10th May, 1860. His "History of Scottish Poetry," a work of 
 great research, was published posthumously. 
 
 The Rev. William Steven, D.D., minister of Trinity College 
 Church, Edinburgh, is interred in this cemetery. Dr. Steven 
 published " History of the Scottish Church, Eotterdam," " Memoir 
 of George Heriot," and " History of the High School of Edinburgh." 
 He was successively minister of the National Scottish Church, 
 Rotterdam, Governor of Heriot's Hospital, and minister of Trinity 
 College Church. He died on the 2nd April, 1857. 
 
 A monument of Peterhead granite commemorates the Rev. 
 William King Tweedie, D.D., minister of Free Tolbooth Church, 
 Edinburgh, who died on the 24th March, 1863. Mr. Tweedie, who 
 had successively ministered in the Scots Church, London Wall, 
 and as pastor of the South Church, Aberdeen, was in 1842 
 appointed to the Tolbooth Church, Edinburgh. This charge he 
 resigned at the Disruption, in 1843. He was author of many 
 religious publications, of which the more esteemed are " Lights and 
 Shadows in the Life of Faith," " Seedtime and Harvest," " Rivers 
 and Lakes of Scripture," and " Ruined Cities of the East" 
 
 A handsome Gothic cross celebrates the Rev. William Maxwell 
 Hetherington, D.D., LL.D., Professor of Divinity in the Free 
 Church College, Glasgow. This able divine and industrious 
 historical writer was born in the Vale of Nith, Dumfriesshire, on 
 the 4th June, 1803. Bred a gardener, he afterwards studied at 
 the University of Edinburgh, and obtained licence as a preacher in 
 1830. In 1836 he was ordained to the ministry at Torphichen. 
 Resigning his charge at the Disruption in 1843, he in the following 
 year became Free Church minister at St. Andrews. In 1848 he 
 was translated to Free St. Paul's, Edinburgh ; he was appointed to 
 his Professorship in 1857. He died on the 23rd May, 1865. 
 Among other works Dr. Hetherington published " History of the 
 Church of Scotland," "History of the Westminster Confession," 
 " The Fulness of Time," and "The Minister's Family." 
 
 A monument of Aberdeen granite has been reared to the memory 
 of James Miller, M.D., Professor of Surgery in the University of
 
 THE GRANGE CEMETERY. 151 
 
 Edinburgh. Professor Miller was son of the Eev. James Miller, 
 minister of Eassie, and was born in 1812. He studied at the 
 Universities of St. Andrews and Edinburgh, and, devoting his 
 attention to medicine, became a Licentiate of the Edinburgh 
 College of Surgeons. In 1842 he was elected Professor of Surgery 
 in the University of Edinburgh, and at once took a high rank in 
 his profession. His " Principles of Surgery," which appeared in 
 1844, has passed into a fourth edition. Dr. Miller was a zealous 
 promoter of various schemes of social and religious improvement. 
 He died on the 17th June, 1864. 
 
 A handsome Gothic cross commemorates Charles Maclaren, 
 F.K.S.E., an eminent geologist, and founder of the Scotsman news- 
 paper. This enterprising and ingenious person was born at 
 Orrniston, Haddingtonshire, on the 7th October, 1782. Son of a 
 small farmer, he was intended for a handicraft occupation, but 
 owing to a delicate constitution, he became a mercantile clerk, and 
 afterwards entered the Customs. In August, 1816, he resolved 
 to establish a newspaper on liberal and independent principles, 
 and on the 25th January of the following year the first number of 
 the Scotsman was issued under his superintendence. During the 
 first two years this journal was edited by Mr. John Eamsay 
 McCulloch, afterwards of London; but in 1820 Mr. Maclaren, 
 resigning his post in the Customs, undertook the editorial duties. 
 He retained office till 1847, when he was succeeded by Mr. 
 Alexander Eussel, the present editor. He was a zealous geologist 
 and a constant contributor to the scientific journals. His prin- 
 cipal works are a " Dissertation on the Topography of the Plain of 
 Troy/' and " The Geology of Fife and the Lothians." He died on 
 the 10th September, 1866. Mr. Maclaren married, on the 27th 
 January, 1842, Jean Veitch, daughter of Eichard Soniner, of 
 Somnerfield. This gentlewoman died on the 6th May, 1871, and 
 was interred near the grave of her husband. She bequeathed 
 2,500 to establish a scholarship in the University of Edinburgh, 
 to be designated the " Charles Maclaren Scholarship." 
 
 A tombstone commemorates the Eev. James Bryce, D.D., who
 
 152 KDINIIURGHSHIRE. 
 
 died on the llth March, 1806. Dr. Bryce was in 1814 promoted 
 from the ministerial charge of Strachan, Kincardineshire, to St. 
 Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Calcutta. In 1836 he returned to 
 Britain. He subsequently resided at Edinburgh, devoting a large 
 portion of his time to ecclesiastical affairs. In the General 
 Assembly he advocated the principles of the moderate party. 
 His principal publications are "Sketch of the State of British 
 India," and " Ten Years of the Church of Scotland." 
 
 A monument denotes the resting-place of the 'Rev. John Hunter, 
 D.D., Minister of the Tron Church. This estimable clergyman was 
 son of the Rev. Dr. Hunter, one of the ministers of Edinburgh. 
 Licensed to preach in 1812, he was ordained to the ministry at 
 Swinton, Berwickshire, in 1814. From this parish he was trans- 
 lated to the Tron Church in 1832. Devoted to his parochial duties, 
 Dr. Hunter avoided public display. He declined nomination as Mo- 
 derator of the General Assembly. He died on the 21st June, 1866. 
 
 A tombstone, erected by public subscription, marks the grave of 
 Robert Lee, D.D., Professor of Biblical Criticism in the University 
 of Edinburgh, and Minister of Old Greyfriars Church. Dr. Lee was 
 born at Tweedmouth, Xorth Durham, in November, 1804. For 
 some time he wrought as a carpenter. Having entered on classical 
 studies, he proceeded to the University of St. Andrews in 1824. In 
 1833 he was elected minister of Inverbrothock Chapel, Forfar- 
 shire. In 1836 he was translated to the parish of Campsie, from 
 which he was promoted to Greyfriars Church in 1843. He was 
 appointed Professor in 1846. Dr. Lee was a contributor to the 
 periodicals, and author of several esteemed theological works, but 
 he will be chiefly remembered for his enlightened views as a 
 Churchman. Through his efforts instrumental music and more 
 reverent postures in devotion have been introduced into the wor- 
 ship of the Established Church. After a period of feeble health he 
 died at Torquay on the 14th March, 1868, in the sixty-fourth year 
 of his age and thirty-fifth of his ministry. Dr. Lee was one of the 
 Deans of the Chapel Royal. 
 
 Other notable persons whose remains have been consigned to the
 
 THE GKANGE CEMETEKY.. 153 
 
 Grange Cemetery must be simply enumerated: Graham Speirs, 
 Sheriff of Mid-Lothian, died 24th December, 1847; Archibald 
 Speirs, of the Hon. East India Company's service, died 8th March, 
 1806 ; James Wyse, surgeon, died October 7th, 1828 ; Rev. Thomas 
 Lockerby, minister of Gadder, died 17th December, 1851 ; the Eev. 
 Eobert Watt, died 23rd January, 1853 ; the Rev. William Galbraith, 
 an eminent mathematician, died 27th October, 1850 ; Rev. David 
 Eraser, died 10th August, 1854; Rev. David Moir, superintendent 
 of the Edinburgh City Mission, died llth March, 1856 ; Rev. John 
 Malcolm Smith, Professor of Oriental Languages, Queen's College, 
 Kingston, Canada, died 3rd August, 1856 ; Samuel Brown, M.D., 
 died 20th September, 1856; Rev. William Brown, M.D., died 
 May 15th, 1863, and his sons Alexander Brown, M.D., died 15th 
 November, 1839, and Robert Ebeuezer Brown, M.D., died 10th 
 April, 1849 ; Augustus Maitland, W.S., fifth son of Sir Alexander 
 Charles Maitland Gibson, Bart., of Cliftonhall, died 26th January, 
 1855 ; John Maitland, Auditor of the Court of Session, sixth son of 
 Sir Alexander Charles Maitland Gibson, Bart., of Cliftonhall, died 
 6th September, 1865 ; Rev. Thomas Pitcairn, minister of the Free 
 Church, Cockpen, died 28th April, 1862; Rev. Walter Fairlie, 
 minister of the Free Church at Liberton, died 25th November, 
 1856 ; Rev. John Jeffrey, Secretary to the Missionary Board of the 
 Free Church, died 20th October, 1858 ; James Colquhoun, M.D., 
 died 27th January, 1862 ; Peter Redford Scott, of Redford Hill, 
 died 23rd May, 1865; George Monro, S.S.C., died 7th April, 1866 ; 
 Rev. Alexander Renton, Theological Tutor of the Presbyterian 
 Church, died 25th October, 1863 ; James Brewster Balfour, M.D., 
 died 8th November, 1861 ; Alexander Cowan, of Valley field, died 
 19th February, 1859, " leaving sixty-one descendants to bless his 
 memory ; " Rev. James McEwen, minister of the United Presby- 
 terian Church, Strathaven, died 13th November, 1859 ; Thomas 
 Knox Beveridge, W.S., died llth April, 1858 ; Weniyss Orrok, of 
 Orrok, died 9th August, 1856 ; Rev. John Sime, died 28th April, 
 1864; Charles Chalmers (of Merchiston), brother of the Rev. Dr. 
 Thomas Chalmers, died 12th November, 1864 ; Rev. John Calvin
 
 1 54 EDINBURGHSIIIRE. 
 
 McNair, died 19th January, 1859; James Crawfurd, W.S., died 
 November, 1863 ; General Suetonius Henry Tod, died 1st Sep- 
 tember, 1861 ; George Ross, Professor of Law in the University of 
 Edinburgh, died November 21st, 1863; James Nichol, publisher, 
 died 26th April, 1866 ; Benjamin Hall Blyth, civil engineer, died 
 21st August, 1866 ; William Wemyss, Deputy Commissary-General, 
 died 8th April, 1862 ; James Wyld, of Gilston, died 8th May, 1860 ; 
 Captain Benjamin Wyld, died 30th August, 1860 ; Robert Edward 
 Scoresby- Jackson, died 1st February, 1867. 
 
 NEWINGTON BURIAL-GROUND. 
 
 Newington Cemetery is situated in the S.S.E. suburb of Edin- 
 burgh ; it was opened in 1820. Here rest the remains of Dr. 
 James Brown, Professor of Natural Philosophy in Glasgow College. 
 This ingenious individual was born in 1764, at Auchterderran, 
 Fifeshire. At the University of St. Andrews he distinguished 
 himself in literature and mathematics, and in his twenty-first year 
 was appointed assistant to Professor Vilant, of the Mathematical 
 chair. In 1790 he was appointed to the church living of Dunino, 
 Fifeshire. He was elected Professor of Natural Philosophy in the 
 University of Glasgow in 1796, but after a short trial was com- 
 pelled, owing to feeble health, to retire on an allowance. He 
 afterwards resided, first at St. Andrews and afterwards at Edin- 
 burgh, where he died on the 3rd November, 1838. Dr. Brown 
 was an interesting conversationalist and an eminent scholar. Dr. 
 Chalmers and other eminent persons were wont to attribute their 
 first literary aspirations to the privilege of having associated with 
 him. 
 
 Richard Huie, M.D., the ingenious hymn-writer, rests in this 
 burying-ground. He was born at Aberdeen in 1795. Having 
 studied at the High School and University of Edinburgh, he
 
 NEWINGTON BURIAL-GROUND. 155 
 
 became a licentiate of the Edinburgh College of Surgeons in 1815. 
 After practising about six years at Dundee he settled at Edinburgh 
 in 1822. In 1840 he was elected President of the College of 
 Surgeons. In 1843 he published " Sacred Lyrics," 32mo. He died 
 on the 10th July, 1867. Dr. Huie was an active promoter of 
 various philanthropic enterprises. 
 
 Other prominent persons who have found a resting-place in this 
 burying-ground are as follow : Alexander Allan, philosophical 
 instrument maker, died 5th April, 1839 ; George Carfin, commis- 
 sary clerk, died 21st December, 1849 ; Major Thomas Laing, died 
 19th December, 1826 ; Captain Alexander Wishart, died 30th 
 October, 1810; Captain John Macdiarmid, died October 29th, 
 1844; James Sibbald, M.D., died 8th September, 1824; William 
 Calder, formerly Lord Provost of Edinburgh, died 19th August, 
 1824; Rev. William Limont, minister of the Belief Church, South 
 College Street, died 3rd January, 1833 ; William Farquhar, M.D., 
 died 28th July, 1832; Robert Thomson of Kaimflat, died 25th 
 February, 1843 ; Captain James Clapham, R.N., died 28th January, 
 1851; William Moffat, S.S.C, died 6th July, 1847; Francis 
 Graham of Morphie, died 1847 ; Rev. Thomas Turnbull, minister 
 of Anworth, died 6th July, 1838 ; Captain Alexander Knox, 
 died 23rd February, 1855 ; Alexander Knox, M.D., died 5th March 
 1859 ; John Dinning, of Mavisbush, died 18th August, 1859 ; 
 Eobert Wilson, of the National Bank, died 12th February, 1862 ; 
 Captain Thomas Brown, died 7th July, 1863 ; David Craigie, M.D., 
 an eminent medical writer, died 17th May, 1866 ; Rev. Alexander 
 Philip, Minister of the Free Church, Portobello, died 18th March, 
 1861 ; Rev. John Edmonstoun, Minister of the Free Church, Ash- 
 kirk, died 8th December, 1865. 
 
 In Echo Cemetery, Newington, a tombstone commemorates 
 Colonel Robert Sinclair Sutherland of Brabster, who died on the 
 4th January, 1863. 
 
 Opposite to Auchindinny Gate, near Milton Bridge, about seven 
 miles south from Edinburgh, a triangular stone fourteen feet in 
 height bears the following inscription :
 
 150 EDINBURGHSHIRE. 
 
 " Sophia Inglis, 1775." 
 
 " Muse, at that name thy sacred sorrows shed, 
 Those tears eternal that embalm the dead ; 
 Call round her tomb each object of desire, 
 Each purer frame informed with purer fire : 
 Bid her be all that cheers or softens life ; 
 The tender sister, daughter, friend, and wife ; 
 Bid her be all that makes mankind adore, 
 Eecall her memory, and be vain no more. 
 
 PARISH OF BORTHWICK. 
 
 In the aisle of the old church are recumbent monumental statues 
 of William, first Lord Borthwick, and his spouse. His lordship is 
 in full armour, Lady Borthwick in the female attire of her period. 
 Lord Borthwick was raised to the peerage by James I. before the 
 year 1430 ; he obtained a charter under the Great Seal, authorizing 
 him to build a castle upon the lands of Lochwarret, which, under 
 the name of Borthwick Castle, afterwards became the chief seat of 
 the family. As Sir William Borthwick he was employed in many 
 important concerns ; he was one of the commissioners for prolong- 
 ing the truce in 1404 ; and he sat on the assize of the Duke of 
 Lennox and the two sons of Murdoch, Duke of Albany, in 1424. 
 His death took place before 1448. Lady Borthwick belonged to 
 the noble House of Douglas. 
 
 PARISH OF COLINTON. 
 
 An upright block of trap rock in the vicinity of two cairns on 
 the lands of Comiston is variously called the Kel Stane and Camus 
 Stane ; it is supposed to denote the burial-place of a Danish prince 
 slain in battle. 
 
 In the floor of the parish church a stone coffin was found some
 
 PARISH OF CORSTORPHIXF. 157 
 
 years ago bearing this inscription: "Here lyis ane honorabi 
 voman. A. Hiriot spovs to I. Fovlis of Collingtovn qvha died 
 8 Avgvst 1593." 
 
 The family of Foulis came to Scotland in the reign of Malcolm 
 Canrnore, and acquired lands at Colinton in 1519. James Foulis 
 of Colinton was appointed King's Advocate in 1528, and Clerk 
 Kesdster in 1531. 
 
 PARISH OF CORSTORPHLNE. 
 
 The parish church of Corstorphine contains several monuments, 
 and numerous armorial escutcheons connected with the ancient 
 House of Forrester. On the north side of the chancel a figure in 
 a recess represents Sir John Forrester, founder of the Collegiate 
 Church, along with one of his three wives. Sir John was one of 
 the commissioners for negotiating the release of James I. from his 
 English captivity, and one of the hostages for his liberation. He 
 was on the jury at the trial of Murdoch, Duke of Albany, in 1424. 
 In 1425 he became Lord High Chamberlain. He died in 1440. 
 Another figure in the chancel represents Sir John Forrester, son of 
 the preceding, who was a distinguished soldier. His effigies repre- 
 sents him as a man of herculean mould. 
 
 At the east end of the church, Nicol Bannatyne, Provost of the 
 Collegiate Church, is thus commemorated : 
 
 "Istud collegium incepit anno Domini MCCCCXXIX. Et 
 eodem anno Magister Nicholayus Bannachtyne prepositus, subtus 
 jacens, qui obiit anno Dom. MCCCCLXX. Cujus anniversarius 
 sibi simulque posteris magistris celebrabitur XIIII. die mensis 
 Junii, pro quo annuus redditus 10 librarum in villa de novo 
 Kyrkcramond. Orati pro papa et pro eo." 
 
 Translation : 
 
 "This collegiate church was begun in the year of our Lord 
 1429 ; and in the same year Mr. Nicol Bannatyne was provost ; 
 who, lying here below, died in the year 1470. Whose anniversary, 
 or yearly commemoration, for him and all the succeeding masters,
 
 158 EDINBURGHSIIIRE. 
 
 will be celebrated upon the 14th day of June annually, for which 
 a yearly rent of 10 is set apart out of the lands of New Kirk 
 Cramond. Pray for the Pope and for him." 
 
 In the south aisle a Latin inscription, now obliterated, formerly 
 commemorated a gift bequeathed to the poor by Patrick March, of 
 the annual rent of forty pence. 
 
 The tombstone of a person named Clarkson formerly bore these 
 lines : 
 
 " Here lies a piece of earth, which God one day 
 Will send the best of heaven to fetch away ; 
 Resting in hope that, when our Lord shall call, 
 Earth shall give up her share, and heaven have all." 
 
 At Corstorphine Hill a monumental stone, sculptured with a 
 sword and the insignia of a knight in holy orders, is supposed to 
 commemorate Bernard Steuart, Lord D'Aubigny ; it was excavated 
 from the ancient burial-vault of the Forresters. Lord D'Aubigny 
 was knight of the order of St. Michael. He died in the house of 
 Archibald Forrester of Corstorphine, June, 1508, and was buried in 
 the aisle of the Collegiate Church. According to Monteith, his 
 place of sepulture was adorned with a cross of gold, " which," he 
 adds, " gave origin to the name of Corstorfiue ; for cross in French 
 signifies croce, and d'ore gold ; and ' fine ' retains its own sound and 
 significance." 
 
 In the old churchyard of Gogar rest the remains of Sir Robert 
 Liston, the distinguished diplomatist. He was born in the parish 
 of Kirkliston in 1742. For nearly half a century he acted as an 
 ambassador at foreign courts. In 1821 he retired from his public 
 duties, and established his residence on the estate of Milburn, in 
 the parish of Ratho. He died in 1836, at the age of ninety-four. 
 Sir Robert spoke ten different languages ; he latterly obtained dis- 
 tinction as an agriculturist.
 
 PARISH OF DALKEITH. 159 
 
 PAEISH OF CKICHTON. 
 
 In the parish churchyard these quaint lines are cut on a tomb- 
 stone : 
 
 " In memory of a brother, 
 And if ye dinna ken the name, 
 Ye'll just look at the muckle stane, 
 But see ye dinna pu' the thyme, 
 I planted it in 'forty-nine/' 
 
 PAEISH OF DALKEITH. 
 
 Attached to the parish church of Dalkeith is a burial-aisle of the 
 ducal House of Buccleuch. Here are interred the Countess Mary, 
 who died in 1663, in her thirtieth year. Her sister, Anne, Duchess 
 of Buccleuch and Monmouth, likewise rests in the aisle. She was 
 wife of the reckless and unfortunate Duke of Monmouth, natural 
 son of Charles II., who was executed in 1685, for an attempt to 
 usurp the throne. The Duchess died on the 6th February, 1732, in 
 her eighty-first year. Francis, Earl of Dalkeith, who died in 1750, 
 at the age of thirty, was buried in the aisle. His son, Henry, third 
 Duke of Buccleuch, was likewise sepulchred in the vault ; he died 
 on the llth January, 1812, aged sixty-six. 
 
 Within the parish church a monument commemorates the Rev. 
 "William Calderwood, minister of the parish from 1659 to 1680. 
 Son of Thomas Calderwood, Dean of Guild, Edinburgh, he was 
 born in 1636, studied at the University of Edinburgh, and was 
 ordained to the ministry at Dalkeith in September, 1659. Further 
 particulars of his career are supplied by his epitaph, which pro- 
 ceeds thus : 
 
 " In memoriam Gulielmi Calderwood, pastoris Dalkethensis, patris 
 sui; qui obiit anno Dom. MDCLXXX. mensis vero Martii die 4to. 
 Ac etiam memorise Margaretae Craig, filise de Eiccartoun, suse 
 matris, quse decessit anno Dom. MDCLXXXII. mensis Septemb.
 
 160 EDINBURGHSHIKE. 
 
 die 3tio. Necnon memorise M. Ludovici Calderwood sni fratris, 
 caeterorumque puerorum qui hie cum patre et matre requiescunt. 
 
 ' Hoc quicquid est monument! poni curavit Thomas Calderwood, 
 filius primogenitus. 
 
 "In i 'Ml uiii D. Gulielmi Calderwood, pastoris Dalkethensis, 
 annos supra vicenos. 
 
 " Non te deflemus coelo, vir magne, receptum ; 
 
 Ploramus nostram, nee sine jure, vicem : 
 Dotibus eximiis patris, pastoris, amici, 
 
 Vix magis ornatum protulit ulla dies. 
 Dum fluit esca duplex, sylvamque amplectitur ulnis, 
 Caldervode, tibi fama pereiinis erit." 
 
 In the churchyard a monument (now removed) commemorated 
 the Rev. John Vetche, minister of Westruther. He was son of 
 John Vetche, minister of Roberton ; he studied at the University 
 of Glasgow, and was ordained to the ministry at Westruther in 
 1648. Refusing to conform to Episcopacy, he was in 1662 removed 
 from his charge ; he returned on an indulgence, but was summoned 
 before the Privy Council in 1680, and, not appearing, was put to 
 the horn. He was afterwards imprisoned at Edinburgh, and 
 deprived for not accepting the Test. On the deprivation of his 
 successor by the Act restoring Presbyterianism, he resumed his 
 office in 1690. He died at Dalkeith on the 16th December, 1702, 
 aged eighty-four. The following lines of Latin verse adorned his 
 tombstone : 
 
 " Hie recubant Vetchi senis et venerabilis ossa, 
 
 Spiritus est, Christi sanguine lotus, ovans ; 
 Hospes erat, mastixque mali, verique patronus, 
 
 Alterius parcus, prodigus usque sui : 
 En prope tres annos, post lustra bis octo, labores 
 
 Finivit febris vis violenta tuos. 
 Undecies quinos docuisti pastor in annos 
 
 Eloquio, vita, carcere, morte, gregem." 
 
 Mr. Vetche composed " Ane Description of Berwickshire in the 
 Merse," which is preserved in the Advocates Library. 
 
 On the north wall of the churchyard a tombstone, nearly illegible, 
 commemorates the Rev. Dr. William Meiii, minister of the parish. 
 He studied at the University of Edinburgh, and was ordained
 
 PARISH OF DUDDINGSTON. 161 
 
 minister at Tweedmouth in February, 1659. In 1661 he was 
 translated to Lochrutton. He was deprived in 1662. Eefusing 
 the Indulgence, he was denounced by the Privy Council in 1673. 
 In 1691 he was admitted to the ministerial charge of Dalkeith. 
 He died llth January, 1699, aged sixty-five. 
 
 The Eev. Dr. Henry Greive, minister of Dalkeith from 1765 to 
 1789, is celebrated by a gravestone. He was licensed to preach in 
 1759, and was in 1762 ordained minister of Twynholm, Kirkcud- 
 brightshire. During the same year he was translated to Eaglesham. 
 In 1765 he became minister of Dalkeith. He was preferred to 
 New Greyfriars Church, Edinburgh, in 1789. He died on the 10th 
 February, 1810. Dr. Greive was Moderator of the General Assem- 
 bly in May, 1783 ; he was Chaplain in Ordinary to the King. 
 
 The oldest tombstone in the churchyard is thus inscribed : 
 
 " Here lies ane worthie man called Robert Portus, and his wyfe 
 Euphan Wauchope, quha 'departed in anno 1609. Here lies his 
 son Robert Portus, and his spouse Jene, and his son, quha departed 
 in ." 
 
 In the new churchyard a tombstone commemorates Alexander 
 Barrie, teacher in Edinburgh, and author of the popular school 
 books. He died at Dalkeith on the 9th May, 1831. 
 
 In the old churchyard a female is thus celebrated : 
 
 " Faith, Hope, and Love, with works of Faith, were still 
 
 The dear companions of her life and heart ; 
 
 Her soul, where Love and she shall never part. 
 But least the stingless king of terrors boast 
 Of what he's won, and what he thinks she's lost, 
 The trump of God shall sound, the dust be raised, 
 Full victory given through Christ, God's name be praised." 
 
 PARISH OF DUDDINGSTON. 
 
 In the churchyard of this parish rest the remains of James 
 Browne, LL.D., author of " History of the Highlands," and other 
 works. This ingenious writer was born in the parish of Cargill, 
 
 M
 
 162 EDINBURGHSHIRE. 
 
 Perthshire, in 1793. Having at St. Andrews University studied 
 for the ministry, he obtained licence as a probationer. For some 
 time he was ministerial assistant in the parish of Kinnoull. 
 Disappointed in obtaining a settlement, he applied himself to legal 
 studies, and in 1826 passed Advocate. His success at the Bar did 
 not justify his ambition ; he became editor of Constable's Magazine, 
 and subsequently conducted the Caledonian Mercury; he sub- 
 edited the seventh edition of the " Encyclopaedia Britannica." Be- 
 side his " History of the Highlands " he published " History of 
 the Inquisition" and "Critical Examination of Dr. M'Culloch's 
 Work on the Highlands." He died in 1841. Some years before 
 his death he married a relative of General Stewart of Garth, by 
 whom he was perverted to the Eomish faith. Dr. Browne's 
 " History of the Highlands " is a work of considerable value. 
 
 William Duncan, Bailie of Duddingston, who died on the 5th 
 June, 1708, aged 71, is celebrated in these lines : 
 
 " Nor Dedalus, nor Tully's skill can show 
 His matchless worth, that's bury'd here below ; 
 True to his word, just, charitable, kind, 
 Of an obliging and a constant mind, 
 In publick and in private matters too, 
 As bailie, elder, husband, father, true 
 He to his wife and children left behind 
 The last tokens of a virtuous mind ; 
 They unto him their gratitude to prove, 
 Have caus'd erect this badge of mutual love. 
 But reader stay, since no enjoyments can 
 Redeem thee from the common lot of man ; 
 Look on this fabrick with a serious eye : 
 By living well prepare thyself to die. 
 
 Agricola, et Praetor, senior, colo, protego, condo, 
 Bus, jus, templa, manu, consilioque prece."
 
 163 
 
 PAEISH OF GLENCEOSS. 
 
 On the rising ground south of Turnhouse Hill stands the 
 " Martyrs' Tomb." This erection commemorates those Covenanters 
 who fell at the battle of the Pentlands, or Bullion Green, fought 
 on the 28th November, 1666, between 900 Covenanters, under 
 Colonel Wallace, and 8,000 horse and foot, under General Dalziel. 
 The Covenanters were at first successful in beating back their 
 opponents, but were at length overpowered by superior numbers. 
 Nearly fifty of them fell and about one hundred were taken 
 prisoners. The engagement took place in a valley which skirts 
 the base of the Pentlands. The " Martyrs' Tomb " is inscribed 
 thus : 
 
 " Here, and near to this place, lie the Eev. John Cruickshanks 
 and Mr. Andrew M'Cormack, ministers of the gospel, and about 
 fifty other true covenanted Presbyterians who were killed in this 
 place, in their own innocent self-defence, and in defence of the 
 covenanted work of reformation, by Thomas Dalziel of Binns, upon 
 the 28th of November, 1866. Eev. xii. 11. : ' And they overcame 
 by the blood of the Lamb, and by the. word of their testimony, 
 and they loved not their lives unto the death.' Erected September 
 28th, 1738. 
 
 A cloud of witnesses lye here, 
 
 Who for Christ's interest did appear, 
 
 For to restore true liberty, 
 
 O'erturned there by tyranny ; 
 
 And by proud prelates who did rage 
 
 Against the Lord's own heritage ; 
 
 They sacrificed were for the laws 
 
 Of Christ their King, His noble cause. 
 
 These heroes fought with great renown, 
 
 But falling got the martyr's crown."* 
 
 * The battle of the Pentlands is thus celebrated by the Baroness Nairne, who, 
 though a member of the Church of England, was an enthusiastic admirer of those 
 Scottish Presbyterians who, during the persecutions of the seventeenth century, con- 
 sented to die rather than abjure their faith :
 
 164 
 
 EDINBURGHSHIRE. 
 
 John Cruickshanks or Crookshanke was son of the Rev. 
 John Crookshanke, minister of Redgorton, Perthshire. He was 
 sometime Regent of Humanity in the University of Edinburgh, 
 and was ordained minister at Raphoe, Ireland, before 1661. 
 Andrew M'Cormack or M'Cormick was bred a tailor, but subse- 
 quently qualifying himself for the ministry, he obtained a living in 
 the Irish Presbyterian Church. Along with Crookshanke he had 
 been banished to Scotland on account of uncompromising adher- 
 ance to Nonconformity and resistance of the episcopal yoke. " Not 
 expecting or seeking for pardon in Ireland," writes Mr. Patrick 
 Adair,* "they joined with that party in Scotland which was 
 broken at Pentland, and were there both killed. They were 
 zealous men, but walked too much in a separate way from their 
 brethren, and meddled in matters too high for them." 
 
 " The Pilgrim's feet here oft will tread 
 
 O'er this sequestered scene, 
 To mark where Scotland's martyrs lie 
 
 In lonely Bullion Green : 
 To muse o'er those who fought and fell, 
 
 All Presbyterians true, 
 Who held the League and Covenant, 
 
 Who waved the banner blue ! 
 
 " Like partridge to the mountain driven, 
 
 Oh ! lang and sairly tried ! 
 Their cause they deemed the cause o' 
 Heaven, 
 
 For that they lived and died ! 
 Together here they met and prayed, 
 
 Ah ! ne'er to meet again ! 
 Their windin'-sheet the bluidy plaid, 
 
 Their grave lone Bullion Green. 
 
 " Ah ! here they sang the holy strain, 
 
 Sweet martyrs' melodie ; 
 When every heart and every voice 
 Arose in harmonio. 
 
 The list'ning echoes all round 
 
 Gave back their soft reply, 
 While angels heard the hallow' d sound, 
 
 And bore it to the sky. 
 
 " Oh, faithless King ! hast thou forgot 
 
 Who gave to thee thy crown ? 
 Hast thou forgot thy solemn oath, 
 
 At Holyrood and Scone ? 
 Oh, fierce Dalziel ! thy ruthless rage 
 
 Wrought langsome misery. 
 What Scottish heart could ever gi'e 
 
 A benison to thee? 
 
 " I love to wander there my lane, 
 
 Wi' sad and sacred feeling, 
 While hallowed mem'ries wake the tear 
 
 In waefu' eye soft stealing. 
 I love thy wild sequester'd glen, 
 
 Thy bonny, wimplin* burn ; 
 For Scotland's brave and martyr'd men 
 
 Still does it seem to mourn." 
 
 " A True Narrative of the Bise and Progress of the Presbyterian Church in 
 Ireland," by the Bev. Patrick Adair. Belfast, 1866, 8vo., pp. 283-4.
 
 165 
 
 PAEISH OF INVERESK. 
 
 A square pillar at the eastern extremity of the grounds of Esk- 
 grove commemorates the encampment at this spot of the army of 
 the Duke of Somerset. It is thus inscribed : 
 
 " The Protector, Duke of Somerset, 
 Encamped here, 9th September, 
 1547." 
 
 The Duke of Somerset entered Scotland on the 2nd September, 
 1547. After routing the forces of Lord Hume at Faside he 
 marched to the church of Inveresk, and encamped on the spot 
 denoted by the monument. He broke up his camp on the morning 
 of the 10th, and proceeded to meet the Earl of Angus and the 
 army which had been mustered to resist him. The armies met 
 on the field of Pinkie, when the Scots were completely defeated. 
 
 An artificial eminence in the churchyard is known as " Oliver's 
 Mound;" it is popularly described as the work of Cromwell's 
 army, but is more likely to have been of Roman origin.* 
 
 In the churchyard the following inscription is engraved on the 
 tombstone of the ,Rev. Oliver Colt, minister of the parish : 
 
 " Memories sacrum magistri Oliverii Colt, hujus ecclesiee pastoris 
 vigilantissimi, pientissimi, evangelistae suavissimi, facundissimi, viri 
 integerrimi, saluberrimi, post sedecem et amplius lustra, quorum 8, 
 plus minus sincere, pie, candide, gregi, cujus cura illi a creatore 
 suo demandata, delegata, invigilando exacta, tandem magis senio 
 quam segnitie, sponte magis quam morbo in nunc tumulum 
 delapsi. Obiit penultimo Decembris, anno Dom. MDCLXXIX. 
 ^tatis suse 82. Mcerens posuit magister Robertus Colt, juriscon. 
 & filius & hseres. 
 
 Quisquis es, amissos solitus lugere parentes, 
 Hue ades, hos cineres collachrymare juvet. 
 
 Hie pietas, hie vera fides, hie pristina virtus, 
 Religionis honos &; probitatis apex. 
 
 * "New Statistical Account," vol. i., pp. 275277-
 
 166 EDINBURGHSHIKE. 
 
 Huic epulse servasse animas ; huic lanta supellex, 
 
 Intemerata Dei gloria, cura gregis ; 
 Cujus non paucos, variis erroribus actos, 
 
 Restituit ; teneros soverat ipse sinu. 
 Octoginta annos animo vultuque sereuus, 
 
 Pacis amans vixit, pacis amator obiit. 
 Felicem nimium vitam, mortemque beatam ! 
 
 Contigit heu paucis, sic potuisse mori." 
 
 Mr. Colt studied at the University of Edinburgh, and was 
 licensed to preach in 1627. He was ordained assistant minister 
 of Inveresk in December, 1632 ; and died on the 30th December, 
 1679,, at the age of eighty-two. 
 
 In the churchyard a tombstone celebrates Dr. Alexander Carlyle, 
 minister of the parish, and a distinguished leader of the Church. It 
 is inscribed as follows : 
 
 "Alexander Carlyle, D.D. Fifty-seven years minister of this 
 parish. Born on the 26th January, 1722. Deceased on the 25th 
 August, 1805. Having thus lived in a period of great lustre 
 to the country in arts and arms, in literature and science ; in 
 freedom, religious and civil, he too was worthy of the times. 
 Learned and eloquent, liberal and exemplary in his manners, 
 faithful to his pastoral charge, not ambitious of popular applause, 
 but to the people a willing guide in the ways of righteousness and 
 truth ; in his private connections a kind relation, an assiduous 
 friend, and an agreeable companion ; not immersed in speculation, 
 but earnest in action to promote the merit he esteemed or the 
 public cause he espoused ; and when full of years calmly prepared 
 to die in peace." 
 
 Dr. Carlyle was a native of Prestonpans, of which parish his 
 father was minister. Having studied at the Universities of Glasgow, 
 Edinburgh, and Leyden, he obtained licence in 1746. He was 
 ordained minister of Inveresk in 1748. He was censured by the 
 General Assembly for being present at the first performance of 
 the tragedy of "Douglas," in December, 1756. In 1762 he was 
 appointed Almoner to the King, and some time after a Dean of the 
 Chapel Royal. He was elected Moderator of the Assembly in 
 May, 1770.
 
 PARISH OF INVERESK. 16? 
 
 In his advanced age Dr. Carlyle prepared an autobiography, 
 which was published in 1860 under the editorial care of Dr. John 
 Hill Burton, Historiographer Royal. It presents an interesting 
 picture of the times. 
 
 A small tombstone denotes the grave of David Macbeth Moir, 
 the ingenious poet. Born at Musselburgh on the 5th January, 
 1798, he studied for the medical profession, and became surgeon in 
 1816. He early composed verses, and in his nineteenth year, 
 under the signature of Delta, became a poetical contributor to 
 Blackwood's Magazine. In 1824 he published "The Legend of 
 Genevieve, with other Tales and Poems," which was followed in 
 1828 by " The Autobiography of Mansie Waugh." He practised 
 medicine at Musselburgh, and by his professional services ren- 
 dered gratuitously to the poor, obtained deserved favour. His 
 "Outlines of the Ancient History of Medicine" appeared in 1831. 
 He died at Dumfries on the 6th July, 1851. His poetical works, 
 edited by Mr. Thomas Aird, were published at Edinburgh in 1852. 
 On the bank of the Esk, near Musselburgh Dr. Moir is com- 
 memorated by a statue executed by Ritchie. 
 
 Inveresk Churchyard contains the following monumental 
 rhymes : 
 
 " Rest while affection oft will drop the tear, 
 Till Fate shall summon us to join you here." 
 
 " Ah, what is life with ills compassed round ! 
 Amidst our hopes death strikes the sudden wound." 
 
 " His boast is 
 
 Not that he derived his birth 
 From loins enthroned and monarchs of the earth, 
 But higher far his scriptural hopes arise, 
 The son of parents passed into the skies. 
 
 ' The seed of the righteous is blessed.' " 
 
 " Rest yet awhile within this narrow room, 
 Ye high-prized relics of the best of men, 
 Till at the trumpet's sound the faithful tomb 
 Shall render up its trust to earth again.
 
 168 EDINBURGHSHIRE. 
 
 Then shall exalting choirs of angels cry, 
 
 ' Happy the man whose talent is improv'd, 
 Come, heir of glory, to your master's joy, 
 Come taste the applause of the God you lov'd ' 
 
 " Through life's perplexing seas 
 His course he steer'd, 
 
 With steady hand, 
 He all those dangers clear'd 
 
 Till anchor'd here. 
 When all the storms are o'er, 
 
 Has driven we hope 
 Safe on Emmanuel's shore, 
 
 Where dangers cease, 
 And storms assail no more." 
 
 PAKISH OF KIRKLISTON. 
 
 Two erect stones at Lochend, near Newbridge, commemorate an 
 engagement which took place in 995 between Kenneth, illegitimate 
 brother of Malcolm II., and commander of his forces, and Con- 
 stantine, who had usurped the Government. A monumental stone 
 by the banks of the river Almond is believed to denote the spot 
 where Constantino was slain. 
 
 At Linsmill, on the banks of the Almond, a flat stone, supported 
 by six uprights, is associated with a curious tradition. It is 
 believed to commemorate the last person in Scotland who died of 
 " the plague." Though a person of property, the fear of infection 
 was such that none would attend the funeral, nor would any joiner 
 make a coffin. The wife of the deceased was, in consequence, 
 necessitated to drag the body to this place, and prepare a grave with 
 her own hands. The stone is inscribed 
 
 " Here lye the dust of William Lin, Right Heritor of Linsmill, 
 who died in the year of our Lord 1645." 
 
 Lord Stair, of Newliston, who died in 1629, is thus com- 
 memorated :
 
 PARISH OF KIRKNEWTON. 169 
 
 " If ye wold live and die in peace, 
 Then love mercy and justice ; 
 And keep frae guile your conscience clear, 
 As strave the man who lyeth here." 
 
 PAEISH OF KIRKNEWTON. 
 
 In the churchyard of this parish a monument denotes the 
 resting-place of the celebrated Dr. William Cullen. This dis- 
 tinguished physician was born at Hamilton, on the llth December, 
 1710. For some time he practised in the parish of Shotts. He 
 then removed to Hamilton. There he secured the patronage of the 
 Dukes of Hamilton and Argyle, on whose united recommendation 
 he was in 1746 appointed Lecturer on Chemistry at Glasgow. In 
 1751 he was elected Regius Professor of Medicine in Glasgow 
 University. He was promoted in 1756 to the chair of Chemistry 
 in the College of Edinburgh ; he subsequently became Professor of 
 the Practice of Medicine. He died on the 5th February, 1790. He 
 published many medical works, some of which retain professional 
 favour. A statue of Dr. Cullen, at the cost of his students, was 
 placed in one of the halls of Edinburgh College. 
 
 Near the grave of Dr. Cullen are entombed the remains of his 
 eldest son, Robert, a judge, by the title of Lord Cullen. This 
 distinguished lawyer and miscellaneous writer was admitted 
 Advocate on the 15th December, 1764. After a brilliant career at 
 the Bar he was appointed a Lord of Session in November, 1796. 
 He contributed essays to the Mirror and Lounger. As a mimic he 
 is celebrated in "Kay's Edinburgh Portraits." He died on the 
 28th November, 1810. His tombstone bears that he was " an 
 eminent judge, an elegant scholar, and an accomplished gentleman." 
 
 Within the church a small tablet commemorates the Rev. 
 Alexander Bryce, the eminent geometrician. It is inscribed 
 
 " Here lie the remains of the Reverend Alexander Bryce, who
 
 170 EDINBURGHSIIIRE. 
 
 was minister of this parish for forty years, and one of the chaplains 
 in ordinary to His Majesty. He was a man of true piety, of great 
 benevolence, and of general science. He died in 1786, aged 
 seventy-three, universally regretted." 
 
 Mr. Bryce was born at Kincardine-in-Menteith, in 1713. 
 Having studied at Edinburgh University, he was licensed to preach 
 in 1744. In the following year he was ordained minister of 
 Kirknewton, As a mathematical scholar he was widely celebrated. 
 In 1752 he discovered, among some old lumber at Stirling, the 
 standard jug, or pint measure, which had been committed by an 
 Act of Parliament to the keeping of the magistrates of that burgh. 
 He contributed many scientific papers to the Transactions of the 
 Eoyal Society of London, and to Rvddiman's Weekly Magazine. 
 He assisted in revising the calculations of the Ministers' Widows 
 Fund. He was a considerable poet, and composed the three last 
 stanzas of the popular song " The Birks of Invermay." 
 
 Another monumental slab within the church celebrates Major- 
 General Sir Alexander Bryce, K.C.B., Inspector-General of Fortifi- 
 cations, son of the preceding. He died at London in 1832, and 
 was buried in St. John's Wood ChapeL 
 
 In the churchyard rest the remains of the Rev. William Cameron, 
 minister of the parish, a poet, and one of the authors of the Church 
 Paraphrases. He studied at Marischal College, Aberdeen, where 
 he secured the friendship of Dr. Beattie. He was ordained 
 minister of Kirknewton in 1786. He published " Poems on 
 Various Subjects," and other works. A second volume of poems 
 from his pen appeared posthumously. He composed the four- 
 teenth, seventeenth, and sixty-sixth Paraphrases, and revised thirty- 
 nine others. He died at Kirknewton on the 17th November, 1811. 
 
 In a private burying-ground on the estate of Meadowbank a 
 monument denotes the grave of Allan Maconochie, Lord Meadow- 
 bank. This distinguished judge was born in 1748. When a 
 student at Edinburgh College he founded the Speculative Society, 
 in which so many who have afterwards adorned the walks of litera- 
 ture, have afforded the first evidence of their powers. He was ad-
 
 PARISH OF LASSWADE. 171 
 
 mitted to the Scottish bar in 1770, and was raised to the bench 
 in 1796 ; he was some time previously Sheriff of Eenfrew, and 
 Professor of Public Law in the University of Edinburgh. He died 
 in 1816. 
 
 PAEISH OF LASSWADE. 
 
 In an aisle of the old church rest the remains of William Dram- 
 mond, of Hawthornden, the poet. Son of Sir John Drummond of 
 Hawthornden, he was there born on the 13th December, 1585. 
 He studied at the University of Edinburgh, and at Bourges, in 
 France. In 1610 he succeeded his father; and retiring to his 
 romantic seat, devoted himself to the composition of poetry. He 
 published in 1616 "The Cypress Grove," and " Flowers of Zion, or 
 Spiritual Poems." The death of a young lady to whom he was to 
 be married oppressed him with melancholy : he sought relief by 
 foreign travel. On his return he composed his "History of 
 the Five Jameses," which, however, was not published till after his 
 decease. He died on the 4th December, 1649. An edition of his 
 "Poems" was printed in 1656; and his whole works were issued 
 in 1711 under the superintendence of Euddiman. Drummond was 
 a strong supporter of monarchy ; and the untimely fate of Charles I. 
 is said to have hastened his own death. 
 
 A monumental stone chair at the south front of Hawthornden 
 House bears the following inscription : 
 
 " To the memory of Sir Lawrence Abernethy, of Hawthornden, 
 second son to Sir William Abernethy, of Saltoun, a brave and gal- 
 lant soldier, who at the head of a party in the year 1338, conquered 
 Lord Dowglas five times in one day yet was taken prisoner 
 before sunset; (Ford, lib., xiii., cap. 44.) and to the memory of 
 William Drummond, Esq., of Hawthornden, Poet and Historian, 
 an honour to his family, and an ornament to his country, this 
 seat is dedicated by the Eeverend Dr. William Abernethy Drum- 
 mond, spouse to Mrs. Drummond, of Hawthornden, and sixth son
 
 172 EWNBURGHSHIHE. 
 
 to Alex. Abernethy, of Corskie, Banffshire , heir male of the 
 Abernethies of Saltoun, in the year 1784. 
 
 " sacred solitude ! divine retreat ! 
 Choice of the prudent, envy of the great! 
 By thy pure stream, or in thy waving shade, 
 I court fair wisdom, that celestial maid. 
 There from the ways of men laid safe ashore, 
 I smile to hear the distant tempest roar ; 
 There happy, and with business unperplext, 
 This life I relish and secure the next." 
 
 In the parish churchyard rest the remains of Henry Dundas, 
 first Viscount Melville. This eminent statesman was son of Eobert 
 Dundas, of Arniston, Lord President of the Court of Session. He 
 was born at Edinburgh on the 28th April, 1742. Having studied at 
 the University of Edinburgh, he passed Advocate in 1763. He was 
 appointed Solicitor-General in 1773, and in the following year was 
 returned to Parliament as member for Edinburghshire. In 1775 he 
 became Lord Advocate, and in 1782 was appointed Treasurer of 
 the Navy, and sworn a Privy Councillor. Subsequently he became 
 President of the Board of Control In 1791 he was appointed 
 Secretary of State for the Home Department. In 1802 he was 
 raised to the Peerage as Viscount Melville. In 1804 he succeeded 
 Lord St. Vincent as first Lord of the Admiralty. Impeached by 
 the House of Commons for mal-appropriating the funds of the 
 Navy, he was, on his trial before the House of Lords in April, 
 1806, honourably acquitted. He died at Edinburgh, on the 27th 
 May, 1811. Lord Melville is commemorated by a monument in 
 St. Andrew's Square, and a marble statue in the Parliament House, 
 Edinburgh ; and also by an obelisk on Dunmore Hill, Perthshire. 
 He possessed great political sagacity, with prudence and tact as an 
 administrator. 
 
 The following inscriptions are from tombstones in Lasswade 
 Churchyard : 
 
 " God keeps his own within the grave, 
 
 In safe repose to lie 
 Till shade of sin is past and gone, 
 
 And glory decks the sky."
 
 PARISH OF LASSWADE. 173 
 
 " Farewell, all joy, since hope gives nothing new, 
 But like a sieve lets every pleasure through ; 
 Farewell, ye rural plains, for she is gone, 
 To whose lov'd memory I erect this stone." 
 
 " Before this youth to manhood grew, 
 Of which there none need boast, 
 With length of days before his view, 
 He yielded up the ghost." 
 
 At Dryden a monument of curious workmanship commemorates 
 James Lockhart Wishart, of Lee and Carnwath. The tomb, which 
 is enclosed with a parapet and iron railing, is eight feet in height 
 and 200 feet in circumference. There is an octagonal column 
 twelve feet high and nine broad ; it supports a cradle about eight 
 feet long and four broad. On the top is a lantern surmounted by 
 a groined arch, supported by four pillars, twenty feet in height and 
 five feet square. The key-stone of the arch terminates in a globe 
 suspended over the cradle. On the south side of the column are 
 the armorial bearings of the Lee family, in which is an emblem of 
 the casket which contained the heart of King Kobert the Bruce, 
 borne by Sir James Douglas, founder of the family, to the Holy 
 Land. Under the casket are the words " Corda serata pando." 
 
 On the east side of the column a marble slab bears the following 
 inscription : 
 
 " James Lockhart Wishart, of Lee and Carnwath, Lord of the 
 Bedchamber to his Imperial Majesty Joseph the Second, Emperor 
 of Germany, Knight of the Order of Maria Teresa, Count of the 
 Holy Eoman Empire, and General of the Imperial, Eoyal, and 
 Apostolical Armies, died at Pisa, in Italy, Vlth February, 
 MDCCXC, in the LXIVth year of his age." " 
 
 Between the column and the railing on the east side, beneath a 
 large stone, rest the remains of James, Count Lockhart, of Lee 
 and Carnwath, son of General Count Lockhart ; he died in 1802. 
 
 On the west side of the column a marble slab is inscribed 
 thus : 
 
 "Jacobus Lockhart Wishart, de Lee et Carnwath, Joseph! se-
 
 174 EDINBURGHSHIRE. 
 
 cundi Romanorum imperatoris dominus cubicularius ordinis mili- 
 taris Marise Teresise eques, sacri Romani imperil comes, et im- 
 perialium regionum, et apostolicorum exercituum prefectus generalis ; 
 decessit Pisis in Italia, anno aetatis suae sexagesimo quarto, mensis 
 Februarii die sexto, 1790." 
 
 Between the column and the railing on the west side, rest 
 beneath a large stone, the remains of Marianne Matilda Lockhart, 
 and on the adjoining pillar is a richly decorated marble tablet 
 with this inscription : 
 
 " Sacred' to the Memory of Marianne Matilda Lockhart, relict of 
 the late Anthony Aufrere, Esq., of Hoveton, in Norfolk, and 
 daughter of General Count Lockhart, of Lee and Carnwath, Lan- 
 arkshire. Born loth October, 1774. Died 14th September, 
 1850." 
 
 Roslin Chapel is the burial-place of the ancient house of St. 
 Glair.* A large flagstone at the foot of the third and fourth 
 pillars covers a vault in which were interred ten Barons of 
 Eoslin prior to the year 1690. According to the custom of the 
 house all the barons were interred in armour and uncoffined. A 
 coarse flat stone sculptured with the representation of a man in 
 armour, with his hands joined as in the act of devotion, and a 
 greyhound at his feet, is supposed to denote the tomb of Sir 
 William St. Glair, of Rosslyn, a puissant knight and attached fol- 
 lower of Robert the Bruce. On the demise of that monarch Sir 
 William accompanied Sir James Douglas in his expedition to the 
 Holy Land with the King's heart. He fell with Sir James in 
 contending with the Moors in Spain, on the 25th August, 1330. 
 
 On the west wall of the north aisle is the monument of George, 
 Earl of Caithness, thus inscribed : 
 
 * " There are twenty of Roslin's barons bold 
 
 Lie buried in that proud chapelle ; 
 ****** 
 
 And each St. Clair was buried there 
 With candle, with book, and with knell." 
 
 Ballad of Rosabelle in " The Lay of the Last Minstrel."
 
 PARISH OF LIBERTON. 175 
 
 " Hie jacet nobilis ac potens domenvs Georgivs qvondam comes 
 Cathanensis, dominvs Sinclar jvsticiarivs hereditarivs diocesis 
 Cathanensis ; qvi obiit Edinbvrgi 9 die mensis Septembris, anno 
 Domini 1582." 
 
 Eoslin Chapel is now the burial-place of the noble family of 
 St. Clair-Erskine, Earls of Eosslyn. Within the ancient vault are 
 deposited the mortal remains of General Sir James St. Clair- 
 Erskine, Bart., second Earl of Eosslyn, who died 18th January, 
 1837 ; and of his Countess, who died August, 1810. The vault 
 also contains the remains of James Alexander St. Glair Erskine, 
 third Earl of Eosslyn, who died 16th June, 1866, and of his 
 Countess, Frances, daughter of Lieutenant-General Wemyss, of 
 Wemyss, who died 30th September, 1858. 
 
 PAEISH OF LIBEETOK 
 
 Two ancient burying-grounds in this parish, St. Catherine's and 
 St. Mary's Chapel, Mddry, have with their monuments dis- 
 appeared. In the parish churchyard a monument commemorates 
 the Eev. Archibald Newtoune ; it is thus inscribed : 
 
 "Reverendus dominus Archibaldus Newtonus, honestis paren- 
 tibus & liberali institutione domi felix ; postea imbelli corpusculo, 
 carceris squalore ac malis, apud purioris religionis hostes foris, 
 attrito in patriam redux, ingenio & eloquentia sic claruit, ut pri- 
 mum Duddingstonise anno 4, & deinde 18 Libertonise pastor, 
 utrobique in mutuo gregis amore, religionis & regii dignitatis con- 
 stans assertor: anima tandem 2 Junii, 1657, in ccelos migravit & 
 corporis exuvias in piorum resurrectionem hie recondi voluit." 
 
 Mr. Newtoune died on the 2nd June, 1657, aged fifty-two. He 
 made a bequest to the kirk session of the parish. In the church 
 tower a monument, recently renovated, commemorates the Eev. 
 Samuel Semple, minister of the parish, who died on the 24th 
 January, 1742, aged seventy-six. He proposed to compose a his- 
 tory of the Church of Scotland, an undertaking in which he was
 
 1 76 EDINBURGHSHIRE. 
 
 encouraged by the General Assembly, and by the Lords of the 
 Treasury. He made important transcripts in the Bodleian and 
 Cottonian Libraries, but afterwards abandoned his design. Of a 
 benevolent disposition, nearly 2,000 were after his decease found 
 due to him by those whom he had obliged with loans. 
 
 A mortuary enclosure acquired by Gavin Nisbet for his family 
 use was thus inscribed : 
 
 "Magister Gavinus Nisbetus, sibi & suis posteris, per actum 
 sessionis hujus ecclesiae, sepulchrum hie posuit. Sexto Novembris, 
 1631, vixit annos 70. Obiit 22, die mensis Junii, 1637. 
 
 Adam primus homo damnavit secula porno ; 
 
 Abstulit at damnum filius ipse Dei : 
 Mors tua, Christe ; mihi vita est, victoria, regnum ; 
 
 Labe mea morior, sanguine viva tuo. 
 Unde superbit homo, cujus conceptio culpa, 
 
 Nasci pcena, labor vita, necesse mori ? 
 Nudus ut in mundum veni, sic nudus abibo ; 
 
 Peccatis Christus sit medicina meis. 
 Vivus adhuc spero, moriturus forte sub horam ; 
 
 Mors eterni certa est ; funeris hora latet. 
 Pulvis et umbra sumus, vivit post funera virtus. 
 
 Qui dat pauperibus, thesauros colligit astris ; 
 In quos nil fures juris habere queunt." 
 
 Monteith has thus translated the Latin verse : 
 
 " Adam, first man, the world condemn'd by sin 
 The Son of God repairs what lost therein. 
 
 Christ, thy death's my life, reign, victorie ; 
 
 My sin brought death, thy blood brings life to me. 
 Whence is man proud ? prithee, tell me why 
 Man, whose conception's in iniquity, 
 Birth pain, life labour, death necessity ? 
 As to the world I came, so hence 
 
 1 shall depart ; Christ, pardon my offence, 
 On life, I hope, so shall at final hour : 
 For death is certain, but its time obscure. 
 All men are dust and shade ; virtue survives 
 The grave, and endless life to th' virt'ous gives. 
 
 Who give to th' poor, in heavens treasures have, 
 The which no thieves can either claim or crave."
 
 PARISH OF PENICUIK. 177 
 
 PAEISH OF NEWBATTLE. 
 
 The Abbey of Newbattle, now in ruins, was founded by David I. 
 in 1140 ; it was planted with monks from Melrose Abbey. Within 
 the precincts was interred John Scot, Bishop of Dunkeld. Some 
 time before his death he resigned his episcopal office, and became 
 a monk in this monastery. He died in 1203. His Life was com- 
 posed by William Binnine, Prior of Newbattle, and afterwards 
 Abbot of Coupar. 
 
 PARISH OF PENICUIK. 
 
 In the grounds of Penicuik House an obelisk in honour of Allan 
 Eamsay attests the taste and good feeling of the poet's friend and 
 patron, the celebrated Sir John Clerk, second Baronet of Penicuik. 
 
 During the conflict with Napoleon, the Valleyfield paper mills 
 were fitted up for 6,000 prisoners of war. At the termination of 
 the war the proprietor raised a monument over the remains of 300 
 prisoners who were interred within the enclosure. The monument 
 is thus inscribed : 
 
 " Grata quies patrise, sed, et omnis terra sepulchrum." 
 
 The parish churchyard contains these metrical inscriptions: 
 
 " Like crowded forest trees we stand, 
 
 And some are marked to fall ; 
 The axe will smite at God's command, 
 And soon shall smite us all." 
 
 " If children are God's heritage, 
 
 Why should the lonely parents grieve 
 When He doth call them under age, 
 
 And a more noble life doth give ? 
 Dear infants sing loud songs of praise, 
 
 From sin and toil so soon set free ; 
 In heavenly notes to Him who says, 
 
 Forbid not babes to come to Me."
 
 178 EDINBURGHSIIIRE. 
 
 " The Lord did heal the parents' hearts 
 
 Of those two little brothers ; 
 When Death cut down these little flowers, 
 God did their anguish smother. 
 
 " Dear parents, weep no more for us, 
 
 Nor breathe another sigh ; 
 For God required our souls above, 
 In our home beyond the sky." 
 
 " Our parents' grief no tongue can speak, 
 
 Nor yet no one can tell ; 
 But rest yourselves content on earth, 
 While we in heaven do dwell. 
 
 " And comfort your poor drooping hearts, 
 
 And mind your steps full well ; 
 For we in heaven may meet again, 
 And there with Christ will dwell." 
 
 " Three loving sisters lyeth here, 
 
 Betsey, Mary, and Ann ; 
 But death severe soon 
 Our parents' grief began. 
 
 " Our parents nursed us tenderly 
 
 While on the earth we stayed ; 
 But God was pleased to call us here, 
 So in the grave we're laid. 
 
 " Dear father, weep no more for us ; 
 
 Dear mother, grief forbear ; 
 For while on earth you've leave, 
 We're only sleeping here."
 
 179 
 
 LINLITHGOWSHIEE. 
 
 PAEISH OF ABERCORN. 
 
 Attached to the parish church is the family vault of Dalyell, of 
 Binns, erected in 1623. The family of Dalyell, of Binns, are a 
 younger branch of the house of Dalzell of Dalzell now Earls of 
 Carnwath. Thomas Dalyell of Binns (bom 1571, died 1643) was 
 father of Thomas Dalyell, of Binns, better known as General 
 Dalyell. This notorious adherent of the Stuart dynasty was born 
 at Binns, about the year 1599. He entered the army, and on the 
 outbreak of the civil war vigorously upheld the royal cause. He 
 commanded the garrison at Carrickfergus, and was taken prisoner 
 by the rebels. After the execution of Charles I. he did not shave 
 nor crop his beard. Captured at the battle of Worcester in 1651, 
 he was committed to the Tower, and his estates were forfeited. 
 Having effected his escape, he proceeded abroad, and for a time 
 entered the military service of the Czar, who gave him rank as 
 General. In 1665 he returned to Scotland, when he was by 
 Charles II. appointed Commander-in-Chief. In 1666 he suppressed 
 the rising at Pentland, and continued to oppress and destroy the 
 adherents of Presbyterianism. In 1681 he raised the regiment 
 since known as the Scots Greys. On his accession, James VII. 
 enlarged his military commission ; but he now retired to his 
 ancestral estate, which he took pleasure in adorning. His portrait 
 is preserved in Binns House. His remains, it is believed, were 
 interred within the family vault. 
 
 A handsome mausoleum in Saxon architecture protects the 
 remains of John, fourth Earl of Hopetoun. Three other monuments 
 have been erected to his memory. (See ante.)
 
 180 LINLITHGOWSHIRE. 
 
 PARISH OF BATHGATE. 
 
 The parish churchyard surrounds the ruin of the old church. A 
 new cemetery was laid out in 1860. In the churchyard a cove- 
 nanter, who was shot by a dragoon on the dispersion of a conventicle 
 held in the parish, is commemorated by a tombstone inscribed 
 thus : 
 
 " Here lies the body of James Davie, who was shot at Blackdub, 
 April, 1673, by Heron, for his adhering to the word of God and 
 Scotland's convenated work of reformation in opposition to Popery, 
 prelacy, perjury, and tyranny. Repaired by a few men in this 
 parish." 
 
 Tombstones commemorate the incumbents of the parish under- 
 named : The Rev. George Black well, who died 7th April, 1749, in 
 his thirty-sixth year and fourteenth of his ministry ; the Rev. 
 Thomas Wardrobe, who died on the 7th May, 1756, aged forty- 
 one; the Rev. Walter Jardine, who died 30th November, 1811, in 
 the seventy-second year of his age and thirty-first of his ministry; 
 the Rev. Samuel MaHin, minister of the parish from 1825 to 1843, 
 and afterwards minister of the Free Church, Bathgate, who died 
 15th May, aged forty-eight; and the Rev. John Byers, minister of 
 the parish, who died 26th June, 1861, aged seventy-two. 
 
 A tombstone celebrates the Rev. John Fleming, of Craigs, 
 minister of Coliuton, who died on the 23rd January, 1823, aged 
 seventy-three. One of his ancestors having suffered persecution 
 from the Stuart dynasty, Mr. Fleming held views on civil politics 
 bordering on republicanism. He bequeathed 240 for the educa- 
 tion of a number of free scholars at Colinton Parish School. The 
 bulk of his estate he conveyed to trustees for behoof of his relatives, 
 but provisionally for establishing Professorships of Political 
 Economy in the Universities of Edinburgh and Glasgow. 
 
 Monuments commemorate John Tennant, of Mosside, who died 
 September 10th, 1740, aged seventy-nine; George Norvell, of Bog- 
 hall, who died June, 1725 ; Robert Geddes, of Torbanehill, born 
 12th April, 1744, died January, 1792: Thomas Durham, of Bog-
 
 PARISH OF DALMENY. 181 
 
 head, died 24th July, 1750; John Eanken, of Inchcross, died 
 January 1st, 1819 ; and Alexander Fleming, tenant at Kirkroads, 
 father of the late Professor Fleming of the New College, Edinburgh. 
 Monumental enclosures belong to the families of Calder of Drum- 
 cross ; Dennistoun, of Barbaughlaw ; Sandilands, of Couston ; and 
 Majoribanks, of Majoribanks and Balbardie. 
 
 A monumental statue is being reared in honour of the late 
 Professor Sir James Young Simpson, Bart., a native of the parish. 
 
 PAEISH OF CAEEIDEN. 
 
 In the new churchyard a tombstone commemorates Dr. John 
 Eoebuck, projector of the Carron Iron Works. Dr. Eoebuck was 
 born at Sheffield in 1718. In 1760 he established the Carron Iron 
 Works by means of a company of which he was the founder ; he 
 obtained a charter in 1773 for -the consolidation of the company. 
 He afterwards joined the celebrated James Watt in perfecting 
 improvements upon the steam-engine. Engaging in several projects 
 which required more capital than he could command, he reduced 
 himself to indigence. He died in 1794 
 
 PAEISH OF DALMENY. 
 
 In Dalmeny Churchyard is the family vault of the Earls of Eose- 
 bery. Here is interred Sir Archibald Primrose, founder of the 
 House ; he died on the 27th September, 1679. Having remained 
 firmly attached to the House of Stuart, he was, at the Eestoration, 
 appointed Lord Clerk Eegister, and a Lord of Session, by the title 
 of Lord Carrington. He afterwards became Lord Justice-General. 
 In 1662 he purchased the important barony of Barnbougle and
 
 182 LINLITHGOWSIIIRE. 
 
 Dalmeny, from John fourth Earl of Haddington. A plate on the 
 catacomb in which his remains are deposited is thus inscribed : 
 
 " Hac in capsula in spe resurrectionis consignatur corpus Domini 
 Archibaldi Primrose de Carrington, militis baronetti sub augustis- 
 simo monarcha Carlo Imo Secrete Concilii clerici, a resturato Carlo 
 2do Regni ab archivis, deinceps Justitiani Generalis facto functi viij 
 kalend Decembris setatis 63 anno Domini 1679." 
 
 PAEISH OF ECCLESMACHAN. 
 
 This churchyard contains the remains of the Rev. Henry Listen, 
 who died 24th February, 1836, aged sixty-five. His father, Mr. 
 Robert Liston, was minister of Aberdour, Fifeshire. He was 
 ordained to the ministry at Ecclesmachan in 1793. Possessed of 
 superior attainments, he was unambitious of personal celebrity. 
 He published an " Essay on Intonation," and contributed several 
 articles to the Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. His son Robert was the 
 celebrated surgeon. 
 
 PARISH OF LINLITHGOW. 
 
 The palace of Linlithgow possesses a monumental interest as the 
 birthplace of Queen Mary ; the apartment in which she was 
 born is exhibited to strangers. An aisle of the church is the scene 
 in which James IV. was, through a device of his Queen, made to 
 witness an apparition, who sought to dissuade him from going to 
 war with England a stratagem which was unhappily fruitless. 
 The site of the house from which Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh shot 
 the Regent Murray in the street of Linlithgow is pointed out. 
 Several houses in the burgh are called " Templar Tenements," 
 having belonged to the Preceptory of the Knights of St. John at 
 Torphichen.
 
 PARISH OF TORPHICHEN. 183 
 
 Near Linlithgow Bridge took place, in 1526, the engagement 
 between the faction of the Earl of Angus, who had possession of 
 the young king James V., and the party which sought to rescue 
 him from the influence of the Douglases. The Earl of Lennox, 
 who led the party opposed to Angus, was, after being offered 
 quarter, slain by Sir James Hamilton. The spot of his interment 
 is known as Lennox Cairn. 
 
 A stone tablet, elegantly sculptured, was found in a grave within 
 the church. Of two compartments, one exhibits the Saviour in the 
 act of prayer, with His three chosen disciples asleep. The other 
 represents Him saluted by Judas and seized by the guard. 
 
 PARISH OF QUEENSFEREY. 
 
 A gravestone commemorates the Rev. James Kid, one of the 
 twelve brethren styled "the twelve apostles," who presented a 
 petition to the General Assembly of 1721, against an Act of the 
 preceding Assembly condemning the "Marrow of Modern Divinity." 
 The Assembly of 1722 administered a rebuke to the petitioners, on 
 which Mr. Kid tendered a protest. He received and welcomed the 
 seceding brethren at the Communion in his parish after their 
 suspension in 1733. Mr. Kid enjoyed much celebrity as a 
 preacher. He died on the 9th February, 1744, in his seventy- 
 eighth year and the thirty-fourth of his ministry. 
 
 PARISH OF TORPHICHEN. 
 
 The Preceptory or chief seat of the Knights of St. John stood 
 at Torphichen. It was founded in 1153. A portion of the tran- 
 sept, in elegant Gothic architecture, still remains. At the south
 
 184 LINLITHCOWSHIRE. 
 
 end an arch in the form of a canopy, about six feet in breadth, 
 received the bodies of the knights during the performance of certain 
 rites, previous to interment. An antiquely carved stone, built in 
 the west side of the inner wall, contains the following inscription : 
 " Gualterus Lindesay, Justiciarius Generalis de Scotland, et Prin- 
 cipalis Preceptor Torphicensis, 1538." Sir Walter Lindsay, thus 
 commemorated, was preceptor of the Knights of St. John. He 
 was Lord Justice-General in the reign of James V. In Sir David 
 Lindsay's " Testament of Squyer Meldrum " he is thus referred 
 to: 
 
 " The wise Sir Walter Lindsay they him call, 
 Lord of J3t. John and Knight of Torphichen, 
 By sea and land a valiant capitane." 
 
 A stone pillar in the churchyard, with the outline of a Maltese 
 cross carved upon it, constituted the sanctuary of Torphichen, to 
 which persons accused of crimes less than capital might resort for 
 protection. 
 
 PAEISH OF UPHALL. 
 
 This parish contains the burial-place of the noble family of 
 Buchan. Within that enclosure were deposited the remains of the 
 Lord Chancellor Erskine. Thomas Erskine was youngest son of 
 Henry David, tenth Earl of Buchan; he was born on the 10th 
 January, 1750, and studied at the High School of Edinburgh and 
 the University of St. Andrews. His father, who possessed an 
 income of only 200 a year, was unable to educate him for a pro- 
 fession ; he therefore became midshipman, and afterwards entered 
 the army. Becoming tired of military service, he was admitted a 
 student of Lincoln's Inn in 1776, and in the following year entered 
 Trinity College, Cambridge. Having been called to the Bar, he 
 at once attracted attention as a pleader. In 1783 he was returned
 
 PARISH OF UPHALL. 185 
 
 to Parliament for Portsmouth, but he did not succeed in the House 
 of Commons ; his professional career, however, went on with in- 
 creasing brilliancy. In 1786 he became Attorney-General to the 
 Prince of Wales; he was dismissed from this office in 1792 for 
 professionally defending Thomas Paine, when proceeded against for 
 the publication of the second part of his " Eights of Man." In 
 1802 the Attorney-Generalship was restored to him, and he was 
 likewise appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall. In 1806 
 he was raised to the dignity of Lord High Chancellor, and created 
 a peer by the title of Lord Erskine. On the dissolution of the 
 Grenville Administration, in 1810, he retired on the usual pension 
 of 4,000 a year. The remainder of his life was spent in compara- 
 tive retirement. He latterly indulged in certain eccentricities of 
 conduct, which, with his intellectual qualities, he seems to have 
 inherited. He died at Amondell House, Linlithgowshire, on the 
 17th November, 1823, in his seventy-third year. Lord Erskine 
 has been described as the most powerful advocate who ever pleaded 
 at the English bar, but his decisions as a judge are pronounced 
 apocryphal or valueless. 
 
 In the parish churchyard a handsome monument commemorates 
 Lieut. -Colonel John Drysdale, of the 42nd Eegiment, who died 
 in 1866. The monument, which is seven feet in height, is adorned 
 with castings in bronze, designed and executed by Mr. John Steell, 
 of Edinburgh. It was reared at the expense of the officers, non- 
 commissioned officers, and men of the 42nd Regiment, as a tribute 
 of respect to one who, through his own personal merits, rose from 
 the position of a private soldier to the command of his regiment.
 
 186 
 
 H ADDING TONS HIKE. 
 
 PAEISH OF HADDINGTOK 
 
 The public burial-ground of Haddington surrounds the ancient 
 church of the Franciscans, popularly known as " the Lamp of the 
 Lothians." In this edifice, now adapted as the parish church, an 
 aisle formed the place of sepulture of the family of Lauderdale. A 
 monument commemorates the Chancellor Maitland, Lord Thirle- 
 stane. It is twenty-four feet long eighteen feet wide, and 
 eighteen feet in height; and is divided into two compartments 
 supported by three black marble pillars with Corinthian capitals 
 of white alabaster. Under these compartments are marble statues 
 of Lord Thirlestane and his wife. An inscription proceeds thus : 
 
 " Joanni Matellano, Baroni de Thyrlestane magno Scotiae can- 
 cellario, qui a nobili Metellanse stirpe, oriundus, vetustissimse 
 familiae decus celebriore titulo auxit ; cujus sincera pietas, heroica 
 mens, eruditio singularis, gnava fortitudo, posteris aemulanda, 
 invidenda antiquis parum vix habuerunt ; liberalitas exprompta, 
 laetus lepiduique ingenii vigor devinxit sibi publicae omnes, pri- 
 vatim singulos; quern, post varia in republica praeclare gesta munia 
 Jacobus, ejus nominia sextus, Scotorum rex (omnium, quos Europa 
 unquam vidit, regum sapientissimus) ad summum cancellariatus 
 fastigium, acclamantibus tribus regni ordinibus, in comitiis publicis ; 
 evexit. Sed manuni illud annos vix novem sustinuit ; cum ea 
 tamen prudentia, integritate ac laude, ut merito affirmari possit, 
 brevis dignitatis ingentem fuisse gloriam. Tandem, annos natus 
 quinquaginta, in medio fere honorum & virtutum curriculo, ereptus, 
 acerbum sui desiderium reliquit omnibus, praecipue regi optimo, 
 qui, versibus vernaculis supremo huic marmori incisis, demortuo 
 parentavit. Obiit anno 1595, 5 nonas Octobris, in arce sua de 
 Thyrlestane, a se recens extructa. 
 
 " Joannes Metellanus Lauderiae comes, filius unigena, parentibus 
 optimo, majore pietate quam impensa poui curavit."
 
 PARISH OF HADDINGTON. 187 
 
 Chancellor Maitland was second son of Sir Richard Maitland of 
 Lethington, the poet, and was born in 1537. Attached to the 
 Government of Queen Mary, he obtained the Abbacy of Kelso in 
 commendam in 1566, and in April of the following year was 
 appointed Lord Privy Seal. Owing to his adherence to the 
 Queen in her adverse fortunes he was in 1570 deprived of his 
 offices and emoluments, and subjected to various hardships. He 
 retired to Edinburgh Castle, then held by Kirkaldy of Grange, 
 and there remained till its surrender in May, 1573. By the 
 Eegent Morton he was sent as a prisoner to Tantallan Castle ; 
 after nine months he was allowed, on his parole, to reside at 
 Lowthally. the residence of Lord Somerville. On the fall of Morton 
 he, in 1578, obtained his liberty and proceeded to court, where he 
 was well received by the young king, who in 1581 constituted him 
 a senator of the College of Justice. He was afterwards knighted, 
 and was in 1584 appointed permanent Secretary of State. In 1586 
 he became Chancellor. In 1589 he accompanied the King to Den- 
 mark on the occasion of the royal marriage; on his return to 
 Scotland he was created Lord Maitland of Thirlestane. His sub- 
 sequent career was considerably chequered. At his advice, James 
 VI., in June, 1592, gave his royal sanction to the establishment of 
 Presbyterianism. Lord Thirlestane died on the 3rd October, 1595. 
 He composed some Latin epigrams which are inserted in the 
 second volume of the "Delitiae Poetarum Scotorum." His 
 monument was erected at the cost of his son John, Earl of 
 Lauderdale. 
 
 On the Chancellor's monument a Latin epitaph celebrates his 
 wife Jane, only child and heiress of James, fourth Lord Fleming, 
 Lord High Chamberlain, and of Lady Barbara Hamilton, daughter 
 of James, Duke of Chatelherault ; and who, though subsequently 
 Countess of Cassilis, desired to be here interred beside the remains 
 of her first husband. On the same tombstone are portrayed the 
 virtues of their daughter Jane, who was betrothed to Robert, Earl 
 of Winton, but died unmarried on the 6th July, 1609, in her 
 nineteenth year. The inscriptions are as follow :
 
 188 H ADDINOTONSHIRE. 
 
 "Janae Flaminiae, Jacob! Baronis Flemying, ex Barbara Hamil- 
 tona, Jacob! Duels Castri Eraldi filia, proli unicae, serenissimas 
 heroinae cujus virilis animus, secundis juxta ac dubiis rebus, con- 
 stans permansit ; quae, summae erga Deura religionis, erga maritum 
 fideli, amoris erga liberos (duos enim peperit, Joannem & Annam 
 Maetellanos) nobilitatis, denique atque huraanitatis erga omnes, 
 vivens moriensque singular! praeluxit exemplo: quse quamvis 
 secundis nuptiis Joanni Cassilissae comiti juncta, hie tamen cum 
 priore marito, eodem simul conditori, reponi voluit, infelici calculo 
 extincta, Edinburgi 9 cal. Quintil. 1609, currente anno, astatis 55. 
 Joannes Maetellanus, Lauderise comes, films unigena parentibus 
 optimis, majore pietate quam impensa poni curavit. 
 
 " Janae Metellanae, Baronis de Thyrlestane, Seotiae cancellarii & 
 Janre Flaminiae filiae, puellae nobilissimae, quae, pietate, ingenio, 
 castitate & morum elegantia insignis, Eoberto Wintoniae comiti 
 desponsata, virgo mortua est, anno 1609, pridie non. Quintil. 
 exacto aetatis anno 16 eodem cum matre funere elata. Joannes 
 Matellanus L. C. unices sorori frater unicus mcerens posuit." 
 
 On the top of the monument a marble tablet formerly bore the 
 following inscription, composed by James VI. to evince his attach- 
 ment for the deceased Chancellor : 
 
 "Haec Jacobus Rex Sextus. 
 
 " Thou passenger, who spiest with gazing eyes 
 
 This sad trophy of death's triumphant dart ; 
 Consider, when this outward tomb thou sees, 
 
 How rare a man leaves here his earthly part ; 
 His wisdom and his uprightness of heart, 
 
 His piety, his practice in our state, 
 His pregnant wit, well vers'd in every part, 
 
 As equally not all were in debate. 
 Then justly hath his death brought forth of late, 
 
 A heavy grief to prince and subjects all, 
 Who virtue love, and vice do truly hate, 
 
 Tho' vicious men be joyful at his fall : 
 But for himself, most happy doth he die, 
 
 Tho' for his prince it most unhappy be." 
 
 On another portion of the Lauderdale monument are the follow- 
 ing inscriptions : 
 
 " .1 ;UI;P Metellanae, virgin! lectissimae, cujus divino ingenia atque 
 industries nihil difficile unquam est visum quod nobilem pudicam-
 
 PARISH OF HADDINGTON. 189 
 
 que puellam doceret : cujus vera pietas, formae venustas, eximia 
 castitas, morura suavitas, & indolis, praeter sexum. praeter aetatem, 
 miraculum, invidiam parcarum excitarunt; Joannes Metellanus, 
 Lauderiae comes, & Isabella Setonia parentes, praepostero naturae 
 ordine superstites relicti, insperatum hoc memorise sacrum statu- 
 erunt. Vixit annos 19 m. 2 d. 8 vitam mortalein exuit. 6 idus 
 Decembris, 1631. 
 
 "Isabella Setonia, Lauderiae comitissa, Alexandri Fermeloduni 
 comitis, Scotise cancellarii & dominae Lilise Drummondae filia, viva 
 gaudium, mortua mariti gemitus, hie sita est; quae matronarum 
 splendor, cdnjugum honos, pudicitiae jubar, sanctimonii templum, 
 virtutum & formae cumulus virum (cum quo mirabili concordia 
 annos 28 mens, 4 transegit) quindecem liberorum numero auxit, 
 marium 7. Fcemell. 8 superstitibus tantum quatuor, Joanne, 
 Roberto, Sophia, Carolo ; quae sic semper vixit, ut seculum ipsa 
 haud dignum videretur ; ida diem extremum clausit, ut mors omni 
 vitae suae curriculo responderet : ac post incredibilem in longissimo 
 morbo constantiam, patientiam, pietatem fessi corporis ergastulo 
 soluta, in terris, ut coelo frueretur, esse desiit, 2 Novembris, 1638. 
 Anuos nata 44 m. 3 d. 2. Joannes Metellanus, Lauderiae comes, 
 conjux desolatissimus, tantae jacturae propemodum intolerans, 
 uxori in comparabili, cujus merita nullus amor sequare possit, 
 desiderii sui perpetuum monumentum, indefesso moerore posuit. 
 
 " Joannes Metellanus, Lauderiae comes, locum delegit sepulturae, 
 ad parentum pedes, sibi & uxori Isabella Setoniae ; ne, quos 
 singularis amor & unanimis vitae consuetude conjunxit, vel mors 
 ipsa sejungeret tumulo." 
 
 These inscriptions commemorate Jane Maitland, daughter of 
 John, first Earl of Lauderdale, who died 8th December, 1631, aged 
 nineteen ; and Isabel Seaton, Countess of Lauderdale, and second 
 daughter of Alexander, Earl of Dunfermline, Chancellor of Scot- 
 land, who died 2nd November, 1638, aged forty -nine years. She 
 was married in her sixteenth year, and became mother of fifteen 
 children. She is celebrated by Arthur Johnston in one of his 
 poems. The Earl of Lauderdale, who reared this monument for 
 himself and his spouse, was son of the Chancellor Maitland. He 
 was sworn a Privy Councillor in July, 1615, and in the following 
 year was created Viscount Lauderdale. He was subsequently 
 President of the Council and an ordinary Lord of Session. In 
 1624 he was created Earl of Lauderdale. He was appointed one
 
 190 HADDINOTONSniBE. 
 
 of the Lords of the Articles in 1639 ; taking the side of the 
 Parliament he was elected President in June, 1644. He died on 
 the 20th January, 1645. Drummond of Hawthornden celebrated 
 him in a Latin elegy. 
 
 The famous Duke of Lauderdale also rests in the Maitland 
 family vault. His remains were deposited in a leaden coffin, which 
 on a brass plate contained the following inscription: 
 
 "In spem beatae resurrectionis, hie conditur illustrissimus & 
 nobilissimus princeps ac Dominus, D. Joannes Dux de Lauder- 
 dale, Marchio de March, Comes de Lauderdale & Guilford, vice- 
 comes Maitland, Dominus de Thirlestane, Musselburgh, Bolton, & 
 Petersham ; saepius ad Parliamenta & ordinum hujus regni con- 
 ventus tenenda prorex ; a restauratione regies Majestatis, per 20, 
 annos, solus, pro regno Scotiae, regum optimo, Carolo secundo, a 
 secretis; prseces secreti concilii, praedicto potentissimo regi, in 
 regno Anglise, a secretioribus conciliis & ex cubiculariis primariis 
 unus ; in Scotia, ex quatuor senatoribus collegii juridici extra- 
 ordinariis unus ; castelli regii Edinburgen constabularius & guber- 
 nator : nobilissimi ordinis garterii eques. 
 
 " Natus 21 Maii, MDCXVI. Leidintoniae. Obiit 24 die Augusti, 
 prope fontis de Tunbridge, anno humanae salutis MDCLXXXII., 
 JE.ia.tis 68." 
 
 John, Duke of Lauderdale, one of the most conspicuous persons 
 in Scottish history, was born at Lethington, parish of Hamilton, on 
 the 21st May, 1616. A zealous Presbyterian, he was, in 1643, 
 appointed one of the Commissioners from the Scottish Church to 
 the Assembly of Divines at Westminster. In 1644 he was sent 
 from the Estates of Parliament, along with some others, to treat 
 with Charles I. at Uxbridge. He was frequently employed as a 
 Commissioner in subsequent negotiations with the King. He 
 succeeded his father, the first Earl of Lauderdale, in 1645. In 
 1648 he became a promoter of "the Engagement," and waiting 
 upon the Prince of Wales, began an intimacy with him ; he now 
 withdrew from the Presbyterian cause. He joined the court of 
 Charles II. at the Hague ; he was taken prisoner at the battle of 
 Worcester in 1651, and was confined in the Tower, and afterwards in
 
 PARISH OF HADDINGTON. 191 
 
 Windsor Castle till the Eestoration. He was now appointed 
 Secretary of State for Scotland. At first he was opposed to the 
 sudden establishment of episcopacy, but he subsequently acceded 
 to the royal wishes. In 1664 he sanctioned the erection of the 
 Court of High Commission, a tribunal intended for the entire sub- 
 version of Presbyterianism. In 1672 he was created Duke of 
 Lauderdale and installed a Knight of the Garter. His administra- 
 tion in Scotland was oppressive, and he proved so obnoxious in Eng- 
 land, that the House of Commons, in 1674, petitioned the King to 
 remove him from State employment. For some time he continued 
 to retain his ascendancy, but at length his influence declined, and 
 he was deprived of his offices. He died at Tunbridge Wells, on 
 the 24th August, 1682, in his sixty-seventh year. 
 
 Within the church Alexander Seton, schoolmaster of Hadding- 
 ton, is commemorated thus : 
 
 "In obitum magistri Alexandri Setonii, scholae Hadinensis 
 moderatoris. 
 
 " Qui jacet hie, juvenum mentes mansuevit agrestes 
 
 Excoluit dociles, erudiitque rudes ; 
 Ex adytis aditum reserans, mysteria pandens, 
 Pieridum antistes dicier ille potest. 
 
 " Obiit anno 1645, Maii 12, ^Etatis 46." 
 
 Monteith translates : 
 
 " Here lies a man, who tamed wayward youth, 
 Instructing them with letters and with truth, 
 The easy minds he greatly did improve, 
 Inform' d the ignorant, by special love : 
 He did disclose all myst'ries, and reveal 
 What most abstruse, as hidden under seal. 
 Consider him aright, for truly he 
 Priest of the Muses well may named be." 
 
 Seton's wife is celebrated in English verse. She died 29th 
 December, 1655, aged sixty. 
 
 " If modesty commend a wife 
 And providence a mother,
 
 192 IIADDlNOTuNSIIIliK. 
 
 Grave chastity a widow's life, 
 We'll not find such another 
 In Haddington as Marion Gray 
 Who here doth lie till the Doomsday." 
 
 A more ambitious monument commemorates William Seton, son 
 of the two preceding, and Provost of the burgh. He is described 
 in a lengthened Latin panegyric as descended from the House of 
 Seton, of Northrig, and more remotely from the noble family of the 
 name. His epitaph is as follows : 
 
 " Memorise sacrum Gulielmi Seton, uatalibus hujus urbis Hadinae 
 cives ingenui & honesti ; prosapia autem e vetustissima & nobilissima 
 gente Setona oriundi; recta quippe serie, ex familia Setona de 
 Northrig, jure connubii cum illius prsedii hasrede unica, cognomine 
 Sinclara, per atavum suum Gulielmum Seton, familise Setonae 
 priucipis nepotem, olim acquisiti, originem suam ducentis ; prsefec- 
 tura hujus civitatis, per decennium continuum, fideliter, prudenter 
 & moderate functi, ejusdemque, ad suprema regni comitia, dele- 
 gatioue saepius honorati ; officio tabellarii equestris in hac urbe, per 
 37 annos, diplomate regio praepositi ; ingenii & morum humanitate, 
 virtute & industria, omnibus, injuria autem & dolo nemini, noti ; 
 ab avaritia, vindicta, injustitia & in concives odio prorsus alieni; 
 pie tandem, & qua Christianum decet, animi tranquillitate, anno 
 setatis suae 57. Vita functi ; monumentum hoc, mceroris & conju- 
 galis sui desiderii signum & indicium, Agneta B]ack, ipsius conjugio 
 nunc viduata, extruendum curavit ; locumque simul hunc, canseUis 
 numitum in quo reconduntur ossa & cineres Alexandri Seton, 
 scholae publiae hujus urbis quondam moderatoris ejus patris, 
 Mariotas Gray matris, Alexandri, Guliehni, & Mariotas, trium 
 ipsius liberorum, dicto connubio, cum Agneta conjuge sua, procrea- 
 torum ut sibi pariter & mariti sui agnatis cognatisque cum latis 
 cesserint, sepulturam commodam praebeat, auctoritate parochiali, 
 religiosuui fecit. Anno 1682." 
 
 Within the church a monument with a Latin inscription com- 
 memorates John Sleich, Provost of Haddington, who died 26th 
 January, 1686, aged ninety; also his son John, Provost of Had- 
 dington, who died 12th December, 1689, aged fifty- eight. Also 
 John Sleich, Master of Arts, son of the preceding, a magistrate of 
 the burgh, who died in his thirty-fifth year.
 
 PARISH OF HADDINGTON. 103 
 
 In the churchyard Alexander Cockburn, of the ancient family 
 of Cockburn of Langton, is thus commemorated : 
 
 "Alexander Cockburmis, illustri Cockburnorum de Langtoun 
 familia oriundus, nee splendori natalium impar, exiniis magni turn 
 animi, turn corporis dotibus, constanti in Deum & regem fide ; 
 probitate & industria existimationem & rem peperit, sine injuria, 
 sine invidia ; nee amicis & necessariis tantum, sed civibus, vicinis 
 & accolis, prudentia, comilio & opera, utilis in primis, imp neces- 
 sarius & omnibus charissimus fuit. Demum, cum diu sibi & aliis 
 vixisset, pla c ide obiit, anno salutis 1668, setatis LXXI. & exuviis 
 hie positis quiescit; verum, anima in coelis, in terris sobple, in 
 bonorum animis desiderio, est & vivit superstes, magnum yirtutis, 
 & quse virtuti comes, felicitatis exemplum, viator, tibi haud 
 lugendum, sed legendum & imitandum." 
 
 The Cockburns of Langton were descended from Sir Alexander 
 de Cockburn, who obtained the barony of Carriden, Linlithgow- 
 shire, from David II. in 1358. Through his first wife a daughter 
 of Sir William de Vipont he got the barony of Langton. Sir William 
 Cockburn, of L.angton, obtained in 1595' the office of Principal 
 Usher ; his son, William Cockburn, was created a baronet of Nova 
 Scotia in 1627. The latter was in 1641 Commissioner for 
 Berwickshire in the Scottish Parliament; having; insisted on 
 maintaining his right to the Ushership against the Earl of Wigton, 
 who had assumed the office, he inadvertently gave offence to 
 Charles I., when the king entered the House on the 17th August 
 of that year. Charles ordered his apprehension ; but when he 
 ascertained that Cockburn was a member of the Estates, he caused 
 his release, and promised not to commit any of the members 
 during session. The family of Cockburn of Langton were distin- 
 guished for their piety, and were sufferers in the cause of civil and 
 religious liberty. 
 
 George Hepburn of Monkrig is on his tombstone celebrated 
 thus : 
 
 "D. Georgii Hepburnii, a Monachagrio, ingenio, doctrina & 
 morum elegantia eximii viri, medici vero imprimis celeberrimi, tarn 
 in vita quam in morte, omnibus bonis charissimi desideratissi- 
 mique tumulus.
 
 194 HADDINGTONSHIRE. 
 
 Hospes, sparge rosas ; jacit hac Hepburnus in urna, 
 
 Paeonia nemo quo prior arte fuit. 
 Atropos invidit partis de morte trophaeis, 
 
 Kupit & atroci pendula pensa manu. 
 Ingeiiium excellens, virtutem candidam & artes 
 
 Egregias heu ! lieu ! quam brevis bora rapit !" 
 
 David Wilson, dyer in Haddington, bas tbe following epitaph : 
 
 "Monodia in obitum Davidis "VVilsoni, tinctoris burgi de 
 Hadingtoun, qui obiit 3 nonas Maii, anno serae Christianas 
 MDCLXVIII. ^Etatis LXIII. 
 
 Qui bibulam Tyrio tingebat murice lanam, 
 Wilsonum nobis mors inimica tutit ; 
 
 Largus erat miseris, frugi in se, fidus in omnes : 
 Virtutis speculum conditur hoc tumulo." 
 
 Monteith tbus translates : 
 
 "A funeral song on the death of David Wilson, dyer in 
 Haddington, who died 5th May, 1668. His age sixty-three. 
 
 Who thirsty wool in Tyrian purple dy'd, 
 Wilson from us unkind fates have convey'd ; 
 Who frugal was and liberal to the poor, 
 Faithful to all unto his final hour, 
 Mirror of virtues here lies buried sure." 
 
 John Lessels, Provost of Haddingtou, is on his tombstone 
 described as "vir pius et probus, prudens, antiques fidei et 
 justitias cultor egregius & rigidus satelles ; quaru plurimis beneficus, 
 nulli injurius, omnibus aequus." He died 26th March, 1691, 
 aged sixty-one. 
 
 A monument celebrates the Rev. James Forman, minister of the 
 parish, who died 3rd December, 1702, in the fifty-ninth year of his 
 age and thirty-seventh of his ministry. 
 
 The Rev. John Brown, author of the " Self-Interpreting Bible " 
 and other works, rests in this churchyard. His tombstone bears 
 these words : 
 
 " To the memory of Mr. John Brown, thirty-six years minister 
 of the gospel at Haddington, and twenty years Professor of
 
 PARISH OF HADDINGTON. 195 
 
 Divinity under the Associate Synod. After maintaining an 
 eminent character for piety, charity, learning, and diligence, he 
 died rejoicing in hope of the glory of God, and admiring the riches 
 of divine grace to him as a sinner, the 19th of June, A.D. 1787, 
 aged sixty-five years." 
 
 Mr. Brown was born at Carpow, Perthshire, in 1722. His father, 
 a hand-loom weaver, died during his childhood. Only a short time 
 at school, he contrived, by self-application, to become acquainted 
 before his twentieth year with Latin, Greek, and Hebrew, and also 
 with some of the modern languages. After some years spent in 
 teaching he studied theology under the direction of the Associate 
 Synod, and in 1751 was licensed to preach. Soon after he 
 received calls from the Secession congregations at Stow and 
 Haddington. He chose the latter, and was ordained in June, 
 1751. In 1768 he was elected Professor of Divinity under the 
 Associate Synod. He published his " Self-Interpreting Bible " in 
 1778, which was followed by his "Dictionary of the Bible." He 
 also composed a "History of the Church." His lectures were 
 published under the title of " A Body of Divinity." Several of his 
 descendants have been conspicuous for their abilities and learning. 
 
 Jean Smith, wife of " Patrick Hepburn of Abbey-mill," is com- 
 memorated in these lines : 
 
 " Stay, passenger, and shed a tear 
 For her who lies enshrined here ; 
 If virtues could keep from the grave, 
 Or features from corruption save ; 
 If prudence and a pious life 
 And what adorns a modest wife ; 
 If husband's sighs and children's tears, 
 Friends' warm desires and secret fears 
 Could have kept her from the grave, 
 Still this treasure we should have. 
 But Heaven's wiser providence 
 Hath ta'en from us what came from thence, 
 And there where lasting joyes abound, 
 Have her with bliss and glory crown'd." 
 
 George Cunningham, Sheriff-depute of Haddingtonshire and a
 
 19G HADDINGTONSHIRE. 
 
 magistrate of the burgh, who died in February, 1755, aged sixty- 
 two, has these lines on his gravestone : 
 
 " death, how absolute thy sway ! 
 At thy command we must obey ; 
 In hardy strength 'tis vain to trust, 
 Even stone thou crumbiest into dust." 
 
 Monteith supplies the following ; it has now disappeared : 
 
 " Hout, Atropos, hard-hearted Hag, 
 To cut the sheugh of Jamie Craig ; 
 For had he lived a wheen mae years, 
 He had been owre teugh for your sheira ; 
 Now Jamie's deid, sua man we a', 
 And for his sake I'll say this sa 
 In Hei'en, Jamie, be thy saul!" 
 
 The following rhymes are from tombstones in Haddington 
 Churchyard : 
 
 " Oft have I till'd the fertile soil, 
 Which was my destined lot; 
 But here beneath this towering elm 
 I lie to be forgot." 
 
 " Silent tomb, to thee I trust 
 This sacred hoard of precious dust ; 
 Guard it safe, silent tomb, 
 Until a son shall ask for room." 
 
 " He died in faith of the glorious Gospel's heavenly light, 
 Whereby he lived with comfort and with comfort died ; 
 He viewed beyond that gloomy scene the tomb 
 A life of endless happiness to come." 
 
 " If they are happy why should we mourn 
 For them whose joys are now begun ? 
 And if begun we may depend 
 That they will never have an end." 
 
 A faithful domestic is thus celebrated : 
 
 " Here, within this tomb confined, 
 Virtue and probity combined ; 
 An honest cook, who many a year 
 To her employers found good cheer."
 
 PARISH OF HADDINGTON. 197 
 
 "Hannah Gilliam, who died May 8th, 1803. In justice to 
 fidelity, honesty, and exemplary conduct in a most trusty servant, 
 Lord Elcho has caused this memorial to be placed on her tomb- 
 stone." 
 
 According to Monteith the following inscriptions were engraved 
 on tombstones at Nungate Chapel, Haddington. John Zeaman 
 was celebrated thus : 
 
 "Hoc in exiguo tumulo, conduntur ossa dignissimi, Joannis 
 Zeaman ; qui, ex honesta majorum serie natus, vixit, dum mori 
 didicerat ; quique, quum Dei gratia suaque industria rein sibi 
 congesserat, aliisque haud ullo tempore deficiens fuerat, anima ud 
 superos profecta, exuviis hie positis, quiescit. 
 
 Expertus mundi varios vanosque labores, 
 Hie tandem jaceo, pulvis & umbra, nihil ; 
 
 Sed qui de nihilo coelum terramque creavit, 
 Me cum came mea non siuet esse nihil. 
 
 " Natus mense Martii, anno MDCXXX. Obiit mense Maio, 
 anno MDCLXXVI." 
 
