MO N UME N TS

AND

MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS

SC OTL AN D .

BY THE

REV. C HARLES ROGERS, LL.D.,E.S.A. Scomx ,

H ISTORIOGRAP HER‘

TO THE ROYAL H ISTORIC AL SOC IETY.

LOND ON

PUBLISHED FOR THE GRAMP IAN C LUB.

C H A RL E S GRI F F IN A N D 0 0

STAT IONERS’HALL COURT .

L ives of great m enall rem indus

We canm ake our lives sublim e,

And departing, leave behind usFootprints onthe sands of tim e.

”

LONGFELLOW.

Y et e’enthese bones from insul t to protec t,

Som e frail m em orial still erec ted nigh,With uncouth rhym es and shapeless scul p tures decked,Im plores the passing tribute of a sigh.

”

GRAY.

P REFA C E TO VOL . II .

IN com pleting the second volum e of this work, the

author closes a task which has upwards of elevenyears

occup ied his at t ention. Reviewing his perform ance , he

could hav e wished that his labours had beenm or e frui tful ,

and that the work had presented the m onum ental records

of e very Sco t tish parish. As it is, the om issions are

not v ery num erous whil e a necrological registerhas been

produced am pler thanany ex isting heretofore.

When the author entered upon his undertaking, he

sought to awakenpublic attention to the degraded c on

ditionof count ry churchyards. A s local reporters were

generally reluctant to com prom ise par ochial honour , he

was led to abandon this part of his enterp rise, not

however before collecting som e st range facts. Of these

a few m ay be related. At N ew Machar, ,Aberdeen

shire,the peasant ry obtain their winter fuel by storing

up po rtions of decayed coffins .from the churchyard .

During the sum m e r of 1 8 62 the parish schoolm aste r of

Ellonwas obliged to cease t eaching, owing to his school

r oom which adj oined the churchyard, be ing saturat ed

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with the ex halations of m ortality. Inthe churchyard of

Gam rie, overlooking the Moray Frith, bones, fragm ents

of coffins, and portions of gravestones are strewnabout .

The parochial sex tons of Lewis and North Uist per

form interm ents withinsix inches of the surface,the

coffins after a heavy shower being frequently ex posed.

The churchyard of Sandwich,in Orkney, is part of

an undrained m arsh, and at interm ents coffins are

plunged into the water which fills e very new-m ad e

grave . These facts require no com m ent .

Addi tional to those to whom he form erly ex pressed

his obligations, the author cannot deny him self the satis

fact i onof m entioning the considerable assistance he has

rec eived from papers on the graveyards of the north

eastern counties prepared by Mr. J ervise . The author

learns with pleasure that Mr. Jervise contem plates a

separate publication. H is work should have a place in

the library of every Scottish archaeologist .

SNOWDOUN VILLA ,

LEWISHAM, KENT.October, 1872.

C O N TEN TS.

P AGE

ARGYLESHIRE.

ARD C HATTAN

CAMPBELTONCOLONSAYCRA IGNISHDUNOON AND K ILMUNGLENORC HAY CLACKMANNANSHIRE.

INVERARY ALLOAIONA CLA C KMANNANKILLEAN DOLLARLISMORE AND APP INSADDELL

SOUTH KNAPDALE

DUMBARTONSHIRE.

BONH ILLDUMBARTONOLD K ILPATRI C KK IRKINT ILLO C HLuss

STIRLINGSHIREAIRTH

FIFESHIRE.

ABBOTSHALL

ABB IEABEBC ROMBJE

ABERDOURANSTRUTHER-EASTERANSTRUTHER-WESTERAU C HTERMU C HTYBALMERINOBURNTISLANDCARNBEEC ARNO C K

CONTENTS.

CERESCOLLESSIECRA ILCREI C HCULTSC UPARDALGETYDUNFERMLINE

DUNINODYSARTFALKLAND .

FERRY-PORT-ON-CRA IGFLISKK ILC ONQUHARKILMANYK ILRENNYK INGHORNK1 NGSBARNS

K IRKC ALDYLARGOLESL IELEUC HARSMONIMA ILNEWBURGHP ITTENWEEMST. ANDREWSSC OONIE

STRATHMIGLOTORRYBURN

KlNROSS-SHIRE.

K INROSSP ORTMOAK .

PERTHSHIRE.

ABERDALGIE 145 FORFARSHIRE.

ABLREOYLE 14-6 ABERLEMNOAL

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C HTERARDER 146 AIRL IEBA LQUH IDDER 147 ARBIRLOT

BLAC KFORDBLAIR-ATHOLECALLANDERC oLLAcE

C OMBIE

COUPAR-ANOUSCRIEFFDRONDUNBLANEDUNKELDERROLFORGANDENNYFOWL ISWESTERGASKKILMADO C K

K IN C ARD INE-IN-MENTEITHK INFAUNSK INNA IRDKINNOULL

LEC ROP T

LITTLE DUNKELDMEIGLEMETHVENMONIVAIRD

MONZ IEMUC KHART

PERTHPORT OF MENTEI'I‘

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REDGORTON

ST. MADOES

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C ONTENTS.

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AU C HTERHOUSEBARRY

BREC H INCARESTONC ARMYLL IECORTAC HY .

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DUNDEEEAS

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SIE AND NEVAYED Z ELL

FARNELLFORFARFowLIs-EASTERGLAMMIS

GLENISLAGUTHRIEINVERKEILLOR

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KIRKDEN

LETHNOT AND NAVARLIFF AND BENVIE

LINTRATHENLO C HLEE

LOGIE P ERTLUNANLUNDIE AND FOWL ISMA INS AND STRATHMARTINMARYTONMENMU IRMONIFIETHMONIKIEMONTROS

MURROESNEWTYLEOATHLAWP ANBRID E

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KINCARDINESHIRE.

ARBUTHNOTBANC HORY-DEVENI C KBAN C HORY-TERNANBENHOLMEBERVIEDUNNOTTARFETTERC AIRNFETTERESSOFORDOUN

GARvocx

GLENBERVIEK INNEFFLAURENC EKIRKMARYC ULTERMARYKIRKST. CYRUSSTRAOHAN

ABERDEENSHIRE.

ABERDEENABERD OURABOYNEAU C HTERLESSBELHELVIEBOURTIECHAPEL OF GARIOOH

CRATH IE AND BRAEMARCRIMONDCRUDENDRUMBLAD“

EC HTELLONFOVERANFYVIE

CONTENTS.

P AGE P AGE

GLENMUIC K, TULLIcn AND

GLENGAIRN

INSC II

INVERUBY

KEITH-HALL AND KINKELLKILDRUMMYKIN C ARDINE O’NEILKING EDWARDLEOC HELLOGIE-BUC IIAN

LOGIE-COLDSTONELONGSIDELUMPHANANMIDMAR NAIRNSHIRE.

MONQUIIITTER CAWDOROLD MA C HAR NAIRNPETERC ULTERPITSL IGORATHENBAYNEST. FEEGUS

SKENESTRATHDONSTRI C HENTURRIFF

BANFFSHIRE .

BOINDIE

BOTRIP HNIE

CABRAC HCULLENGAMBIE

GRANGEINVERAVEN

KEITHKIRKMI C HAELMARNO C HMORTLAC HRATHVEN

ELGINSHIRE.

ABERNETHYBELEIE, OR FOC HABERSDALLAS

DUFFUSDUTH ILDYKE AND Mor

ELGINFORRESKNOC RANDO

ROTHESST. ANDREWS

,LHANBRYDE

INVERNESS-SHIREDU IRIN ISHHARRISINVERNESSKILMALIE

KILMU IRPETTYSLEATURQUHART AND GLENMORISTON

ROSS AND CROMARTY.

ALNESSC ONTINCROMARTYD INGWALLFEARNFODDERTYGAIRLO C II

KIN C ARD INENIGGROSEMARKIE

SUTHERLANDSHIRE.

ASSYNT

DORNO C HGOLSP IELAIRGTONGUE

CAITHNESS-SHIRE.

CONTENTS.

P AGE

HALKIRR

AP PENDIX .

EDINBURGHSHIRE. KIRKCUDBRIGHTSHIRE.

GREYFRIARS CHURC HYARD 399 BUITTLE

THE DEAN CEMETERY 399 KELLS

BORTHWI C K 400 K IRKPATRI C K-DURHAMNEWBATTLE 400

WIGTONSHIRE.

WH ITHORNROXBURGHSHIRE.

CASTLETON 403 LANARKSHIRE.

BOTHWELLDUMERIESSHIRE.

GLASGOWCUMMERTREESDALTONKEIRK IRKPATRI C K-FLEMINGMOUSWALD

x i

406

406

407

408

408

KIN C ARDINESHIRE.

LAURENC EKIRK

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In Milport Churchyard JamesWood has engraved on his father’s

tombstone these lines

All youthat walk among the tom bs ,Above the silent clay

,

Consider how you’ve spent your time,

To fit you for this way.

That mortal man returns to dust,

Experience lets us see,

The high,the low

,the rich

,the poor

,

Must lie as low as me.”

John McHaflie has thus celebrated his departed wife

Farewell , my Helen dear thy heavenly mind,Happy in life

,was yet in death resign

’

d.

Upright,sincere

,and in thy sphere of life

,

A kind and faithful daughter,sister

,wife

,

In youth and hOpe cut down, thy tom b aloudProclaim s

,Prepare thee for an early Shroud.

’

Inthese lines James Forty commemorates his infant son

C HRIST’

s VOICE IN THE CLOUDS.

Awake, you breathless little ones,And meet your Saviour when he com es ;Though for a time youdo sleep here,With Christ your Shepherd you’ll appear

,

And follow him to Imm anuel’s land,

With palms of victory inyour hand.Oh ! glorious sight for to be seen

,

Those lovely babes following their King ! ”

PARISH OF KILBRIDE.

Near the entrance of the churchyard is a horizontal slab,sculp

tuIed with a floral cross and two-handed sword. N0 history or

traditionis associated with it. An adjacent stone representingthe figure of a kilted Highl ander, with a sword by his side, is

believed to commemorate two petty landowners, Walter Fion and

PARISH OF ROTHESAY. 3

Duncan Tait, who, through the misrepresentation of a worthless

person named McNish, were led to engage in mortal combat.

Both fell,and were buried in the sam e grave.

The Fallertons,of Kilm ichael

,inter in this churchyard. John

Fullerton,who died in 1784, has these lines upon his tom bstone

This was the man who,free from toil and strife

,

In his ownground did pass his peaceful life.”

A m onum ental slab, bearing date 15th April, 1 747 , com m em o

rates Nugent Kerr,son to Robert Kerr

,Director Of His Majesty’s

C hancell ary of Scotland. The family Of Kerr is represented by

the Marquis of Lothi an .

PARISH OF KILMORIE.

At the clachan of Shisken,an Old churchyard contains the grave

of Saint Molio,“ the bareheaded servant of Jesus .” This saint

originally resided at Lamlash ; he subsequently removed to Shisken,and died here

,as is alleged

,at the age Of 120. On the stone which

covers his grave is sculptured a representation of the saint in the

robes of a m itred abbot, with a pastoral staff by his side and a

chalice in his handsfi‘= It was a form er custom that females after

their confinement vis ited St. Molio’

s grave, and there in token of

gratitude deposited a silver coin or some other offering.

PARISH OFROTHESAY.

W ithin the burial enclosure which surrounds the parish church

stands the choir of St. Mary’s Cathedral . On the south side of the

choir,under a low Gothic arch, is the recumbent figure of a knight

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in armour extended ou-a tom b . From the coat of arms on the

to m b it is certain that the deceased knight belonged to the Royal

House. According to the most probable conj ecture, the m onum ent

was reared by Robert I I. in honour of his father, Walter the

eighth High Steward,who married the daughter of Robert the

Bruce. Walter the t Steward died at Bathgate in 1327 or

In the north wall of the choir,under a canopy

,is a femal e figure

in low relief ; also the figure of a child in a loose robe. The base

Of the monum ent is divided into eight com partm ents, which are

occupied by an equal num ber of small figures . An effigy in the

area of the choir, holding a sword and a bat-shaped shield, is sup

posed to belong to the early portion of the thirteenth century,when

Angus,son of Somerled

,Lord Of Argyll

,held the manor of Bute. 'l

'

The fam ily m ausoleum of the Marquis of Bute stands’

near the

parish church on its north side. Here are interred James first

Earl of Bute,who died in 1 710, James, second earl, who died

28th January,1 723, and John, third earl, the celebrated statesm an ,

who died 19th March, 1 792. The last noblem an was born in 1 713.

He took part in the education of George III ., and becam e His

Majesty’

s Prime Minister inMay,1 762. Owing to an unpopu

larity, which was in many respects unmerited, he retired from

Office inFebruary, 1763 he thereafter devoted himself to literary

and.

scientific studies . He was a patron of men of learning.

Through his recom mendation State pensions were bestowed on

Dr. Samuel Johnson and John Home,the author Of “Douglas .”

The architects George and Robert Adam were indebted to his

patronage. He printed a work onBritish plants,in nine quarto

volumes. He was president of many of the learned societies,

Chancellor of Marischal College,Aberdeen

,and a Trustee of the

British Museum .

At the north- east corner of the churchyard a monumental cross

For anelaborate and ingenious paperonthis tom b, by J. 0.Roger, see Proceedingsof Society ofAntiquaries of Scotland," 11 . 466—48 1 .

f Proceedings of Scot. Soc. of Antiquaries, ii. , 475.

PARISH OF ROTHESAY. 5

denotes the resting-place of Sir Daniel Keyte Sandford,

Professor of Greek in the University Of Glasgow,and MP . for

Paisley. This eminent individual was son of Bishop Sandford,

of Edinburgh (Vol. I., 7 and was born in that city on the 3rd

February, 1798 . Having studied at Oxford,where he acquired

di stinction,he was in 1821 elected to the Greek chair in the

University of Glasgow. In 1 830 he received the honour of knight

hood. In 1834 he was elected MP . for Paisley ; but owing tofail ing health, he soon retired from his parliam entary duties . Hedi ed at Glasgow

,of fever, on the 4th February, 1838, at the age Of

forty. He composed an “ Essay on the Rise and Progress of

Literature,

” and other works .

Among the more notable persons commemorated in the church

yard are the Rev. Archibald MeLea,

m inister of the parish,

who died 12th April,1 824

,aged eighty- seven the Rev. Robert

Craig, Minister of the Free Church, Rothesay, who died 26th May,1 860

,aged sixty- eight ; and Archibald M

‘Indoe and Dugald Munn ,both provosts Of the burgh.

On a tom bstone bearing date 1 828,Archibald Black

,C ooper

thus celebrates his parents

Station o bscure and m oral worthNeed no monumental fam e ;Duty alone this stone did rear

,

To mark the spot and bear the name.

William Stewart, shipmaster, who died in 1829,has on his

gravestone these lines

Turn, Christian, turn, thy soul applyTO truths divinely given

,

The bones that underneath do lieShall live for hell or heaven.

”

In the retired churchyard of Ascog a mural tablet com m em o

rates Montague Stanl ey,a short—lived and ingenious artist.

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PARISH OF ARD C HATTAN .

IN the church and churchyard of ArdchattanPriory,founded in

1231,are several inscribed tom bstones . One in the centre Of the

church contains,in Saxon characters

,these words

Funallus Som herle Macdougalallus, Prior de ArdchattanMC C C C C .

”

At the south-east corner of the church a flat stone contains the

following inscription

Hic jacet venerandas et egregias vir Rodericus Alexander,

Rector quondam Funnanm Insulae, qui Obiit anno dom .

Within the church at the east end Of the northern wall a m onu

ment surmounting a stone coffin represents two dignified church

men in m onastic costum e,a warrior inm ail arm our

,and two

weeping nuns,between

,a human skeleton. The foll owing inscrip

tion,in old Irish characters, occupies the sides and m argin

H ie j acent nati Som erledi Macdougall Duncanus et Dugallus,hujus m onasterii successive pri ores,una cum eorundem patie ,

m atreet frat-re Alano, quorum Dugallus hujus monum enti fabricator, Obii tanno Domini

,MC C C C C II.

In the fam ily burial -ground at Ardchattan,a monum ental stone

com m em orate s Patrick Cam pbell of Inverzeldies. It is thus in

scribed

Hic jacet P atricius Cam pbell de Inverzeldies qui obut.veg prim die . Martis anno dom 1 678 anno zet. 86 .

PARISH OF CAMPBELTON .

Vir probus hie situs est, cautus, providus, per honestus,Judicio claro prom ptus et ingenio. In apothym atibusComm unis serm o fluebatFacta suis dictis consona sem per erantProle

,parente

,toro

,rebus

,virtute

,senecta

,

Jnetitia,et m eritis

,laude

,beatus Obiit.

Mr. Campbell’s younger son, the Rev. Colin Campbell, was m inister

of the parish from 1 667 till his death, 13th March, 1 726 . An

eminent mathem atician and astronom er,he conducted a corres

pondence in Latin with Sir Isaac Newton , who rem arked of him

to Dr Gregory,Were he amongst us he would make children of

us all. He was ancestor of the family of Barcaldine.

PARISH OF CAMPBELTON.

Within the church of Loland,now roofless

,rest the remains of

Elizabeth,wife of Archibald

,first Duke of Argyll

,and daughter Of

Sir Lionel Talm ash of Helm ington,Staffordshire. She died in

May,1 735. Her eldest son was the celebrated John Duke of

Argyll and Greenwich .

In the parish churchyard a tom bstone commemorates Dr. John

Sm ith, m inister of the parish,who died 26th June

,1 807, in the

60th year Of his age,and thi rty- second of his m inistry. A distin

guishedGaelic scholar, Dr. Sm ith, assisted in translating th e Scrip

tures into that language . The published Gaelic An tiquities,

”and

various theological and other works .

The following m etrical epitaphs are from Campbelton church

yardThis little spot is all I’ve got,And all that kings acquire

,

My hom e’s above,a gift Of love

,

0 reader,there aspire.

His God to him was good,

And gifts him did bes towAnd he no chorle here prov

’

d

TO neither high nor low.

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From stately palaces we removeThe narrow lodging of a grave to prove ;Leave the fair train and the light gilded room ,

To lie alone,benighted in the tom b

God only is imm ortal,man not so,

Life to be paid upon dem and we owe.

In the Old Gaelic church was interred Campbell “ Captain Of

Skipness . This valiant soldier was a powerful opponent of the

Marquis of Montrose, and was present at the battle of P hiliphaugh.

He fell at the s iege of the castle of Dunaverty. A stone which

covered his grave formerly bore these lines

A Captainmuch , renownedWhose cause of fight was still Christ’s right,For which his soul is crowned .

SO breifiy then to know the m anThis stone tells all the storie ;On earth his race he ran with graceIn Heaven he reigns in glory.

PARISH OF COLONSAY.

Within the walls of the old church of St. Oran are

ancient monuments,with the inscriptions obliterated. A

pill ar is inscribed thus

Hie jacet Malcolum bus Mac-Duffie de C ollonsay.

The clan Macduff formerly possessed a portion of the islands

Colonsay and Oronsay.

PARISH OF CRAIGNISH.

In the valley of Barbreck,near Drim ree

,Olave

,a Dane

,and the

Scottish king engaged in single combat. Olave fell,and a tum ulus

m arks his grave. A grey stone denotes the spot where Ulric, a

Danish general,was slain.

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The cross was brought from Iona.

N ear the parish church a sim ple monument of chlorite com

m em orates seventeen gentlemen of the nam e of Cam pbell, who

were executed by the governm ent Of Jam es VII. during the three

years which preceded the Revolution .

PARISH OF IONA.

The chapel of the nunnery- which alone remains of that religious

establishm ent— contains forty- eight m onum ental stones,nearly ' all

uninscribed. The oldest tom bstone, so far as can be ascertained,bears date 1543 it is situated at the east end of the chapel , and

is believed to com m emorate the last prioress,the Princess Anne.

On one portion of the surface is the figure Of the prioress, an angel

supporting her head on each side,surm ounted by a m irror and

com b. The other half (now broken Off exhibited the figure of the

Virgin Mary,with head crowned and m itred— the child in her

arms,and the sun and m oon above her head. In Saxoncharacters

there is the following inscription

Hic jacet Dom ina Anna D onaldi Terliti,filia

quondam P riorissa de Iona quo Obiit anno m o do x liiiO ejusanim am Altissim o com m endam us. Sancta Maria

,ora pro m e .

In the chapel of the Nunnery, a m util ated stone is thus

inscribed

Hie jacet Mariota filia Johannis Lauchlani Dom ini de.

The nunnery was founded not earlier than the twelfth century,

monastic establishm ents for wom en form ing no part of the religious

system of Colum ba. InRom ish tim es ladies of rank were buried

in the Nunnery chapel .

According to tradition 360 stone crosses were erected as votive

PARISH OF I ONA. 1 1

offerings in different parts of the island. Two only are entire

These are known as Maclean’s and St. Martin’s crosses . Maclean 3

Cross (situated midway between the monastery and the granary) ,is evidently the more ancient. It is supposed to suit the description of one whi ch stood in the sam e locality in the time of Colum ba,as described by Adam nan. On both sides it is decorated with a

profusion of carved work . On one side of the circle from which

the arms proj ect is a rude representation of the crucifixion. The

figure onthe cross is clothed in a long robe with loose sleeves, and

girt round the waist with a belt. On one arm of the cross is

sculptured the sacram ental chalice,and a cruciform figure onthe

other. It consists of a single stone of trap rock,and stands eleven

feet high,raised on a pedestal of granite.

St. Martin’s Cross Stands at a short distance to the south of the

other. It is a solid colum n of m ica schist,fourteen feet high ,

eighteen inches broad,and six inches thick . It is fixed in a

massive pedestal Of red granite. On its western front the cross

represents onthe upper part s ix lions with tails entwined. A l ion

or other quadruped occupies each arm of the cross. In the centre

is a rude representation of the Virgin and ch ild,with four cherubs .

On the stem appear a priest adm inistering the right Of"baptism,

two m usicians,one playing the harp and the o ther using a wind

instrum ent,and a man erect shaking hands with another sitting

ona stool. Besides other representations, there are at the base Six

granul ated balls, entwined by twelve serpents .

Reilig Ourain, the burial-place of Oran, is the grand cem etery

of the island. In this place of sepulture were interred,according

to an early tradition, forty kings of Scotland, two Irish m onarchs,

a French king, and two Irish princes of the Norwegian race. The

last kings who here found sepulchres were Duncan I.

,slain in 1034

,

and his assassin and successor the celebrated Macbeth. The

Macdonalds,Lords Of the Isles

,also interred in Reil ig Ourain.

The graves are arranged in nine rows . Of these, the third from

the entrance,is the Ridge of Kings. According to Dean Monro,

who wrote in 1549,the Royal tom bs were then covered by three

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small chapels Of which portions of the foundations only remain .

!

From the recum bent tombstones every vestige of inscriptions has

long been obl iterated. An elegant monum ental sculpture cele

brates four priors of Iona. In old English characters it presents

the following inscription .

Hie j acent quatuor priores de Y ex una natione, v . Johannes ,Hugonius, P atricius, in decretis, Ol im Bacularius et alter Hugom us,qui Obiit anno dom ini mil lesim o quingentesrm o.

”

1~

In Oran’s burial-place three sculptured stones comm emorate

McLeanof Duart, McLean of Coll, and McLean of Loch Buy.

The first is represented in armour,with a spear in his right hand

,

and a greyhound at his feet. McLeanOf Coll is in the act Of

drawing his sword, while one ither side of his head is the figure of

an angel,one arm ed with a sword. McLean of Loch Buy is

buckling his sword . There is a tradition that he was a parricide,

and that his headless body was wont to appear to those members

of his House who were at the point of death. Dr. John Beton,one

of the Betons in Pennycross in Mull , a fam ily of em inent physi

cians, who died in 1567 , is commem orated by a m ural tablet, thus

inscribed

Ecce cadi t jacul o victrici mortis iniquae,Qui toties alios solverat Ipse malis .

Soli Deo gloria.

These chapels covered the rem ains of the kings of Scotland and of Ireland andof the Norwegianprinces respectively. Of the Scottish m onarchs interred in Iona,sixteenwere of the race of Alpin. Malcolm Canm ore, who succeeded Macbeth,rem oved the burial -place of the kings to Dunferm l ine. According to the Annal s of

Ul ster, Beatus Nial, King of Ireland, having abdicated his kingdom , died at Iona in765 and B . Artgal l McC atheld, King of Connaught, who likewise abdicated, died at

Iona in786 . Inhis “ Notitia Hyberniaa, Dr. Keating states that Corm ac McAird,one of the kings of Ireland, was buried here. According to the Annals of Ulster,Am ulabh or Aulay, sonof Stirich, Prince of the Norm enof Dublin, onhis defeat atthe Battle of Tarah, in980, sought refuge inIona, where he died.

1“ Translation -Here lie four priors of Y (Iona) , all of one clan, viz .,John

,

Eugene,Patrick

,form erly bachelor indegre es, and a second Eugene, who died inthe

year of our Lord 1500.

I Translation— Behold ! he who saved so m any others from ills, him self fallsby the conquering dart of wicked death. G lory to Gud alone .

PARISH or IONA. 13

The cemetery contains 159 tombstones,of which the greater

number are broken and il legible. In 1 833 the members of the

Iona Club made a search under the surface,and brought up several

tombstones elegantly scul ptured . Two bishops’ tombs, in good

preservation, are uninscribed. Some fragm ents of tombstones

denote that numbers of the Macleods and Macdonalds had been

interred in the ground.

The roofless chapel Of St. Oran adjoins the cem etery. Sixty feet

long and twenty- two feet broad within the walls,it is fill ed with

monuments . A triple arch in the wall form s the canopy of a tom b,which

,according to tradition

,celebrates St. Oran . Near the arch

,

is the tomb of Macdonal d,Lord of the Isles . On the upper part

is a galley with furled sails . The following inscription is eu

graved in antique characters

Hic j acet corpusAngusn, filiDomini Angusii,MacDom nill de Ila.

Angus,son of Sir Angus Macdonald, thus com mem orated, was

known by the name Of Angus 09, or Young Angus . He was a

friend of Robert the Bruce in . the time of his greatest distress, and

is the hero of Sir Walter Scott’s Lord of the Isles .” His genea

logy is presented inthe notes to that poem.

An elaborately-decorated tomb in the'

centre Of the chapel cele

brates McQuarrie, of Ulva. The Chi eftain is sculptured,in full

arm our,but the inscription is nearly efi’

aced. Adjoining is the

tom b ofMcLean, Of Grul in, adorned with various scul ptures .

Under the triple arch lies the lower part of the Abbot Mac

kinnon’s Cross . It is inscribed

Haec est crux Lachl ani Mac P ingone et ejus filii Johannis,

Abbatis de Hy. Facta anno domini MC C C C LX X X IX .

”

St. Mary’s,or the Abbey Church of Iona, seem s to have been

com pleted in the twelfth century. On the north side of the al tar

Trenslation:—This is the cross of LachlanMackinnon, and his son John,Abbot of Hy (Iona) , m ade inthe year of Our Lord 1489.

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RC YLESHIRE.

is the tomb of the Abbot Mackinnon . Around the recumbent

figure of the abbot is the following inscription

Hic jacet Johannes Mac-Fingone, Abbas de Hy, que obnt annodomini millesim o quingentessim o

,cuj us anim ae propitietur Deus

altis simus .

South of the chancel is the tomb of Abbot Kenneth Mackenzie,m uch defaced. In the centre of the chancel a large tombstone

com m em orates a Macleod of Macleod . Another tom bstone in the

chancel celebrates Maclean vof Ross , in MulL His head with

bearded face rests upon a pillow,and a dog crouches at his feet ; he

is girded with a shield and C laym ore, and holds a spear in his righthand . From the other m qnum ental scul ptures in St. Mary’s

Church the inscriptions have di sappeared.

PARISH OF KILLEAN.

In the parish church a handsome marble monument,erected by

the heritors and kirksession,com memorates the generosity of

Colonel Norm an Macali ster,of Clachaig

, Governor and Com

mander- in- Chi ef of Prince of Wales’ Island,East Indies

,who

bequeathed to the parochial poor. Colonel Macalister was

drowned in 1810,on his voyage to Britain .

PARISH OF LISMORE AND APPIN.

Near the church Of Lism ore a plain stone,with a two-handed

sword engraved upon it, denotes the grave of Donald Stewart,

known as Dom hnull nanord, Donald of the ham mer. During his

a Translation Here lies JohnMackinnon, Abbot of Iona, who died inthe yearof our Lord 1500, to whose soul m ay the m ost high God be m erciful .

PARISH OF SOUTH KNAPDALE. 15

infancy his fam ily, the Stewarts of Invernahyle, were cut off by

the Cam pbells of Dunstafi’

nage ; but he escaped through the

fidelity of his nurse, who fled with him to Ardnam urchan, where

her husband,a blacksm ith

,resided. Inform ed Of his descent when

he attained to m anhood,he formed a party, and proceeding with

them to Dunstafl’

nage, slew C arlet'

n (fa/inc and fifteen of his

retainers . Till his death he waged war against the Cam pbells .

Donald of the Hammer lived early in the seventeenth century.

PARISH OF SADDELL.

In the churchyard of the m onastery are a number of ancient

monuments, variously sculptured, but uninscribed . A Lord of the

Isles is com m emorated by the figure Of a warrior, g irt with a

two-handed sword. There is the tombstone Of an abbot in his

pontifical robes and in the attitude Of prayer. The inscription is

illegible . Mackay,a warrior to whom Robert the Bruce made a

grant of the lands of Ugadale,is com m em orated by his figure on

a gravestone. In this churchyard rest the rem ains Of Archibald

Cam pbell, of Carradale, who fell at the battle of Inverlochy, when

engaged with the forces Of Montrose.

PARISH OF SOUTH KNAPDALE .

Inthe roofless chapel of Kilm ory stands an interesting monu

ment, known as the -MacI‘

nillanCross. The shaft is eight feet in

height, and the pedestal consists of several stones loosely put

together and resting on the ground. Onthe upper portion Of one

side the cross presents a representation Of the crucifix ion. The

shaft is scul ptured with a broadsword,enclosed in chain moulding .

On the Opposite side the upper part is decorated with a series Of

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intertwisted lines , while the shaft represents

deer chase. On the base, in Saxon characters,words

Haec crux Alexandri MacMulen.

The sept Mac Mul len formerly possessed lands inthe district.

In the churchyard of Kilmory are a num ber of flat gravestones

scul ptured with swords and shears, emblems common to ancient

tombstones in the Western Highlands .

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Jaeobus Sm ollet de BonhillAbi et rem iniscereHoe quidem honore

Non modo defuncti m em oriae,.Verum etiam exem plo

, prospectum esse ;Aliis enim

,s i m odo digni sint

Idem crit virtutis praem ium !”

Dr. Sm ollet-t was born in 1 721 , at Dalquhurn, in the parish of

Cardross . He studied at the University of Glasgow, and Obtainedlicence as a surgeon. Thrown onhis ownresources by the death

of his grandfather,Sir James Smollett

,who, owing to the early

death of his father,attended to his education, he proceeded to

London,in the hope of obtaining professional em ployment. In

1 741 he was appointed surgeon onboard a man-of-war,which

j oined the expedition to Carthagena. Quitting the naval service,

and entering upon matrimony,he in 1 746 returned to London .

His first and most popular nove Roderick Random,appeared in

1 748 ; it was followed in 1 750 by “ Peregrine Pickle.” He

attempted medi cal practice at Bath,but not succeeding

,took up

his residence at Chelsea. In 1 753 he published Count Fathom,

”

which was followed in 1 755 by his translation of Don Quixote .

His subsequent principal publications were “ The Adventures of

Sir Lancelot Greaves,

” “ The Expedition of Hum phrey Clinker,

”

Travels through France and Italy,

” and his History Of England .

For som e time be edited the C ritica l Review. He published

several elegant poems,and The Reprisal

,

” a farce,which was

perform ed in Drury Lane Theatre . Dr. Sm ollett died onthe 21st

October,1 774, at Monte Nuovo, near Leghorn, at the age of fifty

three. His monument was raised by his cousin,Mr. Smollett, of

PARISH OF DUMBARTON.

In the parish churchyard a handsom e monument, in honour of

Wil liam Scrogie,Bishop of Argyle, is inscribed thus

PARISH OF OLD KILPATRICK. 19

D. Gulielm i Scroguepiscopi Lism orensis m eritissim i, m em ories

sacratum .

Stem m ate de docto, dedit incunabula et artes,Doctorum genitrix al m a Abredona viro.

P rim itiis fruitur felix Rathvena laborum ;

Hie radiosa m ieant ars pietasque diu .

H inc mitram m erui sse datum ; Lism ora trium phis

P raesulis eloquii nobilitata sui.Om nibus ofiiciis bene functus, inutile tem pusSprevit et (hac lasso corpore) lm tus obit .

Spiritus,alta petens, com prendit jubila coeli

Ossa,sub hoc tum ulo (m ox anim anda) m anent,

Exuvias m ortalitatis posuit 6 cal . Feb. anno Dom .

Bishop Scrogie was son of Dr. Al exander Scrogie, m ini ster of

Old Machar, Aberdeenshire . He was adm itted minister of Rath

ven before 1 650, and consecrated Bishop Of Argyle in 1 666 .

A m ortuary enclosure denotes the fam il y burying—place of Mr.

Robert Napier,of Shandon.

In the cem etery a m onum ent, erected by working men, celebrates

William Denny, shipbuil der ; it bears these lines

Genius and worth sleep inthis honoured graveHere the quick brain— the active fingers lie

But his m ind’s offspring proudly breast the waveOn every sea where Britain’s colours fly.

PARISH OF OLD RILPATRICK.

A m onum ental stone in the parish churchyard is, by a popular

fiction,described as the tom b of St. Patrick, the apostle Of Ireland .

It presents the sculptured effigies of a knight in arm our, and be

longs to the fourteenth century.

At the Old ruin of Dunglass Castle,near Bowling

,an obelisk

,

reared by public subscription,com m em orates Henry Bell

,the first

constructor of steam boats . This ingenious person was born at

Torphichen,Linl ithgowshire

,on the 7th April , 1 767 . Originally

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apprenticed to a mason, he subsequently became a millwright and

engineer. For some time he was em ployed inLondon, under the

celebrated Rennie. In 1 800 he submitted to Lord Melville his

plans on steamboat propulsion,but the schem e

'was rej ected by the

Admiralty. In 1 81 1 he had his sm all steam er, the C om et, con

structed at Port Glasgow. It was launched in1 8 12, and, though

only making some six miles anhour, it proved the pioneer of asystem which has revolutionized navigation. Mr. Bell was unre

warded till a late period of his life, when he received an annui ty of

£100 from the Clyde Trustees. He died 14th Novem ber,1 830

,

aged -s ixty-three. His remains were interred in the churchyard of

Row,and in the church of that parish a monumental statue has

been erected to his memory.

PARISH OF KIRKINTILLOCH.

A granite obelisk inthe Old Isle churchyard,reared by public

subscription,celebrates David Gray

,author of “ The Luggie

,and

other Poems .” This ingenious and short- lived poet was born on

the 29th January,1 838

,at Duntiblae, onthe banks of the Luggie.

His father,who was a hand- loom weaver, sent him to the

University of Glasgow, with a view to the ministry. He early

wrote verses,and eontn

'

buted these and prose com positions to the

local j ournals . In the hope of bettering his circum stances be in

1 860 proceeded to London Through the favour of Mr. Monckton

Milnes he there procured literary employment,but his heal th broke

down. He died of consumption at his father’s house,Merkland,

Kirkintill och, on the 3rd December, 1 861 , aged twenty-four. His

poems were published posthumously.

In the parish churchyard a tom bstone com memorates a member

of the old family of Gartshore, of that ilk. It is thus inscribed

Mem ories sacrum Joannis Gartshore de Gartshore . Obut basevitae die viginti Deeem bris, anno Domini MDCCCV. zEtatiS

PARISH or LUSS. 21

Tombstones commemorate John Gray,of C ondarot, who died in

1 741 Jam es Gray, of Auehingieeh, who died in 1 733 and John

Bankier,portioner, Kirkintilloch, who died in 1770.

PARISH OF LUSS .

In the parish churchyard are exhibited three ancient stone

coffins,which are unassociated with any history or tradition.

The old chapel at Rossdhuconstitutes the fam ily burial-place of

Sir Jam es Colquhoun,Bart , of Luss .

The chapel contains a figure of Saint Kessog, the tutelary saint

of the district. According to tradition this saint was buried in the

chapel

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STI R L I N G SH I R E.

PARISH OF AIRTH .

In the parish churchyard an ancient aisle constitutes the burial

place Of the noble family of Elphinstone. Several of the Barons

Elphinstone were here interred.

The churchyard also contains the family vault of the Earls of

Dunm ore . George, fifth Earl ofDunm ore, who died 1 1th Novem ber,1 836

,was buried here . By his widow

,Susan

,daughter of Archi

bald,ninth Duke of Ham ilton

,a monum ent was erected to his

memory. It bears these lines

Oft to this spot will m em ory fondly turn,

And love’s pure ‘flam e still unextinguished burnWithin her breast who here doth m ourn his loss

,

But nails her sorrows to a Saviour’s cross .0 precious hope ! by faith to m ortals given,That twining hearts

,which have on earth been riven

,

May through that sam e dear Saviour’s pleading loveAgain unite in real m s of bliss above.”

A monum ent commem orates Alexander Bruce, of Airth ; it is

thus inscribed

M. S .Al ex andre Brussio, ex Roberti Brussii Scotorum regis filionatu secundo, progenito , baroni Airthensi. Prim um in Belgio peranuos XLII . Dein in Anglia pro tribune regio. Viro cum strenvotum pientissim o m tatis

, anno LVI . vitaque sim vl defvncto,

A .D . XVII . kal . Oct. C IOD C X LII. G . Lauderus affinis,M.P .

Brussius hie sitvs est ; pietate an clarior arm is,Incertum est ; eertum regibus ortus avis .

PARISH or ALVA. 23

Heer lyes a branche of Brusse’

s noble stem,

Airth’s baron,whose high worth did svte that name.

Holland his courage,honovred Spain did feare

The Sweeds inFvnenbought the trial deare.At last his prince’s service called him hom e

,

To die onTham es his bank, and leave this tombe,To bear his name unto posteritie,And m ake all braue m enloue his memorie .

The fam ily of Airth were descended from Sir Robert Bruce, of

Clackm annan,who married Janet

,daughter of Alexander, fifth

Lord Livingstone.

The Rev. John McGachan,who died m ini ster of the parish in

May,1 843

,has celebrated hi s spouse (a daughter of John Ross, Of

Balgersho) in these lines :

One by one love’s l inks are broken,One by one our friends depart,

Voices that have kindly spoken,

Heart that throbbed to kindred heart.

Shed not for her the bitter tear,N or give the heart to vain regret

’Tis but the casket that lies here,

The gem that fil led it sparkl es yet.

A tailor is thus commemorated

Happie is he who diesWith a good nane

Thowgh volwnes be notWritten of his fane.”

PARISH OF ALVA.

In a vaul t of the parish church a tom bstone is inscribed asfollows

Parenti optim o,Carolo Areskine

,Car. Areskine de Al va,

equItIs, filio, qui, juventute, doctrina plurim um ex cul ta ; estate

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provectior, in jure respondendo dicundoque feliciter versatus ;seneetute serena placidus, sam m is in republica m uneribus

,ad

LXXXIII,usque annum

, gnaviter ex pletis. Vita honorifica satur,in sede tandem avi ta, ossa juxta paterna, heic lubens quiescit.C arole quoque, fratri m ultum desiderato, fam ilies suae, patriO

’

que, s ifata tulissent, decori eximio ; Lendini, in aedicula ceenobii Lincolnensis, sepul to, Jacobus Erskine.

Charles Erskine was third son of Sir Charles Erskine, Bart ,of

Alva,and his wife

,Christian

,daughter Of Sir James Dundas, of

Arniston . Born in 1 680, he was in his th irtieth year appointed

one of the four regents of the University of Edinburgh . He passed

Advocate in 171 1 , and was elected MP . for Dumfriesshire in 1722.

He was Solicitor-General in 1725, and Lord Advocate in 1 737.

He was raised to the Bench,with the j udicial title of Lord Tin

wald,in 1744, and appointed Lord Justice- Clerk in 1 748 . He

died at Edinburgh on the 5th April, 1 7 63. Other members of the

Erskine family are buried inthe vault.

In Alva Churchyard an elegant mausoleum constitutes thefamily burial-place of Johnstone of Alva.

PARISH OF CAMPSIE

In 1 8 10 a m onum ent was reared in honour Of John Bell,of

Anterm Ony, author Of Travels inRussia.”

In the churchyard tom bstones commem orate “ James Kinkaid,

of that ilk,

” who died in1604 ; and“ James Kinkaid

, of that ilk ,”

who died in 1 606. The family of Kincaid is represented by the

Hon. C . S . B. H . Kincaid Lennox, ofWoodhead and Kincaid.

A martyr for the Covenant is celebrated thus

Will iam Buick,who sufl

’

ered at Glasgow,June 14

,1 633

,for

his adherence to the word of God and Scotland’

s covenanted workof reformation.

Underneath this stone doth lieDust sacrificed to tyranny ;

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PARISH OF FALKIRK .

A m onumental statue of Arthur,Duke of Well ington , reared by

public subscription,occupies a prominent position in the burgh .

The parish churchyard contains several interesting m em orial

stones . A m onum ent, consisting Of three flat stones placed hori

zontally, and kept slightly apart by intervening supports, celebrates

Sir John de Graham , second son of the knight Of Dundaff, and the

chief friend of the patriot Wall ace, who fell at the battle of Fal

kirk,22nd July

,1298 . The original m onum ent

,a plain slab

,was

placed by Wallace himself a second slab,with a renewed inscrip

tion,was afterwards added

,whil e the uppermost stone

,raising the

monument to the height of three feet from the surface,was erected

in 1 772 by “William Graham ,of Airth . The upperm ost stone con

tains the following inscription, believed to have been transcribed

from the original slab, and com posed by YVallace :

Mente m anuque potens, et Vallae fidus Achates,

C onditur hie Gram us, belle interfectus ab Anglis.

The following lines are engraved lengthways onthe stone, twolines being along each of the side margins

Here lysSir John the Gram e

,baith wight and wise

,

Ane of the chiefs reskewit Scotland thriseAne better knight not to the world was lent

,

Nor was gvde Gram e of trvth and hardiment.

A few yards from the monum ent of Sir John de Graham a plain

oblong block of sandstone denotes the grave of Sir John Stewart of

Bonhill,brother of the Lord High Steward. It is inscribed

Here lies a Scottish hero , Sir John Stewart, who was killed atthe battle of Falkirk

,22nd July

,

A m assive tom bstone,elegantly sculptured

,comm em orates Sir

Robert Monro,Bart

,of Fowlis

,who was killed at the second battle

PARISH OF FALKIRK . 27

of Fal kirk,1 7th January, 1 746 . This brave officer, whose virtues

have been portrayed by Dr. Doddridge in‘

his “ Life of Colonel

Gardiner,was twenty- seventh baron of the ancient house Of

Fowlis . He was engaged under the Duk e of Marlborough in

Flanders . Returning to Scotland in 1 7 12, be, along with Lord

Sutherland,aided inretarding the tim ely union Of the forces Of the

Chevalier in 1 715, and onthe suppression Of the rebellion of that

year was appointed a com m issioner on the forfeited estates . He

then entered Parliam ent,but his m ilitary services being required

abroad he proceeded to Flanders in 1 740, and there greatly distin

guished him self by his prudence and valour. At the battle Of

Fontenoy his skill and bravery were rem arkably conspicuous . On

his return he received the com m and of a regi m ent appointed to

quell the insurrection under Prince Charles Edward,and his death

at Falkirk was occasioned by the cowardl y desertion Of his troop .

He fell by a m usket-ball del iberately shot at hi m,when endea

vouring to rally his men . His younger brother, whose nam e is

recorded onthe monum ent, also perished in the battle.

In the vestibule of the church, on each side of the entrance,

supported onhandsom e tom bs , are four stone figures,supposed to

represent two of the Old barons Of Call ander and their spouses.These figures lay inthe south transept of the old parish church

,

and for m any years were exposed to the weather, til l April, 1 852,when they were placed inthe vestibule by the late Mr. William

Forbes,of Callander. The fam ily of Livingston

,which produced

successively the Lords Livingston and the Earls of Linlithgow and

Callander,claim an Hungarian origin, and are said to have com e

to Scotland in the train of Margaret, queen of Malcolm Canm ore.

The several titles are now ex tinct,or inabeyance.

Anantique fabric attached to the north-east corner Of the church

is a burial- place of the noble house of Dundas, represented by the

Earl Of Zetland .

A handsom e monum ent in the vestibule of the church com

m em orates the Rev. John Brown Patterson, m inister of the parish,and author Of a “ Priz e Essay on the National Character of the

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Athenians. This distinguished clergyman was son of Robert

Patterson,of Croft House

,Alnwick

,and was born onthe 29th June

,

1 804. He much di stinguished him self at the High School and

University Of Edinburgh,and was licensed to preach 7th January ,

1 829. He was ordained minister of Falkirk 26th February, 1830,and died of fever 29th June

,1 835. His “ Select Literary and

Religious Remains were published in 1 837 , accompanied by a

Mem oir.

In the churchyard a tom bstone com memorates Richard Call ender,

minister Of the parish,who died 29th January

,1 686. It is in

scribed as follows

Stirpe sacerdotum prognatus utrinque, sacerdosHie j acet innocuus

,vir Sine fraude sagax :

Quotque dies mensis bissextus continet, annosTot fuit huie divi credita cura gregisSex alibi

,hie annos bis denos tresque peregit,

Dum casto usque suas corde fovebat oves .Solis rite cyclo

,quoad aevum

,bis repetito,

Nunquam ,sat flendus, seu reverendus, Obit.

Mr. Callender was eldest son of Alexander Callender, minister of

Denny. He was ordained minister of Cockburnspath in 1 657, and

translated to Falkirk in 1 663. He owned lands at Cockburnspath,

and m arried Alison,sister of Sir Roger Hogg

,of Harease

,a Lord

of Session .

From gravestones inFalkirk Churchyard we have these lines

Death certain is but neither when nor whereWhich teacheth us each day we should prepare.

Tim e was like theeI life possessed

,

And tim e wil l beW hen thou shalt rest.

All youthat com e m y grave to see,As I am now so must you be ;Repent in tim e

,m ake no delay

I inmy prim e was called away.

PARISH OF KILLEARN . 9

Within the enclosures of Callander House,an elegant mauso

leum,erected by his widow

,commem orates William Forbes

,Of

Callander,grandfather of the present proprietor. This enterprl sm g

and prosperous gentlem an was a native of Aberdeen,and for som e

tim e engaged in trade in London . Having obtained the exclusive

privilege of coppering the vessels of the navy, he realized a large

fortune. He purchased the estates of Callander about the year

1 786 . He was an excellent landlord, and a zeal ous prom oter of

husbandry. He died on the 21st June, 1 8 15, and was succeeded

byhis eldest son, who for some years represented the county inParliam ent.

PARISH OF KILLEARN.

Through the exertions of the Rev. James Graham,mini ster of

the parish,a m onum ental Obelisk in mem ory of George Buchanan

was erected at Killearnin 1 788 . It is 103 feet in height,and was

buil t at the cost Of £295, defrayed by subscription.

' Buchanan

was born at Moss,in Killearn parish

,in February

,1506. Having

studied the classics in Paris,and philosophy at St . Andrews, he

im bibed the doctrines of Luther , and became a keen supporter of

the Reform ation . His poem onthe Franciscan Friars appeared

in1538 he was in the foll owing year subjected to im prisonm ent

by Cardinal Beaten,but effected his escape. He becam e Professor

of Latin at Bordeaux ; be subsequently proceeded to Portugal,where he officiated as a Professor in the University of Coim bra.

As an upholder of the Protestant doctrines he was thrown into thedungeon of the Inqui sition

,where he remained eighteen months .

After some changes he returned to Scotland in 1560,when he

became Classical tutor to Queen Mary. In 1566 he was appointed

Principal of St. Leonard’s Coll ege,St. Andrews, and in the following

year was,though a layman

,elected Moderator of the General

Assem bly. In 1 570 he was appointed preceptor to the young

king, and was nom inated Director of the Chancery . Som e time

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afterwards he was chosen Lord P rivv Seal,with a seat in Parlia

ment. H is great work,the History Of Scotland

,occupied the

last twelve years of his life ; it was completed within a month of

his decease. He died at Edinburgh on the 28th September,1582

,

at the age of seventy- six .

PARISH OF KILSYTH .

A modern tom bstone is thus inscribed

Beneath this stone are deposited the rem ains of Jean Cochrane,

Viscountess of Dundee,wife of the Honourable W. Livingston

,of

Kil syth , and Of their infant son. Their deaths were caused by thefall ing in of the roof

,com posed of turf, of a house in Holl and .

Mr . Livingston was with difficulty extricated . The lady,her

chil d,and the nurse were kill ed . This occurred inthe month of

October,MD CXCV. In MDCCXCV.

,the vault over whi ch the

church at that tim e stood having been accidental ly Opened, thebodies of Lady Dundee and her son

,which had been em balm ed

and sent from Holland,were found in a rem arkable state Of preser

vation. After being for som e tim e exposed to view,the vault was

closed . This lady was the daughter of Wil liam ,Lord Cochrane

,

who predeceased his father,William

,first Earl of Dundonald She

married,first

,John Graham

,Of Claverhouse

,Viscount of Dundee

,

who was killed at the battle of Kil licrankie,MDCLXXXIX. ; and

secondly,the Honourable Wil liam Livingston , who succeeded his

brother as third Viscount of Kilsyth in MDCCVI . Lord Kilsythmarr ied

,secondly

,a daughter of Macdougal , of Makerstoun

,but

dying under attainder at Rom e in MDC C X X X IIL withoutsurviving issue

,this noble fam ily becam e extinct. This stone

was erected by Sir Archibal d Edm onston,of Duntreath, Bart ,

MDCCCL.

”

Jean Cochrane was of the fam ily of Ochiltree . About a year

after the death Of Viscount Dundee, her first husband, she becam e

wife of the Hon. Will iam Livingston . In 1694 they proceeded,with their infant child, to Rotterdam . The lady had married her

first husband in violent Opposition to the Presbyterians , and,according to Wodrow, had said that the day she heard a Presby

PARISH or LARBERT. 31

terian m inister preach she hoped the house would fall down and

sm other her. One afternoon she went to the Scotch Church, Rot

terdam,to hear Mr. Robert Flem ing , a Presbyterian minister, and

the celebrated author of “ The Fulfilling of Scripture .

” That

evening Mr . and Mrs . Livingston went into a room ,where their

chi ld lay with its nurse, when the roof of the house fell in, and

destroyed the entire party,with the exception of Mr. Livingston,

who was rescued .

A tombstone formerly contained these lines

Beneath this stone here lies a man,

Whose body was not full three span,

A bon com panion,day and night

,

Sir Thomas Henderson,of Haystoun, knight.

PARISH OF LARBERT.

In Larbert Churchyard a tombstone comm em orates the Rev.

Robert Bruce,of Kinnaird . This distinguished divine was born in

1554 ; he was second sonof Al exander Bruce , of Airth, and was a

collateral descendant of the fam ous K ing Robert. Having studied

law,he had a judgeship secured for him by patent

,but

,m uch to

the indignation of his relatives,he abandoned his legal prospects

,

and entered the Church . He becam e one of the m inisters of

Edinburgh,and in May

,1590

,was chosen by Jam es VI . to crown

his queen,Anne of Denm ark . In 1 596 he resisted an attem pt of

the king to thrust episcopacy onthe Church,and was obliged to

seek refuge in England. He was perm itted to return to Edinburgh

in 1598,but having in 1 600 refused to express his belief in the

Gowrie Conspiracy he was prohibited from exercising his m inistry.

For som e tim e he resided at Dieppe. He returned to Scotland in

1 601,but did not thereafter hold any settled charge. For eight

years subsequent to 1 605 he was com pelled to reside at Inverness

he afterwards obtained perm ission to live at Kinnaird,but was in

1 621 again banished to Inverness. On the death of Jam es VI . he

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returned to Kinnaird ; he preached every Sunday in Larbert church ,

for which no clergyman had been provided by the bishop. He

died 13th August, 1 631 .

James Bruce,of Kinnaird

,the celebrated traveller, s ixth in

descent from the Rev. Robert Bruce,rests in Larbert churchyard .

His monument is thus inscribed

In this tomb are deposited the remains of Jam es Bruce,of

Kinnaird,who died onthe 27th of April , 1 794, in the 64th year

of his age. His life was spent in perform ing useful and Splendidactions ; he explored many distant regions ; he discovered thefountains of the N ile ; he traversed the deserts of Nubia. He wasan affectionate husband

,an indulgent parent

,an ardent lover of

his country . By the unanim ous voice of mankind,his nam e is

enrolled with those who were conspicuous for genius,for valour

,

and for virtue .

James Bruce was born at Kinnaird onthe 14th December,1 730.

He purposed to study for the Church , then followed legal pursuits ,and afterwards becam e a wine m erchant. Succeeding to Kinnaird,his patrimonial inheritance

,he entered upon a course of adven

ture . For twelve years he was absent from Britain on foreign

travel,and during the greater part of that period employed

himself in striving to reach the source of the Nile. Whenhepublished his “ Travels ” he was accused of imposing on public

credul ity, but his statem ents have by subsequent travellers been

fully verified. He keenl y felt the charge of falsehood whi ch was

preferred against him,and to his daughter expressed a hope that

she might be spared to witness his vindication. From the effects of

a fal l he expired on the 27thApril, 1 794, aged sixty-four.In Larbert churchyard a tombstone, hearing date 1 665, is thus

inscribed

Here lyes interred within this urnThe corpse of honest good John Burn,Who was the eight John of that nam e

,

That lived with love and died wi th fam e.In changing tymes

,saddest disaster

,

True to his king,lord

,and master !

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cube stone,forms the apex it is com posed of eight arms stretching

from the angles and sides,and converging in the centre

,form ing a

series of flying buttresses,surmounted by crocketed pinnacles .

The structure is composed of freestone. It was built from

a design by Mr. J . T . Rochead, selected at a public compe

tition.

A proposal for the erection of a monument to Wallace on

Abbey Craig was made by the author of this work in a volum edescriptive of Central Scotland

,published in No active

m easures were adopted till the spring of 1 856,when Mr. C. R.

Brown,a newspaper proprietor in Glasgow, comm unicated with the

writer respecting a proposal to celebrate Wallace by a monum ent

onGlasgow Green. In the course of a correspondence Mr. Brown

approved of the Abbey Craig site as the more eligible, and several

persons were called together at Glasgow,who requested the

Provost of Stirling to convene a publ ic meeting in that place to

consider the proposal At this meeting, which was attended by

the leading inhabitants of Stirling,the writer “

m oved that

the monument shoul d be built. To initiate proceedings a com

m ittee was appointed, with the writer as secretary. The duties

of his office proved most irksom e and arduous,for in addition

to the ordinary difficulties of raising money for a public obj ect,there had to be encountered and overcom e the crude notions

of one or more adherents of the enterprise. A national meeting

was held in the King’s Park,Stirling

,on the 24th June

,1 856

,the

late Earl of Elgin officiating as president. This most successful

demonstration was followed by meetings in Edinburgh and

Glasgow,and in other principal towns . Natives of Scotland held

gatherings in the large towns of England,throughout the colonies

,

and in India. Money was collected at Constantinople, onthe

coast of Africa, and in the islands of the South Seas. The United

States sent contributions . The foundation stone of the monum ent

was,on the 24th of June, 1861, laid by the Duke of Athole as

t H A Week at Bridge ofAllan.

” Edinburgh, 1852. 8vo. Pp. 39—41 .

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Grand Master Mason. By perm ission of the Commander-in-chief

the Scottish Volunteers assisted in the proceedings, and a salute of

artillery was discharged from Stirling Castle. About persons

assem bled onthe occasion. At a public banquet Sir Archibald

Alison,Bart

,and other speakers delivered orations appropriate to

the event. On the l 1th Septem ber,1 869

,the monument was

form ally handed over to the Town Council of Stirling as its per

manent custodiers . It was com pleted at the cost of 1 s . 8d.

The position of the monum ent is peculiarly appropriate . Abbey

Craig is geographically in the centre of Scotland. It overlooks the

field of Stirling Bridge,where Wallace obtained his greatest

victory. The scene around is picturesque and ennobling . A plain

of every variety of landscape is guarded onthe north and south by

undulating hills and pastoral em inences and onthe distant east

and west is bounded by mountain ranges. In the far west the

stupendous Gram pians,crested by the lofty Ben Lom ond

,raise their

majestic form s. Eastward the view terminates on the sloping hills

of C lersh and Saline. Every point of the immediately surrounding

scenery is replete with interest. C raigforth, on the west, stands

forth in isolated majesty. North-west is the lofty brow of

ancient K eir,

” and Bridge of Al lan, ensconced under the um bra

geous shelter of wooded heights . To the north-east extend the

m asses of the undulating Ochils. Northward is Airthrey Castle ,with its park and lake. Villages fringe the base of the Ochils far

as the eye can reach. On a peninsula of the serpent- like Forth

stands the hoary tower of C am buskenneth, rej oicing in its seven

centuries of age. Southward is Bannockburn, where Scottish

freedom was won ; to the south-west, , Stirl ing on its rock, sur

mounted by the towers of its ancient castle. The monum ent may

be seen across a country extending from the Arrochar mountains

onthe west to the Lomond heights in the distant east.

Sir William Wallacewas second of the three sons of Sir MalcolmWallace

,of Elderslie

,in Renfrewshire. His m other was daughter

of Sir Raynald Crawford,Sheriff of Ayr. Born about the year

1270, he was brought up under the care of his uncle, the priest of

36 STIRLINGSHIRE.

Dunipace,who first inspired him with the love of liberty . He

afterwards entered an ecclesiastical seminary at Dundee. While

there studying he was insul ted by a youth named Selby, son of the

English governor : he slew him and fled. The country was under

English rul e,but som e enterprising or desperate persons refused to

subm it to a foreign yoke . To these Wallace j oined him self, andwas acknowledged as their leader. He attacked and cut off English

convoys and foraging parties, and when pursued found shelte r in

the forests. His successful exploits drew to his standard som e

val iant knights,who resolved under his leadership to attem pt once

m ore their country’s liberation. The English governor at La-nark

slew Wallace’s wife, the heiress of Lam ington ; he avenged her

death by slaying the murderer and destroying his garrison. He

routed an English force at Biggar. He revenged the murder of hisuncle

,Sir Raynald Crawford

,by burning the barracks of Ayr

,

whi ch sheltered an English garrison. He expelled Bek, an English

ecclesiastic, from the see of Glasgow,and scattered the forces of

Ormsby,the English justiciary at Scone. Joined by num bers of

the nobility and gentry,he proceeded to the north

,and wrested

a succession of strongholds from the invaders. He was storm ing

the castle of Dundee, when he learned that an English arm y under

the Earl of Surrey and Hugh C ressingham were marching towards

Stirling. Raising the siege,he hastened to attack the invaders at

the passage of the Forth. He encam ped his followers on the

north-eastern slope of the Abbey Craig,and from the spot where

the monument now stands surveyed the movem ents of the enem y,

When a portion of the arm y,under Cressingham,had crossed the

Forth, he attacked them with such vigour that all were cut off or

driven into the river. Those who,under Surrey

,rem ained on

the other side fled terror- stricken. The castles of Dundee and

Dum barton surrendered,and English domination was overthrown.

The battle of Stirling Bridge was fought on the 1 1th of September,

1 297. Wallace was appointed Guardian of Scotland : he proceeded

to restore order in the state,and to develop the national resources.

He enriched his followers by several incursions into England

PARISH or STIRLING . 37

Hearing that Edward I. was hastening to Scotland with an army

of and horsem en,he proceeded to render the country

desert in his line of march. The Scottish and English arm ies

met at F alkirk. Wallace’s plan of operations was betrayed to

the enem y by two Scottish nobles,and the troops under Comyn

turned their banners and retired. Wallace was consequently defeated. Resigning the office of Guardian , he proceeded to France,where he rem ained five years . In 1303 he returned to Scotland ,and engaged in a system of predatory warfare against the English .

Edward I . offered a reward for his apprehension ; and through thetreachery of Sir John Monteith he was in August

,1305

,captured

at Robroyston, near Glasgow,and being laden with fetters was

carried to London .

'

H e was arraigned for treason in Westminster

Hall— a charge which he scornfully rebutted,Since he owed‘ no

allegiance to a foreign prince. But his death was predetermined .

Hewas executed at Sm ithfieldwith every circumstance of barbarity.

PARISH OF STIRLING .

A monumental statue of Sir William Wallace, by Ritchie, occu

pies a prominent position in King Street. It was reared in 1858 ,through subscriptions obtained by the writer

,and a large donation

from the late Mr. William Drum m ond,of Rochdal e Lodge. The

hero is represented in a contem plative attitude, with his two

handed sword girt'

to his back,the hilt proj ecting above his left

shoulder.

In the Valley of Stirling Rock,the scene of ancient tourna

m ents,three monum ental statues celebrate John Knox , Andrew

Melvill e,and Alexander Henderson

,the distinguished reform ers .

The statue of Knox occupies a slightly elevated position,he is represented in the attitude of preaching. John Knox

was born at Gifford,Haddingtonshire, in 1505. He studied

38 srm m x osum n.

at St. Salvator’s College

,St. Andrews

,and was

,under the age pre

scribed by the canons,admitted to priest’s orders . By perusing

the writings of the ancient fathers he was led to despise the

subtleties of the school theology, and through the preaching of

Wishart,the future martyr

,and of Thomas William s , a friar, he

began to discover the errors of the Romish faith . Embracing the,

Protestant doctrines,he was subjected to persecution by Cardinal

Beaton, and afterwards by his successor, Archbishop Ham i lton . In

1547 he obtained shelter in the castle of St . Andrews, with the

assassins of Cardinal Beaton, and here he was call ed to the ministry

of the Reformed Church. When the garrison of the castle was

forced to capitul ate, Knox was taken prisoner he was detained on

board a French galley for nineteen months . Liberated in February,

1549, he proceeded to England, where he preached the reformed

doctrines at Berwick and Newcastle. In 1551 he was appointed

chaplain to Edward VI. Disapproving of the liturgy,he declined

the bishopric of Rochester,which was offered him . On the acces

sion of Mary he rem oved to the Continent, and associated with

JohnCal vin at Geneva . He returned to Scotland in 1555,where

his preaching awakened the resentment of the Rom ish bishops,who

burned him in effigy. After a further residence at Geneva,he

proceeded to Scotland in 1 559. Preaching at Perth against theidolatry of the mass and image-worship

,the excited populace

destroyed the churches and m onasteries of that city. His preach

ing at St . Andrews and other places was attended with sim ilar

resul ts. In August,1560

,the reform ed religion received the sauc

tion of Parliament,and Rom ish worship was proscribed . Knox

became one of the ministers of Edinburgh, and in this capacity

opposed an attem pt of Queen Mary to establish the mass at

Holyrood. On this account he was arraigned before a convention

of the nobility in December,1563

,the queen being present ;

but he was honourably acquitted. He opposed the marriage of

the queen with Darnley,and becom ing obnoxious at court

,he

sometim e withdrew from Edinburgh . In July,156 7, he preached

the coronation sermon of James VI. in the parish church of

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Stirlinn” and in February, 1570, delivered the funeral discourse ofO ’

the regent Murray. From the deadly attacks of his enem ies he

sought shelter at St. Andrews from May,1571 , to August, 1572.

After an il lness of some duration he died onthe 24th November,

1 572. He was the chief author of The Confession of Faith and

First Book of Discipline,

” and composed a Hi story of the

Reformation,and other works .

A few yards from the statue of Knox,onthe right

,is that of

Andrew Melvill e. Youngest son of Richard Melvill e,of Baldovy,

Forfarshiie ,thi s eminent divine was born on the l st August,

1545. Having distinguished him self as a classical scholar at the

Universities of St. Andrews and Paris, he was, onthe recom m enda

tion of Beza,appointed Professor of Humanity at Geneva. In 1574

he returned to Scotland,when he becam e Principal of Glasgow

College,and m inister of Govan . In 1580 he accepted the Principal

ship of St. Mary’s Coll ege,St. Andrews, and assisted by his nephew,

conducted service in the parish church. For som e expressions

used in the pulpit which were pronounced seditious by the Privy

Council,be was in February, 1584, sentenced to imprisonm ent, but

be effected his escape to England . On the disgrace of the Earl of

Arran he returned to Scotland in Novem ber,1585. In May

,1594,

he was for the third tim e elected Moderator of the General

Assembly. During the following year, when ona deputation to

Jam es VI .

,to rem onstrate against the recall of the Popish lords

,he

in a m om ent of irritation touched,

the king’s arm,and called him

God’s sil ly vassal,” —a proceeding which James never forgave. In

1 606 he invited Melville and other ministers to London, under the

pretext that he wished to consul t them about ecclesiastical afl’

airs.

At the fam ous conference at Ham pton Court, Melville Spoke with

energy and his wonted boldness . Having denounced in a Latin

epigram the service practised in the Chapel Royal,he was com

m itted to r-the Tower,where he was im prisoned four years . In

1 61 1 he was released onhis accepting the appointm ent of Theo

logical Professor in the Protestant University of Sedan . He died

at Sedan in 1 622,at the age of seventy-seven.

40 STIRLINGSIIIRE.

To the right of Knox is the m onumental statue of Alexander

Henderson (see Vol I.,p . In another portion of the cem etery

a monum ental statue,raised by subscriptions obtained by the

writer, celebrates James Guthrie, the Presbyterian martyr. This

unbending upholder of Presbytery was a younger son of Guthrie

of that ilk, in the county of Forfar. He studied at the University

of St. Andrews, and became a regent in St. Leonard’

s College . In

1 642 he was ordained m inister of Lauder,from which parish he

was in 1 649 translated to the first charge of Stirling. As leader

of the protesting party in the Church he rendered himself obnoxious

to Charles II., who shortly after the Restoration caused him to be

apprehended. He was arraigned before the Estates,and chiefly

through the bitter hostili ty of the Earl of Middleton,whose “ex

com m unication by the Commission of the General Assembly he

had published from the pulpit, he was condem ned to suffer forhigh treason. He was hanged at the Cross of Edinburgh

,l st June

,

166 1 , at the ag e of forty-nine . His head was placed onthe port

at the Nether-bow,where it remained for twenty- eight years . The

statue presents an actual likeness of the m artyr,being founded on

an original portrait in possession of the magistrates . It was inau

gurated inpresence of the m ag istrates, clergy, and town council of

Stirling, onthe 26th Novem ber, 1 857 .

On the shoulder of the Ladies’ Rock,and within the cemetery

enclosure, a group of m arble statuary, surmounted by a glass cupola,com mem orates Margaret lVilson

,one of the Wigton m artyrs (Vol . I.

,

pp. 349 The m artyr is represented in the act of reading

the Scriptures onthe hill-side,

i

with her younger and like-minded

siste r Agnes a lamb rests quietly at their feet, and their guardian

angel hovers near.

Not far from the Wil son monum ent,and on the margin of the

Ladies’Rock,a monum ental statue celebrates James Renwick

,the

last of the Scottish m artyrs (Vol. I.,p . A Statue in honour

of the Rev. Ebenezer Erskine occupies the northernportion of the

cemetery. It was erected in 1858 through the efforts of the writer,

and was sculptured from a m odel founded onan original portrait.

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sarcophagus of Aberdeen granite .

i

He was born at Bannockburn

on the 14th February,1 793. His father, who bore the same Chris

tian name,was a prosperous nurserym an in Stirling

,and he

,with

several younger brothers,succeeded to the business . Having by a

course ofunflagging industry realized a com petence, he devoted his

latter years to the unostentatious exercise of benevolence. A

descendant of the family which produced Margare t Wilson, the

Wigton martyr and who bore the same Christian and fam ily nam e,

he educated her from childhood,and by a large gift secured her

in permanent independence. Children of indigent but deserving

neighbours,left orphans

,were supported by his bounty. To every

charitable ins t itution he was a liberal contributor. An enlightenedpatriot

,he rejoiced in celebrating those who had proved useful to

their country. After a life,uneventful

,save in perfo rm ing kind

and generous actions,he died at Stirl ing onthe 25th November

,

1 868 . He was unm arried, and bequeathed the bulk of his ample

fortune to the Stirling enterprise for the dissem ination of religious

tracts .

Near the grave of Will iam Drum m ond,a Gothic cross of Peter

head granite com m em orates the officers,non-com missioned officers

,

and m enof the 75th (Stirlingshire) Regim ent, who were cut offduring the period of the Indian Mutiny.

A handsom e monument celebrates the Rev. Archibald Bennie,D .D .

,This eloquent divine was born at Glasgow on the

l st Novem ber, 1 797 . Having studied at the university of his

native city he was licensed as a probationer in 1 820. He was in

1 823 elected assistant and successor to the minister of Albion

Street Chapel- of-Ease, Glasgow,and in the following year was

translated to the third charge,Stirling

,from which he was pro

m oted to the first charge in 1829. In 1826 he founded the Stirling

School of Arts . In 1835 he was translated to Lady Yester’

s Church,

Edinburgh,and was in 1 841 appointed one of Her Maj esty’s

Chaplains,and Dean of the Chapel Royal. He died suddenly at

Dunoon on the 2l st S eptem ber, 1846 . A volum e of his discourses

has been published , accom panied with a memoir.

PARISH or STIRLING . 43

InBowie’s aisle of the East Church a burial- vaul t was in 1 632

acquired by Sir Wil li am Al exander,afterwards Earl of Stirling

,

and there the Earl was himself interred onthe 12th April,About 1 632 Lady Alexander, afterwards Countess of Stirling,erected ' in the vault a mural tablet in memory of her parents .

This t ablet, which still exists in private keeping, is thus in

s cribed .

Hic jacet in spe resurrectionis Gul ielm us _ZEreskinus equestrisordinis cum Joanna conjuge, illustri et com m uni fEreskinorumfam ilia orta, singulari virtute fernina, unica filia superstite quaepostera Gulielm o Alexandro Equit-i egregio Jacobo regi a suppl icibus l ibell is

,Carolo regi ab Epistolis, proventusque regni annonis

nupsit. Earn filiam am or ejus num erosa sobole aux it et hoc monurnentum parentibus illustribus posuit.

”

Translation Here lies,in hope of the resurrection

,Wil liam

Erskine,of the order of knights

,along with his wife Joanna

,a

wom an of singular virtue,of illustrious birth

,and sprung from the

m ain line of the Erskines,leaving behind them an only daughter

,

who was afterwards married to William Alexander,a distinguished

knight,Master of Requests to King Jam es

,secretary and com m is

sioner Of ex chequer to Charles . His love has blessed that daughterwith a num erous offspring

,and has reared thi s monument to her

illustrious parents .”

Sir Wil l iam Erskine,who is thus com m em orated

,was a younger

brother of the fam ily of Erskine,of Balgonie

,and a near relative of

the Earl of Mar. He was Comm endator of the Bishopric of Glas

gow,and

,as recipient of the teind

,was styled Parson of Cam psie.

His only daughter,Janet Erskine

,was married to William Alex

ander,ofMenstry,

about the year 1603. His son, Alexander, held

some office about the court,and his grandson

,Sir Jam es Erskine

,

obtained lands in Ulsterf j'

The burial-vault of the Earl of Stirling is of som e historical in

terest. From an early owner,known as Bowie’s Aisle

,it had becom e

the property of Thom as C raigengelt, of that ilk,who onthe 26th

February, 1 618,“ resigned it to the Governors of the Burgh

Bal four’

s H istorical Works, vo l . ii . , p . 427 .

1‘ SpottiSWGode

'

s M iscellany, vol . i. , p . 1 04, note .

44 STIRLINGSHIRE.

Hospital . On the 4th September, 1 632, the Kirk Session con

firmed to William,Viscount of Stirling

,the disposition by the

Master of the Hospital (with consent of the Provost)“of their

Isle, situat on the south syde of their kirk, som etym e cal lit

Bowye’

s or C raigengelt’

s On the death of the Earl of

Stirling,Charles Alexander

,his fourth son, succeeded to the

administration of his affairs , and as the Earl’s estate was insuffi

cient to meet his obligations,his property at S tirling, including the

burial- aisle,was adjudged to the Masters of the Laigh Hospital ”

By the hospital authorities the property was conveyed to Archi

bald,eighth Earl of Argyle. In May, 1 764, it was exposed for

sal e by John,fourth Duke of Argyle, when Bowie

’s Aisle was

acquired by Jam es Wright,of Loss

,and another. At the com

m encem ent of the century the East Church underwent extensive

repairs,when the Stirling family vaul t was closed , and the aisle

taken down. The ag ent for Mr. Wright of Loss, a solicitor inthe

burgh,had meanwhile obtained from his client a right of intermen t

in the vaultf It was covered up,but the ingeni ous attorney

fixed onanother portion of ground, adjoining the West Church ,

which he enclosed as his family burial-place. The monumental

tablet com mem orating Sir Will iam Erskine was placed in the new

enclosure,and thereafter removed

,before subscribing witnesses, to

the lawyer’s own residence . The spot was now enclosed by a

railing, and when the Town Council , more than forty years after

wards,were repairing the structure of the church

,the claimant’s

daughter obtained an interdict against interference with a burial

place thus pecul iarly acquired. She is now dead,but she has

m ade provision in her settlem ent that her burial-place and its

deform ing enclosure shall not be surrendered by those whom she

has elected to represent her.

In the interior of the West Church som e marble tablets preserve

the nam es of founders of hospital s and other local charities , -viz . ,

Robert Spittal,John Cowan

,John Allan, Alexander Cunningham,

Preface by Mr. David Laing to the Earl ofStirling'

s Royal Letters, p . 106 .

t Burgh Records of Stirling.

PARISH or STIRLING . 45

and John McGibbon. Spittal was tailor to the queen of Jam es IV.

Cowan was a prosperous merchant. The revenues of Spittal’

s and

Cowan’s Hospitals are derived from lands,and are of consider

able value.

A marble tablet com memorates Lieutenant-Colonel John Black

ader. Son of a Scottish minister,an em inent sufferer in the cause

of Presbyterianism (Vol. I.,

he was born at Glencairn,Dum

friesshire,onthe 14th Septem ber

,1 664. In his twenty-fifth year

he j oined the 26th or Cam eronian Regim ent. During the Seven

Years’ War (1690— 1 697) in the -Netherlands he was present in

nearly every engagem ent. After som e home service he j oined the

Confederate Arm y in Holland in 1 703. He was severely wounded

at the battle of Blenheim on the 2nd August, 1704. He received

his com m ission as m aj or in 1705. He was present at the battle of

Ram illies inMay, 1706, and took part in the battle of Oudinot in

June,1 708 . In the autumn of 1 708 he distinguished himself at

the Siege of Lisle. During the cam paign of 1 709 he was inthe

covering arm y at the'

siege of Tournay,and was present at the

battle of Malplaquet. At the close of the campaign he was pro

moted to the colonelcy of the 26th Regiment. After twenty—two

years’ active service he retired in 1 71 1 . For some years he resided

at Edinburgh . During the Rebellion of 1715 he became honorary

colonel of a body of Glasgow volunteers, and when the Duke of

Argyle encountered the rebel arm y at Sheriffm uir, he guarded the

bridge of Stirling. His patriotism was acknowledged by his being

appointed Deputy Governor of Stirling Castle. He died on the

31st August, 1 729. Colonel Blackader was di stinguished for his

religious devotedness.