 Patrick Hepburn had the following : 
 
 " Cujus abundant! vivax in pectore virtus, 
 
 Cousilium prudens, intemerata fides ; 
 Patricius situs est Hepburmis : csetera diceut 
 Candor & integritas, ingeniumque viri." 
 
 Monteith translates : 
 
 " To. whose full breast did lively virtue fly, 
 Wise counsel and untainted honesty ; 
 Here Patrick Hepburn lies ; all what remains 
 Is candour, wit, uprightness, free of stains." 
 
 A monument thus celebrates the virtues of the Rev. Robert Ker, 
 minister of the parish, who died on the 4th February, 1677, in his 
 sixty-eighth year, and thirty-ninth of his ministry : 
 
 " Reverendo beateeque memorise viro, I). Roberto Caro, generis
 
 198 HADDINGTONSHIRE. 
 
 splendore illustri ; utpote nobilissina Carorum Roxburgi comitura 
 familia oriundo ; ecclesiae Prestosalinensis primum per octo, deinde 
 Hadinensis per 31 annos, pastori eximio, fideli, pio ; ingenii 
 acumine, animi candore, vitae integritate, consilii prudentia, morum 
 suavitate, constantiaj inter paueos firmitate, niinisterii efficacia, 
 in sanandis conscientiae morbis dexteritate singular! ; omnibus 
 denique naturae & gratiae dotibus non leviter tincto, sed penitus 
 imbuto : quo factum est, ut omnibus bouis vere earns, & inimieis 
 (quos ob rem privatam nullos habuit) non admodum exosus 
 esset. Inter pieces & lachrymas suorum, in Christo placidissime 
 sopito, Jana Ramisaea, dilecto conjugi uuice dilecta moerens 
 posuit. Obiit, die Dominico, pridie nonas Februarii, anno Dom. 
 MDCLXXVIL, ^Etatis 68, Ministerii 39, cum liberis una infan- 
 tulis 7, hie sepultus. 
 
 Quo nuper gavisa suo est Hadina ministro, 
 
 Sed quoque natatis Presto-salina prius ; 
 Hie magno proceres numero, civesque patresque, 
 
 Mcesti omnes sanctum composuere virum, 
 Dum stetit haud varianda suis ecclesia mystis, 
 
 Non fuit in paucis nomen inane tuum, 
 De tristi semente prius, quam fecit, opimam 
 
 Messem nunc hilari corde reportat ovaus." 
 
 Robert Ker was second son of John Ker, minister of Preston- 
 pans. He was born in 1609, studied at the University of Edin- 
 burgh, and was admitted assistant and successor to his father at 
 Prestonpans in 1638. He was translated to Haddington in 1647. 
 He refused to conform to Episcopacy, but through the influence of 
 the Duke of Lauderdale was permitted to retain his living till the 
 period of his death. He was grandson of Andrew Ker of Fadoun- 
 side, a cadet of the noble House of Roxburgh, who married the 
 widow of John Knox the Reformer. His father was a zealous 
 upholder of Presbyterianism ; he would have boen elected Mo- 
 derator of the famous General Assembly of 1638, but that his 
 feeble health was considered to unfit him for the duties. 
 
 A long inscription commemorates the Rev. Walter Paterson, 
 minister of Bolton, who died on the 22nd March, 1692, aged fifty- 
 one. He was ordained to the ministry at Bolton in 1665, but
 
 PARISH OF ABERLADY. 199 
 
 quitted the cure on account of the Test in December, 1681. His 
 merits are thus depicted in Latin verse : 
 
 " Tumulo hoc reliquiae sunt sacrae recondite 
 Viri integerrimi Patersoni, optimi 
 Pastoris, omi laude fulgentissimi ; 
 Pro veritate proque conscientia, 
 Pro pace moribusque sanctis, plurima 
 Qui fecit intrepide, tulitque fortiter. 
 At nunc laboribus exsoluto ergastuli, 
 Datum fruisci non corona marcida." 
 
 In Nungate Chapel-yard George Wilson has the following 
 elegy : 
 
 " Good people, know here lies a youth (whose name 
 Engraven here) was? one of a good fame ; 
 Opposing vice, of quick engine was he, 
 Retaining virtue, wisdom, constancy ; 
 Grave, humble, pleasant, sober, meek, and chaste, 
 Extolling mercy, pious to the last. 
 And now until the trumpet last shall sound, 
 In quiet grave, his bones here may be found ; 
 Likewise his soul, up in the heaven's high 
 Solemnly joins with saints sweet melody : 
 therefore study all his steps to trace, 
 Now when he's gone, the standard of his race. 
 
 He died August 6, 1702. His age fourteen years." 
 
 PAEISH OF ABEELADY. 
 
 Two aisles adjoining the parish church are used for interment 
 by the Earl of Wemyss and Lord Elibank. In the Elibank or 
 Ballencrieff aisle an elegant marble monument celebrates the 
 virtues of Maria Margaretta, wife of Patrick, fifth Lord Elibank, 
 who died in June, 1762. A long inscription in elegant 
 Latin was composed by her husband, who was celebrated for his
 
 200 HADDINGTONSHIKE. 
 
 learning. Lord Elibauk was a friend and associate of Dr. Samuel 
 Johnson. 
 
 The following quaint inscription was formerly to be found in 
 this churchyard : 
 
 " Here lies John Smith, 
 Whom Death slew for all his pith ; 
 The starkest man in Aberlady 
 God prepare and make us ready." 
 
 PAEISH OF ATHELSTANEFOED. 
 
 In the churchyard of this parish a plain tombstone denotes the 
 resting-place of the Eev. Eobert Blair, author of "The Grave." 
 This ingenious divine was born at Edinburgh, in 1699. Licensed to 
 preach in 1729, he was in the following year presented to Athel- 
 staneford. His celebrated poem, " The Grave," was highly 
 approved by Dr. Isaac Watts and Dr. Doddridge, but two London 
 publishers to whom it was submitted declined to risk money in the 
 publication. Mr. Blair died of fever on the 4th February, 1746. 
 In the following year his poem was published at Edinburgh, and 
 at once obtained favour. Mr. Blair was grandson of the celebrated 
 Eobert Blair, minister of St. Andrews, and was father of Eobert 
 Blair of Avontoun, the distinguished President of the Court of 
 Session. In 1857 a monumental obelisk was reared at Athelstane- 
 ford in honour of his memory. 
 
 A tombstone thus celebrates three members of the family of 
 
 " Archibald Skirving, farmer, Muirton, one of the most athletic 
 and best tempered of men, lived only fifty-six years. His oldest 
 eon, Adam, farmer, Garleton, born 1719. Died 18U3." 
 
 " In feature, in figure, agility, mind, 
 And happy wit, rarely surpassed,
 
 PARISH OF DUNBAR. 201 
 
 With lofty or low could be plain or refined, 
 Content beaming bright to the last." 
 
 " His first son, and finest semblance, Archibald, born October, 
 1749, by peculiar excellence attained eminence as a portrait 
 painter." 
 
 " And might have lived in affluence, 
 Had he not aimed at private independence 
 By simplifying the comforts of common life, 
 To beauty, virtue, talent, he would bow, 
 But claims from birth or rank would not allow ; 
 Kept friends and foes at nearly equal distance ; 
 Knew how to give, but not to take assistance. 
 At threescore-ten, when scarce began to fail, 
 He dropt at once, without apparent ail." 
 
 Adam Skirving, farmer at Garleton, composed some amusing 
 Scottish songs. His son Archibald attained celebrity as an artist. 
 
 PAKISH OF DUNBAR 
 
 In the interior of the parish church a magnificent marble monu- 
 ment commemorates George Home of Manderston, Earl of D unbar, 
 and Lord High Treasurer. The monument, which is of most 
 elegant workmanship, is twenty-six feet high, and twelve feet 
 broad. The Earl, in a life-size statue, clad in mail, and wearing the 
 cloak of the Garter, is in the act of kneeling on a cushion with 
 his prayer-book open before him ; immediately below is a hand- 
 some sarcophagus. Under an ornamental arch, is the following 
 inscription : 
 
 "Here lyeth the Body of the Eight Honble. George, Earl of 
 Dvnbar, Baron Howme of Barwick, Lord Heich Treasr. of Scotland, 
 Knight of the most noble order of the Garter and one of His 
 Mat es - most Ho ble Privie Covncil, who dept ed this Life the xxix 
 dav of Janvary, MDCXI."
 
 202 HADDINGTONSIIIRE. 
 
 The Earl's statue is supported by two knights in plate armour, 
 with barbed visors shut and their helmet plumes partially con- 
 cealed by the superstructure. Above these mailed figures, there is 
 on each side, a female figure; that on the right representing 
 Justice, with the sword and scales, the left, with an owl perched 
 on her arm, representing Wisdom. Above the arch are two 
 female figures in high relief, one of Fame, with a key and a 
 trumpet, and the other of Peace, with a laurel wreath and olive 
 branch. Above these is the Earl's armorial escutcheon, with two 
 lions for supporters, and the motto " Rex Ditat Devs Beat." The 
 monument was executed in Italy. When the church was restored 
 in 1819, under the superintendence of Mr. Gillespie Graham, the 
 utmost care was exercised to preserve intact this most interesting 
 Memorial. 
 
 Lord Dunbar was one of those clever and courtly Scotsmen 
 whom James VI. delighted to honour. He was third son of the 
 Laird of Manderston, in Berwickshire, and was in early life intro- 
 duced at the Scottish Court. He rose, step by step, like the king's 
 other favourites. When James succeeded to the English throne 
 Home followed him to London. He became Chancellor of the 
 English Exchequer, and was created Baron Home. He was sub- 
 sequently raised to the Earldom of Dunbar, in the peerage of 
 Scotland. He zealously aided the king in his endeavours to over- 
 throw Presbyterianism, and was chiefly instrumental in procuring 
 parliamentary sanction for the restoration of episcopacy in 1606. 
 His dispositions were conciliatory, and he endeavoured, though 
 unsuccessfully, to reconcile the leading Presbyterian clergy to 
 the new system. As an administrator he evinced considerable 
 power, and was frequently employed on special services. The 
 Earldom of Dunbar is at present represented by George Stirling 
 Home Drummond, Esq., of Blair Drummond. 
 
 In the church a memorial window commemorates Rear- Admiral 
 James Hay of Beltoii, who died 3rd February, 1857, aged seventy- 
 one. Also his sons, Lieutenant David Hay, ot the 22nd Oude Regular 
 Cavalry and one of the defenders of Lucknow, who died 6th June,
 
 PARISH OF DUNBAR. 203 
 
 1868, aged twenty-five, and Commander Edward Hay, E.N., who was 
 killed in New Zealand, 30th April, 1864, aged twenty-nine. 
 
 In the churchyard a monument commemorates the Eev. Andrew 
 Stevenson, minister of the parish. This reverend divine was born 
 on the 29th October, 1588. For thirty years he held office as 
 Eegent or Professor of Philosophy in the University of Edinburgh. 
 In 1639 he was admitted to the ministry at D unbar. He died on 
 the 13th December, 1664, in the seventy-seventh year of his age, 
 and twenty-fifth of his ministry. His tombstone is thus in- 
 scribed : 
 
 " 'E-yetpeTat TlvevfjiariKov. 
 
 " Sacris hie reconditis exuviis clarissimi & charissimi patris sui 
 magistri Andrese Stephanidse, primum per annos 30, in academia 
 Eclinensi philologies & philosophies professoris celeberrimi ; annos 
 dein 25, ecclesiee Barodunensis pastoris fidelissimi (cui micare 
 incepit diluculum nostrum breve Octob. 29, 1588. Lux vero meri- 
 diana seterna aft'ulgere Decemb. 13, 1664). Arcliibaldus Stephanides 
 medicines doctor liberorum octo, (quorum M. Thomas Jacobus, 
 Joneta, a pedibus patris requiescunt) solus cum sorore Agnesia 
 superstes, cippum hunc qualencunque L.L.M.D.C. Q. 
 
 " Ecce satus Sre^avw situs hie ; qui lustra peregit 
 
 Undena, officiis verna corona suis : 
 Spineta hie tetrici perruperat aspra Lycaei 
 
 Junior: ast vegetum suada suprema senem 
 Extulit. ^Eternam adspiras quicunque coronam, 
 
 Yita hujus vitee norma sit apta tuee." 
 
 In the churchyard a tombstone is thus inscribed : 
 
 " Thomas Pteid, 1827." 
 
 " In memory of his grandfather, Magnus Eeid, who died May, 
 1786, aged one hundred and fourteen years. Also his sister, Janet 
 Eeid, who died August 9th, 1800, aged nineteen years. Also his 
 father, Thomas Eeid, who died January 8th, 1809, aged eighty-six 
 years. Also his uncle, Cumberland Eeid, who died July 6th, 1818, 
 aged one hundred and five years. Also two of his children who 
 died in their infancy." 
 
 According to tradition, Magnus Eeid began business as a 
 travelling chapman about the age of eighty, and followed this 
 calling till within two months of his decease.
 
 204 HADDINGTONSHIRE. 
 
 Another centenarian is celebrated thus : 
 
 " Here lies interred the body of Lieut.-Col. William Stiell, of 
 Belhaveu, who died the 7th of February, 1810, at the advanced 
 age of one hundred and four years. He served his king and 
 country as an officer, with reputation and success for sixty years, 
 in the 60th Regiment of foot. He then retired from the service, 
 and after living many years among his friends universally beloved 
 and respected, he died regretted by all, full of days and full of 
 honour." 
 
 Several persons who perished in an attempt to rescue a wrecked 
 fisherman are commemorated by a tombstone with the following 
 inscription : 
 
 " Sacred to the memory of Lieut. Sydenham Wylde, R.N. ; Wil- 
 liam Lucas, chief boatman of the Coast guard service ; Peter L)arg, 
 William Miller, and William Clements, seamen, who lost their 
 lives on the 20th of August, 1845, in bravely and devotedly, but, 
 alas ! unsuccessfully, endeavouring to rescue a wrecked fisherman 
 from a rock at the entrance of the harbour. 
 
 "This tablet was erected by the community of Dunbarand vicinity." 
 
 A monument commemorates Charles Middlemas of Underidge, 
 late Provost of Dunbar and Deputy-Lieutenant of Haddingtonshire, 
 who died 24th Oct., 1850, aged eighty-nine. And his eldest son, 
 Eobert H. Middlemas of St. Andrew's Place, Regent's Park, London, 
 who died 2nd Jan., 1857, aged 54. 
 
 A tombstone has been reared to the memory of the Rev. John 
 Jaffray, minister of Dunbar, who died on the 13th February, 1862, 
 in the seventieth year of his age and forty-first of his ministry. 
 Mr. Jaffray was a native of Stirlingshire ; he was distinguished 
 as a preacher. A zealous agriculturist, he invented several 
 agricultural implements and improved others. 
 
 Other notable persons interred in this churchyard are as follow : 
 Richard Anderson, of Windygoul ; Colonel Robert Anderson, of 
 Winterfield, K.H., died 30th April, 1864, aged fifty-six ; Major David 
 Dalrymple Anderson, of Winterfield, and of the Indian Army ; 
 Major-General William Cochrane Anderson, R.A.,of Winterfield,died 
 August 30th, 1865, aged seventy-four; Lieutenant John Lorhner
 
 PARISH OF DUNBAR. 205 
 
 Sawers, Bengal Army, died 1st October, 1860, aged thirty; David 
 France, of Seafield, died 5th December, 1859, aged seventy; Lieu- 
 tenant-General George Hardyman, Bengal Cavalry, died 28th 
 September, 1836, aged eighty-seven; Adam Watson, of Press, died 
 3rd August, 1802, aged fifty-seven ; Thomas Wightman, Bailie of 
 the Lordship of Dunbar, died 1st June, 1707, aged fifty-six ; 
 Eev. Thomas Burnet, died 22nd April, 1862 ; Lieutenant-Colonel 
 Robert Stiell, of the 24th Eegiment, died 17th May, 1801. 
 
 James Stewart, who died 8th July, 1823, aged sixty-five, is thus 
 commemorated by his niece : 
 
 " Come, passenger, who e'er thou art, 
 
 And shed one mournful tear, 
 On his grave who by sudden death 
 
 Cut off lies buried here. 
 No fell disease nor racking pain, 
 
 A warning to him gave ; 
 But hurried from life's busied scene 
 
 To moulder in the grave." 
 
 John Angus, mason, who died in September, 1821, aged twenty- 
 one, thus exhorts : 
 
 " In dust I lie as you must all, 
 O be prepared when God will call ; 
 If not prepared what shall we say, 
 When we meet Christ on judgment day ?" 
 
 On the tombstone of John Good all, mariner, are these lines : 
 
 "Afflictions sore long time I bore, 
 
 Physicians were in vain, 
 Till God at length did call me hence, 
 And eased me of my pain." 
 
 The deceased William Sang apostrophises his survivors : 
 
 " friends, dry up these tender tears, 
 Affection's sigh strive to subdue ; 
 Yet but a few revolving years, 
 The tomb shall be your chamber too."
 
 206 HADDINGTONSIIIRE. 
 
 These quaint metrical epitaphs are to be found in Dunbar 
 churchyard : 
 
 " Here is interred within this silent grave, 
 An honest man unquestionably brave, 
 Born in Hibernia, the soldier of his day, 
 Who by an order that was call'd away." 
 
 " Ended was her short-lived hour, 
 Lodg'd within the silent tomb, 
 But the sweet engaging flower 
 Was to perpetual bloom." 
 
 " Praise to my wife is justly due, 
 She proved this maxim to be true, 
 The richest portion with a wife, 
 Is prudence and a virtuous life." 
 
 " Forget her, no, nor ever will, 
 We loved her here, we love her still ; 
 Nor love her less although she's gone 
 From us to her eternal home. 
 
 For her to live was Christ, and to die is gain." 
 
 " Here lyes interred ye corps of Harriet Deans 
 
 Loving to husband, obliging to her friends, 
 Alace short while on earth she did remain, 
 
 Her godly life lies freed from all pain. 
 Spouse, children, friends doe not her death deplore, 
 Her soul enjoys heaven's eternal glore." 
 
 PARISH OF GLADSMUIR 
 We are indebted to Monteith for the two following : 
 
 " Mungo Watson. 
 
 " Fata volunt, amen. Alias, quis dixerit amen ? 
 
 Hanc urnam inerito ecclesia mcesta dolet. 
 
 Conjux chara gemit, nati natse quoque lugent, 
 
 Cuncti & collachrymant invida fata boni :
 
 PARISH OF NORTH BERWICK. 207 
 
 Quippe, plus doctusque fuit, fidusque minister, 
 Rerum sacrarum lampas eratque micans, 
 
 Sed, quid lugendum ? palmnin fert, morte sepulta, 
 Gaudet apud superos ; molliter ossa cuberit." 
 
 Monteith thus translates : 
 
 " Fates cannot be controlled ; the church doth mourn, 
 Deservedly his death, lies in this urn ; 
 Wife, children, persons all lament and cry, 
 By envious fate, this good man snatch'd away. 
 He pious, learned, faithful pastor was, 
 A shining lamp to divine mysteries. 
 But wherefore grief ? the crown he doth obtain, 
 And, maugre death, with Christ doth live and reign." 
 
 These lines of Latin verse commemorated the Rev. John Bell, 
 minister of the parish : 
 
 " Publica mens, cursusque micans, facundia Iingua9 
 Gratia, grateolens vultu, ccelestia dona 
 Lugendam Belli nostri pastoris adornant 
 Urnam (proh tremimus) mens fruiturque polo." 
 
 Mr. Bell was born at Glasgow on the 2nd February, 1676. He 
 studied at Glasgow College, was licensed in 1697, and was in the 
 same year ordained minister of Broughton. He was translated to 
 Gladsmuir in 1701. He died on the 30th October, 1707. He 
 published a " Discourse on Witchcraft " and "An Abridgment of 
 the Acts of Assembly." 
 
 PARISH OF NORTH BERWICK. 
 
 In the parish churchyard a handsome altar tomb, supported 
 by ornamental pillars, commemorates the Rev. John Blackadder, 
 an eminent sufferer in the cause of Presbyterianism. He 
 was born in 1623, and was the lineal descendant and repre-
 
 208 HAI>I>IN<;TOXSHIUF. 
 
 sentative of the ancient family of Blackadder of Tulliallan. 
 Having studied at the university of Glasgow, he was ordained 
 minister of Troqueer in April, 1653. He was deprived of his 
 living in 1662, when he retired to the parish of Glencairn. He 
 preached frequently in the fields ; and having attracted the notice 
 of the Privy Council, he, in 1666, withdrew under hiding to Edin- 
 burgh. In 1674 his apprehension was ordered ; he escaped to 
 Eotterdam. Eeturning to Scotland in 1679 he resumed preaching. 
 In April, 1681, he was apprehended at I^dinburgh and sentenced 
 to imprisonment on the Bass Rock. There he was confined upwards 
 of four years. As his health became seriously affected the Privy 
 Council ordered his liberation. He was unable to avail himself of 
 the privilege, and died on the Bass in January, 1686, aged sixty- 
 three. He succeeded to the family baronetcy, but never assumed 
 the title. He was a most zealous preacher, and pursued his 
 itinerating labdurs over a large portion of the lowlands. One of 
 his sons, Colonel John Blackadder, deputy-governor of Stirling 
 Castle, was distinguished for his piety. The following inscription 
 on Mr. Blackadder's tomb was renewed some years ago by the 
 Rev. Dr. Andrew Crichton, author of his memoirs : 
 
 " Here lies the body of Mr. John Blackadder, minister of the 
 gospel at Troqueer in Galloway, who died on the Bass after five years' 
 imprisonment, anno Dom. 168, and of his age sixty-three years. 
 
 Blest John for Jesus' sake in Patmos bound, 
 His prison Bethel, Patmos Pisgah found. 
 So the blest John on yonder rock coufin'd, 
 His body suffered, but no chains could bind 
 His heaven-aspiring soul ; while day by day, 
 As from Mount Pisgah's top, he did survey 
 The promised land, and viewed the crown, by faith 
 Laid up for those who faithful are till death. 
 Grace form'd him in the Christian hero's mould, 
 Meek in his own concerns, in's Master's bold, 
 Passions to reason chain'd, prudence did lead, 
 Zeal warm'd his breast, and reason cool'd his head. 
 Five years on the bare rock, yet sweet abode, 
 He, Enoch like, enjoyed and walk'd with God, 
 Till by long living on this heavenly food
 
 PARISH OF ORMISTON. 209 
 
 His soul by love grew up, too great, too good 
 
 To be confin'd in jail, or flesh and blood ; 
 
 Death broke his fetters off, then swift he fled 
 
 From sin and sorrow, and by angels led 
 
 Enter'd the mansions of eternal joy. 
 
 Blest soul thy warfare's o'er; praise, love, enjoy; 
 
 His dust here rests till Jesus come again. 
 
 Even so bless'd Jesus ! come, come, Lord. Amen." 
 
 In the churchyard are the following inscriptions : 
 
 " Death is a debt to nature due, 
 Which he has paid and so must you." 
 
 " Oft have I tilled the fertile soil, 
 Which was my destined lot ; 
 But here beneath this towering elm 
 I lie to be forgot." 
 
 " Oh silent grave ! the wicked there 
 
 No more the just molest, 
 The afflicted are at ease, 
 
 And there the weary are at rest." 
 
 " Adieu, my body for a while, 
 
 With me thou canst not go ; 
 
 But mingle with thy native soil 
 
 Till the last trumpet blow." 
 
 " Oh friends dry up these tender tears, 
 Affection's sigh strive to subdue ; 
 Yet but a few revolving years, 
 
 The tomb shall be your chamber too." 
 
 " For many years afflicted sore, 
 Yet patiently she trouble bore. 
 Till God was pleased to call her home, 
 And lodged her in the silent tomb." 
 
 PARISH OF ORMISTON. 
 
 In an aisle attached to the old church of Ormiston, now in 
 ruins, a monument commemorates Alexander Cockburn, younger, 
 of Ormiston, a zealous promoter of the Reformation. Born in 
 
 p
 
 210 HADDINGTONSHIRE. 
 
 1535, he improved himself by foreign travel. He was a pupil of 
 John Knox in 1547, when that Reformer obtained shelter in the 
 castle of St. Andrews. In his " History" Knox celebrates his 
 accomplishments. He died in August, 1564, at the early age of 
 twenty-eight. His monument is in the form of a square mural 
 slab with a raised border, over a Gothic arched recess. On a brass 
 plate is the following Latin inscription, which was composed by 
 Buchanan : 
 
 " Hie conditvr M r . Alexander Cockbvrn, 
 Primogenitus Joannis domini Ormiston 
 Et Alisonae Sandilands, ex preclara 
 Familia Calder, qvi natvs 13 Janvarii 1535 
 Port insignem lingvarvm professionem ; 
 Obiit anno setatis sute 28 calen. Sep u 
 
 " Omnia qvse longa indvlget mortalibvs aetas, 
 
 Haec tibi Alexander prima j vventa dedit, 
 Cvm genere et forma generoso sangvine digna ; 
 
 Ingenivm velox ingenvvmqve animvni. 
 Excolvit virtvs animvm ingenivmqve cainenae, 
 
 Svccessv stvdio consilioqve pari ; 
 His dvcibus primvm peragrata Britannia deinde ; 
 
 Gallia ad armiferos qva patet Helvetios ; 
 Doctvs, ibi lingvas qvas Roma, Sion, et Athenaa, 
 
 Qvas cvrn Germano Gallia docta sonat, 
 Te licet imprima rapvervnt fata jvventa : 
 
 Non immatvro fvnere raptvs obis, 
 Omnibvs officiis vitae qvi fvnctvs obivit, 
 
 Non fas hvnc vitas est de brevitate qveri." 
 
 John Cockburn of Ormiston, father of Alexander Cockburn, was 
 also a warm upholder of the reformed doctrines. About the close 
 of the year 1545, George Wishart, the celebrated Reformer, after 
 preaching at Haddington, walked with Cockburn and two of 
 his friends to Ormiston House. During night the mansion was 
 attacked by the Earl of Bothwell, who demanded that the Reformer 
 should be delivered up. Cockburn refused to comply until the 
 Earl made promise that he would preserve the Reformer from the 
 vengeance of his enemies. The Earl promised; but he soon after 
 placed Wishart in the hands of the governor, the Earl of Arran.
 
 PARISH OF PRESTONKIRK. 211 
 
 At the solicitation of Mary of Lorraine, Arran transferred the 
 Eeformer to the charge of Cardinal Beaton, who, after subjecting 
 him to a mock trial, caused him to be burned. The execution took 
 place at St. Andrews on the 1st March, 1546. The fire which 
 consumed the Eeformer kindled a conflagration of popular hatred 
 to ecclesiastical tyranny, which was only extinguished in the 
 destruction of the Eomish Church. In 1547 John Cockburn was 
 by the Eegent Arran and his brother, Archbishop Hamilton, of St. 
 Andrews, banished from the kingdom, and his estates forfeited. 
 In 1548 he found caution of underlie the law. The House of 
 Ormiston has produced several distinguished lawyers, statesmen, 
 and patriots. Adam Cockburn, Lord Justice Clerk, was one of the 
 most active politicians under William III. and Queen Anne. His 
 son John was celebrated as an agriculturist. 
 
 In Ormiston Churchyard a husband thus laments his departed 
 wife : 
 
 " Let no man boast of beauty bright, 
 She that lies here was my delight ; 
 Till cruel death did on her call 
 And left me to lament her fall." 
 
 PAEISH OF PEESTONKIEK. 
 
 In the parish churchyard a tombstone commemorates Andrew 
 Meikle, inventor of the thrashing machine. Meikle was a native 
 of Alloa. 
 
 William Dudgeon, author of the song " The Maid that tends the 
 Goats " and some other lyrics, is buried in this churchyard. He 
 was born at Tynningham, about the year 1753. Bred to agri- 
 cultural pursuits he rented an extensive farm at Preston, Berwick- 
 shire. During his Border Tour in May, 1787, Eobert Burns met 
 him at Berrywell, the residence of the father of his friend, Eobert
 
 212 HADDINGTONSII1RE. 
 
 Aiuslie ; in his journal he describes him as a " poet, a worthy, 
 remarkable character, with a great deal of information, some genius, 
 and extreme modesty." Dudgeon died on the 28th October, 1813. 
 He was a zealous agriculturalist, and excelled as a painter and 
 musician. 
 
 PARISH OF PRESTONPANS. 
 
 In Prestonpans are two churchyards. One of these surrounded 
 a monastic chapel which was destroyed during the Earl of Hertford's 
 invasion ; it is situated in the west end of the town and contains 
 few monuments of interest. The other surrounds the parish church. 
 In this churchyard the earliest date is 1540 : it is on a stone 
 inserted in the south wall of the church, and bearing to have 
 reference to a John Henderson, relative of "Sir Alexander/' 
 whose armorial bearings are pretty entire, with the legend, " Sola 
 virtus nobilitat." Probably the oldest tombstone, though without 
 date, is one which has in relief the representation of a high-backed 
 chair, and a writing-table, with pen, inkstand, and portfolio, together 
 with the following inscription : 
 
 Disce mori ut sic in seternum vivas. 
 
 Viro Probo 
 
 Jacobo Pincartono, 
 
 scribse hujus urbis, 
 
 hie nato, hie educato, honestis 
 
 parentibus prognato, retatis 
 
 robore cum magno popularium 
 
 Suorum luctu et mcerore 
 
 rapto. 
 Agnes 1 1 alia conjux parentavit." 
 
 On a marble pillared tombstone erected against Prestongrange 
 aisle on the south side of the church, and repeated on a tablet 
 within the aisle, with additions referring to members of his family,
 
 PARISH OF PRESTONPANS. 213 
 
 there is the following to the memory of Lord Prestongrange, who 
 as Lord Advocate conducted the prosecutions on the part of the 
 Crown against those involved in the Eebellion of 1745 : 
 
 " Gulielmo Grant de Prestongrange, marito, parento, civi, fideli, 
 pio, egregio; Advocate Regio, diserto humano ; Utriusque Curias 
 supremse Judici, probo integro. In variis vitae muneribus fama 
 aequabili et inviola ; Vidua n'liaeque orbatae hoc Marmor, moerentes, 
 extruendum curarunt. Vixit annos 63. Obiit A. H. S. 1764. 
 
 " Juncta cum sita est Vidua ejus, supra posita, foemina in primis 
 spectabilis, Grishelda Millar, quae, anno 1792, fato concessit, annos 
 83 nata. 
 
 " Hie quoque conditaa sunt reliquiae Christianas Grant, filise 
 corimdem natu minimae, quas anno 1761 diem supremum obiit 16 
 annos habens ; Et itidem suse neptis, Joanettae Suttie, quas, anno 
 1767, vita excessit quinquennis." 
 
 On a tombstone placed against the south-east wall of the church 
 is the following : 
 
 " Sacred to the memory of 
 
 " Thomas Sewell, Esq., late of Haselmere, Surrey, Captain in the 
 Royal Westmoreland Militia, in which regiment he had served as 
 an officer nearly twenty-four years. He died October 10th, 1805, 
 aged fifty." 
 
 Eastward of the preceding, and on the same wall of the church, 
 is an incased marble tablet, which it appears from the famous jury 
 trial, " Lady Ramsay against Nairne, W. S., for defamation," cost 
 100 ; and in connection with which damages to the extent of 
 200 were awarded by an " intelligent jury " in 1833. The brief 
 inscription is 
 
 " In memory of two esteemed parents, David Ramsay of Abbots- 
 hall, deceased 1775 ; and Helen Kid, of Craigie, his spouse, deceased 
 in 1789. 
 
 " This tribute of affectionate remembrance was erected by their 
 surviving son, Sir Thomas Ramsay, Bart., of Balmain, 1827." 
 
 A marble tablet at the north-west corner of the churchyard is 
 thus inscribed : 
 
 " Sacred to the memory of Emma, the beloved wife of Lt.-
 
 214 HADDINGTONSHIRE. 
 
 Colonel Glegg, commanding the 91st Rgt. of Foot, who departed 
 this life, 30th Sept., 1809, aged twenty-nine years." 
 
 An elegantly sculptured sandstone slab, set in the east wall of 
 the churchyard, contains busts of two members of the old family 
 of Hepburn of Nunraw, with the following inscription : 
 
 "George Hepburn, his age ninety-six; he died Feb. 25, 1671. 
 John Hepburn, his age eighty-eight; he died Jan. 24, 1670. 
 
 If thou listeth passing by, 
 You'l know who in this tomb doth ly. 
 Memento mori" 
 
 To the south of the preceding a tombstone is thus inscribed : 
 
 " Here lyeth the Remains 
 of John Steuart of Phis- 
 -gul, a Galloway Gentlem- 
 -an and Cap. in Lassel's Regt. 
 A man of true bravery 
 who died honourably in 
 defence of his King and coun- 
 -try and of sacred and civil liber- 
 -ty, being barbarously mur- 
 -der'd by four Highland- 
 -ers near the end of the Bat- 
 -tle fought in the field of 
 Preston, on the 21st Sept. 
 1745." 
 
 A tombstone commemorates the Rev. James Roy, minister of 
 the parish and brother of the celebrated Major-General William 
 Roy, the eminent antiquary and geometrician. He was son of 
 John Roy, gardener, Milton, Carluke, and was born on the 6th 
 April, 1730. Licensed in 1754, he became minister of St. Cuthbert's 
 Chapel of Ease, Edinburgh, in 1758. In 1765 he was promoted to 
 the living of Prestonpans. He died on the 3rd September, 1767, 
 in the thirty-seventh year of his age and tenth of his ministry. 
 His tombstone, reared at the expense of his brother, the Major- 
 General, is thus inscribed : 
 
 " Quis desiderio sit pudor aut modus 
 Tarn cari capitis ? Optimo viro 
 Jacobo Roy, Ecclesise hujus Pastori,
 
 PARISH OF PEESTONPANS. 215 
 
 Post Brevi Biennii Ministerium 
 
 Immatura morte sublato. 
 
 Vixit annos XXXVII. Obiit III. Sept. 
 
 A. H. S. MDCCLXVII. 
 
 Hunc lapidem posuit frater ejus unicus 
 
 Gul. Eoy, Trib. Mil." 
 
 A tombstone commemorates the Eev. John Oswalde, minister of 
 the parish from 1648 to 1653 ; he died in April, 1653, aged fifty- 
 three. An altar-tomb covers the grave of the Eev. William Carlyle, 
 father of the eminent Dr. Alexander Carlyle, minister of Inveresk. 
 It is thus inscribed : 
 
 "Here lyes 
 
 The Eev. Mr. William Carlyle, who during his ministry in this 
 place for above forty years, possessed the affection, confidence, and 
 esteem of his parishioners. For in him were happily joined piety, 
 benevolence, probity of manners, and fervent zeal. He dyed 8th 
 March, 1765, in the forty-fifth year of his ministry and the seventy- 
 fifth of his age." 
 
 The ministerial qualities of another parochial incumbent are thus 
 set forth 
 
 " Sacred to the Memory of 
 
 The Eev. Peter Primrose, D.D., who died on the 29th January, 
 1833, in the seventy-sixth year of his age and forty-sixth of his min- 
 istry ; ten of which he spent in the parish of Dalgety and thirty-six 
 as minister of Prestonpans. This stone is erected by his parishioners, 
 who valued him as an able Minister and loved him as a sincere 
 friend. He was an upright man, who feared God and eschewed 
 evil." 
 
 The father and mother of Sir William Ferguson, Bart., the emi- 
 nent surgeon, rest in the west churchyard, without memorial stone. 
 
 Henry Abernethy, who died 28th July, 1804, aged eighty-eight, 
 has his last resting-place thus inscribed : 
 
 " Blest are the Dead, yea, saith the Word, 
 Who die in Christ, the living Lord ; 
 For on the other side of death 
 They joyful spend their living breath." 
 
 The following inscriptions, now obliterated, were in the west 
 churchyard ;
 
 210 HADDINGTONSHIKE. 
 
 " Anonymi, saltem quoad me. 
 Leeta domus patrise tune spes, nunc incola cceli ; 
 Oderat hie quicquid virtus amare negat." 
 
 " William Mattheson here lies, 
 
 Whose age was forty-one ; 
 February seventeenth he flies, 
 
 His Is'bel Mitchell from, 
 Who was his marri'd wife, 
 
 The fourth part of his life. 
 
 The soul it cannot die, 
 
 Tho' th' body be turn'd to clay ; 
 Yet meet again must they, 
 
 At the last day : 
 
 Trumpets shall sound, archangels cry, 
 Come forth Is'bel Mitchell, and meet Will Mattheson in the sky." 
 
 In a small enclosure to the N.W. of the parish churchyard a 
 pillared statue in honour of Thomas Alexander, C.B., Director- 
 General of the Medical Department of the Army has the following 
 inscription : 
 
 " In memory of Thomas Alexander, C.B., Director-General of 
 the Medical Department of the British Army, born at Brestonpans, 
 6th May, 1812, died 1st February, 1860. Throughout a long 
 military career he laboured incessantly to elevate the condition of 
 the soldier, and during the Crimean war his indefatigable efforts 
 as principal medical officer of the Light Division to alleviate the 
 sufferings of the troops were of inestimable value in stimulating 
 others to follow his example. The improved sanitary condition of 
 the British army, as well as the elevation in rank and consideration 
 of its medical officers are mainly due to his exertions. His high 
 professional attainments and his great administrative powers were 
 wholly devoted to the service of his country and to the cause of 
 humanity." 
 
 Adjoining the enclosure containing Mr. Alexander's monument 
 a marble obelisk has lately been erected in memory of his parents. 
 It bears the following inscription : 
 
 " In memory of William Alexander, salt manufacturer, Preston- 
 pans, died 26th Feb., 1865, aged seventy-nine; his wife Helen 
 Kemp, died 21st May, 1865, aged eighty ; and their infant children.
 
 PARISH OF SALTON. 217 
 
 Their son Thomas Alexander, Director- General of the Medical 
 Department of the British Army, died 1st February, 1860, aged 
 forty-seven." 
 
 PAEISH OF SALTON. 
 
 A vault under the north aisle of the parish church is the burial- 
 place of the family of Fletcher of Salton. Here are interred the 
 remains of Andrew Fletcher, of Salton, the patriot, and his nephew 
 Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton. The former was born in 1653. He 
 was educated under Dr. Burnet, afterwards Bishop of Salisbury, 
 and spent some years in foreign travel. In 1681 he entered the 
 Scottish Parliament as commissioner for Haddingtonshire. Op- 
 posing the arbitrary measures of the Crown, he was outlawed and 
 his estates confiscated. In 1685 he joined the ill-advised enter- 
 prise of the Duke of Monmouth, on the failure of which he escaped 
 to Spain, where he suffered imprisonment. At the Revolution he 
 returned to Scotland. He again entered Parliament, strongly sup- 
 porting the popular rights against what he conceived to be the 
 undue exercise of the royal prerogative. He bitterly opposed the 
 Union, and proposed various limitations to the royal prerogative, 
 some of which were introduced into the Act of Security. He died 
 at London in 1716. He was an accomplished scholar, an impres- 
 sive orator, and an elegant writer. In accomplishing his purposes 
 he was firm and energetic. But he lacked tact, judgment, and 
 temper. He was quarrelsome, even to a proverb. He nearly 
 throttled Lord Stair in the Parliament House for his using an ex- 
 pression which he conceived to reflect upon him, and he shot dead 
 the Mayor of Lyne, when that magistrate reproved him for appro- 
 priating his horse without his leave. 
 
 Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton, was son of Henry Fletcher, 
 of Salton, younger brother of the patriot. He was born in 1692,
 
 218 HADDINGTONSHIRE. 
 
 admitted Advocate in 1717, and promoted as a Lord of Session in 
 1724; he was subsequently appointed Lord Justice Clerk and 
 Commissioner for improving the fisheries and manufactures in 
 Scotland. His humanity in administering the law, after the 
 Rebellion of 1745, gained him the esteem of those who had suffered 
 defeat. He took an active part in effecting the abolition of 
 heritable jurisdictions, and was a zealous promoter of learning, 
 agriculture, and commerce. He died on the 13th December, 1776, 
 aged seventy-four. 
 
 A tombstone in the churchyard is thus inscribed : 
 
 " Reader ! here lyes good Robert Henderson, 
 Phisician, Gardner, Svrgeon all in one ; 
 In all which three svch svccess God did give 
 And now when gone His vertues do Reqvire 
 A Monvment more Ample then is Here." 
 
 PARISH OF SPOTT. 
 
 An aisle attached to the church was the burial-place of the old 
 family of Hay, of Spott ; it now belongs to the family of Sprot. 
 
 In the churchyard a Latin inscription commemorates the Rev. 
 William Orr, minister of the parish, who died on the 5th May, 
 17C9, in the seventy-fifth year of his age and forty-third of his 
 ministry. Tombstones commemorate the Rev. Patrick Carfrae, 
 minister of Dunbar, who died on the 4th March, 1822, aged eighty- 
 one ; the Rev. John Martin, minister of Spot, died 29th September, 
 1798 ; General John Carfrae, died 29th August, 1863, aged seventy- 
 nine; the Rev. Robert Cunningham, of Balgowrie, died 24th 
 January, 1801 ; and the Rev. John Copeland, died 15th September, 
 1866, aged sixty-eight. 
 
 From tombstones in this churchyard we have the following : 
 
 " Oft have our tears bedewed the urn, 
 Deep where her tender ashes lie ;
 
 PARISH OF TEANENT. 219 
 
 But hope persuades we cease to mourn, 
 Faith saw her soul exulting fly." 
 
 " Thus ends the life 
 Of feeble man below ; nor pow'r, nor 
 Honour, fame, nor youthful bloom 
 Can gain a respite from 
 
 The dreadful blow." 
 
 " The grave dissolves each social tie 
 And tells us too, that we must die, 
 
 And then corruption see. 
 Happy are they whose hopes arise, 
 High as the pleasure of the skies, 
 
 And then immortal be." 
 
 PAEISH OF TEANENT. 
 
 In the parish church of Tranent are interred the remains of the 
 gallant and pious Colonel James Gardiner. This distinguished 
 officer was born at Carriden, Linlithgowshire, on the 10th January, 
 1688. He entered the army at an early age, and though fearless 
 of danger and an active officer, was chiefly noted for his profligacy. 
 In July, 1719, when perusing a book entitled "The Christian 
 Soldier," which he had taken up to occupy an idle hour, he was 
 suddenly awakened to a sense of his criminality and danger. He 
 conceived that he saw a vision of the Saviour extended on the 
 cross, and remonstrating with him on his ingratitude. For a period 
 he experienced a feeling of distress and agony ; subsequently he 
 found peace in believing. He became a zealous and most ex- 
 emplary Christian. On the outbreak of the Eebellion in 1745, he 
 marched with his Eegiment from Stirling, to join Sir John Cope at 
 D unbar, to give battle to the rebels. The hostile armies came in 
 view of each other on the 20th September, in the neighbourhood 
 of Colonel Gardiner's own house of Bankton, near Prestonpans. 
 He remained all night under arms wrapped up in his cloak. At
 
 220 HADDINGTONSHIRE. 
 
 three in the morning he summoned his four domestic servants, 
 to whom he addressed earnest counsel ; he then engaged for about 
 an hour in solitary meditation. Before sunrise the rebel army 
 made an attack. Colonel Gardiner was struck by a bullet in his 
 left breast, and soon after received a shot in his right thigh. His 
 Regiment was seized with a panic, and he made an attempt to 
 rally them. A Highlander attacked him with a scythe and 
 wounded and disarmed him. He was now surrounded, dragged 
 from his horse, and struck on the head with a Lochaber axe. He 
 expired on the following day. An elegant obelisk, with four lions 
 on projecting buttresses, has been reared to his memory in front of 
 the house of Bankton, not far from the spot, where he was mortally 
 wounded. It is inscribed thus : 
 
 " To Colonel Gardiner, who fell in the Battle of Prestonpans, 
 21st September, 1745. 'A man who feared God above many."' 
 Neh : vii. 2. 
 
 A tablet in the church commemorates Andrew Brown, D.J)., 
 successively minister of Falkland and Tranent. He died on the 
 26th April, 1805, in the sixty-first year of his age and twenty- 
 ninth of his ministry. He is described as respected for his highly 
 cultivated understanding, sound judgment, and liberal mind. In 
 " him," it is added, " rational piety, true patriotism, exemplary 
 fortitude, disinterested benevolence, and inflexible integrity, were 
 eminently conspicuous." 
 
 In the churchyard the tombstone of Thomas Bell is thus in- 
 scribed : 
 
 " Miles, caupo, faber, stravi, fulsi, fabricavi, 
 Hostes, cor, ferrum, vulnere, vite, manu." 
 
 A tablet near the S.W. corner bears to be erected by a sorrowing 
 husband to the memory of his wife, as a tribute of filial (sic) regard. 
 
 In the churchyard a defaced altar-tomb covers the grave of 
 the Hev. Robert Balcanqual, who died, minister of the parish in 
 1664. He was nephew of Walter Balcanqual, Dean of Durham, 
 one of the executors of the celebrated George Heriot.
 
 PARISH OF AYTOUN. 221 
 
 BEBWICKSHIKE. 
 
 PAEISH OF AYTON. 
 
 In the churchyard a tombstone denotes the grave of the Rev. 
 George Tough, minister of the parish, an ingenious mechanician. 
 He constructed an Orrery upon an improved plan which he pre- 
 sented to George IV. on his visit to Edinburgh in 1822. Mr. 
 Tough was a native of Edinburgh, was licensed in 1798, and 
 ordained to the ministry at Berwick-on-Tweed in 1802. He was 
 translated to Beath, Fifeshire, in 1812, and to Ayton in 1814. He 
 died on the 29th July, 1842, aged sixty-eight. 
 
 A tombstone contains these rhymes : 
 
 " Though distant climes divide us here below ; 
 Though far apart we moulder into dust ; 
 Hope says, and gently dries the tears of woe, 
 You all shall meet to mingle with the dust." 
 
 PARISH OF BUNKLE. 
 
 In Preston churchyard, in this parish, a tombstone presents the 
 following inscription : 
 
 " To the memory of William Carlisle, who died at Blanerne, on 
 the 16th of September, 1831, aged 108 years ; and Catherine 
 Mitchell, his wife, who died on the 10th April, 1818, aged eighty- 
 two years." 
 
 Carlisle was coachman to Mr. Lumsden, of Blanerne. In 
 Blanerne House is preserved his portrait, painted by Thomson of 
 Duddingston, when he was one hundred years old.
 
 222 BERWICKSHIRE. 
 
 PAEISH OF CHIRNSIDE. 
 
 The remains of the Rev. Henry Areskine, father of the celebrated 
 Ebenezer and Ralph Areskine, rest in the parish churchyard. 
 Youngest of thirty-three children born to Ralph Areskine of 
 Shielfield, a descendant of the noble family of Mar, he was born in 
 1624. He graduated at Edinburgh University, and was in 1649 
 settled minister of Cornhill, Northumberland. From this charge 
 he was ejected by the Act of Uniformity in 1662. He now resided 
 on his paternal estate, occasionally preaching, till April, 1682, 
 when he was seized by a party of soldiers, and committed to prison. 
 By the Privy Council he was liberated on giving his bond that he 
 would leave the kingdom. He retired to the English border, and 
 after a time established his abode at Monilaws, near the scene of 
 his former labours. In 1685 he was seized by the Militia, and 
 again subjected to imprisonment, but was soon liberated under the 
 Act of Indemnity. In 1687 he received a call to the meeting- 
 house at Rivelaw, parish of Whitsome. After the Revolution he 
 became minister of Chirnside, where he died on the 10th August, 
 1696, in his seventy-second year and forty-seventh of his ministry. 
 A plain tombstone marks his grave ; while in honour of his struggles 
 in the cause of religious liberty, a square pillar has been reared in 
 the churchyard by the subscriptions of 600 individuals. 
 
 PARISH OF COLDINGHAM. 
 
 The Priory of Coldingham, founded about the year 1098 by Edgar, 
 King of Scotland, was repeatedly dilapidated during the Border 
 wars ; it has been partially restored as the parish church. Most 
 of the older monuments have perished. In the surrounding church- 
 yard tombstones commemorate three incumbents. The Rev. John 
 Dysart was translated from Langton in 1694. The majority of the 
 parishioners being attached to Episcopacy, he was inducted under
 
 PARISH OF COLDSTKEAM. 223 
 
 the protection of a military force. For some time he carried to the 
 pulpit a brace of pistols, which he placed on each side of him. He 
 died in 1732, and was interred near the north wall of the church. 
 He made a bequest to the poor. His successor, the Eev. Eobert 
 Brydone, married his daughter Elizabeth. This reverend gentle- 
 man died 17th March, 1761, aged seventy-five ; he was father of 
 Patrick Brydone, author of a "Tour through Sicily and Malta," 
 and father of Mary, Countess of Minto. The Eev. John Jolly, who 
 succeeded to the cure in 1761, died on the 9th November, 1792, aged 
 sixty-one. 
 
 The following epitaph is inscribed on a modern tombstone : 
 
 " All ye who read my epitaph, 
 Seek ye the Lord and put not off ; 
 Eemember when my grave you see, 
 I once did live like unto thee ; 
 But soon by death was snatched away 
 In bloom of youth and no decay ; 
 Oh, for eternity prepare, 
 And make a future life thy care." 
 
 PARISH OF COLDSTEEAM. 
 
 The parish churchyard is situated in a lonely spot by the banks 
 of the Tweed ; it is deemed safe from interference by the following 
 announcement posted up at the gateway : 
 
 " Take notice. An armed watch is placed here every night for 
 the protection of this burial-ground. And has orders to fire upon 
 any person who may enter at improper hours without permission.'' 
 
 On a tombstone a son thus commemorates his mother : 
 
 " I owe thee much, thou hast deserved from me, 
 Far, far beyond what I can ever pay ; 
 Oft have I proved the labours of thy love, 
 And the warm efforts of thy gentle heart."
 
 224 BERWICKSHIRE. 
 
 By these lines David Innes celebrates his departed wife :- 
 
 " Clos'd, ever clos'd those speaking eyes, 
 
 Where sweetness beam'd, where candour shone, 
 And silent that heart-thrilling voice 
 
 Which music lov'd and call'd her own. 
 Alas ! before the violet bloom'd, 
 
 Before the snows of winter fled, 
 Too certain fate my hopes consum'd, 
 
 For she was numbered with the dead." 
 
 William Beloe laments his wife thus : 
 
 " Oft to this spot 
 Will memory fondly turn, 
 And love's pure flame 
 Still unextinguished burn 
 Within their breasts, who 
 Here doth mourn their loss ; 
 But nails their sorrows 
 To a Saviour's cross. 
 Oh, precious hope ! 
 By faith to mortals given, 
 That loving hearts, which 
 Hath on earth been riven, 
 May through the same 
 Dear Saviour's pleading love 
 Again unite in realms 
 Of bliss above." 
 
 PARISH OF DUNSE. 
 
 These epitaphs are from the parochial burial-ground : 
 
 " Here lies the only comfort of my life, 
 The best of husbands to a wife. 
 Great was my loss for his eternal gain, 
 And hope in Christ that we shall meet again."
 
 PARISH OF EARLSTON. 225 
 
 " Beneath this stone three infants lie, 
 
 Say are they lost or saved ? 
 If death's by sin, they sinned, for they are here ; 
 If heaven's by works, in heaven they can't appear. 
 Eevere the sacred page, the knot's untied, 
 They died, for Adam sinned; they live, for Jesus died." 
 
 PARISH OF EARLSTON. 
 
 A stone built in the front wall of the parish church bears these 
 words : 
 
 " Auld Ehymer's race 
 Lies in this place." 
 
 The inscription refers to Thomas Learmont of Ercildoune 
 (Earlston), better known as the Rhymer. In the parish the ruin 
 of an ancient tower is pointed out as his castle. He flourished 
 about the end of the thirteenth century, and being a person of 
 uncommon ability and learning he has been celebrated as a 
 prophet and poet. By the vulgar he was believed to have been 
 snatched by the Fairy Queen to her viewless abode, from which, 
 after seven years, he was permitted to revisit the earth to astonish 
 his countrymen by his auguries. It is said that he still " drees his 
 weird" in fairy-land, and will reappear in his favourite haunts. 
 In " The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border," Sir Walter Scott has 
 preserved some of the prophecies ascribed to him, together with 
 a ballad descriptive of his intercourse with the Fairy Queen. 
 
 At Mellerstain is the burial-vault of the House of Baillie of 
 Jerviswood. A tombstone with an elegant inscription com- 
 memorates the celebrated Lady Grizel Baillie. This accomplished 
 gentlewoman was daughter of Sir Patrick Hume, afterwards Earl 
 of Marchmont ; she was born at Redbraes Castle, Berwickshire, on 
 the 25th December, 1665. When only twelve years old she evinced 
 remarkable courage on two trying occasions. To Robert Baillie 
 
 Q
 
 226 BERWICKSHIRE. 
 
 of Jerviswood, then imprisoned at Edinburgh, she delivered a 
 letter from her father under circumstances of peculiar danger ; and 
 when her father concealed himself in a vault of Polwarth Church 
 she by night brought him victuals, which she secretly provided 
 for his use. During the exile of her father in Holland she 
 managed the family affairs with singular prudence. At the 
 Eevolution she had the privilege of declining the situation of Maid 
 of Honour to the Princess of Orange. She composed several 
 ballads ; one of these, " Were na' my heart light I wad dee," is 
 well known. She married George Baillie of Jerviswood, son of the 
 celebrated Eobert Baillie. She died on the 6th December, 1746, 
 in the eighty-first year of her age. 
 
 PAEISH OF ECCLES. 
 
 At Crosshall stands a sandstone column ten feet in height, sup- 
 ported by a massive pedestal of the same material. On the north 
 face it is sculptured with a Calvary cross, the upper part sur- 
 rounded by a kind of shield. The west side, which becomes nar- 
 rower towards the top, has at the summit a circular expansion 
 eighteen inches in diameter, with a chevron in the dexter and 
 sinister chiefs, and precise middle base respectively, and a St. 
 John's cross. On the south side is an escutcheon similar to that 
 on the west side, and beneath is an ancient double-handed sword. 
 On the east side is a circular expansion at the top, with a cross ; 
 below is the nude figure of a man and a greyhound. Among several 
 conjectures as to the purpose of the monument the most probable is 
 that it was constructed after the second crusade, in 1114, in honour 
 of the father of Sir John de Soulis, lieutenant to John Baliol. 
 Till lately the locality of the monument was called Deadriggs. 
 According to tradition a battle was fought in the neighbourhood. 
 
 In the parish churchyard gravestones commemorate two ministers
 
 PARISH OF EDROM. 227 
 
 of the parish, the Eev. Matthew Dysart and the Eev. Dr. James 
 Thomson. The former studied at Glasgow College, and was 
 licensed in 1728, and ordained in 1731. He assumed the name of 
 Sandilands on succeeding to the estate of Couston in right of his 
 mother. Having been present in the Edinburgh Theatre at the 
 first performance of "Douglas" in 1756, he was reproved by the 
 General Assembly. He died on the 13th June, 1773, in his sixty- 
 ninth year, and the forty-third of his ministry. Dr. Thomson was 
 a native of Crieff ; he was ordained at Eccles in 1805. He pub- 
 lished expositions of the Gospel according to St. Luke, and of the 
 Acts of the Apostles, with other works ; he also contributed to the 
 Encyclopaedia Britannica. He died on the 28th November, 1855, 
 in the eighty-eighth year of his age, and fifty-first of his ministry. 
 
 PAEISH OF EDEOM. 
 
 On a portion of ground called De la Beaute's field, on the 
 estate of Brooinhouse, a cairn denotes the grave of Sir Anthony 
 Darcy, surnamed Le Sieur de la Beaute". Sir Anthony was a 
 native of France; he was in June, 1517, appointed by the Eegent 
 Duke of Albany, warden of the Marches and captain of Dunbar 
 Castle in place of Lord Home. Home was treacherously slain 
 at Edinburgh at the instigation of Darcy, who consequently 
 became odious. A dispute arose between him and David Home, 
 proprietor of Wedderburn, and a conflict between them and 
 their followers took place at Langton on the 12th October, 1517. 
 Darcy's party were worsted and put to flight. His horse stuck 
 fast in a bog in Dunse Moor, and as he was escaping on foot he 
 was overtaken by Wedderburn and slain. His head was fixed on 
 the battlements of Home Castle, and a cairn reared upon his 
 body. 
 
 Attached to Edrom Church is the burying- vault of the old family
 
 228 BERWICKSHIRE. 
 
 of Kelloe. Another aisle of the church formed the burial-place of 
 the family of Blackadder. It bears the following inscription : 
 " Founded by Eobert Blackadder, Archbishop of Glasgow, in the 
 year 1499." On the south-east corner are these words : " Repaired 
 by S. John Home, of Blackadder, in the year 1696." 
 
 PARISH OF FOULDEN. 
 
 In the parish churchyard a flat tombstone is thus inscribed : 
 
 " Heir . Lieth . Ane . Honorabil . Man . Georg . Ramsay . in . 
 Fvlden . Bastel . vho . departed . 4 . Jan. 1592 . and of . his age . 74. 
 
 Fife . fostring . Peace . me . bred 
 
 From . thence . the . Merce . me . cald . 
 
 The . Merce . to . Marsis . lavis . led . 
 
 To . Byde . his . Battellis . bald. 
 
 Veried . Vith . Vares . and . sore . opprest . 
 
 Death . gave . to . Mars . the . foyl . 
 
 And . nov . I have . more . Qvyet . Rest . 
 
 Than . in . my . native soyl. 
 
 Fife . Merce . Mars . Mort . these fatal Fovr, 
 
 Al . hail . my . days . hes . driven . ovr." 
 
 George Ramsay was last in the male line of the Ramsays of 
 Foulden, a branch of the family of Dalhousie. The Foulden 
 Family flourished on the eastern border for three centuries. Their 
 stronghold of Foulden Bastel stood on the precipitous bank of a 
 small stream, a tributary of the Whitadder, which flows about half 
 a mile to the southward. 
 
 PARISH OF HUTTON. 
 
 A tombstone denotes the grave of Mr. Bookies, a late school- 
 master of the parish, remarkable for his stature. He was seven feet 
 four inches in height.
 
 PARISH OF LONGFORMACUS. 229 
 
 Tombstones commemorate four parochial incumbents, viz.: 
 James Orr, died 1694; Gilbert Laurie, A.M., died September, 1727, 
 aged seventy-five; Eobert Waugh, died 23rd February, 1756, 
 aged seventy- two ; and Philip Eedpath, translator of Boethius's 
 " Consolations of Philosophy," and editor of the " Border History " 
 composed by his brother Philip, who died 18th May, 1788, aged 
 sixty-eight. 
 
 PAEISH OF LAUDEE. 
 
 A monument in the parish church commemorates Alexander 
 Lauder, Bishop of Dunkeld, son of Sir Alan Lauder of Haltoun, 
 who died on the llth October, 1440. In the churchyard tomb- 
 stones celebrate the ministerial gifts and faithfulness of the Eev. 
 James Ford, who died on the 24th September, 1810, aged eighty- 
 seven ; also the Rev. Peter Cosens, who died 20th August, 1845, 
 aged sixty-four, both incumbents of the cure. 
 
 The following inscription formerly celebrated Alexander Thomson, 
 whose remains were the first which were deposited in this place of 
 sepulture : 
 
 "Here lyes interred an honest man, 
 Who did this churchyard first lie in ; 
 This monument shall make it known 
 That he was the first laid in this ground. 
 Of mason and of masonrie, 
 He cutted stones right curiously. 
 To heaven we hope that he is gone, 
 Where Christ is the chief corner-stone." 
 
 PAEISH OF LONGFOEMACUS. 
 
 A tombstone commemorates the Rev. Eobert Monteith, minister 
 of the parish, who distinguished himself as a volunteer during the
 
 230 BERWICKSHIRE. 
 
 insurrection of 1745. His heroism is thus sarcastically described 
 in the ballad of " Tranent-Muir :" 
 
 " Monteith the great, when hersell shot, 
 Un'wares did ding him o'er, man, 
 Yet wadiia stand to bear a hand, 
 But aff fou fast did scour, man." 
 
 Mr. Monteith was ordained to the cure in 1735; he died llth 
 December, 1776, in his sixty-eighth year, and forty-second of his 
 ministry. 
 
 PARISH OF MEETON. 
 
 In this parish is the interesting ruin of Dryburgh Abbey, 
 celebrated as the burial-place of Sir Walter Scott. The abbey was 
 reared by Hugh de Morville, Lord of Lauderdale, about the year 
 1150. In 1233 it was burned by the army of Edward II. 
 Restored by King Robert the Bruce, it was again demolished by 
 the Earl of Hertford in 1545. It has since remained a ruin. The 
 situation is beautiful and impressive ; it stands on a peninsula 
 enclosed by a bend of the Tweed, and is environed with orchards. 
 
 Early in his career Sir Walter Scott determined that his bones 
 should rest in this abbey. His ancestors, the Haliburtous of New- 
 mains, had been owners of the abbey, and were interred within its 
 precincts. On the 22nd of May, 1826, the remains of Lady Scott, 
 wife of the illustrious minstrel, were deposited in St. Mary's aisle, 
 near the high altar. On the 26th September, 1832, the minstrel's 
 own remains were placed by her side. Huge blocks of granite 
 inscribed with the names of Sir Walter and Lady Scott rest upon 
 the graves. The scene is visited by thousands who seek to con- 
 template the poet's sepulchre. One who made a pilgrimage to the 
 spot has thus recorded his impressions : 
 
 " I stood within the ruin'd fane, 
 Beside St. Mary's grated aisle;
 
 PARISH OF MEKTON. 231 
 
 No sound was in that lonely spot, 
 
 No voice was on the gale, 
 Save when at intervals there came 
 
 A mournful music, sweet and slow 
 The murmur of his own loved Tweed 
 
 That calmly rolled below. 
 
 " I linger'd till the harvest moon 
 
 Peer'd through the ivy'd loopholes there, 
 And still delay'd to quit a scene 
 
 So gloomy, yet so fair. 
 And was it here life's fever o'er 
 
 In this sequester'd, holy spot, 
 Lay mingling with its kindred clay, 
 The dust of Walter Scott ? 
 ****** 
 
 " Where'er the winds of Heaven have blown 
 
 We hear his numbers borne along, 
 In martial strain or tender plaint, 
 The magic of his song. 
 ****** 
 
 " The grass is trodden by the feet 
 
 Of thousands from a thousand lands ; 
 The prince, the peasant, tottering age, 
 And rosy school boy bands. 
 ****** 
 " Thou wondrous being, fare-thee-well ; 
 
 Thou noblest, best of human kind, 
 Who join'd to a Nathanael's heart 
 A Shakspeare's master mind." 
 
 Descended from an old Saxon family, long potent on the 
 Border, Walter Scott was son of a Writer to the Signet, and was 
 born at Edinburgh, on the 15th August, 1771. He studied at the 
 High School and University of Edinburgh, but, partly owing to 
 delicate health, he did not distinguish himself as. a scholar. 
 Engaging in legal studies, he passed Advocate in 1792. At the 
 Bar he attained only a moderate success,, but he was fortunate in 
 securing an independence by his marriage, which took place in 
 1797. In 1800 he was appointed Sheriff of Selkirk, with a salary 
 of 300. He began to compose verses at the age of twelve ; and 
 he made his debut as an author by publishing in 1796 some poetical
 
 232 BERWICKSHIRE. 
 
 translations from the German. He was more successful in editing 
 the ballads of his own country in " The Minstrelsy of the Scottish 
 Border," of which the first two volumes appeared in 1802. His 
 "Lay of the Last Minstrel" was issued in 1805, and proved the 
 pioneer of his celebrity. In 1808 he produced "Marmion," and 
 in 1810 " The Lady of the Lake," the latter poem raising his 
 reputation to a degree which his subsequent fame as a novelist 
 justified, but did not exceed. " Waverley " appeared in 1814 with- 
 out his name ; after a short interval it was rapturously received 
 and read everywhere. "Guy Mannering" followed; then "The 
 Antiquary ; " then the series of novels under the title of " Tales 
 of my Landlord." Fortune was now abundantly propitious. In 
 1806 Scott became a principal clerk in the Court of Session, with 
 a salary of 1,200 per annum. Each of his publications, whether 
 in verse or prose, availed him hundreds, some, thousands of 
 pounds. In 1811 he purchased on the south bank of the Tweed, 
 near Melrose, a piece of ground, which he drained, planted, and 
 built upon, and dignified by the name of Abbotsford. George IV., 
 on his accession in 1820, created him a baronet. The mansion of 
 Abbotsford was from time to time enlarged to meet the require- 
 ments of his family and visitors. He became the most celebrated, 
 and apparently the most prosperous litterateur of his time. But 
 he, unhappily, speculated as a partner in the printing concern of 
 the Messrs. Ballantyne, his early friends, and the printers of his 
 works. In the bankruptcy of Archibald Constable, his publisher, 
 which took place in 1826, the Ballantynes were involved, and Sir 
 Walter found himself individually responsible for a debt of no less 
 than 120,000. He was in his fifty-fifth year, and his energies 
 were considerably impaired, and his health shattered, but he declined 
 to settle with his creditors by a composition, and proceeded by 
 increased literary diligence to the work of liquidating his liabilities. 
 In the great effort he was overcome, yet he lived to extinguish more 
 than half his obligations, and his survivors were privileged to find 
 at his death that, by means of a policy on his life, and the sale of 
 his copyrights, his debts were discharged. Abbotsford too was saved
 
 PARISH OF MERTON. 233 
 
 for his children and heirs. He died at Abbotsford on the 21st 
 September, 1832. His remains were accompanied to the grave by 
 a large assemblage of friends and neighbours. In recording the 
 event of his death, many of the public journals used mourning 
 borders. Sir Walter has depicted Scottish life and manners with 
 the pen of an enchanter, and has, by the impress of his genius, 
 rendered celebrated many scenes and localities hitherto unknown. 
 The remains of so great a magician, so renowned a minstrel, rest 
 appropriately by the banks of the silver Tweed, within his own 
 loved Dryburgh. 
 
 In St. Mary's aisle rest the remains of Sir Walter's eldest son, 
 the second Sir Walter Scott, who was here entombed on the 4th 
 May, 1847. John Gibson Lockhart, his son-in-law and literary 
 executor, has here also found a sepulchre. This ingenious writer 
 and expert critic was born in the manse of Cambusnethan, on the 
 14th June, 1794. He studied at the University of Glasgow, and 
 proceeded on the Snell Exhibition to Baliol College, Oxford. In 
 1816 he was called to the Scottish Bar. He was one of the 
 originators of Blackwood's Magazine. In 1820 he married Sir Walter 
 Scott's eldest daughter, Sophia. In 1825 he was appointed editor 
 of the Quarterly Beview, and established his residence in Lon- 
 don. He published four novels, "Valerius," "Reginald Dalton," 
 " Matthew Wald," and " Adam Blair." His poetical abilities are 
 indicated in his translations of "Spanish Ballads." He died at 
 Abbotsford, on the 25th November, 1854, in his sixty-first year. 
 His " Life of Sir Walter Scott " is one of the most interesting works 
 in the language. 
 
 Amidst the ruins of Dryburgh, which formed a portion of his 
 own estate, rest the remains of David Stewart Erskine, eleventh 
 Earl of Buchan. This patriotic and enterprising but eccentric 
 nobleman was born on the 1st of June, 1742. He studied at Glasgow 
 College, and afterwards joined the army. In 1767, on his father's 
 death, he succeeded to the earldom. He devoted himself to literary 
 and antiquarian pursuits. In November, 1780, he established the 
 Scottish Society of Antiquaries. He edited Henry the Min-
 
 234 BERWICKSHIRE. 
 
 strel's " Wallace," and contributed essays and memoirs to different 
 periodicals. He latterly resided in Dryburgh House, and took 
 considerable interest in the improvement of the abbey estate, 
 which he had purchased. He died on the 20th April, 1829. 
 Amidst some oddities and extreme personal vanity Lord Buchan 
 possessed no inconsiderable talent. He delighted to afford coun- 
 tenance to persons of merit, and especially rejoiced to celebrate 
 those who had distinguished themselves by their genius or their 
 patriotism. He was the first to erect a monument to the 
 Preserver of the national independence; he commissioned Mr. 
 Smith, architect, Darnick, to construct a monumental statue of the 
 illustrious Wallace. Mr. Smith reared a figure twenty-one feet in 
 height, which, on the 22nd September, 1814, was placed on its 
 pedestal, a rocky eminence overlooking the Tweed. This statue is 
 seen at a considerable distance in the landscape. 
 
 James Thomson, author of the " Seasons," was celebrated by 
 Lord Buchan. Besides instituting a yearly festival in his honour, 
 he reared a Greek temple on the banks of the Tweed, which he 
 consecrated to his memory ; a bust of the poet is placed upon the 
 dome. 
 
 In Dryburgh Churchyard these lines are inscribed upon a tomb- 
 stone : 
 
 " Here lies the dust of James Barrie, 
 
 Who's Bible loved to read ; 
 
 But now in silent grave lies he, 
 
 Nor further can proceed." 
 
 PARISH OF MORDINGTOK 
 
 The following epitaphs are from the parish churchyard : 
 
 " Though in the grave my body ly, 
 
 And worms do it consume, 
 Still waiting for the glorious day 
 When Christ shall call me home ;
 
 PARISH OF SWINTON. 235 
 
 Though for a time my dust be loathed, 
 
 Most beautiful I'll be, 
 My mortal body shall be clothed 
 
 With immortality." 
 
 " His life was healthful, 
 
 And his conscience clear ; 
 His heart was honest, 
 
 To his friends sincere. 
 Death ne'er did awe him, 
 
 For he wished to die ; 
 In silent peace, 
 
 Here let his ashes lie." 
 
 PARISH OF POLWARTH. 
 
 In the burial-vault of the House of Hume, Sir Patrick Hume, 
 afterwards Earl of Marchmont, sought concealment in the autumn 
 of 1684, during the persecutions of the period. The circumstances 
 have been noticed in connection with the name of Lady Grizel 
 Baillie (p. 225). 
 
 A schoolmaster of the parish has these lines upon his grave- 
 .stone : 
 
 " Beneath this stone the hands of death fast bind 
 A form once learned, generous, and kind, 
 Whose liberal hand to all men did extend ; 
 A friend to all, all men to him a friend." 
 
 PARISH OF SWINTOK 
 
 Within the parish church a monument commemorates Sir Alan 
 de Swinton, a baron of the reign of William the Lion, and founder 
 of the Houses of Swinton of Swinton, and of Kimmerghame, Ber-
 
 236 BERWICKSHIRE. 
 
 wickshire. Under the figure of a boar and three boars' heads, the 
 monument presents the following inscription : 
 
 HIC ' IACET ' ALANVS ' SVINTONVS ' MILES ' DE ' EODEM ' 
 
 Below is a full length figure of the baron, with his arms bent 
 upward from the elbows and clasping a book. He obtained a 
 charter of the barony of Swinton from Bertram, prior of Colding- 
 ham ; he died about 1200. His name is assumed by Sir Walter 
 Scott for the hero of Halidon Hill, though the knight who actually 
 fought there was Sir John Swinton. An arched vault in front of 
 the monument and under the floor of the church was opened a 
 number of years ago. It was found to contain one coffin and three 
 skulls. Of the largest skull, supposed to be that of Sir Alan, who 
 is traditionally said to have been of gigantic proportions, a cast 
 was taken, and presented to Sir Walter Scott, who placed it in the 
 armory at Abbotsford, beside a similar cast of the skull of King 
 Eobert the Bruce. 
 
 PARISH OF WESTKUTHER 
 
 Bassendean Chapel has long been used as the burying-place of the 
 family of Home of Bassendean. George Home, a member of the 
 family who attached himself to the Presbyterian cause during the 
 religious persecutions of the reigns of Charles II. and James VII., 
 is interred in the chapel. He suffered proscription, but effected his 
 escape to Holland. After the Revolution he was restored to his 
 estate. 
 
 A native of the parish, now in Canada, lately caused these lines 
 to be inscribed on his family tombstone : 
 
 " My Father, Mother, my two sons 
 
 Lie underneath this sod, 
 Who far from me believe to see 
 All one in Christ with God."
 
 PARISH OF WHITSOME. 237 
 
 PARISH OF WHITSOME. 
 In Hilton Churchyard a tombstone is thus inscribed : 
 
 " Heire lyes Christian Forret daughter to James Forret of that 
 Ilk in Fyffe, her mother being daughter to the laird of Lethiday in 
 Angus, married William Somervil of Moshat Girfilmaii in Clidisdail, 
 with whom she lived a year and being delivered of one daughter, 
 christianly and comfortably past from her pilgrimage to her home 
 and husband Christ. Junii 18. 1645. 
 
 What graces, gifts, parts, perfections rare, 
 Among all other women scattered are, 
 Unitly, fully, cleirly shined in that Star." 
 
 The estate of Forret is situated in the parish of Logie, Fifeshire ; 
 it belonged to a family of the same name from the reign of William 
 the Lion till the seventeenth century. In 1466 John Forret of Forret 
 was one of an assize for clearing the marches of the Abbot of Dun- 
 fermline. One of the family was master stabler to James IV. ; his 
 son Thomas was educated by a lady of opulence, and admitted a 
 canon regular in the monastery of St. Colrn's Inch ; he was sub- 
 sequently admitted to the vicarage of Dollar. He embraced the 
 reformed doctrines, and being subjected to an assize consisting of 
 Archbishop James Beaton and a convocation of bishops, he was 
 sentenced to death. He was burned with four others on the castle- 
 hill of Edinburgh, on the 28th February, 1538.
 
 238 
 
 ROXBURGHSHIRE. 
 
 PARISH OF ANCRUM. 
 
 At Ancrum Moor a monument commemorates " Maiden Lilliard," 
 a young Scottish woman who at the battle of Ancrum distin- 
 guished herself by her extraordinary valour. According to tradition 
 she continued to fight against the national enemies after both her 
 limbs had been struck off. The original epitaph, lately renewed, 
 proceeds thus : 
 
 " Fair Maiden Lilliard lies under this stane, 
 Little was her stature but great was her fame ; 
 Upon the English loons she laid mony thumps, 
 And when her legs were cuttit afif she fought upon her stumps." 
 
 The battle of Ancrum was fought in 1545. It arose out of an 
 inroad made into Scotland by Sir Ralph Eure and Sir Brian Layton, 
 in an attempt to obtain possession of territory in Teviotdale and 
 the Merse, conferred upon them by Henry VIII. Led by these 
 barons the English troops destroyed Melrose Abbey, and ransacked 
 and defaced the burial-place of the Earls of Douglas. The Earl 
 of Angus being determined on revenge, joined the Earl of Arran, 
 Norman Leslie, Master of Rothes, and Walter Scott of Buccleuch, 
 in giving battle to the invaders, who were completely routed, 800 
 of them being slain, and 1,000 made prisoners.
 
 PAKISH OF CASTLETON. 239 
 
 PAEISH OF BOWDEK 
 
 Attached to the parish church is the burial-vault of the Ducal 
 House of Eoxburgh. It contains twenty-one coffins, including 
 those of five dukes. John, third duke of Eoxburgh, the celebrated 
 book collector, has here found a resting-place. He was born in 
 London on the 23rd April, 1740, and succeeded his father, the 
 second Duke, in 1755. With a remarkable taste for old books he 
 formed a large and valuable collection. He died on the 19th March, 
 180-4. His library, consisting of ten thousand volumes, was ex- 
 posed to auction in 1812, many of the books fetching fabulous 
 prices. The Eoxburgh Club, for the printing of rare and curious 
 MSS., was established in his honour. 
 
 In the churchyard a small tombstone denotes the grave of 
 Andrew Scott, author of " Simon and Janet," and other popular 
 ballads. A native of the parish, he was born on the 19th April 
 1757. For some time he served in the army ; on his discharge he, 
 became parish sexton. He printed a volume of poems in 1805, 
 and two volumes subsequently. He died on the 22nd May, 1839, 
 aged eighty-two. 
 
 PAEISH OF CASTLETOK 
 
 In the parish churchyard rest the remains of James Telfer, an 
 ingenious poet and miscellaneous writer. Telfer was born in the 
 parish of Southdean, on the 3rd December, 1800. He was origi- 
 nally employed as a shepherd, but afterwards qualified himself as a 
 teacher. He conducted an adventure school at Saughtree, Liddes- 
 dale, where he died on the 18th January, 1862. In 1824 he pub- 
 lished " Ballads and Miscellaneous Poems." A volume of " Tales 
 and Sketches " from his pen appeared in 1852.
 
 240 ROXBURGHSHIRE. 
 
 PARISH OF CAVERS. 
 
 John Armstrong of Gilnockie, the famous border freebooter, who 
 was put to death by James V. in June, 1529, is interred in the bury- 
 ing-ground at Caerlanrig Chapel. By the peasantry Armstrong's me- 
 mory is held in affectionate remembrance. The circumstances of 
 his death form the subject of a ballad published by Allan Ramsay 
 in " The Evergreen." 
 
 On " The Green," at Denholm, a handsome monument has lately 
 been erected to the memory of Dr. John Leyden, the celebrated 
 poet and orientalist. Dr. Leyden was born at Denholm, in Sep- 
 tember, 1775. He studied at the University of Edinburgh, and 
 was licensed to preach in 1798. With an eminent reputation as a 
 scholar he became editor of the Scots Magazine ; he also edited 
 the " Complaynt of Scotland," a curious political treatise of the six- 
 teenth century, and contributed several ballads to the " Minstrelsy 
 of the Scottish Border." Disappointed in obtaining ecclesiastical 
 preferment, he qualified himself as a physician, and accepted the 
 appointment of assistant-surgeon in the Hospital at Madras. He 
 sailed for India in 1803, and at once made himself familiar with 
 the native tongues. He was successively appointed surgeon 
 to the Commissioners for surveying the provinces in Mysore, 
 Professor of Hindostan in the College of Calcutta, and Judge 
 of the Twenty-four Pargunnas of Calcutta. He accompanied 
 the army in the expedition against Java. On the capture of 
 Batavia, having gone to examine the library of the place, he 
 caught a malignant fever from the tainted air of the apartment. 
 He died on the 28th August, 1811, aged thirty-six. His poem 
 " Scenes of Infancy " has been frequently reprinted. His lyrics 
 are pervaded with simplicity and tenderness. As a philologist 
 his power in mastering the peculiarities of languages was nearly 
 unrivalled. 
 
 In the parish churchyard the following quaint epitaph com- 
 memorates some of Dr. Leyden's progenitors :
 
 PARISH OF ECKFORD. 241 
 
 " Here lies the body of James Leydon, 
 In this churchyard beneath this stone ; 
 And Margaret Scott, his spouse alone, 
 Lyeth also here beneath this stone ; 
 And their posterity that's gone, 
 Lies also here beneath this stone. 
 William, Adam Leydon, and John, 
 Lie also here beneath this stone. 
 In Earlside they lived some years agone, 
 Now here they ly beneath this stona 
 But this I will keep on record, 
 They were all such as fear'd the Lord, 
 For the deceased, James Leydon, 
 On his death-bed this he made known, 
 That here no more he must remain, 
 But to the dust return again ; 
 And that his soul at God's decree 
 For ever should a dweller be 
 In that most holy place above 
 Where nothing is but peace and love. 
 He was but fifty years of age 
 When he removed from this stage ; 
 The year sixteen hundred and eighty-eight, 
 The twelfth of March was his last night." 
 
 PAEISH OF ECKFORD. 
 
 On the south bank of the Kale near Eckford Mill a mount 
 218 feet in circumference, and composed of artificial layers of stones 
 and earth, commemorates Robert or Hobbie Hall, a man remarkable 
 for his piety and his bodily strength. On the summit of the 
 mount a rude stone records a victory achieved by Hall over Ker 
 of Cessford, who sought illegally to appropriate his estate. The 
 inscription is as follows : 
 
 " Here Hoby Hall boldly maintained his right, 
 'Gainst Reif plain force armed with lawless might, 
 For twenty pleughs harnes'd in all their gear, 
 Could not his valiant, noble heart make fear,
 
 242 ROXBURGHSHIRE. 
 
 But with his sword he cut the foremost soam 
 In two : hence drove both pleughs and 
 Ploughmen home. 1620." 
 
 In an aisle adjoining the parish church a monument celebrates 
 Sir William Beriuet of Grubbet, a friend of the poets Thomson and 
 Eamsay, and the supposed prototype of Sir William Worthy in 
 "The Gentle Shepherd." Over the entrance to the aisle is the 
 following inscription : 
 
 "Hoc monumentum tibi et suis bene Merentibus ponendara 
 curavit Dominus Gulielmus Bennet, Eques auratus, anno salutis 
 1724" 
 
 PARISH OF EDNAM. 
 
 On a portion of rising ground at Henderside an obelisk fifty-two 
 feet in height commemorates James Thomson, author of "The 
 Seasons." This celebrated poet was son of the Rev. Thomas 
 Thomson, minister of the parish, and was born on the llth 
 September, 1700. He studied at the University of Edinburgh 
 with a view to the ministry ; he afterwards abandoned his eccle- 
 siastical views, and resolving to devote himself to literature pro- 
 ceeded to London. In 1726 he produced his poem of "Winter;" 
 that on " Summer " appearing in the following year. His " Spring " 
 and "Autumn " followed in 1728 and 1730. Recommended to the 
 Lord Chancellor Talbot, he visited with his lordship's son the 
 principal courts of Europe. He subsequently obtained a civil list 
 pension and the sinecure office of Surveyor-General of the Leeward 
 Islands, with a salary of 300 a year. He died of fever on the 
 22nd August, 1748. In 1762 a monument to his memory was 
 erected in Westminster Abbey.
 
 PARISH OF HAWICK. 
 
 PAEISH OF HAWICK 
 
 During some recent repairs on the old parish church the work- 
 men discovered a tombstone commemorating Sir Walter Scott of 
 Buccleuch, who was surprised and slain in the streets of Edinburgh 
 by Sir John Ker of Fernihurst, and his kinsman, William Ker of 
 Cessford. An illegitimate son of Sir Walter is also celebrated on 
 the tombstone. The inscription is as follows : 
 
 "VALTER . SCOT . HIS . GENEALOGIE. 
 
 " Heir . lyis . in . this . sepvltvre . Valter . Scot . of . Govdi- 
 landis . Sone . Natvral . to . Sir . Valter . Scot . the . valiant . Laird . of. 
 Bvckleych . yat . vas . slain . crevelie . be . ye . Kerris . in Edinburgh . 
 vithin . ye . nicht . being . vnnaccvmpaneit . vith . his . friendis . or. 
 servandis . onlie . except . tva . of . his . dependeris . attending on him . 
 not . respecting . nor . svspecting . thair . inteutiovue: This . happinit . 
 in . September . the . 53 zeir of his . age . ye . zeir . of. God . 155(2) 
 
 " This . foresaid . Valter . Scot depairtit . th(is life) in Govdilandis 
 in . November . ye . zeir . of . God (1)596 . and . vas . (of age at his 
 deth.)64. 
 
 "THE DISCRIPTOVNE OF VALTER 
 SCOT OF GOVDILANDIS 
 HIS QVALITEIS. 
 
 " Heir lyis bvrit visdome & virthines 
 Heir lyis bvreit trevth & honestie 
 Heir lyis bvreit fridome & gentres 
 Heir lyis bvreit manheid & cheritie 
 Heir lyis bvreit lairgeness & lavtie * 
 Heir lyis bvreit hap and exprience 
 Heir lyis bvreit pietie & diligence 
 Glorie be to God for al things." 
 
 In consequence of the slaughter of the Laird of Cessford in an 
 encounter with the Laird of Buccleuch at Melrose in 1526, a feud 
 raged for many years between the Kers and Scotts. In 1529 an 
 effort was made to terminate the feud by an engagement between 
 the Kers and Sir Walter Scott, of Branxholm, with sundry 
 gentlemen of his clan. In this engagement the latter party 
 became bound to perform pilgrimages to the churches of Melrose, 
 
 * Loyalty.
 
 244 ROXBURGHSHIRE. 
 
 Dundee, Scone, and Paisley, as a reparation for the slaughter. 
 Bad blood was, however, kept up, and the result was the slaughter 
 of Sir Walter Scott as above described. After a long delay Sir 
 Walter Ker, of Cessford, yielded to the wishes of his friends by 
 consenting in St. Giles's Church, Edinburgh, on the 23rd March, 
 1564, to acknowledge his guilt and ask forgiveness from Almighty 
 God and the relatives of the slain knight. A matrimonial alliance 
 between the families was also arranged. 
 
 A mural tablet in the old church celebrates the Eev. Alexander 
 Orrock, minister of the parish. It is thus inscribed : 
 
 " Siste viator. Hie jacet corpus Domini Alexandri Orrock, verbi 
 divini in ecclesia Havico fidelissimus. Vir erat vere eximius. In 
 vitiosis reclamandis sum me audax. Ob multifariain eruditionem 
 et vitae innocentiam doctis piisq. viris admodum probatus. In 
 discipliiia ecclesiastica aequalium nemini secundus. Qui annos 
 XXII. otficio pastorali hac in ecclesia functus, in usuin scholae 
 publicas novem rnille, et pauperum indigentium mille et sexcentas 
 marcas Testamento designavit. Tandem ob dormivit in Domino 
 annum agens sexagesimuin JErsz Christianae MDCCXI Kal Maii. 
 Ps. cxii. 9. 
 
 Dispersit largiens pauperibus : 
 Semper ejus liberalitas stab it." 
 
 Orrock studied at the University of St. Andrews, and was 
 licensed in 1687. Having in a sermon named the King as an 
 idolater and denounced episcopacy, he was seized at St. Andrews 
 by command of the archbishop and removed to Edinburgh. He 
 was called to the second charge at St. Andrews in 1690, but the 
 Synod refused to proceed with his settlement. He was ordained 
 at Hawick in 1691. During the meeting of the General Assembly 
 in 1705 he insisted on speaking, though he was not a member of 
 the House, and was forcibly ejected. Though addicted to contro- 
 versy he was faithful and exemplary as a clergyman. He be- 
 queathed 9,000 merks Scots for the endowment of a grammar school, 
 and 1,600 merks towards the support of the poor. 
 
 A tombstone in the old churchyard presents the following 
 inscription :
 
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 " Weary of life my suffering shroud o'ercast, 
 She died resigned and breathed in peace her last. 
 This stone erected o'er her narrow bed, 
 Tells that her clay is here, her spirit fled 
 To distant realms beyond life's fleeting day, 
 Unknown to death, to sadness, or decay." 
 
 In St. Mary's Churchyard a tombstone is thus inscribed : 
 
 "Heir lyes Johnny Deans ane honest man, qua was tenant 
 Kindlie of Hawick Mill, and slain in debit of his neisbours geer. 
 The zeir of God, 1546." 
 
 Deans was killed in a raid of border moss-troopers. The spot of 
 his death is known as Dean's Brae. 
 
 PAKISH OF JEDBUEGH. 
 
 The parish churchyard of Jedburgh surrounds the ruins of the 
 ancient abbey. This fine old structure, the most interesting sample 
 of Saxon and early Gothic architecture in North Britain, was 
 founded or greatly enlarged by David I., and planted with canons 
 regular. It was often dilapidated by the English in the course of 
 the Border wars, and was in 1523 finally demolished by the Earl 
 of Surrey. The western portion of the nave has been fitted up as 
 the parish church. The north transept of the abbey is the bury ing- 
 place of the noble family of Lothian. It contains a number of 
 monuments commemorating members of this illustrious House. 
 
 In the Lady Chapel a monument denotes the grave of the Eev. 
 Dr. Thomas Somerville, the eminent historian. Dr. Somerville 
 studied at the University of Edinburgh, and was licensed to preach 
 in 1762. He was ordained to the parish of Miuto in 1767, and in 
 1772 was translated to Jedburgh. His "History of Political 
 Transactions from the Restoration of Charles II. to the Death of King 
 William III." appeared in 1792. In the following year he was 
 nominated one of the Chaplains in Ordinary to the King. In 1798
 
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 he published his " History of the Reign of Queen Anne," which 
 he was privileged to dedicate and present personally to George III. 
 He died at Jedburgh, on the 16th May, 1830, in the ninetieth year 
 of his age, and sixty-fourth of his ministry. His " Memoirs of His 
 Own Life and Times " appeared in 1861. 
 
 In the eastern nave of the abbey are interred the remains of 
 John Baron Campbell, Lord High Chancellor. This eminent 
 lawyer and statesman was second son of the Rev. Dr. George 
 Campbell, minister of Cupar-Fife: he was born in 1781. Having 
 studied at St. Andrews University, he proceeded to London, where 
 he became a newspaper reporter. In 1806 he was called to the 
 Bar; he became King's Counsel in 1827. In 1830 he entered the 
 House of Commons. He was nominated Solicitor-General in 1832, 
 and attained the office of Attorney-General in 1834. He was 
 afterwards appointed Lord Chancellor of Ireland, while his wife 
 was created a peeress by the title of Baroness Stratheden. In 
 1846 he became Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and a 
 member of the Cabinet of Lord John Russell. He was appointed 
 Lord Chief Justice in 1850; and in 1859 was elevated to the 
 high office of Lord Chancellor. Lord Campbell died on the 23rd 
 June, 1861. He published "Lives of the Lord Chancellors and 
 Keepers of the Great Seal," and " Lives of the Chief Justices." 
 Some years before his death he purchased the estate of Hartrigge 
 in this parish. 
 
 In the churchyard a small tombstone commemorates James 
 Brewster, schoolmaster of the parish, and father of Sir David 
 Brewster, the distinguished philosopher. He died in 1815. 
 
 The Rev. Thomas Boston, one of the founders of the Relief 
 Church, and son of the celebrated Thomas Boston of Ettrick, is in- 
 terred in the churchyard. He was born on the 3rd April, 1713. 
 He succeeded his father as minister of Ettrick in 1733, and was 
 translated to Oxnam in 1749. On a vacancy occurring at Jedburgh, 
 the majority of the parishioners applied to the Crown for his 
 appointment to the charge, but another was presented. Thereafter 
 his supporters erected a meeting-house and gave him a call, which
 
 PARISH OF JEDBURGH. 247 
 
 he accepted. He accordingly demitted his charge and left the 
 Established Church, In 1761 he and several of his brethren 
 formed themselves into a Presbytery, and constituted the Relief 
 Church. This was in 1847 included in the United Presbyterian 
 Synod. Mr. Boston died on the 13th February, 1767, in the fifty- 
 fourth year of his age and thirty-fourth of his ministry. On his 
 tombstone are these lines : 
 
 " The sweet remembrance of the just 
 Shall flourish while he sleeps in dust, 
 With heavenly weapons Boston fought 
 
 The battle of the Lord. 
 Finished his course and kept the faith, 
 
 And waits the sure reward." 
 
 On her tombstone, Mrs. Martha Haddeu, wife of a provost of the 
 burgh, is thus commemorated : 
 
 " In faith she dy'd, in dust she lies, 
 But faith foresees that dust shall rise, 
 When Jesus calls, which hope assumes, 
 And boasts his joy among the tombs." 
 
 By her bereaved husband Isabel Riddel is celebrated thus : 
 
 " She was a virtuous and a loving wife, 
 Strong advocate for peace through life ; 
 Beloved in life, tho' dead I love her still, 
 And to my latest breath I ever will/' 
 
 On the tombstone of Thomas Winter, Bailie of Jedburgh, are 
 these words : 
 
 " Whoever removes this stone or causes it to be removed, may he 
 die the last of his race." 
 
 The following elegy is engraved upon a tombstone : 
 
 " Here lies a Christian, bold and true, 
 An antipode to Babel's crew ; 
 A friend to truth, to vice a terror, 
 A Lamp of zeal, opposing error ; 
 Who fought the battles of the Lamb, 
 Of victory now bears the palm."
 
 248 ROXBURGHSHIRE. 
 
 PAKISH OF KELSO. 
 
 The abbey of Kelso was founded in 1124 by David I., who 
 planted it with Tironensian monks from an abbey at Selkirk, 
 which he reared in 1113. It was destroyed by the English under 
 the Earl of Hertford, in 1545, and all that now remains is a portion 
 of the Abbey Church. On account of the brittle nature of the 
 stone the figures and inscriptions on the older monuments are 
 obliterated. In the churchyard rest the remains of the Kev. James 
 Ramsay, an eminent minister of the parish. He studied at the 
 University of St. Andrews, and obtained licence in 1692. In the 
 following year he was ordained to the ministry at Eyemouth. In 
 1707 he was translated to Kelso. He was appointed one of the 
 Deans of the Chapel Royal, and was elected Moderator of the 
 General Assembly in 1738 and 1741. He died on the 3rd July, 
 1749. Mr. Ramsay was a zealous upholder of Presbyterianism, 
 but gave his support to the moderate party in the Church. As a 
 leader in the General Assembly he commanded respect and weight. 
 
 PARISH OF LILLIESLEAF. 
 
 In this churchyard a tombstone commemorates the Rev. William 
 Hunter, minister of the parish. It is inscribed thus : 
 
 "Gulielmus Hunter, A.M., Christi Crucifixi Concionator. In 
 hac Ecclesia, tidelis et Assiduus ab. an: 1695 ad. an : 1736. 
 
 " Coeli Avidus et Coelo Maturus. Cum Deo Omnipotent! agit 
 Obiit Nov. 13. ^Etatis 79." 
 
 Mr. Hunter studied at the University of Edinburgh, was licensed 
 to preach in 1694, and was ordained minister of Lilliesleaf in 1695. 
 He was one of twelve ministers who submitted to the General 
 Assembly of 1721 a petition or representation against an Act of
 
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 the preceding Assembly, condemning the " Marrow of Modern 
 Divinity." 
 
 James Hunter Wright, who was killed by falling from the steeple 
 of Jedburgh, on the 17th October, 1765, has his tombstone inscribed 
 thus : 
 
 " Stop, traveller, as you go by, 
 1 once had life and breath ; 
 But falling from a steeple high 
 I swiftly passed through death. 
 
 " Take you example by my fate, 
 
 And be by me advised ; 
 Repent before it be too late, 
 Lest you be thus surprised." 
 
 PAEISH OF LINTON. 
 
 The choir of the old parish church formed the burial-place of the 
 ancient family of Somerville. Roger de Somerville, Baron of 
 Whichnour, in England, and one of the barons who procured 
 Magna Charta from King John, having been compelled to flee 
 from England, found refuge at Linton Tower; on his death, he 
 was buried in the choir. There too was interred his son William, 
 who received from William the Lion the lands of Linton, for 
 destroying a wild animal which had committed serious ravages in 
 the district. Above the principal door of the church was set a 
 stone, sculptured with the representation of a man on horseback in 
 full armour, with a falcon on his arm, in the act of thrusting his 
 lance down the throat of a large animal ; it was removed in 1858. 
 There is a tradition that the stone was originally inscribed thus : 
 
 " The wode Laird of Lariestone, 
 Slew the wode worm of Wormieston, 
 And won all Linton parochin." 
 
 Walter de Somerville, third Baron of Linton, joined the standard
 
 250 ROXBURGHSHIRE. 
 
 of Sir William Wallace, and under that hero commanded the third 
 brigade of cavalry at the battle of Biggar. He afterwards became 
 a firm supporter of King Robert the Bruce, llis remains are 
 interred in Linton Church. 
 
 PARISH OF MELROSE. 
 
 Here are the remains of an abbey, which " from the symmetry 
 of its parts, the purity of its architecture, and the beauty of its 
 materials, appears to have been one of the most superb structures 
 ever reared in this country." It was founded by David I. in 1136, 
 and planted with monks of the Cistercian order. The structure 
 was often subjected to disfigurement and pillage. Under Edward 
 II. the English army despoiled it in 1322 ; it was four years after 
 restored by Robert the Bruce. In 1384, Richard II. caused it to 
 be burned. It was defaced at the Reformation in 1560, and was 
 ruthlessly bombarded by Cromwell. 
 
 The ruined precincts of the abbey form the parochial burying- 
 ground. In the chancel, near the east window, where the high 
 altar formerly stood, Alexander II. was entombed in 1249, with 
 the following inscription on his monument : 
 
 " Ecclesiae clypeus, pax plebis, dux miserorum, 
 Rex rectus, rigidus, sapiens, consultus, honestus ; 
 Rex pius, rex fortis, rex optimus, rex opulentus, 
 
 Noiuiuus istius ipse secundus erat. 
 Annis ter denis et quintis rex fuit ipse, 
 Insula qua3 Carneri dicitur hunc rapuit, 
 Spiritus alta petit, calestibus associatus, 
 
 Sed Melrossensis ossa sepulta tenet." 
 
 Every vestige of this royal monument has disappeared. 
 
 Near the high altar was deposited, in a silver casket, the heart 
 of Robert the Bruce, brought back from Spain by Sir William Keith, 
 after the ineffectual attempt made by Sir James Douglas to cany
 
 PARISH OF MELROSE. 251 
 
 it to Palestine and bury it at Jerusalem. Sir James fell while 
 fighting under the banner of King Alphonso, against the Saracens ; 
 his body was recovered, brought home, and also buried in the 
 abbey. 
 
 The tombs of the great family of Douglas formerly studded the 
 north side of the chancel. Here was buried William Douglas, the 
 dark knight of Liddesdale, celebrated as " the flower of chivalry." 
 He was slain while hunting in Ettrick Forest in 1356. William, 
 first Earl of Douglas, who died in 1384, was interred here ; also 
 James, second Earl, who fell at the battle of Otterburn, in 1388. 
 In reference to these entombments, Sir Walter Scott has in " The 
 Lay of the Last Minstrel " thus written : 
 
 " There the noblest of their race 
 Sleep, lock'd in death's serene embrace, 
 No sound of dangling sword or spear, 
 Nor foray wakes the warrior's ear ; 
 No breasted fight, nor parleyed truce, 
 Beats to the throbless heart of Bruce : 
 Encompass'd in its narrow urn, 
 The flow'r, the soul of Bannockburn ; 
 Beneath that ugly, shapeless stone, 
 Unhonour'd, nameless, lies alone." 
 
 Sir Michael Scott of Balwearie, the celebrated wizard, is said by 
 some to have been buried on the south side of the chancel, but 
 others maintain that he was consigned to the dust at Holme 
 Cultram, in Cumberland. This remarkable individual studied at 
 Oxford, and at several universities abroad; he outstripped his 
 Scottish contemporaries in every department of learning. After 
 the manner of the times he studied astrology, alchemy, and other 
 occult sciences. He was one of the commissioners who were ap- 
 pointed to convey the Maiden of Norway to Scotland on the death 
 of Alexander III. Sir Walter Scott has prominently introduced 
 the wizard in connection with the abbey, proceeding on the tra- 
 dition that his magical books were deposited in his tomb. 
 
 On the west wall of the south transept, two inscriptions com- 
 memorate John Morvo, " Master Mason," a native of France, who
 
 252 ROXBURGHSHIRE. 
 
 had superintended the erection of this and other religious houses. 
 The inscriptions proceed thus : 
 
 " Sa gayes the compass ev'n about, 
 So Truth and Laute do, but doubt 
 Be halde to ye hende q John Morvo. 
 
 The following inscription, also referring to this Master Mason, 
 occupies a place above one of the doors : 
 
 " John Morvo sum tym callit was I, 
 And born in Parysse certainly; 
 And had in kepying al Mason Werk, 
 Of Santandroys the hye Kyrk, 
 Of Glasgw, Melros and Paslay, 
 Of Nyddysdayl and of Galway, 
 Pray to God, and Mari baith, 
 And sweet St. John keep this haly kirk frae skaith." * 
 
 At the end of the north transept a circular arched doorway leads 
 with two steps downward to an apartment traditionally known as 
 the wax cellar, where it is supposed the tapers used in religious 
 worship were kept. On a stone, partly concealed by the lowest 
 step, there is the following inscription : 
 
 " i< Hie jacet Johanna : d : Ross." 
 
 On another is carved a cross and a shield, the latter being that of 
 a knight crusader. 
 
 On the north wall of the nave, at the beautifully carved gate- 
 way, called the Valley-gate, is the burial-place of the Kers of Yair, 
 now of Sutherland Hall. Their arms, a stag's head raised on a chev- 
 ron are engraved on the wall with this inscription : 
 
 " Here lies the Eace of the House of Zair." 
 
 Opposite to this burial-place are the graves of the ancient family 
 of Ker of Kippelaw. 
 
 * For a full and interesting account of the inscriptions commemorative of John 
 Morow, see a paper hy John Alexander Smith, Esq., M'.D., in the "Proceedings of 
 the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland" (vol. ii., p. 166),
 
 PARISH OF MELROSE. 253 
 
 An inscription upon one of the tombs reads thus : 
 
 " Here lyes lieutenant collnel Andrew Ker of Kippelaw, who 
 was born at Melros the 23 febbuary 1620 years and died at 
 Kippelaw, upon the 3 febbuary 1697, in the seventy-seventh year 
 of his age." 
 
 In the cloisters are the remains of seven seats or stalls, under 
 the base of which are inscriptions, and the appearance of tombs 
 partially concealed by the masonwork. On a stone is inscribed, in 
 Saxon characters : 
 
 " Beatrix spouse Rob : : : Fraser." 
 
 On entering the church from the west, the first division or chapel 
 on the right hand of the nave is occupied as a burial-ground by the 
 old family of Boston, who still possess lands in the parish, which 
 were held of the abbey by their progenitors. On the west wall is 
 the following inscription : 
 
 " The dust of many generations of the Bostons of Gattonside is 
 deposited in this place. 
 
 " We give our bodies to this holy abbey to keep." 
 
 In the third chapel a tombstone, uncovered in 1815, presents a 
 monastic figure in the attitude of prayer, with this inscription : 
 
 " Hie jacet, honorabilis vir Georcre Halliburton * * * * 
 1 October, Anno, D.M., MDXXXVL" 
 
 In the north division is the burial-place of Pringle of Woodhouse 
 and Whytebank. Two of the inscriptions are as follow : 
 
 " Here lies of guid memorie Dame Margaret Ker, first wyfe . to 
 . James . Pringil . of Woodhous, and . after . his . deceis . mareit . 
 Sir . David . Home, of "Wedderburne, Knycht . Quha . deceissit . 
 the . 24 . of . Februare . Anno . D . 1589." ' 
 
 " Here lyes ane honourable voman Cristin Lundi spous to James 
 
 * * * * quytbank, scho deceissit 19". July 1602. Lament for 
 syn and styl thou murn, for to the clay * * * * ye man turn," 
 
 The fifth chapel is the burial-place of the family of Hope 
 Pringle of Galashiels. The effigies of a member of the House, 
 known as the Baron of Smailholm, represents him in his shroud
 
 254 ROXBURGHSHIRE. 
 
 An inscription runs thus : 
 
 " Heir lies ane honourabil man Andro Pringil, feuar of Galloshiels 
 quha decessit ye 28 of February, An. Dom. 1585." 
 
 A marble slab, eight feet by four, covers the family tomb of the 
 Scotts of Gala. The slab seems to have been an ancient altar- 
 piece. 
 
 In the sixth chapel from the west is the following inscription : 
 
 "Niniani: Ratine 
 Thome : Pauli : Cuthbt. 
 te : s : Petre : Retigin." 
 
 In the chapel an elegant monument denotes the grave of the 
 Rev. David Fletcher, minister of the parish and Bishop of Argyll, 
 Son of Andrew Fletcher, merchant, Dundee, he was educated at 
 St. Andrews University. In 1635 he was elected minister of St. 
 Giles' Church, Edinburgh ; he was deposed by the Commission of 
 Assembly in 1639, for declining the Glasgow Assembly of the pre- 
 ceding year, and defending the Service Book. Reinstated as a 
 minister, he was, in 1641, translated to Melrose. He was pro- 
 moted to the Bishopric of Argyll in 1662, but continued to discharge 
 his parochial duties. He died in March, 1665. He bequeathed 
 funds to build a school-house. His monument was erected by his 
 son William, an eminent lawyer. 
 
 In the portion of the abbey known as the Ministers' burying- 
 place are interred the Rev. John Knox, minister of the parish, and 
 grand-nephew of the Reformer, who died in 1623, aged sixty-eight ; 
 and the Rev. Adam Milne, minister of Melrose, and author of" A 
 Description of the Parish," who died 8th June, 1747, in his sixty- 
 seventh year and the thirty-seventh of his ministry. 
 
 In the parish churchyard which surrounds the abbey, the tomb- 
 stones are chiefly of modern date. Of these the oldest is thus 
 inscribed : 
 
 " Heir lyes James Edgar, who died anno 1623." 
 Near the door of the south transept a tombstone is engraved
 
 PARISH OF MELROSE. 255 
 
 with these lines, composed in his youth by the celebrated Dr. John 
 Leyden : 
 
 " Near to this stone we lifeless lie, 
 No more the things of earth to spy ; 
 But we shall leave this dusty bed 
 When Christ shall come to judge the dead. 
 For He shall come in glory great, 
 And in the air shall have his seat, 
 And call all men before his throne, 
 Eewarding them as they have done." 
 
 A tombstone belonging to James Bamsay, with the date 1761, 
 has the following : 
 
 " The earth goeth on the earth glist'ring like gold, 
 The earth goeth to the earth sooner than it wold ; 
 The earth builds on the earth castles and towers, 
 The earth says to the earth, all shall be ours." 
 
 i 
 
 A portioner at Darnick, named Fisher, who died in 1765 is thus 
 commemorated : 
 
 " Thrice sacred grave, be loyal to thy trust, 
 And guard till Christ revives the hallowed dust ; 
 Then as a faithful steward safe restore 
 The precious treasure thou canst keep no more. 
 Eeflect each reader on thy latter end, 
 For thou must lie as now thou seest thy friend." 
 
 On the tombstone of James Simson, who died in 1810, are these 
 lines : 
 
 " Lean not on earth ; 'twill pierce thee to the heart, 
 A broken reed at best ; but oft a spear, 
 On its sharp point peace bleeds and hope expires." 
 
 On a tombstone erected in 1824, by Mr. Thomas Tod of Dry- 
 grange, in memory of several members of his family, are these 
 lines : 
 
 " Go blessed spirits, 
 Mount where cherubs sing 
 Sublime hosannas 
 To the Saviour King,
 
 256 ROXBURGHSHIRE. 
 
 Go soar triumphant 
 
 From earth's drear domain, 
 
 The seat of sin, of misery and pain. 
 
 The stars of heaven 
 
 Will light you on the way, 
 
 To realms of glory 
 
 And eternal day. 
 
 Then lift your eyes, 
 
 Behold the bright abode 
 
 Prepared for you 
 
 By an indulgent God." 
 
 In the centre of the churchyard a monumental pillar within a 
 stone enclosure commemorates several generations of the family of 
 Smith, "portioners in Darnick." An obelisk celebrates James 
 Smith, Master Mason for Scotland; who was born 21st September, 
 1779, and died 9th July, 1862. 
 
 On the south side of the abbey a small tombstone denotes the 
 grave of Sir David Brewster, the eminent philosopher. It is thus 
 inscribed : 
 
 " Sacred to the Memory of 
 
 Sir David Brewster, K.H. Born llth Dec., 1781. 
 Died at Allerly, 10th Feb., 1868. 
 
 ' The Lord is my Light/" 
 
 Sir David Brewster was born at Jedburgh on the llth December, 
 1781. With a view to the ministry he studied at the University 
 of Edinburgh. In 1808 he undertook the editorship of the 
 Edinburgh Encyclopedia, to which he contributed many scientific 
 articles. He invented the kaleidoscope in 1816. Along with 
 Professor Jameson he in 1819 established the Edinburgh Philo- 
 sophical Journal. In 1831 he originated the British Association for 
 the Advancement of Science. He obtained in 1815 the Copley 
 medal of the Royal Society for one of his optical discoveries. In 
 1819 the Royal Society awarded him the Rumford gold and silver 
 medals for his discoveries on the polarization of light. In 1825 
 he became corresponding Member of the Institute of France. He 
 was knighted in 1832, and obtained a State pension. In 1838 he
 
 PARISH OF MELROSE. 257 
 
 was elected Principal of the United College, St. Andrews; in 1859 
 he was preferred to the principalship of Edinburgh University. 
 He died at Allerly, near Melrose, on the llth February, 1869, aged 
 eighty-eight. Sir David was an extensive contributor to periodical 
 literature, and author of many scientific publications. 
 
 A tombstone, erected by Sir Walter Scott, commemorates Tom 
 Purdie, forester at Abbotsford. By Sir Walter it was thus 
 inscribed : 
 
 " In grateful remembrance of the faithful and attached services 
 of twenty-two years, and in sorrow for the loss of an humble but 
 sincere friend, this stone was erected by Sir Walter Scott, Bart., of 
 Abbotsford." 
 
 A former keeper of the abbey is thus celebrated : 
 
 " The precious dust beneath this stone 
 Once showed that ancient pile, 
 And formed an Israelite indeed 
 In whom there was no guile." 
 
 On the tombstone of his deceased wife the Rev. Edward Young 
 has inscribed these lines : 
 
 " And where is that spirit ? Washed white in the Fountain, 
 Presented unblameably, pure at the throne, 
 The love and the favour of Jesus recounting 
 To souls that are stirring on joy like her own. 
 She came to the cross while her young cheek was blooming, 
 And raised to the Lord the bright glance of her eye, 
 And when o'er her features death's darkness was glooming, 
 The cross did uphold her, the Saviour was nigh. 
 As I saw the black pall o'er her extended, 
 I wept, but they were not the teardrops of woe, 
 And the prayer of my soul that in fervour ascended 
 Was, Lord, when Thou callest, like her I may go." 
 
 These lines are inscribed on a modern tombstone : 
 
 " Why all this toil for triumphs of an hour ? 
 What though we wade in wealth, or fortune frown,
 
 258 ROXBURGHSHIRE. 
 
 Earth's highest station ends in ' Here he lies,' 
 And dust to dust concludes her noblest song. 
 This truth how certain when this life is o'er, 
 Man dies to live and lives to die no more !." 
 
 The following families possess interment ground in Melrose 
 Churchyard: Major Brown, of Park; Admiral Eussell Elliot; 
 Captain William Clarke, of Langhaugh ; Captain James Stedman, 
 Abbey Park ; Henry Ker Cranston, Esq. ; George Cole Bainbrige, 
 of Gattonside ; Thomas Tod, of Drygrange ; George Leverre Legge, 
 of Old Melrose ; Nicol Milne, of Faldonside ; and James Curie, of 
 Melrose. 
 
 PAEISH OF EOXBUEGH. 
 
 The family of Scott Kerr of Sunlaws inter in a porch of the old 
 church. A stone resting against the church wall bears that it was 
 erected in 1788, to commemorate a person named Hogg, whose 
 ancestors had resided in the locality for six hundred years. A 
 tombstone records that the ashes of Eandolph Kerr, son of Thomas 
 Kerr, Altonburn, repose in the neighbourhood of the church. Near 
 the west end of the church a tombstone denotes the grave of the 
 Rev. William Wemyss, a minister of the parish. He died 17th 
 March, 1658, aged fifty-two. 
 
 West of the church a tombstone commemorates Andrew Gem- 
 mells, the prototype of Edie Ochiltree in " The Antiquary." On 
 one side is a full-length figure of a Blue-gown, with a staff in 
 one hand and a bag in the other, and the inscription " Behold the 
 end o't," representing the scene between the Bluegrown and the 
 recruiting sergeant at St. BoswelTs Fair. On the other side is the 
 following inscription : 
 
 " The body of the Gentleman Beggar, Andrew Gemmells, alias 
 Edie Ochiltree, was interred here, who died at Eoxburgh Newtown, 
 in 1793, aged one hundred and six years. Erected by William 
 Thomson, farmer, Over Roxburgh, 1849."
 
 PARISH OF ROXBURGH. 259 
 
 Genamells is thus described by Sir Walter Scott in the Intro- 
 duction to the Abbotsford edition of " The Antiquary." " He was 
 a remarkably fine old figure, very tall, and maintaining a soldierlike 
 or military manner and address. His features were intelligent, 
 with a powerful expression of sarcasm. His motions were always 
 so graceful, that he might almost have been suspected of having 
 studied them ; for he might, on any occasion, have served as a 
 model for an artist, so remarkably striking were his ordinary atti- 
 tudes. Andrew Gemmells had little of the cant of his calling ; his 
 wants were food and shelter, or a trifle of money, which he always 
 claimed, and seemed to receive as his due. He sang a good song, 
 told a good story, and could crack a severe jest with all the 
 acumen of Shakspeare's jesters, though without using, like them, the 
 cloak of insanity. It was some fear of Andrew's satire, as much 
 as a feeling of kindness or charity, which secured him the general 
 good reception which he enjoyed everywhere. In fact, a jest of 
 Andrew Gemmells, especially at the expense of a person of con- 
 sequence, flew round the circle which he frequented as surely as 
 the bon-mot of a man of established character of wit glides through 
 
 the fashionable world. 
 
 * * * * * * 
 
 " This singular mendicant had generally, or was supposed to 
 have, as much money about his person as would have been thought 
 the value of his life among modern footpads. On one occasion, a 
 country gentleman, generally esteemed a very narrow man, hap- 
 pening to meet Andrew, expressed great regret that he had no 
 silver in his pocket, or he would have given him sixpence. ' I can 
 give you change for a note, laird,' said Andrew. Like most who 
 have risen to the head of their profession, the modern degradation 
 which mendicity has undergone was often the subject of Andrew's 
 lamentations. As a trade he said it was forty pounds a year 
 worse since he first practised it. On another occasion he observed, 
 begging was in modern times scarcely the profession of a gentleman; 
 and that if he had twenty sons, he would not easily be induced to 
 breed one of them up in his own line. When or where this.
 
 260 ROXBURGHSHIRE. 
 
 laudat&r temporis acti closed his wanderings the author never 
 heard with certainty ; but most probably, as Burns says 
 
 ' He died a cadger-powny's death, 
 At some dike side.' " 
 
 On a tombstone in Roxburgh Churchyard was this couplet, 
 now defaced : 
 
 " Here lies Peter Cairns, 
 Who had three wives and nine bairns." 
 
 PARISH OF SMAILHOLME. 
 
 The remains of the paternal ancestors of Sir Walter Scott 
 rest in Smailholme Churchyard. The farm of Sandy know e, 
 rented by Robert Scott, the poet's grandfather, is on the borders of 
 the parish. 
 
 A schoolmaster has thus celebrated his wife and children on 
 his family gravestone : 
 
 " Conjugis ac geminee prolis, ah ! hospita servas 
 Terra, sub hoc triplici, corpora trina, tapho. 
 
 Margaretse, polum dum spiras, margine Twedae, 
 Exspiras, rigido bis peregrina solo ; 
 
 Marise natum, Mariola, psallis lesum, 
 Tuque lacobseum parve lacobi, Deum." 
 
 PARISH OF ST. BOSWELLS. 
 
 In the parish churchyard rest the remains of John Younger, 
 poet, and author of a prize essay on the Sabbath, who died on the 
 19th July, 1860, aged seventy-five. A man of vigorous intellect 
 and literary culture, Younger, while practising his vocation of 
 village shoemaker, conducted correspondence with many literary 
 persons ; he composed vigorously and excelled in conversation.
 
 261 
 
 PAEISH OF WILTON. 
 
 In the aisle of the old church a marble tablet commemorates Dr. 
 Samuel Charters, an eminent incumbent of the cure. Son of Thomas 
 Charters, minister of Inverkeithing, he was licensed in 1764, and 
 after a short residence in Amsterdam was ordained minister of 
 Kincardine in Menteith. In January, 1772, he was translated to 
 Wilton. He was in 1784 presented to St. Andrew's Church, 
 Glasgow, but declined acceptance of the charge. He was much 
 esteemed as a preacher. He was the first minister of the Church 
 of Scotland who taught a Sunday school. He entertained a 
 deep aversion to slavery, and in consequence did not use sugar. 
 He was opposed to the war with the French Eepublic, recognising 
 the principle of non-intervention, now the policy of this country. 
 He distinguished himself by his exertions for the repeal of the 
 Test and Corporation Acts. He died on the 18th June, 1825, in 
 his eighty-fourth year, and fifty-seventh of his ministry. He 
 published several volumes of sermons and some essays. 
 
 An ingenious local poet, Elliot Aitchison, is commemorated by a 
 tombstone. A stocking-weaver by trade, he passed through life in 
 circumstances of indigence. He died at Hawick on the 7th October, 
 1858. Specimens of his compositions are included in " The Modern 
 Scottish Minstrel," Edinburgh, 1870, 8vo. 
 
 These inscriptions are from tombstones in Wilton Churchyard: 
 
 " Blessed are the dead whose lives, though short, have been 
 innocent and useful. The venerable age is not that which standeth 
 in length of time, nor that which is measured by numbers of years. 
 But wisdom is the grey hair unto man, and unspotted life is old 
 age." 
 
 " Grieve not for me, my glass is run, 
 It is the Lord's, His will be done, 
 When Christ doth come, I hope to rise 
 Unto that life that never dies."
 
 262 
 
 PEEBLESSHIEE. 
 
 PARISH OF BROUGHTON. 
 
 In this churchyard rest the remains of the Rev. Hamilton Paul, 
 minister of the parish and an ingenious poet. Born at Dailly, 
 Ayrshire, on the 10th April, 1773, he studied at the University of 
 Glasgow, where he was the friend and companion of Thomas 
 Campbell, the future poet. Obtaining licence to preach in 1800, 
 he became ministerial assistant to several clergymen in his native 
 county. For three years he edited the Ayr Advertiser. In 1813 
 he was ordained to the ministry at Broughton. He possessed a 
 deep sense of humour and abounded in anecdote. He died on the 
 28th February, 1854, in the eighty-first year of his age, and forty- 
 first of his ministry. Of his several publications the most popular 
 is an edition of the poetical works of Burns, which appeared in 
 1819. 
 
 PARISH OF EDDLESTON. 
 
 William Purdie, farmer, Kingside, who died 10th September, 
 1786, has on his tombstone the following epitaph: 
 
 " Consider, ye that eagerly explore 
 The silent grave, here lies the son threescore 
 Of days. Yea, and the father sixty-three 
 Full years on earth did nearly see. 
 Trust not in man, for parents cannot save 
 Their youngest infants from the gloomy grave ;
 
 PAKISH OF WEST LINTON. 263 
 
 Nor can the sons in youth though they attend 
 Their fathers dear from dreadful death defend. 
 Trust in God, and let His Word divine 
 Dwell in your hearts and on your conduct shine. 
 He soon shall lead thee far above all strife, 
 Where in His favour is unfading life." 
 
 PAEISH OF KIEKUED. 
 
 On a tombstone in the churchyard William Sibbald is thus 
 celebrated : 
 
 " Old William Sibbald's conversation 
 Was a bright pattern in his station, 
 Tor moral virtuous pietie, 
 He did excel in his degree ; 
 He never any did distress, 
 Nor any him by law process. 
 All his affairs he managed so 
 That few could say they did them know; 
 For temperance there was few such, 
 None e'er could say he drank too much. 
 He helped many in their need, 
 He ready was the poor to feed. 
 And now he reaps the fruits in store 
 Of heaven's joys for evermore." 
 
 PAEISH OF WEST LINTON. 
 
 James Gifford, a stone carver of local celebrity, usually known as 
 " Laird Gifford," has afforded a specimen of his skill in a figure 
 of his wife placed on the top of the village well. Lately renovated, 
 the well bears this inscription :
 
 264 PEEBLESSHIHE. 
 
 "The Lady Gifford's Well, erected 1G66. Renewed 1861." 
 
 A marble tombstone in the parish churchyard formerly com- 
 memorated James Oswald, of Spittals, a landowner celebrated for 
 his social practices and eccentric habits. Possessing a table of 
 marble at which he conducted his festivities, Oswald desired that 
 it might be placed upon his grave as his monument. With this 
 view he caused an inscription in Latin to be engraved on it as his 
 epitaph. It came to be used sooner than he anticipated ; he 
 was accidently shot by his servant when they were together shoot- 
 ing wild ducks at Slipperfield Loch. The inscription was as 
 follows : 
 
 "Jacobo Oswaldo de Spittal, marito bene merenti, Grizzella 
 Russellia, conjux mcestissima, P.O. 
 
 " Marmor hoc, quoi assidens ssepe curavi genium, mini imponi 
 volui. Siste viator, quisquis es, discumbas licet, et, si copia est, 
 marmore hoc uti ego olim fruiscaris. Hoc si rite feceris, moau- 
 nientum non violabis, nee manes meos habebis iratos. Vale et vive ! 
 
 " Vixi an. xxx. Ob. xxviii Nov., MD. ccxxvi.', 
 
 The epitaph has been translated thus : 
 
 "To James Oswald, of Spittal, her deserving husband, this 
 monument was erected by Grizzel Russell, his sorrowing wife. 
 
 " This marble table, sitting at which I have often cultivated good 
 living (propitiated my tutelar genius), I have desired to be placed 
 over me when dead. Stop, traveller, whoever thou art ; here thou 
 mayest recline, and if the means are at hand mayest enjoy this 
 table as I formerly did. If thou doest so in the right and proper 
 way, thou wilt neither desecrate the monument nor offend my 
 manes. Farewell. 
 
 * Lived thirty years, and died Nov. 28, 1726."* 
 
 * Oswald's monument became dilapidated about forty years ago, and tbe fragments 
 have been carried off. (" History of Peeblesshire," by William Chambers, of Glenor- 
 mutOD, Edinburgh, 1864, p. 460).
 
 PARISH OF MANOR. 265 
 
 PAEISH OF LYNE. 
 
 A tombstone commemorates the Eev. Alexander Johnston, 
 minister of the parish, who died 8th March, 1788, in his hundred 
 and second year, and the sixtieth of his ministry. He had an 
 abhorrence of medicine, and used a simple diet. He preached the 
 Sabbath previous to his death. 
 
 A tombstone to the memory of Janet Veitch, who died in 1712, 
 is inscribed : 
 
 " Life is the road to death, 
 
 And death heaven's care must be ; 
 Heaven is the throne of Christ, 
 And Christ is life to me." 
 
 PAEISH OF MANOR 
 
 The churchyard contains the remains of David Eitchie, whose 
 remarkable deformity is portrayed by Sir Walter Scott in " The 
 Black Dwarf." Eitchie was born in the district: as a brush- 
 maker he obtained employment at Edinburgh, Dublin, and other 
 places. But his extraordinary malformation had excited such 
 derision, that he resolved to renounce his trade and live in 
 seclusion. He rented a small hut in the vale of Manor, where 
 Scott, who had heard of his extraordinary aspects, paid him a visit. 
 He was scarcely three feet and a half in height, and was so dis- 
 torted in face and figure that it was impossible to look upon him 
 unmoved. He had conceived an aversion to the world which had 
 ridiculed his defects ; but he found pleasure in raising flowers in a 
 little garden near his dwelling. He read some of the English 
 poets, and could repeat long passages of their writings. At one
 
 266 PEEBLESSHIRE. 
 
 period lie had determined that he should not be buried where the 
 ashes of other men were. At length he changed his mind, and was 
 content to find a grave in Manor Churchyard. 
 
 Some trees have been planted at the spot, and the elder shepherds 
 of the district point to the grassy mound not without expressions 
 of awe. 
 
 On the tombstone of William Ritchie, tenant in Woodhouse, 
 who died in 1737, are these lines : 
 
 " Oh that the dead might speak, and in a strain 
 To charm each death-formed doubt and heartfelt pain ! 
 Might tell the timid sons of vital breath 
 How soft and easy is the bed of death ! 
 Might from this moral truth rich comfort give, 
 That man but lives to die, and dies to live !" 
 
 The tombstone of Robert Johnston, smith, who died in 1732, is 
 thus inscribed : 
 
 " Death is a debt to nature due, 
 Which we have paid, and so must you. 
 Life, how short ! eternity, how long ! 
 Then haste, oh, haste ! make no delay, 
 Make peace with God for the great day." 
 
 PARISH OF NEWLANDS. 
 
 In the churchyard rest the remains of Alexander Pennecuick, 
 M.D., physician and poet. His father, who bore the same name, 
 served as a surgeon in the Swedish army during the Thirty Years' 
 War. Dr. Pennecuick was proprietor of the estates of Newhall and 
 Romano. He composed a " Description of Tweeddale," which was 
 published in 1715. His poetical compositions are descriptive of 
 rural manners. He died in 1722. It is supposed that he furnished 
 Allan Ramsay with the plot of the " Gentle Shepherd."
 
 PARISH OF PEEBLES. 267 
 
 A brother and sister who had long kept house together in another 
 part of the country, but whose burial-place was in this parish, are 
 thus commemorated : 
 
 " They lived respected and died regretted, and the friends they 
 loved, Jacob-like, carried back their bones into their native Canaan, 
 and raised this monument over them." 
 
 PAEISH OF PEEBLES. 
 
 In the churchyard of Peebles a plain tombstone denotes the 
 grave of Thomas Smibert, a native of the place, who amidst unpro- 
 pitious circumstances attained considerable distinction as a writer 
 of prose and verse. He was born on the 8th February, 1810. 
 Obtaining licence as a surgeon, he some time practised at Inner- 
 leithen, and afterwards at Peebles. He now turned his attention 
 to literature, and procured congenial employment as sub-editor of 
 Chambers's Journal, and afterwards of the Scotsman newspaper. 
 He produced an illustrated volume descriptive of the Highland 
 clans, collated a Rhyming Dictionary, and prepared a work on 
 "Greek History." His poetical compositions appeared in 1851. 
 He died at Edinburgh on the 16th January, 1854. Mr. Smibert's 
 songs indicate a fine fancy and deep pathos. 
 
 Provost Tweedie, who died in 1699, is with his wife and children 
 thus commemorated: 
 
 " A silent, scattered flock about they lie, 
 Free from all toil, care, grief, fear, envy ; 
 But yet again shall gathered be 
 When the last awful trumpet soundeth hie." 
 
 Provost Tweedie's tombstone presents well - executed figures 
 emblematic of the four seasons : a husbandman with a sheet 
 round his shoulders in the act of sowing ; a woman with a garland 
 of flowers in her hand ; a youth with a reaping-hook over his
 
 268 PEE13LESS1IIHE. 
 
 arm; and a boy with his hands to his inouth representing 
 winter. 
 
 Helen Muir, daughter of John Muir, chief magistrate of the 
 burgh, who died about the commencement of the seventeenth 
 century, had the following epitaph : 
 
 " In Peebles town there dwells a man, 
 
 His name it is John Muir, 
 And Lilias Ker, his loving wife, 
 
 Of this I am right sure. 
 A proper girl these two they had 
 
 Of age fifteen did die, 
 And by the providence of God 
 
 Beneath this stone doth lie. 
 She was her parents' only child, 
 
 In her they pleasure had ; 
 But since by death she is removed 
 
 Their hearts are very sad. 
 Her name was called Helen Muir, 
 
 Both modest, mild, and meek ; 
 She comely in her person was, 
 
 And every way complete. 
 But here her dust it must remain 
 
 Until the judgment day, 
 And then it shall be raised again, 
 
 This is the truth I say. 
 Then soul and body shall unite, 
 
 And never parted be, - 
 To sing the praises of her God 
 
 Through all eternity." 
 
 On the side of the stone were inscribed these lines : 
 
 " Beneath this stone in ground y e seed is sown, 
 Of such a flower, tho' fallen ere fully grown, 
 As will, when dawns the saints' first spring on high, 
 Be sweet and pure as the celestial sky. 
 
 " Whose looks persuaded more y n others' speech, 
 And more by deeds than words, she lived to teach. 
 Hence young she from the sinful living fled, 
 For safety here among the sinless dead."
 
 PARISH OF PEEBLES. 269 
 
 On the gravestone of John Jenkinson and his wife (1693) are 
 these lines : 
 
 " Full fourtie years they liv'd 
 
 As man and wife ; 
 In good repute, ane honest 
 Vertuous life." 
 
 Bailie John Gibson, who died in 1705, is celebrated thus : 
 
 " This man was always tender of God's glory, 
 And even studied to be just and holy ; 
 His body lies entombed beneath this stone, 
 His soul, no doubt, to the third heavens is gone." 
 
 On the tombstone of Thomas Hope, burgh treasurer, are the fol- 
 lowing inscriptions : 
 
 " Here lies three Hopes enclos'd within 
 Death's prisoners, by Adam's sin ; 
 To rest in hope that they shall be 
 Set by the Second Adam free," 
 
 "This is the burial-place appointed for Thomas Hope, late 
 treasurer in Peebles, his wife and children. James Hope died in 
 the twenty-third year of his age, March, 1704. Marion Hope died 
 in the twenty-sixth year of her age, June, 1704." 
 
 On a stone in memory of Andrew Brown, who died in 1743, are 
 these lines : 
 
 " Farewell, dear wife and children all ! 
 
 Where you may still remain, 
 The Lord of hosts be your defence, 
 Till we shall meet again." 
 
 Anne Hay, wife of James Veitch, merchant, who died in 1804, 
 is commemorated thus : 
 
 " No costly marble 
 
 Need on her be spent ; 
 Her deathless worth 
 Is her best monument. 
 
 "Isabel Hope died the 14th of May, 1704, of her age the twenty- 
 eighth year.
 
 270 PEEBLESSHIRE. 
 
 " Here lies a girl who died into her prime, 
 Shined full bright* though now she's not in time ; 
 But yet shall shine more bright, in glorious ray, 
 When comes the morning of eternal day." 
 
 The following lines commemorate James Hall, tenant in Eshels, 
 who died on the 7th July, 1754, aged eighty-one; and his wife 
 Isabel Laidlaw, who died in July, 1820, aged thirty-nine : 
 
 " Forbear, fond man, and weep no more, 'tis vain, 
 When heaven decrees 'tis folly to complain ; 
 This worldly mass is subject to decay, 
 And death and nature all things must obey. 
 The blushing rose smiles with the morning sun, 
 Just then looks gay, now withers and is gone. 
 Then why, poor mortal, dost thou weep and cry ? 
 Think what thou art, and be content to die. 
 Pardon my sin, Almighty God, I pray, 
 Forgive me all, then take me hence away ; 
 Then my triumphant soul shall upwards fly, 
 And leave with joy this worldly vanity. 
 
 A cowherd is celebrated thus : 
 
 " Thomas Stoddart, 
 
 Lyes here interr'd, 
 Who liv'd and dy'd 
 An honest herd." 
 
 On a tombstone beneath the representation of an hour-glass are 
 these lines : 
 
 " In sign of this stone John Johnston gave 
 To stand at Helen Hall his dear wife's grave." 
 
 The following rhymes are also to be found in Peebles Church- 
 yard : 
 
 " Just as a flower full blown at noon 
 Lies dead before the setting sun, 
 Just in the bloom of life cut down, 
 Was she that lies beneath this stone. 
 Reader, prepare to follow me."
 
 PARISH OF TRAQUAIR. 271 
 
 " An affectionate and faithful wife, 
 Whose tender feelings to her children dear 
 Caused this erection her name to bear ; 
 Whose feet the sacred path of virtue trod, 
 And now in hope her soul doth rest in God." 
 
 " Though born to hardship, much fatigue and toil, 
 Yet on his labours Providence did smile, 
 And gave him what is more than wealth or fame, 
 The dear possession of an honoured name. 
 Wisdom and prudence daily to discharge 
 His moral duties in life's latest verge ; 
 God's word he set before him as a guide, 
 And not the selfish rules of human pride. 
 Truth every feeling of his soul refined, 
 And sacred honour dignified his mind." 
 
 PAEISH OF SKIRLING. 
 
 In the parochial burial-ground rest the remains of James Howe, 
 the distinguished animal painter. Son of the Rev. William Howe, 
 minister of the parish, he was born at Skirling on the 30th August, 
 1780. For some time he was employed in Edinburgh as a house- 
 painter ; he subsequently obtained celebrity as a painter of animals, 
 both at Edinburgh and in London. His large panoramic view of 
 the battle of Waterloo was exhibited in different towns, and at- 
 tracted a wide interest. From Mr. Maule, afterwards Lord Pan- 
 mure, he obtained encouragement and patronage. He illustrated 
 for Lizars, the eminent engraver, a work on the domestic animals. 
 He died at Edinburgh on the llth July, 1836. His habits were 
 latterly unworthy of his genius. 
 
 PARISH OF TRAQUAIR. 
 
 In the churchyard a tombstone denotes the grave of the Rev. James 
 Nicol, minister of the parish and an accomplished poet. Mr. Nicol 
 was born at Innerleithen on the 28th September, 1769. Bred a
 
 272 PEEBLESSHIRE. 
 
 shoemaker, he repaired to the University of Edinburgh, where he 
 acquired distinction. He was licensed in 1801, and in the fol- 
 lowing year was ordained to the ministry at Traquair. In 1805 
 he published " Poems, chiefly in the Scottish Dialect," two vols. 
 8vo. He died on the 5th November, 1819. Several of his songs 
 have obtained celebrity. 
 
 On the tombstone of the Rev. Alexander Adams, minister of the 
 parish, who died on the 10th January, 1789, are these words : 
 
 "To his affectionate parish, grace, mercy, and peace be multiplied." 
 
 Thomas Ballantine, who died in 1704, is celebrated thus : 
 
 " This man when living was discreet and kind, 
 Religious and virtuously inclined ; 
 But now he's dead, alas ! these are ; 
 All who survive let him deplore." 
 
 PARISH OF TWEEDSMUIR. 
 
 In the churchyard John Hunter, a Covenanter, who was shot at 
 Corehead by General Douglas in 1685, is commemorated thus : 
 
 " When Zion's King was robbed of His right, 
 His witnesses in Scotland join'd to fight ; 
 When Papist Prelates and Indulgency, 
 Combin'd 'gainst Christ to ruin Presbytery, 
 All who should not unto the Prelate bow, 
 They sought them out, and whom they found they slew. 
 For owning of Christ's cause I here do lie ; 
 My blood for vengeance on His enemies doth cry." 
 
 Edward Aitchison, an itinerant minstrel, who died about fifteen 
 years ago, is on his gravestone thus described :* 
 
 1 These verses are believed to have been composed by the late Mr. John Wilson, 
 farmer, Bilholm, son of the celebrated Professor John Wilson of Edinburgh.
 
 PARISH OF TWEEDSMUIR. 273 
 
 " Here in a lonely spot the bones repose 
 Of one who murder'd rhyme and slaughter'd prose ; 
 Sense he defied, and grammar set at nought ; 
 Yet some have read his books, and even bought. 
 
 For want of art his virtues made amends ; 
 foes he had none, but counted many friends ; 
 Long was he known by Teviot and by Tweed, 
 An aged horseman on an aged steed. 
 
 Where'er he went he found an open door, 
 
 The folks all liked him, and the bard was poor ; 
 
 A ream of paper, and a pound of snuff, 
 
 Pens and his ' specks,' and Edward had enough. 
 
 Along life's road he jogg'd at easy pace, 
 
 Dismounted here, and found a resting-place."
 
 274 
 
 SELKIRKSHIRE. 
 
 PAEISH OF SELKIRK. 
 
 In the market-place, Selkirk, a statue in freestone, by the late 
 Mr. Handyside Ritchie, commemorates Sir Walter Scott as Sheriff 
 of Ettrick Forest. The following inscription adorns the pedestal : 
 
 " Erected in August, 1839, 
 In proud and affectionate remembrance 
 
 of 
 
 Sir Walter Scott, Baronet, 
 
 Sheriff of this county 
 
 From 1800 to 1832. 
 
 By Yarrow's stream still let me stray, 
 Though none shall guide my feeble way ; 
 Still feel the breeze down Ettrick's break, 
 Although it chill my withered cheek." 
 
 In an open triangular space in the centre of the burgh, an elegant 
 memorial statue celebrates Mungo Park, the distinguished African 
 explorer. It was executed by Mr. Andrew Currie, an ingenious 
 self-taught sculptor and a native of the "Forest," and was reared in 
 March, 1839. The monument, twenty-eight feet in height, consists 
 of a colossal statue resting on a pedestal which surmounts a 
 massive plinth. In the statue Park is represented standing in an 
 easy attitude, with a sextant in his right hand, and in his left a 
 scroll, on which is inscribed the last sentence of his latest com- 
 munication to Lord Camden :" All the Europeans but myself are 
 dead, but I will still persevere in the object of my mission, and 
 though I succeed not, I shall at least die on the Niger." He is
 
 PARISH OF YARROW. 275 
 
 habited in a loose travelling cloak, with under-belt. The head, 
 which is uncovered, presents an open massive brow, the features 
 being in perfect repose. The likeness is admirable. 
 
 Park was on the 10th September, 1771, born at Fowlshiels, on 
 the banks of the Yarrow, near Selkirk. Having studied medicine 
 at the University of Edinburgh and passed surgeon, he procured, 
 on the recommendation of Sir Joseph Banks, a professional appoint- 
 ment on board the Worcester, an East Indiaman. In 1792 he 
 visited the island of Sumatra, and contributed a paper on its 
 natural history to the Transactions of the Linnsean Society. 
 Under the auspices of the African Association he undertook an 
 expedition to the interior of Africa, for the purpose of exploring 
 the source of the Niger. He sailed from Portsmouth on the 22nd 
 May, 1795. After many perils he returned to England in Decem- 
 ber, 1797. His travels were published in the following year. He 
 now sought practice as a surgeon at Peebles, but a proposal having 
 been made to him by Government to undertake a second expedition 
 to Africa, he left Britain for Central Africa on the 30th January, 
 1805. From Pisania he started with a company of forty-five, 
 of whom thirty-six were Europeans; but when he reached the 
 Niger in August his attendants were reduced to seven. With four 
 companions he reached the kingdom of Houssa, where, in at- 
 tempting to escape from a murderous attack of the natives, he and 
 his attendants perished in the river. From Sansanding on the 
 Niger in the kingdom of Bambarra he had sent his journals to 
 Gambia in November, 1805. These, with a narrative of his second 
 journey, were published at London in 1815. The precise date of 
 his death is unknown. 
 
 PAKISH OF YARROW. 
 
 On the hill-side north-east of St. Mary's Loch a graveyard 
 occupies the site of the old chapel of St. Mary, or the Forest 
 Kirk. Within this structure Sir William Wallace was in 1297
 
 270 SELKIRKSHIRE. 
 
 elected by the estates of Parliament governor or guardian of the 
 kingdom. 
 
 St. Mary's Chapel is associated with the legend depicted in the 
 ballad of " The Douglas Tragedy." Here Lord William and the 
 fair Margaret were interred. 
 
 " Lord William was dead lang ere midnight, 
 
 Lady Marg'ret lang ere day ; 
 And all true lovers that gang thegither 
 May they have mair luck thaii they ! 
 
 " Lord William was buried in St. Marie's Kirk, 
 
 Lady Margaret in Marie's quire ; 
 Out o' the lady's grave grew a bonny red rose, 
 And out o' the knight's a brier. 
 
 " And they twa met, and they twa plat, 
 
 And fain they wad be near ; 
 And a' the warld might ken right weel 
 They were twa lovers dear. 
 
 " But bye and rade the Black Douglas, 
 
 And wow but he was rough ; 
 For he pull'd up the bonnie brier, 
 And flang'd in St. Mary's Loch." 
 
 St. Mary's Churchyard was a burying-place of the Covenanters. It 
 is the subject of a poem by the Ettrick Shepherd, commencing thus: 
 
 " O lone St. Mary of the waves, 
 
 In ruin lies thine ancient aisle, 
 While o'er thy green and lowly graves 
 
 The moorcocks bay, and plovers wail ; 
 But mountain-spirits on the gale, 
 
 Oft o'er thee sound the requiem dread, 
 And warrior shades and spectres pale, 
 
 Still linger by the quiet dead. 
 
 " Yes, many a chief of ancient days 
 
 Sleeps in thy cold and hallow'd soil ; 
 Hearts that would tread the forest maze, 
 
 Alike for spousal or for spoil, 
 That wist not, ween'd not, to recoil 
 
 Before the might of mortal foe, 
 But thirsted for the Border broil 
 
 The shout, the clang, the overthrow.
 
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 " Here lie those who, o'er flood and field, 
 
 Were hunted as the osprey's brood ; 
 Who braved the power of man, and sealed 
 
 Their testimonies with their blood. 
 But long as was that wilder'd flood 
 
 Their sacred memory shall be dear ; 
 And all the righteous and the good 
 
 O'er their low graves shall drop the tear." 
 
 An elegant monument in St. Mary's Churchyard commemorates 
 John Grieve, a respectable poet and generous patron of men of 
 letters. Mr. Grieve was born at Dunfermline in 1781. For a 
 time he engaged in business at Alloa, but afterwards became a hat 
 manufacturer in Edinburgh. He realized a fortune and retired to 
 a comfortable residence at Newington, where he cultivated literary 
 society. Suffering from impaired health, he found solace in philo- 
 logical pursuits, and in the composition of verses. He is celebrated 
 in " The Queen's Wake" by the Ettrick Shepherd, who also dedi- 
 cated to him his poem, " Mador of the Moor." He died on the 4th 
 April, 1836, aged fifty-five. 
 
 Beyond St. Mary's Churchyard a small mound denotes the burial- 
 place of the wicked priest who forms the subject of Hogg's ballad 
 of "Mess John." The spot is named Binram's Cross. On digging 
 here in 1806 some human remains were discovered. 
 
 From the north-west shore of St. Mary's Loch extends the wild 
 and romantic vale of Meggat. In the centre of this defile flows 
 the Meggat Water, which deposits its waters into the loch. 
 About a mile from the loch, and on the left side of the Meggat 
 Water, is Henderland Castle, the ruinous stronghold of Piers Cock- 
 burn, a famous freebooter in the reign of James V. After long re- 
 sisting the royal authority, he was surprised by the King, who rode 
 from Tushielaw, and suddenly invested his castle : he was captured 
 and hanged. His wife took refuge in a neighbouring cave, but subse- 
 quently returned, and with her own hands interred his body. In a 
 ballad contained in the " Border Minstelsy " she is made to say, 
 
 " I sewed his sheet, making my mane ; 
 I watched the corpse mysel alane;
 
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 I digged a grave and laid him in, 
 And happed him in the sod sae green. 
 
 " Nae living man I'll love again 
 Since now my lovely knight is slain ; 
 Wi' ae lock o' his yellow hair 
 I'll chain my heart for evermair." 
 
 The spot of Cockburn's interment, called the Chapel Knowe, 
 where his faithful wife was also subsequently laid beside him, has 
 been enclosed, and it is denoted by a slab, on which is carved the 
 figure of a sword and other emblems, with the inscription, 
 
 " Here lyis Perys ' of Cokburne and hys * wyfe ' Marjory." 
 
 In the centre of a triangular space, intermediate between St. 
 Mary's Loch and the Loch of the Lowes, stands the monumental 
 statue of James Hogg, the Ettrick Shepherd. The design of rearing 
 a monument to the Shepherd occurred to the writer of these pages 
 in 1858. In the spring of that year he issued circular letters 
 inviting attention to the proposal. It was cordially entertained, 
 and four hundred pounds were subscribed. On the 28th June, 
 1860, the monument was inaugurated in presence of a concourse 
 of spectators. A great banquet on the occasion was provided by 
 the proprietor of the site, the late Mr. John Scott, of Eodono, 
 The writer was fortunate in securing as sculptor, Mr. Andrew Currie. 
 who being personally acquainted with the Shepherd, entered 
 heartily into the undertaking. Eesting on a massive pedestal, the 
 poet is seated on an oak root enveloped by an ivy stem, and with 
 some leaves of bracken falling upon it. His head droops slightly, 
 as he seems to be surveying the scenery of the lake. His muscular 
 form is partially enveloped in his plaid, which crosses one shoulder 
 and falls gracefully on his limbs. His coat is close buttoned, as if 
 he was ready for action ; he is planting his staff firmly on the 
 ground with his right hand, while in his left he holds a scroll 
 inscribed with the last line of " The Queen's Wake :" 
 
 " Hath taught the wandering winds to sing."
 
 PARISH OF YARROW. 279 
 
 " Hector," his favorite dog, rests at his feet, with head erect, sur- 
 veying the hills behind, as if conscious that he should tend the 
 flocks during the poetic reverie of his master. The pedestal 
 accords with the style and proportions of the figure ; ten feet in 
 height, it is of square form and appropriate breadth. A wreath of 
 oak leaves and acorns surrounds the entablature, while a finely 
 sculptured ram's head projects from each of the corners. Each 
 side contains a square panel. The front panel represents the 
 poetic harp surmounted by the head of Queen Mary, and a wreath 
 of flowers, including " the briar rose and heather bell." Beneath 
 is the inscription 
 
 "James Hogg, the Ettrick Shepherd. Born 1770. Died 1835." 
 
 The other panels are adorned with these inscriptions from " The 
 Queen's Wake :" 
 
 " Instead of arms or golden crest, 
 His harp with mimic flowers was drest ; 
 Around, in graceful streamers, fell 
 The briar rose and the heather bell." 
 
 " At even-fall, in lonesome dale, 
 He kept strange converse with the gale, 
 Held worldly pomp in high derision, 
 And wandered in a world of vision." 
 
 " Oft had he viewed, as morning rose, 
 The bosom of the lonely Lowes ; 
 Oft thrilled his heart at close of even 
 To see the dappled vales of heaven, 
 With many a mountain, moor, and tree, 
 Asleep upon the Saint Mary." 
 
 James Hogg was born at Ettrick ; he was baptized on the 9th 
 December, 1770. Of humble parentage, he was born to the sheep- 
 fold. He taught himself to read and write on the hill-side. He 
 attempted farming and failed. In 1810 he left the forest to 
 attempt a literary career at Edinburgh. His " Queen's Wake " 
 appeared in 1813, and at once established his reputation. He 
 became the associate and correspondent of many of his more
 
 280 SELKIRKSHIRE. 
 
 distinguished contemporaries. Sir Walter Scott, his first patron, 
 continued his attached friend. With a true conception of his 
 genius Professor Wilson delighted to lionize and celebrate him. 
 Lord Byron corresponded with him. The good Duke Charles of 
 Buccleuch invited him to his table, and at the request of the 
 duchess bestowed on him a free life lease of the farm of Altrive in 
 Yarrow. The Shepherd returned to Yarrow in 1817, and stocked 
 his farm with the profits of a guinea edition of his poems. He 
 married in 1820, and leased a second farm. In 1822 he produced 
 two works of prose fiction, which were followed by others. He was 
 one of the originators of Blackwood's Magazine ; he suggested the 
 famous Chaldee Manuscript, and composed part of it. At Altrive he 
 exercised a generous hospitality ; he was visited by admirers from 
 all parts of Britain and America. During a visit to London in 
 1831 he was feted at the tables of the nobility. On his return to 
 Scotland he was entertained at a public banquet at Peebles under 
 the presidency of Professor Wilson. After a period of feeble 
 health he died on the 21st November, 1835, in his sixty-fifth year. 
 He was unquestionably the most remarkable man who ever wore 
 the plaid of a shepherd. 
 
 PARISH OF ETTRICK. 
 
 Ettrick Churchyard contains the mortal remains of the celebrated 
 Thomas Boston. A handsome monument denotes his grave ; on a 
 tablet of white marble is the following inscription : 
 
 " As a testimony of esteem for the Rev. Thomas Boston, senior, 
 whose private character was highly respectable, whose public 
 labours were blessed to many, and whose valuable writings have 
 contributed much to promote the advancement of vital Christianity, 
 this monument (by the permission of relatives) is erected by a 
 religious and grateful public, A.D. 1806. He was born at Dunse,
 
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 March 17, 1676 ; ordained to the pastoral charge of Simprim, 
 Sept. 21, 1699 ; removed from thence to Ettrick, May 1, 1707 ; and 
 died May 20, 1732, leaving a widow and four children." 
 
 Mr. Boston was one of the twelve ministers who protested 
 against the deliverance of the General Assembly of 1720, condemn- 
 ing the work entitled " The Marrow of Modern Divinity." He was 
 much celebrated as a preacher, and was most faithful in the dis- 
 charge of all the parochial duties. The tradition of his worth still 
 lingers in the forest. Of his numerous theological works his 
 " Human Nature in its Fourfold Estate " is the most celebrated. 
 His works were published at London in 1854, in twelve octavo 
 volumes. 
 
 Near Mr. Boston's grave is that of the Ettrick Shepherd ; it is 
 denoted by a plain tombstone thus inscribed : 
 
 "Here lie the mortal remains of James Hogg, the Ettrick 
 Shepherd, who was born at Ettrickhall in the year 1770, and died 
 at Altrive Lake the 21st day of November, 1835. This stone is 
 erected as a tribute of affection by his widow, Margaret Hogg." 
 
 " When the dark clouds of winter," writes Mr. Scott Riddell, 
 " pass away from the crest of Ettrickpen, and the summits of the 
 nearer lying mountains which surround the scene of his repose, 
 and the yellow gowan opens its bosom by the banks of the 
 mountain stream, to welcome the lights and shadows of the spring 
 returning over the land, many are the wild daisies which adorn 
 the turf that covers the remains of the Ettrick Shepherd. And a 
 verse of one of the songs of his early days is strikingly verified when 
 he says 
 
 ' Flow, my Ettrick ! it was thee 
 Into my life that first did drop me; 
 Thee I'll sing, and when I dee, 
 Thou wilt lend a sod to hap me. 
 Pausing swains will say, and weep, 
 Here our Shepherd lies asleep.' " 
 
 The Shepherd sleeps with his kindred. A tombstone adjoining 
 his own, erected by himself, is thus inscribed :
 
 282 SELKIRKSHIRE. 
 
 " Here lieth William Laidlaw, the far-famed Will o' Phaup, who 
 for feats of frolic, agility, and strength, had no equal in his day. 
 He was born at Craik, A.D. 1691, and died in the eighty-fourth 
 year of his age. Also Margaret, his eldest daughter, spouse to 
 Robert Hogg, and mother of the Ettrick Shepherd, born at Old 
 Over Phaup, 1730, and died in the eighty-third year of her age ; 
 also Robert Hogg, her husband, late tenant of Ettrick-hall, born at 
 Bowhill, 1720, and died in the ninety-third year of his age; and 
 three of their sons."
 
 283 
 
 DUMFRIESSHIRE. 
 
 PAEISH OF DUMFBIES. 
 
 IN Queensberry Square, an open space near the centre of the burgh, 
 a handsome Doric column commemorates Charles, third Duke of 
 Queensberry. It is inscribed 
 
 "Sacred to the memory of Charles, Duke of Queensberry and 
 Dover. Erected by the county of Dumfries, as a monument of 
 their veneration for the character of that illustrious noblemao, 
 whose exalted virtues rendered him the ornament of society, and 
 whose numerous acts of public beneficence and private charity 
 endeared him to his country. Ob. 22nd Oct., 1778 ; aetat, 80." 
 
 In the front wall of the Burgh Savings Bank a monumental 
 statue commemorates the Rev. Dr. Henry Duncan, minister of 
 Ruthwell, founder of Scottish savings banks. This eminent clergy- 
 man was born in the manse of Lochrutton on the 8th October, 1774. 
 Having some years studied at the University of St. Andrews, he 
 thought of adopting a mercantile profession, and entered on busi- 
 ness at Liverpool. After a trial of merchandise and banking, he 
 returned to his studies. At the Universities of Edinburgh and 
 Glasgow he completed his education, and in 1798 became a licen- 
 tiate of the Church. In 1799 he was ordained minister of Ruth- 
 well. Here he sedulously devoted himself to the parochial duties, 
 establishing friendly societies and a local savings bank ; the last 
 was begun in 1810, and its success led him to advocate the adop- 
 tion of savings banks throughout the country. Owing to his exer- 
 tions, an Act of Parliament establishing savings banks in Scotland 
 was passed in 1819. He now exerted himself to establish a system 
 of popular lectures on science, and so became founder of mechanics'
 
 284 DUMFRIESSHIRE. 
 
 institutes. In 1809 he originated the Dumfries and Galloway Cou- 
 rier, a weekly newspaper, which he conducted during the first seven 
 years of its existence. He was the first to discover footprints of 
 four-footed animals in the new red sandstone. In 1839 he was 
 chosen Moderator of the General Assembly. In Church politics he 
 entertained liberal opinions. At the disruption in 1843 he resigned 
 his charge, and joined the Free Church. He died at Euthwell on 
 the 12th February, 1846, in the seventy-second year of his age, and 
 the forty-seventh of his ministry. Of his numerous publications the 
 most esteemed is his " Sacred Philosophy of the Seasons," in four 
 volumes 12mo. He was a contributor to the Edinburgh Encyclo- 
 paedia, the Edinburgh Christian Instructor, and the " Transactions 
 of the Royal Society of Edinburgh." 
 
 St. Michael's Churchyard is celebrated for the number and 
 character of its monuments. It includes three acres, and contains 
 about 3,000 tombstones, erected at a cost of upwards of 30,000. 
 Among the forest of tombs the most conspicuous is the mausoleum 
 to the poet Burns in the south-east corner. It is a Grecian temple 
 with a handsome dome, and is elegantly proportioned. It was 
 reared by public subscription at a cost of 1,500, from a design by 
 Mr. Thomas F. Hunt, of London, architect. The foundation stone 
 was laid on the 5th June, 1815, and operations were completed on 
 the 19th of September. The poet's sarcophagus was removed from 
 its original resting-place in the north-east corner of the ground, and 
 placed in the vault prepared for its reception. To the mausoleum 
 were at the same time transferred the remains of two of his sons, 
 Maxwell, a posthumous child, who died in 1799 ; and Francis Wal- 
 lace, who died in 1803, aged fourteen. In the interior of the 
 mausoleum a handsome piece of marble sculpture, by Turnerelli, 
 represents the bard at the plough, while his country's genius casts 
 upon him the mantle of inspiration. The monument also contains 
 the original gravestone, thus inscribed : 
 
 " In memory of Eobert Burns, who died the 21st July, 1796, in 
 the 37th year of his age ; and Maxwell Burns, who died 25th April, 
 1799, aged two years and nine months; also of Francis Wallace
 
 PARISH OF DUMFRIES. 285 
 
 Burns, who died 9th July, 1803, aged 14 years ; also of Jean 
 Armour, relict of the poet, born February, 1765, died 26th March, 
 1834."* 
 
 Burns was born in a clay-built cottage at Alloway, Ayrshire, on 
 the 25th January, 1759. His father, a nursery gardener, gave him 
 such education as he could afford, and at an early age he began to 
 engage in field operations. A small farm which he rented with his 
 brother Gilbert proved a loss, and was abandoned. From his six- 
 teenth year he had composed verses, and he now resolved to print 
 a volume of poems by subscription, that he might by the profits 
 possess the means of emigrating to Jamaica. This volume, pub- 
 lished at Kilmarnock in 1786, was received with an amount of 
 favour entirely exceeding the author's expectations. He was invited 
 to Edinburgh, and was there introduced to persons eminent in rank 
 and in literature. Encouraged to publish a new and enlarged edition 
 of his poems, the profits enabled him to lease the farm of Ellisland, 
 near Dumfries, where he settled in 1788. He married Jean Armour, 
 whom he had celebrated by his muse. With his farm he held office 
 in the excise. After a period he abandoned farming, and estab- 
 lished his residence at Dumfries. His salary as an officer of excise 
 did not exceed seventy pounds, but with his frugal habits it was 
 sufficient for his wants. He died on the 21st July, 1796. Ten 
 thousand persons assembled at his funeral. His songs are the best 
 which have been written ; they have been translated into every 
 European language. 
 
 * The following Latin inscription was prepared for the mausoleum, but it has not 
 been engraved upon it : 
 
 " In seternum honorem Roberti Burns, poetarum Caledoniae sui sevi longe principis 
 cujus carmina eximia, patrio sermone scripta, aninii magis ardentis, ingeniique vi, 
 quam arte vel cultu conspicua, facetiis, jucunditate, lepore, affluentia, omnibus lite- 
 rarum cultoribus satis nota ; cives sui, nee non plerique omnes musarum amantissimi, 
 memoriamqu'e viri arte poetica tarn prseclari, foventes hoc mausoleum, super reliquias 
 poetse mortales, extruendum curavere. Primum hujus aedificii lapidem Gulielmus 
 Miller, armiger, reipublicae architectonics apud Scotos, in regione australi, curio maxi- 
 mus provincialis, Georgio Tertio regnante, Georgio, Walliarum principe, summam im- 
 perii pro patre tenente, Josepho Gass, armigero, Dumfrisiae, praefecto, Thoma F. Hunt, 
 Londinensi, architecto, posuit, nonis Juniis, anno lucis VMDCCCXV, salutis humanse 
 MDCCCXV."
 
 286 
 
 On the 26th March, 1834, Jean Armour, the poet's widow, died 
 at Dumfries ; her coffin was deposited in the vault which con- 
 tained the remains of her husband and two children. Two 
 other sons of the poet, Robert and Colonel James Glencairn, have 
 since been entombed in the mausoleum. Eobert Burns, the 
 eldest son, died in 1857, in his seventieth year. With a view to 
 a learned profession he attended classes in the Universities of 
 Edinburgh and Glasgow. In 1804 he accepted a situation in the 
 Stamp Office, London. A small income he augmented by practising 
 tuition. In 1833 he obtained a superannuation allowance and 
 retired to Dumfries. A considerable linguist, he was fond of 
 philological speculation, and he was familiar with the poetical 
 literature of his country. He composed songs, but these did not 
 surpass mediocrity. 
 
 Along with his brother, William Nicol, who also attained a 
 colonelcy, Colonel James Glencairn Burns obtained a commission 
 in the East India Company's service through the interest of the 
 Marchioness of Hastings. During their residence in India the 
 brothers found their father's name a passport to the friendship 
 of all with whom they associated. They contributed liberally 
 towards the support of their widowed mother. On their return to 
 Britain they were welcomed at a public banquet, conducted under 
 the direction and presidency of the late patriotic Earl of Eglinton. 
 The brothers thereafter established their residence at Cheltenham 
 There James Glencaim Burns died in 1865. 
 
 An honoured friend of the Burns family, John McDiannid, 
 rests in St. Michael's Churchyard. This ingenious and benevolent 
 gentleman was born at Glasgow in 1790. For some time he was 
 employed in business concerns. He was associated with Charles 
 Maclaren in originating the Scotsman newspaper in 1816. In the 
 following year he accepted the editorship of the Dumfries Courier, 
 which he retained till the period of his death. He died at Dum- 
 fries on the 18th November, 1852, aged sixty-three. He edited 
 the " Scrap-book," a work of selections and original contributions 
 in prose and verse, and published editions of several of the British
 
 PARISH OF DUMFRIES. 287 
 
 poets. The newspaper which he conducted, acquired under his 
 management a celebrity rarely attained by a provincial journal. 
 Mr. McDiarmid is commemorated by a handsome tombstone. 
 
 The Rev. Walter Dunlop, minister of the Secession Church, 
 Dumfries, and the most humorous of Scottish pastors, has found 
 a grave and a tombstone in this interment-ground. He was 
 a native of Haddingtonshire, and for some time ministered to a 
 small congregation in Liddesdale. In 1809, one hundred members 
 of the Secession Church at Dumfries objecting to their pastor 
 making use of a pulpit gown, resolved to establish a new congre- 
 gation of which the minister should wear " no rag of prelacy." By 
 this body Mr. Dunlop was invited to Dumfries. He proved an 
 acceptable preacher, and became celebrated for his conversational 
 humour. He died at Dumfries on the 4th November, 1846, in the 
 seventy-second year of his age, and forty-second of his ministry. 
 
 A conspicuous monument denotes the grave and celebrates the 
 worth of Sir Andrew Halliday, the eminent physician. This dis- 
 tinguished individual was born at Copewood, parish of Dryfesdale, 
 Dumfriesshire, on the 17th March, 1782. Owing to pecuniary 
 reverses sustained by his father, he was compelled when nine years 
 old to seek the means of living by tending cattle. He qualified him- 
 self to become teacher of a wayside school. At length he entered the 
 University of Edinburgh ; he intended to study for the ministry, but 
 afterwards turned his attention to medicine. In 1804 he became 
 surgeon, and in 1806 graduated as a physician. He was in 
 1807 appointed surgeon to the 13th Light Dragoons. In 1809 he 
 joined the forces in Portugal, with which he remained till 1812, 
 sharing the achievements of the Duke of Wellington. He now 
 accepted a medical appointment in Portugal, and published a work 
 on the military resources and social condition of that country. 
 Returning to British military service, he was present at the assault 
 of Bergen-op-Zoom, and at the battle of Waterloo. Of the latter 
 he composed a narrative by order of the Duke of Clarence. On 
 the overthrow of Napoleon he returned home and took up his 
 abode in Edinburgh. In 1818 he became domestic physician to
 
 DUMFRIESSHIRE. 
 
 the Duke and Duchess of Clarence, whom he accompanied in their 
 Continental travels. On his return to Britain he engaged in 
 various patriotic and benevolent enterprises. In 1829 he aided 
 in establishing King's College, London, and improved the 
 condition of lunatic asylums. Receiving the honour of knight- 
 hood he was in 1832 sent to the West Indies as Deputy Inspec- 
 tor-General of military hospitals. In 1836 he permanently 
 settled at Dumfries. He died on the 7th December, 1840. 
 He composed a number of professional and other works. Of 
 these the best known are his " History of the House of Guelph," 
 and "Annals of the House of Hanover." Sir Andrew was de- 
 scended from Tom Halliday, sister's son of the renowned Sir 
 William Wallace. 
 
 Dr. James Crichton, of Friar's Carse, the munificent founder of 
 the Royal Crichton Lunatic Asylum, Dumfries, rests in this 
 churchyard. Long in the service of the East India Company, he 
 settled at Dumfries in 1808. He left 100,000 to be applied for 
 beneficent purposes " in any way that his dear wife thought 
 proper." Acting on the advice of Sir Andrew Halliday, Mrs. 
 Crichton resolved to erect an asylum for the insane, for which a 
 design was furnished by Mr. Burn of Edinburgh. The Crichton 
 Institution is one of the best conducted in the kingdom. Dr. 
 Crichton died in 1823. 
 
 Of the older monuments one of the most interesting is that which 
 commemorates Francis Irving, Provost of Dumfries, who died on 
 the 8th November, 1633, aged sixty-eight. He was second son of 
 Irving of Bonshaw, representative of the ancient House of Irving, 
 in the parish of Annan. Educated in France, he married the 
 daughter of Provost Herbert Raining, with whom he obtained an 
 ample fortune. He became wine merchant, importing wines from 
 Bordeaux. On the arrival of James VI. at Dumfries he presided 
 at an entertainment in his Majesty's honour, at which his wife 
 assisted. He so commended himself to the monarch as to receive 
 in guerdon of royal approbation the office of bailie of the crown- 
 lands in Annandale. In speaking of him the King usually styled
 
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 him " his own bailie." Provost living's monument is embellished 
 with pillars of the Corinthian order, with gilt capitals and other 
 ornaments. It was much defaced by Cromwell's soldiers, but was 
 restored about thirty years ago. There is a Latin inscription also 
 these lines of English verse : 
 
 " King James at first me bailie named, 
 Dumfries oft since me provost claimed ; 
 God hath for me a crown reserved, 
 For king and country have I served." 
 
 A pyfsamidical monument commemorates three martyrs for the 
 Covenant. On the three slabs placed over their remains are these 
 inscriptions : 
 
 " Under this stone lo here doth ly 
 Dust sacrificed to tyranny ; 
 Yet precious in Immanuel's sight, 
 Since martyr'd for his kinglie right. 
 When he condemns these hellish drudges, 
 By suffrage saints shall be their judges." 
 
 "Here lies William Grierson, Pentland, martyred for his adherence 
 to the word of God, and appearing for Christ's government in his 
 house, and covenanted work of Eeformation against Perjury and 
 Prelacy. Executed August 2, 1667. Eev. xii. 11." 
 
 " Here lyes William Welch, Pentland, martyred for his adherence 
 to the word of God, and appearing for Christ's kingly government 
 in his House, and the covenanted work of Eeformation against 
 Perjury and Prelacy. Executed January 2, 1667. Eev. xii. 11." 
 
 " Stay, passenger, read, here interr'd doth lie 
 A witness 'gainst poor Scotland's Perjury, 
 Whose head once fixed upon the Bridge-Port, stood 
 Proclaiming vengeance for his guiltless blood." 
 
 " Here lyes James Kirk, martyr, shot dead upon the sands of 
 Dumfries, for adhering to the work of God, and the covenanted 
 work of Eeformation against Perjury and Prelacy, 1685. Eev. 
 xii. 11."
 
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 " By bloody Bruce and wretched Wright, 
 I lost my life in great despite ; 
 Shot dead without due time to try 
 And fit me for Eternity ; 
 A witness of prelatic rage 
 As ever was in any age." 
 
 A monument commemorates the Eev. John Scott, minister of 
 Dumfries. The inscription is as follows : 
 
 " In memory of the Eev. Mr. John Scott ; he was born A.D. 
 1697; advanced to the ministry of the Gospel at Holywood, 
 February 4, 1725; translated to the new church of Dumfries, 
 November 30, 1732 ; and died April 17, 1770, universally esteemed 
 and regretted. The virtues of his character in private and public 
 life will be long remembered (and most justly) with veneration by 
 his family, congregation, and acquaintance. He was an affectionate 
 husband and parent, a warm and steady friend, a learned and able 
 divine, a faithful reprover of vice, and a bright pattern of the 
 duties he taught. He was a sensible and cheerful companion ; 
 possessed of extensive knowledge ; remarkable for his accuracy in 
 the discipline and government of this Church, and most zealous 
 for the public weal. 2. Tim. iv. 7, 8." 
 
 The Eev. Dr. William Burnside, minister of the parish, is, on a 
 handsome tombstone, celebrated thus : 
 
 "Sacred to the memory of the Eev. Dr. William Burnside, 
 admitted minister of the new church of Dumfries June 22, 1780; 
 translated to St. Michael's June 19, 1794 ; he died January 6, 
 1806, aged fifty-five years. His fidelity in the discharge of every 
 domestic duty, and the kindness of his heart endeared him to his 
 family. His extensive knowledge and learning, the vivacity of his 
 imagination, and the benevolence and liberality of his mind, 
 rendered his conversation delightful in the circle of his friends. 
 The eloquence and usefulness of his pastoral instructions, his 
 rational piety, affability of manners and integrity of life, com- 
 manded the esteem and won the affections of his flock ; thus 
 endowed, and thus beloved in death, his death was generally and 
 deeply regretted." 
 
 The Eev. Patrick Linn, minister of the second charge, has the 
 following epitaph : 
 
 " Here lies the body of the Eev. Mr. Patrick linn, ordained
 
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 minister of Dumfries, May 12, 1715. Who was adorned with 
 bright natural parts, solid learning, and unaffected piety ; he, with 
 unwearied diligence and unusual success, studied the knowledge 
 of the several parts of divine revelation, especially the perfection 
 of God, the depravity of human nature, man's recovery and salva- 
 tion by Christ, and all the parts of practical religion, all which he 
 delivered in public with uncommon eloquence, undaunted courage, 
 and impartial freedom, to the edification of many : he was faithful 
 in every relation of a truly Christian spirit, hating dissimulation 
 and craft in every shape ; candid, just, benevolent, bountiful, &c. 
 He died August 1, 1731, in the forty-fourth year of his age." 
 
 James Corrie, of Spedock, a prosperous merchant and enterr 
 prising magistrate, is thus commemorated : 
 
 "Here lyes James Corrie, of Spedock, merchant, who often 
 enjoyed and faithfully discharged the office of chief magistrate 
 within this burgh. During a long and deserved trust he acted with 
 prudence and moderation, and a steady zeal for the public interest, 
 active, assiduous, enterprising. He happily devised, and success- 
 fully pursued, the most commendable methods in business, revived 
 declining trade, and excited by his example an industrious emula- 
 tion in others. In every respect (for it was his ambition) he truly 
 promoted the general weal, having joined to an unblemished 
 integrity those rare abilities which rendered him amiable and useful 
 in life. In death justly regretted as a good man, a sincere friend, 
 and a worthy citizen. lie died November 8, 1742 ; age fifty-nine 
 years." 
 
 The monument of Alexander Herries Maxwell, of Munches, 
 bears the following epitaph : 
 
 "Sacred to the memory of Alexander Herries Maxwell, of Munches, 
 Esq., who died on the 28th of June, 1815, in the seventy-first year of 
 his age. Benevolent, frank, social, and warm-hearted, he was a 
 steady and sincere friend, and always ready to advance the interests 
 of those who had any claim to his good offices. After a residence 
 of thirty-six years in London, he relinquished the medical pro- 
 fession, in which he had been indefatigable ; and retiring to the 
 vicinity of his native town, he devoted the remainder of his days 
 to the exercise of his accustomed hospitality, the pursuit of 
 agriculture, and the promotion of every plan for the improvement 
 of the country; thus his life was extensively useful, and his 
 death most deeply lamented." 
 
 At the south-western corner is the family monument of Sharpe
 
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 of Hoddam, richly carved, and adorned with two sculptured 
 figures. 
 
 Philadelphia, daughter of James Douglas, of Dornock, who died 
 6th February, 1754, aged thirty-one, has these lines upon her 
 tombstone : 
 
 " Nor herb, fruit, flower 
 
 " Glistening with dew, nor fragrance after showers, 
 Nor grateful evening mild, nor walk by moon, 
 Or glittering starlight, without thee is sweet." 
 
 John Paterson, who died in November, 1711, aged sixteen, has 
 these lines inscribed on his gravestone : 
 
 " When parents, friends, and neighbours hop'd to see 
 These early buds of learning, piety, 
 And temper good, produce some fruit, 
 Behold, death plucks the plant up by the root." 
 
 By the following lines John Mitchell, collector of excise, has 
 commemorated his wife; she died 7th November, 1792, aged 
 fifty: 
 
 " Death wounds to cure, we fall, we rise, we reign, 
 Spring from our fetters, fasten in the skies ; 
 Where blooming Eden withers in our sight, 
 This king of terrors is the prince of peace." 
 
 Thomas Mouat, wigmaker, who died 18th November, 1735, is 
 with his wife celebrated thus : 
 
 " Two lovers true for ten years' space absented, 
 By stormy seas and wars, yet liv'd contented ; 
 We met for eighteen years and married were, 
 God smil'd on us, our wind blew always fair ; 
 We're anchor'd here waiting our Master's call, 
 Expecting with Him joys perpetual." 
 
 In 1789 Captain George Williams testifies in this manner to the 
 amiable qualities of his deceased helpmate : 
 
 " A most affectionate and loving wife 
 Who while in life
 
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 Great care of me did take, 
 
 Which makes me to lament my dear departed mate ; 
 
 But since it was His will, which is divine, 
 
 His blessed will ought always to be mine." 
 
 John Mitchell, who died in 1708, is celebrated thus : 
 
 " If grace, good manners, nor gifts of mind, 
 Yea, where all moral virtues have combined 
 Compleat a man, behold beneath this stone 
 He lyes interr'd, whom rich and poor bemoan. 
 He run his race, and an entrance got, 
 His name is savoury and shall not rot/' 
 
 On the tombstone of a daughter of Sir Thomas Hay, of Park, 
 are these lines : 
 
 " If sense mature, even in the dawn of years, 
 If beauty, youth, or innocence endears, 
 Affections soft with manly spirit joined 
 With gentle manners, sentiments refined, 
 If heaven-born piety, serene yet bright, 
 If filial tenderness the soul delight ; 
 If these united claim the cordial tear, 
 Let feeling Nature pay the tribute here." 
 
 Sybella McMath, who died in 1838, has her tombstone inscribed 
 as follows : 
 
 " A soul prepared needs no delays, 
 The summons comes, the saint obeys ; 
 Swift was her flight, and short the road, 
 She clos'd her eyes and saw her God. 
 The flesh rests here till Jesus come, 
 And claims the treasure from the tomb." 
 
 These verses are on a tombstone erected in 1837 : 
 
 " Farewell, fond husband and my darling boys, 
 In whom was centred all my earthly joys ; 
 The triple union's broke yet one short space 
 Will reunite us in the realms of peace. 
 
 Kind angels watch the sleeping dust, 
 Till Jesus come to wake the just ; 
 Then may we wake with sweet surprise, 
 And in our Saviour's imaue rise."
 
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 The tomb of Colonel Schuyler, who died in 1832, is inscribed 
 with the following epitaph, composed by himself : 
 
 " Raise no vain structure o'er my grave, 
 One simple stone is all I crave, 
 To say, beneath a sinner lies, 
 Who died in hopes again to rise ; 
 Through Christ alone to be forgiven, 
 And fitted for the joys of heaven." 
 
 Thomas Hogg is by his son thus celebrated : 
 
 " In this blest grave, amid whose frowning gloom 
 Mem'ry still loves to guard her votary's tomb, 
 Shall I withhold what all his virtues claim, 
 The sacred tribute to a father's name ? 
 "Whose manners gentle, his affections mild, 
 In wit a man, in simplicity a child ; 
 Above temptation in an humble state, 
 And uncorrupted even among the great." 
 
 A husband thus laments his early departed wife : 
 
 " Few were the nuptial years that gladdened life 
 With its supremest bliss, a virtuous wife ; 
 When, as if sent but as an angel guest, 
 For her own heaven she left my widow'd breast." 
 
 The Christian virtues of Mrs. Nicholas McDowall are portrayed 
 thus : 
 
 " No smarting pain, no faithless terrors come 
 To break thy slumbers in the peaceful tomb ; 
 Nor mournful eye, nor plaintive voice bemoan, 
 O child of God, thy Saviour's presence gone. 
 
 " Thy Lord appear'd to hush thine every sigh, 
 To yield thee Faith's triumphant victory ; 
 At ev'niug tide, ere to the realms of day 
 Thy long afflicted spirit hied away." 
 
 On the gravestone of Robert Anderson, painter, who died 24th 
 May, 1792, are these lines : 
 
 " They may write epitaphs who can, 
 I say here lies an honest man ! "
 
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 On the west side of the churchyard is the burial-place of those 
 who died at Dumfries during the terrible visitation of Asiatic 
 cholera in 1832. A monument at the spot is thus inscribed: 
 
 " In this Cemetery, 
 and chiefly within this enclosure, 
 
 lie the mortal remains 
 
 of more than 420 inhabitants of Dumfries, 
 
 who were suddenly swept away 
 
 by the memorable invasion of 
 
 Asiatic cholera, 
 
 A.D. MDCCCXXXII. 
 
 That terrific Pestilence 
 
 entered the town on 15th September, 
 
 and remained till 27th November ; 
 
 during which period it seized 
 
 at least 900 individuals, 
 
 of whom 44 died in one day, 
 
 and no more than 415 were reported 
 
 as recovered. 
 That the benefit of this 
 
 solemn warning 
 might not be lost to posterity, 
 
 this Monument 
 
 was erected, from collections made in 
 several churches in this town. 
 
 Psa. xc. Thou turnest man to destruction ; and sayest, Eeturn, 
 ye children of men. Thou carriest them away as with a flood. 
 
 Matt. xxv. 13. Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day 
 nor the hour." 
 
 PAEISH OF ANNAN. 
 
 Annan Castle stood on an eminence on the east bank of the 
 river west of the town ; the ruin disappeared sixty years ago. A 
 stone from the castle is built into the wall of a garden ; it bears 
 the following inscription :
 
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 "Robert De Bras Counte De Carrick et Semour De Val De 
 Annand. 1300." 
 
 In the parish churchyard an epitaph in Latin, intended to test 
 the ingenuity of the reader, proceeds thus : 
 
 "Qu A D T D P 
 
 os nguis irus risti ulcedine avit 
 H Sa M Ch M L." 
 
 By a little attention these three lines may be converted into two 
 of intelligible Latinity. 
 
 John Irwin, of Gulielands, " Justice of the Peace and Bailie of 
 Annan," who died 19th July, 1822, is thus celebrated : 
 
 " He thought it honour with all his might, 
 To preserve the ancient burgh's right ; 
 No man with bribes could for his blood 
 Tempt him to hurt the common good ; 
 Let every one that him succeeds 
 Think on his faithful words and deeds." 
 
 On her tombstone Mrs. Barbara Stewart, wife of .John Eoom, in 
 Stewart-town, who died at Tordoch, 16th March, 1730, leaving six 
 children, is thus commended : 
 
 " Beneath this stone in silent slumber sleeps 
 Her sacred dust, whose soul sweet Jesus keeps ; 
 Which wing'd its way thro' ether's regions high 
 To be united with saints above the sky. 
 In piety with virtue bright she shone, 
 A tender mother, wife, and friend in one ; 
 Lamented death, those children dear did cost, 
 Husband grief for what they had and lost." 
 
 A parochial incumbent has celebrated his deceased children in 
 these lines : 
 
 " Dear children, ye were most sprightly and fair, 
 Of grace, love, and smartness, instances rare ; 
 But in health those deaths thou, Peggie, foretold, 
 And heaven much longed for, who then could withhold."
 
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 A tombstone bears the following : 
 
 " No darkness, no dismal neglect, 
 No vapour intercepts the light. 
 We see for ever face to face 
 The highest Prince in highest place." 
 
 In the new churchyard the parents of a youth of nineteen lament 
 him thus : 
 
 " Dearest boy, thou hast left us, 
 
 Left us deeply drown'd in woe ; 
 He who gave thee takes thee from us, 
 And we dare not answer no." 
 
 PAEISH OF CAERLAVEEOCK. 
 
 In the parish churchyard a mortuary enclosure forms the burial- 
 place of the old family of Kirkpatrick of Conheath, ancestors of 
 Eugenie, ex-Empress of the French. On a monument are the 
 following inscriptions : 
 
 " In memory of William Kirkpatrick, late of Conheath ; Mary 
 Wilson, his spouse ; Isabella, Alexander, and Elizabeth Kirkpatrick, 
 their children." 
 
 "Eosina Kirkpatrick, died at Nithbank the 5th day of April, 
 1833." 
 
 " Jane Forbes Kirkpatrick, the last surviving daughter of the 
 above William and Mary Kirkpatrick, born the 18th of September, 
 1767; died the 21st December, 1854. 
 
 Erected by John Kirkpatrick, merchant in Ostend, eldest son of 
 the deceased William Kirkpatrick, April, 1788." 
 
 William Kirkpatrick of Conheath was cousin-german of Sir 
 James Kirkpatrick, Bart., of Closeburn. His daughter, Jane 
 Forbes Kirkpatrick, also commemorated on the monument, attained
 
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 her eighty-seventh year ; she was aunt of the Countess de Montijo, 
 mother of the ex-Empress. 
 
 Eobert Paterson, better known as " Old Mortality," rests in this 
 churchyard; his grave adjoins the burying-place of the Kirk- 
 patricks. He was born in 1715. Youngest son of Walter Paterson 
 and Margaret Scott, who rented the farm of Haggisha, parish of 
 Hawick, he some time served an elder brother, who had a farm 
 in Comcockle-muir, near Lochinaben. He married Elizabeth Gray, 
 who having been cook in the family of Sir Thomas Kirkpatrick of 
 Closeburn, procured for him an advantageous lease of a freestone 
 quarry at Morton. Here he resided many years, labouring with 
 exemplary diligence. From his youth attached to the sect of the 
 Cameronians he evinced a deep interest in the memory of those 
 who had suffered in the cause of Presbytery. Occasionally he 
 restored their tombstones. At length his zeal in the restoration of 
 these stony memorials acquired the force of a passion. In 1758 he 
 began to travel from parish to parish, ever working with hammer 
 and chisel in renewing the epitaphs of the martyrs. His self- 
 imposed task no entreaties of wife or children could induce him to 
 abandon. Though reduced to the verge of poverty he persisted in 
 his labours till the last day of his existence. He died at Bankend 
 village, near Lockerby, on the 29th January, 1801, aged eighty-six. 
 At his death he was found possessed of twenty-seven shillings and 
 sixpence, which were applied to the expenses of his funeral. Sir 
 Walter Scott, who has made "Old Mortality" the subject of a 
 novel, intended to rear a tombstone to his memory, but was unable 
 to discover his place of sepulture. Since the discovery has been 
 made, Messrs. Black, of Edinburgh, who possess the copyright of 
 the Waverley novels, have reared at the grave of the old enthusiast 
 a suitable memorial stone. It is thus inscribed : 
 
 " Erected to the memory of Eobert Paterson, the Old Mortality 
 of Sir Walter Scott, who was buried here February, 1801. 
 
 " Why seeks he with unwearied toil 
 
 Through death's dim walk to urge his way, 
 Reclaim his long-asserted spoil, 
 And lead oblivion into day ? "
 
 PARISH OF CLOSEBUKN. 299 
 
 PAEISH OF CANONBIE. 
 
 In this churchyard rest the remains of the Eev. Robert Petrie, a 
 respected minister of the parish, and father of four sons who rose to 
 distinction and opulence. Mr. Petrie was elected schoolmaster of 
 Jedburgh in 1719, and was afterwards preferred to the mastership 
 of the grammar school of Selkirk. In 1734 he was ordained 
 minister of Canonbie. He died on the 15th July, 1764, aged sixty- 
 four. His eldest son, Dr. Robert Petrie, was an eminent physician 
 in Lincoln ; William, his youngest son, rose to be second in com- 
 mand at Madras, and was distinguished for his administrative 
 abilities. 
 
 Caroline Eliza Scott, afterwards Mrs. Richardson, an elegant 
 poetess, is interred in the churchyard. She was born at Canonbie 
 on the 24th November, 1777. She married her cousin, Gilbert 
 Geddes Richardson, on the 29th April, 1799. For some years she 
 resided with her husband at Madras. On being early left a widow 
 she returned to Britain, and established her residence at London. 
 In 1821 she removed to Dumfries ; she subsequently rented a house 
 at Canonbie. She died on the 9th October, 1853, aged seventy-six. 
 Mrs. Richardson published several volumes of poems, and " Adonia," 
 a romance. 
 
 PARISH OF CLOSEBURN. 
 
 In Dalgarno Churchyard a tombstone commemorates James 
 Harkness, who escaped from prison when under sentence of death 
 for maintaining the right of private judgment. His epitaph is 
 as follows : 
 
 " Here lyes the body of James Harkness in Lockerben, who died 
 fi Dec., 1723, aged seventy-two years.
 
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 Below this stone his dust doth lie, 
 Who endured 28 years persecution by tyranny ; 
 Did him pursue with hue and cry, 
 Through many a lonesome place. 
 At last by Clavers he was ta'en, sentenced for to die, 
 But God, who for his soul took care, 
 
 Did him from prison bring. 
 Because no other cause they had, 
 But that he would not give up 
 With Christ his glorious king, 
 And swear allegiance to that beast, 
 
 The Duke of York I mean. 
 In spite of all their hellish rage, 
 
 A natural death he died, 
 In full assurance of his rest 
 
 With Christ eternally." 
 
 In Closeburn Churchyard a tombstone commemorates the Rev. 
 Peter Yorkstoun, minister of the parish. This eminent divine was 
 licensed in 1735 ; he was ordained minister of Kells in 1741. In 
 1763 he was translated to Closeburn ; he died on the 8th December, 
 1776, in his seventieth year, and thirty-sixth of his ministry. An 
 accurate scholar and an accomplished conversationalist, he was 
 highly distinguished for his ministerial gifts. 
 
 PAEISH OF DORNOCK. 
 
 The Rev. James Moffat, minister of the parish from 1694 to 1714, 
 has thus celebrated his departed wife : 
 
 " Scarce will an age afford such one, 
 So prudent, wise, and rare, 
 Pious, humble, modest, meek, and wise, 
 Loadstone-like, attractive, swete." 
 
 On the tombstone of John Graham, of Rosetrees, and his wife and 
 son, are inscribed these lines :
 
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 " Praises on tombs are trifles vainly spent, 
 Let each good name be its own monument, 
 What's here said, ye living it doth respect, 
 That thou, man, may'st seriously reflect, 
 On this memento, which in mind still have, 
 That each moment on the former shuts the grave, 
 Thy warrant is gone out, though dormant yet, 
 Perhaps behind one moment lurks thy fate, 
 Which opes the scene to eternal future things, 
 Which closes all, and final sentence brings." 
 
 The following rhymes commemorate the wife of David Stewart, 
 shoemaker, who died llth April, 1803, aged sixty-three. 
 
 " For twenty years and eight I liv'd a maiden's life, 
 And five-and-thirty years I was a married wife ; 
 And in that space of time eight children I did bear, 
 Four sons, four daughters, who ever lov'd most dear. 
 Three of that number, as the Scriptures run, 
 Preach up the way to heaven, and hell to shun." 
 
 PAEISH OF DEYFESDALE. 
 
 The churchyard of this parish is situated at the hamlet of Lock- 
 erbie. A former churchyard on the bank of the Dryfe stream had 
 been more than once rifled of its contents by sudden inundations 
 of the river. Lockerbie Churchyard contains these inscriptions : 
 
 " Praises on Tombs are trifles vainly spent, 
 A man's good name is his best Monument." 
 
 " Our life's a flying shadow, God's the pole, 
 The index pointing to Him is the soul ; 
 Death's the horizon when our sun is set, 
 Who will in Christ a resurrection get." 
 
 PAEISH OF DUNSCOEE. 
 
 In the dilapidated sepulchre of his family in the old churchyard 
 were deposited the remains of Sir Eobert Grierson, Bart., of Lag,
 
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 the noted persecutor. Representative of an ancient House, winch 
 long possessed the lands of Lag, Robert Grierson succeeded to his 
 paternal estate in 1669. In March, 1685, he was created a Baronet 
 of Nova Scotia; he also obtained from James VII. a pension of 
 200 sterling. He took an active part in hunting down the 
 adherents of the Covenant, and in repressing freedom of worship. 
 In 1685 he attacked John Bell, of Whiteside, and some others, in 
 Kirkconnel-muir, parish of Tongland, and ordered them to be 
 put to death without allowing them time for prayer ; he would 
 not permit their bodies to be buried. After the Revolution he lived 
 quietly on his estate. He died at Dumfries, 17th April, 1736. 
 His gravestone is inscribed thus : 
 
 S. 17 36. D. 
 
 W. G. N. M. 
 
 In Dunscore Churchyard are interred the remains of Robert 
 Riddell, of Glenriddell, the eminent antiquary and musician, an 
 early patron of Burns. " With Mr. Riddell and his wife/' writes 
 Burns, "I have enjoyed more pleasant evenings than at all the 
 houses of fashionable people in this country put together ; and to 
 their kindness and hospitality I am indebted for many of the 
 happiest hours of my life." Burns's poem of " The Whistle " com- 
 memorates a festive event which took place at Mr. Riddell's 
 residence, Friar's Carse Hermitage, on the 16th October, 1790. 
 Mr. Riddell died on the 21st April, 1794. He contributed a 
 number of papers to the Scottish Society of Antiquaries. 
 
 PARISH OF DURISDEER. 
 
 In the parish church a magnificent mausoleum commemorates 
 James, second Duke of Queensberry, and his Duchess. This eminent 
 statesman was born at Sanquhar Castle on the 18th December,
 
 PARISH OF DURISDEER. 303 
 
 1662. He was educated at the University of Glasgow, and after- 
 wards travelled on the Continent. In 1684 he was sworn a Privy 
 Councillor and appointed Lieutenant-Colonel of Lord Dundee's 
 regiment of horse. He cordially supported the Eevolution, and 
 William III. appointed him a gentleman of his bedchamber. In 
 1693 he became Lord High Treasurer. In 1700 he represented 
 the King as High Commissioner in the Scottish Parliament. By 
 Queen Anne in 1703 he was appointed Secretary of State ; he was 
 subsequently constituted High Commissioner on the part of 
 Scotland to carry out the treaty of Union. In recompence of his 
 services he received a pension of 3,000 per annum, and was 
 created a British peer by the title of Duke of Dover. In February, 
 1709, he was appointed third Secretary of State for the United 
 Kingdom. He died on the 6th July, 1711, in his forty-ninth year. 
 He married Mary, fourth daughter of Charles Boyle, Lord Clifford. 
 She died in 1709. 
 
 The monument of the Duke and Duchess contains their figures 
 in marble, and is thus inscribed : 
 
 " Marise, Ducissse Queensberias et Doverni, quse, paterna stirpe 
 e Burlingtonii et Cumbrise, materna vero, Somerseti et Essexise 
 familiis prselustribus, oriunda, generis splendorem morum suavitate 
 temperavit animi magnitudine auxit; et severiorem virtutem, 
 honestis ingenii et formse illecebris, jucundam reddidit et benignam 
 marito amantissimo ; dum varia rerum vice exerceretur, in secundis 
 decus, in dubiis stabilimen, in asperis solamen ; curarum thalami 
 et consiliorum sanctissimum depositum; conjugi incomparabili, 
 Jacobus, Dux Queensberise et Doverni (ea spe et hoc unico consilio, 
 quod, sub eodem marmore, ubi hos caros deposuit cineres, suas 
 depositurus sit) hoc monunientum extrui jussit. Obiit Londini, 
 Oetob. 2, 1709. 
 
 " Hie, in eodem tumulo, cum charissimse conjugis cineribus, 
 misceri voluit suos Jacobus Dux Queensberise et Doverni ; qui, ad 
 tot et tanta, quae subditus attigit, evectus, Londini fato cessit, sexto 
 die Julii, anno Christi redemptoris 1711. ^Etatis 49." 
 
 The Queensberry vault contains, in addition to the remains of 
 the Duke and Duchess, those of their daughter Elizabeth; of 
 Isabella Douglas, wife of William, first Duke of Queensberry;
 
 304 DUMFRIESSHIRE. 
 
 Lord George Douglas, son of the preceding; of Charles, the third 
 Duke of Queensberry, and his wife, Catherine Hyde, daughter of 
 Henry, Earl of Clarendon, the patroness of Gay, who said of her, 
 
 " Yonder I see the cheerful Duchess stand, 
 For friendship, zeal, and blithesome humours known ; " 
 
 of Charles, Earl of Drumlanrig, younger son of the third Duke ; of 
 Elizabeth Hope, Dowager Countess of Drumlanrig, and of Henry, 
 Lord Drumlanrig. 
 
 In the churchyard a tombstone commemorates Daniel McMichael, 
 a Covenanter, shot by General Dalziel, in January, 1685 ; the 
 epitaph follows : 
 
 " As Daniel cast was into lions' den, 
 For praying unto God, and not to men ; 
 Thus lions cruelly devoured me, 
 For bearing unto truth my testimony. 
 I rest in peace till Jesus rend the cloud, 
 And judge 'twixt me and those who shed my blood." 
 
 PARISH OF ESKDALEMUIR 
 
 The following epitaph celebrates the Eev. John Lawrie, succes- 
 sively minister of Wauchope and of this parish ; he died 7th 
 December, 1723, in his sixty-ninth year, and the thirty-third of his 
 ministry : 
 
 " Here lies John Lawrie, 
 Neither rich nor poor, 
 Last minister of Wauchope, 
 And first of Eskdalemoor." 
 
 By a tombstone is commemorated William Brown, D.D., author 
 of the " Antiquities of the Jews." Dr. Brown was ordained to the 
 parochial cure in 1792. He died 21st September, 1833, in his 
 sixty-ninth year and forty-fourth of his ministry.
 
 PAEISH OF GLENCAIHN. 305 
 
 PAEISH OF GLENCAIEN. 
 
 In the churchyard three tombstones commemorate four cove- 
 nanters who were in 1685 shot by order of Colonel Douglas and 
 Lieutenant Livingston. The inscriptions are as follow : 
 
 On John Gibson. 
 
 " My soul's in heaven, here's my dust, 
 By wicked sentence, and unjust, 
 Shot dead, convicted of no crime 
 But non-compliance with the time, 
 When Babel's bastards had command, 
 And monstrous tyrants ruled the land." 
 
 On James Bennoch. 
 
 " Here lies a monument of Popish wrath ; 
 Because I'm not perjur'd, I'm shot to death 
 By cruel hands ; men, godless and unjust, 
 Did sacrifice my blood to Babel's lust." 
 
 On Eobert Edgar and Eobert Mitchell. 
 
 " Halt, passenger, tell if thou ever saw 
 Men shot to death without process of law ; 
 We two, of four who in this churchyard ly, 
 Thus felt the rage of Popish tyranny." 
 
 On a portion of rising ground near the village of Minnyhive a 
 monument was reared in 1828 in commemoration of James 
 Eenwick, the last of Scottish martyrs. This celebrated field- 
 preacher was born on the 15th February, 1662. Having prose- 
 cuted his studies at the University of Edinburgh, he obtained 
 in 1682 licence in Holland as a preacher of the Presbyterian 
 Church. In January, 1683, he proclaimed the famous "Lanark 
 Declaration," and commenced a course of itinerant preaching. By 
 the Privy Council he was denounced a traitor, and his adher- 
 ents pronounced rebels. He was hotly pursued by the Govern-
 
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 ment troops, and had many signal escapes. On the accession of 
 James VII., in 1685, he publicly protested against the event in a 
 document known as the " Sanquhar Declaration." In October, 
 1687, a reward of 100 was offered for his apprehension; he was 
 discovered in January, 1688, and was committed to the Tolbooth of 
 Edinburgh. Tried before the Court of Justiciary for disowning the 
 royal authority, he was declared guilty ; he was executed at Edin- 
 burgh on the 17th February. He was in his twenty-sixth year. 
 A memoir of his life and a collection of his discourses were pub- 
 lished at Glasgow in 1777. His monument stands within a hundred 
 yards of the spot on which he is supposed to have been born ; it is 
 twenty-five feet in height, and cost 100. It is thus inscribed: 
 
 " In Memory of the late Rev. James Renwick, the last who 
 suffered to death for attachment to the Covenanted Cause of Christ 
 in Scotland : born, near this spot, 15th February, 1662, and executed 
 at the Grass-Market, Edinburgh, 17th February, 1688. 'The 
 righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance.' Erected by sub- 
 scription, AD. MDCCCXXVIII." 
 