In the West Church a marble tablet, erected by the magistrates,and adorned with some elegiac verses written by him self, com

m em orates the genius and learning of Dr. David Doig, Rector of

the High School. This distinguished scholar was son of a sm all

farm er in Forfarshire, and was born inthat county onthe 14thFebruary

,1719, From extreme delicacy of eyesight he was, till

the age of twelve,unable to read, but his progress was afterwards

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so rapid,that after being three years at the parish school he

became a successful competitor for one of the foundation bursaries

in St. Andrews University. He was in succession parochial

schoolm aster of Monifieth,in Forfarshire

,and of Kennoway and

Falkland,in Fifeshire . In 1 760 he was appointed Re c tor of

Stirling School He died on the 16th March, 1800, in his eighty

first year. Dr. Doig was the cherished friend of his learned con

temporaries . Besides his fam il iarity with classical learning, he

was conversant with oriental lite rature,and was an adept in

the abstruse sciences . He com posed “ Two Letters on the

Savage State,in answer to Lord Kames

,and contributed the

articles “Mystery,

” “ Mythology,

” and “ Philology,

” to the third

edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica.

A sm all chapel attached to the north wall of the High Church

constitutes the fam ily vaul t of Moir of Leckie. It contains

the mortal rem ains of George Gleig, LL .D .,Bishop of Brechin .

This eminent prelate was born in the county of Forfar onthe 12th

May,1 753. He took orders inhis twenty-first year. After various

changes he was in 1 808 consecrated coadj utor Bishop of Brechin ;he was elected Prim us in 1 8 16 . For many years he ministered to

the Episcopal congregation at Stirling. He prepared a Supple

m ent to the third edition of the “ Encyclopaedia Britannica,

” and

published several other works . He died onthe 9th March, 1840,

in h is eighty- seventh year. In the Episcopal church of Stirling a

m em orial tablet celebrates his virtues .

Lieutenant-General Sam uel Graham,Deputy Governor of Stirling

Castle,is by a mem orial tablet com m em orated in theWest Church

,

He was born at Pai sley onthe 20th May, 1 756 . Having studied

at the University of Edinburgh he chose the military profes

sion,and j oined the arm y as ensign in 1 777 . As captain in

the 76th Regiment,lately raised, he took part in the Am erican

War under Earl Cornwallis from 1 779 to 1 784. He next served

in the West Indies and in Holland ; he was severely wounded and

lost the use of his left eye at the action onthe Helder. He joined

as Lieutenant-Colonel the army of Sir Ralph Abercrom by in the

PARISH or STIRLING. 47

expedition to Egypt. In1 802 he was promoted to the full rankof colonel, appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Stirling Castle

,and

placed onthe staff in North Britain as brigadier-general . About

this period he married Jane,eldest daughter of Jam es Ferrier

Principal Clerk of Session— a lady celebrated by the poet Burns,

!

and whose sister, Miss Ferrier, was the accom plished nove list. For

some years subsequent to 1 808 General Graham com manded

the garrison at Cork. He afterwards resided at Stirling Castle,

devoting him self to his duties as governor of that fort. He died

onthe 25th January,1 831

,and his remains were consigned to the

burial-vaul t of Moir of Leckie .

Mural tablets in the West C hurch com m emorate Major Alex;

ander Munro,who died 31st October

,1 814 ; John Burn, of C oldoch,

who died 22nd June,1 8 14 ; and Edward Alexander, of Powis

(father of Lieutenant- Colonel Sir Jam es Edward Alexander, thedistinguished traveller) , who died in 1 835. In the East Church a

monum ent of chaste design com mem orates Janet Roger,widow of

the Rev. Thomas Davidson, minister of Dundee, who died in 1 775,aged ninety-five.

On the interior walls of the East and West Churches,and in

the adj acent churchyard, are mem orial Slabs and tom bstones in

honour of the following clergymen

The Rev. Thom as Randall, minister of the first charge ; he was

translated from Inchture in 1 770, and died 2l st July, 1 780, in his

seventieth year,and the forty- second of his ministry.

The Rev. John Russel, translated from Kilm arnock Chapel-of

Ease to the second charge of Stirling in 1 800 ; died 23rd

To the care of Mrs. Graham antiquaries are indebted for the preservationof theoak figureswhich adorned the ceiling of Stirling Palace. These figureswere executedby JohnDrum m ond, of Auchterarder, Master of Works to Jam es V., and

“Andre

Wood, carvour,”one of hisworkm en(Lord Strathallan

’

s History of the House of

The carvings were rem oved from the palace in1777, and depositedinStirling Jail, where som e forty years afterwards they were discovered by Mrs.

Graham , who had them cleaned and restored. Drawings of the figures, preparedby Mr. Blore

,aningenious draughtsm an, have beenengraved and publ ished ina

work entitled Lacunar Stivil inense, ” Edinburgh , 18 17, 4to. Several of the

carvings have beensuspended onthe walls of the County Court-room .

48 STIRLINGSIIIRE.

February,1 817, in his seventy- seventh year, and the forty-third of

his m inistry. He is celebrated by the poet Burns .

The Rev. Jam es Som erville, D .D .,m inis ter of the first charge

,

who died 23rd January,'

1 8 17, in his seventieth year, and forty

second of his m inistry.

The Rev. John Macmillan, m inister of the Cam eronian Church,

Stirl ing,and Professor of Theology inthe Reform ed Presbyterian

Synod,who died 20th October

,1 819, aged s ixty- eight.

The Rev. Al exander Bruce, m inister of the third charge, a native

of Torphichen . He died by his ownhand, 1 1th June, 1 824, in the

seventh year of his ministry.

The Rev. Alexander Sm all , D .D .,m ini s ter of the second charge

,

who died 5th January, 1 825, inthe forty-fourth year of his age,

and twentieth of his m inistry.

The Rev. George Wright,D .D .

,m inister of the first charge .

He was translated from Markinch in 1 81 7, and died 1 7th

October,4 826, in his fiftieth year

,and twenty—seventh of his

ministry.

The Rev. John Wilson, D .D .,m inister of the first charge

,author

of a num ber of theological and other works . He was in 1 844

translated from Irvine ; he died 8th November, 1852, in'

his sixty

fifth year, and the forty-fourth'

of his ministry.

From tom bstones in the churchyard we have these metrical

inscriptions

John Adam son’s here kept within,

Death’s prisoner,for Adam ’s sin

But res ts in hope that he shall beSet by the Second Adam free .”

Our life is but a winter day ;Som e only breakfast and away,Others to dinner stay,And are ful l fed.

The oldest man but supsAnd goes to bed.

Large is his debt that lingers out theHe that goes soonestHas the least to pay .

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who died the 1 1th of June, 1488, and of his queen, the Princess

Margaret of Denm ark.

On the other side are these words,

This restoration of the tomb of her ancestors was executed bycomm and of her Maj esty Queen Victoria

,AD .

At one extremity of the mem orial are the Scottish arms,with

the motto,Nemo me impune lacessit ; and at the other the

Scottish arms impaled with those of Denm ark, with representations

of the thistle. The m onument is enclosed by a railing.

PARISH OF ST. NINIANS .

Two upright stones,seventy yards apart

,at Randolph Field

,in

the neighbourhood of St. Ninians’ vil lage,mark the scene of a

gall ant skirm ish onthe eve of the battle of Bannockburn,between

Randolph,Earl of Murray, and Sir Robert Clifford, com manding a

party of English troops . A tall flag- staff

,erected by public sub

scription,denotes the Bore- stone

,or portion of pierced trap rock

,

in which on the morning of the engagement the standard of

King Robert the Bruce was planted. It rests onCaldam Hill,

a gentle em inence near the old Kilsyth Road,and within half a

mile of the ham let of St. Ninians.

In St. Ninians’ churchyard tom bstones comm emorate the Rev.

James Logan,minister of the Relief Church, father of the late

Al exander S . Logan,Sheriff of Forfarshire, who died 4th October,

1 841 and George Harvey, father of Sir George Harvey, President

of the Royal Scottish Academy, who died in 1835.

PARISH or STRATHBLANE. 1

PARISH OF STRATHBLANE.

On the pavement of the parish church a monumental slab is

thus Inscribed

Here lyes Inthe sam e grave with Mary, Countess of Angus ,sister of King Jam es I . of Scotland, from whom he is lineallydescended

,Archibald Edm onstone

,Esq ,

of Duntreath,in this

kingdom,and ofRedhall

,Ireland

,who died in the year 1 689, aged

about 61 years.”

Mary Stuart,daughter of Robert III ., was thrice m arried. Her

third husband was Sir William Edm onstone,of Duntreath

,in

whose burial-place she was interred. The grave was opened about

thirty years ago,whenthe skull of the deceased princess was found

entire. She was mother of James Kennedy, Bishop of St. Andrews .

who in 1455 founded St . Salvator’

s College in that city,and of

Patrick Graham,the first Archbishop of St. Andrews .

52 CLACKMANNANSHIRE.

C LAC KMANNANSH IRE.

PARISH OF ALLOA.

In the old church of Alloa the noble family of Mar formerly

interred . A tombstone commemorates Charles Erskine,tenth

Earl of Mar, and several of his sons it is thus inscribed

P. M . Caroli Breskin,com itis de Mar, parentis optim i, nati die

x ix . mensis Octob. anno MD CL denati die xxiii . m ensis Aprilanno MDCLXXXIX. Ut et Georgii unius et alterius , Caroli itemunius et al terius

,et Francisci, fratrum im puberum ; Joannes haeres

ex asse, itidem com es,patri pientissim o et germ anis desidera

tissim is posuit, A . MDCCIX.

”

Charles, Earl of Mar, raised in 1 679 the 2 l st Regiment of Foot

or Royal Scots Fusiliers,of which he was appointed colonel

A m onument in the old church celebrated Margaret,daughter of

Thomas , Earl of Kinnoul , and first wife of John,eleventh Earl of

Mar. The inscription was as follows

P. M . Margaritas, Thom as Hay, com itis de Kinnoul filiae nataedie xxx. mensis Septem b. anno MD CLXXXVI . de natae die xxv.

mensis April anno MDCCVII . Et Joannis fil ioli trimestris,

Joannes Ereskin,comes de Mar

, conjugi bene de se m eritae et

gnato dul eissim o posuit anno MDCCIX.

”

John,eleventh Earl of Mar, was Secretary of State for Scotland

in 1706. He was mainly instrumental in the ris ing of 1 7 15, and

accordingly suffered attainder ; he died at Aix -la-Chapell e in 1 732.

A family mausoleum,erected in 1818, contains the remains of

John Francis,fifteenth Earl of Mar, who died in 1 866, and of

PARISH or ALLOA. 53

Walter Coningsby Erskine,twelfth Earl of Kellie

,who died in

1 872.

In the interior of St. John’s Episcopal Church a monumental

cross commemorates the late Earl of Mar ; it is thus inscribed

Sacred to themem ory of John Francis Mill er Erskine,ninth

Earl of Mar, and eleventh Earl of Kellie, who died onthe 19th dayof June, 1866, in the 71st year of~his age. This tablet was erectedby the founder of this church, Walter Coningsby Erskine,Earl of Kellie

,&c.

,as a m ark of esteem and affection for his cousin ,

whose rem ains rest in the neighbouring family vault.”

Two other tablets in St. John’s Church comm emorate members

of the Mar fam ily ; the inscriptions are as follow

This tablet is erected by Lieut.-C ol W. C. Erskine,GB

,of

H M. Bengal Arm y, in mem ory of his beloved father,the Honble.

H . D . Erskine (sonof John Francis,12th Earl of Mar) , who died

at Schaw Park on30th Decem ber,1846

,aged 70 years . And of

his beloved Mother,Mary Anne, wife of the above

,who died at

Wakefield on the 4th March, 1 860, aged 78 years . Also inmem ory of his Brothers : John Francis , late of the Bengal Army,who died in Edinburgh 29th Septem ber

,1 845, aged 36 years .

Henry David,a Captain in the Royal Marines

,who died at sea

,

7 th Decem ber, 1 852, aged 37 years ; Charles Thomas, in-HolyOrders

,who died at Wakefield

,5th November, 1861 , aged 40

years .”

Sacred to the memory of Amelia Frances,who died at Sylhet,

in India, onthe 27th of October

,1 838, aged 2 years and 4 m onths .

Marion Elise,who died at Sylhet

,in India

, on the 24th of July,1 840

,aged 1 year and 7 months , Francis Charles , who died at

Landour,in India

,on the 13th June

,1 844

,aged 1 year and 6

m onths . John Arthur Coningsby,who died at Schaw Park

,14th

of January, 1 849, aged 3 years. Henry David Muirson,who died

at Schaw Park 14th of January,1 849

,aged 1 8 months. Arthur

Coningsby Delam ain, who died at Inbulpore, in India, 6th of April,

This is one of those errors inm cinum ental inscriptions which are m uch to bedeplored. Inthe tablet com m em orative of his father, of which the legend is presented inthe text, Colonel Walter Coningsby Erskine

,afterwards twelfth Earl of

Ke ll ie , describes his grandfather, JohnFrancis, as“ twelfth Earl of Mar. Inthe

p resent legend he describes his grandfather’

s descendant as “ninth earl . ” The dis

crepancy is entitled to rem ark, since it is one of those which have not unfrequently

proved a. stum blingblock to genealogists. The late Earl of Mar was fifteenth earl .

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1 854, aged 1 year and 10 months, children of Lieut -Col. Walter

Coningsby Erskine, C B , and of El ise his wife .

”

In St. John's Church a marble tablet,which formerly stood in

the east wall of the churchyard,commem orates John Alexander,

an eminent bishop of the Scottish Episcopal Church . He was son

of John Alexander,successively minister of C riech and Kildrum my,

and who was deposed for j o ining the Rebellion of 1 7 15. Epis

copal clergyman at Alloa,he was consecrated a bishop onthe 9th

August, 1 743, and was allotted the diocese of Dunkeld He died

24th April,1 776, in his eighty- second year. He is com mended by

Bishop Keith for his piety and benevolence. He bequeathed his

chapel at Alloa to his successors in office.

In Alloa parish church an elegant monum ent celebrates Maj or

Morison,of Greenfield. It is thus ins cribed :

In memory of Major Jam es Morison Foote Morison, of Greenfield, inthis parish, and of her Maj es ty’s Stafl

‘

Corps,formerly of

the 29th Regim ent Madras N. I.

,Nephew of the late Major-General

Sir William Morison, of Greenfield, K C .B.

,and M.P . for this

county. He faithfully served his Country inthe Arm y from 1 842

until his death at Madras on29th May, 1 867 . He shared thedanger and glory of several cam paigns inIndia and China, whil ethe am iability and integrity of his private life endeared him to hisrelatives and friends.

”

In the churchvard Robert Johnston is on his tombstone cele

brated in these lines

Before this Monument of stonesLie honest Robert Johnston’s bones ;He lived devoutly

,died in peace

,

Prompt by religion and grace,

Endow’

d a preacher for thi s place .With consent of his wife to lieHere by him when she falls to die,At her expense this tom b was raisedFor him whose worth she prized

,and praised .

Obit R. J. Aug. 16 , AD . 1 739.

Johnston was a m erchant in the place ; he bequeathed som e

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property and the sum of £500 for the maintenance of an assistant

m inister in the parochial cure.

A monument celebrates the Rev. William Moncriefl'

,of the

Associate Church the inscription is as follows

Beside this stone is reserved for the resurrection of the just,the earthly part of the Rev. William Moncrieff, minister of theGospel

,inthe Associate Congregation at Al loa. Patris perdigni

fil ius non degener. Likewise of Margaret Wilson, his spouse, whod ied in her 4oth year

,18th Jany.,

1 778 and of Janet Watt, herm other

,whom she survived nearly 1 7 years . Also of the eighth

and tenth of their twelve children— three sons and nine daughters—Raehel and Matthew

,who died within their first year, 1 770

and 1 772. He rested from his labours on14th of August, 1 786 , inthe 57th year of his life, the 37th year of his m inistry, and 24thyear of his being employed by the Associate Synod as their

'

Professor of Divinity.

He was anable,practical

,and faithful preacher of the Gospel

in its unadulterated purity and simplicity,not with enticing words

of m an’

s wisdom ,and continued a zealous supporter of the Befor

m ation testim ony according to the genuine state of the Secessionchurch

,leaving his nam e in good remem brance among the true

friends of thato

cause.”

The following lengthy inscription commemorates the Rev. James

Muckersie

To the Memory of the Rev. James Muckersie, son of the Rev.

John Muckersie, Minister at Kinkell , and grandson of the Rev.

Will iam Wilson,m inister at Perth

,one of the four brethren, the

founders of the Secession Church . This Monument is erected bythe first Associate Congregation of All oa

,of which he was pastor

(ever beloved and revered) from his ordination, onthe 21st Fehruary, 1 788, till the 8th of March

,1 827, in the 4oth year of his

ministry,arid the 67th of his age

,when he gently fell asleep In

Jesus. He possessed mental excellences,seldom in the sam e

degree com bined — a sound and vivid understanding,an elegant

taste, a cheerful tem per, and a sym pathiz ing and benevolent heart,even from a child his delight was in the Holy Scriptures. Thework of the m inistry was his early choice. His l iterary andtheological acquirem ents were am ple and various . His pulpitdiscourses were characterized by a m il d radiance of evangelicaltruth, by a winning sanctity of Spirit and tendency, by a chas tesym pathy of style

,and by a grave and unhesitating utterance . He

6 CLACKMANNANSHIRE.

discharged his other official duties,whether among his people at

large or am ong the afflicted , the destitute, the aged , and the young ,with calm dil igence and affectionate wisdom . His habits weredom estic

,and Inhis fam ily he was equally benign . In his general

intercourse with society he m aintained an easy but firm dignity ;and exerted for unpatronized and unknown talent, for unfortunaterectitude

,and for m any a useful public institution

,a general influ

ence widely effective. In all the deliberative preparations for theunion of the two great bodies of Seceders he was conscientiouslycc-operative : its happy consum m ation gladdened his heart ; and

“

he never ceased to evince,as he had always done

,a determ ined

but liberal zeal for the principles of the Secession Church,as the

m ost congenial to the spirit and conducive to the ends of theProtestant Reform ation.

”

In the churchyard the adherents of the W est United Presbyterian Church have thus comm em orated

'

ona tablet two of their

late pastors and their famil ies

In Memory of the Rev. Thom as Waters,first Minister of the

Associate Burgher Congregation,who died on the l st Aug ,

1 809,

in the 74th year of his age and 41st of his mini stry, inthe firmbelief and assured hope

c

of that Gospel which he faithfullypreached .

“And the Rev. Wil liam Fraser,som etim e of Crail , and after

wards .for forty-three years the faithful Pastor of West U . P.

Congregation,who adorned throughout his life the doctrines which

he preached,and died in the esteem of his fellow-men onthe 3rd

Septr.,1 853, in the 74th year of his age and 51st of his m inistry.

And also of his children,Andrew

,who died 12th Feby.

,1 8 12,

aged two m onths . John,who di ed l st Feby .,

1 819, aged 9 years .Magdalene

,who died 31st Deon

,1 837, aged 1 7 years .

”

The tombstone of the Rev . James Maxton, mini ster of the parish ,i s thus inscribed

The'

Rev. Jam es Maxton,Minister of this parish, died 19th

March, 1 828 , in the 63rd year of his age and 25th of his Ministry.

Jean Bald, his wife, died 7th February, 1 824, ag ed 38 . Theirchildren , Jean, died 22nd March, 1 852, aged 55. Fanny, died 1 1 thMay, 1 827, aged 28 . Alexander

,died at

D

Montreal, 1839, ag ed

A tombstone commemorate s the Rev. Peter Brotherston, D .D .

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To earn vainwealth and honours he ne’er wrought,

Content if Heaven but gave his soul to l iveFor truth and peace be ever fondly sought,Since these al one a lasting portion give.”

Bailie Robert Forman’s tombstone form erly here these lines

Stay,passenger

,consider well

That thou ere long with m e m ust dwell ;Since thou onearth hast but short stay

,

Rem em ber then to watch and pray,

To honour God wi th fear and dread,

Learn thou thi s lesson from the dead.

A tom bstone bearing date 1 719 has the following legend

The Law says doe,and ye shall live ;

The Gospel sayes— ye m ost believeThe Law 13 just indeed and good

,

Yet it can give noe Spiritual food,

Because believing com es in its roomTo save poor sinners from its doomBy Christ the Son of God.

Sae hair I ly in sweet reposeBecause when risen I’

ll rejoiceAnd theire Inheaven sweetly singPraise to Jehovah King.

”

Within the old church of Tul libody are monuments com m em o

rating several mem bers of the noble house of Abercrom by.A

monument celebrates George Abercrom by of Skeith and Tulli

body ; it was reared by his cousin and successor Alexander, second

son of Sir Alexander Abercromby, first baronet of Birkenbog, and

is thus inscribed

P. M. Georgii Abercrom bie de Tulibodie, beneficentiae et l iberal itati assueti

,injuriarum im m em oris

,beneficii m em oris

,cognatis

benefici, am icis grati , vicinis chari ; ob incorruptam m entem ,

inviolatam fidem ,in justo proposito constant-iam

,verse am icitiee

cultum , sim ulatee odium et opportunam festivitatem ,nem ini

secundi : ad extrem um usque spiritum ,vitam egit im m acul atam ,

cm lebs vix it et obiit 26,die m ensis JIm ii

,anno D om . 1 699. E tat

74. In cujus com m em orationem ,et benignitatis erga adeptivum

m eritissim am recordationem,sepulchrale ,

hoe Inonum entum ex

PARISH or ALLOA. 59

trux it Alexander Abercrom bie . Nee curo me, ipse incertus quo

periturus.

”

By the following inscription on a handsome cenotaph is com

m em orated General Sir Ralph Abercromby, the hero of Al ex

andria

General Sir Ralph Abercromby,K.B .

,eldest son of the late

George Abercromby,Esq , of Tul l ibody, and Mary Dundas,

daughter of the late Ralph Dundas,Esq ,

of Manor, was m ortallywounded in a battle

,fought 21st March

,1801

,with the French

near Alexandria,in Egypt ; and died the 28th of said m onth on

board of a ship in the Bay of Aboukir and interred at Malta,with Military Honours . Aged 66 years .”

Ralph Abercrom by was born in 1 738, and entered the army as

a com et of dragoons in 1756. From 1 774 to 1 780 he represented

the county of Kinross in Parliam ent . He was afterwards profes

sionall y engaged in Flanders and Holland ; he served under the

Duke of York in the cam paigns of 1 794 and 1 795. He was in

1 795 appointed comm ander- in- chief of the troops em ployed against

the French in the West Indies ; his successes in this expedition

were Signally brilliant. Having held the successive offices of

Governor of the Isle ofWight and Com m ander-in- Chief in Ireland

and Scotland , he becam e first com m ander of the expedition for

restoring the Prince of Orange as Stadtholder. He afterwards dis

tinguished him self at the landing at Abouk ir onthe 8th March,1 801

,and on the 21st of the same m onth gained the great battle

’

of Alexandria. From the effects of a m usket wound received in

action he expired a few days thereafter. To his m em ory a monu

m ent was reared in St. Paul’s Cathedral,and his widow was

created a baroness .

The Baroness Abercrom by, rel ict of Sir Ralph Abercrom by, i s

interred in the church of Tull ibody. Her m onument is thus

inscribed

Mary Ann,daughter of John Menzies

,Esq ,

of Fern Tower,

Baroness Abercrom by,Widow of General Sir Ral ph Abercrom by,

was born the 4th day of April,1 747 , and died 1 1th February,

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1 821 ; possessed of every gentle virtue that adorns the femalecharacter

,she fulfill ed in an exem plary m anner as a Wife

,a

Mother,and a Friend

,every duty of th is life ; whil e in its

vicissitudes“

her faith and piety never ceased to anticipate abetter.

Mem orial tablets commem orate George,Baron Abercromby

,and

his amiable baroness . The inscriptions are as follow .

Sacred to the Mem ory of Montague, Baroness Abercromby,born 3oth April

,1 7 72, died l 0th March , 1837 . After a long and

severe illness,when returning strength seem ed to hold out the

prom ise of future health,she was unexpectedly rem oved from the

midst of her fam ily and friends. Those who knew her requi re nom onument to keep her in their affectionate rem em brance

,but

when they like lier shall have been gathered to their rest, thistablet m ay then serve to remind her descendants that born tohigh station she form ed the centre round which the affections ofher fam ily clun

‘

g,while she was the channel through which com

fort and happiness were diffused over the wide circle of all aroundher. Her rem ains were com m itted to the tom b am idst the heartfelt tears of those who had knownher and loved her in life

,and in

the hum ble hope of her resurrection to an eternal reward throughthe m erits of her Redeem er.”

Here,by the side of his beloved partner in life

,repose the

mortal rem ains of George, Baron Abercrom by, Lord Lieutenant of

the county of Stirling. He was the eldest son of General SirRalph Abercromby, and Mary AnnMenzies , and was born onthe 14th October

,1 770. For m any years he represented his native

coun ty of Clackm annan in Parliam ent. While he abstained frommingling in the strife of party , he quietly but earnestly advancedthe true interests of his country ; inthe prom o tion of which hebore his part

,and lived to see accom plished many m os t im portant

legislat ive measures . Residing onhis property, he justly earnedfor him self the title of an upright magis trate, a kind landlord,

anda generous friend . To the oppressed he was ever open, and hissound judgm ent always at their service ; and the unfeigned tearso f the poor bore testim ony to his never- failing but unostentatiouscharity. Beloved by his children, es teem ed by all who had thegood fortune to know him

,and in full reliance on the m erits and

m ercies of hi s Redeemer,he closed his m ortal career onthe 1 8 th

February,1 843

,bequeathing to those who follow him a bright

exam ple of spotless integri ty,unwearied benevolence

,and nusf

fected piety.

”

PARISH or CLACKMANNAN . 6 1

George Ralph, Baron Abercromby, sonof the preceding, is cele

brated thus

In Memory of George Ralph,2nd Baron Abercromby, Lieu

tenant-Colonel in the Army and Lord Lieutenant of the County of

Clackm annan . He was bornonthe 3oth of May, 1800, and afterenduring for several years the cal am ity of the loss of sight withgreat patience and cheerful resignation to the will of God, wassuddenly rem oved by death onthe 25th of

'

J une,1 852.

‘Watchtherefore, for ye know not what hour your Lord cometh ; but theend of al l things is at hand ; be ye therefore sober, and watchunto prayer.’

In Tullibody churchyard an exposed sarcophagus is known as

the Maiden’s Stone. According to tradition

,Peter Beaton

,priest of

Tullibody, about the year 1449 became enam oured of Martha, only

child of Wishart,laird of Myreton. In the hope that her lover

would renounce his priestly vows,the lady reciprocated his affec

tion . He proved insincere . Lured by the prospect of ecclesiastical

advancem ent,he forsook the maiden

,who died of blighted affection .

As her dying request,she entreated her father to enclose her

remains in a sarcophagus,to be placed at the door by which her

unworthy lover entered the church to perform his priestly offices .

The position has not been changed.

PARISH OF CLACKMANNAN .

The parish church contains the remains of many mem bers of

the illustrious House of Bruce .! Within the church a monum ent

com m emorates Robert Bruce, of Kennet, one of the Senators of the

College of Justice, who died 8th April, 1 785, aged sixty- six ; also

his son,Alexander Bruce

,of Kennet, who died 12th Jul y, 1 808 .

In the churchyard a m onument celebrates the late Robert Bruce,of Kennet ; it is inscribed thus

Lothian’

s Alloa and its Environs, p . 60.

CLACKMANNANSHIRE.

Robert Bruce, Esq , born at Kennet, 8th December, 1 785. In1 8 13 he entered the arm y

,and served in the Grenadier Guards in

the Peninsula and at Waterloo. Beloved and lamented he died atKennet, 13th August,

Mr. Bruce was sonofAl exander Bruce of Kennet,and grandson

of Robert Bruce of Kennet,Lord of Session . From 1820 to 1 824

he was Member of Parliam ent for the county of Clackmannan ; he

was afterwards Convener of the County,and having an aptitude

for business he obtained m any other public offices . Some years

before his death he was a claim ant for the Burleigh Peerage,as heir of line through his great-grandmother. In 1868 the

House of Peers affirmed the claim to his son,Al exander Hugh

Bruce,who on the reversal of the attainder the year following

assumed the title of Baron Burleigh.

In Clackm annan churchyard a monument,erected by William

Wylie,farm er

,com m em orates his children. His second son

,

Jam es,a physician

,settled in Russia

,and becam e medical attend

ant to the Em peror Nicholas . He received the honour of knight

hood,and am assed a large fortune . Sir Jam es Wylie died at St.

I’etersburg in February, 1 854, aged eighty- six .

Tombstones commem orate the Rev. Robert Moodie, D .D .,minister

of the parish, who died 30th April, 1832 ; the Rev David Lindsay,who died 2l st October

,1 834 ; and the Rev. Peter Bal four

,minister

of the parish, who died 1 8th March, 1862, in his s ixty- eighth year,

and thirty-fourth of his ministry.

PARISH OF DOLLAR .

In a sequestered spot by the bank of the Devon is the burial

place of the fam ily of Tait, formerly of Harviestoun. On a hand

som e m onum ent the late C rawfurd Tai t is thus celebrated

C rawfurd Tait,Esq . of Harviestoun, died May, 1832, aged 67 .

His taste adorned this lovely vall ey, in the bosom of which he lies .l l is genius

,in advance of the age in which he lived

,originated in

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a great measure the im provem ent of the district, and pointed theway to m uch throughout the country destined to be accom p lishedby a future generation. His children

,thankful for Abraham ’s

gift,a Tomb

,and the promise of a Redeem er, here record his nam e

in hum ble hope that,though the place which knew him shall know

him no more,he has

,through Christ

,found a home ‘ not made

with hands,eternal in the heavens .’

The poet Burns was entertained by Mr. Tait at Harviestoun; he

com posed,in m emorial of his visit

,his songs com m encing How

pleasant the bank s of the clear winding Devon,

” and “ Sweetest

maid onDevon’s banks . Mr. Tait’s youngest son, Dr. Archibald

Campbell Tait,born 22nd Decem ber

,18 1 1

,was on the 4th

February, 1 869, enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.

Colonel Tait, third sonof C rawfurd Tait, of Harviestoun

,is on

his monument comm emorated in these lines

To the Memory of Colonel Thom as F. Tait, GB ,and A .D .C .

to the Queen,

“

third son of C rawfurd Tait,Esq ,

of Harviestoun.

He served in India with m uch distinction,com m anding the Third

Bengal Irregular Cavalry (Tait’s Horse) in the cam paigns of

Afl‘

ghanistan, the Sutlej , and the Punjaub. He died on 1 6thMarch

,1859, surrounded by his brothers and sis ters inthe house

of his youngest brother,the Bishop of London

,and is buried at

Fulham .

Loving Brother,

Faithful Friend,

Gallant Soldier,

Rest inChris t .”

To the credit of this amiable and excellent fam ily we present

an inscription from another monum ent,celebrating two of their

dom estics

Sacred to the Mem ory of Betty Morton and Mary Russell, wholived as faithful nurses and servants in the fam ily of C rawfurdTait, Esq ,

of Harviestoun,the form er for 30

,the latter for 50

years .“ Not with eyeservice as menpleasers

,but as the servants of

Christ,

They cherished our childhood,

They comforted our youth .

”

CLACKMANNANSHIRE.

They directed our thoughts to that heavenly country,where

,

through our Redeem er’

s love; we hope to meet them again .

Erected by the family,

In Dollar churchyard a monumental tablet com mem orates

the Rev. John Gray,of Teasses

,minister of the parish

,who died

l 6th February, 1 745,.

inhis sixty-fifth year and forty-fifth of his

m inistry. For many years Mr. Gray acted as a private banker,

much to the convenience of his neighbours and his ownprosperity.

There are tombstones commemorating the Rev. John Watson,

minister of the parish, who died 1 6th Decem ber, 18 15, and his

successor,the Rev. Andrew Mylne, D .D .

, who died 27th October,1856

,in his eighty-first year, and forty-first of his ministry. Dr.

Mylne was author of several educational works .

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Lord Lieutenant of Fifeshire . He died at London,3rd December,

1 840.

In the grounds of Raith,in an elevated and picturesque Spot ,

an altar- tom b comm em orates the late Colonel Robert Munro

Ferguson,of Raith

,son of General Sir Ronald Ferguson ,

of Raith . This estim able gentlem an was born in 1 802. Enternthe arm y

,he becam e Lieutenant-Colonel Com m andant of the 79th

Regim ent. Succeeding to the estate of Raith in 1 841,he was

elected M.P . for the Kirkcaldy burghs , which he continued to

represent till 1862. Colonel Ferguson died at Raith on the 27th

Novem ber,1 868 .

PARISH OF ABDIE.

In the parish churchyard Alexander and John Bethune,two

ingenious brothers in hum ble life,are interred in the sam e grave .

These remarkable persons were born in the condition of agricul

tural labourers . The elder brother was only a few m onths atschool ; the younger was entirely self- taught. Amidst the toils

incident to a life of m anual labour,they contrived to surm ount

the disadvantages of their humble lot ; they procured books, and

obtained an acquaintance with general literature. Al exander

published “ Tales and Sketches of the Scottish Peasantry John

com posed admirable verses, which were published posthumously.

To a native del icacy of constitution both the brothers early

succumbed . John died in1 839, at twenty- seven ; Alexander in

1 843, at thirty-nine . On a plain tom bstone , erected at the brothers’

grave, are inscribed these lines

This is a place of fear,the firm est eye

Hath quailed to see its shadowy dreaminess ;But Christian hope and heavenl

yprospects high

,

And earthl y cares and nature’s weariness,

Have made the timid pilgrim cease to fear,

And long to end his peaceful j ourney here .

PARISH OF ABERCROMBIE.

PARISH OF ABERCROMBIE.

Attached to the ruin of the old parish church of Abercrombie

is the ancient burial-place of the House of Abercrom bie of that

ilk. Built in the western gable of thei

church an old tombstone

bears, in raised letters, these words

Here lyes ane honourable m an,Thom as Abercrombie

,of that

ilk,quba deceased in the yeir

In the centre of the tom bstone is engraved the fam ily shield,representing three boars’ heads

,the arm orial insignia of thehouse .

Thom as Abercrom bie died about the year 1520. He was ancestor

of the Abercrombies,baronets of Birkenbog, and of the Lords

Abercrom by and Dunfermline .

Disused as a place of worship since 1 646,when the parishes of

Abercrom bie and St. Monance were conj oined, the area of the

church form s the burial-place of the Anstruthers, baronets of

Balcaskie,and of the parochial incum bents. On the south wall of

the church,a monument commem orates Sir Philip Anstruther,

second baronet of Balcaskie, who died in 1 763. Hewas succeededin the baronetcy and estates by Robert, his eldest son, who also

is interred and com mem orated in the church . He died 2ud

August,1 8 18 . The eldest son of this baronet, Brigadier-General

Robert Anstruther was the com panion-in- arm s of Sir John Moore.

He com m anded the rearguard of the arm y at Corunna. From the

fatigue endured in the battle he died on the 14th January, and

was int-erred in the north-east bastion of the citadel of Corunna .

Sir John Moore was by his express desire buried by his side. ‘ In

the east gable of Abercrom bie church a handsome monum ent

celebrates his valour and patriotism .

Sir Ralph Abercrom bie Anstruther,fourth baronet, elder son of

General Anstruther,is celebrated by a m onument on the north wall

of the church .

‘ Born on the 12th March , 1 804, he entered the

arm y and beca m e a captain in the Grenadier Guards. Succeeding

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his grandfather in 18 18 , he thereafter devoted himself to the im

provement of his estates . For m any years he was Convener of

the County. On the 2oth December, 1 859, he was chosen Rector

of the University of St. Andrews,being the first laym an who ever

held that office. After aperiod of failing heal th,he died onthe

1 8th August,1 863.

Sir Ralph m arried,in 1 831

,Mary Jane

,eldest daughter of

Major-General Sir Henry Torrens,K.C .B. In Abercrombie church

a sm all m arble m onum ent com mem orates Sarah,wife of Sir Henry ,

and daughter of Colonel Robert Paton,of Kinaldy, sometime

Governor of St. Helena.

A mural tablet com mem orates the Rev. Robert Swan, minister

of the parish, who died 1 6th Novem ber, 1 849, in the seventy

seventh year of his age,and forty- sixth of his m inistry.

In the churchyard a massive tom bstone,of Aberdeen grani te

,

commemorates the fam i ly of Cooper,who for 350 years rented the

farm of Stenton, in this parish . From a branch of this fam ily,

which removed to England, the poet Cowper is believed to have

been descended.

A handsom e obelisk celebrates John Rodger,of St. Monance ,

one of the representatives of the Roxburghshire family of Roger,

which early settled in Fifeshire .

By a Lat in inscription an old tom bstone com m emorates Robert

Nicol,physician

,in Cupar

,who d ied in 1 579

,aged seventy-two

years . On an altar-stone is inscribed the nam e of Alexander

Ireland,

“who deceased in the fear of God,1 639

,aged 52 years .

The churchyard of St. Monance surrounds the church of that

name,a fine Gothic structure, reared in 1366 by David II ., in

honour of St. Monan,

‘ and which was restored in 1 827 under the

superintendence of Sir Wal ter Scott. In the church were buried

the Barons of Newark, including the celebrated General David

Monam us or Monanwas Archdeaconof St. Andrews. With Adrian, Bishop of

St. Andrews, and m any others, he was slainby the Danes inthe Monastery of the I sleof Mary, about the year 874 (Breviary of Aberdeen) .

PARISH or ABERDOUR. 69

Leslie. In the north transept a handsom e marble cenotaph

com m em orates Lieutenant Henry Anstruther,who fell at the

battle of the Alm a on the 20th September,1854. Younger

son of Sir Ralph A. Anstruther, Bart , he was .born on the

4th June, 1836 . In his sixteenth year he entered the army as

ensign of the 23rd Royal Welsh Fusil iers,and from his soldierly

qualities afforded excellent promise of professional eminence . He

died in his eighteenth year. His monument bears that it was

reared by residents on his father’s estates,as a tribute to his

s im ple faith,affectionate heart

,and undaunted courage

,and as a

token of their deep sorrow for his early but glorious death .

”

In St. Monance churchyard rest the remains of Thom as Mathers ,fisherman

,an ingenious poet. With a lim ited education

,and am idst

a career of severest toil,Mathers contrived to cherish the lyric

Muse. He published a volume entitled “Musings in Verse,

”

which contains much respectable poetry. He died onthe 25th

September,1 851

,aged fifty

- seven . From tombstones in St .

Monance churchyard we have the following quaint inscriptions .

Of Mrs . Barron, of Barron Hall, her survivor rem arks,

Her excellence indeed to allWas so brilli ant and rare

,

That very few in social l ifeCould once with her com pare.

On the tombstone of one who died young are these lines

“My dear relations,pray again

,

Obey the Lord,and follow me

Prepare for death,make no delay,

Yousee God soon took me away.

”

PARISH OF ABERDOUR .

Near the west end of the parish church is the ancient burial

vault of the Earls of Morton . The vault, which is in a state of

entire disrepair,has strewn on its surface the rem ains of eight

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leaden coffins . One of these is inscribed with the nam e of James ,fifteenth Earl of Morton, who died 13th October, 1 768 . This noble

representative of the House of Douglas was devoted to scientific

pursuits,and founded the Phil osophical Societv of Ed inbur

gh He

was elected President of the Royal Society,and was a Trustee of

the British Museum .

In the side wall of the church a tablet com m em orates the Rev :

Robert Blair,minister of St. Andrews , who died at -Meikle C ouston,

in this parish,onthe 27thAugust, 1 666 . This distinguished divine

was born at Irvine,Ayrshire

,in 1593. He studied at the University

of Glasgow,and was appointed a regent of that college in his

twenty- second year. He afterwards ministered to’

a Presbyterian

congregation at Bangor,in Ireland . Intending to emigrate to New.

England with som e other ministers,he proceeded on shipboard

,

but was driven back by a storm . Returning to Scotland he som etime m inistered at Ayr ; he was afterwards settled by the General

Assem bly at St . Andrews . In 1 640 he accom panied the Scottish

arm y into England,and assisted innegotiating the peace at Ripon .

In 1 645 he went to N ewcastle .to reason with Charles I.

,and

onthe death of Alexander Henderson was appointed his Majesty’s

chaplain. After the Restoration he suffered from the tyranny of

Archbishop Sharpe,by whom he was prohibited

'

from preaching

within twenty m i les of St. Andrews . His latter years were spent

in the neighbourhood of Aberdour (Vol . I.,40

,

In Aberdour churchyard,'

Robert Moyes,who di ed in 1 725, is

celebrated thus

Here lyes interr’

d below thi s stonA man of vertus rare,

Of justice,probity

,and truth

,

Few with him coul d com pare .

Yea,virtues all in him com bin ’dEach one outweigh

’

d y other,

Y‘ in yt place where he did live

You’d scarce find such another,

Yet death y‘ strikes a‘ all al ikeHas vanquished him at last

,

The body to ye dust has sent

His soul’

s to glory past.

PARISH or ANSTRUTHER-EASTER. 7 1

The monastery of Inchcolm,situated onthe island of this nam e

in the Firth of Forth,belongs to this parish. It was founded by

Alexander I. in 1 123,and dedicated to St. Colum ba. The heart of

Richard of Inverkeithing,Cham berlain of Scotland

,who died in

1272, was deposited in the choir. For a course of centuries the

ecclesiastics of Dunkeld buried at Inchcolm . All the monuments

have disappeared.

PARISH or ANSTRUTHER-EASTER .

In the parish church a monum ent com mem orates Rear-Adm iral

Will iam Black, a native of the place, who died in 1 846 . He he

queathed to the Kirk-

Session for charitable purposes .

His younger brother,Captain Jam es Black

,a distinguished naval

oflicer,who died in 1 835

,i s celebrated by a monum ent in the

churchyard. Within the church a mural tablet,inscribed with

initial letters,com m em orates the Rev. John Dyks

,m inister of

Kilrenny,who died 9th Septem ber, 1 634. Mr. Dyks was an

accom pl ished theologian, and a sufferer in the cause of Presbytery.

Near the east side of the church a marble tablet com m em orates

John Chalm ers,m erchant

,father

_

of the celebrated Dr. Thomas

Chalmers,and the mem bersof his family. It is thus inscribed

Erected in1827 by their sorrowing grandchildren,To the Memory of

John Chalm ers,

Late Merchant in Anstruther,

Who died 26th July, 1818 , in the 78th year of his age.And of his spouse,El izabeth Hall,

Who died 14th February,1 827 , in the 77th year of her age .

Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord.

’

Within this burial—place are also interred the rem aIns of fivetheir children

,viz

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John,who died in infancy in 1 785.

George,who died in 1806

,aged 29.

Barbara,who died in 1808

,aged 33.

Lucy,who died in 18 10,

aged 37 .

Isabella,who died in1 824

,aged 43.

And also the rem ains of Jam es Chalm ers, Merchant inAnstruther

,

Father of John and son of the Rev. Jam es Chalm ers , Minister ofthe Gospel in Elie ; he died in 1 788 , aged 74.

Barbara Anderson,

The spouse of Jam es Chalm ers,and mother of John ;

She died in 1 793, aged 85.

Christian Chalm ers,

The sister of Jam es ; she died in 1 793, aged 85.

Thom as Ballardie,

Late Master in the Navy, who died in 1 809, aged 77And his spouse Elizabeth Chalm ers

,sister of John;

She died in 1 792, aged 50.

Jean Chalm ers,

Sister of John she died 15th August,1 827, ag ed 75.

Restored in1867 by the grandchildren of John Chalm ers.His other children not buried here

,being then all dead, viz

William,lost in the Queen

,

’ at Rio Jam eiro,in 1 800

,ag ed 22.

David,died at sea

,in 1 81 1

,aged 27 .

Alexander,Surgeon at Kirkcaldy

,died 1 829, aged 35.

Jam es,died at London

,in1 839, aged 67 .

Thom as,D .D .

,died at Edinburgh

,in1 847 , aged 67 .

Helen,widow of the Rev. John McC lell an, Kelton,Died at Edinburgh

,1854,

aged 67 .

Patrick,died at VVishaw

,in 1 854,

aged 64.

Jane,wife of John Morton

,died in Gloucestershire, in 1864,aged 76 .

Charles,died at Merchiston

,Edinbur

gh,1864, ag ed 72.

In the churchyard,reared by public subscription

,a m onum ent

comm emoratesWil liam Tennant, LL.D .

,author of Anster Fair

,

and Professor of Oriental Languages in the University of St.

Andrews . It is inscribed thus :

H . S . E .

Gulielm us Tennant, LL D .

,in Coll . Beatae Maria; ad fanum

Andreae L.L. orient Prof. vir m agnis animi dotibus insignis doctrina

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Priory of St. Ethernan, or St:Colm an . It contains the remainingportion of St. Adri an’s coffin . Adrian was Bishop of St. Andrews

in the latter half of the ninth century. During an incursion of

the Danes he took refuge,with som e ecclesiastics and a large

num ber of the Christian population,in the ancient monastery of

this island,which

,however

,proved no respected sanctuary, for

all were m assacred .

In the churchyard of Anstruther-wester an old tombstone ,which has recently disappeared

,bore the name of Friar Hal dane

,

who ministered in the parish about the middle of the fifteenth

century.

At the east end of the church a tombstone denotes the resting

place of John Fairfull , minister of the parish, who died in 1 626 ,aged eighty . He was father of Andrew Fairfowl

,Bishop of

Glasgow (Vol. I.,

A tombstone m arks the grave of Erskine Conolly,an ingenious

and short-lived poet. Born at Crail on the 1 2th June, 1 796, he

was at an early age apprenticed to a bookseller in Anstruther.

After som e changes he engaged in legal pursuits , and practised as

a solicitor in Edinburgh . He died onthe 7th January,1843. He

com posed Mary Macneil,” and other songs .

An altar tombstone com m emorates Will iam Thomson,a magis

trate of the burgh, who died in 1797 ; he bequeathed £650

to the parochial funds, of which the greater portion was to be

employed in founding a bursary in connection with the Uni

versity of St. Andrews .

PARISH OF AUCHTERMUCHTY.

The gravestone of David Ferry, schoolmaster, who died l st June,aged 62

,is inscribed thus

Here doth a good man’s aged ashes dwell,

Who conquer'

d death by faith before he fell

PARISH or BALMERINO . 75

He’s fond to flit into a proper sphere,Who traffics long with heaven and l ives by prayer.In all the learning of the schools deep skill ’

d,

Poor students found him generous and kind,

On his love-feasts they very often dinedHe fed at once their body and their m ind.

No miser many of his goods did share,

Food to the needy gave, and clothed the bare,Grace and good nature thro’ his actions ran

,

By heaven approv’d,and loved of every m an

,

Reader,receive instruction from this stone

,

And im itate his virtues when he’s

On his tombstone Andrew Richardson,farmer

,is thus com

m em orated

Beneath this burial-stone a tenant lys,

Nam ’

d Andrew Richardson , in Ridie Leys,Who died in May

,

The seventeenth day,1 736 .

A husbandman he was,who ploughed with art

,

In hope he sow’

d,and thereof did partake

,

With skill the produce of the earth im prov’

d,

And to his wife and children,whom he lov’

d,With judgm ent he bequeathed his honest gain

,

When death to him appear’

d, and to remainN0 m ore onearth did give the last com m and

,

Which neither king nor peasant can withstand .

In which he acquiesc’

d and how’d his head,

Subm issive to the D ivine wil l and died .

Belov’

d by all,by his dear wife lam ented

,

Who onher proper charge this stone erected,

His nam e to transm it to posteritylVith th is MEMENTO

,

‘ Thou and I must die.

PARISH OF BALMERINO .

The Abbey of Balm erino was founded in 1227 by Queen

Erm engarde,daughter of Richard de Beaumont, and second wife

of William the Lion . She died onthe 1 1th February, 1 233, and

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near the high altar of Balmerino Abbey her remains were honour

ably entombed . The spot is unm arked .

Within the aisle of the old church are the sepulchral enclosuresof the old fam ilies of Morrison of Naughton, and Scrim geour

Wedderburn of Birkhill. A branch of the fam ily of Stark also

inter in the aisle .0

In the parish churchyard a tom bstone bears,in raised letters

,the

foll owing inscription Her layes ane faithful sestre Isabel Ram say,

spovs to Al exandr Mathev of Kirktovn of Balm erinoh, quha

depertit the 8 day of Octobre, anno 1 596, of age The stone

bears the arms of Matthew im paled with those of Ram say.

A tom bstone belonging to the sixteenth century is thus

inscribed Heir lyis ane honest man and faithful cal lit George

Ramsay Burges and Brother Gild of Dundic and portioner of

Boddum craig, quba depairtit yis present lyfe 1 5 of Decem ber,and

of his age 90.

Tom bstones com m emorate Margaret Henderson,wife of James

Knox,in P easehil

,who died in February

,1 673 ; Christian Glen ,

portioner of Cultra and Bottom craig, and Spouse of John Wan, in

St. Fort, who died in 1 687, aged 67 ; and John Wyllie, parish

schoolm aster,who died 1 7th Decem ber, 1 705.

A granite monum ent celebrates Robert Donaldson, of Rosebank,

Aberdeenshire,founder of the Donaldson Fund for religious and

educational purposes in the counties of Fife and Aberdeen.

Mr. Donaldson was bornin the adjacent parish of Kilmany,and

died at Rosebank,1 7th April , 1 829, in his eightieth year.

From tombstones inBalmerino churchyard we have the following

m etrical epitaphs— the latter being a variation from Pope z

0 father, mother, and brother dear,Weep not for us

,though sleeping here

,

For in one tim e we think to rise,

And strive to gain the glorious prize.

Whoe’

er thou art, O m ortal man,draw near

,

Here lies the friend most loved, the spouse most dear,

PARISII or C ANRREE. 7 7

t o ne’er knew joy that friendship might divide,Or gave her husband grief but when she died.

How vain is reason eloquence how weak !The husband feels beyond what he can speak !Oh, let thy once- loved friend inscribe thy stone,And with his children’s sorrows m ix his own.

”

PARISH OF BURNTISLAND .

In the parish churchyard are num erous m ottoes illustrative of

the brevity and uncertainty of life . The following are specim ens :

Read here as you pass by,

Look onthis grave wherein I lieFrom cares and sorrow I’m set free

,

Mourn for yourselves,but not for m e.

No m ortal manCan reach the peaceful Sleepers here ,While angel s watch their soft repose .

How soon this life is past and gone,And death com es softly stealing onThen let us choose that narrow wayWhich leads no traveller’s foot as tray .

PARISH OF CARNBEE.

In the churchyard a tom bstone com m em orates Robert Gill espie

Sm yth,of Gibliston; major in the County Militia, and a Deputy

Lieutenant. Sonof Dr. Jam es Gillespie,Principal of St . Mary

’s

College,St. Andrews

,he was born in that city on the 4th February

,

1 777 . He assum ed the nam e of Sm yth onhis m arriagewith the

heiress of Gibl iston. He died at Giblistononthe 1 1th November,1 855. Mr. Sm yth was esteemed for his beneficence.

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PARISH OF C ARNOCK.

In the parish churchyard a m onum ent celebrates the Rev. John

Row,minister of the parish , and author of a History of the

Church of Scotland. It contains in raised letters the following

epitaph

Hic jacet M . J o . Row,pastor hujus Ecclesiae Fidelissim us

vix it acerrim us veritatis et foederis Scoticani assertor : H ierarchiasPseudo episcopal is et Rom anorum rituum cordicitus osor : infrequenti sym m istarum apostasia cubi instar constantissim us.

Dux it Griselidem Fergussonam cum qua annis 51 conjunctissim e

vix it. Huic Ecclesiae annis 54 praefuit. Obiit Iunii 26,anno

D om . 1 646,aetatis 78 . Obiit et ill a Januarii 30

,

Mr. Row was third son of John Row,mini ster of Perth, a

celebrated reformer,who first introduced into Scotland the study

of Hebrew literature. He was ‘born in January, 1568 . After

teaching in different places,he was ordained m inister of Aberdour

in 1592. In Jul y, 1 606, he sighed the Protest to Parliament against

the introduction of Episcopacy. He was summoned before the

Court of High Com m ission in 1 619, and confined to his parish .

He was a m em ber of the celebrated General Assem bly of 1 638 .

He died in 1 646,in the seventy- eighth year of his age

,and

fifty- fourth of his ministry. His “ History of the Kirk of Scot

land from 1558 to 1 637 has been published by the Wodrow

Society.

On Mr. Row’s monum ent are com m em orated Margaret Gibbon

,

his grandchild, and‘her husband

,Adam Stobie

,of West Luscar.

Mr. Stobie, who died in 1 71 1 , was a zealous Covenanter, and

harboured m any ministers and others who were persecuted by the

Governm ent of Charles II . He was som e tim e im prisoned in the

Bass,and was condem ned to transportation beyond seas

,but

the vessel in which he sailed landed onthe coast of England,and

he was perm itted to escape .

PARISH OF COLLESSIE.

PARISH OF CERES .

In the fam ily m ausoleum rest the remains of John, twentieth

Earl of Crawford, who is appropriately com m em orated . This

em inent m ilitary comm ander was eldest son of John,nineteenth

Earl of Crawford, and was .born on the 4th October,1 702. He

entered the arm y in 1 726 , but subsequently held several offices at

Court,and sat in the House of Lords as a representative peer.

Desirous of mili tary distinction, he served in the arm y of the

Em peror of Germ any,then at war with France ; he distinguished

him self at the battle of Claussen, in October, 1 735. He next

volunteered into the Russian service,j oining the arm y of Field

Marshal Munich in his expedition against the Turks . In a

sanguinary battle,fought onthe 26th July

,1 738 , with the Turks

and Tartars,he accom panied the Cossacks

,and greatly distinguished

him self by his dexterity. At the battle of Krotzka,near Belgrade,

he was severely wounded in the left thigh . Returning to England

he found him self advanced to the colonelcy of the Grenadier

Guards. At the battle of Dettingen,fought onthe l 6th of July

1 743, he com m anded the brigade of the Life Guards,acting with

his usual skill and intrepidity. He distinguished him self at the

battle of Fontenoy, in April, 1 746, conducting the retreat in

adm irable order. During the Scottish Rebell ion of 1 745 he

comm anded the corps of Hessians . He afterwards rej oined

the arm y inthe Netherlands , and evinced his accustom ed valour at

the battle ofRoucoux,inOctober

,1 746 . After som e other import

ant services,he died at London onthe 23rd Decem ber

,1 749.

PARISH OF COLLESSIE .

Inthe parish churchyard a m ortuary enclosure contains the

rem ains of Sir Jam es Melville,of Hal lhill

,the great diplom atist

and statesm an . On one of the walls i s the following inscription

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Ye loddin’ pilgrim s passing langs this way,

Paus onyour fall,and your offences past

,

For your frail flesh,first form it of the clay

,

In dust m onbe dissolvit at the last.Repent

,am end

,onChrist the burden cast

,

C f your sad sinnes who can your savls refresh ,Syne raise from grave to gloir your grislie flesh.

Defyle not Christ’s kirk with your carion,

A solem n sait for God’s servi ce prepar’d,

For praier, preaching, and com m union,

Your byrial should be Inthe kirk yard .

On your uprising set your great regard,

When savll and body j oynes with joy to ring,

In heaven,for ay, with Christ our Head and King .

Third son of the proprietor of Raith,Fifeshire

,Sir Jam es .

Melvill e,was born about the year 1535. He was page of honour

to Queen Mary,when she was Consort of the Dauphin , and som e

tim e served under the Constable of France. He was afterwards

em ployed by the Elector Palatine in negotiating with the German

princes . In 1 564 he returned to Scotland, when he was nom inated

a Privy Councill or. In two em bassies to the English Court he

announced to Queen Elizabeth the proposed marriage of his royal

m istress with Lord Darnl ey, and the birth of James VI . He

opposed Queen Mary’s marriage with Bothwell,but subsequently

gave his acquiescence and was present at the cerem ony. By Jam es

VI.Melville was employed in various responsible offices . He died

1 st Novem ber, 1 607 . His Memoirs,

” written for the use of his

son, have been publi shed .

PARISH OF CRAIL.

Within the parish church is preserved an ancient Runic

cross . On its right side are a port ion of a horse,a wild boar;

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of Barclay and Douglas. On the bevelled edge of the stone is

the following inscription

Hic jacet David Barclay de us de qui Obntdie m ensis anno diy. Mm ° CCCC .

Hic jacet Helena de Douglas uxor predicity qui Obnt XXIXdie mensis Januarii anno di° . MO C C C C X X I.

”

In the.

churchyard rest the remains of David Cook , of C arphin

and Luthrie,who died 8th June

,18 65. Mr . Cook was a native Of

Auchterderran ; as anengineer in Glasgow he attained a large

fortune . His latter .years were spent in the quiet exercise of

benevolence .

PARISH OF OULTS.

On Wal ton Hill is the m odern m ausoleum of the noble House

of Crawford . It is of Greek architecture,and was raised by

James,the fifth earl.

In the parish church,a m onument scul ptured by

.

Chantrey

commem orates the Rev. David Wilk ie,minister Of the parish ; it

was erected by his son,Sir David Wilkie

,the em inent painter.

’

Mr. Wilkie was born onthe farm of Ratho-byres,near Edinburgh ,

in 1 738 . l i censed to preach in May,1 7 70, he was ordained

m inister of Cul ts inApril , 1 774. He died 30th Novem ber,1 812

,

in his seven- fourth year,and the thirty-ninth of his m inistry.

A tombstone inthe churchyard is thus inscribed :

Here lies,retired from mortal strife

,

A m anwho lived a happy life,

A happy life— and sober too,A thing that all m enought to do .

PARISH OF CUPAR.

In the parish burial-ground a monument,supposed to have been

executed inHolland,celebrates the Rev. “Tilliam Scott

,minister of

PARISH or CUPAR. 83

the first charge,and an em inent upholder of Presbyterianism .

Son of Robert Scott, in Mylnedene, and eighty- third in descent

from the ancient fam ily of Balwearie, Mr. Scott took his degree at

the University of St. Andrews, in Novem ber, 1586 . He was or

dained m inister of Kennoway in1593, and was translated to Cupar

in1604. One of the eight ministers summoned to London in 1606 ,he was perm itted to return to his parish in 1 607, where he continued

keenly to oppose episcopal tendencies . He was a m em ber of the

General Assem bly of 1 618,and opposed the five articles then

agreed to. He died onthe 20th May, 1 642. At his owncost '

he

built the spire of the parish church ,and he bequeathed funds for

the education of poor children . His monum ent is inscribed

thus :

Scotis resuscitatis, Anglis ex citatis,renovato foedere reparata

religione,prostrata hierarchia, restituto presbyterio,

succenturiantibus illustrissim is e prim a nobilitate et mini s terio bene m eritis inecclesiam

,nunquam satis m em orandis

,confirm ante C m sare Bri

tannico,adstipulantibus regni ordinibus

,Obiit placidissim e in

Domino unus,qui nobis cunctando restituit' rem

,Gulielm us Scotus

,

ecclesiae C uprensis pastor, ex ill ustri et antiquissim a fam ilia ScotoBalviriana 849, anno aerae Christi MDCXLII . A .D . cal . Junii

A tombstone denotes the burial-place of the Rev.,Jam es

Wedderburn,senior

,and his son who bore ‘

the sam e Christiannam e . Both father and sonwere ministers of Moonzie . Their

tom bstone bears the following epitaph

Sepulchrum Magistri Jacobi Wedderburni,viri pietate exim ia

et praeclaris dotibus aucti ; ecclesiae Munsiae fidelissim i pastoris :qui Obiit 23 die JuIii, A .D . MDCLXXXVII . aetatis suae 52. Cumpatre, jacet Optim es Spei filius Gulielm us Wedderburn; qui Obiitpaulo ante patrem nono die Julii MDCLXXXVII .

H ic,cum prole

,parens una requiescit in urna,

Marm ore dignus erat genitor : lunaris ocelliLux

,solis radiis lustrata et lucida stella

Et proles tanto fuit haud indigna parente,Hic febre in fluvio periit. Proh ! tris tia fataAttingunt unum ,

quae sunt contraria,finem ,

Unda ignis ceclo ponunt, cum prole parentem .

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In the churchyard a tombstone formerly bore these lines

Davidis hic corpus Forrethi dorm itur altum ;Mens

, evecta polum ,Christo duce

,pace potitur

Aucupis in terris celebrata est fama superstes.

Post undena suae vitae bene lustra peractaeGloriam in excelsis

,nunc cum j ove fando trium phat.

David Forret was a cadet of the fam ily of Forret of that ilk.

To the family belonged Thom as Forret,vicar Of Dollar

,an early

upholder of the reform ed doctrines, and who, at the instance of

Archbishop Beaton,was burned at Edinburgh on the 28th February,

1538 .

A monument commemorative of Jam es Bethune, M .D .,of

Nether Tarbet,was thus inscribed

Monum entum pii et generosi D .D . Jacobi Bethune,m edicines

doctoris, Tarbet inferioris dom ini ; qui Obiit 4 cal Januarii, 1 680.

JEtatis anno 77 .

Hippocrates alter fuit hie heros,m edicinae

Artibus et m usis semper amicus erat ;Belgis ac Italis, Gallis simul atque BritannisNota fui t virtus ingeniique vigor.Ille, forisque dom i clarus , cecidit, rem anenteJncunda prole et hie situs ipse jacet,

Pul vis es et ad pulverem redibis,

Qui legis haec, hospes, mortis tu saepe memento ,Beati m orientes in Dom ino .

”

In the Old churchyard a tombstone comm emorates three sufferersfor the Covenant. It is inscribed thus :

Here he interred the heads of Laur Hay : and AndrewP itull och

, who sufi’

ered martyrdom at Edinburgh,July 13th

,1 68 1 ,

for adhering to the word of God,and Scotland’s covenanted work

of reform ation ; and also one of the hands of David Hackston,

of Rathill et,who was m ost cruelly martyred at Edinbur

gh,July

3oth,1 680.

Our persecutors filled with rage,

Their brutish fury to assuage,

Took heads and hands of m artyrs off,That they m ight be the peeple’s scof f.

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ofRankeilour ; he was also heir of line of Viscount Frendraught.

‘

Son of Colonel Maitland of Rankeilour, he was born in March ,1 801 . He passed Advocate in 1822

,but soon afterwards succeed

ing to the fam ily estate,he occupied him self with rural affairs .

During the Voluntary controversy he becam e a strenuous advocate

of the Established Church,holding Church Defence m eetings in

different districts . III the Nou- intrusion controversy he actively

supported the views of the m aj ority ; and after the Disruption

vigorously upheld the claim s of the Free Church . He died in

1 851 .

In St . Jam es’s Church a monum ental brass,fixed in a tablet of

black m arble,com m em orates Lieutenant Spens

, of the 42nd Regi

m ent,

son of Nathaniel Spens,of C raigsanquhar ; he died at

Cherat,inIndia

,22nd June

,1 867 .

On the gravestone of William Rym our,maltman

,are these

lines

Through Christ I’

m not inferiorTo William the Conqueror.”

Crom bie’s m onum ent is inscribed thus

Here res ts his body,whose soul above

Knows nothing else but j oy and love ;By death he is not hurt

,al though cut down ;

Life com es by death,and by his faith a crown :

His spouse and children m ight lam ent and cry,

Did hOpe not list, and wipe al l tears away.

PARISH OF DALGETY.

In the old churchyard a mortuary enclosure,now built up

,is

the burial-place of the old Earls of Dunferm line . This noble

House, now extinct, originated in the person Of Alexander Seton,

an em inent lawyer, third son of George,Sixth Lord Seton

,and

brother Of Robert, first Earl of Winton . Born about the year

1 5 05, Alexander Seton studied at Rom e in the College o f

PARISH OF DALGETY.

Jesuits,with a view to the Church ; but the establishment of

the reform ed religion led him to adopt legal pursuits . By

Jam es VI . he was in 1583 appointed an extraordinary lord of

session ; he becam e a lord ordinary in February 1 587, and was

elected president of the court inMay,1593. He was one of the

Octavians,or eight com m issioners of the Treasury

,in 1596 . For nine

successive years he was elected Provost of Edinburgh . In March,

1 597- 8,he was

,by letters under the great seal

,constituted a lord

of Parliam ent,by the title of Lord Fyvie soon afterwards he was

appointed preceptor to P rm ce Charles. In 1 606 he was raised tothe office of Lord High Chancellor

,and created Earl of Dunferm

line . In 1 609 he was sworn a m em ber of the English Privy

Council . He was com m issioner to the parliam ent held at Edin

burgh inJune,1 610

,when the Act of 1592 establishing Presby

teriani sm was rescinded. He died at Pinkie, near Musselburgh,onthe 1 6th

-

June,1 622

,aged sixty- seven .

Charles,son of the preceding, was second Earl of Dunfermline .

A zealous adherent of the Covenant, he negotiated onthe part

Of the Scots encam ped at Dunse, the pacificationwith Charles I .in June

,1 639. In August, 1640, he com m anded a regim ent in the

Scots arm y,which

,under General Leslie, crossed the Tweed and

occupied the city of Dunham . In October following he was one

of the Scottish Com m issioners for the treaty of Ripon . From

Charles I.

,in June

,1 641

,he received a long lease of the abbey of

Dunferm line ; he was afterwards sworn a Privy Councillor. He

supported the engagement in1648 and after the King’s execution

went to the Continent to wait on Charles II .

, whom he aecom

panied to Scotland in 1 650. At the Restoration he Obtainedvarious Offices and honours . He died in January, 1 673.

The third earl died young . Jam es,the fourth and last earl

,

com m anded a troop of horse,under Viscount Dundee

,at the

battle of Killiecrankie in 1 689 ; in the following year he was

outlawed and forfe ited . He died in exile in 1694. The estates

reverted to the Crown .

These rhymes are from tom bstones in the Old churchyard

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A Christian true,

To m ana friend,

A loving husband,

Father kind .

"

Here is the dust of innocence,whose breath

Was caught by early not untirrrely deathHence he did go

,just as he did begin

Pain to know before he knew to sin .

”

Through faith he lived , through faith he died,Through faith the forerunner espiedWith patience ran the Christian race

,

And gained the crown,the prize of grace .

”

PARISH OF DUNFERMLINE.

Malcolm III .,surnam ed Canm ore , and Margaret his sainted

queen,had their chi ef residence at Dunferm line. Inthe vicinity

Malcolm founded,about the year 1075, the church of the Holy

h inity,which was elegantly cons tructed in Norm an archi tecture.

He resolved that it should supersede Iona as a place of royal

sepulchre .

Holy Trinity Church had two altars— the high al tar and the

altar of the holy cross . Before the high altar were deposited

the rem ains of Malcolm,the founder. He fell at the Siege of

Alnwick Castle,onthe 13th Novem ber

,1093. His rem ains were

at first consigned to the monastery at Tynem outh,but were

about the year 1 1 15 conveyed to Dunfermline by his son

Alexander I .

Queen Margaret survived her husband only a few days . Tidings

of his death, and of the mortal wound of Edward, her eldest son,overcame and prostrated her. She died in the cas tle of Edinburgh

,

and her rem ains were brought to Dunfermline,and there reverently

deposited in Holy Trinity Church,before the altar of the holy

cross . Edward,her eldest son

,fell by a mortal wound in the

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Im mediately in front of the high altar were sepulchred,in 1329

,

the remains of King Robert the Bruce . He died at CardrossDumbartonshire

,on the 7th June, 1329. He was only fifty-five,

and m any of his plans were unfulfill ed . Of these the most import

ant was his vow that onthe restoration of national order he woul d

proceed to Palestine,and there give help against the infidel . To

indicate his sincerity,he on his death-bed requested his friend

,Sir

James Douglas,to carry his heart to Jerusalem

,and there deposit it

inthe Church of the Holy Sepulchre . Sir James sought to fulfi l

the dying wishes of his royal m aster. He set out onhis j ourney

with a suitable retinue,bearing round his neck

,by a s ilver chain

,

the Bruce’s heart, enclosed in a casket. In his j ourney through

Spain he was led to assist King Alphonso against the Saracens,

and fell in battle m ortally wounded. The casket was secured, and

brought to Scotland by Sir William Keith,and was laid in the

abbey of Melrose (Vol . I. ,The body of King Robert was

deposited at Dunferm line in the sepulchre of the kings .

According to Fordun,King Robert

’

s rem ains were laid in a tom b

in the centre of the choir,and from the Cham berlain’s Rolls it would

appear that a monum ent,executed in France

,was reared upon the

spot. Traces of the m onum ent had long disappeared when, in

operations were proceeded with for the construction of the present

church onthe site of the ancient edifice, dedicated to the Holy

Trinity. On the 1 7th February the workm en cam e upon a vault

which was opened in presence of the authorities . The vault was

seven and a half feet long,twenty- eight and a half inches broad

,

and eighteen inches deep,and was constructed of polished sand

s tone . On the rem oval of two large flat stones which covered it,

an inner vault was discovered,seven feet long, and about twenty

two inches in breadth. In this lay a body encased in lead, and

Surrounded with detached portions of fine linen, interwoven with

gold . At the breast, knees, and toes the leaden shroud was much

decayed. The skeleton was nearly entire . There were som e

ves tiges of an oak coffin ; several nails used in its construction

lay at the bottom of the tom b. The re-interm cnt of the rem ains

PARISH or DUNFERMLINE. 91

took place onthe 5th Novem ber, 1819, in presence of two Barons

of Exchequer, Sir Henry J ardine, the Queen’

s Remembrancer,

Dr. Gregory the celebrated physician, Dr. Monro the anatom ist,

and the magistrates,clergy

,and principal citizens . Indubitable

evidence was now obtained that the rem ains were those of King

Robert,for the breast-bone was found to have been sawn asunder,

in order to the removal of the heart according to the monarch’

s last

The king’s . skull was entire. A cast was taken, and phrenological

ingenui ty proceeded to determ ine the m ental and m oral qualities

of the m onarch. Mr. George Combe made the foll owing report

The individual would possess great activity,courage, and deter

mination,m odified by prudence and cautiousness . He woul d be

acute in perceiving what was presented to his mind, and decided in

determining onhis course of action. But his view woul d not be

extensive . He would not see far before him what was to be the

rem ote consequences of his present doings . He would not be

naturally am iable but he would know how to please others when

his interests required him to do so . He would be steady in his

attachm ents,although he would not always use his friends well .

He woul d be disposed to religion ; but his sm all portion of reflec

tion and benevolence would give it a tendency to run into super

stitious Observances . He would be fender of power than of m oney.

A measurem ent of the skeleton indicated that the king had

stood about five feet ten inches,or perhaps a little tall er. The

formation of the lower jaw,which was strong and deep

,indicated

uncom mon strength in its possessor. The upper jaw bore marks

of a fracture. The entire rem ains were carefully collected,and

placed in a leaden coffin,which was filled with m elted pitch

,as the

best preventive of decay. On the coffi n being deposited inthe

vaul t it was enclosed in a wall of brick,and carefully arched

over. The present pulpit covers the tom b . On a vacant space in

front it was proposed to erect a sarcophagus,and an elegant Latin

inscription was com posed for it by Dr. Gregory. The intention has

not been realized . The square tower,which rises to the height of a

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hundred feet immediately over the tom b,supplies in some m easure

the want of any other mem orial. On its sum m it are exhibited in

open hewn work the words KING ROBERT THE BRUCE, one of the

words being introduced in each of the four sides of the bal ustrade.

Near the tom b of King Robert were deposited the rem ains of his

second queen,Elizabeth

,daughter of Aylm er de Burgh

,Earl of

Ulster,and mother of David II .

,who died in 1274 ; also two of his

daughters,Christina and Matildas . Near the sam e spot were

interred,in 1403

,Annabella

,queen of Robert III .

These notable persons were entombed within the Abbey Church '

—Malcolm,Earl of Fife ; Andrew, Bishop of C aitlm ess ; Thomas

Randolph,Earl of Murray

,in 1332 ; Robert, Duke of Albany

,

Regent of Scotland,who died 3rd Septem ber

,1420 ; and Andrew

Forman,Archbishop of St. Andrews, who died in 1521 . Robert

Henryson,schoolm aster of Dunferm line, author of “ Fables ” and

other poems,died som e tim e before 1508

,and was interred in

the Abbey Church .

On the north wall of the church a monum ent celebrates Robert

Pitcairn,com mendator of the abbey

,and Secretary of State . It is

inscribed thus

D . Roberto P itcarnio,abbati Ferm iloduni

,archidecano St .

Andreas legato regio, ejusque m ajestati a seeretis.

H ie sitvs heros m odica Robertvs in vrnaP ictarnus

, pat-rise spes colvm enque suas ;

Ovem virtvs,gravitas generoso pectore digna

,

Ornant,et cum vera pietate fides

Post varios vitae fivctvs, jam m ole relictaCorporis

,elysivm pergit in vm bra nem us .

Obiit anno 1584,1 8 Octob. fEtatis

The panegyric is excessive. Pitcairn’s public policy was vacil

lating,and his private conduct was a scandal to the church and to

societyfi"

Infront of his residence inMaygate, Dunferm line, Pitcairninscribed the following couplet as a cautionto his censurers

Sen' vord is thral, and thocht is fro,Keip veil thy tongs, I counsel the.

"

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Anna regina,ne virtus

,esterna com m endatione digna

,m em

brorum m ortahtate tabesceret, Optim i integerrim ique viri mem ori es,

m onum entum pom m andavit .

”

On the east wall of the north porch a handsom e marble monu

ment com m emorates Adam Rolland,of Gask . It has the following.

legend

M . S . Adam i Rolland de Gask , viri nonuno nom ine celebrandiuptote nonpaucis virtutibus ornati ob pietatem erga Deum am orem

in patriam ,benevolentiam in genus hum anum am abilis ; ob vitze

integritatem ,morum com itatem ,

affectuum tem perantiam ,specta

bili s ; quisvos paterno , probos quosvis fraterno om nes benigno anim oamplexus ; in publicis privatisque ofliciis prudens, fidus, diligens ;m ente et manu m unificus

,futurorum providus, fortunes sem per

securus : Ita volente D . O . M . XII. calend. August MDCCLXIII .