 PARISH OF GRETNA 
 
 In the old churchyard at Redkirk a monumental stone was 
 formerly inscribed thus : 
 
 " Here lyeth IO.N BELL, who died in ye yhere 
 MDX and of hys age CXXX yheres, 
 Here bluidy Bell baith skin and bane, 
 Lyis quietly styll aneath thys stane. 
 He was a stark moss-trooper bent, 
 As ever drew a nout* o'er bent, 
 He brynt ye Lockwood tower and hall, 
 And flung ye lady o'er ye wall, 
 
 Black cattle.
 
 PARISH OF GRETNA. 307 
 
 For whilk ye Johnstone, stout and wyte 
 Set Blacketh a' in low by nyght ; 
 While cry'd a voice, as if from hell, 
 Haste, open ye gates for bluidy Bell." 
 
 In the parish churchyard a tombstone commemorates the Rev. 
 James Gatt, minister of the parish, an ingenious and learned 
 theologian. Mr. Gatt was a native of Cullen ; he studied at the 
 University of Edinburgh, and received licence in 1727. In 1730 
 he was ordained assistant and successor at Gretna ; he died on the 
 31st October, 1787, in his eighty-eighth year, and the fifty-eighth 
 of his ministry. He translated into Latin verse the Book of Job 
 and the Book of Proverbs, and composed many Latin poems and 
 birthday odes. Fond of alliteration, he frequently, in his dis- 
 courses, indulged in this vein. Preaching on Salvation, he spoke 
 of " the path, the purchaser, the price, the promise, the properties, 
 the preparation, and the preaching ; the privileges and pledges, the 
 partakers and the progress ; its perfection, practical use, and proper 
 improvement. As the blessings of salvation he enumerated regene- 
 ration, reconciliation, remission, renovation, restoration, redemption 
 from evil, rejoicing in hope, reinforcement of grace, and reception 
 into glory/' 
 
 The old church of Gretna was formerly a burial-place of the 
 Johnstones of Annandale. 
 
 In the parish churchyard Dr. John Wallace, physician, descended 
 from the family of Wallace of Craigie, has on his tombstone these 
 lines celebrating Sir William Wallace, the hero of his house : 
 
 " The hero of his age, and martyr for liberty, 
 Upon whose body nature did display 
 A manly gesture, features pleasing, gay ; 
 But virtue nobly did adorn his mind, 
 And made him ripe for company 'bove mankind." 
 
 Mrs. Jean Mackay is on her tombstone thus commemorated : 
 
 " Let no man boast of beauty bright, 
 She that lies here was my delight ; 
 Till cruel death did on her call, 
 And left me to lament her fall."
 
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 PARISH OF HODDAM. 
 
 In the parish churchyard is commemorated the Rev. Matthew 
 Reid, minister of the parish. Son of the Rev. Matthew Reid, 
 minister of Kirkinner, he studied at the University of Edinburgh, 
 and was licensed in 1664. During the same year he was admitted 
 to the pastoral charge of Langholm. He was translated to Hoddam 
 in 1666. He died llth April, 1681, in his forty-second year, and 
 the nineteenth of his ministry. On his tombstone his qualities are 
 thus quaintly portrayed : 
 
 " His name he from St. Matthew tooke, 
 His skill in physicke from St. Luke, 
 A reed of John the Baptist kind, 
 Not wavering with every wind ; 
 Ever a true Nathanael, 
 He preached, lived, and dyed weill." 
 
 John Irving, who died of consumption in 1805, aged twenty, is 
 celebrated thus : 
 
 " Hail ! pensive wanderer, 'mid the twilight gloom, 
 
 Approach and moralize beside this sod 
 A purer heart than that within this tomb, 
 
 Ne'er breath'd the vow of penitence to God. 
 Free from those stains that darken error's clime, 
 
 He ask'd of mercy, ask'd to be forgiven, 
 Then bow'd his head before the stroke of time, 
 
 And, borne by angels, found repose in heaven." 
 
 A couplet on a monument resting on the church wall thus com- 
 memorates Mrs. Mary Clow : 
 
 " A virtuous wife, a loving mother, 
 And one esteemed by all that knew her." 
 
 These lines on an altar stone commemorate a clockmaker : 
 
 " Here lyes a man, who all his mortal life 
 Past mending clocks, but cou'dna mend his wyfe. 
 The larum o' hys bell was ne'er sae shrill 
 As was her tongue, aye clacking like a mill. 
 But now he's gane oh whither ? nane can tell, 
 I" hope beyond the soun' o' Matty's bell."
 
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 In Ecclefechan Churchyard Mr. William Nicol, of the Edinburgh 
 High School, an associate of Burns, has erected an altar tomb over 
 the graves of his parents. 
 
 PAEISH OF HOLYWOOD. 
 
 Holywood Abbey stood in the south-east corner of the burying- 
 ground. It was founded by Devorgilla, wife of John Baliol, Lord 
 of Barnard Castle, and mother of John Baliol, who was in 1292 
 declared King of Scotland by Edward I. The abbey was taken 
 down in 1778, and the materials used in constructing the parish 
 church. The old monuments have disappeared. The following 
 inscriptions are from modern gravestones : 
 
 " The figure fair of Agnes see, 
 A loving spouse five years to me ; 
 Death suddenly did call her hence, 
 I calm resigned to Providence. 
 
 " Stop, passenger, in passing by, 
 
 And view the place where you must shortly be. 
 As you are now, so once was I ; 
 As I am now so you must be, 
 Therefore prepare to follow me." 
 
 " Adieu my wife and children all, 
 I yield to the Almighty's call ; 
 Children dear, pray love each other, 
 And cherish your affectionate mother. 
 Support her in declining years, 
 Oh sooth and catch each falling tear, 
 And may the grace of God be given, 
 To sanctify your souls for heaven." 
 
 PAEISH OF JOHNSTONE. 
 
 Attached to the parish church is the family vault of the noble 
 House of Johnstone of Annandale, now extinct ; it contains the 
 remains of many notable persons connected with the family.
 
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 PARISH OF KEIR 
 
 Near the parish church stood an upright stone six feet in height ; 
 it was known as the " grey-stone," but was uninscribed. On the 
 ridge of Keir Hill a stone bears the initials of James Renwick ; 
 the future martyr preached at the spot. 
 
 PARISH OF KIRKCONNEL. 
 
 In the churchyard a flat tombstone displaying a cross and a sword, 
 with the legend " Hie jacet Adamus Fleeming," is associated with 
 a melancholy narrative on which is founded the old ballad of " Fair 
 Helen of Kirkconnel." Helen Irving, a young lady of great per- 
 sonal attractions, and member of an old Annandale family, had 
 been courted by two gentlemen ; viz., Bell of Blackwood House, 
 Middlebie, and Adam Fleming of Fleming Hall, near Mossknow. 
 Fleming was the favoured lover, and Bell determined on vengeance. 
 He told the young lady that if he at any time found his rival in 
 her company he would kill him. Not long after she was walking 
 with Fleming on the romantic banks of the Kirtle, when she dis- 
 covered Bell hiding among the bushes. Perceiving that he levelled 
 his musket, she suddenly rushed between him and his intended 
 victim. She received the ball intended for her lover, fell back, and 
 immediately expired. Fleming rushed towards the murderer, and 
 slew him with his sword. A cairn was reared to denote the death- 
 spot of the fair heroine, and her remains were interred in Kirk- 
 connel Churchyard. Overwhelmed with grief, Fleming proceeded 
 to Spain, where he engaged in military service. Returning home 
 he visited Helen Irving's grave, stretched himself upon it, and died. 
 The legend is associated with the reign of Queen Mary. The ballad 
 to which it gave origin is presented by Mr. Charles Kirkpatrick 
 Sharpe in the Scots ATusical Museum, vol. iv., p. 210.
 
 PAEISH OF KIRKMAHOE. 311 
 
 In Kirkconnel Churchyard a tombstone commemorates William 
 Laing, a short-lived poet. A native of the parish, he supported 
 himself by tuition. He died in June, 1858, in his twenty-ninth 
 year. His " Poems and Songs " were published posthumously. 
 
 PAEISH OF KIEKMAHOE. 
 
 In the churchyard a gravestone commemorates the Eev. Francis 
 Irving, minister of the parish, a sufferer in the cause of Presbytery. 
 Having studied at the University of Edinburgh, he was elected 
 schoolmaster of Dumfries. Eeceiving licence, he was in 1642 
 ordained to the ministry at Trailflat. In 1645 he was translated 
 to Kirkmahoe. Deprived of his charge on the restoration of 
 Episcopacy, he refused to accept the Indulgence ; being afterwards 
 denounced by the Privy Council, he was several years imprisoned 
 in the Tolbooths of Dumfries and Edinburgh and on the Bass. He 
 afterwards went to Holland, but returned in 1687. After the 
 Eevolution he was restored to the living of Kirkmahoe. He died 
 on the 8th December, 1695, in the eighty-fifth year of his age and 
 fifty -third of his ministry. 
 
 A kind old spinster is on her tombstone thus gratefully com- 
 memorated : 
 
 " Stranger, one fleeting moment stay, 
 For this is Mary Lindsay's grave, 
 Who practised in her low estate 
 Virtue, that well became the great ; 
 Whose self-denial, chaste and kind, 
 An honour was to human kind. 
 Near yon rude cot she first drew breath, 
 And there she closed her eyes in death ; 
 Pattern to all who wish to thrive . 
 At the ripe age of eighty-five. 
 No husband Mary ever had, 
 No offspring age's ill to glad ;
 
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 But all the children round and round 
 
 In her a foster-parent found ; 
 
 Their eggs she boiled, their cloaks she dried, 
 
 And soothed and coaxed them when they cried ; 
 
 And when the burn ran wide and wild, 
 
 She ferried over every child. 
 
 Proficient in her loving heart, 
 
 The fremit had a mother's heart. 
 
 A gentleness and love that's higher, 
 
 And blessed was Mary's fire. 
 
 Disturb not, but respect this stone, 
 
 Eaised to her memory by one 
 
 Who even in death would Mary shield, 
 
 Hannah of Bayhall, Huddersfield." 
 
 PAEISH OP KIEKMICHAEL. 
 
 A large stone, named " sax corses " (six corpses), denotes the 
 burial-place of Sir Hugh de Morland and five of his followers, who 
 were slain by Sir William Wallace and his followers, who sallied 
 forth to attack them from the Tor-linn, a glen of natural oak in 
 the vicinity. 
 
 In Garrel Churchyard is the ancient burying-ground of 
 the Kirkpatricks, Barons of Kirkmichael. A plain tombstone 
 commemorates the great-grandmother and great-grandfather of 
 Eugenie, ex-Empress of the French. There is the following 
 inscription : 
 
 "Robert Kirkpatrick of 
 Glenkiln, died 12th Octr., 1746, aged 68 years. 
 
 His Superior abilities, possessed 
 
 And aided by honest Industry, 
 
 Exalted his Station in Life: 
 
 His Amiable Disposition 
 Endeared him to Mankind. 
 
 Mrs. Kirkpatrick, of Glenkiln, 
 
 Died 2nd June, 1771, 68th year. 
 
 Her Virtue, Piety, and 
 
 Benevolence of Heart
 
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 Procured her Universal Esteem; 
 
 Her Family feel the Loss of a 
 
 Most Affectionate Parent, 
 
 And The Poor 
 Their Benefactress/' 
 
 PARISH OF KIEKPATEICK-JUXTA. 
 
 A parochial incumbent, who had been invited to the ministerial 
 charge of Mousewald, but died before his translation, is thus 
 quaintly commemorated on his tombstone: 
 
 " The Rev. Dr. Stewart's call to Mousewald 
 Was turned into a call to another land." 
 
 PARISH OF LANGHOLM. 
 
 At Langholm a monumental statue commemorates Admiral Sir 
 Pulteney Malcolm, son of George Malcolm, farmer, Burnfoot, in 
 this parish. He was born on the 20th February, 1768. In 1778 
 he entered the navy as a midshipman. On board the Penelope he 
 aided in the capture of the Inconstante frigate, which he conducted 
 to Port Royal. In 1794 he became commander, and had direction 
 of the seamen and marines landed to garrison on Cape Nichola 
 Mole. After many other distinguished services, he was appointed 
 to the command of the Donegal, in which he accompanied Lord 
 Nelson in his pursuit of the squadrons of France and Spain. He 
 greatly distinguished himself at the battle of St. Domingo in 
 February, 1806. On his return to Britain he received the thanks 
 of both Houses of Parliament. In 1808 he escorted the army 
 under General Wellesley into Portugal. In 1809 he commanded 
 the blockade of Cherbourg. In command of the Royal Oak he pro- 
 ceeded to North America in 1814, and took part in the siege of 
 Fort Boyer, the surrender of which terminated the war. In 1815
 
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 he was nominated Knight Commander of the Bath, In 1816 he 
 held office as Commander-in-chief at St. Helena ; by his agreeable 
 manners he won the favour of Napoleon. Sir Pulteney attained 
 the rank of Admiral in January, 1837. He died on the 20th 
 July, 1838. 
 
 PAEISH OF LOCHMABEK 
 
 In Lochmaben Churchyard an obelisk, without inscription, is 
 believed to commemorate Dr. James Mounsey, physician to the 
 Empress of Eussia. Son of Thomas Mounsey, farmer, at Skipmyre, 
 parish of Tinwald, Dumfriesshire, he settled at St. Petersburg some 
 time before 1750, and was employed by the Emperor and Empress, 
 to whom he subsequently became first physician. Returning to 
 Britain before 1770, he purchased the estate of Eammerscales, in 
 Annandale. He died soon afterwards. 
 
 A tombstone celebrates the Eev. Dr. Andrew Jaffray, minister of 
 the parish, a friend of the poet Burns. He was licensed in 1749, 
 and ordained to the ministry at Tundergath in 1755. Translated to 
 Euthwell in 1760, he was in 1783 preferred to the living of Loch- 
 maben. Burns, who much enjoyed his society, has characterized 
 him as "a worthy old veteran in religion and good fellowship." 
 His daughter Jean was the heroine of Burns' song, " I gaed a waefu' 
 gate yestreen." Dr. Jaffray died on the 3rd January, 1795, in his 
 seventy-third year, and the fortieth of his ministry. 
 
 A handsome granite obelisk denotes the grave of William Jar- 
 dine, of Lanrick Castle, M.P., a native of the parish, who died on 
 the 27th February, 1843. 
 
 PAEISH OF MIDDLEBIE. 
 
 A tombstone commemorates the Eev. James Currie, minister of 
 the parish, and father of Dr. James Currie, the editor of Burns.
 
 PARISH OF MOFFAT. 315 
 
 Mr. Currie was son of the Eev. James Currie, minister of Hoddam. 
 He was ordained minister of Kirkpatrick-Fleming in 1746, and was 
 translated to Middlebie in 1763. He died on the 24th October, 
 1773, aged fifty-eight. 
 
 PAEISH OF MOFFAT. 
 
 In the parish churchyard rest the remains of John Finlay, an 
 ingenious and short-lived poet. He died suddenly at Moffat on 
 the 8th December, 1810, in his twenty-eighth year. At the age of 
 nineteen he composed his poem of " Wallace, or the Vale of 
 Ellerslie," which, published in 1802, attracted much attention. 
 His " Scottish Historical and Eomantic Ballads " appeared in 1808. 
 
 A monument commemorates John Loudon Macadam, the cele- 
 brated improver of roads. He was born at Ayr on the 21st 
 September, 1756. His youth was spent in America. In 1798 he 
 was appointed Government Agent for victualling the navy in the 
 Western ports. On his method of improving roads he had experi- 
 mented in Scotland; he now made trial of his system in the 
 west of England. In 1815 he was appointed Surveyor-General of 
 British roads. His method being generally adopted, he received 
 from Government the sum of 10,000 in reimbursement of funds 
 .expended in experiments. He was also offered knighthood, which 
 he declined. He retired to Moffat and there died on the 26th No- 
 vember, 1836, aged eighty. 
 
 John Williamson, who discovered the Moffat mineral spa, is 
 celebrated by a memorial stone. He died in 1769. 
 
 A tombstone has been reared in memory of the Eev. Eobert 
 Johnstone, missionary at Madras, who died in 1853. 
 
 William Muir, in Clarefoot, and his wife, who both died in 1759, 
 are thus quaintly commemorated : 
 
 " Here lies the man, the woman here, 
 Their mutual love surpassing dear, 
 When down she in the grave did ly, 
 Here he reclined of sympathy."
 
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 Another quaint epitaph is as follows : 
 
 " Within this cold clay bed 
 The dusty parts here lie 
 The affectionate father, 
 The indulgent mother, 
 And their children five." 
 
 PAEISH OF PENPONT. 
 
 On the estate of Bailford, an obelisk, ten feet in height, is 
 understood to possess a memorial character, but the inscription has 
 long been defaced. 
 
 PAEISH OF EUTHWELL. 
 
 In the manse garden is an ancient cross sculptured with 
 Christian emblems and other figures, and bearing inscriptions both 
 in Latin and in Anglo-Saxon Eunes. It was partially restored 
 and placed in its present position by the late Dr. Henry Duncan, 
 minister of the parish. There are four faces, two of which present 
 Anglo-Saxon Euues, and the two others Eoman characters. On the 
 latter are Christian emblems. Dr. Duncan believed that the 
 pillar had, since its original erection, undergone a change, and 
 that the sculpture on the Eunic sides considerably preceded 
 that on the other two. A portion of the Runes, deciphered by 
 Mr. Repp, the learned Danish scholar, would indicate that the 
 structure had been reared by the authority of the Therfusian 
 Fathers to expiate an injury. The Eoman sides present Latin 
 inscriptions, from the Vulgate version of the New Testament, and 
 illustrate leading scenes in the Saviour's life. At the Eeformation
 
 PARISH OF RUTHWELL. 317 
 
 the cross stood in the parish church. In 1642 it was removed by 
 the General Assembly, as a monument of idolatry. It was after- 
 wards restored to the church, but was taken back to the churchyard, 
 from which the portions were collected by Dr. Duncan in 1802. 
 In the manse garden are two other sculptured stones about the 
 size and shape of common gravestones, but without inscriptions, 
 each containing the figure of an ornamented cross rising in the 
 centre on a pedestal, and on the right side a sword of ancient form ; 
 while on the left side of the one is the coulter and sock of a 
 plough, and on that of the other a bugle-horn. These stones 
 were found in the churchyard, but are believed to have been 
 connected with a small chapel, or preceptory, belonging to the 
 knights of St. John. 
 
 In the churchyard a plain monumental slab commemorates the 
 Eev. Gavin Young, minister of the parish, who died in 1671, in 
 his eighty-fifth year, and fifty -fourth of his ministry. Mr. Young 
 is remembered as the Scottish Vicar of Bray, having repeatedly 
 changed his principles to preserve his living. " John," said he to 
 one of his elders, " what do the folk i' the Priestside say aboot 
 me ? " " 'Deed, Sir," said John, " they say ye're a turncoat." " Aye, 
 aye, John, it's vera true they say, but ye ken we manna quarrel wi' 
 our brose for a mote i' them." On Mr. Young's tombstone is the 
 following inscription : 
 
 " Here lyes the Eev. Mr. Gavin Younge, Minister of Euthwell. 
 He died 1671, aged eighty-five. He was minister fifty-four yhears. 
 Also his wyfe, Jane Stewart, aged forty-three." 
 
 " Far frae our own, 
 Amidst our own we lye, 
 Of our dear bairnes, 
 Thirty and one us bye. 
 
 Gavinus Junius Unius agni usui. 
 
 Jean Stewart, a true saint, 
 A true saint I liveit, sa I deit, 
 Though man saw no, my God did see it, 
 Blessed are they that die in ye Lord."
 
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 One of Mr. Young's daughters, Mrs. Wilson, is thus comme- 
 morated on her gravestone 
 
 " My dear mother near I lye, 
 Ten before me, the eleventh am I ; 
 Dear spous, when yhou behold this shryne, 
 Think on your bonny babes and myne." 
 
 Another daughter of Mr. Young, married to one of the Carlyles 
 of Bridekirk, is celebrated thus : 
 
 " Of virtue, wit, grace, truth, love, pietie, 
 This woman in hyr tyme had store ; 
 On small meanes she aye held grit honestie, 
 And in reward has endless glore." 
 
 The Eev. Dr. Henry Duncan, minister of the parish, and after- 
 wards minister of the Free Church, Euthwell, is commemorated by 
 a tombstone. He died 19th February, 1846. (See ante.) 
 
 Stuart Lewis, the mendicant bard, rests in Ruthwell Churchyard. 
 He is entitled to commemoration as the author of " O'er the inuir 
 amang the heather," a song which long retained popularity. Lewis 
 died at Ruthwell, in September, 1818, at the age of sixty-two. 
 
 PARISH OF SANQUHAR. 
 
 In the parish churchyard the Rev. Thomas Ballantine, minister 
 of the associate congregation of Sanquhar, is celebrated thus : 
 
 " This sacred herald whose sweet mouth 
 
 Spread gospel truth abroad, 
 Like Timothy, was but a youth, 
 And yet a man of God. 
 
 " Soon did the young yet ready scribe 
 
 A friend of Christ appear, 
 And was among the associate tribe 
 A covenanted seer.
 
 PARISH OF TINWALD. 319 
 
 " He for y e Reformation cause 
 
 Contending for renown 
 Among that noted number was 
 The first that gained the crown. 
 
 " His zealous soul with hasty pace 
 
 Did mortal life despise 
 To feed the lambs around y e place 
 Where now his body lies." 
 
 Mr. Ballantine was the first of the Associate ministers who died 
 after the event of the Secession. He died in 1741. 
 
 William Halliday, teacher, who died in 1836, aged nineteen, is 
 celebrated thus : 
 
 " Whate'er might be his faults, the youth here laid 
 Ungrudgingly the debt of nature paid, 
 Without a sigh resigned what God him gave, 
 Convinc'd of brighter worlds beyond the grave." 
 
 A shepherd who died in 1830 has the following epitaph : 
 
 Pastoral brethren, shed the tribute tear 
 On him you lov'd, to social virtue dear ; 
 Hope views him still to brighter regions gone, 
 'Mong Christ's redeemed folk around the throne." 
 
 PAEISH OF TINWALD. 
 
 In Trailflat Churchyard four altar-stones commemorate members 
 of the families of Paterson, Rogerson, and Mounsey, related by 
 intermarriage, and which severally produced W T illiam Paterson, 
 founder of the Bank of England, and Dr. James Mounsey, and 
 Dr. John Eogerson, physicians at the Eussian Court. The in- 
 scriptions follow : 
 
 " In memory of Margaret Wilkin, spouse to James Paterson in 
 Skipmyre, who died February, 1694; also James Paterson in 
 Skipmyre, who died May 29, 1722, aged 101 years ; also Adam 
 Paterson, his son, who died May 29, 1737, aged seventy-one 
 years."
 
 320 DUMFRIESSHIRE. 
 
 " Here lyes James Paterson, son to John Paterson, in Skipmire, 
 who deceased the 5th of April, 1694; and John and William 
 Paterson." 
 
 " Here lyes the corpse of John Mounsey, in Shieldhill, son to 
 William Mounsey, in Skipmyre, who departed this life the 2nd of 
 Aprill, 1751, aged twenty-three years. Memento mori." 
 
 " In memory of John Paterson, in Skipmyre, who died February 
 7th, 1694. 
 
 " Also William Mounsey, in Skipmire, who died April 23, 1751, 
 aged sixty-three years ; also Margaret Rogerson, his spouse, who 
 died Nov. 19, 1760, aged sixty-five years. 
 
 "Also Alexr. Mounsey, their son, who died July 31, 1785, aged 
 fifty-six years ; also Jean Rogerson, his spouse, who died May 3, 
 1820, aged eighty-one years; also Samuel Mounsey, their son, who 
 died June 9, 1797, aged twenty-six years. 
 
 " Also William, son to the said William Mounsey, who died Jan. 
 23, 1793, aged sixty years. 
 
 " Also William, son to the said Alexr. Mounsey, who died 22nd 
 Deer., 1829, aged sixty-seven." 
 
 "Here lyes Jannet Paterson, lait spouse to Thomas Munsie, 
 merchand, Skipmyre, who died the 26th day of Novr., 1698 ; and 
 here lyes T. M. and A. M., their children." 
 
 " Here lyeth the body of Thomas Monsie, in Skipmyre, who 
 departed this life August the 6th, 1711, aged fifty-five years; also 
 here lyeth the body of Mary Steell, spouse to Thomas Mounsie, 
 who departed this life the 23rd of May, 1747, aged sixty-three 
 years." 
 
 "In memory of Jean White, spouse to James Mounsey, in 
 Skipmyre, who died June 21, 1820, aged forty-three years ; also 
 James, their son, who died Augt. 6, 1812, aged two years ; also 
 William, their son, who died 31 March, 1825, aged fourteen years ; 
 also James, their son, who died 2 June, 1825, aged twelve years ; 
 also the said James Mounsey, who died 10th March, 1635, aged 
 fifty-five years. Also interred here, John Mounsey, M.D., his son, 
 who died in Manchester, 26 October, 1837, aged twenty-nine 
 years." 
 
 William Paterson, founder of the Bank of England, and projector of 
 theDarien expedition, was born at Skipmyre, in March or April, 1655, 
 but his father's Christian name has not been absolutely ascertained.
 
 PARISH OF TOItTHORWALD. 321 
 
 In an interesting publication the late Mr. William Pagan of 
 Clayton, author of " Eoad Eeform," has collected some important 
 data to establish that John Paterson, in Skipmyre, and his wife, 
 Bethia Paterson, were the banker's parents. These are not 
 mentioned on the tombstones.* 
 
 PAPJSH OF TOETHOEWALD. 
 
 In this churchyard rest the remains of the Eev. John Macmurdo, 
 minister of the parish, locally celebrated for his piety and his 
 patriotism. During the Eebellion of 1715 he led out the men of 
 his parish as volunteers in support of the Government. According 
 to tradition his bearing was eminently soldier-like ; in. giving the 
 word of command he expressed himself with military precision. 
 He was eminently pious, spending whole nights in devotion. 
 The epitaph on his tomb, lately repaired by his descendants, pro- 
 ceeds thus : 
 
 " Hie requiescat D : Joa : M'Murdo, V. D. M. grande quondam 
 ecclesiae ornamentum, ac hujus parochiae, per XVIII. annos, fidelis- 
 simus pastor. Vir solidae eruditionis, sinceree pietatis, illibati 
 candoris ; vitae innocentia, morumque suavitate, omnibus charus ; 
 in verbo divino praedicando prsepotens ac mellifluus, Boanerges alter, 
 alter Barnabas. Obiit xix. Nov., A.D. MDCCXX., ^Etatis xxxix. 
 Monumentum hoc mcerens ejus conjux, Alisa Chartres, curavit." 
 
 Mr. Macmurdo studied at Edinburgh College, and was ordained 
 at Torthorwald in 1702. He died 19th November, 1720, in the 
 thirty-ninth year of his age, and twelfth of his ministry. The 
 Eev. Dr. Henry Duncan, of Euthwell, was his great-grandson. 
 
 A farmer and his wife are on their gravestone thus described : 
 
 " They aimed at no titles, 
 But honest and unstained characters ; 
 None of them were rich, 
 Neither were they poor. 
 
 *"The Biithplace and Parentage of William Paterson," by Yv r illiam Pagan, 
 F.S.A. Scot. Edinburgh, 1865, 12iuo. 
 
 Y
 
 322 DUMFRIESSHIRE. 
 
 " But their own industry, by the divine blessing, supplied them 
 abundantly with the necessaries of life, and with something also 
 to relieve the distressed." 
 
 PARISH OF TUNDERGARTH. 
 
 Seven erect stones on the farm of Whiteholm are popularly 
 known as the " seven brethren." Bones are frequently dug up in 
 the vicinity. 
 
 In the churchyard a tombstone denotes the resting-place of the 
 Kev. William Thomson, an eccentric minister of the parish, 
 ordained 1691 ; demitted April, 1716. In the pulpit, on a 
 Communion Sunday, he began a discourse by relating that he had 
 dreamed that he had seen the prince of darkness, and had asked him 
 where he was going ; he replied, to Tundergarth Kirk, where he 
 expected to find some prey. " I told him," proceeded Mr. Thomson, 
 " that he suldna get ane except John o' Kepel-foot, and if he would 
 lead my peats he suldna hae him either." 
 
 PARISH OF TYNROK 
 
 On Appin Hill in this parish a cairn now invisible was believed 
 to cover the remains of a Pictish king. 
 
 In the churchyard a tombstone commemorates William Smith, a 
 youth of eighteen, " who was shot at the bridge end of Moniaive 
 by command of Sir Robert Lawrie, Laird of Maxwelton, and John 
 Douglas of Stenhouse, May, 1685." His epitaph follows : 
 
 " I, William Smith, now here do ly, 
 Once martyred for Christ's verity. 
 Douglas of Stenhouse, Lawrie of Maxwelton, 
 Caused cornet Baillie give me martyrdom ; 
 What cruelty they to my corpse then used, 
 Living may judge ; me burial they refused."
 
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 PARISH OF WAMPHRAY. 
 
 In Wamphray Churchyard a tombstone celebrates Dr. John 
 Rogerson, who was for many years first physician to the Empress 
 Catharine of Russia and her successors. Dr. Rogerson was son of 
 Samuel Rogerson, tenant at Lochbrow, in the parish of Johnstone. 
 Having qualified himself as a medical practitioner, he proceeded 
 to St. Petersburg, where he became physician to the Court. 
 After a residence in Russia of forty years he returned to Dum- 
 friesshire, where he purchased large estates, and established his 
 residence at Dumcrieff, in Annandale. He died in 1823 at the age 
 of seventy-four. His estates passed to Lord Rollo, who married his 
 daughter and heiress. 
 
 On tombstones in Wamphray Churchyard are the following 
 inscriptions : 
 
 " O mortal man look here and see, 
 As we are now 
 Thou must soon be, 
 Thy body in the ground 
 Till the last day 
 The trumpet sound." 
 
 " Securely laid 
 In this thy last retreat, 
 Unheeded o'er thy silent dust 
 The storms of life shall beat." 
 
 Weep not for me, dear children, when my grave you see, 
 
 In moderation let your sorrows be ; 
 
 And say with Job, the Lord who is my stay 
 
 In mercy gives, in mercy takes away." 
 
 " Underneath this stone 
 His earthly part doth ly ; 
 His soul it's hop'd 
 Ascended is on high.
 
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 He resigned this world 
 In pp-ace and love, 
 To meet sweet Jesus Christ 
 In heaven above." 
 
 PARISH OF WESTERKIKK. 
 
 Oil Langholm Hill an elegant obelisk commemorates Sir John 
 Malcolm, the eminent diplomatist. This distinguished individual 
 was born on the 2nd May, 17b'9, on the farm of Burnfoot, near 
 Langholm. In 1782 he went to India as a cadet. Applying 
 himself to the study of languages, he attracted the notice of 
 Lord Cornwallis, who appointed him Persian interpreter to a body 
 of British troops in the service of a native prince. In 1795 he dis- 
 tinguished himself at the taking of the Cape of Good Hope ; he 
 obtained a captain's commission in 1797. On the surrender of 
 Seringapatam he was appointed joint secretary to the commiss- 
 ioners for settling the government of Mysore. In 1801 he became 
 private secretary to the Governor-General. In 1803 he was ap- 
 pointed resident with the Rajah of Mysore, and in 1805 chief agent 
 of the Governor-General. Having carried out two important em- 
 bassies in Persia he returned to England in 1812, when he received 
 the honour of knighthood. In 1815 he published his " History of 
 Persia " in two quarto volumes. Returning to India in 1817 he 
 commanded the third division of the army with the rank of 
 Brigadier-General ; he greatly distinguished himself in the decisive 
 battle of Mehidpoor. In 1822 he returned to Britain with the 
 rank of Major-General, when, in appreciation of his services, the 
 Directors of the East India Company granted him a pension of 
 1,000 a year. In 1827 he was appointed Governor of Bombay. 
 In 1831 he returned to Britain and was elected M.P. for Launceston. 
 He died on the 31st May, 1833. Shortly before his death he pub-
 
 PARISH OF WESTEIIKIRK. 325 
 
 lislied a work on the Government of India. His " Life of Eobert 
 Lord Olive," in three octavo volumes, appeared posthumously. Sir 
 John Malcolm has a monument in Westminster Abbey, and a 
 statue by Chantrey at Bombay. On the day preceding his death 
 he attended a meeting in London on behalf of the movement to 
 secure the mansion of Abbotsford to the family of Sir Walter 
 Scott. 
 
 In the churchyard a plain gravestone commemorates the father of 
 Thomas Telford, the eminent civil engineer, a native of the parish. 
 This stone was fashioned and engraved by the great engineer when 
 he was apprenticed to a stone-mason in the district.
 
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 KIRKCUDBRIGHTSHIRE. 
 
 PARISH OF ANWORTH. 
 
 A granite obelisk fifty-six feet in height, reared in 1839, 
 celebrates Samuel Rutherford, the distinguished Presbyterian diviiie. 
 Son of a farmer, Rutherford was born at Nisbet, Roxburghshire, 
 about 1600. He was educated at the University of Edinburgh, 
 and was, in 1623, elected Regent of Humanity in Edinburgh 
 College. In 1627 he was ordained minister of Anworth. He was 
 summoned before the Court of High Commission in 1630, but the 
 diet was deserted. In 1636 he was deprived by the Bishop of 
 Galloway for nonconformity, and sentenced to confine himself to the 
 city of Aberdeen. At Aberdeen he remained eighteen months; he 
 there wrote the greater number of his celebrated letters. In 1638 
 he returned to Anworth ; he was a member of the General Assembly 
 of that year. Soon after he was appointed Professor of Divinity in 
 the University of St. Andrews, and colleague of Mr. Robert Blair, 
 minister of that city. In 1643 he was chosen one of the com- 
 missioners from the Church of Scotland to the Assembly of Divines 
 at Westminster ; he remained in London four years. He repeatedly 
 preached before Parliament. In 1649 he was appointed Principal 
 of the New College, St. Andrews. At the Restoration he was 
 selected as an object of persecution. His " Lex Rex," a work 
 published in reply to a defence of absolute monarchy, by the 
 Bishop of Ross, was ordered to be burnt by the common executioner, 
 both at Edinburgh and St. Andrews. He was deprived of his 
 offices, and summoned to appear before Parliament on a charge of
 
 PARISH OF BALMACLELLAN. 327 
 
 high treason, a summons he did not live to obey. After a period 
 of feeble health, he died at St. Andrews on the 19th March, 1661. 
 His remains were interred in the churchyard of the cathedral. 
 Rutherford's works are chiefly controversial, and are especially 
 suited to the times in which he lived. His volume of letters, 
 published posthumously, has been frequently reprinted, and is held 
 in esteem. 
 
 In Anworth Churchyard a tombstone commemorates John Bell, 
 heir of Whiteside, who for his adherence to Presbyterianism was 
 with four others shot, by command of Sir Robert Grierson, on 
 Kirkconnel-muir in 1685. On his tombstone are these lines : 
 
 " This monument shall tell posterity 
 That blessed Bell of Whitesyde here doth lye, 
 Who at command of bloody Lag was shot, 
 A murder strange, which should not be forgot. 
 Douglas of Morton did him quarters give, 
 Yet cruel Lag would not let him survive. 
 This martyr sought some time to recommend 
 His soul to God before his days should end. 
 The tyrant said, What, dev'l you've pray'd enough 
 This long seven years on mountain and in cleuch ; 
 And instantly caused him with other four 
 Be shot to death upon Kirkconnel Moor : 
 So thus did end the lives of these dear saints, 
 For their adherence to the covenants." 
 
 According to Wodrow, Bell was only son of a gentlewoman, 
 heiress of Whiteside, who after his father's death married the 
 Viscount Kenmure. He had been forfeited in 1680, in conse- 
 quence of his having fought at Bothwell Bridge. Having been 
 surprised by Grierson on Kirkconnel-muir, he and his companions 
 were shot without being allowed time for prayer. 
 
 PARISH OF BALMACLELLAN. 
 
 In the parish churchyard a tombstone commemorates Robert 
 Grierson, who was slain by command of Colonel James Douglas,
 
 328 KIHKCUDBKICUTSIIIRE. 
 
 at Inglistoun, parish of Glencairn, in 1685. His epitaph is as 
 follows : 
 
 " This monument to passengers shall cry, 
 That godly Grierson under it doth ly, 
 Betray'd by knavish Watson to his foes, 
 Which made this martyr's days by murder close. 
 If ye would know the nature of his crime, 
 Then read the story of that killing time, 
 When Babel's brats, with hellish plot conceal'd, 
 Design'd to make our earth their hunting-field. 
 Here one of five at once were laid in dust, 
 To gratify Rome's execrable lust. 
 If carabines, with molten bullets could 
 Have reach'd their souls, these mighty Nimrods would 
 Them have cut off; for here could no request 
 Three minutes get to pray for future rest." 
 
 A tombstone in the churchyard thus commemorates Robert 
 Paterson, the celebrated "Old Mortality :" 
 
 " To the memory of Robert Paterson, stone engraver, well known 
 as ' Old Mortality," who died at Bankend, of Caerlaverock, 
 14th Feb., 1801, aged eighty-eight. Also of Elizabeth Gray, his 
 spouse, who died at Balmaclellan village, 5th May, 1785, aged 
 lii'ty-nine. Also of Robert, their son, who died 30th April, 1846, 
 aged ninety. Also of Agnes M'Knight, his spouse, who died 
 5th August, 1818. Also of John, their son, who died 29 Jan., 
 1810, aged thirteen. Also of Alexander, who died at Wakefield, 
 26th Oct., 1837, aged forty-two. Also of Robert, their son, who 
 died at Liverpool, 3rd Feb., 1865, aged sixty-five. Erected by 
 Thomas Paterson, 1855." 
 
 Thomas Paterson, who reared this memorial stone, married Jane 
 Murray, grand-niece of the Rev. Dr. Alexander Murray, the cele- 
 brated linguist. 
 
 PARISH OF BALMAGH1E. 
 
 In the churchyard two martyrs are commemorated. Their 
 gravestone is thus inscribed :
 
 PARISH OF CAKSPHAIRN. 329 
 
 " Here lyes David Halliday, portioner of Mayfield, who was 
 shot upon the 21st of Feb., 1685 ; and J)avid Halliday, once in 
 Glenap, who was likewise shot upon the llth July, 1685, for 
 their adherence to the principles of Scotland's Covenanted 
 Reformation. 
 
 Beneath this stone two David Hallidays 
 
 Doe lie, whose souls now sing their Master's praise. 
 
 To know, if curious passengers desire, 
 
 For what, by whom, and how they did expire, 
 
 They did oppose this nation's perjury; 
 
 Nor could they join with lordly prelacy. 
 
 Indulging favours from Christ's enemies 
 
 Quenched not their zeal. This monument then cries, 
 
 Those were the causes, not to be forgot, 
 
 Why they by Lag so wickedly were shot. 
 
 One name, one cause, one grave, one heaven do tie 
 
 Their souls to that one God eternally." 
 
 PARISH OF BORGUE. 
 
 A tombstone in the churchyard denotes the grave of Robert 
 Macquae, shot by Colonel Douglas in 1685 for attending con- 
 venticles. 
 
 William Nicholson, author of the " Brownie of Blednoch," and 
 other popular ballads, is interred at Borgue : he died on the 
 16th May, 1849. 
 
 PARISH OF CARSPHAIRN. 
 
 A monument on the moor of Crossgellioch commemorates three 
 Covenanters, Joseph Wilson, John Jamieson, and John Humphrey, 
 shot by Claverhouse in 1685. The monument was reared in 1827 ; 
 in digging for its foundation the workmen discovered the bodies of
 
 330 KIRKCUDBRIGHTSHIRE. 
 
 the sufferers preserved in the moss, clad in their hosen, coats, and 
 bonnets, just as they had fallen. 
 
 PARISH OF CROSSMICHAEL 
 
 A tombstone in the churchyard commemorates the Eev. Nathaniel 
 M'Kie, minister of the parish. Son of William M'Kie, minister of 
 Balmaghie, he was licensed in 1737, and ordained at Crossmichael 
 in 1739; he died 26th January, 1781, in his sixty-sixth year, and 
 forty-second of his ministry. Mr. M'Kie was noted for his pulpit 
 eccentricities. Beginning one Sunday morning an exposition 
 in Exodus, he proceeded thus : " ' And the Lord said unto Moses,' 
 sneck that door ; I'm thinking if ye had to sit beside the door 
 yoursel' ye wadna be sae ready leaving it open. It was just beside 
 that door that Yedam Tamson the bellman gat his death o' cauld ; 
 and Fm sure, honest man, he didna let it stay muckle open. ' And 
 the Lord said unto Moses,' I see a man aneath that laft wi' his 
 hat on. I'm sure ye're clear o' the soogh o' the door. Keep aff 
 yer bannat, Tammas, and if yer bare pow be cauld, ye maun just 
 get a grey worstit wig like mysel' ; they are no sae dear plenty 
 o' them at Eob Gillespie's for tenpence." 
 
 PARISH OF DALRY. 
 
 A monument celebrates the Rev. William Boyd, a distinguished 
 minister of the parish. Mr. Boyd studied at the University of 
 Glasgow about 1685, and obtained licence abroad. Joining the 
 Cameronians he proceeded to Holland, where he secured the friend- 
 ship of William, Prince of Orange, whom he accompanied to 
 Britain, and whose accession to the throne he proclaimed at the
 
 PARISH OF GIRTHON. 331 
 
 Cross of Glasgow. In 1690 he was ordained minister of Dairy. 
 He died in April, 1741, in his eighty-third year, and fifty-first of 
 his ministry. On his tombstone is the following inscription : 
 
 " Eev. Dom. Gul. Boyd, ecclesiam hanc periclitantem, pene de- 
 jectam, zelo fervititi propugnavit. Pro viribus sustinuit, eandem 
 vere victricem atque stabilitam. Piatatae, probitatse ornavit. 
 Doctrina, diligentia nutrivit. Huic operi, quinquaginta per annos, 
 apud Dairy pastor, summa solertia incubuit. Laus vivum, luctus 
 mortuum sequebantur. Anno 1741, a Christo nato: setatis suse 
 83 obiit." 
 
 PAEISH OF GIRTHQN. 
 
 A vault under the old church constitutes the burying-place of 
 Mr. Murray, of Broughton, proprietor of the whole parish. In this 
 vault is interred Eobert Lennox, of Drumnick, who suffered for his 
 adherence to the Covenant ; he is commemorated thus : 
 
 " Within this tomb lyes the corps of Robert Lenox, some time 
 in Irelandtown, who w r as shot to death by Grier of Lagg, in the 
 parish of Toungland, for his adherence to Scotland's Reformation 
 Covenants, National Covenants, National and Solemn League, 1685." 
 
 " On the 18th December, 1684," writes Mr. M'Dowall, in his 
 History of Dumfries, " Claverhouse surprised six Covenanters 
 wandering destitute on the banks of the Dee at Auchencloy. Four 
 of them, Robert Fergusson, John M'Michan, Robert Stewart, son to 
 Maj or Stewart, of Ardoch, and John Grierson, were, after brief warning, 
 left lifeless on the sward. Three of the bodies were carried away 
 by their friends and buried at Dairy, which so irritated Claverhouse 
 that the remains were disinterred, and were publicly exposed, after 
 which they were recommitted to the grave. The two other cap- 
 tives, William Hunter and Robert Smith, were carried to Kirk- 
 cudbright, and after the semblance of a trial were hanged, and 
 then beheaded." Three of the sufferers are commemorated by
 
 332 KIRKCUDBRIGHTSHIRE. 
 
 tombstones near the scene of their death. The tombstone of Bobert 
 Fergusson is inscribed as follows : 
 
 " Memento Mori Here lies Robert Fergusson, who was sur- 
 prised and instantly shot to death in this place, by Graham of 
 Claverhouse, for his adherence to Scotland's Reformation Covenants, 
 National and Solemn League, 1684." 
 
 On the gravestone of Robert Stewart and John Grierson are these 
 lines : 
 
 " Behold ! behold ! a stone here's forced to cry, 
 Come, see two martyrs under me that ly ; 
 At water of Dee, who slain were by the hand 
 Of cruel Claverhouse and's bloody band : 
 No sooner had he done this horrid tiling, 
 But's forc'd to say, Stewart's soul in heaven doth sing. 
 Yet strange his rage pursu'd ev'n such when dead, 
 And in the tombs of their ancestors laid ; 
 Causing their corpses be rais'd out of the same 
 Discharging in churchyard to bury them. 
 All this they did, because they would not abjure 
 Our covenants and reformation pure; 
 Because like faithful martyrs for to die 
 They rather chose than treacherously comply 
 With cursed Prelacy, the nation's bane, 
 And with indulgency, our church's stain. 
 Perjur'd intelligencers were so rife, 
 Show'd their curs'd loyalty, to take their life." 
 
 PARISH OF KELLS. 
 
 Three victims of the Stuart persecutions are commemorated in 
 the parish churchyard. These inscriptions are on their tomb- 
 stones : 
 
 " Here lyes the corps of Roger Gordon of Largmore, who dyed 
 March, 1662, aged seventy-two years, and of John Gordon, his 
 grandchild, who dyed January, 1667, of his wounds got at Pent- 
 land, in defence of the covenanted Reformation." 
 
 " Here lyes Adam M'Qwhau, who being sick of a fever was taken
 
 PARISH OF KELLS. 333 
 
 out of his bed and carried to Newton of Galloway, and the next 
 day most cruelly and unjustly shot to death by the command of 
 lieutenant-General James Douglas, brother to the Duke of Queens- 
 berry, for his adherence to Scotland's Reformation Covenants, 
 and National Solemn League, 1685." 
 
 M'Qwhan's monument was restored in 1832, chiefly through the 
 efforts of the Rev. Dr. Maitland, minister of the parish. 
 
 Metrical epitaphs commemorate two ministers of the parish, 
 father and son. The Rev. John Gillespie was tutor at Lundin, 
 Fifeshire. He was ordained minister of Kells, 29th March, 1764, 
 and died 29th April, 1806, in his seventy-sixth year, and forty-third 
 of his ministry, His tombstone presents the following elegy : 
 
 " Beneath that sod where sad remembrance weeps, 
 The best of fathers, friends, and husbands sleeps ; 
 Warm, friendly, generous, upright, and sincere, 
 In manners simple, as in judgment clear ; 
 A minister of Christ, who faithful taught 
 The good in practice, the sublime in thought, 
 Kind as his heart, his melting accents flowed, 
 And led in tears the sinner to his God ; 
 And while religion's lovely charms he drew, 
 His own good life proved all the picture true. 
 Mild was his death, as mild his life had been, 
 And his best lesson was his dying scene." 
 
 The Rev. William Gillespie, eldest son of the preceding, was 
 licensed in 1798, and ordained assistant and successor to his father 
 in 1800. He died 15th October, 1825, in his fiftieth year, and 
 twenty-sixth of his ministry. An elegant poet, he published " The 
 Progress of Refinement: an Allegorical Poem," 1805, 8vo, and 
 " Consolation, with other Poems," 1815, 12mo. These lines are on 
 his tombstone : 
 
 " A sudden call from life's unclouded scene ! 
 But when the Christian dies, 'tis endless gain. 
 A duteous son, a brother kind and dear, 
 A loving husband, and a friend sincere, 
 Rests by his parent's dust ; gentle and good, 
 He dwelt amid his native solitude. 
 A faithful pastor, eloquent in truth, 
 Pointing the gospel path to age and youth ;
 
 334 KIRKCUDBRIGHTSHIRE. 
 
 His chief delight to calm affliction's sigh, 
 
 And soothe the bed of pain and poverty. 
 
 O genius, wit, and science, mourn his doom, 
 
 And deck with cypress leaves the poet's tomb ; 
 
 And memory weeps ! But Hope, with heavenly voice, 
 
 Points the perfections of immortal joys." 
 
 John Murray, gamekeeper to Viscount Kenmure, a provincial 
 humorist, is celebrated by the following epitaph: 
 
 " Ah, John, what changes since I saw you last ! 
 Thy fishing and thy shooting days are past. 
 Bagpipes and hautboy thou canst sound no more ; 
 Thy nods, grimaces, winks, and pranks are o'er ; 
 Thy harmless, queerish, incoherent talk, 
 Thy wild vivacity, and trudging walk 
 Will soon be quite forgotten. Thy joys on earth 
 A snuff, a glass, riddles, and noisy mirth 
 Are vanished all, yet blest I hope thou art, 
 For in thy station weel thou played thy part. 
 
 "A.D. 1777." 
 
 John was a noted angler. He caught with the fly a pike weigh- 
 ing forty-two pounds, the skeleton of which is preserved in Ken- 
 mure Castle. Elated by his achievement, John walked into the 
 dining-room holding the pike's head over his shoulder, while the 
 tail dragged on the floor. Stepping up to his master, he threw 
 down the fish before him, saying, " You may catch the next your- 
 sel', my lord." No such pike has before or since been caught in 
 any part of Britain. 
 
 A married woman who died young in 1771 is commemorated 
 thus : 
 
 " Her youthful bloom fair as the morning rose, 
 Sleeps in the silent dust of soft repose. 
 Great was her soul. Integrity of life 
 Adorned the maid and dignified the wife. 
 And now beyond where stars and planets shine, 
 She dwells in light and love and joys divine. 
 Suns may decay, and stars may lose their light, 
 And falling worlds sink in eternal night, 
 Whilst through eternity she wafts her way, 
 And basks in beams of everlasting day."
 
 PARISH OF KELTON. 335 
 
 The following inscriptions are from Kells Churchyard : 
 
 " Death's steps are swift, 
 
 And yet no noise maks 
 His hand unseen, and yet 
 Most surely taks." 
 
 " Here lyes the corps of Agnes Herries, 
 Spouse of Eobert Corion, also Mary, 
 Agnes, Marion, Margaret, at one birth, 
 Eobert, Andrew, James, at one birth." 
 
 PARISH OF KELTOK 
 
 In the parish churchyard a tombstone celebrates Joseph Train, 
 an ingenious antiquary, and the well-known correspondent of Sir 
 Walter Scott. He was born at Sorn, of humble parents. Having 
 been balloted for the Ayrshire Militia, he served in the ranks of 
 that corps from 1799 to 1802. Through the influence of Sir David 
 Blair, colonel of the regiment, who perceived his literary tastes, he 
 obtained an appointment in the excise. He ultimately attained 
 the rank of supervisor. A strong turn for antiquarian research 
 brought him under the notice of Sir Walter Scott, who encouraged 
 his communications ; no caterer of antiquities or traditional stories 
 proved half so useful to the illustrious novelist. On materials sup- 
 plied by Train, Scott founded his novels of "Guy Mannering," 
 " Eedgauntlet," " Old Mortality," " The Surgeon's Daughter," and 
 " Peveril of the Peak." He was also greatly indebted to Train for 
 the traditionary matter which has been embodied in " The Lord of 
 the Isles." Train published " Strains of the Mountain Muse," a 
 volume of respectable poetry, a "History of the Isle of Man," 
 and other works. He died at Lochvale, Castle Douglas, on the 7th 
 December, 1852. 
 
 The Eev. John McClellan, minister of Kelton, who died on the 
 6th June, 1840, and his brother, Captain Thomas McClellan,
 
 336 KIKKCUDIiRinHTSIIIRE. 
 
 Deputy Judge Advocate- General in India, who died in 1845, are 
 believed ta have been the last representatives of the Earls of Kirk- 
 cudbright. 
 
 These rhymes are from tombstones in Kelton Churchyard : 
 
 " Our tender father we regret, 
 Our loving brother dear, 
 We hope they're gone to endless bliss, 
 And left their sorrows here." 
 
 " Rest, pilgrim, rest, 
 Thy warfare here is o'er, 
 The breast too long by conflicts lorn 
 Is hushed to throb no more." 
 
 At Kirkmirven, a retired churchyard on the banks of the Dee, 
 was the burial-place of the Maclellans of Auchlane, a branch of the 
 noble House of Kirkcudbright. 
 
 PARISH OF KIRKCUDBRIGHT. 
 
 In an aisle of the church a monument commemorates Sir Thomas 
 MacLellan, of Bombie, who died 1607, an ancestor of the Earls of 
 Kirkcudbright ; also his wife, Grissel Maxwell, daughter of John, 
 Lord Herries. The tomb is inscribed thus : 
 
 " Hie situs est Dominus T. Me Clellanus, et uxor 
 D. Grissel Maxwell ; maruior utrumque tenet. 
 His genitus R. D. Kirkcudbrius ecce sepulchrum 
 Posuit hoc, chari patris amore sui." 
 
 In the churchyard is thus commemorated Mrs. Marion Mac- 
 Naught, wife of Provost Fullerton, a woman of eminent piety, to 
 whom Mr. Samuel Rutherford addressed several of his "Letters :"- 
 
 " Mareon McNaught, sister to John McNaught, of Kilquhanatie, 
 an ancient and honourable baron, and spouse to William Fullerton, 
 Pro vest of Kirkcudbright, died April, 1643; age fifty-eight.
 
 PARISH OF KIRKCUDBRIGHT. 337 
 
 " Sexum animis, pietate genus, generosa locumque 
 Virtute exsuperans, conditur hoc tumulo." 
 
 William Hunter and Robert Smith, two of the six Covenanters 
 captured by Graham of Claverhouse, at Auchencloy, were e xecuted 
 at Kirkcudbright, and interred in this churchyard. A tombstone 
 placed on their graves was thus inscribed : 
 
 " This monument shall show posterity 
 Two headless martyrs under it do ly, 
 By bloody Graham were taken and surpris'd 
 Brought to this town, and afterwards were seiz'd ; 
 By unjust law were sentenced to die, 
 Them first they hang'd, then headed cruelly. 
 Captain Douglas, Bruce, Graham of Claverhouse, 
 Were those that caused them to be handled thus : 
 And when they were unto the gibbet come, 
 To stop their speech, they did beat up the drum, 
 And all because they would not comply 
 With Indulgence, and bloody Prelacy. 
 In face of cruel Bruce, Douglas, and Graham, 
 They did maintain, that Christ was Lord supreme ; 
 And boldly owned both the covenants, 
 At Kirkcudbright thus ended these two saints." 
 
 John Halkin, another Covenanter, who was also tried and exe- 
 cuted in Kirkcudbright, is interred in the churchyard. The 
 inscription on his tombstone reads thus : 
 
 " Here lyes John Halkine, who was wounded in his taking and 
 by unjust law sentenced to be hanged. All this was done by 
 Captain Douglas for his adherence to Scotland's Reformation 
 Covenants national and solemn league 1685." 
 
 A tombstone in memory of Andrew Ewart bears these lines : 
 
 " Welcome soft bed, my sweet repose, 
 And so for Christ from Heaven arose ; 
 Welcome sweet sleep from to awake 
 Of endless joys for to partake; 
 Welcome fair night, thy fairest morrow 
 Drives from mine eyes eternal sorrow ; 
 
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 338 KIRKCUDBRIGIITSHIItK. 
 
 Welcome soft bed, sweet sleep, fair night to me, 
 Thrice welcome Christ who has sanctified you three. 
 
 Eepent in time, your lives amend, 
 That in Christ Jesus ye a' may end." 
 
 A stone with the date 1626 is thus inscribed : 
 
 " By faith in Christ I lived and died, 
 In hope have laid my body down ; 
 My soul is ascended to adore 
 The Saviour in celestial glore, 
 With whom she sal cum and recal 
 Those corps agane out of her grave, 
 And there in joy triumphantlie 
 Derive delight perpetual." 
 
 A plain tombstone marks the grave of William Marshall, tinker, 
 who died in 1792, at the remarkable age of one hundred and twenty. 
 
 In Galtway Churchyard a monument commemorates Thomas 
 Lidderdale, of St. Mary's Isle, who died on the 10th February, 1687. 
 St. Mary's Isle is now a seat of the Earl of Selkirk. 
 
 PARISH OF KIEKMABRECK. 
 
 A handsome granite pillar denotes the grave of Dr. Thomas 
 Brown, the celebrated metaphysician. Dr. Brown was born in 
 Kirkmabreck manse, on the 9th January, 1778 ; his father and grand- 
 father were ministers of the parish. His father dying when he was 
 eighteen months old, his upbringing devolved upon his mother, a 
 woman of great worth and varied accomplishments. In 1792 he 
 entered the University of Edinburgh, where he proved an expert 
 student in ethical and medical science. In 1803 he passed as M.D., 
 when he was honoured with high encomiums from Dr. Gregory. 
 Continuing his philosophical pursuits, he was in session 1808-9 
 appointed to conduct the Moral Philosophy class of Professor 
 Pugald Stewart. In the year following he was constituted joint
 
 PARISH OF KIRKPATRICK-IRONGRAY. 339 
 
 professor. In 1814 he published his poem "The Paradise of 
 Coquettes/' which was followed by other volumes of poetry. 
 Suffering weak health, he took up his residence at Brompton in 
 1819, but he was not benefited by the change ; he died on the 2nd 
 April, 1820. His remains were, according to his wish, interred 
 beside those of his father and mother in Kirkmabreck Churchyard. 
 Dr. Brown's verses are disfigured by morbid sentiment and 
 occasional obscurities. As a philosopher he was one of the most 
 original thinkers which his country has produced. 
 
 Tombstones commemorate the Rev. Samuel Brown, who died 
 25th July, 1779, aged fifty-five ; and the Eev. Samuel Brown, who 
 died 17th May, 1751, aged seventy-four, both ministers of the 
 parish, father and grandfather of the metaphysician. 
 
 In Kirkdale Churchyard is the burial-place of the ancient family 
 of M'Culloch, of Barholm. Here also is the family vault of the 
 Hannays of Kirkdale and Mochrum. 
 
 PARISH OF KIRKPATRICK-IRONGRAY. 
 
 On a wooded eminence about 100 yards from the parish church- 
 yard are the graves of two martyrs for the covenant. Their 
 tombstone is inscribed thus : 
 
 " Here lyes Edward Gordon and Alexander McCubin, Martyrs. 
 Hanged without law by Lagg and Cap. Bruce for adhering to the 
 Word of God, Christ's kingly government in his house, and the 
 covenanted work of Reformation against tyranny, perjury and 
 prelacy. Rev. 12. 11. March 3, 1685. 
 
 " At Lagg and bloody Bruce command, 
 We were hung up by hellish hand ; 
 And thus, their furious rage to stay, 
 We died at Kirk of Irongray ; 
 Here now, in peace, sweet rest we take, 
 Once murder'd for religion's sake."
 
 340 KIRKCUDBRIGHTSHIRE. 
 
 Gordon and McCubin were executed on the spot where they 
 are buried, with a view no doubt to strike terror among the in- 
 habitants of a parish especially devoted to Presbyterianism. 
 
 In the churchyard a monumental pillar, reared by Sir Walter 
 Scott, commemorates Helen Walker, the prototype of Jeanie Deans, 
 whose integrity and tenderness are in his "Heart of Mid-Lothian " so 
 admirably portrayed by that great novelist. The inscription is as 
 follows : 
 
 "This stone was erected by the author of 'Waverley' to the 
 memory of Helen Walker, who died in the year of God 1791. This 
 humble individual practised in real life the virtues with which fic- 
 tion invested the imaginary character of Jeanie Deans. Eefusing 
 the slightest departure from veracity, even to save the life of a 
 sister, she nevertheless showed her kindness and fortitude in rescu- 
 ing her from the severity of the law, at the expense of personal 
 exertions which the time rendered as difficult as the motive was 
 laudable. Respect the grave of poverty when combined with the 
 love .of truth and dear affection." 
 
 PARISH OF MINNIGAFF. 
 
 A granite column at Dunkitterick commemorates the Rev. Dr. 
 Alexander Murray, the celebrated Oriental scholar. Dr. Murray 
 was son a shepherd in the district. He was born on the 22nd 
 October, 1775. The indigent circumstances of his parents pre- 
 vented his being early sent to school, yet in his eighth year 
 his love of reading and wonderful memory were celebrated in 
 his native glen. When in his fourteenth year he became a pupil in 
 the parish school, his extraordinary power of acquiring languages 
 excited the admiration of his teacher. Through the good offices of 
 the parish minister he was enabled to attend the University of 
 Edinburgh. In 1806 he was ordained assistant and successor in 
 the parish of Urr, and six years afterwards was appointed to the 
 chair of Oriental Languages in Edinburgh College. He had scarcely
 
 PARISH OF MINNIGAFF. 341 
 
 completed the duties of one session when he was cut off after a 
 short illness. He died 15th April, 1813, aged thirty-seven. His 
 remains were consigned to the Grey friars Churchyard. He pub- 
 lished "Outlines of Oriental Philology," and left in MS. a 
 " History of European Languages," which was published post- 
 humously. 
 
 In the- Glen of Trool a stone fence encloses the burial-place of 
 James and Eobert Dun, Alexander McAulay, John M'Lude, and 
 Thomas and John Stevenson, who were killed by a party of dra- 
 goons in 1685 while engaged in worship on the hill-side. 
 
 In the parish churchyard an elegant monument celebrates Lieut. - 
 General Sir William Stewart, K.C.B. This distinguished officer 
 was second son of John, Earl of Galloway. He served in seventeen 
 campaigns in the West Indies, Egypt, and various parts of Europe. 
 In the expedition to Copenhagen he commanded the troops em- 
 barked with Lord Nelson ; he afterwards commanded the second 
 division of the Peninsular army. In impaired health he retired to 
 Cumloden Cottage in this parish, where he died on the 7th January, 
 1827. 
 
 Tombstones in the churchyard exhibit these quaint rhymes, 
 
 " This grave is but a fining pot 
 
 Unto belivers' aise,* 
 For when the soul hath lost its dross 
 It like the sun shall rise." 
 
 " To serve her Saviour was her only care, 
 And for His home her young heart to prepare, 
 And now that Saviour in a voice of love . 
 Hath called her spirit to that home above," 
 
 " Death like an overflowing stream 
 Sweeps us away. Our life's a dream, 
 An empty tale, a morning flower, 
 Cut down and withered in an hour," 
 
 * Ashes.
 
 342 KIRKCUDBRIGHTSHIRE. 
 
 PAEISH OF NEW ABBEY. 
 
 In this parish is situated Sweetheart Abbey, founded in 1275, and 
 planted with Cistercian monks. The foundress was Devorgilla, 
 daughter of Alan, Lord of Galloway, wife of John Baliol, and 
 mother of John Baliol, King of Scotland. Her husband died in 
 1268, and was laid beside the dust of his ancestors in Teesdale ; but 
 Devorgilla, in token of her affection, caused his heart to be embalmed, 
 and in a silver-bound ivory casket to be preserved beside her till 
 the erection of this Abbey constituted a shrine for its reception. 
 The casket was built into the wall over the high altar, where 
 it remained till Devorgilla's own death. She died in 1289, 
 and was buried in the Abbey. The casket was now placed 
 upon her bosom; hence the name of Duke Cor, or "Sweetheart" 
 which was given to the structure. On Devorgilla's tomb was 
 engraved the following epitaph, composed by Hugh de Burgh, 
 prior of Lanercost: 
 
 " In Dervorvilla moritur sensata Sibilla ; 
 Cum Marthaque pia, comptemplativa Maria ; 
 Da Dervorvillam requie, Eex summe, potiri, 
 Quam tegit iste lapis, cor pariterque viri." 
 
 The ground under the central tower has long been used as a place 
 of sepulture. On the oldest tombstone is the inscription " Joani 
 Broun de Landensis," with the date " IMDCXIII." Built into a 
 comparatively modern wall are two tablets, one with the initials 
 " E. B. ;" the other with the words " Heir lyes Gauvine Broune of 
 Bishoptone, 1683." Gilbert Brown, the prototype of Scott's abbot 
 of St. Marie's, was the last who bore rule over the monks of this 
 abbey ; the family exercised great influence in the district. In the 
 churchyard a stone, rudely carved, celebrates (according to popular 
 belief) William Gladstanes, an ecclesiastic. The inscription is as 
 follows :
 
 PARISH OF RERRICK. 343 
 
 "M 
 W G 
 
 Q Quare lapis levis sub 
 
 Opaci, Tegmine Saxi ? 
 
 In viscere telluris, 
 E Aurea Gemma latet. 
 
 1660." 
 
 On Glen Hill, 400 feet above the level of the sea, a granite 
 column, fifty feet in height, commemorates the battle of Waterloo ; 
 it was reared soon after the event. 
 
 PARISH OF EEEEICK. 
 
 In this parish is situated near the bank of the Solway, the in- 
 teresting ruin of Dundrennan Abbey, a religious house founded by 
 Fergus, Lord of Galloway, in 1142, and planted with Cistercian 
 monks.* Among the ancient monuments the most remarkable is 
 the tomb of Alan, Lord of Galloway, and Constable of Scotland, 
 who was here buried in 1233. His figure is represented in 
 alto relievo cross-legged, and in chain-armour, with a buff coat, 
 and belts across the shoulders and waist. Within the chapter- 
 house an abbot is represented in his canonicals. 
 
 The late Honourable Thomas Maitland, a judge, by the title of 
 Lord Dundrennan, who died in 1851, is interred in the Abbey 
 Churchyard. 
 
 On tombstones in Dundrennan Churchyard are these inscrip- 
 tions : 
 
 " Farewell, frail world, I've seen enough of thee, 
 Nor do I care what thou canst say of me. 
 Thy smiles I court not, nor thy frowns I drea.d, 
 My heart lies easy, and at rest my head. 
 Grieve not for me, my wife and children dear, 
 For 'tis the will of God that I lie here." 
 
 * Dundrennan Abbey afforded shelter to the unfortunate Queen Mary Stuart during 
 the last hours she spent in Scotland.
 
 344 KIRKCUDBRIGHTSHIRE. 
 
 " This silent dust that sleeps beneath this sod 
 Whispers to youth, Prepare to meet thy God, 
 My sun went down ere life had reached its noon, 
 And what mine did, remember thine may soon. 
 Seek Christ, delay not, lest thy time be near, 
 And thou be laid my next companion here." 
 
 " He was a manly pretty boy, 
 His father's hope, his mother's joy : 
 But death did call, and he must go, 
 Whether his parents would or no. 
 Weep not for me, my parents dear, 
 > Tis by God's will that I lie here ; 
 But fix your hearts on truth and love, 
 And then I hope we'll meet above 
 And still our Saviour adore, 
 And be far happier than before." 
 
 PAEISH OF TERREGLES. 
 
 On the banks of the Kith is the ruin of Lincluden Abbey, 
 familiar to every reader of the poetry of Burns. It was founded 
 in 1150 by Uchtred, Lord of Galloway, as a convent for Benedic- 
 tine nuns. As such it continued till the close of the fourteenth 
 century, when it was suppressed by Archibald, Earl of Douglas, 
 and the fabric converted by him into a collegiate church. It was 
 now much enlarged, and a church in florid Gothic added to the 
 pile. A quadrangular court was on the east side partly formed by 
 a high octagon tower; this fell on the 16th February, 1851. 
 
 Among the mouldering monuments of the collegiate church, a 
 mural tomb at the north end of the chancel commemorates 
 Margaret, daughter of Robert III., and wife of Archibald Douglas, 
 son of the Earl who transformed the abbey into a college. Over 
 the tomb is sculptured a heart, the leading symbol of the House of 
 Douglas, also three chalices placed transversely, each accompanied 
 with a star. In the recess is the following inscription : " Hie jacet
 
 PARISH OF URR. 345 
 
 Dna Margarita regis Scotiee filia quodam comtissa de Douglas Dno 
 Gallovidias et vallis Annandiae." In front of the tomb are nine 
 heraldic shields. A figure of the countess formerly occupied the 
 recess ; it was destroyed about the beginning of the century. 
 
 Within a portion of the choir is the burying-place of the family 
 of Maxwell of Terregles, represented by Lord Herries. 
 
 PAEISH OF TONGLAND. 
 
 In the muir of Tongland a monumental pillar marks the grave 
 of James McClymont, who along with Bell of Whiteside, Halliday 
 of Mayfield, Lennox of Irelandtown, and another, were surprised 
 by Sir Eobert Grierson, and put to death without being allowed an 
 interval for prayer. Bell is interred in the churchyard of Anworth. 
 
 In the parish churchyard a tombstone commemorates the Eev. 
 Alexander Eobb, incumbent of the cure, who died 26th June, 
 1806, in his fifty-fourth year, and ninth of his ministry. Mr. Eobb 
 was inventor of some ingenious contrivances connected with the 
 loom. He was celebrated as a mathematician. 
 
 Of the abbey of Tongland, built in the twelfth century by Fergus, 
 Lord of Galloway, only a small arch remains. The old tombstones 
 have disappeared. 
 
 PAEISH OF UEE. 
 
 In the churchyard a tombstone celebrates the Eev. John Hep- 
 burn, a distinguished minister of the parish. Son of James Hep- 
 burn, a Morayshire farmer, he studied at King's College, Aberdeen, 
 and was ordained at London in 1678. In 1689 he accepted the 
 ministerial charge of this parish. Not confining himself to his
 
 346 KIRKCUDBRIGHTSHIRE. 
 
 parochial district, he preached in other parishes without permission 
 of the incumbents, and was consequently suspended by the General 
 Assembly. In 1696 he was tried before the Privy Council for 
 declining the oaths to Government, and was sentenced to confine 
 himself to Brechin. He was subsequently imprisoned in the Tol- 
 booth of Edinburgh and Stirling Castle, for " seditious and delu- 
 sive doctrines," and for not having dispensed the Communion for 
 sixteen years he was deposed by the Commission of the General 
 Assembly in 1705. He was reponed in August, 1707. He attempted 
 to form a presbytery with another disaffected brother in 1713, but 
 failed. During the rebellion of 1715 he raised a volunteer corps; 
 marching at their head he displayed a large white flag in- 
 scribed, " For the Lord of hosts." He died on the 20th March, 1723. 
 Amidst many eccentricities, Mr. Robb was an earnest preacher, a 
 true patriot, and an excellent citizen.
 
 347 
 
 WIGTONSHIRE. 
 
 PAKISH OF GLASSEETOK 
 
 Within the old church at Kirkmaiden is the burial-place of the 
 family of Sir William Maxwell, Bart., of Monreith. Several mem- 
 bers of the family who have attained distinction are interred in the 
 vault. 
 
 PAEISH OP LESWALT. 
 
 In 1851 the inhabitants of the district erected a monument to 
 Sir Andrew Agnew, Bart., of Lochnaw, who died in 1850. (See 
 ante.} It is placed on " the Tower of Craigoch," a beautiful green 
 hill in the form of a cone, commanding an extensive view of the 
 Irish coast. 
 
 PAEISH OF OLD LUCE. 
 
 The Abbey of Glenluce was founded in .1190, and planted with 
 Cistercian monks. At the Eeformation, Thomas Hay was appointed 
 commendator. He subsequently acquired a portion of the abbey 
 lands, which are still possessed by his descendants. His represen- 
 tative, Sir John Charles Dalrymple Hay, Bart., of Park Place, has 
 a burying-place in the abbey churchyard.
 
 348 WIGTONSHIKE. 
 
 PAEISH OF PENNINGHAM. 
 
 In the new churchyard a tombstone commemorates the Rev. 
 Robert Rowan, minister of the parish, a friend aud correspondent 
 of the historian Wodrow. Having studied at Glasgow College, be 
 obtained licence to preach in July, 1695, and in the following year 
 was ordained minister of Penningham. Taking deep concern in 
 the affairs of the Church, he communicated to Wodrow minute 
 accounts of the persecutions inflicted on his parishioners and others 
 during the latter Stuart persecutions. He died on the 9th August, 
 1714, in his fifty-fifth year, and the eighteenth of his ministry. 
 
 In the old churchyard a married couple are celebrated thus : 
 
 " These pious saints did strive for heavenly gain, 
 And now they know their labour's not in vain, 
 Where they abound in everlasting glore, 
 And reign with Christ their King for evermore." 
 
 PARISH OF STRANRAER. 
 
 A tablet in the parish church commemorates the Rev. Walter 
 Laurey, minister of the parish, who died 4th May, 1742, in the 
 forty-eighth year of his ministry. Among other boons for the 
 benefit of his successors, he bequeathed a tomb for their use under 
 the condition of its being kept in repair. 
 
 PARISH OF WHITHORN. 
 
 The celebrated St. Mnian, a native of Whithorn, was about the 
 year 370 ordained at Rome Bishop of the Britons. On his return 
 to his native place he founded a church, which he dedicated to his 
 uncle, St. Martin of Tours. Within it he was afterwards buried. 
 According to Bede, the church of St. Ninian was the first place of
 
 PARISH OF WIGTON. 349 
 
 worship in the kingdom built of stone, hence its name, Candida 
 Casa, or the White House. A few arches of the church remain, 
 but there is no vestige of the founder's tomb. 
 
 By Fergus, Lord of Galloway, a priory of the Premonstratensian 
 order was founded in the reign of David I. It contained numerous 
 relics of St. Mnian, and was consequently the resort of pilgrims. 
 To the priory of Whithorn Margaret, queen of James III., made a 
 pilgrimage in 1473. James IV. also made journeys to the sepul- 
 chre of St. Ninian. 
 
 In the churchyard a gravestone, erected in 1861, is inscribed 
 thus : 
 
 " Cease, cease, my friends, weep not for me, but for yourselves, 
 for there is a land of pleasure where streams of joy for ever roll, 'tis 
 there I have my treasure and rest unto my precious soul. Tho' 
 .now my earthly course is run, my weeping relatives and friends, 
 yet still I hope to meet each one in realms of bliss where glory 
 reigns." 
 
 On his wife's gravestone a husband has engraved the fol- 
 lowing : 
 
 " If you think I'm forgot, you're mistaken." 
 A family tombstone contains these lines : 
 
 " The dust of friends lies mingled here we find 
 Sincere thro' life with honest heart and mind, 
 But when new moulded free from worldly toil, 
 Shall be transplanted to a nobler soil." 
 
 PAEISH OF WIGTOK 
 
 At Windyhill, an eminence adjoining the burgh, a handsome 
 obelisk, reared by public subscription, commemorates Margaret 
 McLachlan, aged sixty-three, and Margaret Wilson, aged 
 eighteen, who were on the llth May, 1685, tied to a stake within
 
 350 WIGTONSHIRE. 
 
 flood mark at the mouth of the Blednoch stream, near Wigton, 
 and there drowned for refusing to conform to episcopacy. These 
 martyrs are also commemorated by tombstones in the churchyard. 
 On a plain upright stone is the following legend : 
 
 "Here lyes Margret Lachlane, who was by unjust laws sentenced 
 to die by Lagg, surnamed Grier, Strachan, Winrame and Graham, 
 and tyed to a stake within the flood for her adherence to Scotland's 
 Reformation Covenants, National and Solemn League, aged sixty- 
 three, 1685." 
 
 Margaret Wilson is on her tombstone thus commemorated : 
 
 " Here lyes Margaret Wilson, daughter to Gilbert Wilson, in 
 Glenvernock, who was drowned anno 1685, aged eighteen." 
 
 " Let earth and stone still witness beare, 
 Thir lys a virgine martyre here, 
 Marter'd for owning Christ supreame, 
 Head of His church and no more crime, 
 But not abjuring Presbytery, 
 And her not owning Prelacy. 
 They have condemn'd by unjust law 
 Of heaven or hell they stood no awe ; 
 Within the sea ty'd to a stake, 
 She suffered for Christ Jesus' sake. 
 The actors of this cruel crime, 
 Was Lagg, Strachan, Winram and Graham. 
 Neither young yeares, nor yet old age, 
 Could stop t' fury of their rage." 
 
 Margaret McLachlan and Margaret Wilson were with Agnes 
 Wilson, a younger sister of the latter, aged thirteen, tried at 
 Wigton, before Sir Thomas Grierson of Lag, Colonel David Gra- 
 ham, brother to Claverhouse, Major Winram, Captain Strachan, and 
 Provost Coltron, of Wigton, Commissioners appointed by James 
 VII. for the trial of Nonconformists. The younger girl was 
 liberated, her father having given a bond of 100 Scots that he 
 would produce her when called on. The two others were con- 
 demned to perish by drowning. 
 
 In his "Memorials of Viscount Dundee," and a subsequent publi-
 
 PARISH OF WIGTON. 351 
 
 cation,* Mr. Mark Napier, an ingenious writer, has endeavoured to 
 vindicate the upholders of the policy of James VII. from having 
 actually carried out the sentence of death against those condemned 
 persons. He produces a reprieve contained in the following minute 
 of the Privy Council, bearing date, April 30, 1685 : " The Lords 
 of His Majesty's Privy Council doe hereby reprieve the execution 
 of the sentence of death pronounced by the Justices against 
 Margaret Wilson and Margaret Lauchlison untill the day 
 
 of ; and discharges the Magistrats of Edinburgh for putting 
 
 of the said sentence to execution against them, untill the aforesaid 
 day ; and recommends the said Margaret Wilson and Margaret 
 Lauchlison to the Lords Secretaries of State to interpose with His 
 Most Sacred Majesty for his royal remission of them." This re- 
 prieve, we would remark, is addressed to the Magistrates of Edin- 
 burgh, while a petition to the Council from Margaret McLachlan, 
 or Lauchlison, bears that she was then " a prisoner in the Tolbooth 
 of Wigton ;" it is a respite until a date not named ; and in respect 
 of its finality, it is suspended on the pleasure of the king. After 
 the amplest search in the Public Record Office, London, and in the 
 Edinburgh Register House, no document has been found intimating 
 the royal pardon. 
 
 On the other hand, the evidence as to the two women being, con- 
 sequent on the sentence of " the Justices," actually drowned at 
 Wigton, cannot be overcome. In the " Hind let Loose," published 
 at London in 1687, Mr. Alexander Shields presents an engraving 
 of the martyrdom, and uses these words : " They were tyed to 
 stakes within floodinark till the sea came up and drowned them." 
 In the " Short Memorial of the Society People/' issued in 1690, it 
 is stated : " Colonel or Lieut.-General James Douglas, together 
 
 * The titles of Mr. Napier's two works in reference to the "Wigton martyrs are as 
 follow : " Memorials and Letters illustrative of the Life and Times of John Graham, 
 of Claverhouse, Viscount Dundee," 3 vols., Edinburgh, 1859 1862, 8vo. ; and "Case 
 for the Crown, in re the "Wigtown Martyrs, proved to he Myths versus Wodrow and 
 Lord Macaulay, Patrick the Pedlar, and Principal Tulloch," Edinburgh, 1863. In 
 maintaining his peculiar views Mr. Napier makes use of abusive epithets to an extent 
 altogether unparalleled in works of a historical character.
 
 352 WIGTONSHIRE. 
 
 with the Laird of Lag, and Captain Winram, most illegally con- 
 demned and most inhumanly drowned at stakes within the sea- 
 mark, two women at Wigtown, viz., Margaret Lachlan, upwards of 
 sixty years, and Margaret Wilson, about twenty years of age, the 
 foresaid fatal year 1685." 
 
 In 1703 various pamphlets were printed in relation to the ques- 
 tion, as to whether toleration should be granted to Episcopalians to 
 observe their own form of worship. In a pamphlet of this year 
 entitled " Toleration's Fence Removed," composed by James Ramsay, 
 minister at Kelso,* these words occur : " It's well enough known 
 that poor women were executed in the Grass mercat ; sure it was 
 not for rising in arms against the King ; others of them were tyed 
 to stakes within floodmark till the sea came up and drowned them, 
 and this without any form or process of law." Mr. Ramsay was 
 answered in a pamphlet of twenty pages, entitled "A Short 
 Character of the Presbyterian Spirit." Herein the writer expresses 
 himself vituperatively concerning the adherents of Presbytery, but 
 while denying many things (alleged in connection with the Stuart 
 persecutions), he admits the fact of the martyrdom at Wigton. 
 " They generally talk," he writes, " of two women in Galloway. 
 Drown'd they were indeed, but not tyed to stakes within floodmark 
 till the sea came up, as this malicious vindicator represents. . . . 
 And what, he adds, without any form or process of law, is so mani- 
 fest a lye that hundreds in Galloway can testify the contrary." 
 The author of this defence of the old policy has been accurately 
 ascertained. He was Matthias Symson, then with his father, 
 Andrew Symson, a printer in Edinburgh, subsequently in succession 
 Rector of Moorby in Lincolnshire, and of Wennington, Essex, and 
 Canon of Lincoln. He was in his thirteenth year when the women 
 suffered, and was residing in their neighbourhood, his father, 
 Andrew Symson, being then minister of Kirkinner, to which parish 
 the elder martyr belonged. On the 15th October, 1684, the minister 
 of Kirkinner attested a list of all the inhabitants of his parish 
 
 " Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticane," by Hew Scott, D.D., Edinburgh, 1867, 4to. f voL i., 
 p. 457.
 
 PARISH OF WIGTON. 353 
 
 above the age of twelve, noting as " disorderly" those who did not 
 attend his ministrations. Among those so noted was Margaret 
 McLachlan or Lauchlison. Matthias Symson's pamphlet was 
 issued from his father's printing press. Testimony less liable 
 to suspicion, from Mr. Napier's point of view, it is impossible to 
 conceive.* 
 
 In 1707 the General Assembly issued an order to the in- 
 ferior courts to collect accounts of the sufferings that had been 
 endured by Presbyterians during the period from 1662 to 1688. 
 In obedience to this order the Synod of Galloway and the Pres- 
 bytery of Wigton resolved that the several parishes within their 
 bounds should transmit returns of the sufferings endured in 
 their respective localities to the Presbytery. Conformably with 
 this resolution, the Kirksessions of Kirkinner and Penningham 
 proceeded in 1711 to prepare and put on record the occurrences 
 connected with their respective parishes. The Kirksession of Kirk- 
 inner to which Margaret McLachlan belonged, in a minute dated 
 15th April, 1711, certifies that she was "about the year of God 
 1685, in her own house taken off her knees in prayer and carried 
 immediately to prison, and from one prison to another without the 
 benefit of light to read the Scriptures ; was barbarously treated by 
 dragoons, who were sent to carry her from Machirmore to Wigtoun ; 
 and being sentenced by Sir Eobert Grier of Lagg, to be drowned at 
 a stake within the floodmark, just below the town of Wigtoun, for 
 keeping conventicles and alleged rebellion, was, according to the 
 said sentence, fixed to the stake till the tide made, and held down 
 within the water by one of the town officers by his halbert at her 
 throat till she died." 
 
 Margaret Wilson belonged to Penningham. In a long minute of 
 the Kirksession of that parish, dated loth February, 1711, it is 
 recorded "that upon the eleventh day of May, 1685, these two 
 
 * The Eev. Andrew Symson was minister of Kirkinner from 1663 to 1686, when he 
 was translated to Douglas. There he continued till 1691, when he was " outed " by 
 the people. In 1698 he styled himself "merchant burgess of Edinburgh;" he 
 carried on business as a printer in that city, being employed by his Xonjuring friends. 
 He died on the 20th January, 1712, aged seventy-three. Dr. Hew Scott's "Fasti." 
 
 2 A '
 
 354 WIGTONSHIRE. 
 
 women, Margaret McLachland and Margaret Wilson, were brought 
 forth to execution. They did put the old woman just into the 
 water, and when the water was overflowing her, they asked Mar- 
 garet Wilson what she thought of her in that case. She answered, 
 What do I see but Christ wrestling there ? Think ye that we are 
 sufferers ? No, it is Christ in us, for He sends none a warfare on 
 their own charges. Margaret Wilson sang Psa. xxv. from the 7th 
 verse, read the eighth chapter of the epistle to the Eomans, and did 
 pray, and then the water covered her. But before her breath was 
 quite gone, they pulled her up and held her till she could speak, and 
 then asked her again if she would pray for the King. She answered 
 that she wished the salvation of all men, but the damnation of 
 none. Some of her relations being on the place, cried out, ' She is 
 willing to conform,' being desirous to save her life at any rate. 
 Upon which Major Winram offered the oath of abjuration to her 
 either to swear it or return to the water. She refused, saying, ' I 
 will not. I am one of Christ's children ; let me go.' And then 
 they returned her into the water, where she finished her warfare, 
 being a virgin martyr of eighteen years of age, suffering death for 
 her refusing to swear the oath of abjuration and hear the curates." 
 
 The minute and circumstantial relation preserved in the Kirk- 
 session record of Penningham was drawn up by the Eev. Eobert 
 Eowan, minister of the parish, a native of the district, and who 
 was, as appears from the inscription on his tombstone, in his six- 
 teenth year in 1685, when the martyrdom took place. His infor- 
 mation was. not derived from rumour, the chief facts being commu- 
 nicated to him by Thomas Wilson, farmer at Glenvernoch, one of 
 his parishioners, brother of the martyr Wilson, and who was him- 
 self sixteen years old when his sister suffered. Thomas Wilson 
 was still living. He became an elder of the parish in 1719. The 
 information thus obtained by Mr. Rowan was authenticated by the 
 members of his Kirksession, a majority of whom were adults in 
 1685, when the martyrdom took place. All the elders of Kirkinner 
 also certified the report from that parish. The reports of the two 
 Kirksessions were transmitted to the Presbytery of Wigton, and
 
 PARISH OF WIGTON. 355 
 
 were by that body received and confirmed. Of that court, the 
 minister of Wigton was a member. From his parish we have strong 
 testimony some years previously. On the 7th July, 1704, Bailie 
 McKeand, senior, one of the magistrates of Wigton, who had been 
 debarred from the Communion on account of taking part in the 
 condemnation of the women, made application to the Kirksession 
 " for the privilege of the sacrament, declaring the grief of his heart 
 that he should have sitten on the seize of these women who were 
 sentenced to die in this place in the year 1685." 
 
 In the churchyard of Wigton the tombstones in memorial of the 
 two martyrs, and which narrate the circumstances of their death, 
 were reared during the lifetime of one or more of their persecutors. 
 Sir Robert Grierson survived till 1736. According to " The Cloud 
 of Witnesses," Margaret Wilson's memorial-stone was to be found 
 in the churchyard prior to 1714; that of Margaret McLachlan 
 before 1730, when the third edition of that work was published. 
 One circumstance in relation to the tombstone of the younger 
 martyr has not been related heretofore. It was originally placed 
 against the north wall of the church ; when this, in the course of 
 repairs, was removed about twenty years ago, a skull was found in 
 a cavity immediately behind the site of the gravestone. It proved 
 on anatomical examination to be the cranium of a young woman, 
 and bore the mark of a blow inflicted during life.* May not the 
 skull have been raised from the martyr's grave by some one who 
 had had the unjustifiable curiosity to open and inspect it. 
 
 The family of Margaret Wilson have resided on the farm of 
 Grlenvernoch, in Penningham parish, ever since the period of the 
 martyrdom, and they have preserved an unbroken tradition in 
 reference to the event. Nor has the tradition passed through many 
 generations. John Wilson, tenant of Glenvernoch, who died in 
 
 * I owe tliis information to Mr. "William Macgowan, watchmaker, "Wigton, who 
 examined the skull along with Dr. Macmillan, an anatomist. I have been informed by 
 Mr. Murray, the present chief magistrate of "Wigton, that he had been assured by an 
 aged person who died many years ago that his father remembered of having as a small 
 boy run down the banks of the Blednoch stream to witness the drowning of the two 
 women.
 
 356 WIGTONSHIRE. 
 
 1841, aged eighty-three, was born in 1758,J;wenty-four years after 
 the death of Thomas Wilson, the martyr's brother, who survived 
 till 1734. 
 
 In a recent work,* Sir Andrew Agnew, Bart., of Lochnaw, pre- 
 sents the contents of a letter which in 1862 was addressed to him 
 on the subject of the martyrdom by Mr. Broadfoot, tenant of the 
 West Mains of Baldoon. Mr. Broadfoot states that he had been 
 informed by Miss McKie, an old person in Wigton, that Miss 
 Susan Heron told her that her grandfather was on Wigton Sands 
 on the day when the women were drowned, and that his words 
 were, " The hale sands were covered wi' cluds o' folk a' gathered 
 into clusters here and there olfering up prayers for the two women 
 while they were being put down." Mr. Broadfoot examined the 
 tombstones of the Herons in the old churchyard of Penningham, 
 and there found that Miss Susan Heron died on the 19th February, 
 1834, aged eighty-seven, and that her grandfather, James Heron, 
 died 31st October, 1758, aged ninety-four, showing that he was 
 twenty years old when the women were drowned.^ 
 
 In Wigton Churchyard a plain upright stone, lately renewed, 
 commemorates three other sufferers in the cause of Presbytery. It 
 is thus inscribed : 
 
 "Here lyes William Johnston, John Milroy, George Walker, 
 who were without sentence of law hanged by Major Winram, for 
 their adherence to Scotland's Eeformation Covenants national and 
 solemn league, 1685." 
 
 These epitaphs are from tombstones in the churchyard : 
 
 " History of the Sherifls of Galloway," by Sir Andrew Agnew, Bart. Edinburgh, 
 1864. 8vo. 
 
 f The two publications of Mr. Mark Napier denying the reality of the martyrdom 
 remain on the shelves of the British Museum uncut almost unopened. In Scot- 
 land the works have been read, and have drawn forth several answers, of which the 
 most exhaustive is that by the Rev. Archibald Stewart, minister of Glasserton. An 
 elegant marble monument to Margaret Wilson and her sister Agnes was in 1859 reared 
 at Stirling by the late Mr. William Drummond of that place. The same benevolent 
 gentleman made an ample provision for Margaret Wilson, daughter of the present 
 tenant of Glenvernoch, to denote his admiration of the Christian fortitude of her great- 
 great-grand-aunt.
 
 PARISH OF WIGTON. 357 
 
 " And his son John of honest fame, 
 Of stature small and a leg lame ; 
 Content he was with portion small, 
 Kept shop in Wigtoun and that's all." 
 
 " Frazers McCrachan near this stone here lyes, 
 Twelve generations many familys ; 
 Those ancient clans each age to dust did come, 
 May teach that here is not our fixed home." 
 
 " Farewell, vain world, I've had enough of thee, 
 And now I'm careless what thou say'st of me ; 
 Thy smiles I court not, nor thy frowns I fear, 
 My days are past, my head lys quiet here, 
 Vain worldly pomp and grandeur shun, 
 My glass is done and your's far run." 
 
 At Torhouse, three miles west of Wigton, a monument consisting 
 of three large blocks of trap rock is known as King Galdus's Tomb. 
 Galdus was a King of the Scots ; he is supposed to have conquered 
 this province from the Eomans.
 
 358 
 
 AYRSHIRE. 
 
 PAKISH OF AUCHINLECK. 
 
 Near the head of Aird's Moss a stone pillar reared about thirty 
 years ago commemorates the celebrated field preacher, Eichard 
 Cameron, who was here slain by dragoons on the 20th July, 1680. 
 Eichard Cameron was son of a small shopkeeper at Falkland, 
 Fifeshire, and was sometime schoolmaster of his native parish. 
 Having obtained licence to preach, he excited the hostility of those 
 Presbyterian ministers who had accepted the indulgence for the 
 boldness with which he asserted the independence of the Church. 
 He afterwards went to Holland, where he was held in much esteem 
 by the clergy living there in exile. Eeturning to Scotland in 1780, 
 he began a course of field-preaching, and thereby aroused the 
 indignation of the executive. Impelled by persecution, he re- 
 nounced, at the Cross of Sanquhar, his allegiance to Charles II., 
 on account of his having abused the Government, and proclaimed 
 war against him and his brother the Duke of York. For his head 
 was offered a reward of 5,000 marks, and parties of soldiers were 
 sent out for his arrest. After many narrow escapes he was sur- 
 prised at Aird's Moss, by Bruce of Earlshall, and a party of horse. 
 In a short skirmish, he fell mortally wounded. The victors cut 
 off his head and hands, and carried them to Edinburgh, where 
 they were laid before his father, then imprisoned for nonconformity. 
 They were next fixed upon the Ketherbow. The followers of 
 Eichard Cameron were styled Cameronians ; after the Eevolution 
 many of them entered the army of William and Mary, in which 
 they formed the 26th or Cameronian Eegiment.
 
 PARISH OF AUCHINLECK. 359 
 
 At Aird's Moss the body of Eichard Cameron was interred ; a 
 flat stone denotes the spot. It is inscribed with his name, and the 
 names of Michael Cameron, John Gammel, John Hamilton, James 
 Gray, Robert Dick, Captain John Fowler, Thomas Watson, and 
 Robert Paterson, who were slain along with him. Then follow 
 these lines of verse : 
 
 " Hail, curious passenger, come here and read 
 Our souls' triumph with Christ, our glorious Head ; 
 In self-defence we murdered here do ly, 
 To witness 'gainst the nation's perjury." 
 
 Beneath the old church of Auchinleck is the burial-vault of the 
 old family of Boswell of Auchinleck. A tombstone commemorates 
 Sir Alexander Boswell, Bart., elder of the two sons of James 
 Boswell, the biographer of Johnson; he was born on the 9th 
 October, 1775. In his twentieth year he succeeded on his father's 
 death to the estate of Auchinleck. Devoting a portion of his time 
 to public business, he was appointed Lieut.-Colonel of the Ayrshire 
 Yeomanry, and was returned Member of Parliament for the 
 county. In 1821 he was created a baronet. From his youth Sir 
 Alexander occupied himself in literary concerns. He established 
 a printing-press at Auchinleck, and issued reprints of curious 
 works. An ingenious poet, he published several volumes of poetry, 
 which attracted attention. Some of his songs became popular. 
 He took a deep interest in the erection of the Ayrshire monument 
 to Robert Burns. Prone to indulge a vein of sarcasm, he published 
 in a Glasgow newspaper a severe poetical pasquinade against 
 James Stuart, younger, of Dunearn. The discovery of the author- 
 ship was followed by a challenge from Mr. Stuart, and the parties 
 met at Auchtertool, Fifeshire. Sir Alexander fell, mortally wounded. 
 He was carried to Balmuto, a seat of his ancestors in the vicinity, 
 where he expired the following day. The duel was fought on the 
 26th March, 1822.
 
 360 AYKSIIIKI:. 
 
 PAEISH OF AYR 
 
 On the site of an old building in the High Street of the burgh 
 stands the Wallace Tower, erected about thirty years ago in com- 
 memoration of the Scottish hero. Built from a design by the late 
 Mr. Hamilton, of Edinburgh, it is 115 feet in height, and is in 
 elegant Gothic architecture. A statue of Wallace occupies a niche 
 in the front wall. 
 
 At Wellington Place a bronze statue commemorates Brigadier- 
 General James Neill, C.B., who fell at the Relief of Lucknow on the 
 25th September, 1857, aged forty- seven. " General Neill," writes 
 the author of "British India," "was hardly second, whether for 
 deeds done, or promise given of a yet brighter future, to any which 
 the Indian Rebellion brought out before the gaze of wondering 
 nations. In all Havelock's army no other man, certainly not 
 Havelock, probably not even Outram, inspired his comrades with 
 so deep a trust in the military leader, with so loyal a liking 
 for the man. The great struggle produced no leader more trust- 
 worthy, no soldier more forward, than James Neill. The news of 
 his death came like a dreadful shock on his countrymen in all 
 parts of the world. To the men of his own brigade, to his own 
 Madras fusileers, to his particular friends and intimates, it seemed 
 as if all their brightest hopes lay buried in the presidency grave- 
 yard with the corpse of their own especial hero." * 
 
 A monument in the form of a drinking fountain has, in Sand- 
 gate 'Street, been reared to the memory of Primrose William 
 Kennedy, sometime provost of the burgh, who died in 1863, aged 
 sixty-four years. 
 
 Seven martyrs for the Covenant, viz., James Smith, Alexander 
 Mac Millan, James Mac Millan, George Mac Cartney, John Short, 
 John Graham, and John Muirhead, were executed at Ayr on the 
 27th December, 1666 ; their tombstone is thus inscribed : 
 
 * "History of the British Empire in India," by Lionel James Trotter. London, 
 1866; 8vo., vol. ii., p. 178.
 
 PARISH OF AYR. 361 
 
 " Here lye seven martyrs for our covenants, 
 A sacred number of triumphant saints, 
 Pontius Mac Adam th' unjust sentence past ; 
 What is his own the world shall know at last. 
 And Herod Drummond caused their heads affix ; 
 Heav'n keeps a record of the sixty-six. 
 Boots, thumbkins, gibbets, were in fashion then ; 
 Lord, let us never see such days again." 
 
 On a tombstone at the place of execution Andrew Mac Gill, who 
 there suffered in 1684, is commemorated in these lines : 
 
 " !N"ear this abhorred tree a sufferer lies 
 Who chus'd to fall, that falling truth might rise. 
 His station could advance no costly deed, 
 Save giving of a life the Lord did need. 
 When Christ shall vindicate his way, he'll cast 
 The doom which was pronounced in such a haste, 
 And incorruption shall forget disgrace, 
 Design'd by the interment in this place." 
 