,

aetat. LVII . anim am creatori exuvias terrae, reddidit ; triste suidesiderium

,am icis rel inquens.

On the interior walls of the church monum ents com mem orateWill iam Hunt

,of P ittencriefi

“

,m erchant

,who died in 1 788 , and

Major David Wilson,for m any years Provost of the burgh

,who

died in 1 822.

In the vault of the VVardlaw fam ily are entom bed the rem ains of

Elizabeth Lady VVardlaw,authoress of the fine ballad of Hardy

knute,second daughterof Sir Charles Halket, second baronet of

P itferrane. She was born inApril, 1077 . She married, in June,1 696

,Sir Henry VVardlaw, of P itreavie, and died in 1 727 .

Under the south transept of the church is the burial-vault of the

noble family of Elgin. A handsome monum ent to the m em ory of

Charles,fifth Earl of Elgin, bears the following inscription com posed

by Dr. Hugh Blair

Sacred to the mem ory of Charles, Earl of Elgin and Kincardine ,who di ed the 14th of May, 1 7 7 1 , aged thirty-nine years . By thegoodness of his heart and the virtues of his life he adorned the highrank whi ch he possessed . In his m anners am iable and gentle ; inhis affections warm and glowing ; in his tem per m odest, candid, andcheerful ; in his conduct m anly and truly honourable ; in his charooters of husband, father, friend , and m aster

,as far as hum an

PARISH or DUNFERML INE. 95

im perfections adm it,unblemished. Pious without superstition

,

charitable without ostentation ; while he lived, the blessing of

those who were ready to perish came upon him . Now theirtears em balm his mem ory ! Reader, beholding here laid in thedust the rem ains which once so much virtue anim ated

,think of

the vanity of life,look forward to its end

,and prepare as he did

for eternity.

”

The last m ember of the house of Elgin consigned to the

Dunfermline funeral vault was Colonel the Honourable Robert

Bruce,who long held the responsible offices of Equerry and Private

Secretary to H .R.H . the Prince ofWales .

Interred in the Abbey Church,but without any existing

mem orial,are the rem ains of the Rev. David Fergusson

,first

m inister of the parish after the Reform ation . This distinguished

clergym an was bred a glover at Dundee,and never attended a

university ; he was , however, an expert classical scholar and an

accom pli shed theologian. His pulpit talents were of the first order.

He was ontwo occasions Moderator of the General Assem bly. At

Dunfermline he m inistered from 1560 til l his death,23rd August

,

1 598 ; he died Father of the C hurch. He was of peaceful dis

positions,and abounded in hum our. A collection of “ Proverbs

,

published at Edinburgh in 1 641,has been attributed to him .

Short com positions or“Tracts

,

”from his pen, were printed in

1 860 for the Bannatyne Club. He com m enced a History of the

Church,which was continued by his son- in- law, Mr. John Row,

minister of C arnock (see sup ra) . Am ong his descendants were

the Right Hon. William Adam ,Lord Brougham , and John Clerk,

of Eldin .

Also interred in the Abbey Church without m em orial stone is

the Rev . Thom as Gillespie, founder of the Relief C hurch . This

accom plished and excellent m anwas born at Duddingstone, near

Edinburgh,in 1 708 . He obtained licence to preach from a body of

English Dissenters,under the moderatorship of Dr. Doddridge,

and in 1 741 was adm itted m inister of C arnock . Disobeying the.

orders of the General Assem bly with m ost of his brethren in

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settling an unacceptable precentor in the parish of Inverkeithing ,he was deposed from the ministry

,23rd May, 1 752. After

preaching four months in the Open air,a meeting-place was

built for him at Dunferm line . Being j oined by two other minis ters

Mr. Gillespie founded the Relief Synod,23rd of October, 1 761 .

He di ed 19th January,1 774.

In front of the United Presbyterian C hurch,Queen Anne

Street, a monum ental statue (reared in 1849) com mem orates the

Rev. Ralph Erskine,one of the founders of the Secession Church

Third son of the Rev. Henry Areskine (Vol . I.

,222) Ralph Erskine

was born at Monilaws, Northumberland, onthe 15thMarch, 1 685.

Licensed to preach in 1 709, he was admitted to the second charge ,Dunferm line

,in 1 71 1 , and prom oted to the first charge in1 71 6 .

In the controversy wit-h the General Assem bly,which led to the

secession,of which anaccount is presented in the sketch of his

brother Ebenezer (see sup ra) , he adhered to the protests of the

four brethren . In 1 737 he j oined the Seceders, and was formally

deposed by the Assem bly. For two years thereafter he con

tinned to minister in the parish church,but in 1 739 a. large

meeting-place on the site of the present Queen Anne Street

Church was erected for his use . He continued his m inisterial

labours at Dunferm line til l his death,which took place on the

6th November, 1 752. His theological writings have been pub

lished in two folio volumes, and his sacred poem s, especially his

Gospel Sonnets,

” have been frequently reprinted . Mr. Erskine’s

rem ains were interred in the parish churchyard,and a tombstone

was erected at his grave .

In the churchyard a granite monum ent,raised by his congre

gation, com m em orates the Rev. Jam es Mackenzie, m inister of the

Free Abbey Church . From tom bstones in the churchyard we

have the following quaint inscriptions

Here lyes the corps of Andrew Robertson,present Deacon

Convener of Weavers,in this burgh

,who died 13th July

,

1 745.

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son,Dr. Hugh Cleghorn , formerly Professor of Botany at Madras ,

is author of a work on The Plants of India .

”

A handsom e monumental enclosure form s the burial -place of

the fam ily of Purvis of Kinaldy, A tablet com m em orates

Al exander Purvis of Kinaldy,who died 28th April

,1844

,aged

seventy—eight .

In the churchyard are interred the remains of the Rev. Jam es

Roger,minister of the parish , who died 23rd Novem ber, 1849, in

the eighty- third year of his age, and forty—fourth of his m inistry .

His only son is author of this work.

A tom bstone com m em orates the Rev. John Burns,for thirteen

years m inister of the pari sh , who died 18th November, 1 863,aged forty- seven ; Alexander Farm er, tenant, Balm outh

,who

died 18th April,1 866

,aged seventy- eight ; and Will iam Gray

,

tenant, C orneeres, who died l st October, 1 839, aged sixty- six .

The following lines are from the tom bstone of Al ison Trotter, a

gardener’s daughter,who died 2nd April , 1 8 15, aged seventeen

In this green bed sleeps the dear dustOf her was once so bloom ing ;Stranger

,thine earthly form too must

Lie ina grave consuming.

Friend for the dead who heav’st a sigh ,

Know Ally Trotter’s yonder,

“There saints in heaven raise the glad cryOf gratitude and wonder.

This is a bounding,dashing wave

,

On which in life we hover,Few days at m ost these storm s to brave

,

And all our griefs are over.”

PARISH OF DYSART.

On the gravestone of a professed Atheist his fam ily have raised

a tom bstone, inscribed with these lines

PARISH OF FERRY-P ORr-ON-CRAIG. 99

Foe to no sect, he took a private read,And oft exclaim ed ; Oh, what is nature

’s GodOf scoffs and scorn he had great shareWhen in this world as you now areBut now his body turns to gas ,As this your world wil l do at last.

PARISH OF FALKLAND .

At Falkland an elegant monum ent,erected by public subscrip

tion,com m em orates the late Onesiphorus Tyndal Bruce of Falk

land,Convener of the county. A native of Bristol

,Mr. Tyndal

married Miss Bruce in 1828,when he assumed the nam e of Bruce,

and established his residence on the Falkland estates . He was

much beloved for his urbanity. He di ed on the 19th March,

1 855. His m onum ent includes his statue in bronze,executed by

Mr. Steell .

In the churchyard a monument commemorates Em ilia Geddes,the subj ect of a scarce and curious old tract ; she was born at

Falkland about the year 1 665.

PARISH OF FERRY-PORT -ON CRAIG .

In the churchyard of this parish are many quaint poetical

inscriptions. Jam es Martin, a chil d who died in 1 803, is thus

com mem orated

Like a rose inbloom,

He forth did com e,

The blossom soon was gone,

And now he’s laidIn death’s cold bed

,

Where all of us m ust com e.

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Nathaniel Young’s epitaph is as follows

Ye parents dear,

Refrain your tear ;Though here in dust I lie

,

When God doth please,

He will m e raiseTo meet Him in the sky.

Alexander Duncan,who died in 1839, is celebrated thus

See here a m anlaid low,

That lived a pious life,

Respected and esteem ’

d

For counsel and advice,His soul

,we trust

,has fled

To yonder regions high ;To praise redeem ing loveTo all eternity.

”

From tombstones we have these pious sentim ents

How frail is manLife’s but a span

,

Youth’s bloom doth soon decay ;Since Adam ’s fall

,

Both great and sm allI s swept by death away .

Lo,what is life ? ’tis like a flowerThat blossoms and is gone ;We see it flower for an hour,With all its beauty on.

But death comes like a wintry day,

And cuts the pretty flower away.

Step, mortal m an,as you pass by

This gravestone under which I ly ;Read and rem em ber what I tell

,

That in the cold grave you must dwell,

For worm s to be your company,

Till the last trum pet set youfreeForneither coffin nor the grave,Can your imm ortal soul receive .Seek mansions new

,whil e here youmay,

Before you leave this house of clay .

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To the north of the old church is a tomb belonging to the

Gourlays,of Kincraig, an old Fifeshire family it presents a m arble

tablet in mem ory of William Gourlay,who died in 1 827 .

A stately monum ent in the centre of the churchyard celebrate s

Jam es Carstairs Bruce,of Balcrystie, who died 10th March, 1 835 ;

also his widow,Eliza Cecilia, fourth daughter of Jam es, Seventh

Lord Rollo,who died 6th April, 1 861 .

The fam ily tomb of Lum sdaine, of Lathallan, records the names

of several recent owners of that property, who all died young .

On the southern slope of the churchyard an obelisk of polished

granite denotes the grave of a benevolent gentlewom an,a native of

the parish . It is thus inscribed In m emory of Elizabeth .

Duncan, of Edengrove, a native of the parish of Kilconquhar

,who

died 24th August, 1867 , aged eighty-five years ; the kind, unosten

tatious,and benevolent founder of the DuncanInstitute

,in the

county town ; and the m unificent friend of many religious,

charitable,and literary institutions . On an adjacent tom bstone

are recorded the names of Miss Duncan’s parents and other rela

tives.

In the churchyard tombstones comm emorate Bethune J . Walker

Morrison,of Falfield and P itkerrie, who .died 13th March

,1 868 ;

Rear-Admiral Duddingstone, of Earlsferry ; William Ferrie, D .D . ,

m inister of the pari sh, and Professor .of Civil H istory at St.

Andrews,who died 7th June, 1 850 ; and Jam es Maclaren, paro

chial schoolmaster, who died'

in1854, aged sixty- seven .

PARISH OF KILMANY.

On a tom bstone inthe parish churchyard a widow laments

deceased husband thus :

In what soft language shall m y thoughts get free ,

My dearest Cairnie,when I talk of thee ?

Ye Muses , Graces, all ye gentle trainOf weeping lo ves, assist the pensive strain.

PARISH or K ILRENNY. 103

But why should I im plore your m oving art’Tis but to write the dictates of m y heart ;And all that knew his real worth will j oinTheir friendly sighs and pious tears with m ine.His soul was form ed to act each glorious partOf life unstained with vanity or art ;No thought within his generous breast had birth,But what he m ight have owned to heaven and earth ;Practised by him

,each virtue grew m ore bright

,

And shone with more than its own native light ;Whatever noble warm th could recom m endThe just

,the active

,and the constant friend

,

Was all his own. But oh ! a dearer nam eAnd softer tyes m ine endless sorrows claim ;

Left now alone,com fortless and forlorn,

The lover I,and tender husband m ourn

As thou alone hast taught m y heart to proveThe highest raptures of a virtuous love,That sacred passion I to thee confine,My spotless faith shall be for ever thine.

PARISH OF KILRENNY.

At the east end of the parish church a roofless enclosure

denotes the burial-place of Cardinal David Beaton . The enclosure

is twenty feet wide and eight feet high ; it fronts the east, and is

adorned with pillars having decorated capitals . In the interior,

the centre of the east wall presents the arm orial escutcheon of the

House of Beaton,or Bethune. After the assass ination of the

cardinal in the castle of St. Andrews, on the 29th May, 1546,his body was exhibited to the citizens onthe wal l : it was after

wards deposited with salt in the castle dungeon . From the

dungeon it was removed by the cardinal’s k insman,John Bethune

,

of Kilrenny and Silverdykes, and deposited in this structure .

The erection was recently repaired by Adm iral Bethune, of Balfour,

the representative of the House .

At the north -west corner of the churchyard a magnificent

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mausoleum in Rom an architecture denotes the burial-place of the

celebrated Major-General John Scott,of Balcom ie, who died in

December,1 775. I t was erected by his eldest daughter, the

Duchess of Portland,and is uninscribed . General Scott was

second son of David Scott,of Scotstarvet and Thirdpart, an

advocate at the Scottish bar,and M P . for Fifeshire ; and whose

father,who bore the sam e Christian name

,was grandson of Sir

John Scot, of Scotstarvet, Director of the Chancery, and au thor ofa curious work

,entitled The Staggering State of Scott ish State s

men.

Near the entrance of the churchyard is the handsom e tomb of

the Lum sdaines of Innergellie, erected in 1 823. Sir Jam es

Lum sdaine, founder of the Innergelli e fam ily

,was colonel inthe

army of Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden.

A tom bstone with the date 1597, and the initial s A. S.

,lies at

the east door of the parish church. It is supposed to have marked

the grave of the father of John Strong,who in 1 609 was owner

of Rennyhil l that estate he acquired from John Bethune, relative

of the cardinal. The Strongs held im portant estates in the eastern

district of Fifeshire,but their lands have long been alienated.

Near the church at the north-east corner is the tom b of Johnstone

of P itkerrie,formerly ofRennyhill , a family belonging to the town

of Anstruther,and which about the middl e of last century at

tained considerable opul ence. Mr. Andrew Johnstone, the present

proprietor of P itkerrie,was som e tim e M.P . for the St. Andrews

burghs .

Tom bstones com m em orate three parochial incum bents,the Rev.

\Vil liam Beat,author of a volum e of “ Serm ons

,

” who died 2l st

Decem ber,1 797, in his eighty- seventh year, and fifty

- second of

his m inistry ; Rev. Joseph Duncan , who died 28th May, 1 8 1 8 ;and the Rev. James Brown , who died l 6th August, 1 834,

in his

forty- sixth year,and sixteenth of his ministry . To the last a

m ural tablet of white m arble has been reared by his friends and

parishioners.

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PARISH or KINGSBARNS .

In the church a m arble tablet is thus inscribed

In mem ory of Sir Charles Erskine,Bart , of Cambo, who died

in March,1 796 , aged sixty years ; of David Erskine , his brother,

who di ed 5th August,1 793 ; and Miss Penelope Erskine , who died

8th Novem ber, 1838 , aged sixty years .”

Sir Charles was sixth baronet of Cambo ; his only son, Sir

Charles,the seventh baronet

,became eighth Earl of Kelli e ; he

died unmarried in October,1799, aged thirty-five. He was suc

ceeded by his father’s younger brother, Thom as Erskine, who

becam e ninth Earl,and who

,acquiring wealth by trade in

Sweden,restored the dilapidated fortunes of his House.

In the north-east corner of the churchyard,enclosed by an iron

railing,is the burial-place of the old family of Monypenny of

P itm illy. A m em oral tablet celebrates the late David Monypenny,Lord P itm il ly. It is thus inscribed

Sacred'

to the mem ory of David Monypenny ,Esq , of P itm illy

for m any years one of the Senators of the College of Justice,who

died at P itm il ly onthe 24th Decem ber,1850

,in the eighty- second

year of his age, and was here interred . Al so to the m em ory of

his second wife,Maria Sophia Abercrom bie

,daughter of Sir George

Abercrom bie, of Birkenbog, Bart , who died at P itm ill y on the1 5th June

,1 846, aged s ixty-three, and was here interred.

Another monum ental tablet commem orate s Lord P itm illy’

s

brother and successor in the estate . It is inscribed thus

Sacred to the m em ory ofWilliam Tankervill eMonypenny,Esq

of P itm il ly,who died at P itm il ly onthe l 0th January

,1869

,in

the eighty - sixth year of his age,and was here interred .

A m ortuary enclosure,with a decorated tom b hearingdate 1 638 ,

form s the burial-place of the fam ily of Co rstorphine of Kingsbarns

Several m embers of the family are com m em orated onmarble tablets .

Within the enclosure, Captain Thomas Gray, son of Captain Charles

Gray,author of “ Lays and Lyrics

,

” is celebrated thus

PARISH or KIRKCALDY. 07

“ Sacred to the mem ory of Thom as Carstairs Gray, CaptainRoyal Marine Light Infantry

,of the Naval Brigade of H .M .S .

Shannon; born at Kingsbarns , 1st February, 1 820 ; died at Gyub,8th May

,

An al tar tombstone marks the’ grave of the Rev. Robert Arnot,D .D .

,m inister of the parish, and Professor of Divinity in St. Mary

’s

Coll ege,St. Andrews, who died 2nd July, 1808, aged sixty-four.

In the burial -place of his fam ily, a plain tombstone com

m em orates the Rev. Andrew George Carstairs,D .D . ,

minister of

Anstruther-wester,who died 1 1th October

,1 838

,in his fifty-ninth

year,and thirty-fourth of his ministry. Dr. Carstairs com posed

The Scottish Com m union Service,Edinburgh

,1 829

,12m

'

o .

A m onum ental obelisk,reared by subscription

,celebrates

Alexander Latte,for forty-five years schoolm aster of the parish ;

he was born l st June,1 786, and died l st October, 1864.

PARISH OF KIRKC ALDY .

In the parish churchyard a monument to Jam es VVem yss, of

Bogie,is inscribed thus .

Boggius hie, octo vitae post lustra IacobusIn tum ulo .Vem ius

, praecoce m orte jacetFilius inpatrios at sic quaesivit in annos

,

Ut rogitet patris addere fata Suos .

Obiit 1 Februarii

Henry Montgom ery , alias Miller who died 15th February, 1596,has onhis gravestone these lines

Quae terrena m ei pars est sub m arm ore dormit ;Quae pars coelestis coelica regna col it

Corpus humo surget redivivum spiritus illudlntrabit

,vita sic sine fine fruar.

”

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Henry Boswell,chief magistrate

,who died in 1681

,is thus

celebrated

Henrici corpus Besuelli conditur infra,Vir genie magnus

,clarus in arts sua ;

Praetor erat decies,sem el et praefectus in urbe

,

Tem pore que tote jus s ine labe fuitVix erat innocuus, Christi decessit am ator

Et nunc cum Chris te ceelica regna calit.

the monument of Provost John Williamson,who died in

are these lines

Navita praeclarus positus jacet hie IeannesVVill iam senus

,splendidus ingenio ;

Urbis quindecies praetor legatus et omniC onventuin magno nons ine laude, fuit ;

Vir pietate clarus,nulli virtute secundus

Nunc, cum ceelicelis ,

qued patefecit, habet .

Matthew Anderson,a captain in the merchant service

,and

Provost of the burgh,who died in 1694, is comm emorated thus

Navitap raeclarus, probitate verendus et annis,Moribus ex im ius et pietatis amans ;

Strenuus asserter recti ; virtutibus am plisOrnatus, cana conspicuusque fide

C onsulis officio qui functus in urbe frequenter,Partibus a regiis strenuususque stetit.Sed cadit heu ! tandem longo consum ptus ab zeveGrande decus patriae

,sum mus et urbis bones.

”

The monum ent of Robert YVhyte, of P ouran,and his wife

,

Janet Tennant, is thus inscribed

Hic jacet Robertus Whyte , a P ouran, apud sues inter prim esconspicuus saepius praetura, bis urbis patriae preefectura nobilitatus qui

,prim es urbis honores adeptas , adee s ine fas ta fast igium

id cum fructutem peravit,ut preceese posset, predesse vell e videretur.

Obiit anno 1 667 , aetatis 68 . H ie etiam cenjugis .

am antissim ae,

Janetas Tennant, repenuntur cineres. Obiit anno 1 670, aetatis

These lines adorn the tombstone of David Barclay, of Tough ,who died 12th July, 1688 , aged forty-one

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D ennisteunand Co. In 1834 he settled inKirkcaldy as agent of

the Union Bank. To the best interests of the place he energetic

ally devoted himself,and was twice elected chief magistrate . In

1 850 he purchased the estate of Luscar,in the parish of C arnock

,

onwhich he resided several years . He latterly removed to Ferry

bank,near Cupar

,where he died onthe 3l st August, 1863. His

eldest son,Mr. George Anderson, is one of the parliam entary

representatives of the city of Glasgow.

Am ong other notable persons com m em orated in Kirkcaldy

churchyard are Al exander Law, bail ie, who died 9th May, 1642,aged ninety ; David Hutcheen, died 28th Novem ber, 1 615, leaving

a bequest to the parochial charities ; John Bruce, merchant, who

died 1 5th March, 1 667 ; and Captain Jelm Tennant,who died

8th February, 1 667 .

These rhymes are from different tom bstones

James Baxter,wright

,his wyfe here lyes

Grave Janet Wallace,m eeks and wyse

Jam es Baxter, wryght, here laid besyde hys wyfe,Ye ninth ofMarch departed from this lyfe,

He made their coffins baith now laid in clayOh m ortal m an

,for Jam es and Janet pray.

Below this stone doth David Baxter lie,

P rais’

d in his life for wit and honesty.

A godly m an,and well belov

'

d was heBy persons all of high and low degree ;His worth and merit we cannot decide,In peace he liv’

d,in Christ he did confide .

Twice twenty years old Anna Berrill l iesHere buried a matron grave and wiseReligious

,modes t

,virt

’

ous, just, and kind ;To all instraits a present help and friendA tender mother and a loving wife ;Who in s ixth birth departed this frail life.

Now she is gone,yet shall her nam e rem ain

The grave her bones,the heaven her soul contain

Of C oblehaugh,here Robert Chapm an lies,

A theam for mourning to all readers’

eyes ;

PARISH or LESLIE. 1 1 1

When bail lie of this burgh, straight, good, and just,He was a credits to his place of trustChief of his nam e, most loyal, virt

’

ous, kind,

Of a rel igious, humble , faithful m ind ;Obliged all

,and gain

’

d all m en’s love ;The trade of m erchandizing did im proveDid live a quiet life

,in peace did die

Whose soul ’mongst saints enj oys eternity .

PARISH OF LARGO .

The old churchyard,now disused

,contains two vaul ts belonging

respectively to the families of Wood and Durham . Sir Andrew

Wood,of Large, the fam ous admiral, was originally a trader

at Leith. His genius‘ in naval warfare recommended him to

Jam es III.,who m ade him a knight

,and granted him and his

heir the lands and vill age of Large. His exploits at sea form part

of the national history. Retiring from his duties as a naval com

m ander,he settled onhis estate. From his mansion at Large to

the neighbourhood of the parish church he constructed a canal,

that he might sail every Sunday to his place of worship . At an

advanced age he died about 1540, and his rem ains were deposited

in the fam ily aisle of the parish church . His tom b is still

pointed out.

In the Durham vaul t several m embers of that house have been

entom bed.

On the estate of Lundin three upright stones of irregular form

the highest reaching sixteen feet above the surface— are supposed

to celebrate some Danish chiefs who here fell in battle .

PARISH OF LESLIE .

In the fam ily mausoleum were interred,in 168 1 , the remains of

that dissolute royal favourite,John Duke of Rothes . Born in

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1 630, he succeeded his father in his eleventh year as sixth Earl

of Rothes . He carried the Sword of State when Charles II .

was crowned at Scone,on the l st January

,1 651 . Taken prisoner

at the battle of Worcester,he was three years confined in the

Tower. At the Restoration he was appointed President of the

Council, and was afterwards advanced to other dignities . Through

the influence of the Duke of York he was,in 1 680

,created Duke

of Rothes and Marquis of Ball inbreich. He died at Holyrood

House onthe 27th July, 1 681 . Extremely ignorant,Rothes was

chiefly remarkable for the extent of his licentiousness , and his

efforts for the overthrow of Presbyterianism .

In the parish churchyard a servant of the Rothes family is thus

quaintly portrayed

John Brown’s dust lies here below,

Once served a noble Earl ;At his com m and he ne

’

er said noHad it been on his peril.

His days and years they were spun outLike to a thread most fine

,

At last a period came aboutSnapt i t at n inety-nine .

’Twas on the seventeenth day of May,

In the year forty- six,

This honest m anwas called awayTo Heaven we hope did fix .

”

IVhen tutor at Leslie House the Rev. Ebenezer Erskine com

posed these lines, which are inscribed ona tom bstone

Here lies within this earthen arkAn Archer grave and wise

,

Faith was his arrow,Christ the mark

,

And glory was the prize .

His bow is new a harp,his song

Doth Halleluiahs ’dite,

His consort Walker went alongTo walk with Christ in white .

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BRVC EVS de Erlishal,miles

, qvi obiit 28 die mensis IanvarnannoDni 1584

,annoqve svas astatis 98 . Mors om nivm st finis.

Heir lyis of al piste ans lantern brychtSchir VILLZAM BRVC E. Erlshal knycht.

Sir Alexander Bruce,of the House of C lachm annan, acquired

the property of Earlshall about the end of the fifteenth century ;he married a daughter of Sir David Stewart, of Rosyth

,and

became father of Sir Will iam,commem orated onthe tom bstone.

Inthe chancel the second wife of Bruce of Earlshall , son of S ir

William,is celebrated on a tom bstone

,sculptured with the repre

sentationof a lady,and on the margin thus inscribed

D . AGNES LYNDESAY,Lady of William Brvce of Erlshall

,vho

in hir life was charitable to the peers, and profitable to that hovse,dyed 1 635, of her age sixty- eight, and waiteth in hope—D . A. L.

”

A m arble tablet in the chancel commemorates the Rev. Thom as

Kettle,m inister of the parish, who died 14th Novem ber, 1 808 , in

his sixty-eighth year,and the thirty-fifth of his m inistry ; al so

his son,Alexander Kettle

,W .S.

,Edinburgh

,who died in 1 841

,

bequeathing £500 for behoof of the parochi al poor.

In the churchyard a tom bstone marks the resting-place of Mrs .

Cochrane Stewart,daughter of Sir John Stewart

,Bart ,

of Al lan

bank,who died 9th April

,1807, aged eighty-one .

PARISH OF MONIMAIL

On the Mount,a considerable em inence in this parish

,a massive

colum n one hundred feet in height, is one of the several m onu

ments raised in honour of John,fourth Earl of Hopetoun . (Vol . I.

,

9,

In the parish churchyard is the family burial—place of the Earls

o f Leven and Melvill e . By a monum ent is com m em orated Leslie

Melville Lord Balg onie , who died in 1 857 . Born on the l 0th

Novem ber,1 831

,Lord Balgonie entered the arm y in 1 850 as an

PARISH or NEWRURGH .15

ofli csr of the Grenadier Guards . With his reg iment he continued

in active service during the whole of the Crim ean war, when he

contracted the seeds of a complaint to which he succumbed at

the age of twenty-six .

Monim ail churchyard contains the burial-place of the family

of Makgill Crichton, ofRankeil our. (See supra,, p.

PARISH or NEWBURGH.

Surrounded with trees at a short distance to the westward of

Newburgh vill age is the cross of Mugdrum . The name is a

corruption of Magridin, the saint in whose honour it was reared.

The cross is firm ly m ortised in a block of sandstone,five feet

long,three - feet six inches broad, and two feet thick. The shaft

is about eleven feet in height,and the transverse part has long

since disappeared . The shaft is sculptured with the representa

tion of a bear hunt .

About a m ile south of Mugdrum cross stood the celebrated

cross of Macdufl’

. The basement stone only rem ains,the shaft

which it supported having been destroyed by a party of Reform ers

in 1559. By iron stapleswere attached to the cross, at its“

base

ment,

’ nine rings,any of which onbeing grasped by a member of

the clan Macduff who had offended against the law exem pted

the offender from punishm ent . This privilege was conferred by

Malcolm Canm ore on the thane Macduff and his descendants .

It was claim ed in the seventeenth century by Spence of Wor

miston,for killing an individual namedKinninm outh. Macduff’s

Cross is the subj ect of a poem by Sir Walter Scott .

In Lindores Abbey (a religious house founded in 1 178 by

David, Earl of Huntingdon,and now in ruins) several stone

coffins were recently exhum ed . Two small stone coflins in frontof the high altar contained the bodies of two children -of the

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founder. A large sarcophagus contained, it is believed , the remainsof David

,Duke of Rothesay

,eldest sonof ‘ Robert III ., who died

at Fal kland Palace on the 27th March , 1402. Another sarco

phagna is associated with James ninth Earl of Douglas, who spent

his last years in the abbey,and there died onthe 15th April , 1438 .

PARISH OF PITTENWEEM.

An altar tombstone,new built into the south wall of the parish

church,celebrates

,in a long Latin epitaph

,the Rev. George Ham il

ton, proprietor of Cairnes,a zealous upholder of Presbyterianism .

Ordained minister of Newburnin 1 628 , he was , in August, 1 637 ,

served w ith letters of horning charging him to purchase and read

the Serv ice-book. In 1638 he was one of the m inisters named for

tendering a com plaint to the General Assem bly against the thi rteenbishops . In 1 649 he was translated to Pittenweem . In 1653 he

suffered im prisonment in Edinburgh for eight days for praying for

Charles II. and after the Restoration he was deprived for rejecting

Episcopacy. He was allowed to minister to his people till his

death,which took place on the 8th April

,1677, in his 76th year

and the 49th of his ministry . He m arried Euphemia Douglas, who

died 28th January,1 6 73.

An elegant monument celebrates the Right Rev. David Lew,

D .D .,LL.D .

,Bishop of Moray ,

Ross and Argyll. Born at Brechin

in November,1 768 , he took orders in 1 787, and in 1 790was settled

as Episcopal pastor in Pittenweem . He was consecrate d bishop in

1 819, but continued to minister to his congregation . He died at

Pittenweem onthe 26th January, 1 855, in his 8 7th year and the

66th of his ministry.

In the north wall of the church a m arble tablet has been erected

by Robert Henderson,m erchant in Glasgow

,in m em ory of his

paren ts and o ther m em bers of his fam ily. It is thus inscribed

Erected by Robert Henderson,m erchant in Glasgow

,in mem ory

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central arch are two lines of a Latin inscription almost effaced .

The Rev. C . J . Lyon , the ingenious historian of St. Andrews, has

thus rendered“ the second line and a portion of the first

MagisterH icce finit fanum qui largis intulit ortum .

According to Lindsay of P itscottiej' the monument was reared

at the expense of sterling,a sum equal to that expended

in the erection of the college. To account for this heavy ex pendi

ture it has been conj ectured that the various niches had been fill ed

with silver imag es .

In the interior of the tomb were found,in 1 683, six highly deco

rated maces . Of these three were presented to the Universities of

Aberdeen,Glasgow

,and Edinburgh

,and the other three were

retained— two being deposited in St. Mary’s Coll ege,and one in

the College of St . Salvator. The mace retained by St. Salvator’s

College is the most ornate,and it is composed of solid s ilver,

while the others are plated. It is four feet long and weighs

nearly twenty pounds . Three labels are attached, whi ch bear these

inscriptions Jacobus Kennedy, illustris Sancti Andreas An

tistes ,"

ac fundator collegii St. Salvatoris cui m e donavit, me fecit

fieri Paris iis. An . Dom . MIIIILX I.” John Mair gooldsm ythe and

verlotte of cham er til the Lord Dauphin has made thi s m asse in

the towns of Paris in the year of our Lord 1461 . Dr. Al ex.

Skens, collegii St. Salvatoris nostri praepositus , me tem poris in

juria lassum et m utilatum, publicis dicti collegii sum ptibus reparan

dum curavit ann . 1685.

During the popular outbreak at the Reformation,Bishop Ken

nedy’

s tomb was deprived of its ornaments ; it suffered additional

injury about a century ago, when the original roof of the chapel

was taken down . In 1842 the interior of the tom b underwent

exam ination . Under the large slab of black marble in its recess

was found a shall ow irregular space fill ed with stones and rubbish .

History of St. Andrews, by the Rev. C. J . Lyon,Edinb. , 1 843, II. 1 95 .

1“ Lindsay of Pitscottie, folio p . 68 .

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I m mediately beneath was discovered a strong arch, supporting the

entire weight of the m onument,under which was a quantity of

loose earth . Scattered am ong the earth were fragm ents of bones ,the leg and arm bones being entire

,also the skull. These were

partially covered with cerecloth,thus bearing m arks of embalm

m ent. Portions of a wooden coffin were also discovered . On the

earth being rem oved from under the arch the re appeared a large

square cell eight feet long,three and a half feet broad, and five feet

inheight,with a cross cut in marble at the east and west ends .

Fragm ents of painted tiles strewn am ong the earth had evidently

been used inform ing a floor. The cell had doubtless contained the

bishop’s rem ains,the head resting against the western cross . The

bones were collected in a box and placed in the cell , which was

carefull y built up . Exam ined phrenologically the bishop’s skul l

was pronounced to evince firm ness,conscientiousness

,and venera

tion,with very ordinary intellectual power.

Bishop Jam es Kennedy was younger son of Jam es Kennedy of

Dunure,by his wife the Countess of Angus

,daughter of Robert

I II.,and was born about the year 1405. By his uncle , Jam es I.

,

he was,in1437, appointed to the see of Dunkeld ; three years

afterwards he was advanced to the diocese of St. Andrews . In1444 he becam e Lord High Chancell or

,an office which he held

only a few weeks . He was entrusted with the education of James

III .,and acted as one of the lords of the regency during that

Prince’s m inority. Under Papal sanction he founded St. Salvator’s

College in 1455,dedicating it to the honour of God

,of the Saviour

,

and of the VirginMary. He also built a magnificent “ bargecalled the St. Salvator

,which he used in foreign trade ; it rem ained

the property of the see till 1472, when it was wrecked onthe coast

of Bam borough. Bishop Kennedy died l 0th May,1466 .

In the vestibul e of St. Salvator’s Chapel

,inserted in the pave

m ent,is the tom bstone of Dr. Hugh Spens

,provost of the coll ege

from 1505 to 1 534. In the centre is a figure of the provost inhis

academ ic robes , with arepresentation of his fam ily shield,while

along the margin is the following inscription in raised letters

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H ie requiescit endus et egregius vir magister noster Hugo

Spens,theologus eximias in utroque jure qui hunc locum

variis ditavit m uneribus obiit ann . dom . 1534 et 21 die Julii.” Pro

vost Spens’

s monument seem s to have been removed to its present

position from the vicinity of the high altar,where

,as provost of

his college , he would certainly be entom bed .

In the south wall of the vestibule a m arble tablet comm em orates

Dr. Alexander Pitcairn , Principal of St. Mary’s College from 1 693

to 1 698 . In the north wall of the church an elegantly sculptured

cenotaph com m em orates William Dalgleish Playfair,lieutenant in

the Indian army,eldest son of the late Lieutenant-Colonel Sir

Hugh Lyon Playfair,Provost of St . Andrews . An inscription bears

that he fell on the 16th February,1846

,in the mem orabl e battle

of Sobraon, while gallantly leading his com pany in the attack

m ade by Sir Robert Dick’s division on the right of the Sikh

entrenchm ents .

St. Leonard’s College

,founded in 1512 by Prior John Hepburn ,

contains in its roofless chapel several ancient m onuments . On the

north wall a m onum ent,richly decorated

,which presents no trace

of an inscription,is supposed to com memorate the founder. Prior

Hepburn died in 1522.

On the wall of the chapel a monument in Greek architecture ,fifteen feet in height

,com m em orates Robert Stewart

,Earl of March

,

brother of the Regent Lennox . Bishop elect of Caithness before

the Reformation,he joined the Reform ers

,and thus secured the

tem poralities of his see ; he also obtained from his brother the

office of Com m endator of the Priory of St. Andrews , which included

St . Leonard’s College . On the upper portion of his tomb a small

tablet bears these words R. S . obiit anno 86 Agu 29 astatis

suas On the architrave are these hexam eters

In portu fluctusqus om nes classem que rslinquoMe spectans m undum que om nem fascesque relinque.

”

The troubles to wh ich the inscription refers, were doubtless, the forfeiturewhich he endured for having joined his brother, the Earl of Lennox, against theEarl of Arran

’

s governm ent .

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m aster of works,who died 8th April

,1502 has been

,for

greater safety, placed in St. Leonard’s Chapel ; it was a few years

since found in a private garden.

In Trinity or Town Church,a magnificent m em orial structure on

the east wall of the great aisle comm em orates Archbishop Jam es

Sharp . This noted prelate was son of the Sheriff Clerk of Banti

shire,and was born in the castle of Banfi

'

on the 4th May,1 6 18 .

Having studied at Marischal College , Aberdeen, and visited the

Universities of Oxford and Cambridge,he becam e a Regent in St.

Leonard’s College,St. Andrews . In January

,1 648

,he was ordained

m inister of Crail . Joining the Resolution party in the Church , he

was seized by order of Cromwell, and for some months detained a

prisoner inLondon. In 1 657 he waited on the Protector, with

other ministe rs , to obtain his authority for holding a General

Assembly,but failed in hi s mission . After the ascendancy of

General Monk, in1 660, he was appointed by the leading P resby

terians to wait onhim , in order to obtain the sanction of CharlesI I

.to the proposed settlement of the Presbyterian Church. He

returned to Scotland bearer of a royal letter, in which his Majesty

expressed a resolution to preserve the governm ent of the Church

as settled by law.

”But the restoration of Episcopacy had been

resolved upon,and Sharp was privy to the resolution. During

his absence he was offered one of the city churches of Edinburgh ,and on his decl inature he was elected Professor of Divinity at

St.Andrews . H e was also appointed his Majesty’s chaplain for

Scotland, with a salary of £200 per annum . On the overthrow of

Presbytery by Parliam ent in August, 1 66 1 , Sharp proceeded to

London,when he was appointed Archbishop of St. Andrews

,and

,

with three others,was

,on the 15th Decem ber, consecrated at

Westminster. He became a vigorous opponent of Presbyterianism,

and an oppressor of his form er friends . His tyranny becam e odious .

An attem pt to assassinate him was made in the High Street of

Edinburgh in July, 1 668 , but failed. On Saturday,the 3rd May

,

1 679, while travell ing with his eldest daughter from Edinburgh to

S t.Andrews

,his carriage was intercepted on Magus Muir

,within

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three miles of the latter city,by nine zealous Presbyterians

,goaded

to madness by the oppression of the times . They struck down the

coachm an,and stopped the horses ; then , calling on the Arch

bishop to com e forth, they adjursd him to prepare for death. His

entreaties for mercy were unheeded,and he was slain pierced with

m any wounds . Thirteen days after his slaughter his remains were

deposited with great pom p in the aisle of th e parish church,and a

sculptor in Holland was com missioned by his son, Sir William

Sharp,of Strathtyrum ,

to construct a Splendid m ausoleum over his

remains.

The monum ent, which in 1849 underwent a thorough repair, is

a trium ph of sepulchral art. Com posed of white and black m arble,

the upper part presents a representation of the archbishop support

ing the church . Below are two angels, with wings extended,

supporting the shield,mitre

,and crosiers . In the centre of the

m onum ent the archbishop is kneeling, while an angel is exchanging

the crown for the m itre,—p ro m itra coronam

,which becam e the

motto of his House. Beneath is an elegant urn containing the

inscription,under which is a bas- relief representation of the

m urder. In the background of the picture are the assassins in

pursui t of the carriage,which is drawn by six horses . In the fore

ground the prim ate is ouhis knees,surrounded by his assassins ;

Haxton,of Rathillet

,lingering aside on horseback

,and the arch

bishop’s daughter detained by two of the conspirators,while in an

im ploring attitude she begs her father’s l ife. The inscription is as

follows

D . O . M .

Sacratissimi antistitis, prudentissim i senatoris, sanctissim i

m artyris

cineres pretiosissim os,

Sublime hoc tegit m ausoleum .

Hic nam qus jacetQuod sub sols reliquum est reverendissim i in Christo patris,

D .D . Jacobi Sharp, Sti. Andreas archiepiscopi, totiusScotiae prim atis

, &c. ;

QusmPhilosophies st theologies professorem, academia

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P resbyterum , doctorsm , praesulem ,ecclesia ;

Tum ecclesiastici,tum civilis statis m inistrum primariam

,

ScotiaSerenissimi Caroli Secondi m onarchiciqus 1m psr11

restitutionis suasoremBritanni a ;

Episcopalis ordinis in Scotia instauratorem ,Christianus

orbis ;P istatis exem plum ; pacis angelum ; sapientiae oraculum ;

gravitatis im aginem boni et fideles subditiIm pistatis, perduellionis, et schism atis bostem accerim um ;

Dei,regis

,st gregis inim ici viderunt, agnovsrunt,

adm irabantur.

Quem q.

Talis st tantus cum esset, novem conjurati parricidae, fanaticofurore perciti, in m etropoliticas suas civitatis vicinio, lucente

meridiano sole,charissim a filia prim ogenita st

dom esticis fam ulis vulneratis, lachrym antibus,

rsclam antibus,in genua

,ut pro ipsis etiam

oraret, prolapsum ,

quam plurim isvulneribus confossum sclopstis

gladiis, pugionibus, horrendum in m odum trucidarunt, 3 die Maii

1 679, aetatis

suas

During the course of the recent repairs it was resolved to make

an examination of the m onum ent’s interior. An entrance was

effected by the removal of several large fiat stones in front of the

structure . A square vault seven feet long, four feet broad, and

three and a half in height, was found to contain, scattered among

rubbish,eight coflinhandles and a few rem ains of a coffin . There

were no human rem ains . It is to be feared that these had been

rem oved and scattered, when in 1 725 certain ryotous and dis

orderlie persons” broke into the church by night and defaced the

monument, carrying away a portion of the m arble .

!

At Magus Muir, within an enclosure, near the village of Strath

kinnes,and known as the Bishop’s Wood

,a plain tombstone

Records of TownCouncil o f St. Andrew3. Septem ber 1275.

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Our dead bodies they did not bury ;But up on poles did hing us high ,Trium phs of Babel’s victory.

Our lives we fear’

d not to the death,

But constant prov’

d to the last breath .

At the west end of the Scores Walk,at the top of the declivity

leading towards the Link s,and overlooking St. Andrews Bay

,an

obelisk,forty-five feet in height, is known as the Martyrs

’Monu

m ent. It was reared in 1 842 by public subscription, to com me

rate John Resby,Paul Craw

,Patrick Hamilton

,Henry Forrest

,

and George Wishart, who suffered by fire at St. Andrews for

upholding the principles of the Reformation .

The parish churchyard surrounds the ruins of the cathedral “E

At the foot of the great altar are three proj ecting stone coffins,

supposed to be those of Archbishop William Shevez,James

Stewart,and James Beaton. Shevez recom m ended himself to

Jam es III . by his sk ill in astrology, and was appointed Arch

bishop of St. Andrews in 1478 . He established a library in

connection with the University. The Archbishopric of Glasgow

was constituted during his primacy, but in entire opposition to

his will . He died in 1496, and was interred before the high altar

of the cathedral, a monum ent of brass being placed over his

rem ains . Archbishop Jam es Stewart was second son of Jam es

I II .

,by his Queen, Margaret of Denm ark. He was appointed to

the archbishopric as successor to Shevez in his twenty -first year,

and was about the same time created Duke of Ross and Marquis

of Ormond . He died in his twenty-eighth year.

Son of the proprietor of Balfour, inFife, Archbishop James

Beaton was successively Bishop of Gall oway and Archbishop of

Glasgow ; he also held office as Lord High Chancellor. In 1523

St. Andrews Cathedral was founded in 1 159 by Arnold, nineteenth bishop ofthe see , and was com pleted by Bishop Lam berton, in131 8 . After standing 240years, it was dem olished inJune, 1559, by the citizens, after a serm onby Knox.

Whenentire it had five towers, and a great central steeple . Three of the towers

rem ain, with the south wall of the nave, and that on the west side of the southtransept.

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he was elevated to the prim acy as Archbishop of St . Andrews .

He endured four m onths’ im prisonm ent in 1524 for uniting him

self to the party against Arran and the queen-mother,who

desired that Jam es V . should be declared of age in his twelfth

year. On his restoration"

to favour he was appointed one of the

Privy Council for educating the youthful sovereign and adm inistering the national afi

’

airs. At much personal inconvenience be

enabled the young king to rescue him self from the control of the

Douglases. He erected at his ownexpense a considerable part of

St. Mary’s Coll ege,St. Andrews, now used as a theological sem i

nary. He died in 1539.

Within the area of the cathedral,on the floor of the south

transept,are several tom bstones

,three of which have the inscrip

tions legible. The oldest is inscribed thus

H ic jacet sepul tus dom pnus [dom inus] Robertus C athniccanonicus istius loci qui obiit anno dom MCCCLXXX .

A second tombstone has this legend

Hic jacet Jacobus Elioly, canonicus metropolitane ecclesieSancti Andree

,qui obiit XVIII . die N ovem b. ann . dom . MDXIII .

On the four corner compartm ents are these words Fratresobsecro- orate-pro m e.

”

The third tom bstone is inscribed as foll ows

Hic jacet Ro-Graie, quondam vitriarius ac plum barius hualm i tem pli, qui obiit prim o Maii, ann . dom . MDIV.

”

At the corners of the stone are four shields,the first containing

the letters I .H .S . [Issus hom inum Salvator] ; the second a lion

ram pant within aningrailed border, being the arms of the Houseof Gray ; the third and fourth shields exhibit two arrows lying

crossways .

Am ong the monum ents of the seventeenth century one of them ost interesting is a plain tom bstone com m em orating the cele

128 rirnsm an.

brated Mr. Samuel Rutherford (vol . i. , The stone is inscribed

thus

What tongue,What pen

,or skill of m en,

Can fam ous Rutherford com m end,

His Learning justly raised his fame,

True godliness adorn’

d his nam e .

He did converse with things aboveAcquainted with Em manuel’s love .

Most orthodox he was and sound,

And m any errors did confound.

For Zion’s King and Zion’s causeAnd Scotland’s covenanted lawsMost constantly he did contendUntil hi s time was at an end .

Thus he won to the full positionOf that which he had seen in vision .

A tom bstone,now rem oved

,com m em orated Catherine Carstairs

,

wife of Mr. Jam es W'

ood,an eminent divine

,and who was asso

cisted with Mr. Samuel Rutherford in maintaining the authority

and i ndependence of the Scottish Church . The tombstone was

inscribed as follows

Hic,beatae resurrectionis Spei plenm ,

requiescunt, redsm ptoris

praestolantes adventum,exuvise lectissim ae foem inae Catharina

Carstairs,Jacobi Sylvii quondam conjugis charissim ae quaavitam

terrenam,a prim a es tate , m odestia

,sobrietate, industria, pietate ,

aliisque virtutibus christianis,citra fucum ornatissim am ; tandem

morbi pertinacis torm inibus confecta, insignem que de hosts salutishum anas, in gravissim o certam ine,victoriam ,

Dom ini virtute,ingenti

solatio spectantium ,adepta

,cum coelesti com m utavit 9 Septem bris,

anno 1 658 . [Etatis suas 38 . 1 8 conjugii, in quo xi libsros,5 filios

,6 filias enix a, ter insuper abortum passu , pie st religiose

obi it. Anagram m ate vero,cas ta

,rara christiana.

”

Descended from the old and renowned fam ily of the nam e,

J am es Wood was sonof a merchant in St . Andrews . Having

acquired distinction at St. Andrews University, he was appointed

a regent in St . Salvator’s College . In 1 640 he was ordained

m inister of Dunino . To the Greyfriars’

Church , Aberdeen, and

Professorship of Divinity in Marischal College of that city he was

elected in 1 644,but in the following year he was inducted as

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the old family of Carstairs,of Newgrange , Fifeshire . Having

obtained li cence,he was ordained m inister of Cathcart inJ une ,

1 647 . Whil e attending the arm y at the battle of Dunbar, in

September, 1650, he was severely wounded, stripped , and left

am ong the dead. He becam e minister of the Cathedral Church ,Glasgow

,in1 655. Summoned before the court of High Comm is

sion for witnessing the signature of Mr. Wood to his declaration,

he retired to Ireland, and afterwards sought refuge inHolland .

He was subsequently perm itted to reside in Edinburgh,where he

suffered from protracted sickness . He attended the Earl ofArgyllbefore his execution in June

,1 685

,and was invited to administer

death-bed consolation to the Lord Chancellor Rothes . In devo

tional fervour he excelled all his contemporaries . He died onthe

5th February, 1 686 , in his s ixty-fourth year,and thirty-ninth of

his m inistry . His eldest son, William,was the distinguished

principal His father, Bailie Jam es Carstairs, died at St . Andrews,29th Septem ber, 1 67 1 . On his tom bstone were inscribed these

lines

Reader, who onthis stone doth cast th ine eye,Do not forget the blessed mem oryOf Baili e Jam es Carstairs ; to whom God did im partA candi d m ind

,without a double heart

,

To virtue,grace

,and honesty inclin’

d ;To all his friends most singularly kind ;He wisely did

,with all m en

,follow peace

At length ex pyr’

d, full both of years and grace .

The following Latin verses com mem orate John Carstairs,a youth

of eighteen years, son of a Bail ie James Carstairs,merchant in St.

Andrews , who died 1 1 th January, 1 653 :

Nate,patris m atrisque amor, st spes una senectae,

Quam diuvita fuit, nunc dolor st lachrym ae,

Accipe quze m oesti tibi solvunt justa parentes ,Funers

,naturae vertitur ordo

,tuo .

C harae pater luctum ,m ater charissim a planctum

Sis ts ; piis placidam m ors dat in as tra viam .

An te diem m orier ; nul la hinc dispendia ; nontamMors noest ante diem , quam beat ante diem .

PARISH or ST. ANDREWS. 131

A tom bstone,long since rem oved

,bearing the nam e of Will iam

Wood and his wife Catherine Balfour,who both died in 1622,

severally aged twenty- seven , probably celebrated the grandfather

and grandm other of the future Principal of St . Salvator’s College .

Accordi ng to Monteith,the inscription was as follows

Mem oriae sacrum . Hic jacet Spectates pietatis, probitatis et

fidei, illustris civis, Gulielm us Wood ; cum foem ina lectissim a,

conjuge dilectissim a Christiana Balfour,qui sim ul m orbo et m orte

corrspti diem obierunt, ejusdem consortes tum uli,ut participes

thalam i . Hic obii t anno 1 6 12 eetatis 27 . H eec, obiit anno 1 612,eetatis 27, dies 14.

David Balfour,som etim e one of the Royal Scottish Guard in

France, and latterly Provos t of St . Andrews , is onhis tombstonethus com m em orated '

H ie jacet honorabil is vir David Balfour, quondam regi Gall iasab ex cubiis corporis civitatis sancti Andreas praefectus : qui obiitAndreapoli , .1 6 Februarii 1 625

,DB .

Victim a pro Batavis,Germ anus m orte litavit ;

Sesve tam ensua est hostia caesa m anu :Ipse redux

,ram um refersns pacalis olives,

Ad tum ulum statui hunc .arm a virum que m eum .

On his m onum ent,David Falconer

,bailie

,was celebrated

thus :

Hic jacet David Falconer, ex sat honesta fam ilia oriundus, quihonestam m atronam Jonetam Jack in hac civitate dux it, ex quaocto liberos habuit sub preefecto , urbis m agistratum ,

sum ma cumlaude gsssit ; st ingenium ,

candorem,urbanitatem ,

aliasqus virtutesubiqu

'

e m onstravit : ques si natalium honestatem et erectam satisindolem rsdolebant. Decessit ! autem astatis 47 , anno Dom . 1 668

,

27 Aprilis .

From the burial-place of the fam ily of Trail we have these

epitaphs

Mem ories sacrum Helenee Myrtonas, optim es matronee, D .

Andreas Tralli i,tribuni m ilitum

,viri optim i, prim um conjugis

dein D . Roberti Danestoni equitis, consiliarii conservatoris, quesobiit 13 Feb .

,1 608 . N eononMathildee Melvinas ,

Jacobi Tral liiconjugis lectissim ee et piissim ae foem inee

,m oerens posuit. Obiit

23 Novem bris,

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Hic jacet honorabilis mulier Helena Trail] , uxor Petri Arnot deBalcorm o, ques obiit 25 Februarii, 1 607 . Job xix . 25 1 C or. xv. 55.

Hugh Scrym gsour, of Balrym ont, who died in 1 646 , is onhis

tombstone commemorated thus

Exuvias egrsgn et generosi viri , Hugonis Scrim geri a Balraymont ; quem prudentia

,constantia al iasqus virtutes preeclarum ;

dictorum ,factorum st am icitiee fides inviolata

, percharum reddidere hoc m arm ore

‘

teguntur. Obiit eeree christianae 1 646, Feb . 7 ,

E tatis 53. Mem ento m ori.”

James Sword , Provost of the city, who died 6th February,aged sixty-four

,has onhis monum ent these lines

Gloria m unicipum quondam ,nunc alta gravedo,

Laus olim, jam m oeror, has in lychnite qui escit

Cujus vita fuit pietatisnorm ula veree,Urbem Andreanam diuturna pace gubernansFidus in officio ,

cunctis et jura m inistrans ;Non

,propriis inhians ; in publi ca com m ode promus ;

Mens invicta m alis nimis haud elata secundis ;Vix erat in Christo in Christo sua vota suprem e

,

Mors ul tima linea rerum .

John Echl ine,of P ittadrow,

twelve years Regent of Philosophy

in St. Leonard’s Coll ege,is thus celebrated

D . O . M . S . Hic situs est vir doctissim us,Magister Joannes

Echline, a P ittadrow ; qui bonas literas et philosophiam in collegioLeonardino

,annos 12 cum singul ari erudi tionis et ingenii laude ,

doeni t zpie et placide obiit 7 N ovem bris,1 603. ZEtatis 52.

Hujus habet pietas ventures st preem ie vitzeDulce mihi Christ o Vivere : dulce m ori

Im m ature nim is ns quis m ea fata queratur,N 11 110 vitam hanc

,vita perpste ,

penso brevem .

Mr. John Sword , eldest son of Provost Jam es Sword,who died

in 1 654,aged thirty-two

,has these lines onhis monum ent

Ins ignis juvenis,charitum ditatus abunde

Magnificis donis , hac requiescit hum oNam que in so probitas preelux it, pal l ade juncta,

Cunctaqus ques juvenem nobilitare solent.

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overcome by profuse clothing,his habits were eccentric. To his

influence the Rev . David Wilkie, his father’s cousin

,was indebted

for the living of Cul ts ; the son of that gentlem an was Sir David

Wilkie,the distinguished artist.

By an ordinary gravestone is m arked the resting-place of Dr.

George Hill,Principal of St. Mary’s College

,an accom pli shed

theologian and ecclesiastical leader. He was born at St . Andrews

in June,1 750, his father being one of the m inisters of the city .

In his twenty- second year he was appointed ass istant and suc

cessor to the Professor of Greek in the United College . In 1 780

he received the additional offi ce of m inister of the second parochial

charge . In 1 787 he was preferred to the Professorship of Theo

logy inSt. Mary’s College,and in other three years was advanced

to the Principalship . In 1808 he was appointed to the office

of mini ster of the first charge. He died 19th Decem ber

,1 8 19

,

in his seventieth year,and the forty- second of his mini stry . Dr.

Hil l held all the honours which coul d be obtained by a clergym an

of the Scottish Church . He was one of the King’s Chaplains,

Dean of the Order of the Thistle,and Dean of the Chapel Royal

.

He was leader of the General Assembly, and an extensive dis

penser of Crown patronage . As a preacher he enj oyed anunrival led

popularity. His lectures in divinity,published posthum ously

,

have beenfrequently reprinted .

A handsom e mural m onum ent,with an appropriate epitaph

,

celebrates the learning and virtues of Professor Adam Ferguson

Born in 1 724, at Logierait, Perthshire, of whi ch parish his father

was m inister,he was early enroll ed a student of St . Andrews

University. He prosecuted his theological studies at Edinburgh,

where he enj oyed the intercourse of Will iam Robertson,Hugh

Blair,John Home

,Al exander Carlyle

,and other distinguished

contem poraries . Licensed as a preacher, he obtained the chap

lainey of the 42nd Regim ent, an appointm ent, which he held forthirteen years . In 1 757 he becam e tutor in the family of the Earl

of Bute ,and in other two years was appointed Professor of Natural

Philosophy inthe University of Edinburgh. This chair he ex

PARISH or ST. ANDREWS. 135

changed for that of Moral Philosophy in 1 764, which he resigned

in favour of the celebrated Dugald Stewart in 1 785. He afterwards

resided inPeeblesshire,and latterly at St . Andrews . He died at

St. Andrews onthe 22nd February,18 16 , at the age of ninety-two

His best known works are his History of the Rom an Republic ,and his Principles of Moral and Political Science .

”

Another distinguished nonagenarian is in the cathedral church

yard celebrated by an appropriate tom bstone . Dr. John Hunter,

Professor of Hum ani ty in the United Coll ege, died at St . Andrews

on the 18th January,1837, aged ninety-one . Ofhum ble parentage

,he

was born in the parish of Closeburn,Dum friesshire

,in Septem ber

,

1 746 . Educated at the Free School of Wal lacehall in his native

parish,he afterwards becam e a student at the University of Edin

burgh . Attracting the notice of Lord Monboddo,he becam e his

private secretary. On his lordship’s recom m endation he was

appointed in 1 775 to his professorial chair. After discharging his

duties as Latin professor upwards of sixty years with rem arkable

acceptance,he was appointed Principal of the United College .

He died in the following year. His editions of the Latin classics

are m uch valued .

Dr. Thom as Gill espie,successor of Dr. John Hunter in the

Hum anity Chair,has a plain tom bstone erected at his grave

Born at Closeburn in February,1 778 , he was educated at Wallace

hall,and in 1 802 entered the University of Edinburgh . Having

obtained l icence he was in 1 813 appointed to the church living at

Cults through the influence of Dr. John Hunter, whose daughter

he had m arried . In 1 828 he became Dr. Hunter’

s assistant in the

Humanity Chair,and eight years afterwards succeeded to the full

em olum ents of the office on his constituent’s elevation to the

Principal ship . He died at Dunino, near St. Andrews, onthe 1 1th

Septem ber, 1 844, aged Sixty- seven . Dr . Gill espie excelled as a con

versationalist, and was an accom plished scholar. He com posed

respectable verses . Articles from his pen in C onstable’

s and

Blackwood’

s Magazines abound in genuine hum our .

Within the ancient chapel of St. Regulus, a m ural tablet com m e

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m orates Professor George Cook,D .D .

,who is there interred. This

em inent ecclesiastical leader was born at St . Andrews , in March ,1 773. Having completed his theological studies and obtained licence,

he was in his twenty- second year ordained minister of Laurencekirk .

In 1828 he succeeded Dr. Thom as Chalm ers_as Professor of Moral

Philosophy and Political Econom y in the United College. He

died at St. Andrews,onthe 13th May

,1 843. He was Dean of the

Order of the Thistle,and one of her Majesty’s chaplains. His

principal works are his History of the Reformation,” and a H is

tory of the Church of Scotland . He succeeded his relative,Prin

cipal Hill , as leader of the moderate section of the Church.

Dr. John Re id,the em inent physiologist

,rests in the cathedral

churchyard . Born at Bathgate,9th April

,1 809

,he was educated

at the University of Edinburgh. Havingnam ed his medical

degree,he in 1 833 becam e a partner in the Edinburgh Anatomi cal

School . In 1836 he accepted the physiological lectureship in the

Edinburgh e ‘xtra-Academ ical School In 1838 he was appointed

Pathologist to the Edinburgh Infirm ary,and in 1841 was preferred

to the chair of Anatom y at St. Andrews . Attacked by the terrible

malady of cancer in the tongue, in Novem ber, 1 847, he underwentseveral operations without lasting benefit : he died at St. Andrews

onthe 3oth July,1 849. During his last illness he prepared for

the press his Physiological,Anatomical

,and Pathological Re

searches,

” a work which was published posthum ously.

A tom bstone m arks the grave of Professor William Spal ding,of

the Uni ted,College . This accom plished individual was born at

Aberdeen,in 1 808 . Having studied at the University of Edin

burgh,he passed advocate, and was afterwards elected Professor of

Rhetoric in the University of Edinburgh. In 1 845 he was pre

ferred to the chair of Logic and Rhetoric at St . Andrews . To his

professorial duties,till enfeebled by illness

,he indefatigably

devoted him self. He di ed at St. Andrews,onthe 1 6th Novem ber

,

1859,aged fifty

- two . He published a work on Italy, and a com pen

dious “History of English Literature.

A handsome m onument m arks the graVe of Lieutenant-Colonel

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equal to his exertions . After an illness of som e duration,he died

at St . Andrews onthe 9th January,1865. For som e years preced

ing his death he held office as Vice-Chancell or of the University

of Glasgow. His discourses have been published posthumously,accom panied with a memoir.

A tom bstone com m em orates the Rev. John Park,D .D . ,

m inister

of the parish . This accom plished clergyman was born at Greenock

about the year 1805. After ministering for eleven years as‘

pastor

of Rodney Street Presbyterian Church,Liverpool

,he was in 1 843

translated to the parish of Glencairn,Dum friesshire . To the first

charge of St . Andrews he was preferred in 1 854. He died sud

denly onthe 8th April,1 865. An elegant and powerful preacher

,

Dr. Park was also distinguished for his powers as a musician .

Several of his m usical com positions have been pronounced equal

to those of the great m asters . The song, Where Gadi e rins ,” is

from his pen .

A suitable m em orial stone m arks the grave of Joh nCook,D .D .

,

Professor of Ecclesiastical History in St . Mary’s College . Son of

John Cook,D .D .

,Professor of Divinity in the University of St .

Andrews,he was born in and having obtained licence

,was in

1 828 ordained mini ster of Laurencekirk . He was translated to St.

Leonard’s in 1845,and in 1860 was appointed to the chair of

Church History. In 1 859 he was elected Moderator of the General

Assem bly,and in1 863 was appointed a Dean of the Chapel Royal

He died 1 7th April , 1869, in his sixty -second year,and the fortieth

of his m inistry . Expert in the concerns of business,Dr. Cook

held the convenership of m any important com m ittees of the General

Assem bly.

Within the chapel of St. Regulus rest the rem ains of Robert

Chambers,LL.D .

,author and publisher. Thi s gifted and am iable

gentleman was born at Peebles onthe l 0th July, 1 802. Thrown

in early youth on his own resources,he comm enced business a t

Edinburgh asadealer Inold books ; he afterwards j oined his elder

brother William as a bookseller and printer. When Will iam

started C li m nbers’

s Ed inbm ylz J ournal in 1832, he becam e the

PARISH or SC OONIE. 139

principal contributor, and the success of the two brothers was

henceforth secure and constant. Dr . Cham bers spent his latter

years at St. Andrews, where he died on the 17th March , 18 7 1 .

His principal works are The Traditions of Edinburgh ” “ The

Picture of Scotland,” “ Histories of the Rebell ions

,Lives of

Em inent Scotsm en,” “ Popul ar Rhym es of Scotland,

” “Ancient Sea

Margins of Scotland,

” “ The Dom estic Ai m als of Scotland,and

The Book of Days .

PARISH OF SCOONIE .

In the parish churchyard is a m ortuary enclosure belonging to

the fam ily ofAnderson ofMontrave. A m ural tablet com m em orates

the late Maj or Al exander Anderson of Montrave,who died 24th

June,1 855, aged six tyfone . For several years Major Anderson was

engaged in active m ilitary service in India. Succeeding to his

patrim onial estates in 18 18, he returned hom e, and continued there

after to devote him self to his duties as a landowner.An obelisk ‘

of polished granite celebrates Alexander Boswell,

proprietor of the Hawkslaw Works,Leven . This enterprising indi

vidual (a cadet of the old house ofRoswel l of Blackader) was born

at Leven in 1805. In early life he became a clerk in the K irkland

Works ; he subsequently was appointed m anager of the spinning

es tablishm ent at P rinl aws, and latterly he opened the Hawkslaw

Works onhis own account . He died 18th January,1867, aged

six ty- two.

A m ural m onum ent comm em orates Colonel Thomas Gibson, of

the 83rd Regim ent, who died in 1 838 , aged eighty-four. He was

youngest son of the second last proprietor of Durie of his nam e.

The founder or this branch of the fam i ly of Gibson was Sir

Al exander Gibson , President of the Court of Session,author of

the Decisions known as Dnm’

e’s P racticks.

Tom bstones com mem orate Henry Balfour,of Levenbank

,son of

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a m anufacturer in Dundee,and father of the senior partner of the

firm of Balfour,William son

,and C c .

,Liverpool

,who died 6th July,

1 854 ; Thom as F. Ballingal, architect, who died 13th Novem ber,1 866

,aged forty-five ; and Robert Nairn, farmer, Burnhil l , who

died in 1858,aged sixty- three .

The foll owing m ini sters of the parish are by adm iring friends

and grateful parishioners appropriately commem orated —The Rev.

David Swan,D .D . ,

ordained l oth May,1764 ; died 22md O ctober,

1 8 12,aged seventy- seven . The Rev . George Brewster

,D .D . (brother

of Sir David Brewster) , ordained 26th August, 18 12 ; died 20th

June,1855, aged seventy- two ; and the Rev . James Blackwood

,

born 19th August, 1 830 ; ordained 1 860 ; died l 6th May, 1866.

PARISH OF STRATHMIGLO .

From tom bstones in the parish churchyard, we have the follow

ing m etrical inscriptions

Passenger,be to Thyself so kind

As onthis stone to cast thine eyes and m ind,

And think ondeath While life is lent to you,

For Thou art com m arded so to do .

The precious soul possesseth heaven above,

Which was the hepe and wishes of its love ;Now free from storm s of sinful tim e

,

In heavenly m ansions thou doth shine .

Death from his stroke none are exeem edThis m ournful tomb doth grace

,

The nam es of such who were esteemedAmong the faithful race .

”

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K I N R O SS SH I R E.

PARISH OF KINROSS .

In the old churchyard onthe north bank of Lochleven,a tom b

stone with a suitable inscription com mem orates Jam es Rankine,

younger, of C oldun, who died in 1 722. There is a tradition that

the m ason who engraved the legend was in the habit of boasting

of his skill,when a comrade pointing out that he had sculptured

the word C oldoch for Goldun,he was so overcom e with sham e

that he forthwith com m i tted self- slaughter.

In the old churchyard Mary Craig Dalzel is celebrated thus

Her’s were the active mind,the grateful heart

,

And hand stretched out affl iction to relieve’Twas her’s to eat that truly Christian fruitWhich feels m ore bless

’

d to give than to receive .

PARISH OF P ORTMOAK.

Of this parish the Rev. Ebenezer Erskine was many years in

cum bent,before his translation toStirling (see supra ,

p . In

the churchyard a flat tom bstone commem orates his first wife,Mrs.

Al ison Turpis, and several of their children . The inscription is

as foll ows

Here lyes the valuabell dust of Alison Turpie, spouse to Mr.Ebenezer Ereskin

,m inister of the gospel in P ortm oak

,who de

parted to glory,after She had born ten children

,four of whi ch lye

hers interred with her. She died August the 31 , 1 720, aged 39

PARISH or PORTMOAK. 143

years . Henrie Ereskin, born August the 6 , 1 705 depairted June,1 7 13. Alexander, born July the 20, 1 708 depairted June the 20,1 713. Ralph

,born Januarie the 1 7 , 1 7 12 died April

,1 713

Isabel,born July the 21

,1 7 1 6 died Decem . 7 , 1 770.

The law brought forth her precepts ten,And then dissolved in grace

This saint ten children bore,and then

In glory took her place .

Awake and sing,ye that dwell in dust

,for the dew is asthe

dew of herbs,and the earth shall cast out her dead”

In the churchyard a handsome m onum ent,reared in 1 8 12

,cele

brates Michael Bruce,the ingenious and Short- lived post. It is

thus inscribed

To the m em ory ofMichael Bruce,who was born at Kinnesswood

in 1 746, and died while a student, in the 2l st year of his age.Meek and gentle in spirit

,sincere and unpretending inhi sChristian

deportm ent,refined in intell ect and elevated in character

,he was

greatly beloved by his friends,and won the esteem of all ; while

his genius,whose fire neither poverty nor Sickness could quench

,

produced these odes,im rivalled in Sim pl icity and pathos

,which

have shed an undying lustre onhis nam e.

1‘ Early, bright, transient, chaste as m orning dew ,

He sparkl ed and exhal ed,and went to heaven .

”

Bruce was bornon the 27th March , 1 746 . Though in hum ble

circumstances,“ his parents determ ined to educate him for the

m inistry. During four years he prosecuted his classical studies at

the University of Edinburgh . He subsequently entered on the

study of theology,and em ployed him self intuition as a m eans of

support . Under incessant m ental toil,a constitution naturally

feeble began to decline . He died of a lingering consum ption,6th

July,1767 , aged twenty-one. At college he had as his com panion

Mr. John Logan,a person of considerable genius

,and who after

wards becom ing minister of Leith,acquired reputation as a

preacher. Subsequent to Bruce’s death Logan visited his parents,

and offered to publish their son’s poem s for their pecuniary benefit .

He was accordingly intrusted with the whole of the MSS .

,including

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an unpublished book of hym ns,which the parents designated their

son’s Gospel Sonnets . Of the latter, several were familiar to the

neighbours,who had derived their knowledge of the compositions

from the deceased poet him self. After a considerable delay, Logan

published a smal l volume,entitled Poem s on Several Occasions

,

by Michael Bruce,accompanied by a laudatory preface comme

m orative of the writer . The scantiness of the com positions, and the

absence of the “ Gospel Sonnets,disquieted the parents . Asked

by the father of the deceased post to return the MS . book of hym ns,

Logan stated that it was lost . Logan was afterwards associated

with other clerical brethren in preparing a collection of Scripture

Paraphrases for the use of the Scottish Church . He became the most

conspicuous m em ber of the com mittee by contributing a number

of com positions, which were readily included in the collection .

But Michael Bruce’s father recognised them as his son’s Gospel

Sonnets —and such,with a few verbal alterations, they undoubt

edly were . The best esteem ed of Bruce’s lyrical com positions is

his Ode to the Cuckoo .

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PARISH OF ABERFOYLE.

At the east end of the church a gravestone is thus inscribed

Robertus Kirk , A .M. Linguae Hiberniae lum en .

”

The Rev. Robert Kirk was seventh son of Mr. Jam es Kirk,

m inister of Aberfoyle . Having studied at the Universities of

Edinburgh and St. Andrews,he was

,in 1 664

,ordained minister

of Balquhidder. From this parish,in 1685, he was translated to

Aberfoyle . An eminent Celtic scholar,he prepared a Gaelic

version of the Psalm s , and superintended the republication of the

Irish Bible,adding a brief Gaelic vocabulary. He also produced a

remarkable work on “ Fairy Superstition and the Second Sight,

”

which was reprinted at Edinburgh in 1 815. He died 14th May,1 692, aged about fifty-one

,and in the twenty-eighth year of his

ministry.

PARISH OF AUCHTERARDER.

A handsome mausoleum in Aberuthven churchyard consti

tutes the burial-place of the ducal house of Montrose . Within

the vaul t are deposited the remains of James, second Marquis of

Montrose,son of

“ the great Marquis, and styled the Good , on

account of his am iable qualities he died in 1 669. The vault also

contains the rem ains of Jam es,third Duke of Montrose

,who died

3oth December,1836 . This noblem an was Lord Jastice-Gsneral

of Scotland,Lord Lieutenant of Stirlingshire

,and Chancellor of the

University of Glasgow.

In Aberuthven churchyard Robert Garrick,of Kilders, who

died in 1 775, is celebrated in these lines

In himBeauty, merit, noble virtue shined,Of manners , gentle, easy, gen

’

rous, kindUpright

,a friend to truth, of soul sincere,

PARISII or EALQUHIDDER. 147

In action faithful,and inhonour clear ;

True to his word,his goodness unconfined

,

Warm in his friendships,

—friend to hum an kindHis feeling heart with well ing pity glowed

,

His willing hand as liberally bestowed ;And his short life did a true pattern giveHow husbands

,parents

,neighbours

,friends

,should

Honoured by all,approved and loved so well

,

Though dying young , like fruit that’s ripe he fell .

To him so mourned in death,so loved in life

,

The grieving parent and the weeping wifeWith tears inscribes this m onum ent of stoneThat holds his ashes and awaits her own.

From tom bstones erected by parents in m emory of their children

at Aberuthvenwe have the following inscriptions

Weep not for me,be now content

I was not yours,but only lent ;

Dry up your tears,

— and weep no m ore,

I am not lost,but gone before .

To this sad Shrine, whoe’

er thou art,draw near,

And m ingle with m aternal woe a tear,For her whose worth , whose charm s sfl

’

ulgent shone,Equalled by few, nor e

’er ecl ipsed by one .

Her quickness darted with superior ray ,Uncom m on wisdom for her short- lived dayThough few in years, too few,

alas she told,

She seem ed in all things but in beauty old .

Ah,cruel death I who early thus unstrung

The s trength of one so lovely and so young.

These charms are faded , and their worth is flownLove

,beauty

,goodness

,m ourn your darling gone .

PARISH or BALQUHIDDER.

In the parish churchyard is an old burial-place of Clan Alpin

where are four tiers of graves parallel to each other,three of which

had been included within the chancel of the church in its original

form ; the tiers are’

denoted by a num ber of oblong-

blocks of grave

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stones,for the m ost part without inscription or emblem . In the

third range from the church,the centre stone of the tier denotes

the resting-place of the celebrated Rob Roy Macgregor. It is s ix

feet in length by fourteen inches inbreadth and depth,and has its

surface adorned with antique and interesting em blem s . In the

centre are represented a m anand a broadsword onthe upper part

are a number of dogs,and in the lower portion several crosses of

a pecul iar form . It seems of older origin than Roy’s period, and

had probably served another purpose before it was placed upon his

grave. Adj oining this stone,on the north

,an al tar tombstone

comm emorates Rob Roy’s eldest son,who died a year before his

father. It bears the shield of the clan,with the following inscrip

tions,one onits upper and the other in its lower division . This

stone is erected by Lieutenant Gregorson, 1 770.

“ Here lies the

corpse of Colonel Macgregor, who died in the . year 1 735, ag ed 31

years .