 In the parish churchyard Charles Abercrombie, civil engineer, 
 who died in 1817, has the following epitaph : 
 
 " A noble Abercrombie's dust lyes here, 
 A name to Britons dear ; 
 
 But to you, 
 
 Ye poor of Ayr, St. Cyrus, and Maybole, 
 And you in Glasgow Infirmary district, 
 With gratitude his mercy record, 
 Who on you thought, in your sad state forlorn, 
 
 Like him of Uz ; 
 
 And made your widowed hearts to sing. 
 Can you this first and best of men forget ? 
 
 That were strange. 
 Ah, I want words I 
 And language fails to sing 
 
 Of such matchless worth ; 
 Worth which now ripens in a happier clime, 
 And brighter sun beyond the bounds of time." 
 
 By her husband and children a woman is thus commemorated : 
 
 " Our tears and sighs did flow amain, 
 In such distress accumulated woe,
 
 362 AYRSHIRE. 
 
 This trifling tribute to her shrine is due, 
 
 From us, her widower and children dear. 
 
 A victim sure to our distress she fell. 
 
 Fate, drop the curtain, we can weep no more : 
 
 ' Eeligion then, O lend thy heavenly aid/ 
 
 As Young in his ' Night Thoughts ' immortal sung." 
 
 By his family a father is commemorated in these lines : 
 
 " Faith and philosophy possessed, 
 The parent's honour warm'd his breast, 
 Greatly resign'd with ills opprest, 
 He linger'd long, sure now is bless'd." 
 
 These quaint lines are from a tombstone in the old churchyard : 
 
 " Life is a voyage on a sea, 
 Where tempests, rocks, and shipwrecks be ; 
 Eeligion pilots, as sure guide, 
 To the far distant other side ; 
 The harbour's death, and heaven the land 
 Where we for ever hope to stand. 
 What though we're dash'd upon the shore? 
 The cargo's safe and ventured o'er, 
 As he when this the moral shows, 
 Safe now beneath each wind y l blows, 
 Who left his house, his memorie, 
 Example and weel won' supply." 
 
 The churchyard of Alloway, on the banks of the Doon, is asso- 
 ciated with the " auld haunted kirk," celebrated by Burns in " Tarn 
 o' Shanter." Alloway Kirk is the burial-place of Crawford of 
 Doonside, and of Cathcart of Auchendrane. The Hon. David 
 Cathcart, a senator of the College of Justice, by the title of Lord 
 Alloway, has an elegant mausoleum. Son of Elias Cathcart, a 
 Virginian trader, and sometime chief magistrate of Ayr, he studied 
 at Edinburgh University, and passed Advocate in July, 1785. He 
 became a judge in 1813, and was appointed Lord of Justiciary in 
 1826. By his marriage he acquired the estate of Auchendrane. 
 He died on the 27th April, 1829, aged sixty-five.
 
 363 
 
 A plain tombstone commemorates William Burnes, father of 
 Kobert Burns the poet. Though in the condition of a market 
 gardener he was member of a family of respectable rank in Kin- 
 cardineshire. Discovering the genius of his son, the future poet, 
 he endeavoured to secure him a proper education. On his tomb- 
 stone the poet has thus portrayed his generous qualities : 
 
 " ye whose cheek the tear of beauty stains, 
 
 Draw near with pious reverence and attend ; 
 Here lie the loving husband's dear remains, 
 
 The tender father and the generous friend, 
 The pitying heart that felt for human woe, 
 
 The dauntless heart that feared no human pride, 
 The friend of man to vice alone a foe, 
 
 For e'en his failings leant to virtue's side." 
 
 The poet's own monument, an elegant Greek temple, occupies a 
 commanding position on the east bank of the Doon. A triangular 
 base, sixteen feet in height, and built of large undressed stones, 
 represents the three divisions of the county Kyle, Carrick, and 
 Cunningham. From the base rise nine circular columns, with 
 Corinthian capitals, topped by a projecting cupola, surmounted by 
 a tripod with three inverted dolphins sacred to Apollo. The height 
 of the monument is sixty feet. A circular apartment contains a 
 portrait of the poet, the Bible in two volumes which he presented 
 to " Highland Mary," and other memorials. Within the grounds, 
 which are enclosed with shrubbery intersected by promenades, a 
 suitable erection contains Thorn's figures of Tarn o' Shanter and 
 Souter Johnnie. These after being exhibited in the principal towns 
 were here appropriately deposited. The proposal of rearing a monu- 
 ment to Burns on the banks of the Doon was originated by Sir 
 Alexander Boswell, of Auchinleck. Eesolving to commence the 
 undertaking with the wonted formalities, he convened by advertise- 
 ment in the newspapers a public meeting in the Court House of 
 Ayr. The day and hour came, but none appeared in the place of 
 meeting save Sir Alexander and his steward. Sir Alexander took 
 the chair, and the steward acted as clerk. Eesolutions were pro-
 
 364 AYRSHIRE. 
 
 posed, seconded, and recorded, thanks were voted to the chairman, 
 and a report of the meeting was printed and circulated. Within 
 two years the sum of 3,300 for the erection of the monument was 
 subscribed. Sir Alexander laid the foundation-stone on the 25th 
 January, 1820. 
 
 PAEISH OF BEITH. 
 
 On a tombstone in the churchyard is the following inscrip- 
 tion : 
 
 " This stone was erected by John Vicar, in gratitude to the 
 memory of his parents, Margaret Smith, who died January 29th, 
 1808, aged sixty years; William Vicar, who died May 7th, 1814, 
 aged seventy-two years. 
 
 " Meek and gentle were their spirits, 
 
 Prudence did their lives adorn ; 
 Modest, they disclaimed all merit, 
 
 Tell me am I not forlorn ? 
 But I must and will resign them 
 
 They're in better hands than mine, 
 But I hope again to join them, 
 
 In the realms of love divine." 
 
 From other tombstones we have the following : 
 
 " These children died when young indeed, 
 Which made their parents' hearts to bleed." 
 
 " Distress'd with grief, oppress'd with woe, 
 
 Bereaved of children ten, 
 Our only comfort here below, 
 We're near our journey's end." 
 
 " Since the last end 
 Of the good man is peace, 
 Night-dews fall not more gently to the ground, 
 Nor weary, worn-out words expire so soft."
 
 PARISH OF CUMNOCK. 365 
 
 PARISH OF COLMONELL. 
 
 In the churchyard Matthew Meiklewrath, a Covenanter slain by 
 Claverhouse, is commemorated thus : 
 
 " I, Mathew M'llraith, in parish of Colmonell, 
 By bloody Claverhouse I fell, 
 Who did command that I should die 
 For our Covenanted Presbytery, 
 My blood a witness still doth stand 
 'Gainst all defections in this land." 
 
 Near the cross-water of Dusk, John Murchie and Daniel Meikle- 
 wrath, Covenanters, are on their gravestone celebrated in these 
 lines : 
 
 " Here in this place two martyrs lye, 
 Whose blood to heaven hath a loud cry ; 
 Murder'd contrary to divine laws, 
 For owning of King Jesus' cause ; 
 By bloody Drummond they were shot, 
 Without any trial, near this spot." 
 
 PAEI.SH OF CUMNOCK. 
 
 In the churchyard of Cumnock a time-worn tombstone and two 
 aged thorns denote the grave of the celebrated Alexander Peden. 
 This uncompromising and eloquent upholder of Covenanting prin- 
 ciples was born in the parish of Sorn in 1626. He was originally 
 parish schoolmaster of Tarbolton. In 1659 he was ordained pastor 
 of New Luce, in Galloway, but after three years was ejected for 
 refusing to acquiesce in the establishment of Episcopacy. In 1666 
 he was by the Privy Council pronounced a rebel for continuing to 
 exercise his ministerial functions. Captured in 1673, he was confined 
 to the Bass till 1678. He was now with sixty others put on board 
 a vessel for transportation to Virginia. The captain, having refused
 
 366 AYRSHIRE. 
 
 to be the instrument of carrying out a sentence of banishment 
 against so many earnest persons, Peden obtained his liberty. After 
 preaching in the north of England, he returned to Scotland in 
 1679. He ministered under hiding in different parts of Scotland 
 and Ireland till, worn out with suffering, he returned to Sorn, 
 where he lived in a cave prepared for his reception. There he 
 died in January, 1686, at the age of sixty. His remains were com- 
 mitted to the churchyard of Auchinleck, but forty days afterwards 
 his body was disinterred by a troop of dragoons, who dragged it to 
 Cumnock, proposing there to suspend it on a gibbet. At the inter- 
 cession of his countess, the Earl of Dumfries prevented the indig- 
 nity. The body was therefore interred at the gallows-foot. So 
 many persons in dying- desired to rest beside the dust of Peden, 
 that the scene of his second interment at length became the paro- 
 chial burying-ground. 
 
 A tombstone in the churchyard commemorates Thomas Richards, 
 Simon Patison, and David Dunn, Covenanters, slain by order 
 of Colonel Douglas. A gravestone at Stonepark denotes the burial- 
 place of John McGeahan, a Covenanter. 
 
 PARISH OF CRAIGIE. 
 
 On Barnweill Hill a memorial tower was reared in 1855 by the 
 late Mr. William Patrick, of Roughwood, in commemoration of 
 Sir William Wallace, the Scottish patriot. From Barnweill Hill 
 Wallace is supposed to have witnessed the result of his stratagem 
 in destroying by fire the barns or barracks of Ayr, in revenge for 
 the wanton treachery of the English governor in entrapping and 
 slaying Sir Ranald Crawfurd, his maternal uncle. As the hero 
 observed the flames and smoke ascending from the dwellings of 
 his country's foes, he exclaimed, " The barns burn weel ;" hence the 
 name of this hill. Barnweill monument is about eighty feet in 
 height; the top, reached by a spiral staircase, commands a wide
 
 PAEISH OF CRAIGIE. 367 
 
 and interesting prospect. On the external walls are the following 
 inscriptions : 
 
 " Erected MDCCCLV, 
 
 " In honour of Scotland's great national Hero, the renowned 
 Sir William Wallace born MCCLXX who after performing 
 numerous exploits of the most consummate bravery in defence of 
 the independence of his country, was basely betrayed into the hands 
 of his enemies, by whom, to their everlasting disgrace, he was most 
 unjustifiably put to death on the XXIII of August, MCCCV. 
 
 " Centuries have not dimmed the lustre of his heroic achieve- 
 ments; and the memory of this most disinterested of patriots 
 shall through all ages be honoured and revered by his countrymen. 
 
 A soul supreme, in each hard conflict tried, 
 Above all pain, all passion, and all pride ; 
 The frown of power, the blast of public breath, 
 The love of lucre, and the dread of death. 
 
 i 
 
 Sir William Wallace ; 
 Eegent of Scotland MCCXCVII. 
 
 " In resistance to treacherous invasion, and in defence of the 
 laws and liberties of his country, he fought against fearful odds, 
 the desperate battles of Biggar, Stirling, Black Earnside, and 
 Falkirk ; between these actions in little more than a year he 
 stormed and took from the invaders every fortress, castle, and 
 town which they had seized in the kingdom. Though worsted at 
 Falkirk by overwhelming numbers, aided by fatal dissensions in 
 his own army, his undaunted spirit was not subdued, but ever 
 animated by the noblest patriotism, he continued warring with the 
 oppressors of his native land until his foul betrayal, seven years 
 after that disastrous battle, by the execrable Monteith. 
 
 At Wallace' name what Scottish blood 
 But boils up in a spring-tide flood ! 
 
 " Ever honoured be the memory of the matchless Sir William 
 Wallace, the first of his countrymen who in age of despair, arose 
 and 
 
 Dar'd to nobly stem tyrannic pride. 
 
 throw off the yoke of foreign oppression and maintain the independ- 
 ence and nationality of Scotland ; and who, by deeds of surpassing 
 valour and stainless patriotism, has glorified this, his native land,
 
 368 AYRSHIRE. 
 
 and imperishably associated his name with the defence of national 
 rights and the liberties and immunities of freeborn men. 
 
 " From Greece arose Leonidas ; from Scotland Wallace ; and 
 from America Washington, names which shall remain through all 
 time the watchwords and beacons of liberty." 
 
 PAEISH OF DAILLY. 
 
 In the parish churchyard two Covenanters are thus celebrated : 
 
 "Here lyes the corps of John Semple, who was shot by Kirkiron 
 at command of Cornet James Douglas. Also here lyes Thomas 
 McLagan, who was shot uncertain by whom, for their adherence to 
 the word of God and the covenanted work of Eeformation." 
 
 PAEISH OF DUNDONALD. 
 
 In the churchyard a gravestone is inscribed 
 
 " Heir lye ye corpis of ane honovrable man, callit David 
 Hameltovne, of Bothelhavche, spovs to Elesovne Sanclar in his 
 tyme, qvha desisit the 14 of Merche, 1619." 
 
 Janet MacFadzon, a pedlar's wife, who died in 1761, has on her 
 tombstone these lines : 
 
 " Now, reader, wonder think it none, 
 Tho' I do speak that am a stone 
 For in this place here lyes her dust, 
 And I do keep it but in trust ; 
 Twenty-four years I lived a maiden life, 
 And three years I was a married wife. 
 In time I lived a happie life, 
 I travelled with him from town to town, 
 Until by death I was cut down ; 
 I in my sister's house did die, 
 And here at Crosbie kirk I ly ; 
 Where I my rest and sleep will take, 
 Until at last I be awaked ;
 
 PARISH OF DUNDONALD. 369 
 
 It will not be with tuck of drum, 
 But it will be with the trumpet's sound, 
 And when I'll my Eedeemer see, 
 Who shed his precious blood for me." 
 
 William Guthrie thus laments his son, a youth of twelve 
 years : 
 
 " much lamented youth, in early bloom, 
 Eelentless death consigned thee to the tomb ; 
 Mild were thy manners, and thy soul was kind, 
 And gen'rous friendship form'd thy opening mind ; 
 Thy breast a son's, a mother's kindness felt ; 
 Love warmed thy bosom, in thy accents dwelt. 
 Long shall we weep the sad, the mournful day. 
 Reader ! the life of man, how frail ! how vain ! 
 seek by Christ immortal joy to gain." 
 
 In 1803 William Guthrie celebrates his wife thus : 
 
 " A second prey the tyrant death hath won, 
 A mother's laid beside her much lov'd son, 
 In her whate'er the feeling heart can boast, 
 The tender friend, the virtuous wife, we lost." 
 
 George Bryan, in 1830, thus commemorates a departed rela- 
 tive : 
 
 " Beneath this chilling earth, the worms' defence, 
 Eests one whose virtues never were pretence, 
 Whose heart was kind, benevolent, and just, 
 Free from deceit, and true to every trust. 
 In quiet but secure repose 
 
 Beneath this solemn stone : 
 While living was best loved by those 
 
 To whom he best was known." 
 
 These rhymes are from tombstones in Dundonald Churchyard : 
 
 " Here lies James Bredine, closed within, 
 Death's prisoner through Adam's sin ; 
 But still our hope is he shall be 
 Set by the second Adam free." 
 
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 370 AYRSHIRE. 
 
 " About the grave's devouring mouth 
 
 Our bones are scattered round, 
 As wood which men do cut and cleave 
 Lies scattered on the ground." 
 
 PARISH OF DUNLOP. 
 
 An aisle attached to the parish church is the family burial-place 
 of the old House of Dunlop of Dunlop. Alexander Dunlop of 
 Dunlop was a zealous supporter of the covenant. On the suspicion 
 of his having been at Bothwell Bridge in 1679 he was arrested in 
 1682, and compelled to surrender a portion of his estate. After- 
 wards emigrating to America, he was, in 1685, appointed sheriff 
 of South Carolina. John Dunlop of Dunlop, grandson of the pre- 
 ceding, was husband of Frances Anne, daughter of Sir Thomas 
 Wallace, of Craigie. This gentlewoman is celebrated as the early 
 friend and correspondent of Burns. 
 
 A small vaulted chamber, known as the picture-house, is the 
 burial place of the parochial incumbents ; it was assigned for this 
 purpose by Hanis Hamilton, vicar of the parish, who was here 
 interred. His monument consists of a sarcophagus upholding two 
 marble figures in the attitude of devotion, these representing himself 
 and his wife. Over the tomb is the following inscription : 
 
 " Heir lyes the bodies of Hanis Hamilton, sonne of Archibald 
 Hamilton, of Raploch, servant to King James the fift., and of 
 Janet Denham, his wife, davchter of James Denham, Laird of 
 West Shilde. They lived maryed together forty-five yeeres, dvring 
 which tyme the said Hanis served the cvre at this church. They 
 were much beloved of all that knew him, and especially of the 
 parishioners. They had six sonnes, James, Archibald, Gavin, John, 
 William, and Patrick, and one davchter Jeane, maryed to William 
 Mvre, of Glanderstovne. 
 
 " The dvst of two lyes in this artefvll frame, 
 Whose birth them honor'd from an honored name,
 
 PARISH OF DUNLOP. 371 
 
 A painefvll pastor and his spotless wife, 
 
 Whose devout statves emblems heere their life. 
 
 Blest with the height of favors from above, 
 
 Blood, grace a blest memoriall all men's love, 
 
 A frvitfvl ofspringe on whom the Lord hath fixt 
 
 Fortvnes with virtve and with honor mixt. 
 
 Then live the dead above in endless joyes, 
 
 Heere in their seid ane noble Clandeboyes ; 
 
 In whom (grant soe, heavens) their honoured name 
 
 May never die but in the death of fame. 
 
 "Heir lyes Hanis Hamilton, vicar of Dunlope, quha deceisit 
 ye 30th Maii, 1608, [at] ye aige of seventy-two ziers, and of Janet 
 Denham, his spovse." 
 
 Hanis Hamilton was promoted to the vicarage of Dunlop in 
 1563. By his marriage with Janet, daughter of James Denham 
 of West Shield, he had six sons and one daughter. James, the 
 eldest son, was sent to Ireland by James VI., in 1587, to ascertain the 
 views of the Irish in the event of Queen Elizabeth's death. To 
 conceal his design he opened a school at Dublin for the education 
 of Protestant youth. He was appointed to a Fellowship in Trinity 
 College, then newly founded. On the accession of James to the 
 English throne he received in reward of service grants of forfeited 
 lands in Ulster. In 1622 he was created Baron Hamilton and 
 Viscount Clandeboye. By Charles I., in 1647, he was created Earl 
 of Clanbrassil. His five brothers followed him to Ireland and shared 
 his good fortune. From Archibald, the second son, descended 
 Archibald Hamilton Eowan, notorious in the Irish Eebellion of 
 1798. From the Vicar of Dunlop have also descended the noble 
 families of Roden, Massarene, and Dufferin. Two of his great- 
 grandsons were Principal Carstares, of Edinburgh, and Principal 
 Dunlop, of Glasgow. 
 
 Barbara Gilmour, who first made the far-famed Dunlop cheese, 
 was interred in Dunlop Churchyard in 1731.
 
 372 AYRSHIRE. 
 
 PARISH OF FENWICK. 
 
 In Fenwick Churchyard a monument commemorates Captain 
 John Paton, the celebrated Covenanter. Son of a farmer in the 
 parish, he was employed in agriculture till the age of manhood, 
 when he went abroad and engaged as a volunteer in the German 
 wars; he was promoted as captain for heroic conduct during a 
 siege. On his return to Scotland he took an active part in the 
 military affairs of the Covenanters. He was present at the battle 
 of Kilsyth in 1645, and proved his valour amidst the untoward 
 circumstances of defeat. He fought at the battle of Worcester, 
 where his heroism so impressed his opponent, General Dalziel, that 
 he afterwards endeavoured to save his life. At Bothwell Bridge 
 he held rank as colonel ; after the defeat he was declared a rebel, 
 and a price set upon his head. His escapes were numerous and 
 remarkable. At last he was apprehended by five soldiers, who 
 surrounded the house in which he sought shelter. He was taken 
 to Kilmarnock, then to Glasgow, and afterwards to Edinburgh. 
 There he was met by Captain Dalziel, who promised to exert him- 
 self on his behalf. He was indicted on a charge of rebellion before 
 the Justiciary Court. On his own statement he was held guilty, 
 and was condemned. He was executed in the Grass Market, 
 Edinburgh, on the 9th May, 1684. His Bible, which he handed 
 to his wife on the scaffold, is, along with his sword, preserved by 
 his descendants. Captain Paton's monument is thus inscribed : 
 
 " Sacred to the memory of Captain John Paton, late in Meadow- 
 head, of this parish, who suffered martyrdom in the Grass Market, 
 Edinburgh, May 9th, 1684. He was an honour to his country, on 
 the Continent, at Pentland, Drumclog, and Bothwell. His heroic 
 conduct truly evinced the gallant officer, brave soldier, and true 
 patriot. In social and domestic life he was an ornament, a pious 
 Christian and a faithful witness for truth, in opposition to the 
 encroachments of tyrannical and despotic power in Church and 
 State.
 
 PARISH OF FENWICK. 373 
 
 Who Antichrist do thus oppose, 
 
 And for truth's cause their lives lay down, 
 
 Will get the victory o'er their foes, 
 And gain life's everlasting crown. 
 
 " The mortal remains of Captain Paton sleep amid the dust of 
 kindred martyrs, in the Greyfriars Churchyard, Edinburgh. 
 
 " Near this is the burying-place of his family and descendants." 
 
 Two tombstones in Fenwick Churchyard commemorate four 
 martyrs. The inscriptions follow : 
 
 " Here lies the dust of John Fergushill and George Woodburn, 
 who were shot at Midland by Nisbet and his party, 1685. 
 
 When bloody prelates, once these nations' pest, 
 Contrived that cursed self-contradicting test, 
 These men for Christ did suffer martyrdom, 
 And here their dust lies waiting till lie come." 
 
 " Here lies the body of James White, who was shot to death at 
 Little Blackwood by Peter Inglis and his party, 1685. 
 
 This martyr was by Peter Inglis shot, 
 
 By birth a tyger rather than a Scot, 
 
 Who that his monstrous extract might be seen, 
 
 Cut off his head and kick't it o'er the green. 
 
 Thus was that head which was to wear a crown 
 
 A football made by a profane dragoon." 
 
 A tombstone, now obliterated, formerly bore the following 
 legend : 
 
 " Here lies the corpse of Peter Gemmel, who was shot to death 
 by Nisbet and his party, 1685, for bearing his faithful testimony 
 to the cause of Christ, aged twenty-one years. 
 
 " This man, like holy anchorist of old, 
 For conscience' sake was thrust from house and hold 
 Bloodthirsty red-coats cut his prayers short, 
 And even his dying groans were made their sport. 
 Ah, Scotland ! breach of solemn vows repent, 
 For blood, thy crime will be thy punishment."
 
 374 AYRSHIRE. 
 
 Fenwick Churchyard contains the family tombstone of the 
 Howies of Lochgoin, who sprung from a family of the Waldenses, 
 and were intimately associated with Covenanting struggles. During 
 the persecuting period, John Howie, farmer at Lochgoin, gave 
 shelter to the wanderers and supplied them with provisions. Being 
 surrounded with a morass, and thus inaccessible to cavalry, his resi- 
 dence was particularly adapted as a place of shelter. It did not, 
 however, escape the vigilance of the persecutors, since it was on 
 twelve occasions assailed and plundered. Howie always contrived 
 to escape. He died peacefully three years after the Revolution. 
 The most noted member of the family was John Howie, great- 
 grandson of the preceding, and author of the " Scots Worthies." He 
 was born at Lochgoin on the 14th November, 1735. With a taste 
 for literary pursuits, he experienced delight in recording the lives 
 of Scottish confessors and martyrs. The first edition of the 
 "Worthies" was published in 1775. It has been frequently re- 
 printed. John Howie died at Lochgoin on the 5th January, 1793, 
 aged fifty-seven. The descendants of the family occupy the same 
 farm. They preserve a flag and drum and other interesting relics 
 of Covenanting struggles. 
 
 The tombstone of the Howie family is thus inscribed : 
 
 " The dust here lies under this stone 
 Of James Howie and his son John. 
 These two both lived in Lochgoin, 
 And by death's power was call'd to join 
 This place, the first November twenty-one, 
 Year sixteen hundred and ninety-one ; 
 The second, aged ninety years, 
 The first of July was brought here, 
 Years seventeen hundred and fifty-five. 
 For owning truth made fugitive 
 Their house twelve times, and cattel all 
 Once rob'd, and family brought to thrall. 
 All these before the Revolution 
 Outlived Zion's friends, 'gainst opposition. 
 
 " ' And he said unto rne, These are they which came out of great 
 tribulation.' Rev. vii. 14.
 
 PARISH OF GALSTON. 375 
 
 " Memorise sacrum. Here lies the dusty parts of John Howie, 
 who lived in Lochgoin, A man who witnessed for truth and reli- 
 gion in his life, and died April 9th, 1754, aged fifty-four years ; 
 also his wife and eight children. This is likewise the burial-place 
 of his son, John Howie, where is interred his first wife and two 
 children, his uncle and others ; also of his son John, who lived in 
 Lochgoin, author of the " Scots Worthies," and other publications, 
 who died January 5th, A.D. 1793, aged fifty-seven years, and his 
 spouse, Janet Howie, who died 1st April, A.D. 1815, aged seventy- 
 six years; also his son John, who died September, A.D. 1792, aged 
 thirty-one years ; likewise his two children who died in infancy, all 
 of whose remains are interred here. 
 
 " In silent throng and earth's cold womb, 
 
 Here in repose we ly, 
 But mind this state ere here we come, 
 All you who do pass by. 
 
 " Eev. xiv. 13." 
 
 These metrical epitaphs are from Fenwick Churchyard : 
 
 " In calm repose my mental part doth rest, 
 The wreck of Nature's overwhelming tide, 
 No waves of trouble now disturb my breast, 
 Still as my daughter mouldering by my side." 
 
 " On parents' knees a naked new-born child, 
 Weeping thou satest, while all around thee smiled, 
 So like that sinking in thy final sleep, 
 Calm thou may'st smile while all around thee weep." 
 
 PAEISH OF GALSTON. 
 
 By public subscription a monument has been reared to those 
 who in this parish suffered during the Stuart persecutions. It is 
 inscribed as follows : 
 
 " This stone is erected by public contribution in the parish of 
 Galston, in honour of those belonging to it who suffered at the 
 glorious era of Scotland's covenanted Eeformation. May it stand
 
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 for ages as a monument of abhorrence at tyranny in Church and 
 State, as a grateful and well-merited tribute to those illustrious 
 men who successfully struggled to resist it ! May it excite in the 
 breasts of posterity an attachment to the noble cause of religious 
 and civil liberty, and, if ever circumstances should require it, an 
 ardour to imitate the noble deeds of their ancestors." 
 
 In the churchyard a tombstone presents the following : 
 
 " In memory of John Eichmond, younger, of Know, who was 
 executed at the Cross of Glasgow, March 19, 1684, and interred in 
 the High Churchyard there, and James Smith, East Threepwood, 
 who was shot near Bank-on-Burn, ann. 1684, by Captain Inglis 
 and his dragoons in a tumult there ; also James Young and George 
 Campbell, who were banished in 1679, and the Eev. Alexander 
 Blair, who suffered imprisonment, 1673." 
 
 " Here lies Andrew Richmond, who was killed by bloody Graham 
 of Claverhouse, June, 1679, for his adherence to the word of God 
 and Scotland's Covenanted work of Eeformation. 
 
 When bloody tyrants here did rage 
 Over the Lord's own heritage, 
 To persecute His noble cause 
 By mischief framed into laws, 
 'Cause I the gospel did defend, 
 By martyrdom my life did end." 
 
 In the interior of the church a handsome marble monument 
 commemorates Lieut.-Colonel Hutchison, of the 98th Regiment, a 
 native of the parish, who died in 1782. 
 
 On her tombstone Mary Watson, who died in 1808, aged fourteen, 
 is commemorated thus : 
 
 " What though no boasted honours graced her name, 
 Nor highly polished song her fame proclaim ; 
 Yet shall her grave with rising flowers be drest, 
 And the green turf lie lightly on her breast, 
 While angels with their silver wings o'ershade 
 The ground now sacred by her reliques made." 
 
 By these lines John Kerr, who died in 1823, is thus celebrated:
 
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 " Pause, serious reader, learn who moulders here, 
 Whose care, and pain, and labour's at an end; 
 A friend to worth, whose friendship was sincere, 
 The tender husband, and the orphans' friend," 
 
 PAEISH OF IRVINE. 
 
 In the parish churchyard a tombstone thus commemorates 
 James Blackwood and John M'Caul, martyrs for the covenant, who 
 suffered olst December, 1666 : 
 
 " Stop, passenger, thou treadest near two martyrs, James Black- 
 wood and John M'Caul, who suffered at Irvine on the 31st of 
 December, 1666. 
 
 These honest countrymen whose bones here ly, 
 Both victims fell to prelates' cruelty ; 
 Condemned by bloody and unrighteous laws, 
 They died martyrs for the good old cause, 
 "Which Balaam's wicked race in vain assail ; 
 For no enchantments 'gainst Israel prevail. 
 Life and this evil world they did contemn, 
 And dy'd for Christ, who died first for them. 
 
 They liv'd unknown 
 Till persecution dragg'd them into fame, 
 
 And chas'd them up to heav'n. 
 
 " Erected by friends to religious liberty, 31st December, 1823." 
 
 A handsome monument denotes the grave of John Fergusson of 
 Cairnbrock, an opulent gentleman who died in January, 1856. 
 Besides providing for his relatives Mr. Fergusson bequeathed 
 500,000 for religious and educational purposes. 
 
 David Niven, ship-carpenter, and his wife thus commemorate 
 their son James, an officer in the Eoyal Navy, who perished on the 
 African coast 5th December, 1812 : 
 
 " Stand still, all passengers that pass by, 
 With mourning parents drop a tear ;
 
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 Behold our sorrow for a son 
 
 We loved so tenderly and dear. 
 But called from his native home, 
 
 And on a strange and foreign shore, 
 To pay the tribute due to death, 
 
 But hopes to meet to part no more." 
 
 William Crooks, captain of the ship Abyss, who perished at sea 
 26th November, 1791, aged twenty-two, is lamented thus: 
 
 " Pray, gentle reader, drop a tear 
 
 At his untimely fate; 
 You like to him may dread no fear, 
 
 And dangers you await. 
 He that did give can take away 
 
 That life which was his own, 
 Either on the briny sea 
 
 Or lands in frozen zone. 
 He here lies anchored with his fleet, 
 
 Companions not at strife, 
 In hopes his Saviour, Christ, to meet. 
 
 So reader, lead a sound life." 
 
 By these lines John Docherty celebrates his wife, Sarah Kerr, 
 who died 25th December, 1818, aged thirty-eight years : 
 
 " My love here in the dust doth lie, 
 Deprived of life, and so must I ; 
 Four orphans dear for her may mourn, 
 But, alas ! to them she cannot return. 
 You readers all, as you pass by, 
 On your sister's memory cast an eye ; 
 Her glass is run, and yours is running, 
 Refrain from sin, for judgment's coming." 
 
 The following epitaphs are from Irvine Churchyard : 
 
 " Art thou a parent ? reverence this bier, 
 The parent's fondest hopes lie buried here. 
 Art thou a youth, prepared on life to start, 
 With opening talents and a genuine heart, 
 Fair hopes and flattering prospects all thine own ? 
 Lo ! here their end a monumental stone."
 
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 " Four brothers by fierce tempestuous waves 
 At diverse times have all lost their lives ; 
 One of their bodies here in dust doth sleep, 
 The other three lie in the watery deep." 
 
 " What can preserve my life, or what destroy ? 
 An angel's arm can't snatch me from the grave, 
 Legions of angels can't confine me there." 
 
 PARISH OF KILBIRNIE. 
 
 In the churchyard a monument, bearing date 1594, appears to 
 have been erected for himself and spouse by Captain Thomas 
 Craufurd of Jordanhill. Of an oblong form, measuring nine feet 
 and a half in length, six feet in width, and six feet six inches 
 in height, it is built of chiselled freestone, and covered with the 
 same material. At the angles the walls are finished with columns 
 separated by hollow curves. Through an aperture in the east end, 
 aided by a faint light admitted through a slit in the south wall, 
 are seen two recumbent statues, one of the founder in military 
 garb, the other of his wife in the costume of her period. On the 
 exterior of the north wall, in relieved letters, is the following in- 
 scription : 
 
 "God Schaw. 
 The Richt. 
 
 Heir lyis Thomas. And * Janet Ker His. 
 
 Cravfvrd of Jor- Spous Eldest Doc- 
 
 Danhil Sext Son. Hter to * Robert Ker. 
 
 To Lavrence Crav- Of Kerrisland. 
 
 Fvrd of Kilbirny. 1 5 9 4." 
 
 In the centre of the inscription is a shield bearing quarterly 
 the arms of Craufurd and Ker, and having for crest a rock, 
 representing Dumbarton Castle. Captain Craufurd was sixth son 
 of Laurence Craufurd of Kilbirnie, and Helen, daughter of Sir
 
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 Hugh Campbell, of Loudoun. A brave and enterprising officer, he 
 in 1571 performed the extraordinary feat of storming the nearly 
 impregnable Castle of Dumbarton. For this and other services 
 he received a grant of lands in the neighbourhood of Glasgow; 
 hence his title of Jordanhill. He spent the last twenty years of 
 his life in retirement. His wife was heiress of Kersland. A vault 
 in the church was the burying-place of the ancient house of the 
 Craufurds of Kilbirnie. 
 
 In the churchyard several flat stones, each bearing the figure of a 
 sword, are believed to commemorate certain Knight Templars 
 supposed to have been buried at the spot. 
 
 An altar tombstone commemorates Lucres Scrimgeour, wife of 
 the Eev. William Eussell, minister of the parish, who died 3rd 
 September, 1637. Mr. Eussell was minister of Kilbirnie from 
 1619 till 1661. As a preacher he was not very acceptable ; he 
 caused one of his parishioners to be rebuked by the Presbytery 
 for characterizing his doctrine as " dust and grey meal." 
 
 The Eev. James Smith, who died minister of the parish, llth 
 February, 1733, is on a tombstone, erected by his widow, celebrated 
 in these lines : 
 
 " Buried here lys a worthy man, 
 Whose life, alas ! was but a span ; 
 He pleasure took by God's command, 
 To lead us to Emmanuel's land. 
 He was a blessing to our place, 
 Where he did preach by power of grace, 
 Bidding us Jesus' footsteps trace, 
 And from all sinning strive to cease. 
 To us, alas ! he is no more, 
 His soul triumphs in endless glore ; 
 Why should we then his loss deplore, 
 Who joined has the heavenly choir ? 
 To make his character complete, 
 Nature blest him with temper sweet. 
 Kind to his own, to all discreet, 
 All who do love his memory 
 Must like him live, and like him dy, 
 Then ye'l enjoy eternity, 
 In ever praising the Most High."
 
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 These lines are from the tombstone of William Miller, of Dykes, 
 who died 12th October, 1753 : 
 
 " Though tombs prove faithless to their trust, 
 And bodies moulder into dust ; 
 A good man's name shall ever last, 
 In spite of every nipping blast." 
 
 James Orr, weaver thus celebrates his wife and children : 
 
 " Affliction sore with meekness long I bore, 
 
 Physicians were in vain ; 
 Till God aid please that death should seize 
 
 And eas'd me of that pain. 
 Here also lies 2 girls and 2 boys, 
 They were part of my earthly joys ; 
 But life's a jest, and all things show it, 
 I once thought so, but now I know it." 
 
 James Allan, who died in 1786, aged thirty-four, has these lines 
 on his gravestone : 
 
 " An opening flower, at brightest hour, 
 In spite of every physic power, 
 
 Was suddenly cut down ; 
 This blossom rare, which promised fair, 
 Beyond all temporal repair, 
 
 Fell by the deadliest frown." 
 
 On the tombstone commemorating James Steel, weaver, his wife, 
 son, and grandson, is the following : 
 
 " Pause, reader, pause, whoe'er thou be, 
 Thus age, thus youth, admonish thee ; 
 Think on the tomb, prepare for home, 
 To death, to judgment, thou must come." 
 
 A tombstone is inscribed thus : 
 
 " Awake, thou sluggard of the dust, 
 
 The Eternal Son doth cry, 
 Forth into judgment come thou must, 
 Thy actions for to try."
 
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 '0 all ye saints who's full of wants, 
 Love God and sin abhor ; 
 From sin I rest and every blast, 
 In this my silent bower." 
 
 PARISH OF WEST KILBRIDE. 
 
 In the churchyard Thomas Ritchie, seaman, who died in 1786, 
 has on his tombstone these lines : 
 
 " Though winds and waves and raging seas 
 
 Have tost me to and fro, 
 Yet by the hand of Providence 
 
 I harbour here below, 
 Safe from the dangers of them all, 
 
 And rest as in a sleep, 
 Till He who calleth me do call 
 
 To join the vocal fleet." 
 
 Allan Spier, farmer, Kilrusken, who died in 1789, aged seventy- 
 three, and his child, are thus commemorated : 
 
 " You that pass by, pray lend an eye, 
 
 Think on this and behold, 
 You see the grave all sorts it craves, 
 
 The young as well as old. 
 Submit to death, no health or strength 
 
 Will save that fatal hour, 
 For you like I must yield and die 
 
 By unconquerable power." 
 
 These lines are from a tombstone reared by Alexander Wylie, 
 farmer, Overtoun, in memory of his wife and son : 
 
 " Feeble mortal, why so vain 
 
 To lengthen out thy destined line ? 
 The world affords but grief and pain, 
 
 Strive in virtue's deeds to shine. 
 To heaven at death thy soul shall fly, 
 Whilst low in earth thy flesh doth lye."
 
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 Eobert Miller, farmer, Sandeland, thus celebrates his departed 
 wife : 
 
 " Eemember, thou that passes by, 
 Thou must return to dust as I ; 
 Though in youth's bloom and vigour brave, 
 Thou must descend into the grave. 
 Let precious time be now well spent, 
 For it will give thy mind content 
 When thy last moments do appear, 
 For there is no repentance here." 
 
 A humble parishioner is commemorated thus : 
 
 " Here lye the banes of Thomas Tyre, 
 Wha lang had trudged thro' dirt and mire, 
 In carrying bundles and sik like, 
 His task performing wi' sma fyke, 
 To deal his snuff Tarn aye was free, 
 In's life obscure was naething new. 
 Yet we must own his faults were few, 
 Although at Yule he sip'd a drap, 
 And in the Kirk whiles took a nap. 
 True to his word in every case, 
 Tarn scorned to cheat for lucre base. 
 Now he is gane to taste the fare 
 Which none but honest men will share." 
 
 In the romantic burial-place of the island of Little Cumbray a 
 tomb covers the remains of a son and granddaughter of the Eev. 
 Eobert Wodrow, the celebrated historian. Eobert Wodrow, second 
 son of the historian, was born on the 21st December, 1711. 
 Licensed in 1733, he was ordained successor to his father at East- 
 wood in 1735. He demitted his charge in 1757, and died in Little 
 Cumbray, 13th May, 1784. His daughter, who predeceased him, 
 selected this romantic churchyard as her place of sepulture, and his 
 remains were consigned to the same tomb.
 
 384 AYRSHIRE. 
 
 PARISH OF KILMARNOCK. 
 
 At the head of Soulis Street a stone pillar, nine feet in height, 
 commemorated Lord Soulis, an English nobleman, killed on the 
 spot by one of the Boyds in 1444. The monument was renewed 
 in 1825, when a fluted pillar, surmounted by a vase, was placed 
 near the site of the older erection, in a niche of the wall enclos- 
 ing the burial-ground. On the pediment is the following inscrip- 
 tion : 
 
 " To the memory of Lord Soulis, A.D. 1444. 
 Erected by subscription, A.D. 1825. 
 
 The days of old to mind I call.' " 
 
 In the parish church a monument celebrates Sir Thomas Boyd, 
 of Kilmarnock, who died in 1432. It is thus inscribed : 
 
 " Hie jacet Thomas Boyde, dominus de Kilmarnock, qui obiit 
 septimo die mensis Julii, 1432 ; et Johanna Montgomery eius 
 spousa. Orate pro iis." 
 
 Sir Thomas Boyd was a prominent statesman in the reign of 
 James I. ; he was one of the hostages for the ransom of that 
 monarch in 1424. 
 
 A tablet in the church commemorates Robert, fourth Lord Boyd, 
 a zealous promoter of the Reformation. With the Earls of Moray 
 and Argyll he took up arms on the occasion of Queen Mary's 
 marriage with Lord Darnley; he was consequently denounced 
 rebel. He escaped to England, but returned after the death of 
 Rizzio, when he received a full pardon. He was a member of the 
 assize which acquitted Bothwell for the assassination of Darnley. 
 After Bothwell's marriage with the Queen he joined the association 
 for the protection of the Prince. He subsequently returned to the 
 Queen's party; he fought on her behalf at Langside. He after- 
 wards joined the party of the Regent Lennox, by whom he was 
 appointed an extraordinary lord of .session. He became a member
 
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 of the Privy Council, and held several other offices. In 1582 he 
 engaged in the Eaid of Euthven, but was pardoned on condition 
 that he would retire to France. He was subsequently permitted 
 to resume his office of lord of session. He died on the 3rd January, 
 1590, in his seventy-second year. His monumental tablet is in- 
 scribed as follows : 
 
 " Heir lyis yt godlie, noble, wyis lord Boyd, 
 Quha kirk and king and commin weill decoird 
 Quhilke war (quhill they yis jowell all injoyd), 
 Defendit, counsaild, governd be that lord. 
 His ancient hous, (oft parreld) he restoird : 
 
 Twyis sax and saxtie zeirs he leivd, and syne, 
 By death, (ye thrid of Januare) devoird ; 
 
 In anno thryis fyve hundreth auchtye nyne." 
 
 In the Low Church burying-ground two martyrs for the Covenant 
 are on a tombstone thus celebrated : 
 
 " Here lie the heads of John Eoss and John Shields, who 
 suffered at Edinburgh, December 27th, 1666, and had their heads 
 set up at Kilmarnock. 
 
 " Our persecutors mad with wrath and ire ; 
 In Edinburgh members some do lye, some here ; 
 Yet instantly united they shall be, 
 And witness 'gainst this nation's perjury." 
 
 John Nisbet, a native of Loudoun, who was tried and hanged at 
 Kilmarnock for having fought at Bothwell Bridge, rests in the Low 
 Churchyard. The spot occupied by the gibbet is marked by the 
 initials of his name, formed in white stones. His tombstone bears 
 the following inscription : 
 
 "Here lies John Nisbet, who was taken by Major Balfour's 
 party, and suffered at Kilmarnock, 14th April, 1683, for adhering 
 to the word of God and our Covenants. Eev. xii. 11. 
 
 " Come, reader, see here pleasant Nisbet lies, 
 His blood doth pierce the high and lofty skies ; 
 Kilmarnock did his latter hour perceive, 
 And Christ his soul to heaven did receive. 
 
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 Yet bloody Torrence did his body raise, 
 And buried it in another place ; 
 Saying, ' Shall rebels lye in graves with me ? 
 We'll bury him where evil-doers be.' " 
 
 In 1823 a monument was reared to six martyrs connected with 
 the district. Under the representation of an open Bible it presents 
 the following inscription : 
 
 " Sacred to the memory of Thomas Finlay, John Cuthbertson, 
 William Brown, Robert and James Anderson (natives of this 
 parish), who were taken prisoners at Both well, June 22nd, 1679, 
 sentenced to transportation for life, and drowned on their passage 
 near the Orkney Isles. Also of John Finlay, who suffered martyr- 
 dom, Dec. 15th, 1682, in the Grass Market, Edinburgh. 
 
 Peace to the Church, her peace no friend invade ; 
 Peace to each noble martyr's honoured shade ; 
 They with undaunted courage, truth, and zeal, 
 Contended for the Church and country's weal ; 
 We share the fruits, we drop the grateful tear, 
 And peaceful altars on their ashes rear." 
 
 At the Cross an elegant monumental statue celebrates the late 
 Sir James Shaw, Bart. This estimable individual was son of the 
 farmer at Mosshead, parish of Riccarton, near Kilmarnock. He 
 was born on the 26th August, 1764. In his seventeenth year he 
 procured a commercial appointment at New York. Returning to 
 Britain, he became junior clerk in a mercantile house at London, 
 in which he rose to be a partner. In 1798 he was chosen alderman, 
 and in 1805 he attained the office of Lord Mayor. In the follow- 
 ing year he was elected a member for the city. In 1809 he 
 was created a baronet. He was elected Chamberlain of London in 
 1831. He died on the 22nd October, 1843, aged seventy-nine. 
 Retaining a deep interest in the place of his nativity, he was a 
 liberal and constant benefactor of its institutions. On the death 
 of the poet Burns he zealously promoted a subscription on behalf 
 of his widow. When Lord Mayor he revived the claim for the 
 precedency of the chief magistrate. At the funeral of Lord Nelson
 
 PARISH OF KILMARNOCK. 387 
 
 in 1806 he took precedency of the Prince of Wales, but waived 
 the privilege when the procession entered St. Paul's. Sir James 
 Shaw's monument was inaugurated on the 4th August, 1848. The 
 statue is of Carrara marble, and was sculptured by Fillans. 
 
 In the parish churchyard is interred Thomas Samson, an early 
 friend of the poet Burns, and on whom he composed " Tarn Samson's 
 Elegy." Samson was a prosperous seedsman, and an estimable, 
 kind-hearted man. On his tombstone a plain slab, set in the 
 west end of the church is the following : 
 
 "Thomas Samson, died the 12th December, 1795, aged seventy- 
 two years. 
 
 Tarn Samson's weel-worn clay here lies, 
 
 Ye canting zealots, spare him ; 
 If honest worth in heaven arise, 
 
 Ye'll mend, or ye win near him. BURNS." 
 
 James Wilson, merchant, who died in August, 1825, while in 
 the act of praise at family worship, has his tombstone thus 
 inscribed : 
 
 " The strain which mortal tongue began 
 
 Was finished on an angel's lyre ; 
 The body dropped a lifeless corpse, 
 The spirit sought the heavenly choir." 
 
 On the tombstone of his son, a boy of eight years, who was killed 
 by a cart passing over him in January, 1809, Eobert Webster has 
 presented the representation of a wheel, with these rhymes : 
 
 " Ye little children that survey 
 
 The emblem'd wheel that crush'd me down, 
 Be cautious as you careless play, 
 
 For shafts of death fly thick around. 
 Still rapid drives the car of time, 
 
 Whose wheel one day shall crush you all ; 
 The cold, low bed that now is mine 
 
 Will soon be that of great and small."
 
 388 AYRSHIRE. 
 
 PARISH OF KILMAURS. 
 
 In the parish churchyard a richly sculptured mausoleum, partly 
 in ruins, formed the burying-place of the noble family of Glencairn. 
 The last two Peers of the House, including James, the fourteenth 
 earl, celebrated as the patron of Burns, were interred elsewhere. 
 
 The following lines are from a tombstone in this churchyard : 
 
 " Here precious dust lies hid beneath this clod, 
 
 Laid here, in firmest hope and union bound 
 To pure transcendent love the incarnate God, 
 
 Whose high accented praise eternally he'll sound. 
 The constant flux of seasons, days, and years, 
 
 That's rolling down the rapid stream of time, 
 If we consider with the numerous straws 
 
 That do surround us in this wretched clime, 
 All loudly call for us to ready make 
 
 For this long home, where vast eternity 
 Widely expanded is. drowsy souls, awake, 
 
 To change your state for heaven's felicity." 
 
 PARISH OF KILWINNING. 
 
 The ancient monuments connected with Kilwinning Abbey have 
 disappeared. The abbey was founded by Hugh de Morville, 
 Constable of Scotland, in 1140. At the Reformation it was par- 
 tially demolished by the Earl of Glencairn, but was afterwards 
 fitted up for Presbyterian worship. 
 
 In the churchyard is the burial-aisle of the noble House of 
 Eglinton. Here are deposited the remains of Archibald William, 
 thirteenth Earl of Eglinton and fifth Earl of Winton. This 
 excellent nobleman was born on the 29th September, 1812; he 
 succeeded his grandfather, Hugh, twelfth Earl of Eglinton, in
 
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 December, 1819. He was Lord Lieutenant of Ayrshire, a Privy 
 Councillor, and on two occasionsj Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. 
 Strongly imbued with the love of chivalry, Lord Eglinton held 
 a tournament at Eglinton Castle in 1839. When the sons of 
 Burns finally returned from India he arranged a grand banquet for 
 their reception, at which he appropriately presided. He died on 
 the 4th October, 1861. 
 
 These quaint lines commemorate John Cunningham, who died 
 on the 15th January, 1712, aged nineteen : 
 
 " Stop, pilgrims, as you go by, 
 Behold my early destiny; 
 Before I was twentie years old 
 Death upon me did take hold ; 
 This stone stands witness at my head, 
 Which makes my parents' heart to bleed." 
 
 PAEISH OF KIEKMICHAEL. 
 
 In the parish churchyard a tombstone commemorates Gilbert 
 M'Adam, a martyr for the Covenant. In 1685 he was taken 
 prisoner and carried to Dumfries on a charge of Nonconformity, 
 but was liberated on a heavy caution. Not long after he was again 
 apprehended, and on refusing the oath of supremacy was banished 
 to the Plantations. He effected his escape, but was found by a 
 body of militia while conducting a prayer meeting in this parish. 
 On attempting to escape by a window he was shot dead. 
 M' Adam's tombstone was renewed in 1829. 
 
 PAEISH OF LAEGS. 
 
 A small eminence, known as the Castle Hill, bears traces of an 
 encampment connected with the battle of Largs, fought in 1263.
 
 390 AYRSHIRE. 
 
 At the back of the mansion-house of Ilaylie, a tumulus called St. 
 Mary's Law fs another vestige of the battle. A rude stone pillar 
 commemorates the spot where Haco, the Norwegian commander, 
 was slain. In a garden wall adjoining is the following inscription : 
 
 " Substit, Hie Gothi Furor. 
 Conditur hie Haco Stenieusis, et undique, circum 
 
 Norvegios fidos terra tegit Socias : 
 Hue regnum venere petentes ; Scotia victor 
 Hostibus hie tumulos, prsemia justa dedit. 
 Quarto ante nonas Octobris, A.D. 1263." 
 
 The Skelmorly aisle of the old church was reared in 1639 by 
 Sir Robert Montgomery of Skelmorly, to contain the ashes of his 
 wife, Lady Margaret Douglas. In his youth Sir Robert was a man 
 of blood ; in old age his devotion bordered on austerity. To this 
 tomb he was in the habit of retiring, and by the embalmed body 
 of his wife pondering on the errors of his youth. His remains are 
 deposited by her side. The aisle exhibits an arched ceiling of 
 carved oak, adorned with emblems and mottoes appropriate to the 
 place. 
 
 Near Brisbane House a flat stone denotes the grave of the Rev. 
 William Smyth, minister of the parish, who died of the plague in 
 1G47. He was celebrated for his piety, and the short inscription 
 on his tombstone has been repeatedly renewed. 
 
 A family mausoleum contains the remains of General Sir 
 Thomas Makdougal Brisbane, the distinguished soldier and 
 astronomer. Born at Brisbane, in this parish, on the 23rd July, 
 1773, he entered the army in his sixteenth year. In the Flanders 
 campaign he took part in all the engagements, and in the West 
 Indies, to which he was sent in 1796, he acquired considerable dis- 
 tinction. In 1812 he commanded a brigade under the Duke of 
 Wellington in Spain. For his bravery on the field of Orthes he 
 received the thanks of Parliament. In 1821 he was appointed 
 Governor of New South Wales. While in Australia he catalogued 
 7,385 stars, for which he received the Copley Medal from the
 
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 Royal Society. In 1825 he was appointed to the colonelcy of the 
 34th Kegiraent. For his services in founding an observatory in 
 New South "Wales he was, in 1828, awarded a Gold Medal by the 
 Astronomical Society. In 1832 he was elected President of the 
 Eoyal Society of Edinburgh, and in 1833 he became President of 
 the British Association. In 1836 he was created a baronet. He 
 erected an observatory at Makerstoun in 1841 ; the observations 
 which he made there have been published in three large volumes. 
 He founded two gold medals for scientific merit, one to be awarded 
 by the Eoyal Society, and the other by the Society of Arts. He 
 died on the 27th January, 1860, at the advanced age of eighty- 
 seven. 
 
 These lines are from the tombstone of John Paton, who died in 
 1802, aged eighty-eight, and of his son, who died in 1795, aged 
 eighteen years : 
 
 " Eeader, I do it of thee crave 
 
 When thou does me go by ; 
 All you, my scholars that were, 
 
 Eemember you must die, 
 And in the days of youth prepare 
 For long eternity." 
 
 Archibald Hendry, who died in 1801, is commemorated thus : 
 
 " How loved or valued once avails not me, 
 For now I lodge in this dark destiny ; 
 Eemember, man in youthful prime, 
 That thou must lie and lodge with me. 
 Tune was like thee, I life possest, 
 And time shall be when thou must rest." 
 
 By these quaint lines is celebrated John Ewing, merchant, who 
 died in 1763 : 
 
 " passenger, as thou goest by, 
 
 Upon this stone think, listen, aye, 
 And think on death while life is lent thee, 
 For God himself commands it so to be."
 
 392 AYRSHIRE. 
 
 Under the representation of a hammer crowned, are these lines 
 commemorating Theophilus Kankin, who died in 1724 : 
 
 " Of all mechanicks we have renown, 
 Above the hammer we wear the crown." 
 
 Hugh Morris thus commemorates his daughter Elizabeth ; she 
 died in September, 1805 : 
 
 " She ne'er knew joy 
 
 But friendship might divide, 
 Or gave her father grief 
 But when she died." 
 
 Mary M'Xaught, who died young, has her tombstone thus 
 inscribed : 
 
 " Here in this grave a woman lys, 
 
 Who was cut off in youth, 
 A warning given to all mankind 
 
 To live in faith and truth. 
 For death may come in various shapes 
 
 When we may least expect; 
 O that all youth in time may be 
 
 Prepar'd for such a step ! " 
 
 These epitaphs are on tombstones in this churchyard : 
 
 " Mother Earth, to thee I trust 
 These bonnie heaps o' precious dust, 
 Keep them safely, sacred tomb, 
 Till a parent asks for room." 
 
 " Many die in fears, 
 
 Both great and small ; 
 All ye that's 3'oung in years, 
 
 Embrace the gospel call. 
 And when you walk alone, 
 
 Distant from companie, 
 Think often then upon 
 
 Death and long eternity."
 
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 PAEISH OF LOUDOUK 
 
 A vault in the parish church constitutes the burial-place of the 
 noble family of Loudoun. Here were deposited the remains of 
 Sir John Campbell, Earl of Loudoun. Descended from the noble 
 family of Argyle, John Campbell was eldest son of Sir James 
 Campbell of Lawcrs. He married in 1620 Margaret Campbell, 
 Baroness of Loudoun, and consequently obtained the style and 
 dignity of Baron Loudoun. In 1633 he was created Earl of 
 Loudoun, but owing to his opposition to Court measures his patent 
 was suspended for eight years. He resisted the unconstitutional 
 attempt of Charles I. in 1637 to force Episcopacy on the nation ; 
 he was a member of the General Assembly of 1638 ; and in 1639 
 he garrisoned, for the Covenanters, the Castles of Strathaven, 
 Douglas, and Tantallan. He was one of the Scottish Commis- 
 sioners, who settled the pacification of Berwick. In 1640, having 
 proceeded to London as Commissioner from the Committee of 
 Estates, he was arrested on a charge of high treason and committed 
 to the Tower ; he soon regained his liberty and was permitted to 
 kiss the king's hand. In August, 1640, he held command in the 
 Scottish army at the battle of Newburn ; he presided at the open- 
 ing of the Estates in July following. During the royal visit in 
 1641 he was appointed Lord High Chancellor and first Commis- 
 sioner of the Treasury. With two others he was sent to treat with 
 the king at Carisbrooke Castle in 1647 ; he at first concurred in 
 the "Engagement," but afterwards withdrew from it. On the 
 defeat of Charles II. at Worcester in 1651, he joined the Earl of 
 Glencairn on the king's behalf, but soon after retired into private 
 life. By Cromwell he was excepted from the Act of Grace in 1654 ; 
 at the Eestoration he was deprived of his chancellorship and fined 
 12,000 Scots. He died at Edinburgh on the 13th March, 1663. 
 
 In the Loudoun vault rest the remains of Lady Flora Hastings. 
 This excellent and accomplished gentlewoman was eldest daughter 
 of Earl Moira, afterwards Marquis of Hastings. Her mother, the
 
 394 AYRSHIRE. 
 
 Countess of Loudoun, married Earl Moira in 1804. Lady Flora 
 was bora at Edinburgh on the llth February, 1806. In 1834 she 
 was- appointed one of the ladies of the bedchamber to the Duchess 
 of Kent, with whom she remained till the period of her death. 
 She died at Buckingham Palace on the 5th July, 1839. A 
 posthumous volume of poems from her pen were published in 
 1841, edited by her sister, the Marchioness of Bute. 
 
 John Nisbet, a native of the parish, who suffered martyrdom at 
 Edinburgh, on the 4th December, 1685, has been commemorated 
 by a monument erected by public subscription. It is thus in- 
 scribed : 
 
 "To the memory of John Nisbet, of Hardhill, who suffered 
 martyrdom at the Grass Market, Edinburgh, 4th December, 1685. 
 
 " Animated by a spirit to which genuine religion alone could give 
 birth, and the pure flame of civil and religious liberty alone could 
 keep alive, he manfully struggled for a series of years to stem the 
 tide of national degeneracy, and liberate his country from the 
 tyrannical aggressions of the perjured House of Stuart ; in an age 
 distinguished above all others for unbounded licentiousness, and 
 dereliction of principle, he stood the firm friend of the real interests 
 of his country ; and as a leader of the Persecuted Patriot Band, 
 evinced a courage which no hardships could subdue. His conduct 
 in arms at Peutland, Drumclog, and Bothwell, in opposition to 
 prelatic encroachments, and in defence of Scotland's Covenanted 
 Reformation, is recorded in the annals of these oppressive times. 
 His remains lie at Edinburgh, but the inhabitants of this his 
 native parish, grateful for the privileges his exertions tended to 
 procure, and friends to the cause for which he fought and died, have 
 caused this monument to be erected." 
 
 Nisbet was born in 1627 ; he was lineally descended from Mur- 
 doch Nisbet, of Hardhill, one of those who about the year 1500 
 were styled the Lollards of Kyle. During his youth he engaged 
 in military service abroad. Returning to Scotland in 1650, he was 
 present at the coronation of Charles II. at Scone. He married and 
 settled at Hardhill. In 1664 he offended the Episcopal minister 
 of his parish by having a child baptized by an ejected minister, 
 and he was consequently exposed to various persecutions. He 
 joined in renewing the covenant at Lanark in 1666 ; he was on
 
 PARISH OF LOUDOUN. 395 
 
 the 28th November of that year severely wounded at Eullion 
 Green. On his recovery he again took up arms ; he fought at 
 Drumclog and Bothwell Bridge. On the dispersion of the Cove- 
 nanters he was denounced a rebel, a reward being offered for his 
 apprehension. At Midland, in the parish of Fenwick, he was sur- 
 prised by a party of dragoons in November, 1685. His companions 
 were killed, but he was preserved for the sake of the reward. He 
 was conveyed to Edinburgh and examined before the Privy Council, 
 and was eventually condemned to be hanged. He met his death 
 with resignation and fortitude. 
 
 At Loudoun another martyr for the Covenant is thus commemo- 
 rated : 
 
 " 'Cause I Christ's prisoners reliev'd, 
 I of my life was soon bereav'd, 
 By cruel enemies with rage, 
 In that rencounter did engage ; 
 The martyr's honour and his crown, 
 Bestow'd on me, oh, high renown ! 
 That I should not only believe, 
 But for Christ's cause my life should give." 
 
 From Loudoun Churchyard we have the following : 
 
 " Heir lyes ane right honest man, called Matthew Fvlton, maister 
 meson to Lovdone, qvha decesit in the 10 Jvne, in the year of 
 God 1632. 
 
 I go to grave as to my bed, yet no heir to remain, 
 A qvhil for to repos therin, and then to rise again." 
 
 " Eemember still the solemn tye, 
 Is in this land to the most hie ! 
 Dead bodies in the grave do lie, 
 Their souls go to eternity, 
 Until the day that Christ do call, 
 To raise the dead both great and small, 
 For to receive eternal hire 
 In heaven's joys or hell's tire."
 
 396 AYRSHIRE. 
 
 PARISH OF MAUCHLINE. 
 
 On the green at Town-head a tombstone commemorates five 
 martyrs for the Covenant, viz., Peter Gillies, John Bryce, Thomas 
 Young, William Fiddison, and John Bruning, who, without trial, 
 were hanged by the Commissioners of James VII. The tombstone 
 bore these lines : 
 
 " Bloody Dumbarton, Douglas and Dundee, 
 Moved by the Devil and the Laird of Lee, 
 Dragged these five men to death with gun and sword, 
 Not suffering them to pray nor read God's word ; 
 Owning the work of God was all their crime, 
 The eighty-five was a saint-killing time." 
 
 A more imposing monument in honour of the five sufferers was 
 by public subscription reared in 1830. 
 
 A tombstone denotes the grave of the Rev. William Auld, 
 minister of the parish, who died on the 12th December, 1791, in 
 his eighty- third year, and fiftieth of his ministry. Mr. Auld, who 
 was a conscientious clergyman, is mentioned in the poetry of 
 Burns. 
 
 PARISH OF MAYBOLE. 
 
 The collegiate church, now in ruins, is used as a burying-place 
 of the noble family of Cassilis, represented by the Marquis of 
 Ailsa. 
 
 The following inscriptions are from tombstones in the old church- 
 yard : 
 
 " How vain are all things here below ! 
 
 How false, and yet how fair ! 
 Each pleasure has its poison too, 
 And every sweet a snare."
 
 PATIISH OF MONKTON. 397 
 
 " Under these neighbouring monuments lys the golden dust of Man 
 
 and Wife, 
 
 Of pious line both soon shall rise to long-expected glorious life, 
 They for their constancy and zeal, still to the back did prove good 
 
 steel, 
 For our Lord's royal truths and laws, the ancient covenanted 
 
 cause 
 Of Scotland's famous Reformation, declining laws of usurpation." 
 
 " The man's name was John McLymont, who lived in Achaltown, 
 and dyed the 1st of November, age sixty-nine, 1714." 
 
 PAEISH OF MONKTOK 
 
 In the churchyard at Prestwick rest the remains of James Macrae 
 Governor of Madras. Son of an agricultural labourer, he was born 
 in the parish of Ochiltree, about 1684. During his childhood his 
 father died, and his mother, with her two children, a boy and girl, 
 proceeded to Ayr, where she obtained employment as a washer- 
 woman. Young Macrae became a cowherd ; he afterwards joined 
 the navy as a seaman. In the navy he attained the rank of 
 captain. Obtaining the confidence of the Board of Directors he 
 was sent on a special mission to the English settlement on the 
 west coast of Sumatra. Having acquitted himself to the satisfac- 
 tion of his employers, he was appointed Deputy-Governor of Fort 
 St. David. In 1724 he became second member of Council at Fort 
 St. George. In the following year he was appointed Governor of 
 Madras. He sailed for England in January, 1731, bearing to his 
 native land a fortune of one hundred thousand pounds. On his 
 arrival in Britain he proceeded to Ayr, where he found that his 
 sister was married to a carpenter. The couple had four daughters, 
 and to their training as gentlewomen the Governor devoted the 
 efforts of his remaining years. The eldest daughter married William, 
 thirteenth Earl of Glencairn, and on the occasion received from 
 her uncle the barony of Ochiltree, with diamonds to the value of
 
 398 AYRSHIRE. 
 
 45,000 ; James, fourteenth Earl of Glencairn, the patron of 
 Burns, was her second son. The Governor's second niece married 
 James Erskine, a Lord of Session by the title of Lord Alva ; 
 the third married a person of his own family name. Macrae's 
 youngest niece wedded Charles Dalrymple, and received the estate 
 of Orangefield. Governor Macrae died in 1746. He presented 
 an equestrian statue of William III. to the city of Glasgow, and 
 lent to the City corporation 5,000 to meet the sum levied from 
 them by Prince Charles Edward in 1745. 
 
 PAKISH OF MUIEKIRK. 
 
 On the farm of Priesthill a handsome monument has been reared 
 to the memory of John Brown " the Christian carrier," who at his 
 own door was shot by Graham of Claverhouse on the 1st of May, 
 1685. One of Graham's party pointed out Brown's lifeless body to 
 his wife, and asked what she thought of her husband. She 
 answered, " Mair than ever I did, but the Lord will avenge this 
 another day." On the original tombstone were recorded these lines, 
 which form an acrostic : 
 
 "In death's cold bed the dusty part here lies 
 O f one who did the earth, as dust, despise. 
 H ere, in this place, from earth he took departure, 
 N ow he has got the garland of the martyr. 
 
 B utcher'd by Clavers and his bloody band, 
 
 E aging most rav'nously o'er all the land. 
 
 O nly for owning Christ's supremacy, 
 
 W ickedly wrong'd by encroaching tyranny. 
 
 X othing, how near soever, he too good 
 
 E steem'd, nor dear, for precious truth, his blood." 
 
 In Muirkirk Churchyard the tombstone of James Smith, a mar- 
 tyred Covenanter, is thus inscribed :
 
 PARISH OF STEVENSTON. 399 
 
 " When proud apostates did abjure 
 Scotland's Reformation pure, 
 And fill'd this laud with perjury, 
 And all sorts of iniquity ; 
 Such as would not with them comply, 
 They persecute with hue and cry. 
 I in the chase was o'erta'en, 
 And for the truth by them was slain." 
 
 PARISH OF STEVENSTON". 
 
 A tombstone commemorates the Eev. John Bell, minister of the 
 parish. Son of Mr. John Bell, minister of Stevenston, he studied 
 at the University of Glasgow, and was in 1640 settled in the 
 parish of Glasford, Lanarkshire. In 1642 he succeeded his father 
 as minister of Stevenston. He died in September, 1652. His tomb- 
 stone is thus inscribed : 
 
 " The childless mother's resolution. 
 
 " Strength to -my tryal hath my Lord made even, 
 Oh to bedew his feet that tears were given ; 
 His weel's my weel, in him my sole content, 
 Kor grieves to go, nor give what he hath lent." 
 
 On the tombstone of Alexander Crawford, his wife, and two sons, 
 are these lines : 
 
 " How vain are all our earthly joys ! 
 
 Stop, passenger, and shed a tear ; 
 A father, mother, and two boys, 
 
 Within six months interr'd lie here. 
 Presume not then that wealth nor strength 
 
 Will save thee from the fatal hour, 
 Tor thou, like these, must yield at length 
 
 To death's unconquerable power."
 
 400 AYRSHIRE. 
 
 PAEISH OF STEWARTOK 
 
 James Wilson and his wife, who both died in February, 1721. 
 have the following epitaph : 
 
 " foolish people, and unwise, 
 
 That love to live in sin, 
 Amend your ways now speedily, 
 
 For danger is therein. 
 Sin is the cause of all the woes 
 
 That ever did befall 
 To any in this present life, 
 
 Or that hereafter shall ; 
 Therefore I do you all advise 
 
 In time now to repent, 
 Least that the fatal stroke of death 
 
 Do all your work prevent. 
 Let holiness towards your God 
 
 Be all which you intend, 
 Be just and righteous to all men, 
 
 E'en to the very end. 
 So finish all your work and come, 
 
 Lie down with us and sleep, 
 Here all your bones shall be at rest, 
 
 The Lord your dust shall keep, 
 And when he calls we shall awake, 
 
 And rise again shall we. 
 let that time be hastened ! 
 
 Amen so let it be." 
 
 Ann Gray, who died September, 1820, aged twenty-two, is by her 
 husband thus commemorated : 
 
 " To all who read, I sleep in death, 
 
 live to die by Christ in faith, 
 "While youth and vigour gild your brow ; 
 Remember still thy days are few. 
 
 To God's blest house I long to be, 
 When last I viewed these tombs you see, 
 
 1 did the silent graves review, 
 And look'd as fair for life as you ;
 
 PARISH OF TARBOLTON. 401 
 
 But ere next Sabbath did return. 
 They laid me in this lonely urn. 
 A blessed rest for them that be 
 From suffering, sin, and death set free. 
 Then kindred dear, aloud I call, 
 Prepare, for death will meet you all. 
 Should you like me next Sabbath lie, 
 I ask, are you prepared to die?" 
 
 PAEISH OF STRAITOK 
 
 Thomas M'Haffie, a Covenanter, who in 1685 was taken out of 
 his sick bed and shot, is on his tombstone in the churchyard 
 celebrated thus : 
 
 "Though I was sick, and like to die, 
 Yet bloody Bruce did murder me ; 
 Because I adhered in my station 
 To our covenanted reformation ; 
 My blood for vengeance yet doth call 
 Upon Zion's haters all." 
 
 PARISH OF TARBOLTON". 
 
 In the vicinity of Coilsfield House an enclosed mound with two 
 upright stones is described as the burial-place of Coil, King of the 
 Britons, who here fell in battle. In 1837 the mound was opened, 
 and under the depth of four feet a circular flagstone was found 
 overlying several urns full of calcined bones. The principal urn was 
 seven inches in height and of similar diameter ; it was supposed 
 to contain the ashes of the pre-historic king. According to Boece 
 the Scots and Picts surprised the Britons by night and put nearly 
 the whole of them to the sword. The central district of Ayrshire, 
 
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 in which this parish is situated, is known as Kyle, after the name 
 of the British king. 
 
 In the churchyard the tombstone of William Shillilaw, a martyred 
 Covenanter, is thus inscribed : 
 
 " Here lys William Shillilaw, who was shot at Woodhead by 
 Lieut. Lauder for his adherence to the word of God and Scotland's 
 covenanted work of Eeformation, 1685." 
 
 A tombstone celebrates the theological learning and pastoral 
 devotedness of Dr. William Ritchie, one of the ministers of Edin- 
 burgh, and Professor of Divinity in the university of that city. 
 He was born at Foulis- Wester, Perthshire, in December, 1747. 
 In his sixteenth year he was elected parish schoolmaster of New- 
 tyle, Forfarshire. Having studied at the University of St. Andrews, 
 he was licensed to preach in 1774. For some years he travelled 
 abroad. He was ordained minister of Tarbolton in 1793, and in 
 1798 was translated to Kilwinning. In 1801 he was elected 
 Moderator of the General Assembly. In 1802 he was translated 
 to St. Andrew's Church, Glasgow. He introduced instrumental 
 music into St. Andrew's church, an act which proved obnoxious 
 to the Lord Provost, and was condemned by the Presbytery. Dr. 
 Kitchie was preferred to the High Church, Edinburgh, in 1808. 
 He was in the following year elected Professor of Divinity. He 
 died at Tarbolton on the 29th January, 1830, in his eighty-third 
 yjear, and the thirty-sixth of his ministry.
 
 403 
 
 RENFEEWSHIEE. 
 
 PAEISH OF CATHCART. 
 
 In the parish churchyard three Covenanters are commemorated 
 thus : 
 
 " This is the stone tomb of Robert Thome, Thomas Cooke, 
 
 And John Urie, martyrs, for owning the Covenanted work 
 
 of Reformation, the llth of May, 1685. 
 
 The bloody murderers of these men 
 Were Major Balfour and Captain Metlaun, 
 And with them others were not free 
 Caused them to search in Polmadie. 
 As soon as they had them outfound, 
 They nmrthered them with shot of guns ; 
 Scarce time did they to them allow 
 Before their Maker their knees to bow. 
 Many like in this land have been, 
 Whose blood for vengeance crys to heav'n : 
 This cruel wickedness you see 
 Was done in loan of Polmadie. 
 This may a standing witness be 
 'Twixt Presbytrie and Prelacie." 
 
 A tombstone, reared in 1689, in memory of John Hall and his 
 wife, presents these lines : 
 
 " Time's rapid stream, we think, does stand, 
 
 While on it we are blown down 
 To a vast sea that knows no land, 
 Nor e'er a shore would own ;
 
 404 RENFREWSHIRE. 
 
 In which we shall for ever swim, 
 
 The blest through eternity ; 
 Or sink beneath wrath's dreadful stream 
 
 In deepest misery." 
 
 On the gravestone of James Hall, of Cathcart Mill, we have the 
 following : 
 
 " A foe death is not to the wise and good, 
 Though he appears a porter rude, 
 But faithful messenger and friendly hand 
 To waft us to Immauuel's land : 
 Here with pure untold pleasures to behold 
 The joys of heaven, and brightness of our Lord ; 
 To which none entered these fields of bliss 
 But by the gate alone of righteousness ; 
 Not of our own indeed, but of another, 
 Th' anointed Christ, our Friend and elder Brother." 
 
 A tombstone commemorates the Rev. George Adam, who died 
 minister of the parish on the 6th February, 1759. On an event in 
 his history Mr. J. G. Lockhart has founded his tale entitled " Some 
 Passages in the Life of Mr. Adam Blair." Mr. Adam became 
 minister of Cathcart in 1738. He took part in the revivals at 
 Cambuslang in 1742, and was greatly esteemed for his ministerial 
 gifts and amiable qualities. In April, 1746, he acknowledged 
 himself guilty of improper behaviour with a female, to the astonish- 
 ment of his friends, among whom he maintained a high character. 
 He underwent a course of ecclesiastical discipline, and was 
 deposed from his office. Sympathy on his behalf was everywhere 
 awakened. His patron, heritors, elders, and parishioners peti- 
 tioned the General Assembly for his restoration. He was re- 
 admitted to his charge in August, 1748, and thereafter applied 
 himself with increased diligence and fidelity to his sacred duties.
 
 405 
 
 PARISH OF EAGLESHAM. 
 
 In the churchyard the grave of two Covenanters is protected by 
 a tombstone, which is thus inscribed : 
 
 " Here lies Gabriel Thomson and Eobert Lockhart, which were 
 killed for owning the Covenanted, ... by a party of highland- 
 men and dragoons, under the command of Ardencaple, May 1st, 1683. 
 
 These men did search through moor and moss 
 To find out all who had no pass ; 
 These faithful witnesses were found, 
 And slaughtered upon the ground ; 
 Their bodies in this grave do ly, 
 Their blood for vengeance yet doth cry. 
 This may a standing witness be 
 For Presbytery 'gainst Prelacy." 
 
 The following elegy celebrates the Eev. William Findlay, minister 
 of the parish : 
 
 " Sublime of genius and with science blest, 
 Of every brilliant excellency possess'd : 
 Beyond the common standard learn'd and wise, 
 Of conduct artless and above disguise. 
 In whom but equals few, superiors none, 
 The friend, the husband, and the father shone : 
 A tutor form'd t'implant in yielding youth 
 And into fruit mature the seeds of truth. 
 A writer elegant in manly charms, 
 Who like the sun enlightens while it warms ; 
 A pastor blending, with divinest skill, 
 A seraph's knowledge with a seraph's zeal ; 
 Not only taught religion's path but trod, 
 And like illustrious Enoch walked with God. 
 Findlay, these rich embellishments combined 
 Were thine ! but who can paint an angel's mind ? 
 Heaven saw thee ripe for glory, and in love 
 Eemov'd thee hence to grace the realms above." 
 
 Mr. Findlay was admitted to the parochial charge in 1797. He 
 died 19th September, 1816, in his sixty-fourth year, and twentieth 
 of his ministry.
 
 406 RENFREWSHIRE. 
 
 William Baird, farmer at Brakinridge, has thus celebrated his 
 departed spouse, who died in 1811, aged sevenly-five : 
 
 " Adieu, blest woman, partner of my life, 
 A tender mother and a faithful wife ; 
 From scandal free, most ready to command, 
 Most loath to hurt, most proud to be a friend ; 
 Her partner's comfort and his life's relief, 
 Once his chief joy, and now his greatest grief. 
 Her God has called her where she's sure to have 
 Blessings more solid than herself once gave." 
 
 The following lines are inscribed on the tombstone of Michael 
 Young, who died 17th March, 1818, aged eighty- three : 
 
 " How awful is the scene while here I tread 
 These venerable mansions of the dead ! 
 Time was these ashes liv'd, and time shall be 
 When others thus shall stand and gaze on me. 
 Awake, then, my soul, true wisdom learn, 
 Nor till to-morrow the great work adjourn." 
 
 Alexander Young and his wife are commemorated thus : 
 
 " Here lies interr'd in silent throng 
 The corps of Alexander Young ; 
 In Floors of Eaglesham he dwelt, 
 But now the power of death has felt ; 
 From mortal stage he took his way 
 On June the one and twentyth day, 
 Seventeen hundred and seventy years, 
 As by old history appears. 
 Eenowned age his head did crown 
 Ere to the grave he did go down ; 
 Threescore and two years was full spent 
 Ere through death's gloomy path he went. 
 But he alone doth not reside 
 In gloomy mansions of the dead, 
 For her who was his wife most dear 
 Doth also sleep entombed here ; 
 And those that now his children are, 
 This shall your future rest prepare."
 
 PARISH OF EASTWOOD. 407 
 
 PARISH OF EASTWOOD. 
 
 In Eastwood Churchyard two Covenanters, James Algie and 
 John Park, who suffered at the Cross of Paisley in 1685, are on 
 their tombstone commemorated thus : 
 
 " Stay, passenger, as thou goes by, 
 And take a look where these do ly, 
 Who, for the love they bare to truth, 
 Were deprived of their liie and youth. 
 Tho' laws made then caused many die, 
 Judges and 'sizers were not free ; 
 He that to them did these delate, 
 The greater count he hath to make ; 
 Yet no excuse to them can be : 
 At ten condemned, at two to die. 
 So cruel did their rage become, 
 To stop their speech caus'd beat the drum. 
 This may a standing witness be 
 'Twixt Presbytery and Prelacy." * 
 
 An aisle of the parish church is the burial-place of the Baron- 
 eted House of Maxwell of Pollok, now represented by Sir William 
 Stirling Maxwell, Bart., of Keir. Walter Steuart, of Pardovan, 
 author of the celebrated " Collections" in connection with the 
 Scottish Church, died while on a visit at Pollok House, and was 
 interred in the family aisle. A marble monument erected to his 
 memory is thus inscribed : 
 
 "Within this aisle lyes Walter Steuart, of Pardovan, son of 
 Walter Steuart, of Pardovan, and grandson to Archibald Steuart, 
 of Blackball, a gent well skilled in most parts of useful learning, 
 and in the constitution of his country, and eminent for his 
 unbiass'd zeal for its ancient and real interests; which he 
 shewed by his early appearance for the Protestant religion, in 
 accompanying King William from Holland at the glorious Revolu- 
 tion, 1688, and afterwards by his faithful services in our Scots 
 Parliament, where he for many years represented the borough of 
 Linlithgow. Of such distinguished piety and zeal for our holy 
 religion that he mortified 20,000 merks to the society in Scotland 
 
 * This inscription is repeated on a monument to these martyrs in Paisley Cemetery
 
 408 RENFREWSHIRE. 
 
 for propagating Christian knowledge. He dyed March 8th, 1719, 
 aged fifty-two years, at the seat of his affectionate kinsman, Sir 
 John Maxwell, of Pollok, one of the senators of the Colledg of 
 Justice; and is interred in the burial-place of that honorable 
 family, which, by permission of the honorable proprietor, is like- 
 wise design'd for the burial-place of his dear spouse, Katherin Corn- 
 wall, daughter of James Cornwall, of Bonhead, who has erected 
 this monument to the memory of her dearly beloved husband." 
 
 A tombstone denotes the resting-place of the Rev. Robert 
 Wodrow, the celebrated historian. Youngest son of Mr. James 
 Wodrow, Professor of Divinity in the University of Glasgow, he 
 was born in that city in 1679. Having studied at Glasgow College, 
 he became librarian to the institution. Licensed in 1703, he was 
 in the same year ordained minister of Eastwood. His acceptance 
 as a preacher led to his receiving calls from Glasgow and Stirling, 
 both of which he declined. At the Union in 1707, he was member 
 of a committee for supporting the interests of the Church. On 
 the accession of George I. he was with some others deputed by the 
 General Assembly to plead with Government for the abolition of 
 Church patronage. His great work " The History of the Sufferings 
 of the Church of Scotland from the Restoration to the Revolution," 
 was published in 1721-2, in two folio volumes. It was approved 
 by the General Assembly, and dedicated to George I., who presented 
 the author with 100 guineas in token of his royal approval. Mr. 
 Wodrow designed to publish a series of biographical memoirs of 
 eminent ministers of the Church of Scotland ; many of these are 
 preserved in MS. in the Library of Glasgow University. The 
 materials on which he founded his " History," including twenty- 
 four volumes of his correspondence, are preserved in the Advocates 
 Library, and in the archives of the Church. Selections from his 
 memoirs entitled " Collections upon the Lives of the Reformers," 
 in two quarto volumes, were published at Glasgow in 1834 and 
 1845. Three octavo volumes of his " Correspondence " and his 
 " Arialecta," or Diary, in four volumes, have also been printed. Mr. 
 Wodrow died 21st March, 1734, in his fifty-fifth year, and the 
 thirty-first of his ministry.
 
 409 
 
 PAPJSH OF GREENOCK 
 
 A monumental statue of the celebrated James Watt, by Chantrey, 
 occupies a conspicuous position in the Watt Institution. The 
 statue, which is of white marble, represents the great engineer 
 holding in his right hand a diagram, while with the other he is 
 applying to it a pair of compasses. The pedestal presents the 
 following inscription, composed by Lord Jeffrey : 
 
 " The inhabitants of Greenock have erected this statue of James 
 Watt, not to extend a fame already identified with the miracles of 
 steam, but to testify the pride and reverence with, which he is 
 remembered in the place of his nativity, and their deep sense of 
 the great benefits his genius has conferred upon mankind. Born 
 19th January, 1736. Died at Heathfield, in Staffordshire, August 
 25, 1819." 
 
 Son of a small trader who bore the same Christian name, James 
 Watt, received an ordinary education at the Grammar School of 
 Greenock ; and having selected a mechanical trade, he proceeded to 
 London, and in his eighteenth year became apprentice to a mathe- 
 matical instrument maker at Cornhill. At the end of a year ill- 
 health compelled him to return to Greenock. In 1757 he pro- 
 posed to settle in Glasgow as a mathematical instrument maker, but 
 being opposed by the corporation of hammermen, he sought and 
 obtained employment within the walls of the university. His work- 
 shop in Glasgow College became the resort of professors and men of 
 science. In 1767 he was employed to make surveys and prepare 
 estimates for a canal to unite the Forth and Clyde ; he afterwards 
 prepared a survey for the canal between Fort William and Inver- 
 ness. His attention had in 1759 been directed to the capabilities 
 of steam as a motive power, and some time after he tried experi- 
 ments on the force of steam by means of a Papin's digester. In 
 1763, when repairing a Newcomen engine used for pumping water 
 out of mines, he discovered its defects, and forthwith proceeded to 
 construct a machine of an improved character. He now formed a
 
 410 RENFREWSHIRE. 
 
 partnership with Dr. Roebuck of the Carron Ironworks, for the 
 construction of steam engines ; and a model was erected at Kinneil, 
 near Borrowstounness. Dr. Eoebuck's unexpected embarrassments 
 led him to seek another partnership, and he was fortunate in 
 forming such a connection with Matthew Boulton, of Soho, near 
 Birmingham. Aided by this ingenious person, he was enabled 
 to carry out his invention in all its details, and to secure by a 
 series of patents the benefits of his discovery. After twenty-seven 
 years' labour at Soho, he retired from business in 1800, convey- 
 ing to his two sons his interest in the prosperous business which 
 he and Boulton had established. Watt was admitted to member- 
 ship of most of the learned societies in the United Kingdom and on 
 the Continent. He died at Heathfield, Staffordshire, on the 25th 
 August, 1819. In 1824 his statue, by a national subscription, was 
 erected at Birmingham, and monuments or institutions in his 
 honour have been reared in the principal towns. 
 
 In the west church burying-ground two altar stones, placed con- 
 tiguously, denote the burial-place of James and Thomas Watt, 
 father and grandfather of the engineer. On the tombstone of the 
 engineer's grandfather is an inscription, executed by an illiterate 
 stone-hewer ; it is subjoined verbatim: 
 
 T. W. M. S. 
 
 " This is teburrialplace of Thomas Watprofesor of the Mate- 
 maticks in Graford-dykhis wife and children 1701. 
 
 Age. Time of death. 
 
 Names. Y~ M ~D 
 
 jVlarg 11 6 Oct. 1683. 
 
 Catren 00 10 Dec. 1687. 
 
 Thomas 244 Feb. 1687. 
 
 Dorithie 18 5 20 Aug. 1706. 
 
 " Thomas Watt died Feb. 28th 1734 aged 92. Margaret Sherrer 
 his spouse died March 21 1755 aged 79, lived in marredge 55 
 years." 
 
 The other tombstone was erected by the engineer, in memory of 
 his parents and an only brother. It is inscribed thus :
 
 PAKISH OF GREENOCK. 411 
 
 " In memory of James Watt, merchant in Greenock, a benevolent 
 and ingenious man, and a zealous promoter of the improvements 
 of the Town who died 17 2 aged 
 
 " Of Agnes Muirheid his spouse who died 1733 aged 50, and of 
 John Watt their son who perished at sea 1765 aged 25. To his 
 revered parents and to his brother, James Watt has placed this 
 memorial." 
 
 Thomas Watt, the engineer's grandfather, was born in Aberdeen- 
 shire, where his family had previously resided. His father, the 
 great-grandfather of the engineer, farmed a little property of his 
 own. He was killed while fighting on the side of the Covenanters 
 against the Marquis of Montrose. 
 
 A memorial slab in the interior of the old church commemorates 
 Thomas Crawfurd of Cartsburn, who died 3rd February, 1743. 
 This branch of the house of Crawfurd descends from the family of 
 Crawfurd of Kilbirnie. George Crawfurd, author of the " Genea- 
 logical History of the Royal Family of Stewart," "A Description 
 of the Shire of Eenfrew," and other works, was a member of the 
 family. 
 
 An elegant monument has by public subscription been erected 
 at the grave of Mary Campbell, celebrated by Burns. It contains 
 a sculpture representing the parting of Burns and Mary, surmounted 
 by a figure weeping over an urn, with these lines beneath : 
 
 " My Mary dear, departed shade, 
 Where is thy place of blissful rest ?" 
 
 Within a railed enclosure a small tombstone is thus inscribed : 
 
 "This burying-place belongs to Peter McPherson, ship car- 
 penter in Greenock, and Mary Campbell his spouse, and their 
 children, 1787." 
 
 Burns became acquainted with "Highland Mary" about the 
 year 1785, when she was serving his friend Gavin Hamilton at 
 Mauchlina She is described as a sprightly blue- eyed girl, pos- 
 sessed of true modesty and real worth. She was a native of 
 Dunoon ; her father, who was a sailor in a revenue cutter, after-
 
 412 RENFREWSHIRE. 
 
 wards resided at Campbelton. On Sunday, the 14th of May, 1786, 
 Mary and Burns held a farewell meeting in a secluded spot on the 
 banks of the Ayr. Their adieu was performed with a striking 
 ceremonial, common to the rural courtships of the West. The 
 lovers stood on each side of a small brook ; they laved their hands 
 in the stream, and, holding a Bible between them, vowed mutual 
 fidelity. Mary presented the poet with a Bible in one volume; 
 Burns handed her in return a more elegant one in two volumes. 
 The lovers never again met. Mary returned to Campbelton, 
 where she some months resided with her parents. Meanwhile her 
 younger brother, Eobert, was entered as an apprentice with Peter 
 McPherson, ship carpenter at Greenock, whose wife was a cousin 
 of Mary's mother. Mary accompanied her brother to Greenock, 
 with the double purpose of seeing him safely transferred to the- 
 care of her relation, and of taking farewell of Burns before his- 
 intended departure for the West Indies. On the day following his 
 arrival at Greenock Mary's brother fell ill; Mary attended him 
 with care and tenderness, and he recovered. But Mary was seized 
 next, and her illness proved to be fever of . a most malignant type. 
 In a few days she expired, and her remains were interred in 
 McPherson's burial-place. She died in November, 1786. 
 
 On his tombstone a lengthened inscription celebrates the learning 
 and personal qualities of John Wilson, Master of the Grammar 
 School in Greenock, who died on the 2nd June, 1789, aged sixty. 
 
 On the tombstone of Robert Andrew Macfie and his wife and 
 children are these lines : 
 
 " The saints, in early life remov'd, 
 
 In sweeter accents sing, 
 And bless the swiftness of the flight 
 That bore them to their King." 
 
 James Shaw, butcher, who died in 1799, is by his widow cele- 
 brated thus : 
 
 " A tender parent, a dear friend, 
 A loving husband to the end.
 
 PARISH OF GREENOCK. 413 
 
 This truth is certain, 
 
 When this life is o'er, 
 Man dies to live, 
 
 And lives to die no more." 
 
 In the cemetery a handsome monument of Aberdeen granite 
 commemorates Eobert Wallace of Kelly, who died on the 1st 
 April, 1855. It is thus inscribed : 
 
 "Eobert Wallace was the descendant and representative of the 
 renowned champion of Scottish independence, and inherited no 
 small portion of the patriotic spirit and indomitable energy of his 
 ancestor. He sat in Parliament as member for Greenock from 
 1832 to 1845, being returned four times in succession free of 
 expense, and by his indefatigable and successful labours in the 
 cause of legal and post office reform, be not only justified the choice 
 of the electors, but established a title to the lasting gratitude of his 
 countrymen. His casting vote as chairman of the committee of 
 the House of Commons secured to the nation the benefit of the 
 penny postage." 
 
 Mr. Wallace was lineally descended from Sir Richard Wallace 
 of Eiccarton, uncle of the patriot. His father, John Wallace of 
 Cessnock, Ayrshire, purchased in 1792 the estate of Kelly, having 
 previously sold Cessnock. Eobert Wallace succeeded his father in 
 1805. For many years he engaged in business as a West India 
 merchant. In 1832 he was elected M.P. for Greenock, which he 
 represented for thirteen successive years. His important services 
 in connection with post office reform were widely appreciated. He 
 died in his eighty-second year. 
 
 An elegant monument celebrates the personal worth and public 
 spirit of Walter Baine, chief magistrate of the burgh, and sub- 
 sequently its representative in Parliament. 
 
 In an elevated portion of the cemetery a cairn composed of stones 
 from different parts of the world has been piled in honour of James 
 Watt. 
 
 A handsome obelisk of Peterhead granite commemorates the 
 Eev. Patrick MTarlan, D.D., minister of the Free West Church. 
 In the inscription Dr. M'Farlaii is thus described :
 
 414 RENFREWSHIRE. 
 
 " A man of God, nobly gifted, and learned in the Word, he faith- 
 fully prosecuted the blessed gospel and adorned it by his life. His 
 sterling worth, sweetened by courtesy, exalted him in public esteem 
 and endeared him to his flock. A wise counsellor of the Church 
 in her difficulties, he stood firm in her trials, and despising for 
 conscience' sake her temporal gains, was called amidst devoted 
 labours to his honoured rest. Born 4th April, 1781 ; died 13th 
 November, 1849." 
 
 In the burgh a memorial fountain of polished granite commemo- 
 rates John Gait, the eminent novelist. This ingenious writer was 
 born at Irvine, on the 2nd May, 1779. With an ordinary educa- 
 tion he engaged in mercantile concerns at Greenock, and afterwards 
 in London. He subsequently entered at Lincoln's Inn, but even- 
 tually abandoned legal pursuits. From failing health he proceeded 
 to the Mediterranean. At Gibraltar in 1809 he made the acquaint- 
 ance of Lord Byron and his friend Mr. Hobhouse, and in their 
 company sailed to Sicily, whence he proceeded to Malta and Greece. 
 He devised a scheme for creating a mercantile establishment in 
 the Levant, but his suggestions were not accepted by Government. 
 In 1804 he published anonymously a poem entitled " The Battle of 
 Largs," which he afterwards endeavoured to suppress. In 1811 
 he published his "Travels in the East." Other works followed, 
 but he first evinced decided power as a writer in " The Ayrshire 
 Legatees," which was published in Blackwood's Magazine in 1820. 
 " The Annals of the Parish " appeared in the following year. 
 Having now attained a high literary reputation, he continued to 
 issue a series of romances, which became more or less popular. 
 Along with his literary labours he much occupied himself in com- 
 mercial speculations. In 1824 he became superintendent of the 
 Canada Company for disposing to emigrants portions of the Crown 
 lands in Upper Canada. This office yielded him 1,000 a year; 
 but having become involved in disputes with the Government, he 
 in 1827 tendered his resignation. After a life of extraordinary 
 labours and unhappy vicissitudes he retired to Greenock, where he 
 died on the llth April, 1839. Many of his works are forgotten ; 
 others maintain a steady popularity. In portraying the peculi- 
 arities of Scottish village life he is altogether unrivalled.
 
 PARISH OF INCHINNAN. 415 
 
 PARISH OF HOUSTON. 
 
 In the aisle of the Eed Friars monastery are several monuments. 
 A magnificent tomb contains under a canopy two statues the size 
 of life ; one is supposed to represent Sir Patrick Houston of that 
 ilk, who died in 1440, the other Sir Patrick's wife, Agnes Campbell, 
 who died in 1456. Sir Patrick is dressed in a coat of mail, his 
 head resting on a pillow, and his feet upon a lion with a lamb in 
 its paws. Both figures have their hands elevated as in the act of 
 prayer. An inscription on the tomb has become illegible. 
 
 A monument on the south wall of the aisle represents a variety 
 of emblematical figures. On the top an old man crowned with 
 long flowing hair and a loose robe places his foot on a large globe, 
 on each side of which is a small image blowing a trumpet. A 
 chain thrown across the globe hangs down on each side, and is 
 grasped by two children, one having three faces, the other with 
 a cloth bound over his eyes. Beneath is the following inscrip- 
 tion : 
 
 "Hie sita est Domina Anna Hamilton, delectissima Domini 
 Patricii Houston, eodem, Baronetti conjux sua, quse obiit tertio 
 die idus Maias, anno salutis partse, milesimo sexcentesimo et sep- 
 tuasresimo octavo." 
 
 PARISH OF INCHINNAN. 
 
 In the churchyard of Inchinnan several ridged stones having 
 figures of swords engraved on their sloping sides are believed to 
 commemorate some members of the Knights Templars, who 
 possessed a settlement in the district.
 
 416 RENFREWSHIRE. 
 
 PARISH OF INNERKIP. 
 
 In the parish churchyard is the burying-place of Sir Gabriel 
 Wood, founder of the Mariners' Institution at Greenock which 
 bears his name. A tombstone commemorates his father, Gabriel 
 Wood, a highly respected merchant of Greenock, who died 
 23rd October, 1828, aged eighty-four. 
 
 PARISH OF KILMALCOLM. 
 
 The old family of Porterfield, of that ilk, interred in a vault con- 
 nected with the old church ; it bore the following inscriptions : 
 
 " Bvreit heir lyis, 
 That deth defyis, 
 
 Of Porterfeild's the race ; 
 Qvho be the sprit, 
 To Christ unite, 
 Are heirs of gloir throw grace. 
 1566." 
 
 " This anagrame vnfold my bvilder sal, 
 His name qvha vil into this sentence seik. 
 Til flie the il, mak gvid report of al : 
 Gvilliame sal find, Porterfeild of that ilk. 
 Zeirs sevintie fyve, to live, he livit and mo, 
 And nov for ay livs with the Gods but vo." 
 
 PARISH OF LOCHWINNOCH. 
 
 Within the walls of the Old Collegiate Church is the burying- 
 place of the old family of Sempill, of Castle Semple.
 
 PARISH OF PAISLEY. 417 
 
 In the churchyard Elizabeth, daughter of Hugh Montgomerie 
 of Broadly, who died in 1819, aged twenty-seven, is commemorated 
 thus : 
 
 " Kind to the poor, here virtue's path she trod, 
 Now robed in white she stands before her God." 
 
 These lines are from the tombstone of Hugh Montgomerie, who 
 died in 1819, aged sixty-eight : 
 
 " Of judgment clear, of firm decided mind, 
 The lover and the friend of human kind, 
 Spotless through life he steer'd his onward way, 
 His death the evening of a beauteous day." 
 
 A handsome monument, reared by public subscription, comme- 
 morates Dr. Andrew Crawfurd, a local antiquary, who died at 
 Lochwinnoch on the 27th December, 1854. 
 
 PARISH OF PAISLEY. 
 