Rob Roy Macgregor,called Roy

, ,

er red,from the colour of his

hair,was second son of Donald Macgregor of Glengyle, a colonel in

the king’s service,and his wife

,a daughter of Cam pbell of Glen

falloch ; he was born about the year 1670, at Inverlochlarig, in

Balquh idder. For a period he lived at Craig Royston,near the

eastern border of Loch Lom ond,onan estate presented to him by

a relative,adding to his finances by receiving im posts from the

neighbouring gentry for protecting their herds from Highland

banditti . Attem pting business as a cattle dealer, be involved him

self in embarrassm en ts, and ,the Duke of Montrose

,who was a

principal creditor,pursued him with all the stern appliances of the

law. He proceeded to Glen D ochart,where he obtained the protec

tion of the Duke of A rgyll and the Earl of Breadalbane,hereditary

enem ies of the Grahams. Incited by his wife,a daughter of Mac

gregor of Conan, he seized the cattl e and even the rents of the

Duke of Montrose, and penetrating into the Lowlands, plundered

the herds of all who refused by subsidy to secure his friendship .

Thi s lawless violence awakened the attention of the authorities,and

a reward of was offered for his apprehension . Though

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150 PERTHSHIRE.

minister of Abernethy,second son of William Moncreifl

'

of that

Ilk,who died in 1634, and whose elder brother John was onthe

22nd April, 1 626, created a baronet of Nova Scotia . The eldes t

sonof Sir William Moncreiff, was Sir Henry Moncreiff lVel lwood,Bart

,successively m inister of Blackford and of St. Cuthbert

’

s ,

Edinburgh,who died 9th August, 1 827 . The eldest son of this

gentlenran becam e a Lord of Session ; also his grandson (Vol . I

132)In the secluded churchyard of Gleneagles , is the old burial-place

o f the fam ily of Haldane ; it now belongs to the Earl of Cam per

down . Within the old chapel of Tullibardine, the Dukes of Athole

form erly interred ; the chapel is now the burial-place of Viscount

Strathallan .

PARISH OF BLAIR-ATHOLE.

the old parish church inthe vault of the ducal house of

Athole were deposited the rem ains of John Graham of Claverhouse,

Viscount Dundee,who fell at the battle ofKill icrankie

,27th July,

1 689. An erect stone onthe field of battle m arks the spo t where hereceived his death-wound . Eldest sonof Sir William Graham of

‘

laverhouse, and his wife Lady Jean Carnegie, fourth daughter of

John , first Earl of Northesk,he was educated at the Universi ty of

St. Andrews . In 1672 he becam e a Cornet in the Guards of the

Prince of Orange . Returning to Sco tland in 1 677 , he received

from Charles II. the com m and of a regim ent of horse raised

against the Co venanters . In May 1679, he captured several

Covenanters who were proceeding to Loudonhill,Ayrshire

,to cele

brate the Holy Com m union. In a few days afterwards he was

encountered by the congregation of the Covenant at Drumclog,where

he and his dragoons were Signally defeated . In June was foug ht

the battle of Bothwell Bridge,so disastrous to the Covenanters .

On this occas ion Graham comm anded the cavalry under the Dukeo f Monmou th : after the

'

victorv he evinced that crueltv towards

PARISH OF CALLANDER. 51

the vanquished which led to his being thereafter known as the

bloody C lavers.

’ In 1 682, he was appointed Sheriff ofWigtown, in

which office he proved him self so expert in suppressing freedom of

worship,that he was constituted Captain of the Royal Regim ent

of horse,and sworn of the Privy Council . By James II . he was

in 1 688 created Viscount Dundee,and raised to the m ilitary rank

of Major-General . He was in London when the king’s affairs

becam e desperate, and m ade offer to raise an arm y to resist the

approach of the Prince of Orange. Jam es felt that it was too late,

and Graham,with a tr00p of sixty horse

,returned to Scotland .

In the following year he raised an arm y in . support of the exiled

m onarch . General Mackay was sent to resist him,and the two

arm ies m et at the Pass of Killicrankie on the 1 7th June,1 689.

After a severe conflict Mackay was defeated with serious loss ; but

wounded by a musket ball Graham fell in the m oment of victory.

He expired the following day.

Beside the rem ains of Viscount Dundee rest those of George,

sixth Duke of Athole, who died 16th January, 1 864, aged 50. He

is com m em orated by a m ural m onument in the aisle of the old

church . The monument, which is executed by Mr. JohnSteell, is

nine feet in height and five feet in breadth ; it has as a principal

figure the trunk of a stricken oak ; and at the point where it is

broken through,a branch

,

of ivy which entwined it droops towards

the ground. On one Side of the tree a vigorous offshoot rem ains

in full blossom ,and upon it hangs the plaid, or m antle of the

deceased. At the other side of the tree is a figure of one of the

Duke’s retainers - a stalwart volunteer, leaning onthe top of his

reversed rifle,lamenting his chief.

PARISH OF CALLANDER.

At Little Leny, the burial-place of the Buchanans of Leny and

C am busm ore, a gravestone denotes the resting- place of Dugald

P IcRTI-Isnnuc.

Buchanan,the em inent Gael ic post. This rem arkable person was

S0 11 o f a farm er at Balquhidder,and was there born in 1 7 16 . A t

firs t he engaged intrade, bu t subsequently he becam e school m asterand C atechist at Kinloch-Rannoch ; he aided in translating the

New Testam ent into the Gaelic language . Buchanan died on'

the

2nd June , 1 768 . His Hym ns have been frequently printed .

As a writer of Gaelic poetry he holds a forem ost place .

PARISH OF COLLACE.

In the parish churchyard an altar tombstone com m em orates

J ohn Mather,a native of Brechin

,who While conveying contra

band l iquor from thence to Perth was in a scuffl e shot by a

party of soldiers . This took place at Collace in 1 740 Two of the

soldiers were tried for m urder,found guilty

,and sentenced to be

hanged . They obtained a royal pardon, m uch to the dissatisfaction

o f the c itizens ofEdinburgh, who had resolved to wreak vengeanceupon them in the manner in which the m ob had previously dealt

with Cap tain Porteous . The soldiers were liberated at m idnight .

Mather’s tom bstone is thus inscribed :

Stay passenger, as yougo;Think onhim who now lys lo .

As younow walk, so once did I ,Rem em ber

,friend

,all m enm ust die

And then God’s awful throne attend .

O speedily your life am end,

Now whilst you heal th and strength enjoy,

Your tim e if wise you’ll weel em ploy .

PARISH OF COMRIE.

On Dunmore Hill a handsom e obelisk,seventy- two feet in

height was,as an inscription bears , reared by his friends. inPerth

shire, in honour of H enry Dundas, first .Viscount Melville (Vol . I. ,

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were interred in Coupar-Angus Abbey at a period subsequent to the

Reformation. Andrew, seventh Earl of Errol, who died on the

8 th October,1585

,was here buried ’

In the vestibul e of the church , on a marble tablet , Dr. Robert

Robertson,Physician to the Royal Hospital

,Greenwich

,thus

com m em orates his mother and sister

In m emoriam parentis am antissim ee st perceras ques AD . 1 771 ,obiit 68 annos nata

,filius Rob‘” Robertson

,M .D .

,

Nosocom ij Reg . Grenovic Medicus ; l ief/aqua, in m emoriam ANN/Esororis sues

,hoc marm or ponendum curavit.

”

Dr. Robertson was a surgeon in the Royal Navy, and was

appointed physician to Greenwich Hospital in 1 790. Among

other professional works,he was author of Voyages to the Coast

of Africa and the West Indies (Loud ,1 7 79, 4to.) and Diseases

incident to Seamen (1 807 , 4 vols ., He died 30th Septem ber,

1 829.

A m ural m onum ent, erected by the parishi oners , celebrates the

Rev. John Halkett, minister of the parish, who died l t April,

1828,in the fifty

-first year of his age and twenty-first of his

m inistry. Samuel Halkett, late Keeper of the Advocates Library,Edinburgh , was a nephew of this gentleman (Vol . I.

,

In the churchyard a monument to the memory of Thomas Bell,

comedian,is thus inscribed

Sacred to the m emory of Mr. THOMAS BELL,Comedian

,late of

the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh, a respec table perform er, an agreeable com panion , and an hones t man . Whil e onthe stage of lifehe encountered som e of the rudest shocks of adversity

,and felt the

chill gripe of penury in many a checkered scene ; but , possessed ofa happy equanim i ty of temper, a social disposition , and a wellinfornIed m ind

,the arrows of misfortune fell powerless . On the

3l st of August, 18 15, the curtainof fate drop t onthe dram a of

his ex istence, and he retired from the theatre of this world , to thesorrow and regret of all who had the pleasure of his acquaintance.Erected by the Dundee Eccentric X Society, in testimony of theiresteem and respect for Mr. BELL, an honorary member.

”

Coppy of the Tabill quhilk vet at Cowper of al the Rul es of Errol] , quhilk ver

buryd inthe abbey kirk their.

”—Misod l¢ny of the Spalding C lub, vol . 1L , p . 347 .

C)

:

01PARISH or DRON . 1

PARISH OF CRIEFF.

In the parish church a m arble bust celebrates Jam es Drum m ond,

fifth Laird of Milneb, a cadet of the noble House of Perth . He

was forty years steward- depute of Strathearn . His monum ent is

thus inscribed

Juridici,m illo saecl i data crim ine pessum ,

Obruta quinsenio, bus ta verenda vides .Hunc juvenem am plex ee Illusae charrtesque, senecteeSed fuerat gravitas consilium que decus .Quant-us adest heros Vrrrdr Ipss paves co juven ta,

Ut cineres tanti ceperat urna V l l‘

l

Obnt anno M .DC .LXIV. K al . Decem brie xvii. eetatis sues,

lx x xni ”

PARISH OF DRON.

In the parish churchyard a tom bstone m arks the grave of John

Welwood,an em inent preacher of the Covenanters . Second son

of Mr. Jam es Welwood,m ini ster of Tundergarth,

Dum friesshire,

he was born about the year 1 649. With the usual course of study

he obtained licence as a probationer. N ot seeking any settled

charge,he held an itinerant m inistry in the southern and m idland

coun ties . Several predictions are associated wi th his nam e am ong

others,one foretelling that Archbishop Sharp would suffer a violent

death . His discourses were pervaded with a rich devotional fervour.

He d ied of consum ption,at Perth

,in 1 679, and was by a party of

his followers secretly interred in Dron churchyard . His father

was deprived in 1 662. He is believed to be represented by the

fam ilies of Welwood,and the Maxwell s of the Grove, Munches ,

and Glenlee.

156 I'ERTHSHIRE.

PARISH OF DUNBLANE.

Dunblane Cathedral was one of the religious houses reared by,

David I. ; it was founded in 1 140, and rem ained entire till the

Reform ation. Since that period the choir has been used as the

parish church . A portion of the nave form s the burial-ground of

Stirling of Keir,anancient house, now represented by Sir William

Stirling Maxwell,Bart

,of Keir and Poll ok.

Under one of the windows of the nave is a recum bent figure of

Michael Ochiltree,bishop of the see in the m iddle of the fifteenth

century,who

,according to Spotswood

,richl y adorned the church

fabric. In the vestry of the choir a flat block of gritstone pre

sents full - sized figures ofMal ise,eighth Earl of Stra thearn

,and his

countess ; it was discovered in the choir surmounting a leaden

coflin,inscribed with the date 1 27 1 . In an arch under a window

of the choir a recum bent figure represents Finlay Derm ock,bishop

of the see in the beginning of the fifteenth century, who built the

first bridge across the Allan at Dunblane .

Three blue m arble slabs,now used as pavem ent

,two being

situated at the entrance and the other in the vestibul e of the choir,

lay together in the centre of the choir prior to 18 17,when the

church underwent repair. These slabs protected the rem ains of

three daughters of John,

first Lord Drum m ond Margaret,

Euphem ia,and Sybella, who were there interred. The hi story of

the eldest daughter,with the tragical fate of the other two

,forms

an historical episode . All the three,of whom the second

,

Euphem ia,was m arried to the Lord Fleming, died in Drum mond

Castle,their father’s house, some tim e in 1502, from the effects of

poison. The eldest, Margaret, onwhose account the two other

sisters experienced an untimely end, was an early favourite of

Jam es IV. ,who had form ed her acquaintance when she acted as

one of the m aidens of his deceased mother. On the dem ise of his

father and his ownelevationto the throne Jam es secretly espousedthe fair obj ect of his early attachment, and undertook that the

nuptials should be publicly celebrated , onobtaining a dispensation

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of Edinburgh,and was soon after adm itted to the church living of

Borthwick,which he held in conjunction with his chair. In 1790

he was translated to Lady Yester’

s,Edinburgh ; he subsequently

becam e colleague of Dr. Blair in the High Church . In 1802 he

was chosen Moderator of the General Assem bly. He died sud

denly in his fiftieth year . Dr. Finlayson was a leader in the

General Assem bly ; a volume of his discourses was published

posthum ously.

A monum ent com mem orates John Stirl ing,of Kippendavis, who

died at Kippenross 1 7th June, 1 8 1 6 , aged seventy-five, and Patrick

Stirling,his eldest son

,who died at Hastings 3oth March , 1816 ,

aged thirty- three .

In the churchyard a tom bstone,reared by the congregation

,

celebrates the piety and m inisterial fidelity of the Rev. RobertStirling

,m inister of the parish

,who died 1 7th October, 181 7 , in

the fifty-second year of his age and twenty- seventh of his ministry .

From tdm bstones inthe parish churchyard we have the follow

ing metrical inscriptions

The wise, the j ust, the pious , and the braveLive in their deaths and flourish from the grave .

Grain hid in earth repays the peasant’s care ,And evening suns but set to ri se more fair.

O be not proud, for soon you’ll be

A heap of dust as well as m e

Make Christ your stay and God adore ,And you shal l li ve for everm ore .

Nature feels when grief assails ,Nature falls when death prevails ;Religion lifts our thoughts onhigh ,

The Saviour teaches how to die .

Friends m ust part,may mourn

,m ay weep,

But nature’s onward course must sweep .

We live to die, but die to live,And hopes to meet in heaven above .

In the old churchyard of Kilbride a modern erection constitutes

the new family burial place of Sir Jam es Campbell,Bart. , ofAber

ruchill and Kilbride (Vol . I. ,

PARISH or DUNKELD .. 1 59

PARISH OF DUNKELD .

The area of the ancient cathedral forms the parochial burying

ground. In the vestibule of its choir is the monum ent of Alex

ander Stewart,Earl of Buchan, third son of Robert II ., better

known as the Wolf of Badenoch. His figure is exhibited ina

recumbent position,clad in arm our

,with a lion at his feet. Round

the m arginis the following inscription

Hic jacet Alexander Senescalus, filius Roberti Regis Scotorumst Elizabeth More

,D onrinus de Buchan et Dns . de Badenoch, qui

obit vigessim o quarto die Julii .

The words in italics are cut in a different kind of stone,and are

com paratively modern ; the restorer had mistaken the date, since

Alexander Stewart died onthe 20th February,1394. He received

his sobriquet of the Wolf from the lawless acts with which his

name is associated. For some predatory outrage he was ex com

m unicated by the Bishop of Moray ; he proceeded to retaliate by

ravaging the bishop’s diocese,and burning the town of Elgin with

its hospital and magnificent cathedral. To atone for his sacril ege

he was ordained by the Church,and com pelled by his royal father

to appear barefoot and in sackcloth at the door of the Blackfriars'

monastery at Perth,and afterwards at its high altar

,and there to

make promise of restitution . Having di ed free of ecclesiastical

censure,his remains were honourably deposited in the cathedral

church,to which he had proved a benefactor. The monum ent

originally stood inthe choir ; it was rem oved to the vestibule at

the Reformation .

In the south aisle of the cathedral is the monument of Bishop

C ardney,lying in the recess of the wall under a crotcheted canopy .

The bishop is represented in his pontifical robes , wearing a m itre .

That portion of the inscription whi ch remains legible is as fol

lows

Hic jacet Dns. Robertus de Gardony Eppis Dunkeldenni quiad incarnationem Dns M.C C C C .X X .

100

Shortly before his death Bishop C ardney built and dedicated a

chapel to St. Ninian . There his m onum ent was originally placed ,

but it was rem oved tothe cathedral subsequent to 1464.

A decapitated statue’

of Bishop Sinclair stands in the eastern

aisle . He held office from 1312 til l his death,27th June, 1337

On account of his valour and patriotism he was styled by King

Robert the Bruce his ownbishop , but it is painful to reflect tha t

onthe king’s death he forsook allegiance to his dynasty. In 1332

be assisted at the coronation of Edward Baliol, and in the foll owing

year subscribed the instrum ent by which the Scottish Parlia

m ent, held at Edinburgh ,surrendered to the English m onarch the

national independence: He built the choir of the cathedral,and

there raised for him self a marble monum ent, with his status in

alabaster . The m onum ent was probably rem oved at the Refor

m ation .

The Ducal House of A thole inter in the vault of the chapter

house. Over the vault a monum ent com m em orates John,Marquis

of Athole, who died 7th May, 1 703. It is thus inscribed

Hic subter in hypogeeo, in spem beatee resurrectionis, condunturcineres illustris herois, Joannis, m archionis Atholiee

,com itis Tull

bardini , vicecom itis de Balquhider, D . Murray,Bal venie st Gask ,

Domini regalitatis Athol ies balivi, hereditarii dom inii de Dunkeld,senescalli hereditarii de Fife et Huntingtour, Stuartorum Atholiee

,

etMuraviorum Tillibardini com itum heeredis qui, utroque parente ,Joanne Atholio et Joannafilia D . de Glenurchy,

nondum decennis,

orbatus, a regs Carolo II . reduce, ob gnaviter, adversus rebelles, dumadhuc j uveni s XVIII . circiter annorum

,navatam Operam

, sum

m am que ex inde in bello et pace constantiam et fidem,multis

m uneribus accum ulatus est quippe erat justiciarius generalissuprem m curiae in civilibus, extra ordinem senator, cohortis preetorieeequestris praefectis, parl iam enti interdum pra ses

,sigilli privati cus

tos,ab eerario, saccario et a concil iis, vicecom es P erthensis, locum

t enens com itatus Argatheliee et Tarbat, et denique, a regs JacoboVII. nobilissim i ordinis Andreani eques fac tus est. Obii t 7 dieMaii,

John,Earl and afterwards Marquis o fA thole

,raised

,in 1 653

,for

the service of Charles II .

,two thousand m en

, an act which ontheRestoration was acknowledged by his being sworn of the P rivv

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fell at the head of his corps,while defending the churchyard of

Dunkeld against a body of Highlanders,the rem ains of the arm y

of Lord Dundee,who a month before had triumphed at Killi

crankie. A writer of hum orous poetry,Cleland’s compositions

were published in 1 697, in one volume duodecimo. His son Wil

liam Cleland com posed the Prefatory Letters to the “Dunciad he

was the original of Will Honeycomb,” in the Sp ectator. He died

in1 741 . His son John Cleland, who di ed in 1 789, was author of

several novels,which enj oyed a temporary popularity.

In the vestibule of the choir a marble cenotaph commem orates

Sir Robert Dick,ofTul lym ett, who fell at the head of his division

at the battle of Sobraon,in India

,10th February

,1 846 .

Recently a magnificent monument has been reared in the cathe

dral by the officers and men of the 42md Regim ent in m emory of

departed members of that corps . Executed by Mr. Steell, the monu

ment displays as its chief feature a panel of white marble richly

sculptured. Anofficer of the regim ent is represented onthe battle

field inquest of a missing com rade ; having found his friend’s l ife

less body,he stands with uncovered head

,paying s ilent homage to

departed valour. On the left, beneath a shattered gun-carriage ,lies the body of a young ensign

,his hand still grasping the flag he

had stoutly defended,and his face wearing a peaceful expression,

as befitted a man who had died at his post. A slab underneath

the sculpture bears the following inscription

In memory of the officers , non-commissioned officers,and pri

vate soldiers of the 42nd Royal Highlanders— the Black Watchwho fell inwar from the creation of the regiment to the close of theIndian Mutiny

,1 859. The ten Independent Companies of the

FreacadanDubh, or Black Watch, were form ed into a regim ent onthe 25th October, 1739, and the first muster took place in May,1 740, in a field between Taybridge and Aberfeldy.

Here '

m ong the hill s that nursed each hardy GaelOur votive m arble tell s the soldi er’s tal e ;Art’s magic power each perished friend recall s

,

And heroes haunt these old cathedral wall s .

Erected by the Officers of the Corps, 1872.

PARISH or ERROL . 1 63

On each side of the inscription are recorded the names of the

fields in which the regim ent gained honours . These are Fonte

noy, Flanders , Ticonderoga, Martinique, Guadaloupe, Havannah,Egypt

,Corunna, Fuentes D

’

Onor,Pyrenees

,Nivelle

,Nive, Orthes ,

Toulouse, the Peninsula,Waterloo, Alma , Sebastopol, and Lucknow.

In the vestibul e an elegant m arble‘ monument com mem orates

the ministerial zeal of the Rev . John Robb, minister of the parish,who in his fortieth year and the third of his mini stry was drowned

on board the Forfarshire steam er,when she was lost on Big

Harker Rock,FernIslands

, 7th Septem ber, 1838 .

PARISH OF ERROL.

In the parish churchyard a small m onument is sculptured with

various emblems it contains ona scroll the Creed in Latin, and atranslation in the same language of Rev. ii. 10.

In the churchyard wall,sculptured in whi te sandstone

,is the

figure of a warrior in chain armour, in the attitude of devotion .

Within a sarcophagus are entombed the rem am s of the Rev.

William Bell,minister of the parish. After ' ministering in the

parishes of Auchtertool and Dron, he was translated to Errol in

1 651 ; he died 1 l th December, 1665, in his s ix ty-first year, and

the thirtieth of his ministry. He bequeathed seven acres of land

at Dron for maintaining a student of theology at St. Mary’s Col

lege,St . Andrews. On his sarcophagus are engraved these lines

Here ceast and silent lie sweet sounding Bell,Who unto sleeping souls rung m any a knell ;Death crackt this Bell

,yet doth his pleasant chiming

Rem ain with those who are their lamps a-trimm ing .

In Spite of death, his word some praise still soundsIn Christ’s church

,and in heaven his j oy abounds .

”

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PARISH OF EORGANDENNY .

In the churchyard,on the south side of the church , a martyr

’

s

tom bstone is inscribed thus

Here lys Andrew Brodie, wright in Forgandenny, who at thebreak of a meeting

,October

,1 678 , was shot by a party of Highl and

men com m anded by Ballechanat a cave’s m outh flying thither for

his life,and that for his adherence to the word of God and Scot

land’s covenanted work of Reformation.

”

According to Wodrow,a conventicle was held at the hill of

C al tenachar, now called Culteuchar, one of the Ochils, when a com

pany of Highlanders came suddenly upon them,and at once dis

charged their firelocks among the unarmed worshippers . Andrew

Brodie alone fell'

he left a widow and four children.

PARISH OF FOWLISWESTER.

In the centre of the parish ham let stands an ancient Runie

cross . On one side are figures of men on horseback,in pursuit of a

wolf, which seems to be holding in its j aws a hum an head On

the sam e side six m en, in grotesque costume, are following an

animal supposed to be led to sacrifice . The figures onthe opposite

s ide are defaced, but it bears the m arks of having had a chain

attached to it, by which criminals were fastened as in a species ofpillory .

PARISH OF GASK.

In a modern chapel, built for Episcopal service, upon the site of

the old parish church,rest the rem ains of CarolinaOliphant

,Baroness

Nairne. This highly gifted and accom pl ished gentlewom an was

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PARISH OF KILMADOCK.

A mural tablet in the tower of the parish church bears that it

was erected by the heritors of the parish in honour of Francis,ninth Earl of Moray. His lordship died 12th January

,1848 ;

PARISH OF KINCARDINE-IN—MENTEITH.

In the parish churchyard,over the entrance of a burial-place at

the east end of the site of the old church,a shield of arm s

,con

sisting of two chevrons,gules, on a field erm ine, with a pigeon for

crest, and the motto, I thank m y God, denotes the ancient

resting-place of the Muschets ofKincarne, or Kincardine Above

the shield is the date 1 686,and below it this inscription

, Sepul

tura antiquissim ae Mushetorum fam il ies a Gul ielm o de Montefix o

qui hic floruit circa annum progenitae.

”

The Muschets,originally call ed Montfichett and De Montefix o,

were a distinguished Norm an house,and were descended from the

Earls of Montfort,who were Dukes of Bretagne . The Duchess of

John de Montfort was daughter to the Earl of Flanders,and her

daughter Anne was m arried first to Charles VIII. and afterwards

to Louis XII. , Kings of France . Having established a settlem ent

in England at the Conquest,the representatives of the house

latterly acquired lands inRoxburghshire . Branches of the fam ily

afterwards settled in Perthshire . Richard de Montfichet received

from William the Lion the lands of Cargill and Kincardine (see

supra,p . RichardMuschet, ofCargill, swore fealty to Edward’

I.

Sir William de Montefix o was Justiciary of Scotland in 1332.

He inhabited a castle in the imm ediate vicinity of Kincardine

churchyard , the foundations of which were rem oved within a

modern period . Dying without male issue , the eldest of his th

PARISH or KINCARD INE- IN-MENTEITH . 1 67

daughters married Sir John Drum m ond and brought the three

estates of Cargill,Kincardine

,and Stobball into that family.

Other branches of the House of Muschet owned the estates of

Burnbank, C ulgirth, Miln of Torr, Miln of Goodie, Cuthill, &c .

,all in

the Val e of Menteith . In the orchard of Burnbank, near the spot

where the m ansion-house stood,is a tom bstone thus inscribed

Here lyes the corpes of Margaret Drum m ond,third daughter

of the Laird [of Inverm ay] and [spouse to] Sir George Muschet ofBurnbanke : her age 26. Departed this life in the visitation,with her three children at Burnbanke

,the 10 of August

Theestates of the Muschets of Perthshire have long been alien

ated ; the m ale representative of the house is'

J ohnS . Muschet,M.D .

,of Birkhill

,Stirlingshire.

In the parish church a m onum ent with an inscription in elegant

Latin com mem orates George Drum m ond,of Blair-Drum mond

,who

in1 684 acquired part of the ancient barony of Kincardine from

the Earl of Perth . Monum ental tablets also com m emorate several

of his descendants.

In the churchyard a m onum ent marks the resting-place of

Henry Hom e,Lord Kam es . This distingui shed judge and m eta

physical writer was son of George Hom e,of Kam es

,Berwickshire

,

and was born in 1696 . He passed advocate in 1 724, and after a

brilliant career at the bar was raised to the bench in February,

1 752. In 1763 he was appointed a Lord of Justiciary . During a

career of rem arkable industry he produced m any valuable profes

sioual works. His Elem ents of Criticism,

” and Sketches of the

History of Man ,” the latter containing som e curious disquisitions

regarding the gradation of the race, are his best known works. A

sound lawyer and a zealous agriculturist,Lord Kam es was

,not

withstanding som e personal eccentricities, m uch esteem ed by his

contem poraries . By his marriage in 1 741 with Agatha Drum m ond,

he becam e possessed in 1 766 of the estates of Blair-Drum m ond .

He died 27th Decem ber,1 782. Mrs . Hom e Drum m ond died in

June,1 795 her rem ains are interred beside those of her husband

In the church Lord Kam es and his Lady are comm emorated on

168 P aarnsunm .

a m onum en t , bearing an inscrip tion com posed by the celebra ted

Dr. Hugh Blair.

In the church mem orial tablets celebrate George Home Drum

mond, of Blair-Drum m ond

,only sonof Lord Kam es

,who died

28th October,1 8 19 and Henry Hom e Drum m ond

,for many years

M.P . for Perthshire born 28 th July,1 783 ; died 12th September ,

1 8 67 .

Within the church a m onum ent,with a Latin inscription

written by him sel f, com m em orates John Ram say, of Ochtertyre, a

learned country gentlem an and early patron of Robert Burns.

Experiencing amusement in the com position of Latin verse,he

had classical inscriptions placed onerections and tablets in various

parts of his dem esne . With the poet Burns he m aintained a

friendly correspondence . He di ed inMarch , 1 8 14, and his remainswere consigned to the fam ily burial-place in the old parish church .

He left MSS . onvarious subjects connected with Scottish history,but these have not been published by his executors .

PARISH or KINFAUNS .

In the parish church,in a vault under the aisle

,is the burial

place of the old fam ily of Charteris,of Kinfauns. About a century

ago there was found inthe vaul t a head -piece or kind of helm e t,mad e of several folds of l inen

,painted over with broad stripes of

blue and white . This is supposed to have form ed part of the

fictitious armour which had enclosed the rem ains of Sir Thom as

de Longuevill e. Of this individual the history is associatedwiththat ofWallace. According to the narrative Longueville was con

nected with an ancient fam ily in France , but having at the court

of Philip le Bel kill ed a nobleman in the king’s presence he was

subj ected to exile . He becam e a pirate,and was known as the Red

Rover,from the colour of his flags . On his voyage to France in

1301 or 1302 he was encountered by “’allace, who took him

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Here rests the m ortal part of one\Vho held in virtue’s path the van ;In friendship warm

,to flatt

'

ry coldIn years a youth

,in wisdom old ;

A pious teacher,well appro ved ,

By parent,guardian

,pupil loved.

PARISH OF KINNOULL .

In the centre of the churchyard, an aisle which was attached to

the old parish church,now removed

,was an early burial-place

of the House of Kinnoull , Within the aisle is the splendid monu

ment of Sir George Hay,first Earl of Kinnoull

,and Lord High

Chancellor. In a recess behind four C olum ns,enriched with a

variety of ornam ents and surm ounted by a canopy,embellished

wi th escutcheons, is the statue of the Earl in his robes . Above aretwo seraphs in the act of flying. Sir George Hay

,first Lord of

Kinnoull,was second son of Peter Hay

,of Megginch. Born in

1572, he was educated at the Scots College of Douay with his

uncle Edm und,well known as Father Hay. In 1596 he was

introduced to C ourt by his relative, Sir Jam es Hay, of Kingask,

and was appointed a Gentlem an of the Bedcham ber. After holdinga succession of offices, he was , in 1 622, elevated to the chancellor

ship . He was created Earl of Kinnoull in 1 633. He di ed at

London,on the 1 6th Decem ber, 1634, and his rem ains were brought

to Scotland and interred at the spot surm ounted by his m onum en t .On Murray's Hall Hill

, one of the Sidlaws, an obelisk com m em o

rates General Sir Thom as Graham , afterwards Lord Lynedoch.

This distinguished individual was born at Balgowan,Perthshire

, in

1 750. Having sustained the loss of a devoted wife, to whom he

was tenderly attached, he abandoned the life of a country gentle

man and j oined the arm y at the ripe age of forty- three. He

served as aide -de -cam p to Lord Mulgrave at the landing at Toulon,

PARISH or KINNOULL. 17 1

and received his lordship’s thanks for his gallant and able services .

In 1 794 he raised the first battalion of the 90th Regim ent, of

which he was appointed colonel comm andant . In connection with

the garrison of Mantua,in 1796, be di stinguished himself by an

act of intrepidity ; and after a two years’ siege

,took Malta from

the French in 1800. In 1809 he served in Spain under Sir John

Moore,and was present at the battle of Corunna. Appointed a

lieutenaute

general , he returned to Spain in 18 1 1 in February of

that year he gained the battle of Barossa. He wonfresh honours

at the battle of Vittoria,fought onthe 2 l st June

,18 13. After

some distinguished services in Holland,he was

,in May

,1 8 14

,

raised to the peerage by the title of Lord Lynedoch. He died at

London onthe 18th Decem ber, 1 843, at the advanced age of ninety

three.

In the churchyard tom bstones com m em orate Jam es Paton , of

Glenalm ond, died 1830 ; Jam es Thom as , of Cotton, died 12th

March,1855 ; W

'

illiam Dickson,of Bellwood

,died 1835 ; and

George Seton, of P otterhill, died 5th February, 1842.

Andrew Sharp, cobbler, musician, and drawing- m aster, is cele

brated in these lines

Halt for a m om ent, passenger, and readHere Andrew dozes in his daisied bed ;Silent his flute , and torn off the key

,

His pencils scattered, and the Muse set free .

From different tom bstones we have the following

Death com es to mortals often by surprise,Death even to genius a respite deniesReader

,reflect

,uncertain is the hour,

Prepare to m eet thy God while in thy power.

I like a rose did appearMy blossom soon was gone

And now I’m laid in silent grave,

\Vhere all of you m ust com e.”

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This last memorial fond affection rearsTo one whose sim ple m anners still endearsA m anso hum ble

,little known to fam e

,

That seldom heard his voice or nam e ;Meek

,innoffensive

,and of m orals pure

,

Few faults or foibles coul d his life obscure .

Mourn not,dear friends

,for m y decease,

I hope with Christ I have m ade peace ;Li fe is uncertain

,death is sure,

Sin gave the wound,but Christ the cure .

A loving wife and tender m other proved,And died lamented

,as she lived beloved.

PARISH OF LECROPT.

Within the grounds of Keir House, the seat of S ir William

Stirling Maxwell,Bart .

,is s ituated the old parish churchyard .

The site of the old parish church is denoted by a tall Gothic cross

and an elegantly sculptured sundial In the churchyard two ele

gant m emorial crosses commem orate Hannah and Elizabeth Stirling,daughters of Archibald Stirling, Esq ,

of Keir, and sisters of Sir

W ill iam Stirl ing Max well , Bart. Elizabeth Stirling was born 24th

August,1822

,and died 12th September, 1 845 Hannah Ann Stirling

was born atKenm ure, 1 7th August, 1 8 1 6 , and died at Carlsbad, 1 8th

July,1 843. By her brother she is celebrated in these l ines

Sister,these woods have seen ten sum mers fade

Since thy dear dust in yonder church was laidA few m ore winters , and this heart , the shrineOf thy fair m em ory, shall be cold like thine .

Yet m ay som e stranger, lingering in these ways ,Bes tow a tear ongrief of other days .For if he too have wept o

’

er grace and youth,

Goodness and wisdom ,faith and love and truth

,

Untinged withworldly guile or selfish stain,

And ne’er hath looked upon the like again,Then imaged inhis sorrow he may seeAll that I loved and lost and m ourn in thee .

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Tombstones in Meigle churchyard present these metrical in

scriptions

Under this stone here lys ane vertous one,Ane friend to all

,ane cnem ic to none ;

If literature had polished what nature did bestow ,

So short ane epitaph j ustice wald not alow.

”

0 happy sovl,Thy after labours

To heauins Eternal m ansionsT’ enj oy the pleasures of eternal restWith trium ph mongst angels be blest.Happy who

,after so uncertain chance

,

Can safly to the heauenof heauens advance .

While old grey heads escape the rageOf cruel death

,som etime

Young ones,alas may quit the stage

,

Ev’n in their very prim e.Oh

,death

,how fierce thy fiery blows

,

N o forester like thee ;Cuts down the cedar while it grows

,

And spares the withered tree .

”

In her who under this stoneMany brave virtues shone

For every day it was her careTo help each needy one.

And thus we trust her soul at rest,

Doth now rem ain above ;With the trium phant pious ones

,

Who their Redeemer love.”

Here is interr’d,believe you may

,

This m onum ent that views,

The kindest neighbour ever was,

Friend,father

,and a spouse .

Beloved, and loving, still averseTo every sordid art ;

\Vithout deceit he plainly spokeThe language of his heart .

PARISH or MONIVAIRD. 1 75

Untainted was his character,

The paths of peace he trode,

For which we hope he glorious shinesIn heaven now with God.

”

PARISH OF METHVEN.

A spot enclosed by a rail ing onthe banks of the river Almond

denotes the burial-place of Bessy Bell and Mary Gray,celebrated

in national song. Miss Bell was daughter of the laird of Kin

vaid ; and Miss Gray was daughter of the laird of Lednock . The

terrible plague of 1645 having broken out, the two ladies retired to

a rush-thatched cot, at Burn Braes, _

a rom antic spot onthe Lednock estate. There they lived for some time, when a lover of one

or both visited them occasionally,and brought them provisions .

Unhappily he also brought the epidemic,of which both the

dam sels s ickened and died . Their remains were deposited in the

same grave . The original ball ad com mem orating the tragedy has

these lines

They wadna lie in Methven kirkyard,

Am ang their gentle kinBut they wa’d lie onDronach Haugh,To beak fornent the sun.

”

PARISH OF MONIVAIRD .

On the hill of Tmn-a- chastel a handsom e obelisk of granite,eighty-two feet in height

,was erected in 1831 , in honour of Sir

David Baird,the hero of Seringapatam. This distinguished com

mander was born at Edinburgh,on the 6th December, 1 757 .

Entering the arm y as ensign in the 2nd Foot, he j oined his

regiment at Gibraltar in 1 773. Returning to Britain in 1 776 , he

was two years thereafter appointed Captain of the Grenadiers in

1 76 PERTHSHIRE.

the 73rd Regiment, then raised by Lord Macleod. Proceeding toIndia in 1 790, CaptainBaird bore a distinguished part in the battle

of P erim bancum,when after a protracted and desperate encounter

between the troops of Hyder Al i and a portion of the British

Indian arm y, com manded by Colonel Baillie, the latter experienceddefeat. With other officers, Captain Baird was

’

detained a prisoner

three years and a half in the fortress of Seringapatam,each being

allowed for provisions a sum equal to Sixpence per day. On the

cessation of hostili ties,in .March

,1 784, he was released, when he

rej oined his regim ent at Madras . The number of the regiment

was changed to the 71st, and Captain Baird was, in 1 790, appointed

i ts lieutenant-colonel After some other important services he was ,in 1 798 , appointed major-general . On the 4th May

,1 799, he

com m anded the storm ing party at the assault of Seringapatam ,

when Tippoo Saib was slain, and the British obtained possession of

the place. In 1804 General Baird received the honour of knight

hood,and the military Companionship of the Bath . In 1 806 he

wrested Cape Colony from the Dutch in 1807 he took part inthe

siege of Copenhagen , and in 1 803 com m anded the first division

at Corunna, and succeeded to the first com mand onthe death of

Sir John Moore. He was created a baronet,and for the fourth

tim e received the thanks of Parliament. In 1 820 he was appointed

com m ander of the forces in Ireland,and in 1 828 he becam e

Governor of Fort George. He died onthe 1 8th August,1 829. Sir

David married,in August

,ism

,Miss Cam pbell Preston

,of Fern

tower,Perthshire

,who survived hi m .