 Malcolm IV., on attaining his majority in the summer of 1163, 
 visited his Castle of Fotheringay, in Northamptonshire; and on 
 the 1st of July of that year met his second cousin, Henry II. of 
 England, at Woodstock. The King of Scots was accompanied by 
 Engelram his chancellor, Walter his steward, Richard his chap- 
 lain, and a retinue of attendants becoming his dignity. During his 
 residence at Fotheringay, Walter the High Steward sealed a charter 
 establishing a house of devotion at Paisley of Cluniac monks from 
 Wenlock, Shropshire, the county of his progenitors. The house 
 was founded as a priory ; fifty-six years afterwards, in 1219, it was 
 constituted an abbey by Pope Honorius III. 
 
 The priory consisted of a chancel, choir, transept, and nave, and 
 was munificently endowed by the Steward and his successors. The 
 abbey buildings were burned and destroyed by the English in 
 
 2E
 
 418 KENFREWSHIRE. 
 
 1306, and were not fully restored till 1451. It may properly be 
 designated the burial-place of the House of Stuart. It contains 
 the remains of Walter, the founder of the church, his son Alan, 
 his son Walter ; his grandson James, his son Walter, and Marjory 
 Bruce his wife, daughter of King Robert the Bruce, and of Eliza- 
 beth Mure and Euphemia Ross, the two consorts of Robert II. In 
 a charter erecting the village of Paisley into a burgh of barony on 
 the 19th August, 1488, James IV. refers to the monastery as the 
 burial-place of many of his ancestors, his words being 
 
 " Vbi plvrima progenitorvm nostrorvm, 
 Corpora sepelivntvr et reqviescvnt." 
 
 St. Minn's aisle is the burying-place of the ducal house of Aber- 
 corn. Before the Reformation interments were made in the 
 chancel and nave, and also in the yard of St. Roque's ChapeL In 
 1789, when Dr. Boog, one of the ministers of the church, made 
 his renovations in the nave, the tombstones lying on the floor 
 were put into the wall which has fortunately preserved them. 
 The tombstones in the chancel are of dates subsequent to the 
 Reformation. The present burial-ground, lying to the north of the 
 nave and transept, was opened about 1608, and shortly thereafter 
 interments in the nave and St. Roque's Chapel were discon- 
 tinued. 
 
 The old stones are of a dark hard texture, and the inscriptions 
 are generally in bas-reliefs coiled along the margin, and in fine 
 specimens of Saxon and Roman letters. 
 
 In the nave are six monuments : that of Abbot John Lithgow is 
 thus inscribed : 
 
 * a * Igcfrtgto ab- 
 
 6as ' ljuiiig inonastii n trie * 
 tncsts ' Kanuaru ' ano frm jtl ' crcc 
 iin'ij (gUgit fieri ' sua ' gepultura." 
 
 This tablet, which is inserted in the north porch of the nave, 
 bears that John Lithgow, abbot of the monastery, on the 20th
 
 PARISH OF PAISLEY. 419 
 
 January, MCCCCXXXIIL, selected his place of sepulture. John 
 Lithgow was Abbot of Paisley in January, 1368, as appears 
 from an instrument in his favour defining the privileges of the 
 monastery. Abbot Lithgow was appointed by Robert III., 
 grandson of King Eobert the Bruce. He lived to an old age, 
 having held the pastoral staff for the long period of sixty-four 
 years. He is the only abbot whose name appears on the monas- 
 tery buildings. 
 
 A tablet commemorates James Crawfurd, of Kilwinnet, with the 
 following inscription : 
 
 ic 3acet Jfacofcj dCtafofutto to tttl&gnet q * o&it ix 
 cccc nonage 11 rate * p * ai'a etusf." 
 
 James Crawfurd was a cadet of the family of Crawfurd of Third- 
 part, in the parish of Kilbarchan, and county of Eenfrew ; he and 
 his wife, Elizabeth Calbraith, acquired the lands of Kilwinnet, an 
 estate in the earldom of Lennox and county of Stirling. He also 
 acquired the lands of Seedhill and Wellmeadows, in the burgh of 
 Paisley, in May, 1490. In 1493 Abbot George Schaw appointed 
 him one of the two bailies of Paisley. On the 15th July, 1499, 
 he and his wife founded a chapel and constituted a chaplain to 
 the altar of Saint Mirin and Saint Columba, giving for endowment 
 his lands of Wellmeadow and Seidhill. The chapel was erected 
 after his death : it is known as Saint Mirin's Aisle, or more 
 popularly the Sounding Aisle, and of which Pennant said in 
 1771, "It had the finest echo, perhaps, in the world." James 
 Crawfurd before his death exchanged the lands of Kilwinnet for 
 one-half of the lands of Spango, in the parish of Innerkip. 
 Mrs. Crawfurd died about three years after her husband. 
 
 A tablet in memory of William Pyrre is inscribed thus : 
 
 " SJflliam. Pgrre fcuto on ge first oag of 3funj ge jer of goto, mo no 
 ano ix. ^ets orate." 
 
 The Pyrres were for a century and a half an opulent family in 
 Paisley. William Pyrre's tablet is inserted in the south wall
 
 420 RENFREWSHIRE. 
 
 of the nave. His son, who bore the same Christian name, was 
 chosen a bailie of Paisley in 1511, and on the 20th October, 1520, 
 mortified xiiis iiijd to the altar of St. Peter. His son John was 
 appointed a bailie of Paisley in 1540. 
 
 In the interior of the north aisle of the nave a stone, inscribed 
 in Roman letters, contains the Hamilton arms for an ecclesiastic, 
 with the initials I. H. and the motto 
 
 " MISERICORDIA ET PAX." 
 
 It commemorates Abbot John Hamilton, one of the three natural 
 sons of James Hamilton, first Earl of Arran. Appointed in 1625, 
 through the favour of his father, he exercised great influence over 
 his brother James, second Earl of Arran, Governor of Scotland 
 during the minority of Queen Mary. He was appointed Bishop of 
 Dunkeld in 1543, and promoted to the Archbishopric of St. 
 Andrews in 1549. A firm adherent of Queen Mary, he was con- 
 demned by the regent Lennox, and was hanged at Stirling on the 
 1st April, 1570. 
 
 ' A monument commemorates Captain Robert Crawfurd, chamber- 
 lain of Paisley ; it is thus inscribed : 
 
 *' fjett Igts atptane ro&ert craufurtJ granter of paslap f ge stpultur 
 
 of 3ames CraufurtJ of JSeoil qlk fcecessib ge faurt of 3ulfj ge $eir of @OD, 
 1575, qufja ncutr rarebit ijonots of na man ano ij** mmfc to mong 
 stmtirg." 
 
 Captain Crawfurd was grand-nephew of James Crawfurd of 
 Seidhill. At the death of the Laird of Seedhill, his brother Alex- 
 ander made up titles to the lands of Spango, which had been 
 exchanged for those of Kilwinnet. In 1517 James Crawfurd, the 
 eldest son of Alexander, succeeded to the lands of Spango, which 
 he disposed in 1541 to his two natural sons, James and Robert 
 Crawfurd. Robert resigned his half to his brother James. The 
 inscription completes Robert's history, by showing that he was both 
 captain and chamberlain to the monastery. The mortuary 
 biographer further gives his opinion that Robert Crawfurd was a 
 very independent gentleman, because he never received honours from
 
 PARISH OF PAISLEY. 421 
 
 any man, and had conferred on many sundry favours. On the 1st 
 June, 1597, the Town Council, patrons of the chaplaincy of Saints 
 Miriii and Columba, mortified by James Crawfurd of Seedhill, and 
 Donators of the Crown after the Reformation, feued the lands of 
 Seedhill to Hew Crawfurd, son to the deceased Robert Crawfurd, 
 sometime granter of Paisley. 
 
 A stone inserted in the north wall of the aisle thus celebrates 
 James Steuart of Cardonald : 
 
 " fydr Igfs ane fjonotafotll man JfameS JStrtnatt of iKarfcanattJ. Somtgme 
 capttane of ge ffiarK of .Scotland to Jfrance qufja tjeceggtt ge xb oag of 
 Jfanuar ano tJm 1584. 
 
 lorfc contort tug saul into gt fjantite qlfe go& fjc3 iSUtomtt ig gt 
 pncfous 
 
 The House of Darnley Lennox furnished many valiant captains 
 to the military service of France ; their courage secured them pre- 
 ferment and fame. The Scots guard at the fatal field of Verneuil, 
 fought on 16th August, 1424, was chiefly composed of men, 
 actually natives of Scotland. Scotsmen continued to join the 
 Scots guard in France, and Captain Steuart, following the spirit 
 of his ancestors, volunteered his services to the French king. 
 According to the Scripture quotation on his tombstone, now in- 
 serted in the north wall of the nave, he died in Christian hope. 
 Captain Steuart was grandson of Allan Steuart, filio carnali of 
 John, first Earl of Lennox. He built the mansion-house of Car- 
 donald (lately taken down), in which there was a stone tablet, con- 
 taining his armorial bearings with his initials and motto : 
 
 "i s 
 
 TOVIOVES 
 AVAOT, 1562." 
 
 In 1569 Margaret Steuart, only child of the preceding, 
 married Sir John Stewart of Mynto, Provost of Glasgow. 
 Walter Stewart, the eldest son of that marriage, was appointed 
 Commendator of Blantyre in 1580, and created Lord Blantyre in 
 1606. The present Lord Blantyre is his lineal descendant.
 
 422 RENFREWSHIRE. 
 
 A tablet in the north wall of the nave commemorates certain 
 members of the family of Inglis. This inscription, which is in 
 bas-relief, reads thus : 
 
 " Heir lyis Thomas Inglis Bailze of PASLAY qvha Decessit ye 
 1502. And David Inglis his sone 1533. Johnne Inglis sone to 
 DAVID 1559. THOMAS INGLIS SONE to IHONEV BAILIIS of ye BVRGH 
 
 for YE TYME AND ISSABELL MVIR SPOVSE TO ye SAID THOMAS." 
 
 The first Thomas Inglis must have been a bailie between 1493 
 and 1502; David, his son, was a bailie in 1530, 1531, and 1533; 
 John, his son, was a bailie in 1538 and 1544 ; Thomas, his son, 
 was a bailie nine times between 1592 and 1617 : he died in 1622, 
 aged seventy-eight. All the four were lawyers in Paisley; the 
 last, Thomas, was town-clerk and agent for Claud Hamilton, Lord 
 Paisley, and his son, the Marquis of Abercorn. 
 
 In the chapel erected from money bequeathed by James Craw- 
 furd of Kilwinnet and Seidhill, and dedicated to Saints Mirin and 
 Columba, now called Saint Mirin's Aisle, is a massive altar tomb 
 of composite construction, vulgarly called " Queen Blearie's 
 Tomb." Queen Blearie was Marjory Bruce, daughter of King 
 Ptobert the Bruce, and mother of Eobert II., who had bloodshot 
 or blear eyes. In the chancel, prior to 1789, lay a statue of a 
 female, believed to represent Marjory Bruce. In 1789 Dr. Boog, 
 minister of the abbey church, discovered other sculptured stones 
 among a heap of rubbish. These were all put together, and in 
 1817 Dr. Boog had the whole very ingeniously erected in St. 
 Mirin's Aisle. A stone with three coats of arms, one representing 
 the Paisley shield, forms the end ; sculptured stones from the rub- 
 bish heap constitute three sides, and a slab with the female 
 statue and canopy surmounts the whole. On the right and left 
 sides there are nine compartments, with half-compartments at 
 each end. On the right side the first compartment is occupied 
 by an abbot, holding in his hand a pastoral staff. In the fourth 
 compartment is a bishop at prayer, with the name on a scroll, 
 robert lco?|)artJ. On the left side an abbot is celebrating at the
 
 PARISH OF PAISLEY. 423 
 
 altar, with the name t'ofjes to Igtcfjtgto, and there is an abbot at prayer 
 with the name iofjes to Igrfjtgfa. Such of the other compartments as 
 are filled represent monks in the attitude of prayer. Eobert 
 Wishard was Bishop of Glasgow; he died in 1316. From the 
 repetition of the name of Abbot Lychtyw, it is obvious that this 
 portion is supplied from a monument erected in commemoration of 
 that abbot. The statue of the female is supposed to refer to 
 Marjory Bruce. 
 
 Three children of Claud Hamilton, Lord Paisley^ are on a tomb- 
 stone commemorated thus : 
 
 "D. O. M. 
 
 " Pise . infantvm . Margaretse . Henrici . et . Alexandri . Hamilton- 
 iorvm . memorise . Clavdivs . Hamiltonivs . Pasleti . dominvs . et . 
 Margareta . seton . eivs . vxor . proli charissime . cvm . lachr : poss : 
 obiere . Margareta . an : sal : 1577 . x . Kalen : ian : nata . menses tres . 
 dies . xxii. Henricvs . 1585 id : Mar . natvs . menses tres . dies . 
 dvos . Alexander . 1587 . xi . kal . Decemb . natvs . menses . Octo . 
 dies tres. 
 
 Felices . anime . vobis . svprema . parentes 
 Solwnt . vos . illis solvereqyae . decvit." * 
 
 Claud Hamilton was third son of James, second Earl of Arran, 
 and first Duke of Chatelherault. He was born in Blackness 
 Castle, in September, 1543. When he had attained the age of 
 fourteen, his illegitimate uncle, Abbot John Hamilton, conveyed 
 to him the temporalities of the abbey. After undergoing many 
 vicissitudes of fortune, he was by James VI. created Lord Paisley 
 in 1587. He married Margaret Seton, daughter of George, sixth 
 
 * TRANSLATION. 
 
 " God, the Governor of the World. In memory of the pious infants, Margaret, 
 Henry and Alexander Hamilton, the beloved children of Claud Hamilton, Lord 
 Paisley, and Margaret Seton his wife. They died much lamented : Margaret, 23rd 
 December, 1577 ; aged 3 months and 22 days: Henry, 15th March, 1585; aged 3 
 months and 2 days: Alexander, llth December, 1587 ; aged 8 months and 3 days. 
 
 Blessed souls, to your death this is devoted : 
 
 He that hath taken you hath done what beseemeth Him."
 
 424 RENFREWSHIRE. 
 
 Lord Seton, by whom he had other five children, beside those named 
 on the monument. He converted St. Minn's Chapel into a burial- 
 place for the use of his family. In the aisle a vault was con- 
 structed for the reception of his remains. His descendants, the 
 members of the noble family of Abercorn, also interred in the vault. 
 
 AY hen the vault was opened a few years ago, consequent on the 
 competition between the late Duke of Hamilton and the present 
 Duke of Abercorn to the Dukedom of Chatelherault, the plates on 
 the coffins of the Earls of Abercorn were found to bear the French 
 title of Duke of Chatelherault. 
 
 In the chancel of the abbey a monument thus celebrates 
 Mrs. Marion Montgomerie, relict of Patrick Peebles, Provost of 
 Irvine : 
 
 " Here . lyes . a . faithfvl . sister . Marion . Montgomerie . spovs . 
 to . vmqll . Patrik . Peblis . of . Brvmelands . Provost . of . Irvine . and 
 mother . in . law. to. Thomas . Inglis . of . Corsflet . Bailie . of . Paislay 
 qvha deceissit 28 Ian 1620 yeiris." 
 
 Thomas Inglis is in the chancel commemorated thus : 
 
 " Heir lyes a faithfvl broher Thomas Inglis of Corsflat qvha 
 decisst the 27 of May 1622 etatis sve 78." 
 
 Thomas Inglis inherited from his ancestors several properties in 
 Paisley; and on the 31st May, 1578, he and his first wife, Isobel 
 Muir, purchased the lands of Corsflat, adjoining the abbey garden. 
 In 1612 he granted his property situated at the West Port of Paisley 
 for an hospital for the maintenance of " sax puir men." The Town 
 Council, on 30th April of that year, ordained that the Chapel of 
 Saint Eocque, in Broomlands, of Paisley, should be taken down, 
 and " the staines timmer and sclates " applied in the erection of 
 the hospital or almshouse. In 1724 the hospital was rebuilt; it 
 was again taken down in 1808. On the front wall was the following 
 inscription : 
 
 " He that has pitie on the pvir 
 Of grace and mercie sal be svir 
 Qvha gives the pvir to God he lends 
 And God agane mair grace him sends."
 
 PARISH OF PAISLEY. 425 
 
 In tlic chancel a monument to Allan Lockhart, of Hindschelwood, 
 is inscribed as follows : 
 
 " Heir lyes ane worthie Gentelman Allan Lockhart of . 
 Hindschelvod lait baile of Paslay qvha . decisit the 10 of 
 Apryl ano 1635 etatis 42. I have * fovght a good fight I have 
 finished my covrse I have kepit the faith. 2 : Tim. 4 : 7." 
 
 Allan Lockhart was son 'of Allan Lockhart, of Cleghorn, parish 
 of Lanark, and was born in 1593. In connection with a matter of 
 family history he claims more than a passing notice. He married 
 Marion Peibles, widow of Thomas Inglis, of Corsflat. Inglis had 
 expressed a wish that his only daughter, Anna, should be married 
 to Montgomerie, of Hesilhead, a kinsman by her mother's side. In 
 direct contravention of this desire, Lockhart, on marrying Inglis's 
 widow, caused the daughter, then under twelve years, to accept as 
 her husband William Cunningham, younger, of Aitket. Aitket 
 fell into dissipated habits, and maltreated his young wife. Mr. 
 Robert Baillie, in his " Letters," under date 20th August, 1641, 
 writes as follows : 
 
 "Friday, 6th. A world of Bills came to be referred to the 
 Parliament. Among the rest, Anna Inglis complaining that her 
 husband, young Aiket Cunynhame, having received 40,000 merks 
 tocher with her, had deserted her after frequent tormenting her 
 with strokes and hunger, he debauching all with harlots in Paisley. 
 We sent two with this bill to the Parliament to get present order. 
 The justice of God was in this matter. The damsel's father had 
 left her to be married to Mr. Hugh Montgomerie, of Hesilhead, his 
 wife's near cousin. After, his widow fell in conceit with Allan 
 Lockhart, and gives herself to him, and by his persuasion makes 
 her daughter when scarce twelve years of age, without proclama- 
 tion, to be married to his cousin Aiket. For her reward, her 
 husband, Allan, leaves her to pay 10,000 merks of his debt, which 
 made her a poor vexed widow." 
 
 In the Court of Session, Anna Inglis raised an action of Reduction 
 of her marriage, on the plea of minority and lesion, and the Court 
 found the action competent. Her husband died in 1645. On 
 8th April, 1668, her son, James Cunningham, became a burgess of 
 Paisley.
 
 426 RENFREWSHIRE. 
 
 John Hutchinson, a magistrate of Paisley, and factor for Lord 
 Paisley, is celebrated thus : 
 
 " Here lyeth ane faithful brother called Johne Hutchesone 
 Baillie of Paislay who decessit the 22 of Februar, 1625." 
 
 An inscription in the chancel thus celebrates two members of 
 the old family of Henderson : 
 
 " Heir lyeth Eobert Henderson and Magdalen Hovstovne, 1629 ; 
 Thomas Henderson and Malie Cochrane." 
 
 David Maxwell is thus commemorated : 
 
 " Here lyeth lonete Delop spovs to David Maxwal mer- 
 chand bvrges of Paisley, qvha decesed 1643." 
 
 David Maxwell was chosen treasurer of the burgh in 1635. 
 His cousin, Jean Knox, only child of William Knox of Selvieland 
 and his second wife Margaret Maxwell, conveyed the whole to 
 David Maxwell and his wife Janet Dunlop, on the 12th May, 1642. 
 William Knox of Selvieland by his first wife had a son, Alexander, 
 who succeeded to the lands of Selvieland. David Maxwell died 
 before 1658. 
 
 In the chancel a flat stone with the date 1648 is inscribed with 
 the initials of Eobert Alexander of Blackhouse, Ayrshire, and with 
 the initials of his two wives, and their respective shields. Robert 
 Alexander was born in 1604. He had a long and successful career 
 as a solicitor in Paisley ; he was also town clerk. He was elected 
 a magistrate in 1647. He purchased Blackhouse in 1648 ; he 
 afterwards acquired properties in Paisley and elsewhere. He also 
 purchased properties for his several children for their advancement 
 in the world. His first wife was Marion Hamilton, daughter of 
 Claud Hamilton of Blackhole. He married secondly Janet Hen- 
 derson, daughter of David Henderson of Paisley. His tombstone 
 was placed by himself to denote his right of sepulture in the abbey 
 church. 
 
 In the church an elegant monument commemorates William
 
 PAKISH OF PAISLEY. 427 
 
 M'Dowall of Castlesemple and Garthland, Lord Lieutenant of 
 Eenfrewshire, and representative of the county in Parliament. 
 The monument was reared by public subscription in 1810. 
 
 A mortuary enclosure protects the remains of the noble family 
 of Cathcart. A monument commemorates William Schaw Cath- 
 cart, first Earl of Cathcart, born 17th September, 1755, died 16th 
 June, 1843, and his countess, who died 14th December, 1847; also 
 Augusta Sophia Cathcart, their youngest daughter, born 25th 
 November, 1792, died 18th November, 1846. 
 
 A mural tablet celebrates Lieutenant-General the Honourable 
 Sir George Cathcart, aide-de-camp to his father, General Earl 
 Cathcart. " He fell gloriously in command of the fourth division 
 at the battle of Inkermann, on the 5th November, 1854." 
 
 In the Abbey Churchyard Bailie Thomas Peter is thus cele- 
 brated : 
 
 " Heir lyis ane honest man callit Thomas Piter, bailzie of Paslay, 
 qvha decissit ye 10 of Nov., Anno 1609, & lonet Vrie his spovs ; 
 & lohne Piter thair sone and Margaret Craig his spovs, qvha 
 deceissit ye 30 of Octob., Anno 1617." 
 
 Thomas Peter was a bailie of Paisley in 1605. He was one of 
 the first interred in the Abbey Churchyard. One of his descendants 
 went to Glasgow and became a successful merchant in that city, 
 of which he was elected dean of guild. He presented to the magis- 
 trates of Paisley three thousand merks Scots, the annual rent of 
 which was to be applied to the maintenance of decayed burgesses. 
 
 John Alexander, a prosperous shoemaker, is celebrated thus : 
 
 " Heir lyis lohne Alexander, Cordovner, bvrges of Paslay, and 
 Bessie Carswall his spovs, J. A." 
 
 John Alexander's eldest son Eobert became town clerk of Paisley 
 in 1636, and a very successful man of business. He was founder 
 of the Newton, Southbar, and Ballochmyle families. 
 
 The tomb of William Algeo is thus inscribed : 
 
 " Heir lyis ' ane faithfwl brother called William Algeo
 
 428 RENFREWSHIRE. 
 
 Bvrges of Paisley & Cirstin-Keibill his spovs qvha deseisit 
 . ye zeir of God 1660." 
 
 The Algeo family came from Italy with one of the Abbots, and 
 were connected with the monastery. John Algeo or Aldjoy, was 
 proprietor of Bladoyard in 1490. One of the descendants, Peter 
 Algeo, married Margaret Morton, heiress of Easter Walkingshaw, 
 about the end of the sixteenth century. 
 
 The tombstone of William Skeoch, cordiner, and his wife Marion 
 Kerlie, presents the following inscription : 
 
 " Eemember all that come this rod 
 Hou your meeting uill be uith God 
 If it be * sueet you may be shour 
 That Christ is been the opening door." 
 
 Skeoch was one of the twenty founders of the Cordiners or Shoe- 
 makers' Society of Paisley, formed on 16th December, 1701. The 
 motto of the society was 
 
 " GOD'S PROVIDENCE IS OUR INHERITANCE." 
 
 William Skeoch was first deacon of the craft. His grandson, 
 Alexander Skeoch, was town clerk of Paisley and laird of Gockston. 
 The Shoemakers' Society, after existing 158 years, was dissolved 
 in 1859. 
 
 A tablet, now forming the door lintel of a house in Wallneuk 
 Street, commemorates Abbot George Schawe. The inscription, in 
 Saxon letters, is as follows : 
 
 " f|a callit ge abbot gtorg of gcijatoe 
 about gis abbag gart make gig fcoato 
 & tfjouganfce four Jjuntimt!) jfjqjr, 
 &ud)tg antje fgfere tfje toat* but faetr, 
 Prag for l]is soulis snllian'oim, 
 gat matte tfjns nobt'l funtiacioun." 
 
 Son of the laird of Sauchie and Greenock, George Schaw was 
 born in 1434. He was elected Abbot of Paisley in 1476, demitted 
 in 1498, and died in 1506, aged seventy-two. In great favour with 
 the government of King James IV., he held high offices in the 
 state. The great wall named in the inscription was nearly a mile
 
 PARISH OF PAISLEY. 429 
 
 in circumference, and was built with square ashlar stones. When 
 the abbey garden was feued by the Earl of Abercorn in 1777, the 
 wall was nearly all taken down. A portion remains on the bank 
 of the Cart river. 
 
 On Tuesday, the 3rd February, 1685, James Algie and John 
 Park, joint tenants of a small piece of land at Kinnieshead, near 
 Pollokshaws, were tried for refusing to take the test oath, and 
 were condemned and executed at the Cross of Paisley. Their 
 bodies were buried in the Gallowgreen, then the place of execution. 
 Some years after the Eevolution a memorial stone was erected over 
 their graves, bearing the following inscription : 
 
 " Here lyes James Algie and John Park, in the Parroch of East- 
 wood, who suffered for the oath of Abjuratione, 1685. 
 
 " Stay, passenger, as thou goest by, 
 And take ane look qr they doe ly, 
 Who for the love they bore to truth, 
 Depryved were of yr life and youth, 
 The Lawes made then caused many dye, 
 Yett Judges and Sysers were not free 
 He yt to them did these delate, 
 The greater count he has to make ; 
 Yett nae excuse to them can be, 
 Att ten condemned and two to dye, 
 Soe cruel did yr rage become, 
 To stop yr speech by took of drum, 
 There's cause to murne for qt was done ; 
 For guiltless blood doeth cry to Heaven, 
 This may ane standing witness be 
 Betwixt Presbytrie and Prelacy." 
 
 In 1779 the martyrs' tomb was renewed. In 1835, by public 
 subscription, a handsome monument, twenty feet in height, was 
 reared in substitution for the older erection. Along with a modern 
 version of the original inscription, it is inscribed as follows : - 
 
 " Their blood is shed, 
 In confirmation of the noblest claim 
 Our claim to feed upon immortal truth, 
 To walk with God, to be divinely free, 
 To soar, and to anticipate the skies.
 
 430 RENFREWSHIRE. 
 
 Yet few remember them. They lived unknown, 
 Till persecution dragged them into fame, 
 And chased them up to heaven. Cowper. 
 
 " Erected by the contributions of Christians of different denomi- 
 nations in and about Paisley, to renew and perpetuate a memorial 
 of the respect and gratitude with which posterity still cherish the 
 memory of the Martyrs of Scotland. MDCCCXXXV." 
 
 In 1845 the Paisley Cemetery was formed in the immediate 
 neighbourhood of the martyrs' monument ; it is now included in the 
 grounds. 
 
 In the cemetery a handsome obelisk, erected by public sub- 
 scription in 1867, commemorates Andrew Hardie and John Baird, 
 who were executed at Stirling in 1820 ; and of James Wilson, who 
 was executed at Glasgow in the same year, on convictions for high 
 treason. 
 
 An elegant monumental statue commemorates the Ecv. Patrick 
 Brewster, one of the ministers of the abbey church. Youngest son 
 of James Brewster, Rector of the Grammar School of Jedburgh, 
 he was born on the 20th December, 1788. Obtaining licence as 
 a probationer in 1817, he was in the following year ordained to 
 the second charge of the Abbey Church. Taking a deep interest 
 in political concerns, he upheld his opinions with a vehement per- 
 tinacity which occasionally provoked recrimination. He died on 
 the 26th March, 1859, in his seventy-first year, and forty-first of 
 his ministry. On his tombstone he is described thus : 
 
 " He was a sincere Christian, an elegant and powerful advocate 
 for the political enfranchisement of the people, the abolition of 
 negro slavery, a national system of education, the repeal of the 
 corn laws, the cause of temperance, and the rights of our able- 
 bodied and infirm poor." 
 
 A handsome monument with a bronze bust marks the grave of 
 Andrew Park, the ingenious poet. Park was born at Eenfrew on 
 the 7th March, 1807. In his fifteenth year he entered a commis- 
 sion warehouse in Paisley, and not long after published his first 
 poem, entitled "The Vision of Mankind." About his twentieth
 
 PARISH OF PAISLEY. 431 
 
 year he commenced business in Glasgow as a hat manufacturer ; 
 after some years he disposed of his stock and proceeded to London. 
 He returned to Glasgow in 1841, and became a bookseller. In 1856 
 he visited Egypt and other Eastern countries, and in the following 
 year published a narrative of his travels, entitled " Egypt and the 
 East." Of his twelve volumes of poems his " Silent Love " is the 
 most popular. Several of his songs have been set to music. Park 
 died at Glasgow on the 27th December, 1863. 
 
 In the cemetery a handsome obelisk commemorates James 
 Kerr, M.D. It was erected in 1853 by public subscription, " in 
 testimony of public respect for his private and professional 
 character, and grateful acknowledgment of his invaluable services 
 as the originator and promoter of the plan for supplying Paisley 
 with water." 
 
 On his grave in the churchyard of the West Eelief Church, a 
 handsome monument of grey granite was erected in 1868, in 
 memory of the poet Tannahill. Eobert Tannahill was born at 
 Paisley on the 3rd June, 1774. With an ordinary education at 
 the burgh school, he was apprenticed to a cotton weaver. Collect- 
 ing old or obscure airs he began to compose to them suitable 
 words, which he jotted down on a rude writing-desk attached to 
 his loom. Several of his songs were afterwards set to music by 
 Eobert Archibald Smith, the eminent composer. In 1805 he pub- 
 lished a volume of " Poems and Songs," which at once became 
 popular. Of a melancholy temperament, Tannahill was cheered 
 by congenial society, but his habits became irregular, and his mind 
 lost its balance ; he threw himself into the river Cart and perished. 
 He died on the 17th May, 1810, at the age of thirty-six. His 
 more popular songs are " Jessie, the Flower o' Dumblane," " Bonnie 
 Wood o' Craigie Lea," " Loudoun's Bonnie Woods and Braes," and 
 " The Braes of Balquhither." 
 
 The churchyards of Paisley exhibit the following monumental 
 rhymes : 
 
 " Frail as the leaves which quiver on the sprays, 
 Like them man nourishes, like them decays."
 
 432 RENFREWSHIRE. 
 
 " A wife's a feather, and a chiefs a rod, 
 An honest man's the noblest work of God. 
 
 " Not gone from memory, not gone from love, 
 But gone to our Father's home above." 
 
 " hear me still, my children dear, 
 
 When you my tomb pass by ; 
 
 Think on the dark and silent grave 
 
 Where you must shortly lie." 
 
 " He was 
 
 But words are wanting to say what 
 Think what a friend should be, 
 And he was that." 
 
 " Beyond the sky 
 Our home is fixed, 
 Thereon be fixed our love ; 
 Nor seek from earth what 
 Earth can ne'er supply." 
 
 " Though in the stream of time thy vessel glide, 
 And pure as heaven the waters seem to roll, 
 Ere long in calm or tempest shall the tide 
 Cast on a land unknown thy naked soul. 
 Ah, then, when life and death no more shall be, 
 Where, reader, wilt thou spend eternity ? " 
 
 " My dust shall slumber in the ground, 
 Till the last trumpet's joyful sound, 
 Then burst the chains with sweet surprise, 
 And in my Saviour's image rise."
 
 433 
 
 PAEISH OF EENFEEW. 
 
 On the farm of Knock an octagonal column ten feet in height, 
 resting on a pedestal six feet in diameter, is, on very doubtful 
 authority, alleged to denote the death- scene of Marjory Bruce, 
 daughter of Robert the Bruce, and wife of Walter the High 
 Steward. It was known as " Queen Blearie's Stane."* Accord- 
 ing to tradition, the princess had been hunting, and her horse 
 having stumbled in a marsh, she was thrown from her saddle. 
 Being far advanced in pregnancy, premature labour supervened, 
 and the child was separated from her by a surgical operation 
 at the cost of her life. The absurdity of the popular notion 
 that her child was brought into the world by the Caesarian 
 operation, Lord Hailes has been at pains to refute. Marjory's 
 child became Eobert II., and a peculiar delicacy of eyesight, which 
 he inherited from his grandfather, King Eobert, led to his being 
 styled Blearie, an appellation also attached to his royal mother. 
 Marjory Bruce was by her husband committed to his family bury- 
 ing-place in Paisley Abbey. 
 
 In the old parish church are two sculptured figures, believed to 
 represent Sir John Eoss of Hawkhead, and his wife Marjory Mure. 
 Sir John attained distinction by overcoming, in single combat, an 
 English champion, sent by his sovereign to challenge all Scotland. 
 The Englishman was of gigantic stature, while Eoss was under 
 the middle height. To compensate for his inequality of size he 
 clothed himself in a dress of skin, the smooth side out, which he 
 rendered slippery with oil. The stratagem succeeded. In strug- 
 gling with him the Englishman was unable to retain his grasp, 
 while Eoss at length contrived to throw both his antagonist's arms 
 out of joint. The statues now occupy a place in the aisle ; they 
 originally stood under an arch, which was surrounded by the 
 following inscription, still legible : 
 
 * The monument was removed in 1781, and the materials used in constructing a 
 farm steading in the neighbourhood. 
 
 2 F
 
 434 RENFREWSHIRE. 
 
 " Hie jacet Johes : ros miles quodem : dominus de hawkehede et 
 marjoria uxor sua ; orate pro meis, qui obiit." 
 
 In Renfrew Churchyard a tombstone bearing date 1691 is thus 
 inscribed : 
 
 " Come, courteous reader, come and see 
 This tomb of great antiquity ; 
 Three hundred years and more this stone 
 Has covered corps called Eobertson. 
 And still for George, one of that race, 
 This tomb remains the appointed place. 
 Elizabeth Ritchie, his wife, 
 Who by connection formed in life, 
 Does jointly claim with him this place, 
 Designed by them for their race."
 
 435 
 
 LANARKSHIRE. 
 
 PAEISH OF AIEDEIE. 
 
 The churchyards of Airdrie abound in metrical epitaphs. The 
 following are from Broomknoll burying-ground : 
 
 " Grave, the guardian of our dust, 
 
 Grave, the treasure of the skies ; 
 Every atom of thy trust 
 
 Rests in hope again to rise. 
 Hark, the judgment trumpet calls, 
 
 Soul, rebuild thy house of clay, 
 Immortality thy walls, 
 
 And eternity thy day." 
 
 " Soon happier days in happier climes shall smile, 
 Through earth's thronged visions while we toss ; 
 
 'Tis tumult all and rage and endless strife ; 
 But these shall vanish like the dreams of morn, 
 When death awakes us to immortal life." 
 
 " Babes thither caught from womb and breast, 
 Claim right to sing above the rest ; 
 Because they find the happy shore 
 They never saw or sought before." 
 
 " Be taught, vain man, how fleeting are thy joys, 
 Thy boasted grandeur and thy glittering store ; 
 
 Death comes and all thy favoured bliss destroys, 
 Quick as a dream it fades and is no more. 
 
 And sons of sorrow, though the threatening storm, 
 Of angry fortune overhang awhile, 
 
 Let not her frowns your inward peace deform."
 
 436 LANARKSHIRE. 
 
 Wellwynd Churchyard contains the following : 
 
 " Tis hard to part with those we love, 
 E'en when they go to rest above." 
 
 " My lovely flowers were plucked too soon, 
 
 But not too soon for glory ; 
 Whom the gods love die young." 
 
 " Short though it seemed since we were one, 
 
 On this dark distant shore ; 
 And oh, how small the stream that runs, 
 When death divides no more !" 
 
 " This tribute to a mother's care, 
 
 Affection prompts me here to show ; 
 'Twas love unmixed that I did share 
 From her who lies interred below." 
 
 " The young, the gay, 
 
 This scene of earth explore, 
 The young, the gay ! 
 
 Alas, is now no more. 
 A sudden call, a hapless doom, 
 Consigned his body early to the tomb." 
 
 " Young in years but old in knowledge, 
 
 And here she rests, for all her works are o'er ; 
 She is not dead, but only gone before, 
 
 Christina, 'midst her loving friends, 
 Hath breathed the bitter blast ; 
 
 And oh, her beauty soon did end, 
 
 As over her it passed. 
 Tis well with her in youthful bloom, 
 
 From pain and sorrow gone ; 
 But oh, we grieve so soon the tomb, 
 
 Hath claimed her for its own ! " 
 
 PARISH OF AVONDALE. 
 
 On the battle-field of Drumclog a monumental obelisk, twenty- 
 three feet in height, commemorates the victory which was here
 
 PARISH OF BIGGAR. 437 
 
 obtained by the soldiers of the Covenant. The monument is in- 
 scribed thus : 
 
 " In commemoration of the victory obtained in this battle-field, 
 on Sabbath, the llth January, 1679, by our Covenanted forefathers 
 over Graham of Claverhouse and his dragoons." 
 
 In the parish churchyard, on two tombstones, three Presby- 
 terian martyrs are commemorated. The tombstone of William 
 Dingwall is inscribed thus : 
 
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 " This hero brave, who here doth lye, 
 Was persecute by tyranny ; 
 Yet to the truth he firmly stood, 
 'Gainst foes resisting unto blood, 
 Himself and th' gospel did defend, 
 Till for Christ's cause his life did end." 
 
 William Paterson and John Barrie have the following epi- 
 taph : 
 
 "Here lies the corpses of William Paterson and John Barrie, 
 who were shot to death for their adhering to the word of God and 
 covenanted work of reformation, anno 1685. 
 
 " Here lie two martyrs severally who fell 
 By Captain Inglis and by bloody Bell ; 
 Posterity shall know, they're shot to death, 
 As sacrifices unto Popish wrath." 
 
 PAKISH OF BIGGAR 
 
 In the parish churchyard Alexander Wardlaw, chamberlain to 
 the Earl of Wigton, is on his tombstone thus celebrated : 
 
 " Here lyes a man whose upright heart 
 
 With virtue was profusely stored, 
 Who acted well the honest part 
 Between the tenants and their lord.
 
 438 LANARKSHIRE. 
 
 " Betwixt the sands and flinty rock 
 
 Thus steered he in the golden mean, 
 While his blithe countenance bespoke 
 A mind unsullied and serene. 
 
 " AS to great Bruce the Flemings. proved 
 
 Faithful, so to the Flemings' heir 
 Wardlaw behaved, and was beloved 
 For justice, candour, faith, and care. 
 
 " This merit shall preserve his fame 
 
 To latest ages free from rust, 
 Till the archangel raise his frame 
 To joyn his soul amongst the just." 
 
 James Affleck and James Brown, two local poets, rest in Biggar 
 Churchyard. The former died in 1835, the latter in 1836. 
 
 PAEISH OF BLANTYRE. 
 
 A tombstone in the parish churchyard thus commemorates the 
 Rev. John Heriot, minister of the parish : 
 
 " Here lies a pastor, ten years and fourscore, 
 Who taught his flock 55 years and more ; 
 During which time, to his immortal praise, 
 So blameless behaved himself always 
 In holy order, doctrine sweet and sound, 
 As did become his reverend gospel gown ; 
 His soul in heaven, his body in the clay 
 Waits a reunion at the latter day." 
 
 Heriot graduated at the University of Glasgow in 1603 ; he was 
 ordained at Blantyre in 1607, and died in December, 1662.
 
 PARISH OF CAMBUSNETHAN. 439 
 
 PARISH OF BOTHWELL. 
 
 In this parish, on the 22nd June, 1679, was fought the battle of 
 Both well Bridge, between the Duke of Monmouth, commanding 
 the King's forces, and the army of the Covenanters, numbering 
 about 4,000 men. The Covenanters suffered defeat; of their 
 number 400 were slain and 1,200 made prisoners. No trace of the 
 battle remains. 
 
 In the aisle of the parish church an elegant monument with a long 
 Latin inscription celebrates Lord William Douglas, afterwards Duke 
 of Hamilton. The Duke held various offices of state. He died on 
 the 18th April, 1694. 
 
 In the churchyard a blacksmith is thus commemorated : 
 
 " My sledge and hammer lies declined, 
 My bellows' pipe have lost its wind, 
 My forge's extinct, my fire's decayed, 
 And in the dust my vice is laid ; 
 My coals is spent, my iron is gone, 
 My nails are drove, my work is done." 
 
 By her husband a wife is celebrated in these lines : 
 
 " Here rests in peace one good without pretence, 
 Blest with plain reason and with sober sense ; 
 Passion and pride were to her soul unknown, 
 Convinced that virtue only is our own." 
 
 PARISH OF CAMBUSNETHAN. 
 
 In the old churchyard of Cambusnethan, situated in a sequestered 
 hollow on the bank of the Clyde, a handsome mausoleum protects 
 the remains of the late Lord Belhaven and Stenton. The mauso- 
 leum, which is in form of a parallelogram, is thirty-eight feet in
 
 440 LANARKSHIRE. 
 
 height. On each corner of the wall which supports the roof is 
 placed a sphinx, the spaces between which on the sides are filled 
 with a row of lions' heads ; in the pediments above the facade and 
 the back wall are the arms of the Belhaven family. Below, wreaths 
 of flowers surround the building, the rest of the walls being relieved 
 by plain massivfe mouldings. Along with appropriate scriptural 
 quotations is presented the following inscription : 
 
 " Here rests Eobert Montgomerie, Lord Belhaven and Stentou, 
 Baron Hamilton of Wishaw, Lord Lieutenant of Lanarkshire, forty 
 years Convener of the county, twenty-seven years Lord High Com- 
 missioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. 
 Born A.D. MDCCXCIIL, died A.D. MDCCCLXVIII." This tomb is erected 
 by Lady Belhaven, his loving partner through life, now his sorrow- 
 ing widow, who hopes to be laid by his side, as he desired, humbly 
 but confidently trusting to meet him hereafter, through the merits 
 of our Saviour." 
 
 In the old churchyard is the burial vault of the baronetted House 
 of Coltness and Allanton. It contains the remains of Sir James 
 Denham Steuart, Bart., of Coltness, the eminent political economist. 
 Born at Edinburgh on the 10th October, 1713, he succeeded his 
 father, the second baronet, in 1727. In 1734 he passed advocate. 
 I n the course of a Continental tour he was at Rome introduced to 
 Prince Charles Edward, and when the Prince reached Edinburgh 
 in 1745, he, after some hesitation, joined his cause. By the Prince 
 he was despatched on a mission to the court of France; he thus 
 happily escaped being at the battle of Culloden. Having been 
 excepted in the Act .of Indemnity, he remained on the Continent 
 eighteen years. In 1758 he published at Frankfort a vindica- 
 tion of Newton's Chronology and a "Treatise on German 
 Coins." In 1763 he returned to Scotland, and was allowed to 
 reside on his estates, which had not been forfeited. In 1767 he 
 published his " Principles of Political Economy." He subsequently 
 published a treatise on " The Principles of Money as applied to the 
 (Join of Bengal." In 1771 he obtained a full pardon from the 
 Government. He died on the 26th November, 1780. Sir James's
 
 PARISH OF CAMBUSNETIIAN. 441 
 
 collected works in six volumes octavo were published in 1805, 
 accompanied with a memoir. He married Lady Frances, eldest 
 daughter of the Earl of Wemyss, with whom he enjoyed much 
 domestic happiness. In an arbour near Coltness House, imme- 
 diately above a seat in which he often sat with his wife, a marble 
 tablet is thus inscribed : 
 
 "The favourite seat of Sir James and Lady Frances Steuart, 
 inscribed to their memory, 1815. 
 
 Blest and united by the ties that bind 
 The generous spirit and the virtuous mind ; 
 To their loved homes the exiles came at last, 
 Courted this safe retreat, and smiled on perils past. 
 
 Thus, arm in arm, enjoying and enjoyed, 
 Musing on life, no moment misemployed, 
 The pilgrims paused to hail the happier shore, 
 Where love is ever young, and virtue weeps no more." 
 
 In the old churchyard the tombstone of a Presbyterian martyr 
 has the following legend : 
 
 "Here lyes Arthur Inglis in Nethertoun, who was shot at 
 Stockelton Dyke by bloody Graham of Claverhouse, July, 1679, 
 for his adherence to the word of God and Scotland's covenanted 
 work of reformation. Eev. xii. 11. Erected in the year 1733. 
 
 When I did live, such was the day, 
 
 Forsaking sin made men a prey 
 
 Unto the rage and tyranny 
 
 Of that throne of iniquity 
 
 Who robbed Christ, and killed His saints, 
 
 And brake and burned his covenants ; 
 
 I at that time this honour got 
 
 To die for Christ upon the spot." 
 
 Inglis was put to death with circumstances of great barbarity. 
 On his farm he was watching his cows, when some dragoons came 
 up. He held a book which they correctly supposed to be a Bible, 
 in those times a sign of Nonconformity. One of the dragoons
 
 442 LANARKSHIRE. 
 
 discharged his carbine at him, while another cut him down with 
 his sword. His monument was renewed in 1836. 
 
 The following monumental rhymes are from the New Church- 
 yard : 
 
 " Soul qf the just, companion of the dead, 
 Where is thy house, and whither art thou fled ? 
 Soft be thy sleep, dear partner, may my mind 
 Like thine be ever to God's will resigned : 
 And when the mortal life I shall resign, 
 may some kind friend lay my bones with thine ! " 
 
 " Hark, passenger, as you go by, 
 And view the place where we do lie ; 
 You'll hear for once our threefold cry 
 To think of death before you die." 
 
 " Religion should our thoughts engage 
 
 Amidst our youthful bloom ; 
 Twill fit us for declining age, 
 Or for an early tomb." 
 
 " A child in bud, a wife in bloom, 
 
 One dreary grave contains ; 
 But, like the fading flower's perfume, 
 In memory sweet remains." 
 
 " Reader, learn, or over noon 
 The rose may be plucht in its bloom 
 In your young years seek the Most High, 
 For younger than you here doth lie." 
 
 " We mourn, but not for her removed from pain ; 
 Our loss, we trust, is her eternal gain ; 
 With her we'll strive to win the Saviour's love, 
 And hope to join her with the blest above." 
 
 " A mother and a friend indeed, 
 To all she found her want or need ; 
 She left this world of tears and sighs 
 To meet with Christ above the skies. 
 Her friends do mourn her absent smile, 
 But hope to meet her in a while."
 
 PARISH OF CARLUKE. 443 
 
 On a tombstone James Weir, a child of seventeen months, who 
 died in 1821, is thus described: 
 
 " This child, when only thirteen months old, measured 3 feet 
 4 inches in height, 39 inches round the body, 20$ inches round the 
 thigh, and weighed 5 stone. He was pronounced by the faculties 
 of Edinburgh and Glasgow to be the most extraordinary child of 
 his age upon record." 
 
 PAEISH OF CAELUKE. 
 
 A mound near Mauldslie Castle, surrounded with large trees, 
 was an ancient burial-place. On its summit was interred Brigadier- 
 General James Carmichael, second Earl of Hyndford. He died 
 16th August, 1737. 
 
 In the churchyard a tombstone commemorates the Eev. Peter 
 Kid, minister of the parish. It is inscribed as follows : 
 
 " A faithful, holy pastor here lies hid, 
 One of a thousand, Mr. Peter Kid, 
 Firm as a stone, but of a heart contrite. 
 A wrestling, praying, weeping Israelite ; 
 A powerful preacher, far from ostentation, 
 A son of thunder, and of consolation. 
 His face, his speech, and humble walk might tell 
 That he was in the mount and Peniel. 
 He was in Patmos, and did far surpass 
 In fixed steadfastness the rocky Bass. 
 His love to Christ made his life to be spent 
 In feeding flocks and kids beside his tent. 
 His frail flesh could not equal paces keep 
 With his most willing sp'rit, but fell asleep. 
 His soul's in heaven, where it was much before, 
 His flesh rests here in hopes of future glore. 
 Passenger ! ere thou go, sigh, weep, and pray, 
 Help, Lord, because the godly do decay." 
 
 A native of Fifeshire, Mr. Kid was a student of St. Andrews 
 University. Obtaining license, he was forcibly inducted into
 
 444 LANARKSHIRE. 
 
 the pastoral charge of Douglas in 1654. He was deprived in 1662, 
 Imt accepting the indulgence, was allowed to minister at Carluke 
 in 1672. For not observing the anniversary of his Majesty's 
 Restoration, he was in 1673 fined by the Privy Council in half his 
 stipend. Having in 1677 refused to read the proclamation respect- 
 ing the King's deliverance from the Rye House Plot, his indulgence 
 was withdrawn. He was in 1685 made a prisoner in the Bass ; but 
 was released the following year. He died in 1694. 
 
 PARISH OF CARMICHAEL. 
 
 A vault in the parish churchyard contains the remains of John 
 Carmichael, third Earl of Hyndford, son of James, second Earl. 
 He was born on the 15th April, 1701. For some time he served 
 as an officer in the third regiment of Foot Guards. In 1737 he 
 succeeded his father in his title and estates. In 1739-40 he 
 held office as Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly. 
 In 1741 he was sent as envoy to the court of Berlin, where he suc- 
 ceeded in adjusting those differences which led to the invasion of 
 Silesia. Ambassador at the court of Russia for six years preceding 
 1750, he contributed to accelerate the peace concluded at Aix-la- 
 Chapelle. On his return to England he was sworn a Privy Coun- 
 cillor ; he afterwards undertook an important mission to the court 
 of Vienna. In 1764 he became Vice- Admiral of Scotland. For 
 some years he resided on his estate in Lanarkshire. He took a 
 deep interest in agriculture and rural affairs. His lordship died on 
 the 19th July, 1767. 
 
 PARISH OF CARNWATH. 
 
 An aisle of Gothic architecture, built in 1424, has successively 
 been used as a burial-place by the Barons Somerville, the Earls
 
 PARISH OF CRAWFORDJOHN. 445 
 
 of Carnwath, and a branch of the House of Lockhart. The church, 
 of which the aisle formed a part, was founded in 1386 ; it was en- 
 dowed by Lord Somerville in 1424. 
 
 In the churchyard a monument commemorates Robert Anderson, 
 M.D., editor of the "British Poets." This ingenious individual 
 was born at Carnwath on the 7th January, 1750. With a view to 
 the Church he studied at Edinburgh University ; he subsequently 
 became a physician, and sought medical practice at Alnwick, in 
 Northumberland. With a moderate independence obtained by his 
 marriage, he settled at Edinburgh in 1784. He now devoted 
 himself wholly to literature. The first volume of his "British 
 Poets " appeared in 1792 ; the fourteenth and last in 1807. He 
 was a zealous patron of youthful talent. To his patronage Thomas 
 Campbell was especially indebted ; he dedicated " The Pleasures of 
 Hope" to his benefactor. In 1796 Dr. Anderson published "The 
 Miscellaneous Works of Tobias Smollett" accompanied with a 
 memoir. He composed an elaborate life of Dr. Samuel Johnson, 
 and for some years edited the Edinburgh Magazine. Dr. Anderson 
 died on the 20th February, 1830, aged eighty-one. He desired 
 that his dust might rest with that of his kindred in Carnwath 
 Churchyard. 
 
 PARISH OF CRAWFORDJOHK 
 
 The Eev. William Miller, who died minister of the parish, on the 
 3rd February, 1801, has his tombstone thus inscribed : 
 
 " Enclosed within this coffin here doth lie, 
 Exempt from cares and from all troubles free, 
 A man whose virtues were such that 
 Few can them well express, less imitate ; 
 Lo ! here's a proof that death doth oft arrest, 
 In this sad instance not the worst, but best. 
 Much like those worms that often still 
 Devour the fairest flowers, but spare the ill."
 
 446 LANARKSHIRE. 
 
 Mr. Miller died in his eighty-second year, and fifty-first of his 
 ministry. He was much esteemed for his theological learning and 
 ministerial faithfulness. 
 
 PARISH OF DALSERF. 
 
 Near the south-east corner of the church is the resting-place of 
 the Rev. John M'Millan, one of the founders of the Reformed 
 Presbyterian Church. Born at Barncachla, parish of Minnigaff, 
 Kirkcudbrightshire, he studied at the University of Edinburgh, 
 and became a probationer in November, 1700. In September, 
 1701, he was ordained to the ministry at Balmaghie. With strong 
 sympathies for the Cameronian party, he incurred the displeasure 
 of his brethren, who, in 1703, proceeded to depose him for "dis- 
 orderly and schismatical practices." Having refused to vacate his 
 pulpit, he was summoned before the Commission of Assembly in 
 June, 1704 ; he then submitted himself, and desired restoration to 
 the clerical office. As the Commission delayed to revoke the 
 sentence of deposition, he afterwards renounced the Church's 
 authority. Joined by a clerical brother and a lay elder, he, in 
 August, 1743, constituted "The Reformed Presbytery." Mr. 
 M'Millan died at Broomhill, parish of Bothwell, on the 1st 
 December, 1753, in his eighty-fourth year. In 1840 a monument 
 to his memory in Dalserf Churchyard was reared by public 
 subscription. 
 
 PARISH OF DALZIEL. 
 
 In the east end of the old parish church is a former burial-place 
 of the family of Dalziel, ancestors of the Earls of Carnwath. One 
 of the family tombstones is inscribed thus :
 
 PARISH OF DOUGLAS. 447 
 
 " Heir lyes James Dalyell, Mearchant Bvrger Edr. lawful sone 
 to umql. Thomas Dalyell, wch. Thomas wes lawful sone to the 
 Right Honl. umql. William Dalyell of the ilk, procreat betwix him 
 and his Lady Gelis Hamilton, lawful daughter to the Laird Preston, 
 wch. James depairt tys lyf, at the place of Dalyell, the 8th of 
 March, 1608, being of the age of 78 yeiris." 
 
 PARISH OF DOUGLAS. 
 
 An aisle in the old parish church is the original burial-place of 
 the ancient and famous House of Douglas. The monuments, 
 though considerably defaced, are still remarkable for elegance of 
 sculpture. One of the oldest is that of Sir James Douglas, the 
 attached friend and follower of King Robert the Bruce. He is 
 represented by a recumbent statue, cross-legged, to denote that he 
 was a crusader. Sir James was eldest son of William, Lord of 
 Douglas, a companion of Wallace. A page to Bishop Lamberton, 
 of St. Andrews, he in his eighteenth year joined Bruce's standard, 
 after the death of Comyn. He was present at the coronation at 
 Scone, and constantly attended the King during the struggles 
 which terminated at Bannockburn. In March, 1307, he surprised 
 the English garrison which occupied his castle of Douglas, and 
 casting the stores in a heap, flung the dead bodies upon it, and so 
 produced what is known as "the Douglas Larder." In March, 1313, 
 he took by stratagem the Castle of Roxburgh ; he was henceforth 
 known among the English as " the Black Douglas." At the battle 
 of Bannockburn he commanded the centre division of the Scottish 
 van; after the victory he pursued Edward II. to Dunbar. Appointed 
 Warden of the Middle Marches, he distinguished himself in suc- 
 cessful raids against the English. When King Robert was on his 
 death-bed, he commissioned Sir James to carry his heart to the 
 holy sepulchre at Jerusalem. With this intent he left Scotland 
 in June, 1330. On reaching Elanders he learned that Alphonso, 
 the young King of Castile, was engaged in warfare with Osmyu, the
 
 448 LANARKSHIRE. 
 
 Moorish King of Granada ; and he hastened to join him with his 
 retinue. On the 25th August, 1330, a battle took place near 
 Tebason, on the frontier of Andalusia. The Moors were defeated, 
 and Douglas joined in the pursuit. Taking from his neck the 
 silver casket which contained his precious charge, he threw it 
 before him, declaiming, " Pass on before us, gallant heart, as thou 
 wert wont ; Douglas will follow thee or die." He fell, mortally 
 wounded. His body, recovered from the field, was carried to 
 Scotland and interred in the family aisle. 
 
 In the Douglas aisle a richly sculptured monument commemo- 
 rates Archibald Douglas, Duke of Touraine, fifth Earl of Douglas, 
 who died in 1438. He was one of the ambassadors to England, in 
 1424, in treaty for the ransom of James I. His monument is thus 
 inscribed : 
 
 " Hie jacet Archibaldus Douglas, Dux Toureniae, Comes de 
 Douglas et Longville, Dominus Gallovidiae, Wigtonise, et Annandiae, 
 locum tenens Regis Scotiae, obiit 26 die mensis Junii, 1438." 
 
 On the south side of the aisle a tomb of exquisite workmanship 
 has the following legend : 
 
 " Hie jacet magnus et potens princeps, Dominus Jacobus de 
 Douglas, Dux Toureniae et Comes de Douglas, Dominus Annandiae, 
 Gallovidiae, Liddaliae, Jedburg Forestise, de Balveniae magnus 
 Wardanus, Dominus regni Scotiae versus Angliam, &c. ; qui obiit 
 24 die mensis Matii, anno Domini 1443." 
 
 James Douglas was brother of Archibald, the fifth Earl, to whose 
 estate and title he succeeded on the murder of his two sons in 
 the Castle of Edinburgh. His tomb presents recumbent statues of 
 himself and spouse, and figures of their ten children. 
 
 An inscription, in these words, commemorates the countess and 
 her children : 
 
 " Hie jacet Domina Beatrix de Sinclair (filia Domini Henrici 
 Comitis Orcadum, Domini de Sinclair, &c.), Comitissa de Douglas, 
 et Aveniae, Domina Gallovidiae." 
 
 " Hae sunt proles inter praedictos Dominum et Dominam gene- 
 ratae. I mo, Dominus' Wilhelmus, priniogenitus et haeres dicti
 
 PARISH OF DOUGLAS. 449 
 
 Domini Jacobi, qui successit ad totam haereditatem praedictam. 
 Jacobus, 2do genitus, Magister de Douglas. Archibaldus, 3tio 
 genitus, comes Moravige. Hugo, 4to genitus comes Ormundia 3 . 
 Joannes, 5to genitus, Dominus de Balvenia. Henricus, 6to genitus. 
 Margareta, uxor Domini de Dalkeith. Beatrix uxor Domini Joarmis 
 Constabularii Scotiae. Janeta, uxor Domini de Biggar et de Cum- 
 bernauld. Elizabeth Douglas, 4ta filia erat." 
 
 On the leaden coffins in the Douglas vault are the following in- 
 scriptions : 
 
 " Gul. Angus. Dominus ex Jacobo Marchione Douglasiae et Doni. 
 Maria Kerr filia Comitis Lothianae conjuge, primogenitus, natus 
 15 Oct., 1693, obiit 20 Mar., 1694. Maria Gordon filia Georgii 
 primi Marchionis de Huntly, quam Gulielmus primus Marchio de 
 Douglas in uxoreni secundo duxit, quseque anno suaa aetatis sexa- 
 gesimo quarto, salutis humanae 1644, mortem obiit, Hie situm est 
 corpus Gul. Marchionis Douglasiae eo titulo primi, qui ex diversis 
 et mutuis thalamis ab Hamiltoniorum et Gordoniorum gente suam 
 progeniem continuatam, Hamiltouiorurn vero instauratam, reliquit. 
 Obiit 11. cal. Mart, anno 1660. aetat, vero 71. Margaret Hamil- 
 town, Augusiae Comitissa, obiit 38 anno aetatis sues, 11 Septernbris, 
 1623. Anna Stewarta due. Lennoxiae et Bichmondiae filia, Archi- 
 baldo Angusiae Comiti per xviii. annos nupta, obiit xvi. die 
 Augusti, anno MDCXLVI. aetat. xxxi. D. 0. M. Hie positum 
 est corpus Margaretae, filiae promogenitae Gul. Marchionis de 
 Douglas, relictae ex matrimonio cum Margareta : obiit Imo Jan. 
 1660. Katharina conjuga Domini de Torphicheu, item Joanna 
 Gul. Alexandri Comitis de Sterl., aetatis 49." 
 
 The coffin of the last Marquis of Douglas is thus simply in- 
 scribed : 
 
 " J. M. D., aetatis 54; obiit 25 Februarii, 1700." 
 
 In a vault under the new parish church are deposited the 
 remains of the Duke and Duchess of Douglas, and of other mem- 
 bers of the House who have died within a modern period. 
 
 In the churchyard tombstones commemorate two parochial in- 
 cumbents William M'Cubbin, a noted humorist, who was ordained 
 to the charge in 1770, and died on the 18th April, 1820, in his eighty- 
 fourth year, and fifty-first of his ministry ; and Alexander Stewart, 
 LL.D., a native of Edinburgh, who was ordained to the cure in 1820, 
 and died in 1862, in his eighty-first year, and forty-third of his 
 
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 450 LANARKSHIRE. 
 
 ministry. Dr. Stewart published a " History of Scotland," " A Com- 
 pendium of Modern Geography," a " Life of Principal Robertson," 
 and other works ; he was one of the contributors to the Edinburgh 
 Encyclopaedia. 
 
 PARISH OF GARTSHERRIE. 
 
 Gartsherrie Churchyard abounds in metrical epitaphs. A clergy- 
 man who died young has these lines on his gravestone : 
 
 " Young and happy while thou art, 
 
 Not a furrow on thy brow, 
 Not a sorrow in thy heart, 
 
 Seek the Lord thy Maker now. 
 In its freshness bring the flower, 
 
 While the dew upon it lies ; 
 In the calm and fragrant hour 
 
 Of the morning sacrifice." 
 
 On his wife's tombstone Andrew Gordon has inscribed the fol- 
 lowing : 
 
 " Farewell, farewell, till God me call, 
 
 Although no more in time we meet ; 
 My memory warmly cherish shall 
 
 Thy features calm and mildly sweet. 
 But no, that look is not the last, 
 
 We yet shall meet where seraphs dwell ; 
 Where love no more deplores the past, 
 
 Nor breathes that withering word farewell." 
 
 Sorrowing parents commemorate their children thus : 
 
 " They, ere a cloud obscured their day, 
 Have paid the debt we all must pay. 
 They, ere life's sorrows had begun, 
 Have run the race we all must run. 
 Then weep not, parents, at the doom 
 Which gave thy babes an early tomb ; 
 Mourn not the merciless behest 
 Which sent thy innocents to rest."
 
 PARISH OF GLASFOED. 451 
 
 On a daughter's tombstone her parents have inscribed the fol- 
 lowing lines : 
 
 " Then weep not for her who will weep no more, 
 But follow her steps to that peaceful shore, 
 Where the withering flower ne'er meets the eye, 
 And that which is fairest shall never die ; 
 And there's no more sorrow and no more night, 
 But all is happy, and blessed, and bright." 
 
 A son and daughter have thus commemorated their parents : 
 
 " It is a blessed thing to die, 
 To know no sin, no tear, no sigh, 
 To pass into a world of light, 
 Where faith itself is lost in sight. 
 To leave a world of pain and strife, 
 To find an entrance into life, 
 To see our Saviour eye to eye, 
 It is a blessed thing to die." 
 
 PAEISH OF GLASFOKD. 
 
 In the churchyard a monumental pillar commemorates William 
 Gordon of Earlston, one of the Presbyterian martyrs. This devoted 
 person was born in 1614, on his paternal estate of Earlston, Kirk- 
 cudbrightshire. He early evinced a decided attachment to Pres- 
 byterianism. In granting leases on his estate he stipulated that 
 the tenants should observe family worship and every Sabbath 
 attend the Presbyterian Church. In 1663 he refused an order of the 
 Commissioners to assist in settling at Dairy an Episcopal clergy- 
 man, nominated by the bishop, while he was himself patron of the 
 cure. For his declinature he was summoned before the Privy 
 Council, but he ignored the citation. Charged with keeping con- 
 venticles, he was summoned before the Council a second time. He 
 was commanded to depart the kingdom within a month, and mean- 
 while to live peaceably, under the penalty of 10,000. Disobeying 
 the sentence, he was, in 1667, turned out of his house by a military
 
 452 LANARKSHIRE. 
 
 force. Hastening to join the Covenanters after the battle of Both- 
 well Bridge, he was encountered near the field by a party of 
 dragoons, by whom he was shot dead. He was buried in the 
 churchyard of Glasford, his grave being denoted by an unlettered 
 gravestone. It was thus inscribed by his great-grandson : 
 
 " To the memory of the very worthy Pillar of the Church, Mr. 
 William Gordon, of Earlston in Galloway, shot by a party of 
 dragoons, on his way to Bothwell Bridge, 22nd June, 1679, aged 
 sixty-five ; inscribed by his great-grandson, Sir John Gordon, 
 Bart., llth June, 1772." 
 
 PAEISH OF GLASGOW. 
 
 In the city, at the east end of Trongate, stands a bronze 
 equestrian statue of William III. ; two guns at its base were used 
 at the Battle of the Boyne. This monument to the great con- 
 stitutional king was erected, as an inscription bears, by " Jacobus 
 Macrae, Gubernator Madrasii in 1734" The cost of erection 
 was 3,000, which Mr. Macrae solely defrayed. A sketch of Mr. 
 Macrae will be found at page 397 of this volume. 
 
 Near the entrance to the " Green," a beautiful pleasure ground, 
 two and a half miles in circumference, a column in imitation of 
 Trajan's pillar at Rome commemorates Horatio, Viscount Nelson ; 
 it is 143 feet in height, and is suitably inscribed. 
 
 In front of the Royal Exchange, the Duke of Wellington is 
 represented in an elegant equestrian statue ; the pedestal is adorned 
 with appropriate sculptures. 
 
 George Square is adorned with several elegant monuments. In 
 the centre a fluted Doric column eighty feet in height, surmounted 
 by a colossal statue, is the tribute of the West of Scotland to the 
 genius of Sir Walter Scott. At the corners are memorial statues 
 of James Watt ; General Sir John Moore ; Sir Robert Peel, Bart. ; 
 and Lord Clyde. 
 
 The statue of Watt, executed by Chantrey, is constructed of
 
 PARISH OF GLASGOW. 453 
 
 bronze. It represents the great engineer seated, and as in deep 
 thought ; it rests on a granite pedestal. 
 
 The statue of Sir John Moore is of bronze, and was executed 
 by Flaxman. On the pedestal, which is of granite, are these 
 words : " To commemorate the military services of Lieut.-General 
 Sir John Moore, K.C.B. Native of Glasgow, his fellow-citizens 
 have erected this monument 1819." Son of John Moore, M.D., 
 an eminent physician and man of letters, and on the mother's side 
 grandson, of the celebrated Professor Simson, Sir John Moore was 
 born at Glasgow on the 13th November, 1761. In his fifteenth 
 year he entered the army, and as Colonel served with distinction 
 in Corsica. As Brigadier-General, he distinguished himself in the 
 West Indies. He was engaged in suppressing the Irish Rebellion 
 in 1798, and accompanied the expedition to Holland as a General 
 of the staff. In Egypt, under Sir Ralph Abercromby, he com- 
 manded the army of the reserve. After serving in Sicily, and 
 Sweden, he was in 1808 sent to the Peninsula, where he assumed 
 the chief command. In the attempt to expel the French from the 
 Peninsula his operations were retarded by the apathy of the 
 Spaniards, and the unsatisfactory character of the commissariat. 
 After a march of 250 miles through a mountainous country, he 
 arrived with his troops at Corunna, where he intended to embark. 
 In the process of embarkation he was assailed by Soult, and a 
 battle ensued. While animating the 42nd Regiment in a brilliant 
 charge, he was struck by a cannon ball on the left shoulder; he 
 expired, in the moment of victory, on the 16th January, 1809. By 
 order of Parliament a monument to his memory was reared in 
 St. Paul's Cathedral, and his generous enemy, Marshal Soult, 
 commemorated his prowess on the spot where he fell. 
 
 The statue of Sir Robert Peel was executed by Mossrnan. The 
 great statesman appears in walking costume on a pedestal of 
 Aberdeen granite. 
 
 The statue of Lord Clyde was reared by public subscription in 
 1868 ; it is executed by Foley in bronze. In easy military undress, 
 the great commander stands with the left foot advanced, and with
 
 454 LANARKSHIRE. 
 
 the left hand grasping a telescope, while in the right hand he 
 holds a veiled hat or helmet. The pedestal is in raised letters 
 thus inscribed : 
 
 "Field-Marshal Lord Clyde, 
 
 G.C.B., K.S.I. 
 I Born in Glasgow, 20th Oct. 1792 
 
 This Memorial 
 of his Distinguished Military Services 
 
 is Erected by 
 
 his Fellow-Citizens. 
 
 1868." 
 
 Colin Campbell was son of John Macliver, a native of Mull, and 
 for many years an operative cabinet-maker in Glasgow. His 
 mother was daughter of a member of the clan Campbell, who 
 owned a small estate in the island of Islay. Her brother, an officer 
 in the army, attracted the notice of the Duke of York. On the 
 early death of his sister, Mrs. Macliver, he undertook the education 
 of his nephew, and sent him to the military academy at Gosport. 
 The youth took his uncle's family name, and as Colin Campbell 
 was gazetted ensign in the 9th Eegiment of Foot on the 26th May, 
 1808 ; he was present at the battle of Vimiero, on the 21st August 
 of the same year. He was with his regiment in the Corunna 
 campaign and in the expedition to Walcheren. Eeturning to 
 Spain in 1810, he was present at most of the great actions, till the 
 conclusion of the war. He took part in the expedition for relieving 
 Tarragona, and in the affair for relieving the posts in the valley 
 of Malaga. He was present at the battles of Osma and Vittoria, 
 and led the column of attack at the siege of San Sebastian and at 
 the passage of Bidassoa. In 1813 he became captain, and in the 
 following year was transferred to the 60th Eifles. In the American 
 War he was present at the battles of Bladensburg and New Orleans. 
 In 1823 he aided in subjugating the slave insurrection in Demerara. 
 
 Lieut.-Colonel Campbell went to China in 1842 in command of 
 the 98th Eegiment; he took an active part at the taking of 
 Chin-kiang-foo, and the operations at Nankin. His next destina- 
 tion was India, where he commanded the third division under
 
 PAIIISH OF GLASGOW. 455 
 
 Lord Gough in the Punjaub campaigns of 1848-9 ; he distinguished 
 himself at the battle of Chillianwallah, where he was wounded, 
 and at Goojerat, when the Sikhs were crushed. In 1849 he was 
 created K.C.B. ; for his conduct at Goojerat he received the thanks 
 of Parliament. As Brigadier-General he commanded the Peshawur 
 district in 1851, and in the following year distinguished himself 
 in the expedition against the Octmankbail tribes. On the outbreak 
 of the Ptussian "War he, as Major- General, took command of the 
 Highland Eegiments. For his successful impetuosity at the battle 
 of the Alma, he won much fame, which was greatly enhanced by 
 his successful resistance of the Russian cavalry on the field of 
 Balaclava. In 1856, he was promoted as Lieut.-General, received 
 the Grand Cross of the Bath, was created D.C.L. of Oxford, and 
 had conferred on him many Continental military honours. The 
 city of London admitted him to its freedom, and the citizens of 
 Glasgow voted him a sword value 300, and entertained him at 
 a public Banquet. When tidings of the Indian Mutiny reached 
 this country he was appointed to the chief command ; he requested 
 only twenty-four hours for preparation. He arrived at Calcutta 
 on the 29th August, and reached the Alumbagh early in November. 
 On the 3rd November he fought the battle of Cawnpore, and again 
 defeating the insurgents at Gwalior, effected the liberation of 
 the garrison of Lucknow, on the 17th of the same month. After 
 defeating the rebels at Futteghur on the 2nd January, 1858, he 
 reduced Lucknow early in the following March ; and suppressed 
 the insurrection. For these important services he received the 
 thanks of both Houses of Parliament, and was created a Baron by 
 the title of Lord Clyde, with a pension of 2,000. In 1860, he 
 was appointed Colonel of the Coldstream Guards, and was raised 
 to the military rank of Field-Marshal on the 9th November, 1862. 
 After a short illness, he died at the Government House, Chatham, 
 on the 14th August, 1863. His remains were placed in West- 
 minster Abbey. 
 
 Near the centre of George Square two elegant equestrian statues 
 celebrate Her Majesty the Queen, and H.R.H. the late Prince
 
 456 LANARKSHIRE. 
 
 Consort. The Queen's statue was erected in 1849, in memorial of 
 Her Majesty's first visit to the city. The statue of the Prince 
 Consort was inaugurated on the 20th October, 1866, in presence 
 of his Eoyal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh. The statue, which 
 was executed by Marochetti, represents the Prince in a Field- 
 Marshal's uniform, reining in his charger with the left hand, while 
 the right, holding a plumed hat, rests on his thigh in an easy 
 posture. The horse is posed, similarly to that on which the Queen 
 is mounted, with the exception of the head, which is thrown into 
 a curvetting attitude, with the ears pointing backwards. As in 
 the Queen's statue, there is a basement of grey granite, with a 
 superstructure of red Peterhead granite, the latter having a bronze 
 column at each of the four corners. At the north end of the 
 pedestal is a bronze panel bearing the letter " A," encircled by a 
 wreath, A similar panel at the south end exhibits the inscription, 
 "Albert, Prince Consort." On the east and west sides are bas- 
 reliefs, also in bronze, composed of symbolical figures, representing 
 the arts, literature, commerce, manufactures, and agriculture. The 
 monument was reared at the cost of 6,000, defrayed by public 
 subscription. 
 
 In Sauchiehall Street, at the corner of Crescent Place, an elegant 
 monumental statue commemorates James Oswald, M.P. Fronting 
 Castle Street, a memorial tablet celebrates three martyrs for the 
 covenant ; it is thus inscribed : 
 
 " Behind this stone lies James Nisbet, who suffered martyrdom 
 at this place, June 5th, 1684; also James Lawson, and Alexander 
 Wood, who suffered martyrdom October 24, 1684, for their adherence 
 to the word of God, and Scotland's covenanted work of Eeforma- 
 tion. 
 
 " Here lye martyrs three 
 
 Of memory 
 
 Who for the covenant die, 
 And witness is 
 
 'Gainst all these nations perjury. 
 Against the covenated cause 
 Of Christ, their royal King ;
 
 PARISH OF GLASGOW. 457 
 
 The British rulers make such laws, 
 Declar'd 'twas Satan's reign. 
 As Britain lyes in guilt you see, 
 'Tis ask'd O reader ! art thou free ? " 
 
 The following lines of Latin verse, are engraved on the front 
 wall of the hospital in Trongate, reared in 1642 by George and 
 Thomas Hutchison, brothers : 
 
 " Nobilis hospitii si forte requiris alumnos, 
 
 Orphanus hie habitat pauper, inopsque senex ; 
 Tu ne temne domos, ignarus sortis : egestas 
 Forte tuum senium progeniemque premet. 
 Quis scit, an hinc veniant, quas publica fama celebret, 
 Sive armis surgat gloria, sive toga ? . 
 
 " Adspicis Hutchesonos fratres ; his nulla propago 
 Cum foret, et numero vix caperentur opes ; 
 
 Haec monumenta pii, votum immortale, dicarunt, 
 Dulcia qua? miseris semper asyla forent. 
 
 O bene testatos ! haeredes scripsit uterque 
 Infantes inopes invalidosque senes." 
 
 THE CATHEDEAL. 
 
 Glasgow Cathedral was founded in 1123, by John Achaius, 
 Bishop of the See. It is 319 feet long, 63 feet broad, and has two 
 great towers, one of which supports a spire, making the whole 
 height 225 feet. At the Eeformation the cathedral escaped de- 
 struction, and the choir has since been used for Presbyterian wor- 
 ship. During a recent restoration of the structure, painted glass 
 windows have been introduced into the nave and transept some 
 of a commemorative character. With these elegant accessories, the 
 cathedral has been rendered one of the most interesting in the 
 kingdom. In the choir a memorial copper-plate has the following 
 inscription : 
 
 " Heir ar bvreit S r Waltir, S r Thomas, S r Jhone, S r Eobert, 
 S r Jhone, and S, r Mathev, by lineal descent to vtheris barons and 
 knichis of the hovs of Mynto 1 w* thair vyffis bairnis and bre- 
 therein."
 
 458 LANARKSHIRE. 
 
 In the crypt are interred the remains of Edward Irving, the 
 celebrated preacher. This remarkable individual was born at 
 Annan, on the 15th August, 1792. He studied at the University 
 of Edinburgh, where, by his mathematical attainments, he attracted 
 the notice of Professor Leslie. For some time he taught in 
 academies at Haddington and Kirkcaldy. Obtaining license as a 
 preacher, he was appointed by Dr. Chalmers, his assistant in St. 
 John's Church, Glasgow. In 1822 lie accepted an invitation from 
 a congregation of Scottish Presbyterians in London, to become 
 their pastor. From the eloquence of his discourses, conjoined with 
 his remarkable pulpit fervour, he attracted crowds; orators and 
 statesmen flocked to his ministrations. A volume of discourses 
 which he published in 1823, passed within six months into a third 
 edition. In 1827 he issued his " Dialogues on Prophecy," in three 
 octavo volumes. In 1829 a large and handsome church in Eegent 
 Square was reared for his use by the contributions of his numerous 
 adherents. At length his theological opinions awakened some 
 misgivings. By the Presbytery of London he was, in 1830, charged 
 with maintaining the sinfulness of Christ's human nature, and 
 with denying the doctrines of atonement and substitution. Soon 
 afterwards he sanctioned belief in " unknown tongues," which, 
 uttered by deluded persons of his congregation, he pronounced to 
 be manifestations of the Holy Ghost. His deposition from the 
 ministry was pronounced by the Presbytery of Annan which ordained 
 him, and he was dispossessed of his charge as minister of Regent 
 Square Church. He continued to uphold his peculiar opinions, 
 obtaining crowded audiences wherever he conducted service. He 
 died of consumption at Glasgow, on the 8th December, 1834, at 
 the age of forty-two. His followers, styling themselves members 
 of the Catholic Apostolic Church, have a cathedral in London, and 
 places of worship elsewhere. 
 
 An aisle of the cathedral contains the remains of Robert Haldane, 
 of Airthrey, the eminent lay preacher and theological writer. Eldest 
 son of Captain James Haldane, of Airthrey, he was born at 
 London on the 28th February, 1764. With his younger brother
 
 PAKISH OF GLASGOW. 459 
 
 James who subsequently was associated with him in his public 
 labours he was educated at the Grammar School of Dundee and 
 the High School of Edinburgh. He was inclined towards the 
 ministry of the Scottish Church, but on the counsel of his guar- 
 dians he joined the Monarch ship of war, under his uncle, Admiral 
 Duncan. On the peace of 1783, he retired from the navy, and 
 returning to Scotland, entered as a student the University of Edin- 
 burgh. He afterwards travelled abroad, and having married in 
 1785, settled on his estate of Airthrey in the autumn of that 
 year. At first he devoted himself to the improvement of his 
 estate, but, becoming the subject of deep religious convictions, he 
 withdrew himself from worldly pursuits. In 1798 he sold his 
 estate, resolving to devote the proceeds towards a mission to the 
 Hindus. To his intention the Board of Control and the Com- 
 pany's directors having interposed an insuperable barrier, Mr. Hal- 
 dane began to dedicate himself to the propagation of the Gospel 
 at home. Aided by the zealous efforts of his brother James, he 
 carried on a system of itinerant preaching, throughout Scotland 
 and the Orkneys. In Edinburgh and other populous towns he 
 erected large buildings for public worship ; thereto appointing 
 pastors with adequate emoluments. Personally, he took a general 
 superintendance of the churches, distributed copies of the Scrip- 
 tures, and constituted classes for aspirants to the ministry. 
 From 1798 to 1810 he expended 70,000 in promoting the 
 extension of Christian truth. In 1816 he proceeded to France 
 and Switzerland, and at Montauban and Geneva sought to awaken 
 the dormant energies of the Protestants in those places. He 
 instructed inquiring young men in correct Christian doctrine. One 
 whom he taught at Geneva was Merle D'Aubigne 1 , the future 
 historian. Eobert Haldane died at Edinburgh on the 12th 
 December, 1842. His principal works are his "Evidence and 
 Authority of Divine Kevelation," his " Exposition of the Epistle 
 to the Romans/' and his work on the " Verbal Inspiration of the 
 Scriptures." 
 In the cathedral churchyard a tombstone commemorates Thomas
 
 460 LANARKSHIRE. 
 
 Hutchison, founder of the hospital which bears his name ; it is in- 
 scribed thus : 
 
 " Conditur hie D. Thomas Hutchisonus, quern semper innocentia 
 sero opulentia beavit, cujus brevem possessionem atnplis in egenos 
 largitionibus compensavit humana cuncta ficta, falsa, fabula, et 
 vanitatum vtnitas. Obiit. kal. Septembris anno 1641. JEtatis 
 suse 52." 
 
 In the external wall of the Dripping aisle nine Presbyterian 
 martyrs are on a mural tombstone thus commemorated : 
 
 " Here lies the corps of Eobert Bunton, John Hart, Eobert 
 Scot, Matthew Patoun, John Richmond, James Johnston, Archibald 
 Stewart, James Winning, John Main, who suffered at the cross of 
 Glasgow for their testimony to the Covenant and work of Refor- 
 mation, because they durst not own the authority of the then 
 tyrants, destroying the same betwixt 1666 and 1688. 
 
 " Years sixty-six and eighty-four 
 Did send their souls home in glore, 
 Whose bodies here interred ly, 
 Then sacrific'd to tyranny ; 
 To Covenants and Reformation 
 'Cause they adhered in their station, 
 These nine with others in this yard, 
 Whose heads and bodies were not spar'd, 
 Their testimonies, foes, to bury, 
 Caus'd beat the drums then in great fury : 
 They'll know at resurrection day, 
 To murder saints was no sweet play. 
 
 The original stone and inscription repaired and new lettered, 
 1827, at the expense of a few friends of the cause for which the 
 martyrs suffered." 
 
 A mural monument, bearing date 1616, commemorates Bessie 
 Adam, wife of James Hamilton, of Aikenhead; it is thus in- 
 scribed : 
 
 " Ye gazers on this trophic of a tombe, 
 Send out one grone for want of her, whose lyf ; 
 Once borne of earth, und now lyes in earth's wombe, 
 Lived long a vjrgine, then a spotless wyf.
 
 PARISH OF GLASGOW. 461 
 
 Heir is inclosed man's grief, earth's lose, friend's paine, 
 Eeligiones lampe, vertvs light, heaven's gain. 
 Dvmbe senseless state of some lyveless stones, 
 Eear'd wp for memrie of a blessed sovle ; 
 Thow holds bvt Adam Adames blood bemones 
 Her lose, shees fled none can her ioys controvle. 
 happy thow ! For zeale and Christiane love, 
 In earth beloved, and now in heavens above." 
 
 Dr. Peter Low, a physician, who died in 1612, is on his tomb- 
 stone celebrated thus : 
 
 " Stay, passenger, and view this stone, 
 For under it lyes such a one 
 Who cuired many whill he lieved, 
 Soe gracious he noe man grieved, 
 Yea, when his physick's force oft failed, 
 His pleasant purpose then prevailed, 
 For of his God he got the grace 
 To live in mirth and die in peace. 
 Heavin hes his soul, his corps this stone, 
 Sigh, passenger, and soe be gone." 
 
 An elegant monument to Archbishop James Law is inscribed as 
 follows : 
 
 " Sat vixi ; quid non corpus sine pectore vixi : 
 
 Mi curse Christus religioue fuit, 
 Structa alibi, titulis stant mausolsea superbis ; 
 
 Urna LAI brevis est, fama perennis erit. 
 Laudat, hyperboreos inter, quae gesserat, Orcas, 
 
 Hie, qui, Glotta, tuis accola gaudet aquis. 
 Gymnasii reditus, doinus hospita, plumbea fani 
 
 Tecta, scholse tanti sunt monumenta viri, 
 
 Exitus in Domino placidus, sine labe peractis 
 
 Bis septem lustris, prsesule dignus, erat 
 
 Obiit 3 Idus Octobres, 1632. 
 Omnibus hsec calcanda via est mortalibus ; at qui 
 Calcat earn, Christo sub duce, salvus erit." 
 
 Son of John Law, portioner of Lathrisk, Fifeshire, James Law 
 studied at St. Andrews University, and obtaining license, was 
 ordained minister of Kirkliston in 1585. He was appointed one of
 
 462 LANARKSHIRE. 
 
 the State Commissioners for the maintenance of religion in the 
 sheriffdom of Linlithgow. In 1605 he was preferred to the 
 bishopric of Orkney. In 1615 he became Archbishop of Glasgow. 
 He died at Glasgow on the 13th October, 1632. He completed the 
 leaden roof of the cathedral, and bestowed considerable largesses 
 on schools ap/1 hospitals in the city. A "Commentary" which he 
 composed on various passages of Scripture remains unprinted. 
 
 Dr. Eobert Mayne, Professor of Medicine in the University, is 
 on his tombstone commemorated thus : 
 
 " Hie jacet Robertus cognomento Magnus, multis nominibus 
 revera niaguus, philosophus, orator, poeta, medicus, omnigeno, 
 virtute ac eruditione clarus, medicinae in Academia Glasguensi 
 professor. Obiit nonis Februarii anno Dom. ciciccxlvi. JEtatis 
 suas sexies septimo climaterico." 
 
 Sir Alexander Thomson, a distinguished military officer, who 
 died on the 18th October, 1699, aged sixty-three, has the following 
 epitaph : 
 
 " Memorise sacrum Domini Alexandri Thomsone, equitis aurati, 
 quondam in regio praesidio centurionis spectatissimi, fortissimi, 
 vigilantissimi ; qui pie et placide in Domino obdorimivit Octob. 18, 
 anno Dom. 1669. ^Etatis 63. 
 
 " Gentis honos, virtvtis amor, fama integra, candor, 
 Thomsonum ornabant vivum ; nunc, sere perenni 
 
 Firma magis, famae stant monumenta ducis. 
 
 Est sacer hie tumulus, necnon venerabilis urna ; 
 
 Quam tegit augustus, quern capit urna, cinis. 
 
 Vita mihi mors est, mors mihi vita nova." 
 
 A Latin epitaph also celebrates James Anderson, merchant, 
 Glasgow, who died in 1702 : 
 
 "Memoriae sacrum Jacobi Andersoni, mercatoris Glasguensis, 
 patris amantissimi ; liberi monumentum hoc posuerunt. Obiit anno 
 aerae christianae 1688. Necnon in memoriam Jacobi Andersoni filii 
 sui primogeniti constituerunt. Natus anno 1679, denatus anno 
 1702." 
 
 A monument thus commemorates William Hamilton, son of
 
 PARISH OF GLASGOW. 463 
 
 Thomas Hamilton, Professor of Anatomy in the University of 
 Glasgow, and father of Sir William Hamilton, Bart., the distin- 
 guished metaphysician : 
 
 " M. S. 
 
 " Gulielmi F. Thoinse Hamilton, patrite virtutes et muneris 
 haeredis, anat. et bot. in academia Glascuensi profesoris celeberrimi ; 
 qui, capacis et exculti vi ingenii, jucunda disciplinam tradendi 
 facultate, felici in morbis curandis industria et succesu prisca fide 
 et pietate et unica morum comitae. Auditorum venerationem segro- 
 torum fiduciam collegarum et suorum amorem. Bonorum omnium 
 benevolentiam sibi vivus conciliavit ; tarn cari capitis desiderium, 
 cui nee modus, extinctus reliquit. Pientiss. et inrestiss. conjunx 
 Elizabetha Stirling, P. Natus pridii cal. Aug. A.D. MDCCLVIII. 
 obiit iii. idus Martias A.D. MDCCXC. Heu ! tales terris quod mons- 
 trant fata, nee ultra esse sinunt." 
 
 In the churchyard rest the remains of Thomas Watt, M.D., com- 
 piler of the " Bibliotheca Britannica." Son of a small farmer, Dr. 
 Watt was born at Stewarton in May, 1774. In early life he was a 
 ploughboy, and afterwards a joiner's apprentice. At eighteen he 
 entered as a student the University of Glasgow. He subsequently 
 attended medical classes at Edinburgh, and obtained license as a 
 surgeon. In 1799 he settled as a surgeon in Paisley; he subse- 
 quently sought practice in Glasgow. He published several medical 
 works, and was a contributor to the medical and surgical journals. 
 His great work, the " Bibliotheca," was commenced at an early 
 period, and in 1817 he retired from medical practice in order to 
 devote himself exclusively to its completion. After a period of 
 severe affliction, Dr. Watt died on the 12th March, 1819. The 
 "Bibliotheca Britannica" was published posthumously in four 
 quarto volumes, but it is believed that the author's family derived 
 from it no pecuniary advantage. As a monument of literary 
 industry it is nearly unrivalled. 
 
 A plain gravestone denotes the resting-place of John Donald 
 Carrick, an eminent miscellaneous writer. Born at Glasgow in 
 April, 1787, he was placed in an architect's office, but not relishing 
 his employment, he proceeded to London, making the journey on
 
 464 LANARKSHIRE. 
 
 foot. He engaged himself as a porter ; subsequently he was em- 
 ployed in a pottery warehouse. In 1811 he returned to Glasgow 
 and opened a large stoneware establishment in Hutcheson Street 
 Retiring from business in 1825, he devoted himself exclusively to 
 literary concerns. His " Life of Sir William Wallace " appeared in 
 Constable's Miscellany in 1825 ; it is the best memoir of the patriot 
 which has been published. He afterwards edited "The Laird of 
 Logan," an interesting collection of Scottish anecdotes, and con- 
 tributed interesting papers to the periodicals. In 1833 he edited 
 the Perth Advertiser, and in the following year conducted the Kil- 
 marnock Journal. After a period of illness, he died on the 17th 
 August, 1837. 
 
 George Rodger, junior, one of the managers of the Barrowfield 
 Works, who died on the 9th September, 1824, aged twenty-six, 
 has on his tombstone the following elegy : 
 
 " He whose loved ashes moulder here below 
 Was once the gentlest model of his kind, 
 He lived, nor made himself a single foe, 
 He died, nor left one enemy behind." 
 
 Dr. William Chrystal, Rector of the Grammar School of Glasgow, 
 an eminent scholar, is on a handsome monument, commemorated 
 thus : 
 
 "M. S. 
 
 " Gulielmi Chrystal, L.L.D., schol. gram. Glasguensis rectoris ; 
 quern freto Glottiano submersum. Mors immatura abstutit. Hoc 
 pietatis monumentum acerbe lugentes posuerunt alumni, et 
 familiares. Natus est vi. idus Jun., MDCCLXXVI. Obiit vii. idus 
 Jun., MDCCCXXX." 
 
 In the churchyard, monuments commemorate Provost John 
 Anderson, representative of the city in the first Parliament after 
 the Revolution, who died in 1710 ; William Cochran, portrait 
 painter, who died 23rd October, 1785, aged forty-seven; John 
 Bowman of Ashgrove, Lord Provost, who died 24th November, 
 1797; James Lumsden, Lord Provost, who died in 1856; John
 
 PARISH OF GLASGOW. 465 
 
 Orr, of Barrowfield, advocate, principal town clerk of Glasgow, 
 who died 16th December, 1863 ; Lieut. -Colonel the Hon. Henry 
 Cadogan, of the 71st Eegiment, who fell at the battle of 
 Vittoria, 21st June, 1813 ; Lieutenant John Stirling, of the 
 Bombay Army, who fell while leading the assault against the 
 fort of Dundhootee, India, on the 3rd January, 1828, aged twenty- 
 three ; Major William Middleton, who died 13th April, 1859 ; 
 Robert Burn Anderson, lieutenant in the Bombay Fusileers, " taken 
 prisoner when in command of an escort under protection of a flag 
 of truce and died a victim to the cruelty of a barbarous foe," 
 27th September, 1860; and James McConechy, M.D., editor of 
 the Glasgow Courier, who died 3rd October, 1866. 
 
 Monuments commemorate the Rev. William Taylor, D.D., 
 minister of the High Church and Principal of the University, who 
 died 29th March, 1823, in the fifty-first year of his ministry ; and 
 the Rev. John Muir, D.D., minister of St. James's Church, Glasgow, 
 who died 1st February, 1857, in the seventy-ninth year of his 
 age and fifty-fourth of his ministry. 
 
 In the interior of the cathedral an elegant monument, erected 
 by himself, celebrates George Baillie, formerly sheriff substitute .of 
 Dunblane, An inscription intimates the founder's intention of 
 bequeathing 20,000 to unsectarian schools. 
 
 Mural monuments commemorate Major Robert Murray Bonner, 
 Brevet-Major John Anstruther, and others who fell in action or 
 died during the Crimean campaign of 1854-6 ; also those officers 
 and men of the 71st Light Infantry who died during the campaign 
 on the north-west frontier of India in 1863. 
 
 COLLEGE CHURCHYARDS. 
 
 A mural tablet commemorates Robert Simson, M.D., the eminent 
 mathematician. Eldest son of John Simson, of Kirton Hall, Ayr- 
 shire, he was born on the 14th October, 1687. Intended for the 
 
 2n
 
 466 LANARKSHIRE. 
 
 Church he entered Glasgow College. In that seat of learning 
 he became Professor of Mathematics in his twenty-fourth year. 
 His edition of the "Elements of Euclid," published in 1750, widely 
 extended his reputation. Other works on the higher mathematics 
 proceeded from his pen. He died on the 1st December, 1768, 
 bequeathing to the university his mathematical books and MSS. 
 His monumental tablet is inscribed as follows : 
 
 " H. S. E. 
 
 " Robertvs Simson, matheseos in academia Glasgvensi per annos 
 LVIII. professor prisca morvm simplicitate simvl atqve probitate 
 insignis omniqve doctrina excvltvs vetervm grsecorum geometriam 
 p.T annos bis mille fere deperditam, in pristinvm splendorem 
 restitvit vnvs. Monvmentvm qvidem perenne sibi geometricis svis 
 operibvs ipsi exegit marmor avtem hoc cadvcvm reliqvis egregii 
 viri rnortalibvs sacrvm posveri testarnenti cvratores Jac. Clow, 
 Gvl. Eouet, loa, Bvchanan jvnior. Obiit ipsis kalendis Octobris 
 anno fera Christianse MDCCLXVIIL, setatis LXXXI." 
 
 A monument celebrates Dr. Thomas Reid, the eminent philo- 
 sopher. He was born in the manse of Strachan, Kincardineshire, 
 on the 26th April, 1710 his father being minister of the parish. 
 At Marischal College, Aberdeen, he highly distinguished himself, 
 especially by his attainments as a mathematician. After ministering 
 at New Machar, Aberdeenshire, for fifteen years, he was appointed 
 Professor of Moral Philosophy, King's College, Aberdeen, in 1752. 
 His "Inquiry into the Human Mind " appeared in 1764, and at once 
 brought him high reputation as a philosopher. Soon after he 
 received D.D. from the University of Aberdeen, and was elected 
 Professor of Moral Philosophy in Glasgow College. In 1781 he 
 withdrew from his public duties that he might entirely devote 
 himself to philosophical investigation. In 1785 he published his 
 "Essays on the Intellectual Powers." His other philosophical 
 works appeared subsequently. He died on the 7th October, 1796, 
 in his eighty-sixth year. His tombstone is thus inscribed : 
 
 " Memorise sacrum Thomas Reid. S. T. P., quondam in schola 
 regia Aberdoniensi, philosophise professoris, nuper vero, in uni- 
 versitate Glasguensi, ab anno 1764, usque ad annum 1796, philo-
 
 PARISH OF GLASGOW. 467 
 
 sopliise moralis professoris : qui, in scientia mentis humanae, ut olim 
 in philosophia natural: illustris ille Baconus verulamius, onmia 
 instauravit, qui ingenii acumine, doctrinaeque omnigenae, summam 
 morum gravitatem, simul atque comitatem adjunxit: qui obiit 
 7 Oct., 1796, annos natus 86 : cuiusque ossa cum cineribus Elisa- 
 bethae Eeid, conjugis carrissmse. Triumquae filiarum, morte praa 
 matura abreptarum sepulchre hie condita sunt hoc monumentum 
 poni jussit filia piissima unica superstes, Martha Carmichael." 
 
 In the College Churchyard tombstones commemorate Eobert 
 Roger, merchant in Glasgow, who died in 1700; James Baillie, 
 D.D., professor of divinity in the University, who died 28th April, 
 1778 ; Josiah Walker, professor of humanity, who died 28th August, 
 1831 ; Hugo Macleod, professor of ecclesiastical history, who died 
 June, 1800 ; William Meikleham, LL.D., professor of natural philo- 
 sophy, who died 7th May, 1846 ; and George Gray, D.D., professor 
 of oriental languages, who died 23rd June, 1850. 
 
 In the churchyard, at the old university buildings, a monument 
 commemorates William Dunlop, Principal of the University and 
 Royal Historiographer for Scotland. Son of Alexander Dunlop, 
 minister of Paisley, and through his mother related to the Mures 
 of Caldwell, he studied at Glasgow College, and was licensed to 
 preach about 1679. Owing to the troubles which oppressed the 
 Scottish Church he emigrated to Carolina, where he remained till 
 the Eevolution. In 1690 he was presented to the parish of 
 Ochiltree ; but was immediately thereafter appointed to the 
 Principalship of Glasgow College. Through his efforts with Govern- 
 ment a yearly grant of 1,200 from the bishops' rents was voted 
 to the Scottish Universities. He died in March, 1700. His epitaph 
 is as follows : 
 
 " Memorise sacrum D. Wilielmi Dunlop academise et collegii 
 Glasguensis vicecancellarii et prsefecti dignissimi, vigilantissimi, 
 ecclesiae ibidem pastoris fidelissimi ; serenissimis principibus 
 Wilielmo et Marias historiographi peritissimi, qui obiit viii. Idus 
 Martii, anno Dom. MDCC. ^Etatis sttse xlvii." 
 
 Over the gateway of the college buildings stood a bust of the
 
 468 LANARKSHIRE. 
 
 celebrated Zachary Boyd, surrounded with the following inscrip- 
 tion : 
 
 *' M r Zacharias Bodivs fidelis ecclesise svbvrbanse pastor 20,000 
 lib. qva ad alendos qvotannis tres adolescentes theologies stvdiosos ; 
 qva ad extryendas novas has sedes vna cvm vniversa svpellectili 
 librarise almee matri academige legavit." 
 
 Descended from the old family of Boyd of Pinkhill, Ayrshire, 
 Zachary Boyd was born about the year 1585. Having studied at 
 the Universities of Glasgow and St. Andrews, he afterwards pro- 
 ceeded to France and became a student at the University of 
 Saumur under his cousin Eobert Boyd, of Trochrig. At Saumur 
 he was appointed a regent in 1611 ; he subsequently declined the 
 office of principal. In 1617 he was presented to the church of 
 Notre Dame, but owing to the persecution of the Protestants, he 
 relinquished it, and returned to Britain. He became minister of 
 the Barony parish of Glasgow in 1623 ; he was elected Hector of the 
 University in 1634, and on two occasions subsequently. Warmly 
 attached to the cause of Charles I., he at first refused to subscribe 
 the Covenant ; he did so latterly, and adhered faithfully to its pro- 
 visions. Preaching before Cromwell at Glasgow in September, 
 1650, he loaded him with reproaches, but being afterwards invited 
 to a private interview, he became reconciled to the Protector. He 
 died in March, 1653. Boyd is chiefly remembered as author of 
 " Zion's Flowers " and " The Last Battell of the Soule in Death," 
 two works in verse. His versification is homely, and has excited 
 ridicule, but it is withal pervaded by strong devotional feeling. 
 His MSS. are preserved in the library of Glasgow College. He 
 bequeathed 20,000 Scots to the University funds. 
 
 Michael Wilson, another benefactor of the University, is thus 
 commemorated in the college buildings : 
 
 " Magister Michael Wilson, civis Glasguensis (qui literas huma- 
 niores in Anglia professus, obiit ibidem anno Dom. 1617) sex niille. 
 libras Scoticanas, in pios academies usus, testamento legavit; cujus 
 voluntas egregia plane irrita fuisset, nisi accessisset serenissimi
 
 RA.MSHORN CHURCHYARD. 469 
 
 regis Jacobi benignitas, singular! studio et opera clarissimi, viri, et 
 multifariam de hoc collegio optime meriti, secretis, impetrata: 
 quorum nornen et merita, perenni memoria pie celebratura aca- 
 demia, hoc tantae rei exile monumentum, extare voluit." 
 
 TRON CHUECH. 
 
 A gravestone discovered in the south aisle of the old Tron 
 Church when it was taken down in 1794, thus celebrates the Rev. 
 John M'Laurin, minister of the North-West Parish : 
 
 " Adorn'd with learning, taste, and manly sense, 
 Wisdom with genius, wit without offence, 
 Modest, yet resolute in virtue's cause, 
 Ambitious, not of man's but God's applause, 
 Each talent that enriched his heaven-born mind, 
 By Jesus given to Jesus he resigned, 
 Swift was his race, with health and vigour blest, 
 Soft was his passage to the land of rest. 
 His work concluded, ere the day was done, 
 Sudden the Saviour stooped, and caught him to His throne." 
 
 Mr. M'Laurin was born at Glendaruel in 1693. Having studied 
 at the University of Glasgow he was licensed in 1717, and was 
 ordained minister of Luss in May, 1719. He was translated to 
 Glasgow in 1723. He died 8th September, 1754, in the sixty-first 
 year of his age and thirty-sixth of his ministry. His theological 
 works were reprinted in 1860. 
 
 RAMSHORN CHURCHYARD. 
 
 In this churchyard a monument commemorates David Dale, an 
 eminent manufacturer. Son of a small trader at Stewarton, he 
 was born in that place on the 6th January, 1739. Originally
 
 470 LANARKSHIRE. 
 
 apprenticed to a Paisley weaver, he in 1761 became clerk in the 
 office of a silk mercer in Glasgow. In 1775 he established the first 
 works in Scotland for dyeing cotton Turkey red, and ten years 
 afterwards began to erect the cotton mills at New Lanark. For his 
 workers he established schools, and made other efforts for their 
 improvement/ He was elected a magistrate of Glasgow, and in 
 that city originated and helped forward many charitable enter- 
 prises. He died on the 17th March, 1806. 
 
 THE NECROPOLIS. 
 
 The Necropolis was opened for interments in March, 1833. It 
 includes the sloping side of the West Craigs, which here project 
 into a promontory 225 feet above the level of the Clyde. Extend- 
 ing to twenty-four acres, it embraces the ancient Fir Park, a 
 portion of waste land, formerly the property of the Merchants' 
 House. 
 
 On the summit of the Craigs stands a monument of John Knox, 
 the illustrious Reformer. Of this structure the foundation-stone 
 was laid on the 22nd September, 1825, when a discourse suitable 
 to the occasion was preached by Dr. Thomas Chalmers in St. 
 George's Church. The monument represents a colossal statue of 
 the Reformer resting on a fluted Doric column fifty-eight feet in 
 height. The base of the column is fifteen feet square ; it presents 
 the following lengthened inscription : 
 
 " To testify gratitude for inestimable Services in the cause of 
 Religion, Education, and Civil Liberty ; to awaken admiration of 
 that Integrity, Disinterestedness, and Courage, which stood un- 
 shaken in the midst of trials, and in the maintenance of the highest 
 objects ; finally, to cherish unceasing reverence for the Principles 
 and Blessings of that Great Reformation, by the influence of which 
 OUT Country, through the midst of Difficulties, has arisen to Honour,
 
 THE NECKOPOLIS. 471 
 
 Prosperity, and Happiness : this monument is erected, by volun- 
 tary contribution, to the memory of John Knox, the Chief Instru- 
 ment, under God, of the Eeformation of Scotland on the xxii. 
 day of September, MDCCCXXV. He died, rejoicing in the faith of the 
 Gospel, at Edinburgh, on the xxiv. of November, A.D. 1572, in the 
 sixty-seventh year of his age. 
 
 " The lletbrination produced a revolution in the sentiments of 
 mankind, the greatest as well as the most beneficial that has hap- 
 pened since the publication of Christianity. 
 
 "In 1547, and in the city where his friend George Wish art had 
 suffered, John Knox, surrounded with dangers, first preached the 
 doctrines of the Reformation. In 1557, on the 24th of August, the 
 Parliament of Scotland adopted the Confession of Faith presented 
 by the Reformed Ministers, and declared Popery to be no longer 
 the religion of this kingdom. 
 
 " John Knox became then a minister of Edinburgh, where he con- 
 tinued to his death, the incorruptible guardian of our best interests. 
 ' I can take God to witness,' he declared, ' that I never preached 
 in contempt of any man ; and wise men will consider that a true 
 friend cannot flatter, especially in a case that involves the salvation 
 of the bodies and souls, not of a few persons but of a whole realm.' 
 When laid in the grave the Regent said, ' There lieth he who never 
 feared the face of man, who was often threatened with dag and 
 dagger, yet hath ended his days in peace and honour.' 
 
 "Among the early and distinguished friends of the Reformation 
 should be especially remembered Sir James Sandilands, of Calder; 
 Alexander, Earl of Glencairn ; Archibald, Earl of Argyle; and Lord 
 James Stewart, afterwards known by the name of 'The Good 
 Regent'; John Erskine of Dun, and John Row, who were distin- 
 guished among the Reformed Ministers for their cultivation of 
 ancient and modern literature ; Christopher Goodman and John 
 Willock, who came from England to preach the gospel in Scotland ; 
 and John Winram, John Spottiswood, and John Douglas, who with 
 John Row and John Knox, compiled the first Confession of Faith, 
 which was presented to the Parliament of Scotland ; and also -the 
 first Book of Discipline. 
 
 " Patrick Hamilton, a youth of high rank and distinguished attain- 
 ments, was the first martyr in Scotland for the cause of the Refor- 
 mation. He was condemned to the flames at St. Andrews in 1528, 
 and the twenty-fourth year of his age. From 1530 to 1540 per- 
 secution raged in every quarter. Many suffered the most cruel 
 deaths, and many fled to England and the Continent. Among 
 those early martyrs were Jerome Russell and Alexander Kennedy, 
 two young men of great piety and talent, who suffered at Glasgow 
 in 1538. In 1544 George Wishart returned to Scotland, from
 
 472 LANARKSHIRE. 
 
 which he had been banished, and preached the gospel in various 
 quarters. In 1546 this heavenly-minded man, the friend and 
 instructor of Knox, was also committed to the flames at St. 
 Andrews." 
 
 Seven years before the erection of the Knoxian monument, a 
 proposal wsts instituted by the poet Mothervvell to rear on the West 
 Craigs a national monument to Wallace. In a prospectus issued 
 in 1818 by the enthusiastic poet, he thus wrote: " The site con- 
 sidered most eligible for this monument is the Fir Park, a com- 
 manding eminence to the east of the Glasgow Cathedral, and 
 separated from the heights on which that ancient and noble edifice 
 stands by the Molendinar Burn. Over and above its many local 
 advantages there are other circumstances which plead strongly in 
 favour of this spot. In its immediate vicinity was laid the scene 
 of one of Wallace's earliest skirmishes, ending in the complete 
 rout of the English commanded by Percy. From it can be seen 
 Elderslie, the place of Wallace's nativity, as well as Ptobroyston, 
 where he was betrayed. . . . The monument will be a lofty 
 circular tower of unhewn whinstone, quarried from the rock on 
 which it is proposed to be erected. It will have a spiral staircase, 
 so that visitors may enjoy the lovely and extensive prospect to be 
 obtained from its summit." 
 
 MotherwelTs proposal was so far entertained ; 252 persons sub- 
 scribed a guinea each, and a meeting was held at Glasgow in 
 March, 1819, when, under the presidentship of the Lord Provost, 
 the Earl of Buchan and other notable persons made suitable 
 orations. A committee of sixty noblemen and gentlemen were 
 appointed to raise additional funds and to procure a suitable 
 design. The proposal fell into abeyance, and the balance of sub- 
 scriptions, some 60, were deposited in the Union Bank at 
 Glasgow, to augment the unclaimed deposits of that prosperous 
 corporation. 
 
 William Motherwell, the poet, has in these romantic grounds 
 long since found a grave and a tombstone. He was born in High 
 Street, Glasgow, on the 13th October, 1797. His father was an
 
 THE NECROPOLIS. 473 
 
 ironmonger in the city. His parents having removed to Edinburgh 
 early in the century, he attended the High School of that city ; he 
 afterwards studied at the Grammar School of Paisley. For one 
 session he attended classes in Glasgow College. In 1819 he was 
 appointed Sheriff Clerk Depute of Eenfrewshire, an office which he 
 held till 1830, when he accepted the editorship of the Glasgow 
 Courier. From boyhood he evinced poetical talent of a high order ; 
 he produced the first draught of his beautiful ballad of " Jeanie 
 Morrison" in his fourteenth yea.r. In 1819 he edited the "Harp 
 of Renfrewshire," to which he contributed an introductory essay 
 and valuable notes. His " Minstrelsy Ancient and Modern " ap- 
 peared in 1827, and secured him the correspondence of Sir "Walter 
 Scott. In 1832 he published his best poetical compositions in a 
 small volume entitled " Poems, Narrative and Lyrical." He died 
 suddenly on the 1st November, 1835, at the age of thirty-eight. In 
 admiration of his genius the citizens of Glasgow have raised in the 
 Necropolis a monument to his memory, a Gothic temple twenty 
 feet in height. It contains his bust by Fillans, while on the 
 pedestal and four pilasters are carvings illustrating passages in his 
 works. The inscription is as follows : 
 
 " Erected 
 By admirers of the poetic genius of 
 
 "William MotherweU, 
 Who died 1st November, 1835, aged 38 years. 
 
 " Not as a record he lacketh a stone ! 
 Tis a fond debt to the singer we've known 
 Proof that our love for his name hath not flown, 
 
 "With the frame perishing 
 
 That we are cherishing 
 Feelings akin to the lost poet's own." 
 
 The proposal to erect a monument to John Knox at Glasgow 
 was suggested by William McGaviu, author of " The Protestant." 
 This excellent individual was born on the 25th August, 1773, in 
 the parish of Auchinleck, Ayrshire. Only a short time at school, 
 he was apprenticed to a silk- weaver in Paisley; he afterwards
 
 474 LANARKSHIRE. 
 
 became assistant to a bookseller. In 1793 he conducted a 
 seminary, but soon relinquished the drudgery of tuition. Entering 
 the office of a cotton merchant at Glasgow, he obtained charge 
 of the business, and in 1813 was accepted as a partner. For 
 some years he acted as collegiate pastor in an Independent 
 church. From 1818 to 1822 he edited The Protestant, a periodical 
 publication devoted to the exposure of papal error. This work 
 was subsequently printed in four large volumes, and commanded 
 wide attention. In 1822 Mr. McGavin became manager of the 
 Glasgow Branch of the British Linen Bank. He died suddenly on 
 the 23rd August, 1832. His remains were interred in the crypt of 
 Wellington Street Chapel, and in the following year a monument 
 to his memory was by public subscription reared in the Necropolis. 
 It is thirty-five feet in height ; and consists of a pedestal projecting 
 into four wings, in form of a St. Andrew's cross, surmounted by an 
 elegant statue. The pedestal is thus inscribed : 
 
 " To the memory of William M'Gavin, author of TJie Protestant, 
 &c., &c., who died on the 23rd August, 1832, aged fifty-nine years. 
 This monument has been erected by Ids fellow-citizens 
 MDCCCXXXIV." 
 
 A monument designed by Fillans commemorates Dugald Moore, 
 an ingenious and short-lived poet. He was born in Stockwell 
 Street, Glasgow, in 1805. Bred a tobacco-boy, he was afterwards 
 received into the copper-printing establishment of James Lumsden 
 and Son, booksellers. Under the patronage of Mr. Lumsden, senior, 
 he published in 1829 a volume of poems entitled, " The African ; a 
 Tale, and other Poems." Several other volumes of poems appeared 
 from his pen. From the profits of his writings he opened a book- 
 selling establishment in Queen Street, which became the rendezvous 
 of men of letters. Moore died unmarried on the 2nd January, 
 1841, aged thirty-six. His monument was reared by public sub- 
 scription ; it contains his bust in marble, accompanied by these 
 lines from his poem, " The Bard of the North " : 
 
 " School'd in adversity ; he was reared 
 By her in winter; and he went
 
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 Forth in the frosty pilgrimage of life 
 
 To face the tempests, and to fling them back 
 
 With the strong arm of virtue and resolve." 
 
 Though slightly known to fame, Moore is entitled to a respect- 
 able place among Scottish minor poets. His themes are lofty and 
 his language rich and copious. 
 
 Alexander Rodger, another minor poet, is in the Necropolis 
 honourably commemorated. His monument, a handsome erection, 
 presents a medallion of the poet's head, along with the following 
 inscription : 
 
 " To the memory of Alexander Rodger, a poet, gifted with feel- 
 ing, humour, and fancy ; a man animated by generous, cordial, and 
 comprehensive sympathies, which adversity could not repress nor 
 popularity enfeeble, this monument is erected in testimony of 
 public esteem. Born at Mid-Calder, 16th Julv, 1784, died at 
 Glasgow, 26th September, 1846. 
 
 " What though with Burns thou couldst not vie, 
 In diving deep or soaring high ; 
 What though thy genius did not blaze 
 Like his, to draw the public gaze ; 
 Yet thy sweet numbers, free from art, 
 Like his can touch, can melt the heart." 
 
 Rodger was apprenticed in his twelfth year to a silversmith in 
 Edinburgh. He afterwards became a weaver in Glasgow, when he 
 also acted as a music-master. Extreme in his political opinions 
 he was led in 1819 to support a journal which promoted disaffec- 
 tion; he was convicted of revolutionary practices and sent to 
 prison. He was subsequently employed in the Barrowfield Works. 
 In 1836 he became assistant-editor of the Reformer's Gazette, a 
 situation which he held till his death. Many of his poems are 
 disfigured by coarse political allusions, but several of his songs are 
 of a high order, and are deservedly popular. 
 
 A handsome cenotaph commemorates Thomas Atkinson, book- 
 seller and miscellaneous writer. He was born at Glasgow in 1801. 
 On completing the usual apprenticeship he commenced business
 
 476 LANARKSHIRE. 
 
 as a bookseller in the city in partnership with David Robertson, 
 subsequently King's publisher. Of active habits, he conducted 
 with his partner a successful bookselling trade, yet found leisure 
 for literary pursuits. At an early age he published the " Sextuple 
 Alliance," ^a series of" poems on Napoleon Buonaparte. In 1827 lie 
 produced " The Ant," a work in two volumes. " The Chameleon," 
 a sort of annual, which he commenced in 1831, extended to three 
 octavo volumes. Distinguished as a liberal politician, Mr. Atkinson 
 was invited to become a candidate in the liberal interest for the 
 parliamentary representation of the Stirling burghs at the general 
 election subsequent to the passing of the Reform Bill. The fatigues 
 of the canvass superinduced an illness which terminated in con- 
 sumption. During a voyage he had undertaken to Barbadoes for 
 the recovery of his health he died at sea, on the 10th October, 
 1833. His remains, placed in an oaken coffin which he had taken 
 along with him, were buried in the deep. He bequeathed a sum, 
 to be applied after accumulation in founding a hall in Glasgow for 
 the furtherance of adult education. 
 
 These lines, of his own composition, adorn his cenotaph : 
 
 " "While, when beneath the verge of time, 
 
 I've sped as soon I know 'twill be 
 I rise, but in another clirue 
 Uncircling fixed eternity." 
 
 David Robertson, the business partner of the preceding, is com- 
 memorated by an elegant monument reared by subscription. Son 
 of a farmer in the Vale of Menteith, Perthshire, he was there born 
 in 1795. In his 15th year he was apprenticed to a bookseller in 
 the Trongate, Glasgow, on whose death, in 1823, he succeeded to 
 the business. In 1832 he published "Whistle Binkie," a collection 
 of Scottish modern songs. He afterwards issued "The Laird of 
 Logan," a collection of anecdotes chiefly connected with the West 
 of Scotland. He died of cholera on the 6th October, 1854, much 
 lamented by a large circle of attached friends. 
 
 Another Glasgow bookseller of literary tastes rests in the 
 Necropolis Robert Stuart, author of " Caledonia Romana." This
 
 THE NECROPOLIS. 477 
 
 ingenious individual was bora at Glasgow on the 21st January, 
 1812. After some desultory education in town and country, he 
 joined his father in a bookselling establishment at Glasgow in 1826. 
 In his 20th year he began to insert short poems to the Literary 
 Rambler, a local periodical ; he afterwards contributed to Chambers' s 
 Journal and Tait's Magazine, and in 1834 produced a small volume 
 entitled " Ina and other Fragments in Verse." As the result of 
 several years' labour he published in 1844, in an elegant quarto, 
 his " Caledonia Romana," a descriptive account of the occupation 
 of Scotland by the Romans. In 1848 he published a second quarto, 
 entitled " Views and Notices of Glasgow in Former Times." He 
 died of cholera on the 23rd December, 1848, at the age of thirty- 
 seven, leaving a widow and several children. A second edition of 
 "Caledonia Romana" was issued in 1852, to which is prefixed a 
 short memoir of the author's life. 
 
 A plain monument commemorates Michael Scott, an ingenious 
 and entertaining writer. He was born in Edinburgh on the 30th 
 October, 1789.. From 1806 to 1822 he resided in Jamaica. He 
 subsequently engaged in mercantile pursuits at Glasgow. To 
 Blackwood's Magazine he contributed anonymously his entertaining 
 sketches " Tom Cringle's Log " and " The Cruise of the Midge," 
 which at the time of their appearance and subsequently attracted 
 much attention. He died at Glasgow on the 6th November, 1835. 
 
 An elegant tomb, of octagonal form, celebrates William Rae 
 Wilson, LL.D., author of" Travels in the Holy Land." He was born 
 in Paisley, on the 7th June, 1772 ; his father's name was Rae, but 
 he assumed the family name of Wilson on succeeding to the estate 
 of his uncle, John Wilson, one of the Town Clerks of Glasgow. 
 Bred to legal pursuits, he occupied himself chiefly in foreign travel. 
 He died at London in 1849, and in compliance with his request, 
 his body was brought to Glasgow and interred in the Necropolis. 
 On a tablet of statuary marble his monument is thus inscribed : 
 
 " In Memory of William Rae Wilson, LL.D., late of Kelvinbank, 
 who died 2nd June, 1849, aged seventy- six, author of ' Travels in
 
 478 LANARKSHIRE. 
 
 the Holy Land,' and editor of other works written on that and 
 other countries during many years. 
 
 " Thy servants take pleasure in her stones, 
 And favour the dust thereof. 
 
 " This tablet is inscribed by his affectionate wife." 
 
 / 
 
 A hexagonal temple, resembling the monument of Lysicrates at 
 Athens, celebrates the Eev. John Dick, D.D., Professor of Divinity 
 in the United Secession Church ; it is inscribed as follows : 
 
 " To the Memory of John Dick, D.D., Professor of Theology to 
 the United Secession Synod, and minister of Greyfriars' Church, 
 Glasgow ; who was born at Aberdeen the 10th of October, 1764, 
 and died at Glasgow, the 25th of January, 1833. 
 
 "Erected by his congregation, 1838." 
 
 Having studied at King's College, Aberdeen, and the Divinity 
 Hall of the Secession Church, Dr. Dick was licensed as a preacher 
 in 1785. He was ordained at Slateford in October, 1786, where 
 he continued till 1801, when he became collegiate pastor of Grey- 
 friars Secession Church, Glasgow. In 1820 he was appointed Pro- 
 fessor of Theology to the Associate Synod. He died on the 25th 
 January, 1833, in the sixty-ninth year of his age and forty-seventh 
 of his ministry. His theological lectures were published posthu- 
 mously ; these, and his " Essay on the Inspiration of the Scriptures," 
 have obtained deserved commendation. 
 
 An obelisk of red granite commemorates the Eev. Hugh Heugh, 
 D.D., minister of the Secession Church, Blackfriars Street. Son of 
 the Eev. John Heugh, minister of the anti-burgher congregation 
 at Stirling, he was born on the 12th August, 1782. Having 
 studied at the University of Edinburgh and the University Hall 
 of the Associate Synod, he was licensed to preach on the 22nd 
 February, 1804. In 1806 he was ordained colleague to his father 
 at Stirling. In 1819 he was elected Moderator of the Associate 
 Synod, and was afterwards invited to the pastorate of a congre- 
 gation in Blackfriars Street, Glasgow. To that charge he was 
 translated in September, 1821. On the outbreak of the voluntary
 
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 controversy in 1832 he took a prominent part in the discussions, 
 and obtained celebrity as a platform orator. He died on the 10th 
 June, 1846. For many years Dr. Heugh exercised a powerful 
 advocacy on behalf of religious and charitable institutions. 
 
 A monument of Peterhead granite, surmounted by a bust, cele- 
 brates the Rev. Ralph Wardlaw, D.D., the eminent theological 
 writer. Dr. Wardlaw was descended from the ancient family of 
 Wardlaw of Pitreavie, one of the members of which was the cele- 
 brated Bishop Wardlaw, of St. Andrews, founder of the University 
 in that city. His father was one of the magistrates of Glasgow, 
 and his mother granddaughter of the celebrated Ebenezer Erskine. 
 Born at Dalkeith on the 22nd September, 1779, he became a stu- 
 dent at the theological seminary of the Secession Church, when the 
 brothers Haldane began their lay preaching in 1797. Attracted by 
 the new movement he attached himself to the Congregationalists, 
 and in 1803 became pastor of the Independent Church, Albion 
 Street, Glasgow. In 1811 he was appointed theological tutor in 
 the Academy of the Scottish Congregational Church. Though 
 frequently offered important preferment he continued to minister 
 at Glasgow to his large and attached flock. He died on the 17th 
 December, 1853, in his seventy-fourth year and fiftieth of his 
 ministry. Dr. Wardlaw was author of numerous works in theology, 
 homiletics, and Christian biography. His memoirs have been pub- 
 lished by the Rev. William Lindsay Alexander, D.D. 
 
 In an elevated spot of the Necropolis an elegant monument, 
 reared by public subscription, celebrates Duncan Macfarlan, D.D., 
 minister of the High Church and Principal of Glasgow College ; it 
 is thus inscribed : 
 
 " In memory of the Very Rev. Duncan Macfarlan, D.D. Born 
 1771. Died 1857. Succeeded his father as minister of Drymen, 
 1792. Became Principal of Glasgow College 1820, and minister 
 of St. Mungo, the original parish of Glasgow, 1824. Erected 
 1861." 
 
 " Principal Macfarlan, as a minister of the gospel, was faithful and 
 diligent ; as a member of the Church of Scotland, his knowledge of 
 its constitution and history, his zeal for its stability and extension,
 
 480 LANARKSHIRE. 
 
 and his sound judgment and sagacious counsel in circumstances of 
 difficulty obtained for him the confidence and respect of his 
 brethren, and the singular honour of having twice filled the chair 
 of the General Assembly. 
 
 " In the University he strenuously upheld its privileges, and judi- 
 ciously watched over its interests ; he enjoyed the confidence of his 
 colleagues and the respect of the students. 
 
 " In the management of the public institutions of the city, his 
 great sagacity and good sense, joined to an extensive experience, 
 and a singular aptitude for business, made his services valuable, 
 while his firm adherence to principle, and his dignified yet courteous 
 demeanour, secured for him the esteem of all who had intercourse 
 with him. To erect this memorial of his honoured and useful life 
 all classes of the community cordially contributed." 
 
 Dr. Macfarlan was born at Auchingray, on the 27th September, 
 1771 ; his father, who bore the same Christian name, was ordained 
 minister of Drymen in 1743, and died in 1791. Having studied 
 at the University of Glasgow he was licensed to preach in 1791, 
 and in the following year was ordained at Drymen as his father's 
 successor. In 1815 he was appointed one of His Majesty's Chap- 
 lains, and in May, 1819, was elected Moderator of the General 
 Assembly. In 1820 he became Principal of Glasgow College, and 
 was in 1824 admitted minister of the High Church. In 1835 he 
 originated the colonial scheme of the General Assembly, and con- 
 tinued its convener till 1856. On the event of the Secession in 
 May, 1843, he was a second time elected Moderator of Assembly. 
 He died on the 25th November, 1857, in his eighty-seventh year 
 and the sixty-sixth of his ministry. 
 
 An obelisk of Peterhead granite, resting on a basement of black 
 marble, commemorates Henry Monteith, of Carstairs, a prosperous 
 and enterprising citizen. Third son of James Monteith, of Ander- 
 ston, he was born in 1765. Prior to 1801 he carried on a manu- 
 facturing business as junior partner in the house of Kobertson and 
 Monteith ; he subsequently became principal partner of the 
 opulent firm of Henry Monteith, Bogle, & Co., whose manufactory 
 of Bandana handkerchiefs became celebrated over Europe. In 1819 
 he purchased the estate of Carstairs, near Lanark. In 1814, and
 
 THE NECROPOLIS. 481 
 
 on a subsequent occasion he was elected Chief Magistrate of Glas- 
 gow, and he continued to evince a deep interest in civic affairs. 
 For many years he was parliamentary representative of the Lanark 
 burghs. He died on the 14th December, 1848. 
 
 A monument, representing the stage and proscenium of a theatre, 
 celebrates John Henry Alexander, of the Theatre Eoyal, Glasgow. 
 This ingenious individual was born at Dunse, Berwickshire, on the 
 31st July, 1796. At an early age his parents removed to Glasgow, 
 where, in his thirteenth year, he was apprenticed to a hosier. With 
 a remarkable taste for mimicry he practised private theatricals ; and 
 having attracted the notice of the managers of Queen Street 
 Theatre, he obtained an opportunity of publicly exhibiting his gifts. 
 In his sixteenth year he adopted the histrionic profession. For 
 some seasons he was employed in a theatre at Newcastle ; he sub- 
 sequently performed at Carlisle, and afterwards in the Theatre 
 Royal, Edinburgh. At Edinburgh his successful impersonations 
 of Dandie Dinmont and other characters of the Waverley 
 hovels gained him the friendship of Sir Walter Scott. After 
 some changes he accepted the managership of the Dunlop Street 
 Theatre, Glasgow, of which he became proprietor in 1829. He 
 rebuilt the structure in 1840 ; it was partially destroyed by fire on 
 the 17th February, 1849, when 65 persons unhappily perished. 
 The shock which he experienced on this occasion seriously affected 
 his health, and in 1851 he found it expedient to retire from his 
 profession. He died on the 15th December, 1851, aged fifty-five. 
 On his tombstone are inscribed these lines from the pen of Mr. 
 James Hedderwick, the editor of the Glasgow Citizen : 
 
 " Fallen is the curtain, the last scene is o'er, 
 The favourite actor treads life's stage no more. 
 Oft lavish plaudits from the crowd he drew, 
 And laughing eyes confessed his humour true ; 
 Here fond affection rears this sculptured stone, 
 For virtues not enacted, but his own. 
 A constancy unshaken unto death, 
 A truth unswerving, and a Christian's faith ; 
 Who knew him best have cause to mourn him most. 
 Oh, weep the man, more than the actor lost ! 
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 482 LANARKSHIRE. 
 
 Unnumbered parts he play'd, yet to the end 
 His best were those of husband, father, friend." 
 
 Robert Kettle, President of the Scottish Temperance League, is 
 commemorated by a handsome obelisk. Born at Kintillo, near 
 Perth, on the 18th December, 1791, he at first entertained views 
 towards the ministry. These were abandoned, and he engaged in 
 mercantile concerns. In 1815 he became clerk to William Kelly 
 & Co., manufacturers, Glasgow, with whom he remained till 1829, 
 when he began business on his own account. He joined the tem- 
 perance movement in 1830. In 1838 he was elected President of 
 the Glasgow Abstinence Society ; in the following year he under- 
 took the editorship of the Scottish Temperance Journal. He latterly 
 recommended the cause of Savings Banks. He died on the 23rd 
 March, 1852, deeply lamented by his fellow-citizens. 
 
 A monument celebrates James Eeddie, LL.D., advocate and City 
 Clerk. Born at Dysart, Fifeshire, in November, 1775, he studied 
 at the University of Edinburgh, and passed advocate in 1797. 
 With a high reputation as a lawyer, he was, in 1804, unanimously 
 elected Town Clerk of Glasgow, and Presiding Judge in the Burgh 
 Court. The onerous duties of his appointment he discharged with 
 great ability and unceasing vigilance. In 1840 he published 
 " Inquiries, Elementary and Historical, in the Science of Law ;" 
 and in the following year " An Historical view of the Law of Mari- 
 time Commerce." His subsequent publications, " Inquiries in In- 
 ternational Law," and "Researches, Historical and Critical in 
 Maritime International Law," are, with the former, held as standard 
 authorities. Dr. Reddie died on the 5th April, 1852. 
 
 A colossal statue of white marble, executed by Park, comme- 
 morates Charles Tennant, of St. Rollox. This enterprising indivi- 
 dual was born at Ochiltree House, Ayrshire, in 1768. Apprenticed 
 to a silk weaver at Paisley, he subsequently became a bleacher in 
 the neighbourhood of that town. Having in 1797 discovered the 
 chloride of lime as a bleaching agent, he took out a patent for his 
 invention, and two years afterwards erected the chemical works at
 
 THE NECROPOLIS. 483 
 
 St. Bollox. As principal owner of these works Mr. Tennant 
 exercised a powerful influence, which he employed in promoting 
 the best interests of the community. He accelerated the construc- 
 tion of railways in the west of Scotland. He died on the 1st Octo- 
 ber, 1838, aged seventy-one. 
 
 A massive sarcophagus of Peterhead granite celebrates James 
 Ewing, LL.D. Second son of Walter Ewing, West India merchant, 
 he was born at Glasgow, on the 5th December, 1775. Educated at 
 the High School, he entered on business at an early age ; he was 
 elected Dean of Guild, in 1815. In 1817 he published his 
 " History of the Merchant's House." He exerted himself in pro- 
 curing the abolition of the Burgess oath, which, after some oppo- 
 sition, he accomplished. In 1827 he took an active part in pro- 
 moting the erection of the Royal Exchange ; in the following year 
 he initiated the movement for the construction of the Necropolis. 
 He was, in 1831, elected Lord Provost, and in the following year 
 was chosen one of the city's representatives in the Eeformed Par- 
 liament. Soon after, he received the degree of LL.D. from the 
 University. In 1836 he purchased the estate of Levenside, after- 
 wards Strathleven, and retiring from public affairs devoted him- 
 self to rural pleasures and works of benevolence. He died on the 
 20th November, 1853 ; he bequeathed 70,000 to charitable pur- 
 poses. 
 
 An elegant monumental sarcophagus commemorates the Eev. 
 Thomas Brown, D.D., minister of Free St. John's Church. This 
 eminent clergyman was born in the parish of Closeburn, Dum- 
 friesshire, on the 9th August, 1776. Educated at Wallacehall, and 
 afterwards at the Universities of Edinburgh and Glasgow, he was 
 licensed to preach in 1804. In 1807 he was ordained minister of 
 Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire ; he there ministered till 1826, when 
 he accepted a call to St John's Church, Glasgow. Eor some years 
 preceding the Disruption in 1843 he actively upheld the views of 
 the dominant party, and on the event of the Disruption he adhered 
 to the Free Church. He ministered in Free St. John's Church till 
 within a few weeks of his decease ; he died on the 23rd January,
 
 484 LANARKSHIRE. 
 
 1847, in his seventieth year and fortieth of his ministry. On his 
 monument he is commended thus : 
 
 " He walked with God like Enoch : preached with the fervor of 
 Apollos : and, combining undaunted firmness with great gentleness 
 and benevolence, presented, through grace, a bright example of 
 Christian excellence and pastoral fidelity." 
 
 The Eev. Edward Irving, whose remains rest in the Cathedral 
 crypt* is with his sister, Mrs. Dickson, commemorated by an elegant 
 monument of Aberdeen granite, inscribed thus : 
 
 " Sacred to the memory of the Eev. Edward Irving, A.M., who 
 was born at Annan, Dumfriesshire, on the 4th August, 1792 ; and 
 died at Glasgow, on the 8th December, 1834, aged forty-two years. 
 His remains are interred in the crypt of the adjoining Cathedral. 
 
 " Janet Irving, sister of the late Eev. Edward Irving, and wife 
 of Eobert Dickson, Esquire, late of Annan, Dumfriesshire, who 
 died at Glasgow, on the 29th August, 1849, aged fifty-five 
 years." 
 
 An elegant monument celebrates Eobert Muter, D.D. Born at 
 Stonehouse, Lanarkshire, on the 13th August, 1771, he studied at 
 the Divinity Hall of the Associate Synod, and obtaining license 
 was invited in 1800 to undertake the pastorate of the Associate 
 Church, Duke Street, Glasgow. There he ministered till his death, 
 which took place on the 5th May, 1842, in the seventy-first year 
 of his age, and forty-second of his ministry. 
 
 The Eev. William Brash, United Presbyterian minister, is com- 
 memorated by a monument of Elizabethan architecture. Born at 
 Edinburgh, on the 1st March, 1794, he was educated at the High 
 School and University of that city. After some preparatory 
 studies at the Theological Hall of the Associate Synod, he was 
 licensed to preach in March, 1815. In December of the same year 
 he was ordained collegiate minister of East Campbell Street con- 
 gregation, where he continued to minister till his death, which 
 took place on the 24th November, 1851. 
 
 * See page 458.
 
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 A tall and massive monument commemorates William Dunn 
 of Duntocher. This enterprising mechanician and successful agri- 
 culturist was born at Kirkintilloch, on the 5th October, 1770. 
 Having been apprenticed to a machine maker, he in 1798 com- 
 menced business on his own account, and obtained a high reputa- 
 tion for the superiority of his machines. He subsequently carried 
 on a large business as a cotton spinner. Through his enterprise 
 the village of Duntocher became a centre of manufacturing in- 
 dustry. He realized a fortune of 500,000, a portion of which he 
 bequeathed to charitable purposes. He died on the 13th March, 
 1849. 
 
 A plain monument celebrates Thomas Thomson, M.D., F.B.S., 
 Professor of Chemistry in the University. Dr. Thomson's remains 
 are interred in the Dean Cemetery, Edinburgh, where he is also 
 commemorated by a monument (see ante, p. 135). 
 
 A granite pillar marks the grave of Colin Dunlop of Tollcross. 
 Descended from an old family in Lanarkshire, he was born in 
 1775. Educated for the Scottish bar he became proprietor of 
 the Clyde Iron Works, and engaged in business pursuits. In 
 1835 he became a candidate for the representation of the city 
 in the liberal interest, and was returned. He died suddenly, on the 
 27th July, 1837. Mr. Dunlop was much esteemed for his public 
 usefulness and private worth. 
 
 An elegant monument, in the form of a sarcophagus, celebrates 
 James Sheridan Knowles, the ingenious dramatist. Son of James 
 Knowles, an eminent teacher of elocution, he was born at Cork on 
 the 12th May, 1784. For some time he held a commission in the 
 army; he afterwards performed as an actor at Dublin. Subse- 
 quently he taught elocution at Belfast and Glasgow. He next 
 devoted himself to dramatic composition, and from first to last pro- 
 duced fifteen plays, which, though not exhibiting high genius, have 
 been pronounced the best acting plays produced by any modern 
 Englishman. In 1845 he relinquished the stage, and devoted 
 himself to serious studies. He died at Torquay, Devonshire, on the 
 30th November, 1862.
 
 486 LANARKSHIRE. 
 
 A handsome monument of Aberdeen granite denotes the resting- 
 place of John Strang, LL.D., City Chamberlain. This accom- 
 plished scholar was son of a wine merchant, and was born in the 
 city in 1795. Devoted to literary pursuits, he, in early man- 
 x hood, travelled in France and Italy, and prosecuted philosophical 
 studies in Germany. Having visited some of the chief art galleries 
 on the Continent, he obtained celebrity as a fine art critic. In 1830 
 he published, under the pseudonym of Jeoffrey Crayon, jun., 
 " A Glance at the Exhibitions of the Works of fLiving Artists, 
 under the patronage of the Glasgow Dilletanti Society." His small 
 volume, entitled " Necropolis Glasguensis," published in 1831, es- 
 sentially contributed to the success of the movement for the con- 
 struction of the Necropolis. In 1836 he published "Travels in 
 Germany," in two octavo volumes. About the same time he was 
 elected Chamberlain of the city. His most popular work, " Glas- 
 gow and its Clubs," was issued in 1855, and soon passed into a 
 second edition. Dr. Strang died on the 8th December, 1863, aged 
 sixty-eight. He was a laborious student, and an acute and vigorous 
 administrator of public affairs. 
 
 Massive and elegant monuments celebrate James Mackenzie, of 
 Craig Park, who died 13th June, 1838, aged thirty-seven ; Hugh 
 Cogan, of the firm of Cogan and Bartholomew, died 28th August, 
 1855, aged sixty-three ; John Tait, editor of the Glasgow Liberator, 
 died 19th October, 1836, aged forty-one; John Spittal, M.D., died 
 27th March, 1840, aged thirty-four ; James Dennistoun, manager 
 of the Glasgow Bank, died llth October, 1835 ; Andrew Hender- 
 son, author of " Collection of Scottish Proverbs," died 9th April, 
 1835; Major Archibald Douglas Monteith, died 15th June, 1842 ; 
 James Connell, LL.D., mathematical master in the High School, 
 born 7th September, 1804, died 26th March, 1846 ; Lieut.-Colonel 
 Alexander Hope Pattison, K.H., Commander of the troops in the 
 Bahamas, died llth January, 1843, aged forty-eight ; Hugh Hamil- 
 ton, a political orator, born 25th June, 1791, died 25th December, 
 1837. 
 
 Among the other notable persons commemorated in the Necro-
 
 THE NECROPOLIS. 487 
 
 polls are the Eev. "William Black, D.D., minister of the Barony 
 Church, Glasgow, died 15th January, 1851, in the fiftieth year of 
 his age and twenty-fifth of his ministry ; the Eev. John Fairley, 
 minister of the Keformed Presbyterian Church, Glasgow, died 8th 
 August, 1837; the Eev. James Gardner, minister of Fairlie, died 
 17th December, 1836 ; John Dymock, LL.D., one of the masters 
 of the Grammar School, died 9th November, 1838 ; Lieut-Colonel 
 James McNair, K.H., died llth May, 1836 ; Patrick Playfair, of 
 Dalmarnock, born 14th September, 1765, died 26th November, 
 1836 ; James Towers, Professor of Midwifery in the University of 
 Glasgow, died 24th July, 1820 ; Peter Lawrence, sculptor, died 
 27th January, 1839; Alexander Hope Pattison, Lieutenant and 
 acting Adjutant of the 2nd West India Eegiment, died 28th Sep- 
 tember, 1834, aged twenty-one ; the Eev. Eobert Eoss, minister of 
 Free St. Mark's, died 12th October, 1847; Eev. William France, 
 Wesleyan minister, died llth October, 1850; the Eev. John Kirk- 
 land, Chaplain to the Forces, died 7th December, 1854 ; Eobert 
 Baird, of Auchmedden, Lord Dean of Guild, died 7th August, 
 1856 ; Dr. Alexander Haunay, died 22nd January, 1846 ; Dr. George 
 Black, died 7th January, 1847 ; Dr. John Black, died 8th January, 
 1865 ; Eobert Douie, master of the Grammar School, died April, 
 1853 ; James Buchanan, of Dowanhill, died 15th April, 1844 ; 
 James Davidson, of Euchill, died 1850 ; James Jeffrey, M,D., 
 Professor of Anatomy in the University, born 1759, died 1848; 
 William Johnston, of Glenorchard, died 6th December, 1864; 
 William Campbell, of Tillichewan, born 15th January, 1794, died 
 llth April, 1864; Donald Cuthbertson, LL.D., died 8th December, 
 1864 ; Eev. James Eobertson, D.D., minister of Shamrock Street, 
 U. P. Church, died 14th January, 1861 ; Eev. Matthew Barclay, 
 D.D., minister of the Free Church, Old Kilpatrick, died 22nd 
 January, 1865, aged seventy-six ; William Maclean, of Plantation, 
 died 22nd February, 1867 ; John Graham Gilbert, E.S.A., died 4th 
 June, 1866, aged seventy-two ; Eobert Stewart, of Murdostoun, Lord 
 Provost of Glasgow from 1851 to 1854, born 16th January. 1811, 
 died 12th September, 1866 ; John Panton, M.D., died 28th July,
 
 488 LANARKSHIRE. 
 
 1864 ; Charles S. P. Tennent, of Well Park, died 19th February, 
 1864, aged forty-seven; Rev. John Maclaren, minister of U. P. 
 Church, New City Road, died 21st June, 1859 ; William Syming- 
 ton, D.D., minister of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, Glasgow, 
 died 28th January, 1862 ; and James Boyd, D.D., minister of the 
 Tron Church, Glasgow, died 27th March, 1865, in the seventy- 
 ninth year of his age and forty-eighth of his ministry. 
 
 A monument commemorates Francois Foucart, an officer in the 
 Imperial Guard of France, Knight of the Legion of Honour, and 
 Professor of fencing in the Royal Academy of Paris, born at Valen- 
 ciennes in 1781, died at Glasgow in 1862. On his tombstone are 
 inscribed the following lines, composed by J. Sheridan Knowles : 
 
 " Talk you of scars ? that Frenchman bears a crown ! 
 Body and limb his vouchers palpable ; 
 For many a thicket he has struggled through 
 Of briery danger, wondering that he 
 Came off with even life, when right and left 
 His mates dropp'd thick beside him. A true man, 
 His rations with his master gone for he 
 Was honor's soldier, that ne'er changes sides. 
 He left his country for a foreign one 
 To teach his gallant art, and earn a home. 
 I knew him to be honest, generous, 
 High soul'd, and modest, every way a grace 
 To the fine martial nation whence he sprang." 
 
 On the tombstone of John Pattison, of Kelvingrove, merchant in 
 Glasgow, who died 28th December, 1807, aged fifty-seven, and of 
 his wife Hope Margaret Moncrieff, who died 3rd December, 1833, 
 aged seventy-seven, are the following stanzas : 
 
 " This native stone what few vain marbles can ? 
 May truly say, Here lies an honest man ! 
 A manly form, a firm yet brilliant mind, 
 Open as day, his heart loved all mankind ; 
 A lively faith, from superstition free, 
 A love of truth, and hate of tyranny. 
 Such this man was, who now from earth removed, 
 At length enjoys the liberty he loved.
 
 THE NECROPOLIS. 489 
 
 "And thou, his best beloved, his faithful wife, 
 The pride and solace of his wedded life ; 
 Our gentle mother honored, loved, revered 
 Whose sweet voice blest us, and whose bright eye cheered, 
 Thou too hast left us in this world of woe ; 
 Nor dare we murmur while we mourn the blow; 
 ' For we would ill requite thee to constrain 
 Thine unbound spirits into bonds again.' " 
 
 To denote the site of his father's dwelling, John Mitchell, 
 painter in Glasgow, has in the Necropolis erected an obelisk 
 inscribed as follows : 
 
 " In childhood's years, when full of sportive glee, 
 Here have I prattled on my mother's knee, 
 Eeceived her kind caress, her holy care, 
 As oft she breath'd for me her fervent prayer. 
 
 " Here did our parents and their children meet, 
 A happy circle joined in concord sweet ; 
 While upwards rose the voice of prayer and praise, 
 That God would lead us in his holy ways. 
 
 " As on this spot I drew my infant breath, 
 Here let me rest when I repose in death ; 
 And when the last trump's pealing notes shall sound, 
 Oh, may our lot among the blest be found." 
 
 From the numerous metrical epitaphs to be found in the Necro- 
 polis, we have selected the following : 
 
 " This little flower was early crop't, 
 But crop't by love divine." 
 
 " What joy when she resigned her breath, 
 For as her eyelids closed, she smiled in death." 
 
 " Thy word, O God, was found of me, 
 And I did eat it, and it was to me the joy 
 And rejoicing of mine heart." 
 
 " Thou wert not, Solomon, in all thy glory, 
 Arrayed, the lilies cry, in robes like these,
 
 490 LANARKSHIRE. 
 
 How vain your grandeur, Ab, how transitory 
 Are human flowers ! " 
 
 " Learn then, ye living ! By the mouths be taught 
 
 Of all these sepulchres, instructors true, 
 That, soon or late, death also is your lot, 
 And the next opening grave may yawn for you." 
 
 " The grave has eloquence ; its lectures teach 
 In silence louder than divine can preach. 
 Hear what it says, ye sons of folly, hear, 
 It speaks to you lend an attentive ear." 
 
 " Keep safe these treasures, chest of clay, 
 Till they are called for at the judgment-day; 
 For while these jewels here are set, 
 The grave is but their cabinet." 
 
 " Here sleeps a saint whose soul was ne'er cast down, 
 By earthly troubles ; now a heavenly crown 
 His brow adorns, while angels of the light 
 Hail him as brother in those regions bright 
 Where all is glorious, Christ in all appears, 
 And souls live happy through eternal years." 
 
 " She is gone ; she is gone to the land of light, 
 Where the glorious day ne'er sets in night; 
 Where a cloud ne'er comes across the sky, 
 Where the tears are wiped from every eye, 
 Where all is holiness, love, and bliss 
 And none regret a world like this."
 
 491 
 
 SOUTHERN NECROPOLIS. 
 
 In tliis cemetery rest the remains of Hugh Macdonald, an in- 
 genious and short-lived poet. Born at Bridgeton, Glasgow, on the 
 4th April, 1817, he was, after a short attendance at school, ap- 
 prenticed in the block-printing works of Monteith and Co., Barrow- 
 field. He afterwards opened a provision shop at Bridgeton, but the 
 venture did not succeed, and he returned to his trade. From his 
 house at Bridgeton to the block-printing works at Colinslie, near 
 Paisley, where he was now employed, he walked every morning, a 
 distance of eight miles, and after twelve hours' labour again walked 
 home. During these long journeys he improved himself by reading 
 and reflection, and he began to send contributions, both in prose 
 and verse, to the public journals. During a visit to Edinburgh in 
 the summer of 1846, he met with a kind reception from Professor 
 Wilson, who commended his verses. In 1849 he became sub-editor 
 of the Glasgow Citizen. In the columns of the Citizen he com- 
 menced his " Rambles Round Glasgow," a series of interesting and 
 amusing sketches, which, subsequently collected in a volume, 
 established his reputation. In 1855 he accepted the editorship of 
 the Glasgow Times; he contributed to that journal a series of 
 papers descriptive of the scenery of the Clyde, which he afterwards 
 published with the title of " Days at the Coast." Joining the 
 literary staff of the Morning Journal, a daily newspaper started at 
 Glasgow in June, 1858, he continued in this connection till his 
 death, which took place on the 16th March, 1860. His poetical 
 compositions were in 1865 published at Glasgow in a duodecimo 
 volume. Mr. Macdonald is commemorated by a short inscription 
 on a tombstone which he erected to the memory of his wife. She 
 died on the 25th October, 1855, and is by her husband celebrated 
 thus : 
 
 " The blighted flower shall bloom again, 
 
 The fallen star shall rise 
 Triumphant from the gloom of death 
 To glory in the skies."
 
 492 LANARKSHIRE. 
 
 An obelisk, erected by his friends, commemorates the Rev. Peter 
 Mathie, upwards of fourteen years editor of the Christian News. 
 He died llth January, 1864, aged seventy-two. 
 
 Two advocates of total abstinence are commemorated by hand- 
 some obelisks reared by the friends of temperance Malcolm 
 McFarlaue, who died 20th February, 1862, aged fifty-two, and 
 James Mitchell, who died 18th January, 1862, aged sixty-six. 
 
 An obelisk of Peterhead granite, erected by his congregation, 
 celebrates the pastoral diligence of the Eev. Jonathan Anderson, 
 minister of " Knox's Kirk of Scotland Tabernacle, Glasgow," who 
 died 10th January, 1859, aged fifty-six. 
 
 On his family tombstone Eobert Muir has thus celebrated a 
 hopeful son : 
 
 " Beneath this sacred monumental stone, 
 Designed for other mem'ry than his own, 
 The youthful architect to earth is given. 
 No, no ; this tomb his first and last attempt in art, 
 But marks without intent his mortal part, 
 He lives, whence his design with art, in heaven." 
 
 Andrew Thomson commemorates his infant daughter thus : 
 
 " See gentle patience smile on pain, 
 Till dying hope revives again ; 
 Hope wipes the tear from sorrow's eye, 
 And faith points upward to the sky." 
 
 In these lines William Brown laments the loss of his infant 
 
 son: 
 
 " These ashes few, this little dust, 
 Our Father's care shall keep, 
 Till the last angel rise and break 
 The long and peaceful sleep." 
 
 Dr. Robert Parker, who died in 1861, is thus lamented by his 
 widow : 
 
 " Sleep on, lov'd one, thy troubles o'er, 
 
 From cave and suffering free ; 
 The grief that rends this widowed heart 
 Can ne'er be felt by thee."
 
 SOUTHERN NECROPOLIS. 493 
 
 Peter Delacourt has inscribed these lines on his wife's grave- 
 stone : 
 
 " Shed not for her the bitter tear, 
 
 Nor give the heart to vain regret ; 
 Tis but the casket that here lies, 
 The gem that filled it sparkles yet." 
 
 Edward Morris, a temperance advocate, who died 1st August, 
 1860, has his tombstone inscribed thus: 
 
 " Dust to its narrow house beneath 
 
 Sent to the home on high ! 
 They that have seen thy look 
 
 In death no more need fear to die." 
 
 William Wood and his wife thus lament their infant son : 
 
 " Fare thee well, our last and fairest, 
 Dear wee Willie, fare thee well ; 
 God, who lent thee, hath recalled thee 
 Back, with Him and His to dwell." 
 
 On his short-lived wife Eobert Macintyre has composed these 
 verses : 
 
 " How soon her marriage morn is shaded, 
 
 But yesterday she was a bride ; 
 But scarce her orange flower had faded 
 When she, herself a flower, hath died." 
 
 " She lives in Christ, we dare not sorrow 
 
 That Christ her spouse hath called her home ; 
 But breaking hearts from this will borrow 
 Comfort for the days to come." 
 
 The children of William Cameron thus lament their departed 
 mother : 
 
 " Mother, thou wast mild and lovely, 
 
 Gentle as the summer breeze, 
 Pleasant as the air of evening 
 
 When it floats among the trees ; 
 Peaceful be thy silent slumber, 
 
 Peaceful in the grave so low,
 
 494 LANARKSHIRE. 
 
 Thou no more wilt join our number, 
 
 Thou no more our songs shalt know. 
 Dearest mother, thou hast left us, 
 
 Here thy loss we deeply feel, 
 But 'tis God that hath bereft us, 
 
 He can all our sorrow heal 
 Yet again we hope to meet thee 
 
 When the day of life is fled, 
 Then in heaven with joy to greet thee, 
 
 Where no farewell tear is shed." 
 
 In these touching stanzas Alexander Stewart mourns an infant 
 daughter : 
 
 " Our wee smilin' cherub just lent to our hearth 
 How we miss thy bit prattle an' innocent mirth, 
 Your merry guffaw, an' your sweet lispin' glee, 
 Your mammie's whole heart an' your daddie's ae e'e. 
 There's a blank by our hearth an' a blank by our knee, 
 And ilka bit plaything reminds us o' thee ; 
 A wee seat stan's empty, a wee dish an' spoon 
 Gars us think on our infant uicht, mornin', and noon/' 
 
 " Ay, we saw thee in pain, what my tongue couldna tell, 
 And kiss'd thy fair flushed cheek an' thocht 'twould be well ; 
 And we dreamit na that death, sae relentless an' stern, 
 Was sae near to thy wee heart, our ain bonnie bairn. 
 Then farewell our dear infant, farewell for a wee, 
 The time's fast approaching, we'll a' follow thee; 
 Our dust, mixed in thine, will be sma' late or soon, 
 And may we a' meet a family aboon." 
 
 On her tombstone Janet Grant, who died 19th April, 1858, is 
 described as having reached the age of one hundred and eleven 
 years. 
 
 SIGHTHILL CEMETERY. 
 
 Situated in the northern part of the city, Sigh thill Cemetery was 
 constructed in 1840.
 
 SIGHTHILL CEMETERY. 495 
 
 A monument commemorates the Eev. James Seaton Eeid, D.D., 
 author of " History of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland." 
 Born at Lurgan, in the province of Ulster, Dr. Reid studied at the 
 University of Glasgow. Licensed to preach in 1818, he was in the 
 same year ordained minister of the Presbyterian church at Done- 
 gore. In 1822 he was transferred to Carrickfergus, where he 
 ministered for fifteen years. In 1827 he was elected Moderator of 
 the Synod of Ulster. He was appointed Professor of Ecclesiastical 
 History in the Academical Institution, Belfast, in 1837, and four 
 years thereafter was preferred to the chair of Church History in 
 the University of Glasgow. He died on the 26th March, 1851. 
 The first volume of his work on the Irish Presbyterian Church 
 appeared in 1834. The third and last was published posthumously 
 in 1853. 
 
 Tombstones commemorate William Mossman, sculptor, and 
 Samuel Edmund Glover, of the Glasgow Theatre ; the former died 
 14th August, 1851, aged fifty-eight, the latter 24th October, 1860. 
 
 An elegant monument celebrates John Baird and Andrew 
 Hardie, political martyrs. It is inscribed thus : 
 
 " Erected by public subscription July, 1847, to the memory of 
 John Baird, aged thirty-two, and Andrew Hardie, aged twenty- 
 eight, who, for the cause of freedom, suffered death at Stirling, 
 8th September, 1820. 
 
 " Here lie the slain and mutilated forms 
 Of those who fell like martyrs true, 
 Faithful to freedom through a time of storms, 
 They met their fate, as patriots always do, 
 Despising death, which ne'er can noble souls subdue. 
 
 " Calmly they viewed death's dread and dark array, 
 
 Then, heaven directed, turned their prayerful eyes, 
 Serene in hope, they triumphed o'er dismay 
 
 Their country's wrongs alone drew forth their sighs, 
 And those to them endear'd by nature's holiest ties. 
 
 " But truth and right have better times brought round, 
 Now no more traitors scared by passing breath ;
 
 LANARKSHIRE. 
 
 For weeping Scotland hails this spot of ground, 
 And shrines with all who fell for freedom's faith, 
 Whose sons of hers, now fam'd, made glorious by their death." 
 
 " During the erection of this monument the committee applied 
 to Her Majesty's Government for permission to remove the mortal 
 remains of the two martyrs from Stirling to this spot, and after a 
 lengthened correspondence the following letter was received from 
 the Lord Advocate : 
 
 " Gwydyr House, Whitehall, 
 "London, 5th May, 18-17. 
 
 "SIR, 
 
 " I have laid the memorial for the relatives of Andrew Hardie and 
 John Baird before Secretary Sir George Grey, and I have the satis- 
 faction of informing you that, if the Kirksession of Stirling see no 
 objections upon other grounds, opposition will not be made on the 
 part of Government to the removal of the remains of these unfortu- 
 nate men from their present place of interment. 
 
 " But the permission is given under the express condition that the 
 removal shall take place without any public notice or intimation, 
 and without any procession, or concourse, or attendance of people, 
 but in the presence of a few friends only. 
 
 "ANDREW RUTHERFURD. 
 
 " In accordance with these instructions the exhumation took 
 place at an early hour on the morning of the 20th July, 1847, and 
 the remains were reinterred in front of the monument on the same 
 day in presence of a considerable assembly of friends. 
 
 " Here, then, they rest, and far in future years 
 Shall freedom dew the spot with memory's tears. 
 
 "This monument was repaired at considerable expense in 1865 
 by a few friends, under the superintendence of the original Hardie 
 and Baird and Martyrs' Stone Committee." 
 
 Margaret Humbie thus commemorates her departed husband : 
 
 " I know 'tis wrong in me to sigh, 
 Thy spirit's fled unto the sky, 
 Where thy sweet form I yet shall see, 
 As I still hope to be with thee."
 
 SIGHTHILL CEMETEEY. 497 
 
 William Robertson has on his wife's tombstone inscribed these 
 lines : 
 
 " A little while between our souls 
 
 The shadowy gulf must be ; 
 Yet have we for our communing 
 Still, still, eternity." 
 
 On the gravestone of his infant son, Thomas Dunlop has en- 
 graved the following : 
 
 " Blind parents, why those tears, 
 
 And why those bursting sighs ? 
 No weeping here bedims 
 Your little lov'd one's eyes." 
 
 Robert and Amelia Brownlee thus commemorate their infant 
 daughter : 
 
 " Here lies the body of a beloved child, 
 With talents rare and manners mild ; 
 The Almighty marked her for His own, 
 And she from earth to heaven has flown." 
 
 In memory of his infant daughter, James Sharpe has inscribed 
 the following : 
 
 " So fades the lovely blooming flower, 
 Frail, smiling offspring of an hour ; 
 So soon our transient comforts fly, 
 Pleasures which only bloom to die." 
 
 The tombstone of William Walker, who died in 1841, presents 
 the following : 
 
 " This languishing head is at rest, 
 
 Its drooping and aching are o'er ; 
 This quiet, immovable breast, 
 Is heav'd by affliction no more." 
 
 Peter Eodger, sailor, thus celebrates his brother John and his 
 wife: 
 
 " Our anchor is cast, cast down at last, 
 We hear no sound of storm or blast, 
 We see no rain, we feel no wind ; 
 But let us to our Saviour come, 
 A sailor's brother lyes here. 
 Also his wife he loved so dear." 
 
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 498 LANARKSHIRE. 
 
 On the gravestone of his infant son David Minto has inscribed 
 these lines : 
 
 " Now is his cradle bed under the sod, 
 But the spirit enjoys the sweet presence of God ; 
 In the morning of life he has gone to that shore 
 Where earth's mourners may meet and rejoice evermore. 
 The opening bud shall there blossom for ever, 
 Kind feelings shall ripen, and friends separate never." 
 
 John Hamilton, who died in 1844, is by his widow lamented 
 
 thus : 
 
 " Bear with me, my God, 
 If in the bitterness of mortal woe 
 I've dared to murmur at Thy high decree, 
 Look on my babe, who now no father has 
 But Thee. Oh, shield his helpless infancy 
 From sin and danger, and give me strength 
 To train him to do Thy will." 
 
 On the tombstone of William Miller, who died in 1851, are these 
 verses : 
 
 " Pause here and think ; a monitory rhyme 
 Demands one moment of thy fleeting time ; 
 Consult life's silent clock, thy bounding vein, 
 Seems it to say, health here has long to reign. 
 
 " Hast thou the vigour of thy youth ; an eye 
 That beams delight ? a heart untaught to sigh ? 
 Yet fear, youth ofttimes healthful and at ease 
 Anticipates a day it never sees." 
 
 William Bruce commemorates his daughter thus : 
 
 " Life ne'er exulted in so rich a prize 
 As Jeanie lovely from her native skies ; 
 Nor envious death so triumphed in a blow 
 As that which laid th' innocent Jeanie low. 
 Thy form and mind, sweet child, we'll ne'er forget, 
 In richest ore the brightest jewel set ; 
 In the high heaven above was truest shown, 
 As by His noblest work the Godhead best is known." 
 
 Captain William Douglas, of Maitland, Nova Scotia, has in- 
 scribed these verses on his son's gravestone :
 
 JANEFIELD CEMETERY. 499 
 
 " Let me go ! let me go ! for the purple is dawning, 
 
 Is mantling the dull dark tomb of time ; 
 And there stealeth the ray of a blissful morning, 
 That blushes and burns in a deathless clime. 
 
 " I have done with sin, I have done with sorrow, 
 
 I fly to the spotless realm of light ; 
 Where the day that is breaking shall have no morrow, 
 And the sun that is rising shall have no night." 
 
 On a tombstone commemorating their five young children, Hugh 
 Paterson and his wife have inscribed these verses : 
 
 " There fell upon our house a sudden gloom, 
 A shadow on those features fair and thin, 
 And softly from that hushed and darkened room, 
 Two angels issued where but one went in. 
 
 " And the mother gave in tears and pain 
 
 The flowers she most did love ; 
 She knew she should find them all again, 
 In the fields of light above. 
 
 " They shall all bloom in fields of light, 
 
 Transplanted by my care ; 
 And saints, upon their garments white, 
 These sacred blossoms wear." 
 
 JANEFIELD CEMETEEY. 
 
 This place of tombs, otherwise styled the Eastern Necropolis, 
 presents the following metrical epitaphs. 
 
 Sergeant William Eobertson, who died October, 1847, is cele- 
 brated thus : 
 
 " He whose kind ashes moulder here below, 
 
 Was once the gentlest model of his kind ; 
 He lived nor made himself a single foe, 
 He died nor left one enemy behind."
 
 500 LANARKSHIRE. 
 
 George Porter thus laments his infant daughter : 
 
 " Here lies a rose, a budding rose, 
 
 Blasted before its bloom, 
 Whose innocence did sweets disclose 
 
 Beyond that flower's perfume 
 To those who for her loss are grieved 
 
 This consolation's given 
 She's from a world of woe relieved 
 
 And blooms a rose in heaven." 
 
 Mrs. Sophia Brown thus commemorates her son, who died in 
 September, 1860, aged twenty-four : 
 
 " Months have rolled on, yet thou art not forgot ; 
 Years may roll on, yet I'll remember thee ; 
 No time nor change can ever, ever blot 
 Thy chastened image from my memory ; 
 No ; for thou art entwined around this heart ; 
 And while it beats, thou never can'st depart. 
 
 " For the calm sweet impression of that face 
 Death or the grave or time cannot efface 
 Such thoughts were selfish, thou art happier far. 
 Far, far, removed from sorrow, pain and grief ; 
 Thou hadst thy share of ills ; and I can bear 
 Thy loss, assured that thou hast found relief 
 From all the cankering cares which man annoy 
 From sin, from suffering, everything but joy." 
 
 WOODSIDE CEMETEKY, ANDERSTON. 
 
 From tombstones in this churchyard we have the following: 
 
 " Sleep on, sweet Babe, high heaven's all gracious King 
 Hath to eternal summers chang'd thy spring 
 Short tho' thy bloom the opening flower began 
 The promise fair when ripened into man." 
 
 " An aged Christian slumbers here 
 Whose faith was strong, her love sincere ; 
 Content she passed life's little span 
 In fearing God and serving man."
 
 PARISH OF GO VAN. 501 
 
 " As those we love decay we die in part, 
 String after string is sever'd from the heart ; 
 Till loosened life at last but breathing clay 
 Without one pang is glad to flee away. 
 Unhappy she who latest feels the blow, 
 Whose eyes have wept o'er every friend laid low ; 
 Dragg'd lingering on from partial death to death, 
 Till, dying all, she can resign her breath." 
 
 " Here lies the cold remains of one who seem'd to be 
 A flower to flourish in this world of woe ; 
 And tread the path along its stormy sea, 
 That path thus doom'd to mortals here below ; 
 This was my lot, sweet flower, that bloom'd to fall, 
 An early victim to death's fatal dart ; 
 But in thy death thou triumphed over all 
 For Heaven, dear youth, holds thy immortal part." 
 
 PAEISH OF GOVAK 
 
 In the vestibule of the old parish church a marble tablet com- 
 memorates the Eev. Hugh Binning, minister of the parish and a 
 celebrated preacher. Son of John Binning, of Dalvennan, a land- 
 owner at Straiton, in Ayrshire, he was born about 1627. Having 
 distinguished himself as a student at Glasgow College, he was 
 appointed Eegent of Philosophy in that University in his nine- 
 teenth year. In 1650 he was invited by the parishioners of Govan 
 to become their pastor, and accepting the call, was ordained to the 
 charge. In 1651 he joined the Protesting party in the church; 
 with a view to effect reconciliation between them and the Eeso- 
 lutioners, he composed his " Treatise on Christian Love." In the 
 disputation which Cromwell caused to be held at Glasgow between 
 his own Independent ministers and the Scottish Presbyterians, 
 Binning's fervid eloquence astonished even the Protector himself. 
 Binning died of consumption in September, 1653, in his twenty- 
 seventh year and the fourth of his ministry. His chief publications, 
 besides his " Treatise on Christian Love," are " The Common Prin-
 
 502 LANARKSHIRE. 
 
 ciples of the Christian Religion," " The Sinner's Sanctuary," and 
 " Fellowship with God." His tombstone is inscribed with a Latin 
 epitaph, composed by Principal Gillespie, of Glasgow College. 
 
 PARISH OF HAMILTON. 
 
 Within the enclosures of Hamilton Palace stands the magnificent 
 mausoleum of the Dukes of Hamilton. It was constructed at the 
 cost and under the superintendence of Alexander, the tenth Duke. 
 His Grace died on the 18th August, 1852, and his remains were 
 deposited in a sarcophagus which he caused to be prepared during 
 his life. The mausoleum also contains the remains of William 
 Alexander Anthony Archibald, son of the preceding, the eleventh 
 Duke of Hamilton. He died at Paris on the 15th July, 1863, aged 
 fifty-two. To his memory a monument has been reared on a pro- 
 jecting cliff of the Avon, near the entrance to Cadzow Forest. This 
 monument, which was erected by the tenantry on the Hamilton 
 estates, is of elegant construction. An open circular temple, twenty- 
 six feet in height and twenty-two feet in diameter, is raised upon a 
 rusticated basement, from which spring nine pillars of Aberdeen 
 granite, supporting an entablature. In the interior a pedestal of 
 grey granite is surmounted by a bust of the Duke, executed by 
 Mossman. 
 
 In the old buriaj-place of the Hamilton family a monument 
 commemorates Lord William Douglas, second Duke of Hamilton ; 
 it is inscribed thus : 
 
 "Memorise sacrum illustrissimi principis Gulielmi secundi, 
 Hamiltoniorum ducis, Clidisdaliae marchionis, Aranise, Lanerici, 
 &c.,, comitis Avanise, Polmontii, Macdanise, &c., reguli, celcis- 
 simi Duglassiorum marchionis, ex secundis nuptiis, cum Maria 
 Gordon marchionis de Huntly filia, filii natu maximi ; regii 
 palatii Sanctae Crucis custodis perpetui : in trium regni ordin. 
 comitiis ssepius proregis ; secretiori conciliis regni Scotise praesidis ; 
 tribus etiam regibus succedaneis ab intimis regni Anglise conciliis ;
 
 PARISH OF HAMILTON. 503 
 
 sacri ibidem asrarii comitis; in supremo foro juridico senatoris 
 extraordinarii ; regni Scotise thalassiarchse ; nobilissimi ordinis 
 periscelidis equitis socii ; patriae propugnatoris strenui ; families 
 instauratoris tanquam divinitus missi ; hoc (famse nunquam interi- 
 turse) monumentum moerens posuit vidua Anna (post seriem 
 tredecim procerum families principem) ipsa familias hseres ; 
 prseter Jacobum hseredem, quinque alios reliquit filios, tres itidem 
 filias, illustrissimi familiis in matrimonium collocatas. Natus 24 die 
 Decembris, 1634, dentatus 18 Aprilis, 1694." 
 
 In the churchyard the Rev. Eobert Wyllie, minister of the 
 parish, has thus commemorated his wife, who died in childbirth, 
 on the 15th July, 1694 : 
 
 " P.M. lectissimee, dilectissimaque conjugis, Rachel Murray, ex 
 illustri ac perantiqua gente Moraviorum a Philiphaugh, prognatse ; 
 eximiis vero turn naturse turn gratise dotibus, quam stemmatis 
 splendore, longe illustrioris : quse nata pridie cal. Oct. CICICCLXIV. 
 denata xvi. cal. sextil. ciciccxciv. annorum xxix. Biennio con- 
 jugali vixdum exacto, febri ex secuudo puerperio correpta, vitam, 
 filiolo quam dederat in terris peragendam, lubens deseruit ; ad 
 supernam, cui matura inhiabat, evecta, magno sui desiderio apud 
 omnes probos relicto : cippum hunc, luctuosi tesseram amoris quo 
 etiam primogenitus infans, nomine Jacobus, propter matrem, con- 
 ditur, Robertus Wyllie, ecclesias Hamiltoniensis antistes, expectans, 
 dum, ad suos aggregatus, in spem beatee resurrectionis, ipse simul 
 seminetur orbitatem interea suam mcerens, posuit. Matrem secuta 
 est altera proles, Thomas At/irjvoc infans. 
 
 Robert Wyllie was son of Thomas Wyllie, minister of Kirkcud- 
 bright. He studied at the University of Glasgow, and was some time 
 employed as a tutor. Obtaining license as a probationer in 1687, he 
 was ordained minister of Yarrow in 1690. He was translated to 
 Ashkirk in 1691, and to Hamilton in 1692. By Wodrow, he is 
 commended as " a man of shining piety, fine taste, excellent sense, 
 and singular accomplishments in every branch of valuable 
 knowledge and learning." He died on the 14th February, 1715, in 
 the twenty-sixth year of his ministry. His wife, whom he has 
 so affectionately commemorated, was descended from the family of 
 Murray of Philiphaugh ; she died in her twenty-ninth year. 
 
 In the churchyard were interred the heads of John Parker, 
 Gavin Hamilton, James Hamilton, and Christopher Strong, four
 
 504 LANARKSHIRE. 
 
 Presbyterian martyrs, who suffered at Edinburgh on the 7th 
 December, 1666. A tablet in the churchyard wall, opposite the 
 spot, is thus inscribed : 
 
 " Stay, passenger, tak notice what thou reads 
 At Edinburgh lie our bodies, here our heads ; 
 Our right hands stood at Lanark, these we want 
 Because wi' them we swore the Covenant/' 
 
 From tombstones in the churchyard we have the following in- 
 scriptions : 
 
 " Livest thou, Thomas ? Yes, with God on high ! 
 Art thou not dead ? Yes, and here I lie ; 
 I that with man on earth did live to die, 
 Died for to live with Christ eternally." 
 
 " He took the cup of life to sip, 
 Too bitter it was to drain ; 
 He put it meekly from his lip, 
 And went to sleep again." 
 
 " Short here thy stay for souls of holiest birth, 
 Dwell but a moment with the sons of earth ; 
 To this dim sphere by God's indulgence given, 
 Their friends are angels and their home is heaven." 
 
 " The seas he ploughed for twenty years 
 Without the smallest dread or fears : 
 And all that time was never known 
 To strike upon a bank or stone ; 
 But when the Lord his time had tryed, 
 He brought him home and there he died. 
 
 PAEISH OF LANARK. 
 
 In front of the Town Hall a colossal statue celebrates Sir 
 William Wallace, the Scottish chief. Wallace married Marion 
 Braidfoot, the heiress of Lamington, and after his marriage resided 
 in the district. In Bonnington House, several curious relics, said 
 to have belonged to the hero, are carefully preserved. Among these
 
 PARISH OF LESMAHAGOW. 505 
 
 are a broad oaken seat, and a small oak cup or quaigh ; both are 
 evidently of great antiquity. 
 
 In the churchyard a tombstone thus commemorates a martyr 
 for the Covenant : 
 
 " Heir lyes William Howie, who suffered at the Cros of Lanark, 
 the 2 of March, 1682, aged thirty-eight, for his adherence to the 
 word of God and Scotland's covenanted work of Keformation." 
 
 The following epitaphs are from Lanark Churchyard : 
 
 " Here ashes meet in death's dark shade 
 A solemn proof that all must fade ; 
 Here's all on earth we hold most dear, 
 A bosom friend, a friend sincere/' 
 
 " How awful is the scene which here I tread 
 The venerable mansions of the dead ! 
 Time was these ashes liv'd, and time shall be 
 When others thus shall stand and gaze on me. 
 Awake, then, my soul, true wisdom learn, 
 Nor till to-morrow the great work adjourn." 
 
 PAEISH OF LESMAHAGOW. 
 
 At Blackwood, a tombstone denotes the burial-place of John 
 Brown, a Presbyterian martyr, who suffered in 1685. The inscrip- 
 tion is as follows : 
 
 " Murray might murder such a godly Brown, 
 But could not rob him of that glorious crown, 
 He now enjoys. His credit, not his crime, 
 Was non-compliance with a wicked time." 
 
 In the parish churchyard David Steel, a Presbyterian martyr, is 
 commemorated thus : 
 
 " David, a shepherd first, and then 
 Advanced to be king of men, 
 Had of his graces in this quarter, 
 This heir a wand'rer, now a martyr ;
 
 506 LANARKSHIRE. 
 
 Who, for liis constancy and zeal, 
 
 Still to the back did prove good steel ; 
 
 Who, for Christ's royal truths and laws, 
 
 And, for the covenanted cause 
 
 Of Scotland's famous reformation, 
 
 Declining tyrant's usurpation ; 
 
 By cruel Crichton murder'd lies, 
 
 Whose blood to heav'n for vengeance cries." 
 
 PAEISH OF WANDELL. 
 
 In the old church of Lamiugton a marble monument comme- 
 morates Elizabeth Dundas, Lady Eoss Baillie, who died in 1817. 
 She was eldest daughter of the Lord President Dundas, and was 
 heiress of the Lamington estates ; she married Sir John Lockhart 
 Eoss, of Balnagowan. 
 
 In Lamington churchyard a large flat tombstone commemorates 
 several progenitors of the late Professor Jardine, of Glasgow 
 College, 
 
 PAEISH OF WALSTOK 
 
 In a vault, which formed the burying-place of the old family of 
 Baillie, of Walston, a member of that house, who died in 1665, has 
 as an epitaph these lines : 
 
 " Thow passing that Iviks 
 
 Vpon this Tomb, 
 Learn this Lesson Eemenbir 
 
 On thv Horn ; 
 Give Heaven thy Mynd, thy 
 
 Bodie Dee It mvst, 
 Eemember Man, thow art 
 
 Bvt mortal Dvst."
 
 INDEX. 
 
 A 
 
 Abercairney, The Baron of, 105. 
 
 Abercorn, Duke of, 424. 
 
 Abercorn, Parish of, 1 79. 
 
 Abercrombie, Charles, 361. 
 
 Abercrombie, John, M.D., 64. 
 
 Abercromby, Sir Ralph, 453. 
 
 Aberlady, Parish of, 199. 
 
 Abernethy, Alexander, of Corskie, 1 72. 
 
 Abernethy, Henry, 215. 
 
 Abernethy, Sir Lawrence, 171. 
 
 Abernethy, Sir William, 171. 
 
 Achaius, Bishop John, 457. 
 
 Adam, Bessie, 460. 
 
 Adam, Dr. Alexander, 83. 
 
 Adam, Francis, 49. 
 
 Adam, James, 50. 
 
 Adam, John, of Blair- Adam, 47. 
 
 Adam, John, jun., Blair-Adam, 48, 49. 
 
 Adam, Mrs. Eleanora, 49. 
 
 Adam, Mrs. Jean, 49. 
 
 Adam, Mrs. Mary, 48. 
 
 Adam, Eear Admiral Sir Charles, 49, 50. 
 
 Adam, Rev. George, 404. 
 
 Adam, Right Hon. William, 47. 
 
 Adam, Robert, 50. 
 
 Adam, William George, 48. 
 
 Adam, William Patrick, 50. 
 
 Adams, Rev. Alexander, 272. 
 
 Adamson, Principal, 19. 
 
 Advocates Library, 5, 14, 36. 
 
 Affleck, James, 438. 
 
 Agnew, Frances Georgiana Vans, 71. 
 
 Agnew, Lady, 146, 147. 
 
 Agnew, Lieutenant Andrew, 147. 
 
 Agnew, Sir Andrew, Bart., 146, 347, 356. 
 
 Agnew, Sir Stair, Bart., 147. 
 
 Aikenhead, David, 52. 
 
 Ailsa, Marquis of, 396. 
 
 Ainslie, Robert W. S., 143. 
 
 Ainslie, Robert, 212. 
 
 Airdrie, Parish of, 435. 
 
 Airds Moss, 358. 
 
 Aitchison, Edward, 272. 
 
 Aitchison, Elliot, 261. 
 
 Aitken, John, of Mount Aitken, 142. 
 
 Albany, Duke of, loo, 156, 157. 
 
 Albert, Prince, Monuments to, 18, 455. 
 
 Alexander II., 250. 
 
 Alexander, John, 427. 
 
 Alexander, John, M.D., 71. 
 
 Alexander, John Henry, ef the Glasgow 
 Theatre, 481. 
 
 Alexander, Rev, William L., 479. 
 
 Alexander, Robert, of Blackhouse, 426. 
 
 Alexander, Thomas, C.B., 2 1 6. 
 
 Alexander, William, 216. 
 
 Algeo, William, 427. 
 
 Algie, James, 429. 
 
 Alison, Professor William P., 73. 
 
 Alison, Rev. Archibald, 72, 141. 
 
 Alison, Sir Archibald, Bart., 141. 
 
 Allan, Alexander, 155. 
 
 Allan, David, the Painter, 96. 
 
 Allan, James, 381. 
 
 Allan, Robert, F.R.S.C., 143. 
 
 Allan, Sir William, 2, 132. 
 
 Alloway, Churchyard of, 362. 
 
 Alston, Professor Charles, 89. 
 
 Alva, Lord, 71, 398. 
 
 Alvanley, Lady, 115. 
 
 Ancrum, Parish of, 238. 
 
 Anderson, Colonel Robert, of Winter- 
 field, 204. 
 
 Anderson, General William C., 204. 
 Anderson, James, 386, 462.
 
 508 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Anderson, Lieutenant Robert 15., 465. 
 Anderson, Major David D., 204. 
 Anderson, Provost John, 464. 
 Anderson, Rev. Jonathan, 492. 
 Anderson, Rev. Robert, D.D., 53, 54. 
 Anderson, Richard, of Windygoul, 204. 
 Anderson, Robert, 294, 386. 
 Anderson, Robert, M.D., 445. 
 Angus, Earls of, 108, 109, 114, 165, 
 
 238. 
 
 Angus, John, 205. 
 Annan, Parish of, 295. 
 Annand, Dean William, 52. 
 Anstruther, James, "W.S., 143. 
 Anstruther, Lord, 115. 
 Anstruther, Major John, 465. 
 Anstruther, Mrs. Marian, 143. 
 Anstruther, Sir John, Bart., 143. 
 Anworth, Parish of, 326. 
 Arbuthnot, Anne, Viscountess of, 109. 
 Arbuthnot, Sir William, Bart., 79. 
 Areskine, Ralph, of Shielfield, 222. 
 Areskine, Rev. Henry, 222. 
 Argyle, Earls of, 101, 471. 
 Argyle, Jane Stewart, Countess of, 101. 
 Argyle, Marquis of, 28, 31. 
 Armour, Jean, 285, 286. 
 Armstrong, John, of Gilnockie, 240. 
 Arnot, Hugo, 119. 
 Arran, Earls of, 103, 238, 420, 423. 
 Arthur, Prince, 99. 
 Athelstaneford, Parish of, 200. 
 Athole, Duke of, 8. 
 Atkinson, John Balfour, 143. 
 Atkinson, Thomas, 476. 
 Auchinleck, Parish of, 358. 
 Aufrere, Anthony, 174. 
 Auld, Rev. William, 396. 
 Avondale, Parish of, 436. 
 Ayr, Parish of, 360. 
 Ayton, Parish of, 221. 
 Aytoun, John Marriott, 15. 
 Aytoun, Major-General Roger, 142. 
 Aytoun, Mary, 142. 
 Aytoun, Mrs. Jean, of Balgregie, 142. 
 Aytoun, Professor W. E., 135. 
 Aytoun, Rachel Jane, 142. 
 
 B 
 
 Bail ford, Obelisk at, 316. 
 
 Baillie, George, of Jerviswood, 226. 
 
 Baillie, Lady Grizel, 225. 
 
 Baillie, Lady Ross. 506. 
 
 Baillie, Professor James, 467. 
 
 Baillie, Robert, of Jerviswood, 225. 
 
 Baillie, Sheriff George, 465. 
 
 Baillie of Walston, Family of, 507. 
 
 Bain, Rev. James, 84. 
 
 Bainbrige, George C., of Gattonside, 258. 
 
 Baine, William, 413. 
 
 Baird, John, 430, 495. 
 
 Baird, Robert, of Auchmedden, 487. 
 
 Baird, William, 406. 
 
 Balcanquel, Dean Walter, 220. 
 
 Balcanquel, Rev. Robert, 220. 
 
 Balfour, James Brewster, M.D., 153.. 
 
 Balfour, James, of Pilrig, 120. 
 
 Balfour, Major, 385. 
 
 Balfour, William, M.D., 129. 
 
 Baliol, John, 309, 342. 
 
 Ballantine, James, 5. 
 
 Ballantine, Rev. Thomas, 318. 
 
 Ballantine, Thomas, 272. 
 Ballantyne, John, 91. 
 
 Balmaclellan, Parish of, 327. 
 
 Balmaghie, Parish of, 328. 
 
 Balmerino, Arthur, Sixth Lord, 117. 
 
 Balmerine, John, Second Lord, 117. 
 
 Bank of Scotland, I. 
 
 Bannatyne, Nicol, 157. 
 
 Bannatyne, Thomas, 23. 
 
 Bannerman, Sir Alexander, Bart, 77. 
 
 Bannockbnrn, 7. 
 
 Barclay, Rev. John, the Berean, 92, 93, 
 
 117. 
 
 Barclay, John, M.D., 117. 
 Barclay, Rev. Matthew, D.D., 487. 
 Barnard Castle, 308. 
 Barnett, John, 35. 
 Barrie, Alexander, 161. 
 Barrie, James, 234. 
 Barrie, John, 437. 
 Bathgate, Parish of, 180. 
 Beatson, Lieutenant Douglas, 75. 
 Beaute's, De la Field, 227. 
 Beilby, William, M.D., 129.
 
 INDEX. 
 
 509 
 
 Beith, Parish of, 364. 
 
 Belfrage, "William, 124. 
 
 Belhaven, Robert, Lord, 439. 
 
 Belhaven, Robert, First Lord, 104, 105. 
 
 Bell, Archibald, 142. 
 
 Bell of Blackwood House, 312. 
 
 Bell, Colonel Charles H., 129. 
 
 Bell, John, 306. 
 
 Bell, John Montgomerie, 71. 
 
 Bell, John, W.S., 142. 
 
 Bell, John, of Whiteside, 327, 345. 
 
 Bell, Rev. John, 207, 399. 
 
 Bell, Robert, Sheriff, 144. 
 
 Bellenden, John, Lord, 115. 
 
 Beloe, William, 224. 
 
 Bennet, Sir William, of Grubbet, 242. 
 
 Bennoch, James, 305. 
 
 Bervie, Mrs. Janet, 131. 
 
 Beth une, Alexander, of Longhirdmon- 
 
 ston, 28. 
 Beugo, John, 50. 
 
 Beveridge, Thomas Knox, W.S., 153. 
 Biggar, Lord, 114. 
 Biggar, Parish of, 437. 
 Binnine, Prior "William, 177. 
 Binning, John, of Dalvennan, 501. 
 Binning, Rev. Hugh, 501. 
 Binram's Cross, 277. 
 Birrell, Rev. John, 129. 
 Black, Alexander, Architect, 143. 
 Black, Dr. George, 487. 
 Black, Dr. John, 487. 
 Black, Joseph, M.D., 52. 
 Black, Rev. David, 71. 
 Black, Rev. "William, D.D., 487. 
 Blackadder, Archbishop Robert, 228. 
 Blackadder, Colonel John, 208. 
 Blackadder, Rev. John, 207. 
 Blackadder of Tulliallan, 208. 
 Blackie, Alexander, Banker, 130. 
 Blacklock, Dr. Thomas, 82. 
 Blackwell, Rev. George, 180. 
 Blackwood, James, 377. 
 Blackwood, Major William, 143. 
 Blackwood, William, Publisher, 94. 
 Blackwood, William, Merchant, 144. 
 Blair, Anne Hunter, 38. 
 Blair, Capt. Robert, 50. 
 
 Blair, Dr. Hugh, 40. 
 
 Blair, General Thomas Hunter, 38. 
 
 Blair, Lord President, 13, 50, 200. 
 
 Blair, Rev. Alexander, 376. 
 
 Blair, Rev. Robert, of St. Andrew's, 40, 
 
 200. 
 Blair, Rev. Robert, Author of "The 
 
 Grave," 50, 200. 
 Blair, Sir James Hunter, 38. 
 Blake, Helen, 45. 
 Blantyne, Parish of, 438. 
 Blantyre, Lord, 421. 
 "Blearie, Queen," 422, 433. 
 Blednoch, Stream of, 350. 
 Blyth, Benjamin H., C.E., 154. 
 Bonanomi, Ida, 124. 
 Bonner, Major Robert M., 465. 
 Bonnington House, Relics at, 505. 
 Boog, Rev. Dr., 418, 422. 
 Bookies, Mr., 228. 
 Borgue, Parish of, 329. 
 Borthwick, Lady, 156. 
 Borthwick, Parish of, 156. 
 Borthwick, Sir William, 156. 
 Borthwick, William, First Lord, 156. 
 Boston of Gattonside, 253. 
 Boston, Rev. Thomas, of Relief Church, 
 
 246. 
 
 Boston, Thomas, of Ettrick, 246, 280. 
 Boswell, Alexander, W.S., 53. 
 Boswell, Sir Alexander, Bart., 359, 363. 
 Boswells, Burial-place of the, 359. 
 Bothwell, Adam, Bishop of Orkney, 101, 
 
 102. 
 
 Bothwell Bridge, Battle of, 30, 439. 
 Bothwell, Earls of, 20, 101, 210. 
 Bothwell, Sir Francis, 57, 101. 
 Botbwell, Parish of, 439. 
 Boulton, Matthew, 410. 
 Bowden, Parish of, 239. 
 Bowman, John, of Ashgrove, 464. 
 Boyd, George, Publisher, 99. 
 Boyd, John, of Maxpoffle, 96. 
 Boyd, of Pinkhill, 468. 
 Boyd, Rev. James, D.D., 488. 
 Boyd, Rev. William, 330. 
 Boyd, Rev. Zachary, 468. 
 Boyd, Sir Thomas, 384.
 
 510 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Boyd, The Lords, 384. 
 
 Boyle, Lord President, 14. 
 
 Braidfoot, Marion, heiress of Lamington, 
 
 505. 
 
 Brash, Bev. William, 484. 
 Bredine, James, 369. 
 Brewster, James, 246, 430. 
 Brewster, Rev. Patrick, 430. 
 Brewster, Sir David, 16, 246, 256. 
 Brisbane, Dame Darcy, 42. 
 Brisbane, General Sir Thomas Mak- 
 
 dougal, 390. 
 
 Brisbane, Thomas, of Brisbane, 42. 
 Broadfoot, Mr., 356. 
 Brodie, Marjorie, 32. 
 Brodie, W., Sculptor, 7, 14, 16, 86 
 Broomknoll, Burying-ground at, 435. 
 Brougham, Henry, of Brougham Hall, 
 
 117. 
 
 Brougham, Henry, Lord, 117, 126, 131. 
 Broughton, Parish of, 262. 
 Brown, Alexander, M.D., 153. 
 Brown, Captain Thomas, 155. 
 Brown, Dame Mary Anne, 118. 
 Brown, Dr. John, 97. 
 Brown, Gavin, of Bishoptone, 342. 
 Brown, James, 32, 55. 
 Brown, James, Author, 54. 
 Brown, James, Poet, 438. 
 Brown, John, 506. 
 Brown, John, the "Christian Carrier," 
 
 398. 
 
 Brown, Major, of Park, 258. 
 Brown, Mrs. Sophia, 500. 
 Brown, Professor Andrew, 53. 
 Brown, Professor James, 154. 
 Brown, Professor Thomas, 338. 
 Brown, Rev. Dr. Andrew, 220. 
 Brown, Rev. John, 97, 194. 
 Brown, Rev. Samuel, 339. 
 Brown, Rev. Thomas, D.D., 483. 
 Brown, Rev. William, M.D., 153. 
 Brown, Robert Ebenezer, M.D., 153. 
 Brown, Samuel, M.D., 153. 
 Brown, William, Martyr, 386. 
 Brown, William, 492. 
 Brown, William, D.D., 304. 
 Brown, William, M.D., 52. 
 
 Browne, Gilbert, 342. 
 Browne, James, LL.D., 161. 
 Brownlee, Robert, 497. 
 Bruce, Captain Andrew, 71. 
 Brace, King Robert the, 6, 173, 174, 236, 
 250, 296, 370, 387, 411, 418, 433, 447. 
 Bruce, Marjory, 422, 433, 
 Bruce, Mrs. Jane, 71. 
 Bruce, William, 498. 
 Bruning, John, 396. 
 Bryan, George, 369. 
 Bryce, David, R.S.A., ir. 
 Bryce, General Sir Alexander, 170. 
 B^yce, John, 396. 
 Bryce, Rev. Alexander, the Geometrician, 
 
 169. 
 
 Bryce, Rev. James, D.D., 151. 
 Brydone, Patrick, 223. 
 Brydone, Rev. Robert, 223. 
 Buccleuch, Anne, Duchesa of, 1 59. 
 Bucclench Churchyard, 8r, 85. 
 Bnccleuch, Dukes of, I, 159, 
 Buccleuch, House of, 159. 
 Buccleuch, The Countess Mary of, 1591. 
 Buccleuch, Walter, Earl of, 103. 
 Buccleuch, Walter, Lord, 103. 
 
 Buchan, Earls of, 114, 184, 233, 472. 
 
 Buchan, Matthew, M.D., 124. 
 
 Buchanan, George, 16, 17, 19, 54. 
 
 Buchanan, James, 54, 139. 
 
 Buchanan, James, of Dowanhill, 487. 
 
 Bunkle, Parish of, 221. 
 
 Bunton, Robert, 460. 
 
 Burnes, Charles, 144. 
 
 lJurnes, James, 144. 
 
 Burnes, Sir Alexander, C.B., 144. 
 
 Burnes, William, 363. 
 
 Burnet, Rev. Thomas, 205. 
 
 Burns, Ayrshire Monument to, 363. 
 
 Burns, Colonel James Glencairn, 7, 286. 
 
 Burns, Colonel W. N., 7, 286. 
 
 Burns, Francis Wallace, 284. 
 
 Burns, Maxwell, 284. 
 
 Burns, Robert, 7, 41, 44, 82, 85, 93, 144, 
 211, 284, 314,344, 363- 
 
 Burns, Robert, jun., 286. 
 
 Burnside, Rev. Dr. William, 290. 
 
 Hurt, Captain James R. , 14.
 
 INDEX. 
 
 511 
 
 Byers, Rev. John, 180. 
 
 C 
 
 Cadell, Robert, of Ratho, 50. 
 Cadell, W. A., of Banton, 130. 
 Cadogan, Hon. Henry, 465. 
 Caerlaverock, Parish of, 297. 
 Cairns, Peter, 260. 
 Caithness, Countess of, 115. 
 Caithness, Earls of, 116, 174. 
 Calder, of Drumcross, 181. 
 Calder, William, 155. 
 Calderwood, Rev. William, 159. 
 Calderwood, Thomas, 159. 
 Calton Hill, Edinburgh, 5, 7. 
 Cambusnethan, Parish of, 439 443. 
 Cameron, Michael, 359. 
 Cameron, Richard, 358. 
 Cameron, William, 493. 
 Cameron, Rev. William, 170. 
 Campbell of Aberuchill, 1 18. 
 Campbell, Agnes, 415. 
 Campbell, Charles W., 130. 
 Campbell, Colonel Dugald, 129. 
 Campbell, Colonel James Mure, 83. 
 Campbell, General Sir John, Bart., 75. 
 Campbell, George, 376. 
 Campbell, George, of Boreland, 130. 
 Campbell, John, Baron, 246. 
 Campbell, Lady, 9. 
 
 Campbell, Major Archibald Argyle, 95. 
 Campbell, Major Neil, 129. 
 Campbell, Mary, 41 1. 
 Campbell, Mr., Sculptor, 10, u. 
 Campbell, Professor Archibald, 93. 
 Campbell, Rev. John, D.D., 52. 
 Campbell, Sir Colin, 453. 
 Campbell, Sir Hugh, of Loudoun, 380. 
 Campbell, Sir James, Bart., of Aberu- 
 chill, 1 1 8. 
 
 Campbell, Sir John, 393. 
 Campbell, Thomas, the Poet, 445. 
 Campbell, William, of Tillichewan, 486. 
 Campbell, William, W.S., 118. 
 Candlish, Rev. Dr. Robert S., 96. 
 Canonbie, Parish of, 299. 
 Canongate Churchyard, 85, 91. 
 Carfin, George, 155. 
 
 Carfrae, Gen. John, 218. 
 
 Carfrae, Rev. Patrick, 218. 
 
 Carlile, James, D.D., LL.D., 144. 
 
 Carluke, Parish of, 443. 
 
 Carlyle of Bridekirk, 318. 
 
 Carlyle, Dr. Alexander, 166, 215. 
 
 Carlyle, Michael, Fourth Lord, 103. 
 
 Carlyle, William, Master of, 103. 
 
 Carlyle, William, 221. 
 
 Carlyle, Rev. William, 215. 
 
 Carmichael, General Jam es, 443. 
 
 Carmichael, John, Lord, 101. 
 
 Carmichael, Parish of, 444. 
 
 Carmichael, William, 145. 
 
 Carnegie, Sir David, Bart., 147. 
 
 Carnegy, Major-General, C. B., 143. 
 
 Carnwath, Earls of, 179. 
 
 Carnwath, Parish of, 444. 
 
 Carr, Sir William, of Etall, Bart., in. 
 
 Carrick, John Donald, 464. 
 
 Carriden, Parish of, 181. 
 
 Carruthers, John, of Holmains, 95 . 
 
 Carson, Dr. A. R., 14, 51. 
 
 Carsphairn, Parish of, 329. 
 
 Carstairs, Eliza Margaret, 129. 
 
 Carstairs, Principal, 371. 
 
 Cassilis, Countess of, 187. 
 
 Cassilis, Noble Family of, 396. 
 
 Castle, John, 5. 
 
 Castleton, Parish of, 239. 
 
 Cathcart, Elias, 362. 
 
 Cathcart, General Sir George, 427. 
 
 Cathcart, Hon. David, 362. 
 
 Cathcart, Parish of, 403. 
 
 Cathcart, William, Earl of, 427. 
 
 Cathedral, The Glasgow, 457 465. 
 
 Chalmers, Captain, 117. 
 
 Chalmers, Charles, of Merchiston, 153. 
 
 Chalmers, Dr. Thomas, 10, 146, 458, 
 
 470. 
 
 Chalmers, George, W.S., 117. 
 Chalmers, Veronica, 117. 
 Chambers, Robert, LL.D., 83. 
 Chambers, William, of Glenormiston, 
 
 1 6, 17, 264. 
 
 Chantrey, Sir Francis, 10, 14. 
 Chaplain, Thomas R., of Collision, 143. 
 Chatelherault, Duke of, 187, 423, 424.
 
 512 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Charles Edward, Prince, 61, 440. 
 
 Charles I., 104. 
 
 Charles II., Statue of, 12. 
 
 Charters, Dr. Samuel, 261. 
 
 Charters, Rev. Thomas, 261. 
 
 Cheyne, Robert, 99. 
 
 Chiesley, John, of Dairy, 29. 
 
 Child, of Glencorse, 124. 
 
 Chirnaide, Parish of, 222. 
 
 Cholera, Monument to those who died of, 
 
 295. 
 
 Christison, Professor Alexander, 52. 
 Chrystal, Dr. William, 464. 
 Clandeboye, Viscount, 371. 
 Clarke, Captain William, of Langhangh, 
 
 258. 
 
 Clarke, Dr. Thomas, 139. 
 Clarkson, person so named, 158. 
 Clements, William, 204. 
 Clephane, Captain James, 155. 
 Clerk, Sir James, of Penicuik, 86. 
 Clerk, Sir John, Bart., of Penicuik, 177. 
 Clockmaker, Verses on a, 308. 
 Closeburn, Parish of, 299. 
 Clow, Mrs. Mary, 308. 
 Clunie, Colonel James 0., 142. 
 Clyde, Lord, 452, 453, 454, 455. 
 Cochran, William, Painter, 464. 
 Cochrane, Captain Sir Thomas John, 
 
 "5- 
 
 Cochrane, Isabella Maccomb, 77. 
 Cochrane, Rupert John, 76. 
 Cockburo, Adam, Lord Justice Clerk, 211, 
 Cockburn, Alexander, 193. 
 Cockburn, Alexander, of Onniston, 209. 
 Cockburn, Captain Adam, 82. 
 Cockburn, John, of Orroiston, 210. 
 Cockburn, Lord, 14, 132. 
 Cockburn, Mrs. Alison, 82. 
 Cockburn, Patrick, 82. 
 Cockburn, Piers, 277. 
 Cockburn, Sir Alexander de, 193. 
 Cockbnrn, Sir William, 193. 
 Cockburn, Sir William, Bart., 193. 
 Cogan, Hugh, 486. 
 Coil, King of the Britons, 401. 
 Coldingham, Parish of, 222. 
 Coldstream, Parish of, 223. 
 
 Colinton, Parish of, 156. 
 
 College Churchyards, Glasgow, 465 
 469. 
 
 Colmonell, Parish of, 365. 
 
 Colquhoun, James, M.D., 153. 
 
 Colquhoun, Rev. John, 120. 
 
 Colt, Rev. Oliver, 165. 
 
 Coltron, Provost, 350. 
 
 Combe, Andrew, M.D., 65, 137. 
 
 Combe, George, 137. 
 
 Combe, Mrs. George, 138. 
 
 Connell, James, LL.D., 486. 
 
 Constable, Archibald, 51, 93. 
 
 Constable, Elizabeth, 51. 
 
 Cook, Robert, 124. 
 
 Cooke, Thomas, 403. 
 
 Cope, Sir John, 210. 
 
 Copeland, Rev. John, 218. 
 
 Corion, Robert, 335. 
 
 Corrie, James, of Spedock, 291. 
 
 Corstorphine, Parish of, 157. 
 
 Cosens, Rev. Peter, 229. 
 
 Cousin, David, Architect, 516. 
 
 Covenanters, Tombs of, 30, 163, 180, 
 272, 289, 299, 304, 305, 306, 322, 327, 
 328, 329, 331, 332, 337, 339, 345, 349, 
 350, 3Si 352, 353, 354, 355, 356, 358, 
 359, 361, 365, 370, 372, 373, 374, 375, 
 376, 377, 385, 386, 389, 394, 395, 396, 
 397> 398, 401, 402, 403, 405, 406, 407, 
 429, 430, 436, 437, 441, 451, 456, 460, 
 
 54, 55, 5 06 - 
 
 Cowan, Alexander, of Valleyfield, 153. 
 
 Cowan, Lord, 143. 
 
 Cowper, Bishop William, 51. 
 
 Craig, Jamie, 196. 
 
 Craigie, David, M.D., 155. 
 
 Craigie, Parish of, 366. 
 
 Cranstoun, William, Fifth Lord 71. 
 
 Craufurd, Captain Thomas, of Jordan- 
 hill, 379. 
 
 Craufurd, Laurence, of Kilbirnie, 379. 
 
 Crawford, Abbot, Archibald, 114. 
 
 Crawford, Alexander, 400. 
 
 Crawford, of Doonside, 362. 
 
 Crawford, Elizabeth, Countess of, 115. 
 
 Crawfordjohn, Parish of, 445. 
 
 Crawford, Alexander, 420.
 
 INDEX. 
 
 513 
 
 Crawfnrd, Captain Robert, 420. 
 
 Crawfurd, Dr. Andrew, 417. 
 
 Crawfnrd, George, Author of " History of 
 
 the Stuarts," 411. 
 Crawfurd, James, of Seidhill, 420, 421, 
 
 422. 
 
 Crawfurd, James, of Spango, 420. 
 Crawfurd, James, of Thirdpart, 419 
 Crawfurd, James, W.S., 154. 
 Crawfurd, of Kilbirnie, 411. 
 Crawfurd, Sir Eanald, 366. 
 Crawfurd, Thomas, of Cartsburu, 411. 
 Creech, Rev. William, 44. 
 Creech, "William, 44. 
 Crichton, Colonel David, 129. 
 Crichton, Dr. James, 288. 
 Crichton, Mrs., of Friar's Carse, 288. 
 Crichton, Parish of, 159. 
 Crichton, Rev. Dr. Andrew, 208. 
 Cringletie, Lord, 45. 
 Cromartie, Countess of, 87. 
 Cromwell, Oliver, 117, 165, 289. 
 Crooks, Captain William, 378. 
 Crookshanke, Rev. John, 164. 
 Crossgellioch, Martyrs' Monument at, 
 
 329- 
 
 Crossmichael, Parish of, 330. 
 Cruickshanks, Rev. John, 163, 164. 
 Cruikshank, Alexander, of Keithock, 76, 
 
 H5- 
 
 Cruikshank, George, 6. 
 Cruikshank, James A. , of Langley Park, 
 
 142. 
 
 Cruikshank, Lieut. James, 76. 
 Cullen, Dr. William, 169. 
 Cullen, Lord, 169. 
 Cullen, William, M.D., 23. 
 Cumbernald, Lord, 114. 
 Cumnock, Parish of, 365. 
 Cunningham, George, 195. 
 Cunningham, James, 425. 
 Cunningham, John, 389. 
 Cunningham, Lord, 140. 
 Cunningham, Rev. Robert, 218. 
 Cunningham, Sir Hugh, of Bonnington, 
 
 52. 
 
 Cunningham, William, of Aitket, 425. 
 Gunny nghame, George, of Cronan, 124. 
 
 Curie, James, of Melrose, 258. 
 Currie, Andrew, Sculptor, 274, 278. 
 Currie, Dr. James, 314. 
 Currie, James, 30. 
 Currie, Rev. James, 314. 
 Curtis, Jacobina, 60. 
 Cuthbertson, Donald, LL.D., 487. 
 Cuthbertson, John, 386. 
 
 D 
 
 Dailly, Parish of, 368. 
 Dale, David, 469. 
 Dalgarno Churchyard, 299. 
 Dalhousie, Earl of, 10. 
 Dalkeith, Parish of, 159. 
 Dalmeny, Parish of, 181. 
 Dairy Cemetery, 144, 145. 
 Dairy, Parish of, 330. 
 Dalrymple, Charles, of Orangefield, 398. 
 Dalserf, Parish of, 446. 
 Dalzel, or Dalziel, Family of, 1 79, 446. 
 Dalzel, Professor Andrew, 41, 51. 
 Dalziel, General, 163, 179, 304, 372. 
 Dalziel, Parish of, 446. 
 Darcy, Sir Anthony, 227. 
 Darg, Peter, 204. 
 Darnley, House of, 421. 
 Darnley, Lord, 17, 20, 99, roo, roi. 
 D'Aubigne, Dr. Merle, 459. 
 D'Aubigne, Lord, 158. 
 David I., 99, 177, 250. 
 David II., 100. 
 
 Davidson, James, of Ruchill, 487 
 Davidson, John, 124. 
 Davie, James, 180. 
 Dean Cemetery, 130, 144. 
 Dean?, Harriet, 206. 
 Deans, John, 245. 
 Deas, Lord, 130. 
 Delacourt, Peter, 493. 
 Denham, James, of West Shield, 370, 371. 
 Denholm, Monument at, 249. 
 Denni8ton, of Barbanghlaw, 181. 
 Dennistoun, James, 486. 
 Devorgilla, wife of John Baliol, 309. 
 Dewar, Henry, of Lassodie, 71. 
 Dick, General Sir Robert Henry, 14. 
 Dick, Rev. Professor, 478. 
 L
 
 514 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Dick, Robert, 359. 
 Dickson, Rev. David, 63. 
 Dickson, Rev. David, D.D., 63. 
 Dickson, Rev. Dr. Robert, 120. 
 Dickson, Robert, Annan, 484. 
 Dickson, William R., Alton, 142. 
 Dingwall, William, 437. 
 Dinning, John, of Mavisbush, 155. 
 Docharty, John, 378. 
 Donaldson, James, 66. 
 Douie, Robert, 487. 
 Dornock, Parish of, 300. 
 Douglas, Archibald, 344, 448. 
 Douglas, Bishop George, 1 14. 
 
 Douglas, Captain AVilliam, of Maitland, 
 
 498. 
 
 Douglas Cause, The, 1 10. 
 Douglas, Colonel James, 305', 327, 337, 
 
 366, 368. 
 
 Douglas, Earls of, 1 14, 344, 448. 
 Douglas, General Sir Neil, 144. 
 Douglas, House of, 156, 447. 
 Douglas, Isabella, 303. 
 Douglas, James, of Balveny, 1 14. 
 Douglas, James, of Dornock, 292. 
 Douglas, John, of Stenhouse, 322. 
 Douglas, Lady Elizabeth, 20, 303. 
 Douglas, Lady Isabella Margaret, 115. 
 Douglas, Lady Jane, 1 10. 
 Douglas, Lord, 171. 
 Douglas, Lord George, 304. 
 Douglas, Lord James, 102. 
 Douglas, Malcolm, of Mains, 104. 
 Douglas, Marquis of, 108, 109, 449. 
 Douglas, Mary, Marchioness of, 109. 
 Douglas, Parish of, 447. 
 Douglas, Philadelphia, 292. 
 Douglas, Sir Archibald, 104. 
 Douglas, Sir James, 173, 174, 250,447. 
 Douglas, Sir James, of Parkhead, 103. 
 Douglas, Sir Robert, 104. 
 Douglas, Sir William, 251. 
 "Douglas," Tragedy of, 119, 276. 
 Drumclog, Battle-field of, 436. 
 Drumlanrig, Charles, Earl of, 304. 
 Drutnlanrig, Elizabeth, Countess of, 304. 
 Drumlanrig, Henry, Lord, 304. 
 Drumlanrig, Isabel, Viscountess of, 109. 
 
 Drumlanrig, William, First Lord, 109. 
 Drummond, Bailie George, 54. 
 Drummond, Dr. W. A., 171. 
 Drummond, George, of Newton, 88. 
 Drummond, George Stirling H., 202. 
 Drummond, James, R.S.A., 7, 127, 141. 
 Drummond, John, Lord, 114. 
 Drummond, Mrs., of Hawthornden, 171. 
 Drummoud, Sir John, 171. 
 Drummond, William Stirling, 356. 
 Drummond, William, of Hawthornden, 
 
 171, 190. 
 
 Dryburgh Abbey, 230, 234. 
 Dryden, Monument at, 173. 
 Dryfesdale, Parish of, 301. 
 Drysdale, Captain Alexander, 143. 
 Drysdale, Colonel John, 185. 
 Drysdale, Sir William, of Pitteuchar, 7 1 . 
 Duddingston, Parish of, 161. 
 Dudgeon, General Peter, 144. 
 Dudgeon, William, 211. 
 " Dumbarton, Bloody," 396. 
 Dumfries, Earl of, 366. 
 Dumfries, Parish of, 283 295. 
 Dun, Finlay, musician, 138. 
 Dun, James, 341. 
 Dun, Robert, 341. 
 D unbar, Eliza, 60. 
 Dunbar, George, Earl of, 201. 
 Dunbar, Parish of, 201, 206. 
 Dunbar, Professor George, 51. 
 Dunblane, Bishop of, 100. 
 Duncan, Andrew, gen., M.D., 84. 
 Duncan, Bailie William, 162. 
 Duncan, Henrietta, Viscountess, 90. 
 Duncan, Henry Francis, 85. 
 Duncan, Provost George, 88, 89. 
 Duncan, Rev. Dr. Henry, 283, 316, 318, 
 
 321. 
 
 Duncan, Viscount, of Camperdown, 90. 
 Dundas, Elizabeth, 506. 
 Dundas, Lord Chief Baron, Statue of, 14. 
 Dundas, Lord President Robert, 90, 
 
 172. 
 
 Dundonald, Parish of, 368. 
 Dundrennan Abbey, 343. 
 Dundrennan, Lord, 343. 
 Dunfermline, Alexander, Earl of, 189.
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Duulop, Alexander, of Dunlop, 370. 
 
 Ihmlop, Colin, of Toloross, 485. 
 
 Dunlop, John, of Duulop, 370. 
 
 Duulop, Mrs., 370. 
 
 Dunlop, Parish of, 370. 
 
 Dunlop, Principal William, 371, 467. 
 
 Dunlop, Rev. Walter, 287. 
 
 Dunlop, Rev. William, 467. 
 
 Duulop, Thomas, 497. 
 
 Dunmore, Charles, First Earl of, 115. 
 
 Dunn, David, 366. 
 
 Dunn, William, of Duutocher, 485. 
 
 Dun score, Parish of, 301. 
 
 Duuse, Parish of, 224. 
 
 Durham, Thomas, of Boghead, 180. 
 
 Durisdeer, Parish of, 302. 
 
 Dymock, John, LL.D., 487. 
 
 Dysart, Rev. John, 222. 
 
 Dysart, Rev. Matthew, 227. 
 
 E 
 
 Eaglesham, Parish of, 405. 
 Earlston, Parish of, 225. 
 Eastou, Robert Tulloh, Surgeon, 124. 
 Eastwood, Parish of, 407. 
 Eccles, Parish of, 226. 
 Ecclesmachan, Parish of, 182. 
 Eckford, Parish of, 241. 
 Edgar, James, 254. 
 Edgar, Robert, 305. 
 Edgcombe, Lady Caroline, 115. 
 Eddington, Captain George, 144. 
 Eddington, Lieut. Edward W., 145. 
 Eddleston, Parish of, 262. 
 Edinburgh, Monuments at, i 156. 
 Edmonstoun, Rev. John, 155. 
 Ednam, Parish of, 242. 
 Edrom, Parish of, 227. 
 Edward II., 79. 
 Edward, Peter, Sculptor, 130. 
 Eglintou, Archibald, Earl of, 287, 388. 
 Eglinton, Jean, Countess of, 102. 
 Elibank, Patrick, Fifth Lord, 199. 
 Elizabeth, Queen, 101. 
 Elliot, Admiral Russell, 258. 
 Elphinston, Tenth Lord, 49. 
 Epitaphs, Quaint, 167, 172, 177, 196, 
 205, 206, 234, 261, 269, 341, 343, 357, 
 
 362, 364, 368, 378, 380, 382, 383, 385, 
 387, 391, 392, 398, 399, 400, 406, 416, 
 431, 432, 434, 435, 436, 438, 439, 442, 
 443, 445 45, 45 * 461, 492, 493, 494, 
 497, 498. 499, 5, 5 OI > 54- 5 6 57- 
 
 Errol, Countess Dowager of, in. 
 
 Errol, James, Fourteenth Earl of, ill. 
 
 Erskine, David, of Cardross, 142. 
 
 Erskine, James, of Alva, 71. 
 
 Erskine, John, of Carnock, 41. 
 
 Erskine, John, of Dun, 471. 
 
 Erskiue, Ltdy Aun, 35. 
 
 Erskine, Lord Chancellor, 184. 
 
 Erskine, Rev. Ebeuezer, 222. 
 
 Erskine, Rev. John, D.D., 41. 
 
 Erskine, Rev. Ralph, 222. 
 
 Eskddlemuir, Parish of, 304. 
 
 Ettriok, Parish of, 280. 
 
 Eure, Sir Ralph, 235. 
 
 Ewart, Andrew, 339. 
 
 Ewing, James, LL.D., 483. 
 
 Ewing, John, 391. 
 
 Ewing, Walter, 483. 
 
 F 
 
 Fair, Robert Kendall, M.D., 129. 
 Fairfowl, Bishop Andrew, 1 14. 
 Fairley, Elizabeth, no. 
 Fairley, Rev. John, 487. 
 Fairlie, Rev. Walter, 153. 
 Fairweather, Major Thomas, 142. 
 Falconer, Alexander, of Falcon Hall, 53. 
 Falconer, Sir David, 52. 
 Falconer, Sir James, 52. 
 Farijuhar, William, M.D., 155. 
 Farquliarsou, Colonel John, 53. 
 Fen wick, Parish of, 372. 
 Fergus, Prince of Galloway, 114. 
 Ferguson, Rev. John W., 129. 
 Ferguson, Sir William, Bart., 215. 
 Fergusson, Colonel James, 139. 
 Fergusson, Governor, William, 129. 
 Fergusson, Robert, 331, 332. 
 F^rgusson, Robert, the Poet, 85. 
 Ferrier, James, 70. 
 Ferrier, John, W.S., 70. 
 Ferrier, Professor James Frederick, 7 r 
 Fettes, Sir William, Bart., 87.
 
 516 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Fiddison, William, 396. 
 Findlay, Rev. William, 405. 
 Finhaven, James, Earl of, 115. 
 Finlay, John, 315, 386. 
 Finlay, Thomas, 386. 
 Finlayson, Rev. Dr. James, 54. 
 Finlay son, William, M.D., 124, 
 Fisher, , Darnick, 255. 
 Fiaher, Thomas, 33. 
 Fleming, Adam, 310. 
 Fleming, Alexander, 181. 
 Fleming, David, 114. 
 Fleming, James, Fourth Lord, 187. 
 Fleming, Professor John, 136. 
 Fleming, Rev. John, 180. 
 Fleming, Rev. Thomas, D.D., 62. 
 Fletcher, Andrew, 254. 
 Fletcher, Andrew, of Salton, 217. 
 Fletcher, Andrew, Lord Milton, 217. 
 Fletcher, Henry, of Salton, 217. 
 Fletcher, Rev. David, 254. 
 Forbes, Edward, of Oakhill, 136. 
 Forbes, Lord President, 13. 
 Forbes, Professor Edward, 136. 
 Forbes, Sir John, Bart., I. 
 Forbes, Sir William, 38. 
 Forest Kirk, The, 275. 
 Forrest, Sir James, Bart., 3. 
 Forrester, Archibald, 158. 
 Forrester, Sir John, 157. 
 Forfar, Earls of, 100, 109. 
 Forman, Rev. James, 194. 
 Forret, Christian, 237. 
 
 Forret, James, 237. 
 
 Forret, John, of Forret, 237. 
 
 Forsyth, Robert, 90. 
 
 Fortrose, Rennet, Lord, 15. 
 
 Foucart, Francois, 488. 
 
 Fouldeu, Parish of, 228. 
 
 Foulis, James, of Colinton, 157. 
 
 Foulis, I., of ColintOD, 157. 
 
 Fowler, Captain John, 359. 
 
 Fowler, Mrs. Anne, 113. 
 
 France, David, of Seafield, 205. 
 
 France, Rev. William, 487. 
 
 Fraser, Admiral Alexander, 98. 
 
 Fraser, Rev. David, 153. 
 
 Frder, Robert, 253. 
 
 Fraser, William, of Broughton Place, 98. 
 Fullarton, Hon. Mrs. H., no. 
 Fullerton, Provost, 336. 
 Fulton, Matthew, 395. 
 
 Gairdner, General William J., 144. 
 
 Galbraith, Rev. William, 153. 
 
 Galdus, Tomb of King, 357. 
 
 Gall, Richard, 93. 
 
 Galloway, Captain James, 145. 
 
 Galloway, Lords of, 342, 343, 344, 345, 
 
 349- 
 
 Galston, Parish of, 375. 
 Gait, John, 414. 
 Gammel, John, 359. 
 Gardiner, Colonel James, 219. 
 Gardner, Rev. James, 487. 
 Garrell Churchyard, 312. 
 Gartsherrie, Parish of, 450. 
 Gatt, Rev. James, 307. 
 Ged, William, Inventor of Stereotyping, 
 
 52. 
 
 Geddes, Robert, of Torbanehill, 180. 
 Gemmel, Peter, 373. 
 Gemmell, Andrew, 258. 
 George IV., 6, 10. 
 Gerald, Joseph, 92. 
 Gib, Rev. Adam, 38. 
 Gibson, Bailie, John, 269. 
 Gibson, John, 305. 
 Gibson, Sir Alexander Charles Maitland, 
 
 of Clifton Hall, Bart., 53. 
 Gilbert, John Graham, R.S.A., 487. 
 Gillespie, Rev. John, 333. 
 Gillespie, Rev. William, 333. 
 Giffard, James, 263. 
 Giffard's Well, 264. 
 Giltillan, Rev. George, 126. 
 Gilfillan, Robert, the Poet, 120. 
 Gillian, Hannah, 197. 
 Gillies, Adam, Lord, 53. 
 Gillies, David, 121. 
 Gillies, Peter, 396. 
 Gillies, Rev. Francis, 143. 
 Gilmour, Barbara, 371. 
 Girthon, Parish of, 331. 
 Gladsmuir, Parish of, 206.
 
 INDEX. 
 
 517 
 
 Gladstanes, Archbishop, 25. 
 Gladstanes, "William, 342. 
 Gladstone, Right Hon. W. E., 122. 
 Gladstone, Sir John, Bart., of Fasque, 
 
 121. 
 
 Gladstones, Margaret, 121. 
 Gladstones, Thomas, 121. 
 Glasford, Parish of, 451. 
 Glasgow, Parish of, 452 501. 
 Glasgow, Augusta, Countess of, III. 
 Glasserton, Parish of, 347. 
 Glegg, Adam, 144. 
 Glegg, Colonel, 214. 
 Gleiicairn, Earls of, 61, 388, 397, 471. 
 Glencairn, Parish of, 505. 
 Glencross, Parish of, 163. 
 Glen Hill, Monument at, 343. 
 Glenlee, Lord, 96. 
 Glenorchy, John, Lord, 81. 
 Glenorchy, Viscountess, 81. 
 Glover, Samuel Edmund, 495. 
 Goldie, George, 38. 
 Gooch, Sir Thomas, Bart., of Benacre 
 
 Hall, 123. 
 
 Gooch, William, 123. 
 Goodall, John, of Rennyhill, 143. 
 Goodall, John, 205. 
 Goodman, Christopher, 471. 
 Gordon, Andrew, 450. 
 Gordon of Cluny, 72. 
 Gordon, Edward, 339. 
 Gordon, General John, 118. 
 Gordon, Roger, of Largmore, 332. 
 Gordon, Sir John, Bart. , of Iiivergordon, 
 
 87. 
 
 Gordon, William, of Earlston, 451. 
 Gourlay, Oliver, of Craigrothie, 126. 
 Gourlay, Robert Fleming, 126. 
 Go van, Parish of, 501. 
 Gowrie Conspiracy, 116. 
 Graham, Admiral John, of Coldoch, 98. 
 Graham, Captain, of Hilton, in. 
 Graham, of Claverhouse, 332, 337, 398, 
 
 437. 441- 
 
 Graham, Colonel David, 350. 
 Graham, Colonel Thomas, 76. 
 Graham, Farquhar, 138. 
 Graham, Frances, of Morphie, 155. 
 
 Graham, James Gillespie, of Orchill, 53, 
 
 202. 
 
 Graham, John, 360. 
 Graham, John, of Rosetrees, 300. 
 Grahame, James, 32. 
 Grammont, Duchess de, 101. 
 Grange Cemetery, 146 154. 
 Grange, Lady, 30. 
 Grant, Christian, 213. 
 Grant, Janet, 494. 
 Grant, John, of Kilgraston, 59. 
 Grant, Mrs. Ann, 64. 
 Grant, Patrick, of Elchies, 52. 
 Grant, Peter, of Glenlochy, 59. 
 Grant, Rev. Andrew, D.D., 120. 
 Grant, Rev. James, 64. 
 Grant, Sir John Peter, 142. 
 Grant, William, of Prestongrange, 213. 
 Gray, Ann, 400. 
 Gray, Captain Charles, 138. 
 Gray, Elizabeth, 328. 
 Gray, James, 359. 
 Gray, Professor George, 467. 
 Greenock, Parish of, 409. 
 Greig, James, of Cambus, 142. 
 Gretiia, Parish of, 306. 
 Greville, Robert Kaye, LL.D., 137. 
 Grey, Rev. Henry, D.D., 66. 
 Greyfriars Churchyard, 1957. 
 Greig, John R., of Lethangie, 99. 
 Greyfriars Monastery, 19. 
 Grierson, John, 332. 
 Grierson, Sir Robert, Bart, of Lag, 301, 
 
 327,355- 
 
 Grierson, William, 289. 
 Grieve, John, 277. 
 Grieve, Rev. Dr. Henry, 161. 
 Guthrie, William, 369. 
 
 H 
 
 Hadden, Mrs. Martha, 247. 
 Haddington, John, Fourth Earl of, 182. 
 Haddington, Parish of, 186, 199. 
 Haig, of Bonnington, 144, 
 Haig, James, of Blairhill, 98. 
 Haldane, Captain James, 68, 458. 
 Haldane, James Alexander, 68. 
 Haldane, Robert, of Airthrey, 67, 458.
 
 518 
 
 IXl'F.X. 
 
 Hall, Captain John, 124. 
 
 Hall, Helen, 270. 
 
 Hall, James, 270. 
 
 Hall, James, of Catbcart Mill, 404. 
 
 Hall, John, 403. 
 
 Hall, Rev. James, 37. 
 
 Hall, Robert, 241. 
 
 Halliburton, George, 253. 
 
 Haliburtons, of Newmains, The, 230. 
 
 Halkin, John, 337. 
 
 Halkett, Samuel, 128. 
 
 Halliday, David, 329, 345. 
 
 Halliday, Sir Andrew, 287. 
 
 Hamilton, Abbot John, 420, 423. 
 
 Hamilton, Archbishop, 211, 420. 
 
 Hamilton, Archibald, of Raploch, 370. 
 
 Hamilton, Claud, 423. 
 
 Hamilton, David, of Bothwellhaugh, 368. 
 
 Hamilton, Dr. James, 134. 
 
 Hamilton, Dukes of, 6, 1 10,424, 439. 502. 
 
 Hamilton, Gavin, 504. 
 
 Hamilton, Hugh, 486. 
 
 Hamilton, James, 504. 
 
 Hamilton, James, of Aikenhead, 460. 
 
 Hamilton, James, of Bothwellhaugh, 182. 
 
 Hamilton, John, 359. 
 
 Hamilton, Lady Anne, 415. 
 
 Hamilton, Lady Barbara, 187. 
 
 Hamilton, Marian, 426. 
 
 Hamilton, Mrs. Campbell, 143. 
 
 Hamilton, Parish of, 502. 
 
 Hamilton, Patrick, the Martyr, 471. 
 
 Hamilton, Professor Thomas, 463. 
 
 Hamilton, Professor Sir William, Bart., 
 
 73- 
 
 Hamilton, Rev. Harris, 370. 
 Hamilton, Rev. Robert, D.D., 84. 
 Hamilton, Sir William, Bart., 463. 
 Hamilton, Sir William, of Whitelaw, 1 14. 
 Hamilton, Thomas, Architect, 95. 
 Hamilton, William, 462. 
 Handy side, Lord, 140. 
 Handyside, William, of St. Petersburg, 
 
 98. 
 
 Hannah, of Bayhall, 312. 
 Hannay, Dr. Alexander, 487. 
 Hannay, of Kirkdale, 339. 
 Hardie. Andrew, 430, 495. 
 
 Hardy, Professor Thomas, 90. 
 
 Hardy. Rev. Henry, 90. 
 
 Hardy man, General George, 205. 
 
 Harkness, James, 299. 
 
 Harrison, Lieutenant F. Y., 139. 
 
 Hart, John, 460. 
 
 Harvey, Sir George, 129. 
 
 Hastings, Lady Flora, 393. 
 
 Hastings, Marquis of, 393. 
 
 Hatton, David, M.D., 129. 
 
 Havelock, Honora, 143. 
 
 Havelock, SirHenrv, Bart., 143. 
 
 Hawick, Parish of, 243. 
 
 Hay, Alexander, of Park, 102. 
 
 Hay, Anne, 269. 
 
 Hay, Colonel Humphrey, 143. 
 
 Hay, Commander Edward, 203. 
 
 Hay, Elizabeth, 54. 
 
 Hay, General Sir James, 53. 
 
 Hay, Lieutenant David, 202. 
 
 Hay, Margaret, 80. 
 
 Hay, Rear- Admiral James, 202. 
 
 Hay, Sir John C. D., Bart., of Park 
 
 Place, 347. 
 Hay, of Spott, 218. 
 Hay, Thomas, 347. 
 Hay, Sir Thomas, of Park, 293. 
 Hedderwick, Mr. James, 481. 
 Henderland, Lord, 60. 
 Henderson, Alexander, 113. 
 Henderson, Andrew, 486. 
 Henderson, David, 426. 
 Henderson, John, 212. 
 Henderson, Rev. Alexander, 24, 25. 
 Henderson, Richard, 113. 
 Henderson, Robert, 113. 
 Henderson, Robert, Physician, 218. 
 Henderson, Robert, Paisley, 426. 
 Henderson, Thomas, 426. 
 Hendry, Archibald, 391. 
 Henry, Prince, 104. 
 Henryson, Alexander, 24. 
 Henryson, Dr. Edward, 24. 
 Henryson, Sir Thomas, 24. 
 Hepburn, George, of Nanraw, 214. 
 Hepburn, George, of Monkrig, 193. 
 Hepburn, James, 345. 
 Hepburn, John, of Xunraw, 214.
 
 INDEX. 
 
 519 
 
 Hepburn, Patrick, of Abbey Mill, 195, 
 
 197. 
 
 Hepburn, Rev. John, 345. 
 Herd, David, 83. 
 Herries, Agnes, 335. 
 Herries, Lord, 336, 345. 
 Heriot, A., 157. 
 Heriot, David, 19. 
 Heriot, George, 19. 
 Heriot, Rev. John, 438. 
 Heron, Miss Susan, 356. 
 Hetherington, Rev. Professor, 150. 
 Heugh, Rev. Hugh, D.D., 479. 
 Heugh, Rev. John, 479. 
 Hoddam, Parish of, 308. 
 Hogg, James, the Ettrick Shepherd, 278. 
 Hogg, Robert, 282. 
 Hogg, Thomas, 294. 
 Holstein, Duke of, 17. 
 Holyrood Abbey Churchyard, 99, fi6. 
 Holywood, Parish of, 309. 
 Home, Alexander, 119. 
 Home, David, of Wedderburn, 227. 
 Home, George, of Bassendean, 236. 
 Home, George, of Maunderston, 201. 
 Home, Joseph, of Ninewells, 92. 
 Home, Rev. John, 119. 
 Home, Sir John, Bart., 52. 
 Honyman, Sir Richard B. J., Bart., 71. 
 Hope, Isabel, 269. 
 Hope, James, 269. 
 Hope, Lady Henrietta, 61. 
 Hope, Marion, 269. 
 Hope, Sir Thomas, 22. 
 Hope, Thomas, 269. 
 Hopetoun, Earls of, 9, 10, 179. 
 Houston, Magdalen, 426. 
 Houston, Parish of, 415. 
 Houston, Sir Patrick, 415. 
 Howe, James, the Painter, 271. 
 Howe, Rev. William, 271. 
 Howie, James, 374. 
 Howie, John, of Lochgoin, 374. 
 Howie, William, 505. 
 Huie, Richard, M.D., 154. 
 Hume, David, 91, 92. 
 Hume, House of, 235, 
 Hume, John, General Register House, 99. 
 
 Hume, Lord, 165. 
 
 Hume, Sir Patrick, 225, 235. 
 
 Humphrey, John, 329. 
 
 Hunt, Thomas F., Architect, 284. 
 
 Hunter, Alexander Gibson, of Blackness, 
 
 52. 
 
 Hunter, Captain William, 77. 
 Hunter, James George, 143. 
 Hunter, John, Merchant, Ayr, 38. 
 Hunter, John, LL.D., Edinburgh, 143. 
 Hunter, John, Covenanter, 272. 
 Hunter, Rev. John, D.D., 152. 
 Hunter, Rev. William, 248. 
 Hunter, William, 337. 
 Hutchison, George, 457. 
 Hutchinson, Bailie John, 426. 
 Hutchison, Colonel George, 71. 
 Hutchison, John, Sculptor, 54, 128. 
 Hutchison, Lieut. -Colonel, 376. 
 Hutchison, Thomas, 457, 460. 
 Hutchison, Thomas, of Carlowrie, 120. 
 Hutton, Parish of, 228. 
 Hyndford, Earls of, 443, w\ 
 
 Inchinnan, Parish of, 415. 
 
 Inglis, Anna, 425. 
 
 Inglis, Arthur, 441. 
 
 Inglis, Bailie Thomas, 422. 
 
 Inglis, Captain, 376. 
 
 Inglis, Rev. Dr. John, 54, 96. 
 
 Inglis, Rev. Harry, 96. 
 
 Inglis, Sophia, 156. 
 
 Inglis, Thomas, of Corsflat, 424. 
 
 Innerkip, Parish of, 416. 
 
 Innes, David, 224. 
 
 Innes, Gilbert, of Stow, 52. 
 
 Innes, Rev. William, D.D., 67. 
 
 Inveresk, Parish of, 165. 
 
 Ireland, Rev. Walter F., 123. 
 
 Irvine, Parish of, 377- 
 
 Irving, of Bonshaw, 288. 
 
 Irving, Dr. David, 149. 
 
 Irving, John, 308. 
 
 Irving, Provost Francis, 288. 
 
 Irving, Rev. Edward, 458, 484. 
 
 Irving, Rev. Francis, 311. 
 
 Irwin, John, of Gulielands, 286.
 
 520 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Jaffray, Rev. Dr. Andrew, 314. 
 
 Jaffray, Rev. John, 204. 
 
 James I., 156, 157. 
 
 James II., 99/101. 
 
 James III., 99, 116. 
 
 James IV., 99. 
 
 James V., 100, 101. 
 
 James VI., 17, 101, 188, 288. 
 
 Jameson, James, Surgeon, 119. 
 
 Jameson, Professor Robert, 125. 
 
 Jameson, Robert, Advocate, 63. 
 
 Jameson, Thomas, 125. 
 
 Jamesone, George, the Painter, 52. 
 
 Jamieson, John, 329. 
 
 Jamieson, Rev. John, D.D., 62. 
 
 Janefield Cemetery, Glasgow, 499. 
 
 Jardine, John, D.D., 88. 
 
 Jardine, Professor, 506. 
 
 Jardine, Rev. Robert, 88. 
 
 Jardine, Rev. Walter, 180. 
 
 Jardine, Sir Henry, 89. 
 
 Jardine, William, of Lanrick Castle, 314. 
 
 Jedburgh, Abbey of, 245. 
 
 Jed burgh, Parish of, 245. 
 
 effrey, John, 53. 
 
 Jeffrey, Lord, 3, 14, 52, 73, 131. 
 Jeffrey, Rev. John, 153. 
 Jenkinson, John, 269. 
 Jobson, William, of Lochore, 61. 
 Johnson, Dr. Samuel, 18, 200. 
 Johnston, James, M.D., 129. 
 Johnston, John, 270. 
 Johnston, Rev. Alexander, 265. 
 Johnston, Rev. David, D.D., 123. 
 Johnston, Rev. John, 123. 
 Johnston, Robert, 266. 
 Johnston, William, of Glenorchard, 489. 
 Johnstone, of Annandale, 309. 
 Johnstone, John, 148. 
 Johnstone, Mrs. Christian, 148. 
 Johnstone, Parish of, 309. 
 Johnstone, Rev. John, 62. 
 Johnstone, Rev. Robert, 315. 
 Jolly, Rev. John, 223. 
 Jones, Rev. Thomas Snell, 71, 81. 
 Julius II., Pope, 99. 
 
 Kay, John, the Caricaturist, 53. 
 
 Keir, James, M.D., 142. 
 
 Keir, Parish of, 310. 
 
 Keith, Hon. William, 129. 
 
 Keith, Sir William, 250. 
 
 Kelloe, Family of, 228. 
 
 Kells, Parish of, 332. 
 
 Kel Stane, The, 156. 
 
 Kelso, Parish of, 248. 
 
 Kelso, Abbey of, 248. 
 
 Kelton, Parish of, 335. 
 
 Kemp, George Meikle, 268. 
 
 Kenmure, Viscount, 327. 
 
 Kennedy, Alexander, 471. 
 
 Kennet, Lord Easter, 102. 
 
 Ker, Andrew, of Fadounside, 198. 
 
 Ker, Andrew, of Kippelaw, 253. 
 
 Ker, Dame Margaret, 253. 
 
 Ker, Lady Jane, 71. 
 
 Ker, Lady Mary, 109. 
 
 Ker, Rev. John, 198. 
 
 Ker, Rev. Robert, 197. 
 
 Ker, Sir John, of Fernihurst, 243. 
 
 Ker, William, of Cessford, 243. 
 
 Kerr, Colonel Archibald, 120. 
 
 Kerr, James, M.D., 431. 
 
 Kerr, John, 376. 
 
 Kerr, Randolph, 258. 
 
 Kerr, Scott, of Sunlaws, 258. 
 
 Kerr, Thomas, Altonburn, 258. 
 
 Kers, of Yair, 252. 
 
 Kettle, Robert, 482. 
 
 Kid, Helen, of Craigie, 213. 
 
 Kid, Rev. James, 183. 
 
 Kid, Rev. Peter, 443. 
 
 Kilbirnic, Parish of, 379. 
 
 Kilmalcolm, Parish of, 416. 
 
 Kilmarnock, Parish of, 384. 
 
 Kilmaurs, Parish of, 388. 
 
 Kilwinning, Parish of, 388. 
 
 Kingstown, Viscount, 108, 109. 
 
 Kinloch, Lord, 70. 
 
 Kinloch, Sir Francis, Bart. , of Gilmerton, 
 
 58. ' 
 
 Kinniburgh, Robert, Edinburgh, 98. 
 Kintore, William, Sixth Earl of, 129. 
 Kirk, James, 289.
 
 INDEX. 
 
 521 
 
 Kirkconnel, Parish of, 310. 
 
 Kirkcudbright, Earls of, 336. 
 
 Kirkcudbright, Parish of, 336. 
 
 Kirkdale Churchyard, 339. 
 
 Kirkinner, Parish of, 353. 
 
 Kirkland, Rev. John, 487. 
 
 Kirkliston, Parish of, 168. 
 
 Kirkmabreck, Parish of, 338. 
 
 Kirkmahoe, Parish of, 311. 
 
 Kirkmichael, Parish of, 312. 
 
 Kirkmichael, Parish of, Ayrshire, 389. 
 
 Kiikmirren Churchyard, 336. 
 
 Kirknewton, Parish of, 169. 
 
 Kirkpatrick-Irongray, Parish of, 339. 
 
 Kirkpatrick, Jane Forbes, 297. 
 
 Kirkpatrick, John, 297. 
 
 Kirkpatrick-Juxta, 313. 
 
 Kirkpatrick, Mrs., of Glenkiln, 312. 
 
 Kirkpatrick, Robert, of Glenkiln, 312. 
 
 Kirkpatrick, Rosina, 297. 
 
 Kirkpatrick, Sir James, Bart., of Close- 
 burn, 297. 
 
 Kirkpatrick, William, of Conheath, 297. 
 
 Kirkurd, Parish of, 263. 
 
 Knapp, John, 143. 
 
 Knowles, James Sheridan, 485, 488. 
 
 Knox, Alexander, M.D., 155. 
 
 Knox, Captain Alexander, 155. 
 
 Knox, Jean, 426. 
 
 Kiiox, John, the Reformer, 12, 19, 46, 
 198, 210, 470. 
 
 Knox, Mary, 77. 
 
 Knox, Rev. John, 254. 
 
 Knox, William, of Selvieland, 426. 
 
 L'Amy, James, of Dunkenny, 53. 
 Lady Glenorchy's Chapel, 81. 
 Lady Tester's Churchyard, 80. 
 Laidlaw, William, 282. 
 Laing, David, LL.D., 16, 19. 
 Laing, Major Thomas, 155. 
 Laing, William, 311. 
 Lamp of the Lothians, 186. 
 Lampe, John Frederic, 91. 
 "Lanark Declaration," 305. 
 Lanark, Parish of, 505. 
 Langholm, Parish of, 313. 
 
 Langside, Battle of, 20. 
 
 Largs, Parish of, 389. 
 
 Lariestone, Laird of, 249. 
 
 Lasswade, Parish of, 171. 
 
 Lauder, Bishop Alexander, 229. 
 
 Lauder, Parish of, 229. 
 
 Lauder, Robert Scott, 127. 
 
 Lauder, Sir Alan, 229. 
 
 Lauder, Sir Andrew Dick, of Grange, 54. 
 
 Lauder, Sir John Dick, Bart., 147. 
 
 Lauder, Sir Thomas Dick, Bart., of 
 
 Fountainhall, 147. 
 Lauderdale, John, Duke of, 190. 
 Lauderdale, John, First Earl of, 189. 
 Laurey, Rev. Walter, 348. 
 Laurie, Rev. Gilbert, 229. 
 Law, Archbishop James, 461. 
 Law, John, of Lathrisk, 461. 
 Lawrence, Peter, Sculptor, 487. 
 Lawrie, Rev. John, 304. 
 Lawrie, Sir Robert, 322. 
 Lawson, James, 456. 
 Layng, John, Keeper of Signet, 22. 
 Layton, Sir Brian, 238. 
 Leach, Sir John, 50. 
 Leach, Thomas, 50. 
 Learmont, Thomas, 225, 
 Learmouth, John, of Dean, 53. 
 Lee, Principal John, D.D., 69. 
 Lee, Rev. Dr. Robert, 54, 152. 
 Lees, Charles, R.S.A., 130. 
 Legge, George L., of Old Melrose, 258. 
 Leith Churchyards, 118, 123. 
 Lennie, William, the Grammarian, 149. 
 Lennox, Cairn, 183. 
 Lennox, Earl of, 183. 
 Lennox, of Irelandtown, 345. 
 Lenox, Robert, 331. 
 Le Poer, Rev. John, 144. 
 Leslie, Norman, 238. 
 Leslie, Peter, 45. 
 Lesmahagow, Parish of, 506. 
 Lessels, Provost John, 194. 
 Leswalt, Parish of, 347. 
 Lewis, Stewart, 318. 
 Ley den, Dr. John, 240, 255. 
 Leydon, Adam, 241. 
 Ley don, James, 241.
 
 522 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Leydon, John, 241. 
 Liberton, Parish of, 175. 
 Lidderdale, Thomas, 338. 
 Lilliard, Maiden, 238. 
 Lilliesleaf, Parish of, 248. 
 Limont, Rev. William, 155. 
 Lin, William, of Linsmill, 168. 
 Lincluden Abbey, 344. 
 Lindores, John, Lord, 115. 
 Lindsay, Mary, 311. 
 Lindsay, Samuel, 123. 
 Lindsay, Sir David, 184. 
 Lindsay, Sir Walter, 184. 
 Linlithgow, Parish of, 182. 
 Linn, Rev. Patrick, 290. 
 Linsmill, Flat Stone at, 168. 
 Linton, Parish of, 249. 
 Liston, Rev. Robert, 182. 
 Listen, Robert, the Surgeon, 182. 
 Liston, Sir Robert, 158. 
 Liston, Rev. Henry, 182. 
 Lithgow, Abbot John, 418. 
 Livingstone, Lieutenant, 305. 
 Lizars, John, 67. 
 Lizars, William Home, 67, 127. 
 Lochend, Erect Stones at, 168. 
 Lochinaben, Parish of, 314. 
 Lochwinnoeh, Parish of, 416. 
 Lockerbie Churchyard, 301. 
 Lockerby, Rev. Thomas, 153. 
 Lockhart, Allen, of Cleghorn, 425. 
 Lockhart, Allen, of Hinschelwood, 425. 
 Lockhart, General Count, 173. 
 Lockhart, John Gibson, 233, 404. 
 Lockhart, Marianne M., 174. 
 Lockhart, Robert, 405. 
 Lockhart, Sir George, 29. 
 Lockhart, Sir James, of Lee, 30. 
 Logan, Thomas Galbraith, M.D., 118. 
 Logan, Sir Robert, of Restalrig, 116. 
 Lollards of Kyle, 394. 
 Lorimer, Dean of Guild, 15, 70. 
 Lothian, First Marquis of, 104. 
 Lothian, Mark, First Earl of, 109. 
 Lothian, Second Marquis of, 71. 
 Lothian, Third Earl of, 80. 
 Loudoun, Countess of, 83. 
 Loudoun, Noble Family of, 393. 
 
 Loudoun, Parish of, 393. 
 
 Louis, Robert, of Plean, 72. 
 
 Low, of liallliakclly, 83. 
 
 Low, Colonel Robert, 129. 
 
 Low, Dr. Peter, 461. 
 
 Low, Professor David, 130. 
 
 Lowes, Thomas, of Ridley Hall, no. 
 
 Lucas, William, 204. 
 
 Lumsdaine, Archibald, 60. 
 
 Lumsden, of Blanerue, 221. 
 
 Lumsden, Lord Provost James, 464, 474. 
 
 Lundie, Christian, 253. 
 
 Lundie, Rev. Archibald, 122. 
 
 Lundie, Rev. James, 122. 
 
 Lyne, Parish of, 265. 
 
 M 
 
 MacAdam, John Loudon, 315. 
 
 Macartney, Annabella, 143. 
 
 MacCartney, George, 360. 
 
 Macdiarmid, Captain John, 155. 
 
 Macdonald, Chief of Clan Ranald, 115. 
 
 Macdonald, Hugh, Poet, 491. 
 
 Macdonald, Lord, 116. 
 
 Macdonald, Sir John Graham, Bart., 144. 
 
 Macdougall, Colon el John, 143. 
 
 MxcFadzon, Janet, 368. 
 
 Macfarlan, Principal Duncan, 479. 
 
 Mrtcfie, John, 120. 
 
 Macfie, Robert Andrew, 412. 
 
 MacGill, Andrew, 361. 
 
 Macgowan, William, 355. 
 
 Macintyre, Duncan Ban, 42. 
 
 Macintyre, Robert, 493. 
 
 Mackay, Charles, 94. 
 
 Mackay, Colonel yEneas J., 143. 
 
 Mackay, Mrs. Jean, 307. 
 
 Mackellar, Archibald, M.D., 129. 
 
 Mackenzie, Archibald, 145. 
 
 Mackenzie, Dr. R. J., 132. 
 
 Mackenzie, Henry, Author of " The Man 
 
 of Feeling," 45. 
 
 Mackenzie, James, of Craig Park, 486. 
 Mackenzie, John, 80. 
 Mackenzie, Joshua, 45. 
 Mackenzie, Joshua Henry, 45. 
 Mackenzie, Sir George, of Rosehangh, 
 
 28, 29.
 
 INDEX. 
 
 523 
 
 MacKnight, Dr. James, 50. 
 MacKnight, Rev. William, 59. 
 Maclagan, Douglas, M. D., 144. 
 Maclaren, Charles, F.R.S.E., 151. 
 Maclaren, Rev. John, 488. 
 Maclaurin, Professor Colin, 35. 
 Maclean, William, of Plantation, 487. 
 Maclellan, of Auchlane, 336. 
 MacLellan, Sir Thomas, 336. 
 Macleod, Flora, 83. 
 Macleod, Lord, 87. 
 Macleod, Peter, of Polbeth, 124. 
 Macleod, Professor Hugo, 467. 
 MacLiver, John, 454. 
 Macmath, Janet, 33. 
 MacMillan, Alexander, 360. 
 Macmillan, Dr., 395. 
 MacMillan, James, 360. 
 Macmoran, Bailie, 17. 
 Macmurdo, Rev. John, 321. 
 Macnair, Rev. John Calvin, 154. 
 Macneil, Major Archibald, 145. 
 Macneill, John, of Ardnacross, 143. 
 Macpherson, James, 41. 
 Macpherson, Lieutenant Evan, 145. 
 MacPherson, Peter, 411. 
 Macquae, Robert, 329. 
 Macrae, Governor James, 397, 452. 
 Macvey, John, of Kirkintilloch, 73. 
 McAulay, Alexander, 341. 
 McCheyne, Adam, W.S., 63. 
 McCheyne, Rev. Robert Murray, 63. 
 McClellan, Captain Thomas, 335. 
 McClellan, Rev. John, 335. 
 McClimont, James, 345. 
 McConechy, James, 465. 
 McCrachan, Family of, 357. 
 McCrie, Dr. Thomas, 46. 
 McCubin, Alexander, 339. 
 McCulloch, John R., 151. 
 McDiarmid, John, 286. 
 McDowall, Mrs. Nicholas, 294. 
 McEwen, Rev. James, 153. 
 McFarlane, Malcolm, 492. 
 McGavin, "William, Author of "The Pro- 
 testant," 474. 
 McGeahan, John, 366. 
 Mclntosh, Charles, F.R.A.S ., 145. 
 
 McKeand, BailtP, 355. 
 
 McKie, Miss, 356. 
 
 McLachlan, Margaret, 349, 356. 
 
 McLagan, Thomas, 368. 
 
 McLean, Rev. Archibald, 71. 
 
 McLymont, John, 397. 
 
 McMath, Sybella, 293. 
 
 McMichael, Daniel, 304. 
 
 McNair, Colonel James, 487. 
 
 McNaught, John, of Kilquhanatie, 336. 
 
 McNaught, Mrs. Marion, 336. 
 
 Me Vicar, Rev. Neil, 61. 
 
 M'Adam, Gilbert, 389. 
 
 M'Cormack, Rev. Andrew, 163, 164. 
 
 M'Caul, John, 377. 
 
 M'Cubbin, Rev. William, 449. 
 
 M'Culloch, of Bartholm, 339. 
 
 M'Culloch, Horatio, R.A., 127. 
 
 M'Donald, Colonel David Robertson, 40, 
 
 75- 
 
 M'Dowall, Mr., 331. 
 M'Dowall, William, of Garthland, 427. 
 M'Farlan, Rev. Patrick, D.D.,4i3. 
 M'Haffie, Thomas, 401. 
 M'Kay, Hon. Georgina, no. 
 M'Kie, Rev. Nathaniel, 330. 
 M'Kie, Rev. William, 330. 
 M 'Knight, Agnes, 328. 
 M'Laurin, Rev. John, 469. 
 M'Lude, John, 341. 
 M'Michan, John, 331. 
 M'Millan, Rev. John, 446. 
 M'Nab, John, of Inglisgreen, 145. 
 M 'Naught, Mary, 392. 
 M'Qwhan, Adam, 332. 
 M'Vicar, Dunan, 64. 
 Magdalene, Queen, 100, 101. 
 Maida, The Dog, 4. 
 
 Maiden, The, Instrument so called, 21. 
 Main, John, 460. 
 Maitland, Captain Adam, 139. 
 Maitland, Chancellor, 186. 
 Maitland, Hon. Thomas, 343. 
 Maitland, Jane, 189. 
 Maitland, John, Accountant of Court of 
 
 Session, 153. 
 Maitland, Rev. Dr., 333. 
 Maitland, Sir Richard, ot Lethington, 1 87.
 
 524 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Malcolm, Admiral Sir Pulteney, 313. 
 
 Malcolm, George, 313. 
 
 Malcolm IV., 417. 
 
 Malcolm, Mrs., 9. 
 
 Malcolm, Sir John, 324. 
 
 Manor, Parish of, 265. 
 
 Mar, John Francis, Fifteenth Earl of, 
 
 115. 
 
 March, Patrick, 158. 
 Marchmont, Earl of, 225, 235. 
 Margaret of Denmark, 99. 
 Margarot, Maurice, 92. 
 Marjoribanks, of Marjoribanks, 181. 
 Marshall, Henry, M.D., 142. 
 Marshall, "Walter, 130. 
 Marshall, William, 338. 
 Martin, Lieutenant-Colonel, 129. 
 Martin, Rev. John, 218. 
 Martin, Rev. Samuel, 180. 
 Martin, Theodore, 135. 
 Martyrs' Monument, 30. 
 "Mary, Highland," 411. 
 Mary of Gueldres, Queen, 101. 
 Mary, Queen of Scots, 17, 19, 99, IOI, 
 
 183, 343- 
 Mason, John, 60. 
 Mathie, Rev. Peter, 492. 
 Mathieson, Duncan, Advocate, 120. 
 Mattheson, William, 216. 
 Mauchline, Parish of, 396. 
 Maule, Colonel Lauderdale, 139. 
 Maule, Hon. John, 115. 
 Maxwell, Alexander H., of Munches, 
 
 291. 
 Maxwell, David, Treasurer of Paisley, 
 
 426. 
 
 Maxwell, Hannah Leonora, 139. 
 Maxwell, of Pollok, 407. 
 Maxwell, of Preston, 109. 
 Maxwell, of Terregles, 345. 
 Maxwell, Sir Walter, of Pollok, 42. 
 Maxwell, Sir William, Bart. , of Calder- 
 
 wood, 139. 
 Maxwell, Sir William, Bart., of Monreith, 
 
 347- 
 Maxwell, Sir William Stirling, Bart., 
 
 407. 
 Maxwell, William, of Preston, 81. 
 
 Maybole, Parish of, 396. 
 
 Mayne, Dr. Robert, 462. 
 
 Mayne, Major-General, 77. 
 
 Meadowbank, Lord, 170. 
 
 Medina, Sir John, the Painter, 52. 
 
 Mepget, Mrs. Mary, 71. 
 
 Meikle, Andrew, 211. 
 
 Meikleham, Professor William, 467. 
 
 Meiklewrath, Matthew, 365. 
 
 Meiklewrath, Daniel, 365. 
 
 Mellis, Rev. David Barclay, 53. 
 
 Melrose Abbey, 2. 
 
 Melrose, Parish of, 250. 
 
 Melville, Henry, First Viscount, 9, 14, 
 
 172. 
 
 Melville, Robert, Second Viscount, 10. 
 Menzies, Professor Allan, 143. 
 Merton, Parish of, 230. 
 Middlebie, Parish of, 314. 
 Middlemas, Provost Charles, 204. 
 Middlemas, Robert H., 204. 
 Middleton, Major William, 465. 
 Miller, Hugh, the Geologist, 147. 
 Miller, James, no. 
 Miller, Patrick, of Dalswinton, 53. 
 Miller, Professor James, 150. 
 Miller, Rev. James, 151. 
 Miller, Rev. William, 445. 
 Miller, Robert, 383. 
 Miller, Sir William, Bart., 96. 
 Miller, William, 498. 
 Miller, William, of Dykes, 381. 
 Miller, William, Seaman, 204. 
 Milne, Alexander, 105. 
 Milne, John, Master Mason, 27, 28. 
 Milne, Nicol, of Falconside, 258. 
 Milne, Rev. Adam, 254. 
 Milroy, John, 356. 
 Milton, Lord, 217. 
 MinnigaflF, Parish of, 340. 
 Minnyhive, Village of, 305. 
 Minto, David, 498. 
 Minto, Mary, Countess of, 223. 
 Mitchel, Isabel, 216. 
 Mitchell, Catherine, 221. 
 Mitchell, James, 492. 
 Mitchell, John, Collector, 292. 
 Mitchell, John, 293.
 
 INDEX. 
 
 525 
 
 Mitchell, John, Painter, 489. 
 
 Mitchell, John, of Mayville, 124. 
 
 Mitchell, Robert, 305. 
 
 Moffat, Parish of, 315. 
 
 Moffat, Rev. James, 300. 
 
 Moffat, William, S.S.C., 155. 
 
 Moir, Rev. David, 153. 
 
 Moir, David Macbeth, the Poet, 167. 
 
 Moir, Professor George, 74. 
 
 Moncreiff, Hope Margaret, 488. 
 
 Moncreiff, Lord, 132. 
 
 Moncreiff, Sir James W., Bart., 132. 
 
 Monkton, Parish of, 397. 
 
 Monmouth, Duchess, 159. 
 
 Monmouth, Duke of, 159. 
 
 Monro, George, S.S.C., 155. 
 
 Monteith, Major Archibald D., 486. 
 
 Monteith, Rev. Robert, 229. 
 
 Monteith, Robert, 20. 
 
 Montgomerie, Captain John Hamilton, 
 
 129. 
 
 Montgomerie, of Hesilhead, 425. 
 Montgomerie, Mrs. Marion, 424. 
 Montgomery, Hugh, of Broadly, 417. 
 Montgomery, Sir Robert, of Skelmorly, 
 
 390- 
 
 Montrose, Marquis of, 106. 
 Monypenny, Alexander, W.S., 53. 
 Moore, Dugald, Poet, 474. 
 Moore, General Sir John, 10, 452, 453. 
 Moray, John, Twelfth Earl of, 16. 
 Mordington, Parish of, 234. 
 Morehead, Rev. Robert, D.D., 139. 
 Morehead, "William Ambrose, 139. 
 Morlaud, Sir Hugh de, 312. 
 Morris, Edward, 493. 
 Morris, Hugh, 392. 
 Morton, George, Earl of, 79. 
 Morton, James, Twelfth Earl of, 115. 
 Morton, The Regent, 20. 
 Morton, Robert, Thirteenth Earl of, 115. 
 Morville, Hugh de, 230, 238. 
 " Morvo, John," 2, 251. 
 Moss, Edward, 113. 
 Moss, Mary, 113. 
 Mossman, William, Sculptor, 495. 
 Motherwell, William, the Poet, 472, 473. 
 Mouat, Thomas, 292. 
 
 Mounsey, Alexander, 320. 
 
 Mounsey, Dr. James, 314, 320. 
 
 Mounsey, John, 320. 
 
 Mounsey, John, M.D., 320. 
 
 Mounsey, Thomas, 314, 320. 
 
 Mounsey, William, 320. 
 
 Mount Ed gecumbe, Richard, Earl of, 115. 
 
 Mousewald, Parish of, 313. 
 
 Muir, Dr. William, 149. 
 
 Muir, Helen, 268. 
 
 Muir, Isabel, 39, 424. 
 
 Muir, James, 92. 
 
 Muir, John, 268. 
 
 Muir, Margaret, 129. 
 
 Muir, Rev. John, D.D., 465. 
 
 Muir, Rev. Dr. William, 160. 
 
 Muir, Robert, 492. 
 
 Muir, William, 315. 
 
 Muirhead, Agnes, 411. 
 
 Muirhead, John, 360. 
 
 Muirkirk, Parish of, 398. 
 
 Munro, Major David, 130. 
 
 Munsie, Thomas, 320. 
 
 Murchie, John, 365. 
 
 Mure, of Caldwell, 38, 46. 
 
 Mure, Marjory, 433. 
 
 Murray, Alicia Stewart, 46. 
 
 Murray, of Broughton, 331. 
 
 Murray, Captain George, 72. 
 
 Murray, General Thomas, 129. 
 
 Murray, James, of Deuchar, 26. 
 
 Murray, James, of Wick, 143. 
 
 Murray, James Wolfe, Lord Cringletie, 45. 
 
 Murray, Jane, 328. 
 
 Murray, Lord, 8, 9. 
 
 Murray, Nicholas, 105. 
 
 Murray, Provost, 355. 
 
 Murray, Rev. Dr. Alexander, 328340. 
 
 Murray, Sir John Archibald, 60. 
 
 Murray, Sir Patrick, of Ochtertyre, 72. 
 
 Murray, The Regent, 15, 182, 471. 
 
 Murray, William, of Henderland, 60. 
 
 Muter, Rev. Robert, D.D., 484. 
 
 Mynto, Sir Walter, 457. 
 
 Mynto, Sir Thomas, 457. 
 
 N 
 Nairne, Baroness, 163.
 
 526 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Napier, Fifth Lord. 
 
 Napier, John, of Merchiston, 57. 
 
 Napier, Major-General Mark, 6l. 
 
 Napier, Mr. Mark, 351. 
 
 Napier, Professor Macvey, 73. 
 
 Napier, Sir Alexander, 57. 
 
 Napoleon I., 6. 
 
 Nasinyth, John, Monument of, 21. 
 
 National Monument, Edinburgh, 6. 
 
 Necropolis, The, Glasgow, 470, 490. 
 
 Neill, General James, 360. 
 
 Neill, Patrick, LL.D., 126. 
 
 Neilsou, Ellen, 121. 
 
 Neilson, Walter, of Springfield. 
 
 Nelson, Lord, 5, 6, 452. 
 
 New Abbey, Parish of, 342. 
 
 New Gallon Burial-ground, 96, 99. 
 
 Newark, Lady, 115. 
 
 Newbattle, Parish of, 177. 
 
 Newbigging, Patrick S. K., M.D., 143. 
 
 Newington Burial-ground, 154, 156. 
 
 Newlands, Parish of, 266. 
 
 Newton, Lord, 102. 
 
 Newton, W. W. Hay, of Newton, 79. 
 
 Newtoune, Rev. Archibald, 175. 
 
 Nichol, James, Publisher, 154. 
 
 Nichol, Professor, 148. 
 
 Nichol, "Walter, LL.D., 130. 
 
 Nicholson, William, Author of "The 
 
 Brownie of Blednoch," 329. 
 Nicol, Rev. James, 271. 
 Nicol, William, of the Edinburgh High 
 
 School, 309. 
 
 Nicoll, Robert, the Poet, 123. 
 Niddry, Burial-ground at, 175. 
 Ninety-third Regiment, Monument to 
 
 officers and men of, 15. 
 Nisbet, Alexander, Author of "System 
 
 of Heraldry," 52. 
 Nisbet, Henry, of Dean, 58. 
 Nisbet, James, 456. 
 Nisbet, John, 385 394. 
 Nisbet, Rev. Alexander, 120. 
 Nisbet, Rev. Gavin, 176. 
 Niven, David, 377. 
 North Berwick, Parish of, 207. 
 Norvell, George, of Boghall, 180. 
 
 
 
 Observatory, Edinburgh, 6. 
 
 "Ochiltree Edie," 258. 
 
 Ogilvie, General John, 129. 
 
 Ogilvie, Georgn, of KirkbiKdo, 129. 
 
 0>$ilvy, Sir John, Bart., 71. 
 
 0,-ilvy, Walter, Lord, 87. 
 
 Old Caltou Burial-ground, 9196. 
 
 Old Luce, Parish of, 347. 
 
 Oliphant, Sir William, 51. 
 
 Oliver's Mound, 165. 
 
 Ord, Clara Jane, 98. 
 
 Ord, Thomas, 98. 
 
 Onuiston, Parish of, 209. 
 
 Orr, James, 381. 
 
 Orr, John, of Barrowfield, 465. 
 
 Orr, John, of Brack raw, 129. 
 
 Orr, Rev. James, 229. 
 
 Orroek, Rev. Alexander, 244. 
 
 Orrok, Wemyss, of Orrok, 153. 
 
 Oswald, James, M.P., 456. 
 
 Oswalde, Rev. John, 215. 
 
 Outram, George, 125. 
 
 Pagan, William, of Clayton, 321. 
 
 Paisley, Parish of, 417, 432. 
 
 Palmer, Thomas Tyshe, 92. 
 
 Paumure, Earl of, 115. 
 
 Panmure, William, Baron, 139. 
 
 Panton, John, M.D., 487. 
 
 Park, Andrew, 430. 
 
 Park, John, 429. 
 
 Park, Mungo, 274. 
 
 Park, Patrick, Sculptor, 97. 
 
 Parker, Dr. Robert, 492. 
 
 Parker, John, 504. 
 
 Pasley, Robert, of Mount Annan, 139. 
 
 Paterson, Bailie John, 112. 
 
 Paterson, Bishop John, 1 14. 
 
 Paterson, Hugh, 499. 
 
 Patersou, James, 320. 
 
 Paterson, Janet, 320. 
 
 Paterson, John, 292. 
 
 Paterson, John, Skipmire, 320. 
 
 Paterson, Nicol, 112. 
 
 Paterson, Rev. Walter, 198. 
 
 Patersou,Robert,"01d Mortality" 298,328.
 
 INDEX. 
 
 527 
 
 Paterson, Thomas, 328. 
 Patersou, William, 437. 
 Paterson, William, Founder of Bank of 
 
 England, 319, 320. 
 Patison, Simon, 366. 
 Paton, Captain John, 372. 
 Paton, Matthew, 460. 
 Patrick, William, of Roughwood, 366. 
 Pattison, Colonel Alexander H., 486. 
 Pattison, John, of Kelvingrove, 488. 
 Pattison, Lieutenant Alexander H., 487. 
 Paul, Rev. Hamilton, 262. 
 Paul, Rev. William, 58. 
 Paxton, Rev. George, D.D., 62. 
 Paxton, Rev. John Dunlop, 96. 
 Pedeu, Rev. Alexander, 13, 365. 
 Peebles, Parish of, 267. 
 Peel, Sir Robert, 452, 453. 
 Penicuik, Parish of, 177. 
 Peuuecuick, Alexander, M.D., 266. 
 Penney, William, Advocate, 70. 
 Penningham, Parish of, 348, 353. 
 Penpont, Parish of, 316. 
 Pentlauds, Battle of the, 163. 
 Perth, Duke of, 114. 
 Peter, Bailie Thomas, 427. 
 Peter the Great, 34. 
 Peters, Sir John, 52. 
 Petrie, Dr. Robert, 299. 
 Petrie, Rev. Robert, 299. 
 Petrie, William, 299. 
 Philip, Rev. Alexander, 155. 
 Philips, Sir George Richard, Bart., 115. 
 Pinkerton, James, 212. 
 Pinkie, Battle of, 165. 
 Pitcairn, Elizabeth, 34. 
 Pitcairn, Dr. Archibald, 34. 
 Pitcairn, Janet, Countess of Kellie, 35. 
 Pitcairn, Margaret, 35. 
 Pitcairn, Rev. Thomas, 153. 
 Pitcairnes, Rev. Thomas, 71. 
 Pitman, Major- General, 129. 
 Pitt, Lieutenant Edward W., 124. 
 Pitt, William, 10. 
 
 Play fair, Patrick, of Dalmarnock, 487. 
 Playfair, Professor John, 7, 95. 
 Playfair, William H., 2, 7, 66, 139. 
 Pollok, Sir Robert Crawfurd, Bart., 90. 
 
 Polwarth, Parish of, 235. 
 Pont, Rev. Robert, 58, 59. 
 Pope, James, 124. 
 Porteous, Captain John, 53. 
 Porter, George, 500. 
 Portus, Robert, 161. 
 Pratt, David, of Seggie, 98. 
 Preston, Sir Simon, 17. 
 Prestongrange, Lord, 213. 
 Preston kirk, Parish of, 211. 
 Prestonpaus, Parish of, 212. 
 Primrose, Peter, D.D., 215. 
 Primrose, Sir Archibald, 181. 
 Pringle, Andrew, 254. 
 Pringle, General John, 143. 
 Pringle, Hope, of Galashiels, 253. 
 Priugle of Wuitebank, 253. 
 Pringle of Woodhouse, 253. 
 Purdie, Tom, 257. 
 Purdie, William, 262. 
 Pyrre, William, 419. 
 
 Queensberry, Charles, Duke of, 283. 
 Queensberry, Earl of, 109. 
 Queensberry, James, Second Duke of, 
 Queensberry, Mary, Duchess of, 303. 
 Queensferry, Parish of, 183. 
 Queen Victoria, 8, 124, 453. 
 Quincey, Thomas de, 67. 
 
 R 
 
 Raeburn, Sir Henry, 72. 
 Raimes, John, of Cowden, 130. 
 Raining, Provost Herbert, 288. 
 Ramsay, Allan, 8, 17, 37, 96. 
 Ramsay, Bishop James, 89. 
 Ramsay, David, of Abbotshall, 213. 
 Ramsay, Dean, 10, 79. 
 Ramsay, Dowager Lady, 77. 
 Ramsay, General, 9. 
 
 Ramsay, George, of Foulden Bastel, 22&. 
 Ranken, of Inchcross, 181. 
 Ramsay, James, 255. 
 Ramsay, Lady, 213. 
 Ramsay, Mrs. Allan, 9. 
 Ramsay, Mrs. Isabella, 79. 
 Ramsay, Peter, 129.
 
 528 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Ramsay, Principal, 89. 
 Rainsay, Rev. James, 248, 352. 
 Ramsay, Robert, 120. 
 Ramsay, Sir Alexander, Bart., 77. 
 Ramsay, Sir Thomas, Bart., 213. 
 Ramshorn Churchyard, Glasgow, 469. 
 Rankin, Theophilus, 392. 
 Rattray, Baron Clerk, 79. 
 Reay, Elizabeth, Baroness, no. 
 Reay, George, Fifth Baron, no. 
 Reddie, James, LL.D., 482. 
 Redpath, Rev. Philip, 229. 
 Redkirk, Churchyard at, 306. 
 Register House, Edinburgh, 7. 
 Reid, Cumberland, 203. 
 Reid, Janet, 203. 
 Reid, Magnus, 203. 
 Reid, Professor James Seaton, 495. 
 Reid, Professor Thomas, 73, 466. 
 Reid, Rev. Matthew, 308. 
 Reid, Robert, Architect, 143. 
 Reid, Thomas, 203. 
 Renfrew, Parish of, 433. 
 Renton, Rev. Alexander, 153. 
 Ren wick, Rev. James, 31, 306, 310. 
 Reoch, Provost James, 1 19. 
 Restalrig Churchyard, 116, 118. 
 Reynolds, Sir Joshua, 72. 
 Richard II., 99. 
 Richards, Thomas, 366. 
 Richardson, Mrs. Caroline E., 299. 
 Richmond, Andrew, 376. 
 Richmond, John, 460. 
 Richmond, John, of Know, 376. 
 Riddel, Isabel, 247. 
 Riddell, General Henry James, 53. 
 Riddell, Henry Scott, 281. 
 Riddel), John, Advocate, 140. 
 Riddell, Robert, Advocate, 53. 
 Riddell, Robert, of Glenriddell, 302. 
 Riddell, Thomas, of Carrieston, 85. 
 Rigby, William, 60. 
 Ritchie, Christian, 94. 
 Ritchie, David, 265. 
 Ritchie, Dr. David, 77. 
 Ritchie, Dr. William, 402. 
 Ritchie, Thomas, 382. 
 Ritchie, William, 266. 
 
 Rizzio, David, 101. 
 
 Robb, Rev. Alexander, 345. 
 
 Robert II., 116. 
 
 Roberts, David, R.A., 2, 94. 
 
 Roberts, John, 94. 
 
 Robertson, Captain James, 75. 
 
 Robertson, David, Bookseller, 476. 
 
 Robertson, Dr. Joseph, 141. 
 
 Robertson, George, 130. 
 
 Robertson, Hon. William, 40. 
 
 Robertson, Jane, 145. 
 
 Robertson, Major Alexander, 130. 
 
 Robertson, Principal William, 39, 54. 
 
 Robertson, Professor James, 71. 
 
 Robertson, Rev. James, 119. 
 
 Robertson, Rev. James, D.D., 487. 
 
 Robertson, Sergeant William, 499. 
 
 Robertson, William, 497. 
 
 Robertson, Patrick, Lord, 15, 79. 
 
 Robison, Sir John, 77. 
 
 Rocheid, Sir James, 58. 
 
 Rodger, Alexander, Poet, 475. 
 
 Rodger, George, jun., 464. 
 
 Rodger, Peter, 497. 
 
 Roebuck, Dr. John, 181, 410. 
 
 Roger, Robert, 467. 
 
 Rogers, Henry Darwin, 136. 
 
 Rogerson, Dr. John, 319323. 
 
 Rogerson, Jean, 320. 
 
 Rogerson, Margaret, 320. 
 
 Rogerson, Samuel, 323. 
 
 Room, John, 296. 
 
 Rose, Bishop Alexander, 118. 
 
 Rose bank Cemetery, 124. 
 
 Rosebery, Countess of, 72. 
 
 Rosebery, Earls of, I, 72, 181. 
 
 Roslin, Barons of, 174. 
 
 Roslin Chapel, 174. 
 
 Ross, Admiral Sir John Lockhart, Bart., 
 
 72. 
 
 Ross, of Balnagowan, 506. 
 Ross, Dame Margaret, 103. 
 Ross, George, Advocate, 72. 
 Ross, Lord James, 103. 
 Ross, Johanna, 252. 
 Ross, John, 385. 
 Ross, Professor George, 1 54. 
 Ross, Rev. Robert, 487.
 
 INDEX. 
 
 529 
 
 Ross, Sir John, of Hawkhead, 433. 
 Rosslyn, Earls of, 175. 
 Rosslyn, Frances, Countess of, 175. 
 Rothes, John, Earl of, 112. 
 Row, John, 471. 
 Rowan, Rev. Robert, 348, 354. 
 Roy, Major-General William, 214. 
 Roy, John, 214. 
 Roy, Rev. Jaines, 213. 
 Royal Bank, Edinburgh, g. 
 Royal Institution, Edinburgh, 9. 
 Roystoun, Lord, 30. 
 Roxburgh Club, The, 239. 
 Roxburgh, Dukes of, 239. 
 Roxburgh, Parish of, 258. 
 Roxburghe, Jane, Countess of, 101. 
 Ruddiman, Thomas, 36. 
 Ruddiman, William, M.D., 36. 
 Rullion Green, Battle of, 163. 
 Rnnciman, Alexander, 86, 96. 
 Runciman, John, 86. 
 Russel, Alexander, 151. 
 Russell, Bishop Michael, 118. 
 Russell, James, M.D., 143. 
 Russell, Jerome, 471. 
 Russell, Rev. William, 380. 
 Ruthert'urd, Andrew, 496. 
 Rutherfurd, Lord, 130, 131. 
 Rutherfurd, Major James H., 143. 
 Rutherfurd, Mrs. Alison, 82. 
 Rutherfurd, Rev. Samuel, 326, 336. 
 Rutherfurd, Robert, of Fernylee, 82. 
 Ruth well, Parish of, 316. 
 
 Salton, Parish of, 217. 
 Saltoun, Dowager Lady, 115. 
 Saltoun, George, Fourteenth Baron, 
 Samson, Thomas, 387. 
 Sandford, Bishop Daniel, 73. 
 Sandford, Sir Daniel, 79. 
 Sandilands, of Couston, 181. 
 Sandilands, Sir James, 471. 
 Sang, William, 205. 
 " Saaguhar Declaration," 306. 
 Sanquhar, Parish of, 318. 
 Sawers, Lieutenant John L., 205. 
 Schaw, Abbot George, 419, 428. 
 
 115. 
 
 Schuyler, Colonel, 294. 
 
 Scoresby, Jackson Robert E., 154. 
 
 Scot, Bishop John, 177. 
 
 Scot, Robert, 460. 
 
 Scott, Andrew, Poet, 239. 
 
 Scott, Caroline Eliza, 299. 
 
 Scott, David, the Painter, 133. 
 
 Scott, John, M.D., 142. 
 
 Scott, John, of Rodono, 278. 
 
 Scott, Lady, 62, 230. 
 
 Scott, Margaret, 298. 
 
 Scott, Michael, 477. 
 
 Scott, Mrs. Anne, 79. 
 
 Scott, Peter Redford, 143. 
 
 Scott, Rev. John, 290. 
 
 Scott, Rev. Robert, 100. 
 
 Scott, Robert, Sandyknowe, 260. 
 
 Scott, Sir Michael, of Balwearie, 251. 
 
 Scott, Sir Walter, i, 5, 14, 18, 51, 62, 
 
 68, 79, 83, 91, 93, 94, 133, 225, 230, 
 
 251, 257, 260, 265, 274, 280, 325, 335, 
 
 340, 342, 452, 480. 
 
 Scott, Sir Walter, of Branxholm, 243. 
 Scott, Sir Walter, of Buccleuch, 243. 
 Scott, Sir Walter, Lieut-Colonel, 62, 233. 
 Scott, Sophia, 233. 
 Scott, Walter, W.S., 79, 231. 
 Scott, of Gala, 254. 
 Scrimgeour, Lucres, 380. 
 Scrymgour, Daniel, 53. 
 Seaforth, Earl of, 29. 
 Seaforth, Lord Francis, 115. 
 Seaforth, Mary, Countess of, 11$^ 
 Seaton, Isabel, 189. 
 Selkirk, Earls of, 115, 338^ 
 Selkirk, Parish of, 274. 
 Sempill, of Castle Seraple, 416. 
 Semple, Francis, Tenth Lord, I r$ r 
 Semple, John, 368. 
 Semple, Rev. Samuel, 175. 
 Seton, Alexander, 191. 
 Seton, Margaret, 423. 
 Seton, of Northrig, 192. 
 Seton, William, 192. 
 Seventy -second Regiment, Monument to 
 
 officers and men of, 15. 
 Seventy -eighth Regiment, Monument to 
 
 officers and men of, n. 
 
 2 M
 
 530 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Sewell, Thomas, of Haselmere, 213. 
 
 Seymour, Lord Webb John, 115. 
 
 Sharpe, Charles Eirkpatrick, 310. 
 
 Sharpe, of Hoddam, 291. 
 
 Sharpe, James, 497. 
 
 Shaw, James, 412. 
 
 Shaw, Sir James, Bart., 386. 
 
 Sherrer, Margaret, 410. 
 
 Shields, Alexander, 351. 
 
 Shields, John, 385. 
 
 Shillilaw, William, 402. 
 
 Short, John, 360. 
 
 Sibbald, James, M.D., 155. 
 
 Sibbald, Sir Robert, 100. 
 
 Sibbald, William, 263. 
 
 Siddons, Cecilia, 137. 
 
 Siddons, Henry, 52. 
 
 Siddons, Mrs., 137. 
 
 Sighthill Cemetery, Glasgow, 494, 499. 
 
 Sime, Rev. John, 153. 
 
 Simpson, Colonel John, 99. 
 
 Simpson, David, 128. 
 
 Simpson, David, of Teviot Bank, 53. 
 
 Simpson, Rev. Alexander, LL.D., 145. 
 
 Simpson, Sir James Young, Bart., 128, 
 
 181. 
 
 Simson, George, R.S.A., 130. 
 Simson, James, 255. 
 Simson, John, of Kirton Hall, 465. 
 Simson, Professor Robert, 465. 
 Simson, William, 130. 
 Sinclair, Captain Archibald, R.N., 76. 
 Sinclair, Catherine, n, 74. 
 Sinclair, Elesoune, 368. 
 Sinclair, Sir John, Bart., II, 76, 115. 
 Sinclair, Lady, 116. 
 Skene, Andrew, 97. 
 Skene, Dr. George, 97. 
 Skene, Sir James, Bart., 52. 
 Skeoch, Alexander, 428. 
 Skeoch, William, 428. 
 Skirling, Parish of, 271. 
 Skirving, Adam, 200. 
 Skirving, Archibald, 200. 
 Skirving, Archibald, Artist, 201. 
 Skirving, William, 92. 
 Sleicb, John, 192. 
 Smailholme, Parish of, 260. 
 
 Smell ie, Alexander, F.R.S.E., 52. 
 
 Smibert, Thomas, the Poet, 267. 
 
 Smith, Alexander, the Poet, 126. 
 
 Smith, Dr. Adam, 86. 
 
 Smith, James, Martyr, 360, 398. 
 
 Smith, James, Architect, 234, 256. 
 
 Smith, Jean, 195. 
 
 Smith, John, 200. 
 
 Smith, John Alexander, M.D., 252. 
 
 Smith, Margaret, 364. 
 
 Smith, Rev. James, 380. 
 
 Smith, Rev. Professor, 153. 
 
 Smith, Rev. William B., 129. 
 
 Smith, Robert, 331, 337. 
 
 Smith, Robert Archibald, 65. 
 
 Smith, Sydney, 131. 
 
 Smith, William, 322. 
 
 Smollett, Tobias, 17. 
 
 Smyth, Mrs. Mary, 59. 
 
 Smyth, Rev. William, 390. 
 
 Somerset, the Protector, 165. 
 
 Somerville, Dr. Thomas, 245. 
 
 Somerville, Lords, 187, 444. 
 
 Somerville, Roger de, 249. 
 
 Somerville, Walter de, 249. 
 
 Somner, Richard, of Somnerneld, 151. 
 
 Soulis, Lord, 384. 
 
 Soulis, Sir John de, 226. 
 
 Southern Necropolis, Glasgow, 491, 494. 
 
 Spence, Alexander, 124. 
 
 Spence, Lieutenant John, 1 19. 
 
 Spier, Allan, 382. 
 
 Spiers, Archibald, 153. 
 
 Spiers, Sheriff Graham, 153. 
 
 Spittal, John, M.D., 486. 
 
 Spott, Parish of, 218. 
 
 Spottiswood, John, 471. 
 
 Spottiswood, Robert, 95. 
 
 Sprott, Family of, 218. 
 
 Sprott, Lieutenant George H., 14. 
 
 Stair, Lord, of Newliston, 168. 
 
 Standard, Battle of the, 114. 
 
 Stanley, Captain Edward, 75. 
 
 St. Boswell's, Parish of, 260. 
 
 St. Clair, Sir William, of Rosslyn, 174. 
 
 St. Cuthbert's Churchyard, 57, 72. 
 
 Stedman, Captain James, 258. 
 
 Steel, David, 506.
 
 INDEX. 
 
 531 
 
 Steel, James, 381. 
 
 Steell, John, Sculptor, 3, 5, 8, 9, 10, 18, 
 
 185. 
 
 Steell, Mary, 320. 
 Stiell, Colonel Robert, 204, 205. 
 St. Giles's Church, Edinburgh, 12,14, 15 
 
 1 6, 19, 58, 244. 
 St. John's Episcopal Church, Edinburgh, 
 
 72, 79- 
 
 St. John, Knights of, 182, 183. 
 St. Mary's Churchyard, 276. 
 St. Ninian, Church of, 348. 
 Stephen, Alexander, M.D., 115. 
 Steuart, Archibald, of Blackball, 407. 
 Steuart, Bernard, 158. 
 Steuart, John, of Phisgyl, 214. 
 Steuart, Lady Frances, 441. 
 Steuart, Lord Provost David, 71. 
 Steuart, Sir James D., Bart., of Coltness, 
 
 440. 
 
 Steuart, "Walter, of Pardovan, 407. 
 Steven, Rev. William, D.D., 150. 
 Stevenson, Elizabeth, 34. 
 Stevenson, John, 341. 
 Stevenson, Rev. Andrew, 203. 
 Stevenson, Rev. John, D.D., 143. 
 Stevenson, Robert, C.E., 97. 
 Stevenson, Thomas, 341. 
 Stevenston, Parish of, 399. 
 Stewards, The High, 417, 418. 
 Stewart, Alexander, 494. 
 Stewart, Archibald, 460. 
 Stewart, David, 301. 
 Stewart, General, of Garth, 162. 
 Stewart, General Sir William, 341. 
 Stewart, James, 205. 
 Stewart, James, of Cardonald, 421. 
 Stewart, Lord James, 471. 
 Stewart, Major, of Ardoch, 331. 
 Stewart, Margaret, 421. 
 Stewart, Mrs. Barbara, 296. 
 Stewart, Professor Dugald, 7, 73, 87. 
 Stewart, Rev. Alexander, LL.D., 449. 
 Stewart, Rev. Dr., 313. 
 Stewart, Robert, 331. 
 Stewart, Robert, of Murdostoun, 487. 
 Stewart, Sholto Thomas, no. 
 Stewart, Sir James, of Fort Stewart, 131. 
 
 Stewart, Sir James, of Goodtrees, 114- 
 Stewart, Sir John, Bart., of Grandtully, 
 
 no. 
 
 Stewart, Sir John, of Mynto, 421. 
 Stewart, Sophia, 131. 
 Stewart, William, 103. 
 Stewart, William, of Castle Stewart, 11$. 
 Stewart, Walter, 421. 
 Stewarton, Parish of, 400. 
 Stirling, General Alexander Graham, 76. 
 Stirling, Lieutenant John, 465. 
 Stirling, Sir George, of Keir, 103. 
 Stirrat, Rev. Robert, 143. 
 Stoddart, Admiral Pringle, 129. 
 Stormouth, James, of Lednathy, 84, 
 Strachan, Captain, 350. 
 Straiten, Parish of, 401. 
 Strang, John, LL.D., 486. 
 Stranraer, Parish of, 348. 
 Strathmore, James, Seventh Earl of, 115. 
 S trathmore, Thomas, Ele venth Earl of, 1 1 5 . 
 Strathnavar, Lord, 100. 
 Strong, Christopher, 504. 
 Stuart, Captain John, 130. 
 Stuart, Mrs. Rachel, 61. 
 Stuart, James, ofDunearn, 351. 
 Stuart, Margaret, III. 
 Stuart, Robert, Author of " Caledonia 
 
 Romana," 477. 
 Surenne, Gabriel, 143. 
 Sutherland, Alexander, 71. 
 Sutherland, Colonel Robert S., 155. 
 Sutherland, George, Fourteenth Earl of, 
 
 108, 109. 
 
 Sutherland, John, Earl of, 108, 109. 
 Sutherland, Mary, Countess of, 109. 
 Sutherland, William, Seventeenth Earl 
 
 of, 109. 
 
 Suttie, Janet, 213. 
 Suttie, Sir George Grant, 90. 
 Sweetheart Abbey, 342. 
 Swinburne, General Thomas R., 143. 
 Swinton, Alexander, of Mersingtouu, 55. 
 Swinton, George, 142. 
 Swiuton, of Kimmerghame, 235. 
 Swinton, Robert Hepburn, 142. 
 Swinton, Sir Alan de, 235. 
 Swinton, of Swinton, 235.
 
 532 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Syme, Eleanorn, 117. 
 Syme, Professor James, 74. 
 Syme, Rev. James, 117. 
 Symington, Rev. William, D.D., 488. 
 Symson, Matthias, 352. 
 Symsou, Rev. Andrew, 352. 
 
 Tait, John, of Glasgow, 486. 
 
 Tait, Rear- Admiral J. H., 71. 
 
 Tannaliill, Robert, 65, 431. 
 
 Tarbolton, Parish of, 401. 
 
 Taylor, John, M.D., 143. 
 
 Taylor, Rev. Principal William, 465. 
 
 Telfer, Alexander, of Luscar, 118. 
 
 Telfer, James, Poet, 239. 
 
 Telford, Thomas, 325. 
 
 Tennant, Charles, of St. Rollox, 482. 
 
 Tennant, John, of Mosside, 180. 
 
 Tennent, Charles, S. P., of Well Park, 
 
 488. 
 
 Terregles, Parish of, 344. 
 Thirlestane, Lord, 186. 
 Thomas, the Rhymer, 225. 
 Thome, Robert, 403. 
 Thomson, Alexander, 229. 
 Thomson, Andrew, 492. 
 Thomson, Captain John, R.N"., 123. 
 Thomson, Dr. Andrew, 66. 
 Thomson, Dr. John, 66. 
 Thomson, James, the Poet, 234, 242. 
 Thomson, Professor Thomas, 135, 485. 
 Thomson, Rev. Dr. James, 227. 
 Thomson, Rev. Thomas, Edinburgh, 95. 
 Thomson, Rev. Thomas, Ednam, 242. 
 Thomson, Rev. William, 322. 
 Thomson, Robert, Advocate, 143. 
 Thomson, Robert, of Kaimflat, 155. 
 Thomson, Sir Alexander, 462. 
 Thomson, William, 258. 
 Tinwald, Parish of, 319. 
 Tod, Alexander Bruere, 76. 
 Tod, Captain, 60. 
 Tod, General Suetonius H., 154. 
 Tod, John, W.S., 143. 
 Tod, P rovost Archibald, 26. 
 Tod, Thomas, of Drygrange, 255, 258. 
 Tongland, Parish of, 345. 
 
 Torphichen, Parish of, 183. 
 
 Torphichen, Preceptory at, 183. 
 
 Torthorwald, Parish of, 321. 
 
 Tough, Rev. George, 221. 
 
 Touraine, Duke of, 448. 
 
 Towers, Professor James, 487. 
 
 Trail, Rev. Robert, 54. 
 
 Trailflat Churchyard, 319. 
 
 Train, Joseph, 335. 
 
 Traquair, Parish of, 271. 
 
 Trinity College Church, Edinburgh, 
 
 101. 
 
 Tron Church, Glasgow, 469. 
 Trool, Glen of, 341. 
 Trotter, John, of Morton Hall, 33. 
 Trotter, William, of Ballendean, 52. 
 Tundergarth, Parish of, 322. 
 Turnbull, Rev. Thomas, 155. 
 Turner, Claud, 500. 
 Turner, General William, C.B., 98. 
 Turnerelli, Sculptor, 284. 
 Tweedie, Captain Alexander Lawrence, 
 
 76. 
 
 Tweedie, Provost, 267. 
 Tweedie, Rev. William, D.D., 150. 
 Tweedsmuir, Parish of, 272. 
 Tynron, Parish of, 322. 
 Tyre, Thomas, 383. 
 Tytler, Alexander Fraser, 43. 
 Tytler, Patrick Fraser, 43. 
 
 U 
 
 Uphall, Parish of, 184. 
 Urie, John, 403. 
 Urr, Parish of, 345. 
 
 Valleyfield, Monument to French Pri- 
 soners at, 1 77. 
 
 Vedder, David, the Poet, 149. 
 Veitch, James, 269: 
 Veitch, Janet, 265. 
 Veitch, Jean, 151. 
 Vetche, Rev. John, 160. 
 Vicar, John, 364. 
 Vicar, Wiliam, 364. 
 Vilant, Professor, 146. 
 Vipont, Sir William de, 193.
 
 INDEX. 
 
 533 
 
 w 
 
 Walker, Bishop James, 74. 
 
 Walker, Colonel Philip W., 124. 
 
 Walker, Dr. John, 89. 
 
 Walker, George, 356. 
 
 Walker, Helen,prototypeof Jeanie Deans, 
 
 340. 
 
 Walker, Professor Josiah,467. 
 Walker, William, 497. 
 Wallace, Colonel, 163. 
 Wallace, Dr. John, 307. 
 Wallace, Professor William, 53. 
 Wallace, Richard, 413. 
 Wallace, Robert, of Kelly, 413. 
 Wallace, Sir Thomas, of Craigie, 3.70. 
 Wallace, Sir William, 275, 307, 312, 360, 
 
 366, 472, 505. 
 
 Wallace Statue at Lanark, 505. 
 Wallace Tower at Ayr, 360. 
 Wallace Tower at Barnweill, 366. 
 Walston, Parish of, 507. 
 Wamphray, Parish of, 323. 
 Wandell, Parish of, 506. 
 Ward law, Alexander, 437. 
 Wardlaw, Major-General, 144. 
 Wardlaw, Rev. Rilph, 479. 
 Wardrobe, Rev. Thomas, 180. 
 Warriston Cemetery, 125, 130. 
 Watson, Adam, of Press, 205. 
 Watson, Captain John, 129. 
 Watson, James, the celebrated Printer, 
 
 52. 
 
 Watson, Mary, 376. 
 Watson, Mungo, 206. 
 Watt, James, 16, 409, 413, 452. 
 Watt, John, 120. 
 Watt, John, Greenock, 411. 
 Watt, Rev. Robert, 153. 
 Watt, Thomas, 410. 
 Watt, Thomas, M.D., 463. 
 Wauchope, Euphan, 161. 
 Wauchope, George, 129. 
 Waugh, Rev. Robert, 229. 
 Webster, Dr. Charles, 34. 
 Webster, Robert, 387. 
 Weir, James, an Extraordinary Child, 
 
 443- 
 Welch, William, 289. 
 
 Wellington, Duke of, Monuments to, 7, 
 
 452. 
 Well wood, Rev. Sir Henry Moncreiff, 
 
 Bart, 58. 
 
 Wellwynd Churchyard, 436. 
 Welsh, Rev. David, D.D., 65. 
 Wemyss, Commissary William, 154. 
 Wemyss, Earls of, 109, 199. 
 Wemyss, Jean, 109. 
 Wemyss, Rev. William, 258. 
 Westerkirky Parish of, 324. 
 West Kilbride, Parish of, 382. 
 West Linton, Parish of, 243. 
 White, Colonel Adam, 1 19. 
 White, James, 373. 
 White, Jean, 320. 
 White, Margaret, 120. 
 White, Provost Adam, 120. 
 Whithorn, John, Bishop of, 114. 
 Whithorn, Parish of, 348. 
 Whyte, Bain, W.S., 71. 
 Whyte, Sir Robert, of Bennochy, 52. 
 Wightman, Thomas, 205. 
 Wigton, Earls of, 193, 437. 
 Wigton, Parish of, 349. 
 Wilkin, Margaret, 319. 
 William III., Statue of, 452. 
 William, the Lion, 235, 249. 
 Williams, Captain George, 292. 
 Williamson, John, 315. 
 Williamson, R. C., 144. 
 Willock, John, 471. 
 Wilson, Agnes, 350. 
 Wilson, David, 194. 
 Wilson, Dr. George, 95, 136. 
 Wilson, George, 199. 
 Wilson, James, 387, 400. 
 Wilson, James, ofWoodville, 134. 
 Wilson, John, of Greenock, 412. 
 Wilson, John, Vocalist, 138. 
 Wilson, Joseph, 229. 
 Wilson, Margaret, 70. 
 Wilson, Margaret (the Martyr), 349, 356. 
 Wilson, Michael, 468. 
 Wilson, Mrs., 318. 
 Wilson, Mrs. Catherine, 52. 
 Wilson, Professor John, 8, 9, 133. 
 Wilson, Robert, 155.
 
 534 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Wilson, Thomas, of Glenvernoch, 354, 
 
 355- 
 
 Wilson, William Rae, 478. 
 Wilton, Parish of, 261. 
 Wingrave, Matthew, of Kirkbank, 142. 
 Winning, James, 460. 
 Winram, John, 471. 
 Winram, Major, 350, 354, 356. 
 Winter, Bailie Thomas, 247. 
 Winton, George, 71. 
 Winton, Robert, Earl of, 187. 
 Wishart, Bishop George, 106, 108. 
 Wishart, Captain Alexander, 155. 
 Wishart, Dame Matilda Cochrane, 115. 
 Wishart, George, the Martyr, 210, 471. 
 Wishart, James Lockhart, of Lee, 1 73. 
 Wodrow, Professor James, 408. 
 Wodrow, Rev. Robert, 383, 408. 
 Wood, Alexander, Martyr, 456. 
 Wood, Alexander, Surgeon, 117. 
 Wood, Sir Gabriel, 416. 
 Wood, William, 493. 
 Wood burn, Captain John, 77. 
 Woodburn George, 373. 
 Woodhouselee, Lord, 43. 
 Woodside Cemetery, Auderston, Glasgow, 
 
 i, 50. 
 
 Wright, James Hunter, 249. 
 Wright, Rev. Henry, of Largnean, 143. 
 Wyld, Captain Benjamin, 1 54. 
 Wyld, James, of Gilston, 154. 
 Wylde, Lieutenant Sydeuham. 204. 
 Wylie, Alexander, 382. 
 Wyllie, Rev. Robert, 503. 
 Wjse, James, 153. 
 
 Yarrow, Parish of, 275. 
 Yester, James, Seventh Lord, 109. 
 Yester, Lady Margaret, 80, 109. 
 York, Frederick, Duke of, n, 454. 
 Yorkstoun, Rev. Peter, 300. 
 Young, Alexander, 406. 
 Young, David, 124. 
 Young, James, 376. 
 Young, Michael, 406. 
 Young, Rev. Edward, 257. 
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