On the site of the old parish church stands the m ausoleum of

the ancient House of Murray of Ochteityre . The church was,in

1 51 1 , the scene of a terrible tragedy connected with a feud between

the Murrays and the Drum monds, the particulars of which arerelated by Sir Walter Scott, inhi s introduction to

“ The Legend of

Montrose.”

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The separation that is hereIs of the grave ; and of austereYet happy feelings of the deadAnd

,therefore, was it rightly said

That Ossian,last of all his race,

Lies buried in this lonely place.”

PARISH OF MUC KHART.

In the churchyard,a tombstone is thus inscribed : Jacobus

Paton de Middl e Ballilisk quondam episcopus de Dunkeld, qui

obiit 20Julii 1596. Paton was appointed mini ster ofMuckhart in

1567, and in 1572 was prom oted to the Bishopric of Dunkeld ,

through the influence of Archibald Earl of Argyle . He was

accused before the Church Courts of obtaining his bishopric by

simony,of not residing in his diocese

,and of neglecting his episco

pate . Latterly he resigned his see,and resided onhis estate .

PARISH OF PERTH .

At the foot of High Street is an elegant monumental statue of

Sir Walter Scott, supported ona suitable pedestal . The illustri ous

author is represented in a standi ng attitude with his favourite greyhound at his feet.

An elegant structure,used as a Library and Museum

,com

m em orates a late chief m agistrate, Lord Provost Marshall .

At the south- east corner of the North Inch is the Perthshire

monument of the late Prince Consort. Elegantly sculptured by

Brodie, the statue presents a correct representation of the deceased

PARISH or PERTH . 1 79

Prince. He is uncovered,and the m ild character of his features is

admirably portrayed. Over a court costum e,well adapted to the

pose and proportions of the figure the Prince wears a military

cloak, and is decorated with the star and collar of the Garter. His

left hand rests gracefully onthe belt of his dress,while in his

right hand he holds the design of the Crystal Palace,which he

seem s in the act of explaining . The monum ent,which is sup

ported onan appropriate pedestal,was reared at the cost of £560

it was inaugurated onthe 3oth August,1 864, in presence of Her

Majesty the Queen,who in token of her royal approbation

knighted the Lord Provost of the city .

At the west end of the town stood the Charter House or Car

thusianMonastery,founded by James I . and his Queen

,in 1429.

Here were interred Jam es I . and his Queen,and Margaret Tudor

Queen of James IV. Jam es I . was slain in the Blackfriars Monas

tery of Perth onthe 20th February, 1437, by Sir Robert Grahamand other conspirators . An accom plished prince, and educated

at the English court,he exercised a beneficial influence on the rude

manners of his subjects . He was the originator of Scottish music,and a considerable poet . He m arried the lady Jane Beaufort

,

daughter of the Duke of Som erset,of the blood-royal of England .

Her rem ains were laid beside those of her husband.

Queen Margaret Tudor,who also rests in the Carthusian Monas

tery,was daughter of Henry VII. Surviving her first husband,

Jam es IV. ,she afterwards espoused Archibald Douglas

,Earl of

Angus,whom she divorced ; she latterly m arried Henry Stewart,

second son of Lord Ochiltree,who was created Lord Methven.

She died 25th October,1521 .

The Dominican Monastery stood in the north part of the

city ; it was founded by Alexander II . in 1231 . Herein were

entom bed the remains of Elizabeth Mure, first Queen of Robert

II . Daughter of Sir Adam Mure,of Rowallan, she was celebrated

for her personal charms and am iable qualities . The real ity of her

marriage with the king was long a m atter of doubt,but it was

conclusively determ ined in the affirm ative by the discovery in

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1 789 of the Pope’s dispensation for the solemnization of the

union .

St. John’s church was formerly surrounded with a graveyard.

Here,James Earl of Gowrie

,was interred in 1588 . Under the

north transept of the church a burial vault belonged to the

family of Mercer of Aldie .

In 1580 the grounds of the Franciscan Monastery were granted

to the citizens as a place of sepulture . These grounds now

form the parochial churchyard. In the churchyard wall a m em o

rial tablet thus commemorates Robert Mylns, master mason to

James VI. It is inscribed as follows

Near this spot lies John Mylne, master mason to Jam es VI .

,

who about two centuries ago,rebuilt the ancient Bridge over the

Tay,opposite the High Street

,which a dreadful inundation swept

away,x iv. October MDCXXI .”

Robert Mylne, Architect, erected this stone to restore and per

petuate the memory of his ancestors,

MDLXXIV.

A flat stone in front of the tablet is inscribed thus

This stone entombs the dust of famous Mill,

Renowned chiefly in his tim e for skillIn architecture ; his learned art did layThe spacious arches of the Bridge of Tay,Which as dem olished by a m ighty spate,So was his fabric by the course of fate .

Six lustres s ince,and m ore his progenie,

Succeeding to that art their sire outvy,And this assign

’

d,his worth deserved one

Of jet or marble,not of common stone .

Seven foot of ground,clay floor

,clay wall

,

Serve both for cham ber and for hallTo Master Mill

,whose squrbuile

" brainCoul d ten Escurialls well contains

,

Whil l he breath’d life, yet in his sonne

And sonn’

s sonne, he lives two for one,Who to advance Mill’s art and fam e

,

Make stocks and stones speak out his name.

Ingenious.

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“ Earth rao'infr from his sacred ostO O ’

Debarr’

d the worthy sags ;Heaven frowning

,sent a furious host

To avenge the sacril ege.

Mourn,your Elij ah’s gone

,

And wafted to the skiesMourn till his fiery car

‘

bring downA soul of equal size .

”

Mr. Wilson was sonof Gilbert Wilson, proprietor of a small

estate near East Kilbride,which be forfeited for his attachment to

the Presbyterian cause he went to Holland,and returning at the

Revolution,was appointed Comptroller of Custom s at Greenock .

His son was born at Glasgow,19th Novem ber

,1 690

,and was

named after William III. Having studied at the University of

Glasgow and obtained license,he was ordained m inister of the

West Church,Perth

,in N ovem ber

,1 71 6 . He associated with the

supporters of the “Marrow of Modern Divinity,” and was one

of the three ministers who joined Mr. Ebenezer Erskine (sec

supra, p . for which they suffered deposition by the General

Assem bly. Mr. Wilson’s adherents erected a meeting-house for his

use,and the Associate Presbytery appointed him their Professor of

Divinity. He died 8th October,1 741 . The English verses on

his tom bstone were com posed by the Rev. Ralph Erskine of Dun

ferm line, who likewise inscribed these lines on the tom bstone of

Colin Brown, Chief Magistrate of Perth, who died 1 7th October,1 744

,aged seventy-one

Friend , do not, careless onthy road ,O

’

erlook this hum ble shrine ;For if thou art a friend of God ,Here lyes a friend of thine.

His closet was a Bethel sweet,

His house a house of prayer,In hom ely strains at J esus’ fee tHe wres tled daily there .

PA RISH or PERTH. 1 83

He to the city was a guide,

And to the church a fence,

Nor could within the cam p abideWhen truth was banished thence.

His life and death did both expressWhat strength of grace was given,His life a lamp of holiness.His death a dawn of heaven .

In the churchyard,tombstones com m emorate Rev. Robert Kay,

minister of the West Church, died i 5th October,1 8 19 ; John

Young,of Bellwood

,died 6th June, 1 8 19 ; Rev. Henry Sangster

,

m inister of Hum bie,died 5th April

,1 820 ; Rev. Adam Peebles,

minister of the English Episcopal church, Perth, died 18th Decem

ber,1 804 ; Rev. Sam uel George Kennedy, minister of the West

Church,died 3oth Decem ber

,1 835 ; Dr. Alexander Robertson,

Deputy Inspector of Arm y Hospital s, died l st Septem ber, 1 830 ;Major-General Sir John Ross

,died 21stApril

,1 835 Major

General Will iam Farquhar, died 1 1th May , 1 839 Rev. AlexanderPringle

,D .D .

,died 12th May

,1 839 Rev. Forest Frew

,Minister of

the first Relief Church,Perth

,died 6th February

,1 842 Rev. John

Findlay,D .D .

,Minister of St. Pauls

,died 4th April

,1846 Adam

Anderson,LL.D .

,Professor of Natural Philosophy in the Univer

sity of St. Andrews, died 4th Decem ber, 1 846 Andrew Heiton,

architect,died 8th August

,1 858 ; Sir John Bisset, C om

missary-General,died 3rd April

,1 854 ; Rev. Andrew Gray ,Minister

of the Free West Church,Perth

,died 15th March, 1861 ; and

Rev.William A. Thom son,Minister of the Middle Church, Perth,

died 1 7th March , 1863.

Perth parochial churchyard exhibits a due proportion of m etrical

epitaphs one of the oldest tombstones is thus inscribed

Here lyes ans worthie man, John Conqueror, who died aBailie of Perth

,the first day of Septem ber, 1 653.

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O’

er death a conqueror he now lyes whos‘

e souls,

Freed from this dust,trium phes above the pole .

One less than twycs twelve children by one wifeHe had

,of which to everlasting life

Twyce ten he sent before him,and behynd

He left but three to propagate his kynd.

He ran ten lustres out,when rigid fate

,

Robbed him of life, Perth of a Magistrate .

This trophee, Margaret Jack, his spouse, did raiseO’er her dear husband

,to her lasting praise ;

Through his respectful cars,his m emory

Shall be dsryved of posterity.

”

On the tom bstone of John Gow , hamm erman, is this couplet

Till God has wrought us to hiswill,

The ham m er we must suffer still .”

On the tombstone of John R. Gow,teacher

,who died in 1857 ,

are these lines

Reader,one moment

Stop and think,

That I am in eternityAnd you are onthe brink.

John Knox has thus inscribed a tom bstone in memory of his

wife

Though greedy worm s devour m y skin,And gnaw my wasting flesh,Yet God shall build m y bones again ,And clothe them all afresh .

”

From the tom bstone of David Taylor, mason, who died 2l stSeptember

,1 816, we have the following ;

On this stone tablet gently tread,

It marks of human dust the bed,

Of dust once sensible to pain,Dust that once lived shall live again

.

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Within the new cem etery,memorial stones denote the graves

of Donald Sinclair Maclagan, of Glenquiech,died 5th July,

1 858 John Marshall,of Rosem ount, died 23rd July, 1 862 Flora,

wife of General S ir Alexander Lindsay, K C .B . ,died 25th July,

1863,and Isabella Menzies

,wife of Sir John Ross

,died 1 8th

March, 1867 .

On the gravestone of his wife and children,Robert Duncan has

inscribed these lines

Their nam es are graven on this stone,Their bones are in the clay

,

And very soon we will be gone,

And lying low as they.

”

Inm em ory of his children, Peter Anderson has

following

Farewell thou vase of Splendour,I need thy l ight no m ore,

No brill iance dost thou renderThe world to which I soar.

Nor sun nor m oonbeam brightensThese regions with a ray ;

Bu t God hi m self enlightensTheir one eternal day.

Farewell each dearest unionThat blsst my earthl y hours

,

We yet shall hold com munionIn am aranthine bowers .

The love that seem s forsakenWhen friends in death depart

,

In heaven again shall waken,

And repossess the heart.

The harps of heav’nsteal o’

er me,

I see the jasper wall,

Jesus who pass’

d be fore m e,

And God the Judgs of all

So sung the parting spirit,

While round flow’

d many a tearThen spread her wings t’ inheritThe throne in yonder sphere .

PARISH or P ORT or MENTEITH . 187

Within the interior of the East Church , a monumental tablet,representing two figures

,is supposed to have been erected in com

m em oration of the three Earls o f Gowrie

A marble monum ent,in the East Church

,is thus inscribed

In m em ory of their com rades who fell during the Crim ean War,1 854— 55

,and as a tribute to their gallantry, this m onum ent is

erected by the officers of Her Maj esty’s 90th Light Infantry,

Perthshire Volunteers,A D. 1857

In the cathedral of the episcopal church rest the rem ains of the

Right Reverend Patrick Torry,D .D .

, Bishop of St. Andrews,

Dunkeld and Dunblane,and who is also com m em orated by a

m onum ent. Thisem inent divine was born in the parish of King

Edward,Aberdeenshire

,on the 27th Decem ber, 1 763. After a

respectable education at various country schools , Mr. Torry was ,in 1 782, adm itted to deacon

’s orders by Bishop Kilgour,of Aber

deen . For seven years he conducted episcopal service at Arradoul,

Banffshire ; be subsequently becam e assistant to Bishop Kilgour,in the episcopal church at Peterhead . There he laboured for the

long period of SIx ty years . In 1 808 he was consecrated bishop .

After a long episcopate, m arked by affectionate faithfulness and

sterl ing efficiency, he was called to his rest onthe 3rd October,1852

,in his 89th year.”

In the Sheriff Court Room ,m arble tablets comm em orate Patrick

Murray,sheriff- clerk of Perthshire, who died 5th Septem ber, 1 731 ,

and Jam es Paton,of Glenalm ond

, Sheriff-clerk of Perthshire,who

died in 1 850.

PARISH OF PORT OF MENTEITH .

On the island of Inchm achom e,in the Lake of Menteith, are

the rem ains of a fam ous Priory,founded in 1238 by Walter

Com yn,Earl of Menteith. Near the centre of the choir, a recum

bent m onum ent, contains two figures

,supposed to represen t

1 88 PERTHSIIIRH.

Walter Stewart,Earl of Menteith

,son-in-law of the founder, and

his countess . In the choir another monument of inferior work

manship celebrates Sir John de Drummond,son- ia-law of the

preceding earl .

Surmounting part of the church and dorm itory a mausoleum ,

consisting of a vaul t and apartm ent above it, was constructed to

receive the rem ains of Lord Kilpont, son ofWilliam,eighth Earl of

Menteith,who was killed by Jam es Stewart

,of Ardvoirlich

,in Mon

trose’

s cam p, at Collace, in 1 644. The event of Lord Kilpont’

s death

is em bodied with fictitious colouring by SirWalter Scott, inthe

Legend of Montrose .

” In the introduction to that rom ance there

is an interesting narrative respecting the unhappy author of the

assassination,and the circumstances connected with it . The estate

of Kilpont, or Kilpunt, is situated near the river Almond in

Linl ithgowshirs.

PARISH OF REDGORTON .

On the bank s of the Tay,about two mil es above the mouth of

the Alm ond, two upright stones denote the scene of the fam ous

battle of Luncarty,fought between Kenneth III .

,and an invading

army of Danes . The battle took place about the year 990, The

Danes had landed at the m outh of the Esk,and after destroying

the town and castle of Montrose,had marched towards Perth

,and

in their progress laid waste the country. They were onthe field of

Luncarty attacked by the royal forces,who would have sustained

defeat but for the tim ely intervention of Hay, a farmer, and his

two sons . These persons,armed with some ploughing utensils

,

encouraged their worsted countrym en,and so renewed the

.conflict

with the invaders. The result was a com plete victory over the

Danes,whose king was slain at the spot denoted by the larger

m em orial stone. Hay was invited to Court,and obtained a large '

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from the hands of the artist. The principal figure is that of across , the upright portion of which occupies the whole length of

the stones . The shaft and transept are beautifully enriched withvery com plicated tracery both round the point where they crossare wreathed with a carved circle or halo . On each side of theshaft of the cross beneath its transept is a m onstrous lizard - likefigure

,apparently in the agonies of death

,from being crushed

through at the loins by a savage- looking creature , with a head l ikea wolf

,body like a dog

,and thick curled tail . The two com part

ments adjoining the top of the cross are occupied by nondescripts ,with monstrous and dim inutive bodies , apparently gnawing theirownbacks . On the top, equally visible from both sides of the stone,are lizard figures couchant facing each other.

PARISH OF SCONE .

An upright pillar,thirt een feet high

,slightly ornam ented at the

top and standing on a pedestal, denotes the site of the old villag e

or royal city ”of Scone . There certain members of the court had

official residences . In the foundations of the ancient monastery

and in the churchyard m any stone coffins have been dug up,but

generally without inscription or em blem .

In the aisle of the old church a magnificent m onum ent com me

m orates Viscount Storm ont, Lord Scone . Executed in m arble and

alabaster,it bears a figure of hisLordship in armour

,supported by

two other figures,supposed to represent the Marquis ofTul libardine

and the Earl Marischal . Lord Storm ont,so created in 1 621

,was

form erly styled Sir David Murray of Gospertie, Lord Scone .

Second son of Sir Andrew Murray,of Arngask and Balvaird

,he

was early attached to the court of Jam es VI. who in 1598

appointed him comptroller of the royal revenues . He accompanied

the king to P erth on the 5th August, 1 600, when the Gowrie con

spiracy was enacted , and afterwards obtained the barony of Ru thven

,and other lands which had belonged to the Earl of Gowrie . In

1 603 he accom panied Jam es to London,and was afterwards

PARISH or TIRRERMUIR. 191

appointed a com m issioner for the proj ected union of the kingdom s .

AS High Com m issioner to the General Assem bly, he sought to

gratify the royal wishes by introducing episcopal innovations and

crushing freedom of debate . At a Synod held at Perth in April,

1 607 , he insulted the Moderator during prayer, and afterwards

locked the doors of the building against the adm ission of the

mem bers . Forhis zeal in obtruding onthe church the four articles

adopted at Perth in 1 618,and other services

,he was raised to the

Peerage. He died without issue, 27th August, 1631 .

PARISH or TIRRERMUIR.

In the parish churchyard were interred upwards of three hun

dred Covenanters who fell at the battle of Tibberm uir onthe l st

September,1644. The Covenanters , who numbered about

horse and foot,were attacked by Montrose

,and decisively routed.

Within the church, a tom bstone presents , in raised letters , the

following inscription

This m emorial erectet be Sir Iam ss Mvrrey of Tibberm vir,

Knicht,anno Dom. 1631

,wharin lyis the bodyis of ISBELL

RVTHVEN,his grandmother, Captans DAVID and ROSINA MVRRAYIS,

two of hir brither IOHNE FENTONE,sons to Rosina. Item

,

IOHN MVRRAY,father to Sir IAME-S and HELEN SCRIMGEOR his last

spovs, and MERIORIE C OLVIL, first spovs to Sir Iam ss, and GEILSand PATRI K MVRRAYIS

,tvo of hir bearni s to him

,and ELISBEI‘ and

IOHNEMVRRAYIS with his

The Murrays of Tibberm uir were descended from Al exander,5th

son of Sir David Murray,of Gask

,who died in 1446

,—anancestor

of the Ducal House of Athole.

192 PERTHSHIRE.

PARISH OF TULLIALLAN .

In the churchyard a tomb belongs to the old family of Blackadder,who for five generations were owners of the castle and lands of

Tullial lan.

The old church at Overtown constitutes the burial-place of

Admiral George Keith Elphinstone,afterwards Viscount Keith.

This distinguished naval commander was fourth son of Charles,

tenth Lord Elphinstone,and was born in 1 747 . In his sixteenth

year he entered the navy as midshipman,under Captain Jervis

,

afterwards Earl St. Vincent. Devoting him self to his profession

he speedily rose in the servi ce. During the war onthe Am erican

coast he honourably acquitted him self,and when Europe was the

theatre of war from 1 793 till the battle of Waterloo he gained a

series of splendid victories . In 1815, as com mander of the Channel

Fleet he had the honour to prevent the escape of Napoleon . He

was created Viscount Keith in 1 814. On the close of the war he

retired from active service ; he successively represented in Parlia

ment the counties of Dumbarton and Stirling. He died 10th

March,1823.

PARISH OF WEEM.

At the east end of the old church a monum ent of curious and

varied sculpture comm em orates by a latin inscription Sir Al exander

Menzies,of Castle Menzies , and his wife Marj ory, daughter of Sir

John Cam pbell, of Glenorchy. Sir Alexander was created a

Baronet of Nova Scotia, 2nd September, 1 665.

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194 roRPARSHIRR.

Virtuous and learned, polished and refined,Of pleasing manners and enl ightened mind ;Beloved in life

,lam ented in his end

,

Here sleeps the sire, the grandsire, and the friend .

In Aul dbar chapel, two monumental brasses have these inscriptions

In memory of Patrick Chalmers,Esquire

,of Aldbar

,for m any

years a merchant in London . He was born at Aldbar,A.I) . 1 77 7 ,

and died there onthe 8th day of Decem ber, 1 826 . Al so of FrancesIngl is

,his wife

,who died at Aldbar onthe 10th day of February,

1 848 , in the 7oth year of her age.”

Outside the walls of this chapel are interred the mortal rem ainsof Patrick Chalm ers , Esquire, of Aldbar, late Captain in H .M.

’

s 3rd

Dragoon Guards,som etime Member of Parliam ent for theMontrose

District of Burghs,Author of the Sculptured Monum ents of Angus .

He re- edified this chapel in the year 1853. Died at Rome,on

June the 23rd,

Patrick Chalmers died in his fifty-second year. An intelligent and

accomplished antiquary,he edited the chartularies of Arbroath

and Brechin,which he presented to the Bannatyne Club. His

work on the scul ptured stones of Forfarshire is much valued.

From tom bstones in Aberlemno churchyard we have these

rhymes

Inhopes in peace his Lord to meet,Here lies interred in dust

,

One in his tem per ever kind,

In all his dealings just.Kind to the poor

,the widow’s friend

,

He always did remain,

Till heaven’s great Lord by His decreeRe called his life again.

Here lies the man , who peace did stil l pursue,And to each one did render what was dueWith m eek subm ission he rssign

’

d his breathTo God, the sovereign Lord of life and death.

Here different ages do promiscuous lieThe old m anmust

,the young may die.

PARISH or AIRLIE. 195

Man’s life onearth , even from the womb,Is full of troubles to his tomb ;He enters in with cries and fears ,And passeth thro’with cares and tears .He goeth out with sighs and groans,And in the earth doth lodge his bonesA Lodging place beyond the graveTo rest

,and Halleluj ah sing

Eternally to Heaven’s King.

The gravestone of John Nicol, weaver, who died in 1 728 , is

inscribed thus

Tho’ this fine Art with skilful hand

Brings Foreign Riches to our LandAdorns our Rich and shields our Poor,From cold our bodies doth secureYet neither Art nor Skil l e’er canExem pt us from the lot of m an.

On a tombstone belonging to the fam ily of Spence, who resided

in the parish for nearly , four centuries, are these l ines

Here lye an honest old raceWho in Balgavies land had a placeOf residence, as may be seen ,Full years three hundred and eighteen .

PARISH OF AIRLIE.

In the churchyard a coffin-slab commemorates a member of the

fam i ly of On the sides are sculptured a sword and hunting

horn, while the top represents an ornamental cross, in the shaft of

which are engraved in Roman characters the following legend

Lyis heir—Roger and Yofan Rolok qva died inBidisi" See “ The Scottish Branch of the N orm anHouse of Roger, Edin

burgh , 1872, p . 20.

196 FORFARSH IRE.

These rhymes are from different gravestones in Ai rlie church

yard :

We of this child had great content,

For to get learning of his God and Christ was his intent,Tho’ soon cut off the stage of tim e

,

We dare not to reflect that we so soon did part,For it was his latter willThat he

'

God’s counsel shoul d fulfil .

While nature shrinks to be di ssolved,Relentless death strikes hard

Nor blooming youth,nor parents’ tears ,

Procure the least regard.

The lovely child fond parents boast,

Sunk in a sea of grief ;Hard fate— fret we ’gainst heaven ? N0

,

Submission gives relief.

This worthy pair,both free of fraud ,

Made Truth their constant aim ;

You might depended ontheir word ,For stil l it was the sam e .

They loved to live with all arOIm dIn unity and peace

And with a spotless characterThey finished their race .

”

Sure death may kill,but cannot give surprise

To those whose views are fix ’

d beyond the skies,

He with his spear that vital spring untied,And sore my spouse did sicken till she died .

Withwinged flight her soul did speed awayE’en to the regions of immortal day ;Her husband

,children

,left to weep and moan

The best of wives , the kindest mother gone.”

PARISH OF ARBIRLOT .

At the parochi al manse is preserved a sepulchral stone

was discovered in the foundation of the old parish church . It is

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198 FORFARSHIRE.

each contains a figure carved in bold rel ief. In the first an ang el

with outstretched wings holds a shield, placed upon a crozier. A

figure in the second division holds a pitcher and the brush for

sprinkling holy water. The third figure holds the paten, and the

fourth displays an open book . As the shield presents the bearings

of his house,the monument has been described as that of Walter

P aniter, or Panter, who was abbot of the institution for many years

prior to 1443,when he resigned office.

On modern tom bstones inArbroath churchyard we have the fol

lowing—metrical inscriptions

George and Helen are dead and gone,And we their parents mourn full sore ;

But when we leave this s inful worldWe will be sorrowful no m ore.

”

Jean and Agnes are gone to a world of love,

Where sorrow are known no moreThey have gone to inherit a land of blissOn Canaan’s happy shore.”

By him whose conquests through the world are knownI to my mean original am thrown ;My dust lies here, my better part

’s above,

So I, not death, the conqueror prove.”

How bless’d are they

,the Word proclaim s

,

That are in Jesus deadSweet is the savour of their nam e

,

And soft their sil ent bed.

Far from this world’s toil and strife,

And ever with the Lord,

The sufferings of this mortal lifeEnd in a rich reward.

”

“iNow slain by death, who spareth none,And his full bow— under this stone

,

Take heed and read, and thou shalt see,As I am now

,so shalt thou be

PARISH or AUCHTERHOUSE. 199

Rotting in dark and silent dust,

Prepare for death,for die thou must ;

Life is uncertain— death is sureSin is the wound

,Christ is the cure.

Go,blessed Spirits

,mount where cherubs sing

Sublim e hosannahs to the Saviour KingGo soon trium phant from earth’s drear domain

,

The seat of sin,of misery

,and of pain.

The stars wil l light youonthe wayTo realm s of glory and eternal day ;Then let your eyes behold the bright abodePrepared for you by an indulgent God.

”

PARISH OF AUCHTERHOUSE.

In an aisle attached to the parish church rest the remains of

the mem bers of the noble fam il ies ofAirlie,Buchan

,and Strathm ore.

In the churchyard a tombstone is thus inscribed

Heir lyes ane godly and vertous m anIam es C hristie of Balbuchlie, who departed ye 20 of Decem 1 651 , and his age 97Dulce fuit

,quondam m ihi V ivere non quia vix i

Sed quoniam ,ut vivam ,

tunc m oriturus eram .

Once it vas svet to m e to leive,not that I leived

,bvt I leived

to die.”

Jam ss Stewart,who had been a soldier in his youth

,is thus

comm em orated

In foreign lands where m enwith war engage,He was sarvising at many a bloody saigeAnd was preserved wnhurt

,yet gathered to his rest

In good old age—who trusts in God is blest.

00 FORFARSHIRE.

PARISH OF BARRY.

On the floor of the parish church a gravestone commem orates

Martha Forrester,spouse to Um qvhile Thom as Mavle .

”The

date is partially defaced,but the stone seem s to belong to the early

part of the seventeenth century. Forrester as a fam ily name was

form erly comm on in the district .

In the north wall of the church a m onumental tablet bears thefoll owing inscription :

>I< Grisel is D irham ia sponsa . Davidis Alexander de Pitskell ie obiit 6 m ensis Ivnii 1 664 eetatis svas 34.

anagrGriselis Dirham ia ardeo regiam elisi elisivm vere m ea

delectatio qvando in vivis eivs svm m vs et ardor eratelisivm qvoniam m ea delectatio sola nvnc . frvor elisio

perpetvoqve frvar vivst

post fvnera virtvs.

David Alexander was served heir to his father Jam es,in the lands

of Balskellie,now P itsksllie

,in Decem ber

,This fam ily had

long previously possessed the adjo ining property of Ravensby.

Several tom bstones com m em orate m em bers of the fam ily of Sim

of Greenlawhill , including the Rev. David Sim ,minister of the

parish,who died on the 1st October

,1823

,inhis seventieth year

and the forty- seventh of his ministry.

A m ortuary enclosure has onthe gate the following inscription

Major Thom as Hunter,of the 104th Regt. , died 1 9th March , 1 840,

aged 59 years .

The following inscrip tion is from the gravestone of Robert

C rawfurd, who died in1 707 :

Mors tuo,m ors Christi

,fraus m undi

,gloria

Et dolor Inferni, sunt m edi tanda tibi .

Thy death the death of Christ,

The world’s vexationHeaven’s glory

,Hell’s horror

,

Make thy m editation .

”

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While on this earth he did rem ain,

There was no mortal could him stain ;\Vhen things sublim er did him tire

,

He long’

d to m eet the heaven’s em pire .

Then Jesus came and bade him rise,His soul with Him to pierce the skiesEver to court the King of kingsWith those that hallelujah sings .

PARISH OF BRECHIN.

The cathedral of Brechin was founded by David I. the

year 1 150. The chancel was destroyed at the Reformation : the

western portion of the nave has long been used as the parish

church. Within the cathedral rest the remains of the Rev. Wil liam

Guthrie,minister of Fenwick

,an em inent sufferer in the cause of

Presbyterianism .

’

Eldest son of the Laird of P itforthie in this

parish,he was born in 1 620

,and prosecuted his studies at the

University of St. Andrews . Licensed to preach in1 642, he was ,after being sometim e employed as a tutor

,ordained minister of

Mauchline,inNovem ber

,1 644. Refusing to subm it to Episcopacy

he was deprived by Archbishop Burnet, of Glasgow,in 1 664. He

died at Brechin on the 10th October 1 665,in the forty-fifth year of

his age and twenty-first of his ministry. A powerful and eloquent

divine, m ultitudes flocked to his ministrations. His work “ The

Christian’s Great Interest,has obtained wide acceptance

,and has

been translated into French,Germ an

,and other languages.

Inthe churchyard a tom bstone com mem orates six hundred per

sons who died of the pest ilence in 1647 . It is inscribed thus

Luna quater crescensSex centos pests perem ptos,Discs mori vidit,Pul vis et um bra sum us.

The burial-place of lVillianI Ram say Mauls,Baron Panmure

,is

PARISH or CARESTON . 203

denoted by a lofty granite obeli sk. At the base of the colum n is

the following inscription. Erected by the people to the m emory of

the Right Honourable William,Baron Panm ure

,of Brechin and

Navar,— born 27th October, 1 771 , died 13th April , 1 852, whose

motto and action was Live and let live .

The Honourable William Ramsay Mauls,afterwards Baron

Panmure,was second son of George

,eighth Earl of -

‘Dalhousie .

Consequent onthe settlem ent of hi s grand-uncle,he obtained pos

sessionof the Panmure estates onthe dem ise of his father,which

took place in 1 787 . He entered the House of Commons in 1796,and continued to represent the county of Forfar

,til l 1 831

,when

he was called to the Upper House as Baron Panm ure . Succeedingto a princely inheritance when he was young

,and at a period

when social festivities were conducted in a manner now happily

unknown, Mr. Mauls was at the outset of his career chiefly known

for his strange escapades and extravagant drollery. Latterly he

was a pattern of benevolence,and a m unificent benefactor and

patron of county institutions .

A sm all tom bstone com m em orates Alexander Laing,author of

Wayside Flowers,

” a volum e of interesting poetry. Laing died

at Brechin, on the 14th October,1 857 , in his seventieth year.

Several of his songs have obtained an honoured place in the

national m instrelsy.

PARISH OF CARESTON .

In the churchyard a tom bstone commem orates the Rev. John

Gillies, who di ed minister -

of the parish,onthe l st March, 1853,

aged seventy-two . He was grandfather of Adam Gillies, a Senator

of the College of Justice,and of Dr. John Gil lies

,author of “ The

History of Greece.

Within a mortuary enclosure,a m emorial stone denotes the

resting-place of the Rev. David Lyell,minister of the parish, who

20al FORFARSHIRE.

died 15th July, 1854, aged eighty- six, and of that of his wife, the

Hon . Catherine, daughter of John,seventh Viscount Arbuthnot

,

who died l 6th Decem ber,1 853

,aged sixty-five.

From tom bstones in the churchyard we have these rhym es

As our shm t er day of light,

Our day of life posts onBoth Show a long course to the nigh t

,

But both are quickly run .

Both have their night,and when that spreads

Its black wing o’er the day,

There’3 no m ore work,all take their beds

,

Of feathers or of clay.

Chuse then before it be too lat-e,

For choice with life will end ;Remember on thy choice thy fate,Thy good or ill depends.

This stone doth hold these corps of mine,

“’hil s I ly buried hereNone shall molest nor wrong this stone

,

Except m y friends that’s near.

My flesh and bones lyes in Earth’s womb,

Until Judgm ent do appearAnd then I shall be raised again

,

To meet m y Saviour dear.

PARISH OF CARMYLLIE.

On the south wall of the parish church a m arble tablet in

memory of the Rev. Patrick Bryce and his wife is thus inscribed

In m em ory of the Revd . Patrick Bryce , 45 years minister (ifthis parish

,a Sincere Christian

,a faithful pastor, devout, charitable,

and upright He recom m ended that religion which he taught,by

a peculiar mildness and sim plicity of m anner. Conscientious 1nthe discharge of every relative duty, beloved, honoured, and universally respected

,he died in the hum ble hope of a far nobler inheri

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206 FORFARSHIRE.

Worn by disease,and rack

’d with pain

,

Physicians’ aid was all in vain,

Till God, in his great love, saw m eet

To free him from his sorrows great.How wonderful, how vast his love,Who left the shining realm s above ;How much for lost mankind he bore

,

Their peace and safety to restore .

PARISH OF CORTACHY.

In the parish churchyard is the burial aisle of the noble House

of Airlie. Several marble tablets are thus inscribed

Erected by David,Seventh Earl of Airlie

,in kind and

remembrance of his Parents , Brother, and Uncle :

Inmem ory ofDavid, Fifth Earl of Ai rlie, who died at CortachyCas tle 3d March

,1803

,aged seventy-sight . His Lordship

,inthe

generous enthusiasm of youth,j oined the Chevalier at Edinburgh in

October,1 745, with a regim ent of six hundred m en, and continued

loyal and true to his cause. He afterwards entered the Frenchservice

,in which he obtained the rank of Lieutenant-General. In

1 778 His Majesty, George the Third, was pleased to restore him tohis country and estates

,where his true nobleness and kindness of

disposition wil l long be held in respectful and affectionaterem em brance .

”

In m emory of Wal ter,Sixth Earl of Airlie, a m ost respected

and venerable noblem an,who died at Cortachy Castle on the l 0th

of April, 18 19, in the eighty- s ixth year of his age . And of Jane

,

his Countess,a worthy and beneficent lady, who died on the 1 1th

of June,18 18

,aged fifty- s ix .

In memory of Captain John Ogilvy, of the First Regiment ofFoot

,a brave and prom ising officer, who di ed at Berbice on the

24th August, 1809, in the twenty-s ixth year of his age, greatly

beloved and lamented .

”

PARISH or CORTAC HY . 207

Inm emory of Clem entina, Countess of Airlie,who died in

London onthe l st of Septem ber,1 835

,in the forty-first year of her

age,and whose mortal remains are here interred . As a most dutiful

and affectionate wife,and a m other, she was a pattern to her sex

,

in all duty and affection to the poor and needy a bountiful,con

siderate,and unwearied friend and

,after giving an edifying

exam ple of devout,

resignation to the Divine will under m any andlong protracted sufferings

,She departed this life in the faith of a

crucified and risen Redeemer, universally beloved, honoured, andlam ented . Erected by her bereaved

,sorrowful

,and devoted

husband,David

,Earl of Airlie.

Sacred to the m em ory of Margaret Bruce, Countess of Airlie,who departed this life at Brighton

,Sussex

,on the 1 8th of June,

1 845,aged thirty-nine

,having given birth to twin sons onthe 1 6th

of the sam e m onth . The Countess left four sons to her attachedhusband

,David

,Earl of Airlie

,by whom this tablet is erected in

grateful m em ory of an affectionate wife. Inferred here 9th of

July,

By David Graham Drum m ond,Eighth Earl of Airlie , this

tablet is erected,in grateful and dutiful rem em brance of his father,

David,Seventh Earl of Airlie. His kindness of heart and con

sideration for others won for him the love and esteem of thoseam ong whom he lived

,and a place in the hearts of his people

,

whose welfare was his chief object. He died 2othAugust, 1 849, inthe sixty-fifth year of his age, after a long and painful illness,which he bore with Christian patience and fortitude .

”

Sacred to the m emory of Maria, wife of the Hon. DonaldOgilvy of Clova

,who departed this life

,at Leam ington Priors

,on

the 9th of April , 1 843, aged fifty-two years .”

In mem oriam David Ogilvy,nat . l oth April AD . 1 826 ob.

20th July AD .

208 FORFARSHIRE.

PARISH OF CRAIG .

\Vithinthe parish church,a handsome m ural

‘

cen'

otaph comm e

m orates David Scott, Esq .,of Dunninald . It is thus inscribed

In mem ory of David Scott, Esquire, of Dunninald, in this county,who closed a valuable and well- spent life on the 4th

'

day of

October,1805

,aged fifty

-nine . His ardent desire to enlarge thesphere of his benevolence led him to forego the ease of independence

,and those social enjoyments for which the sensibili ty of his

heart was peculiarly formed,and to embrace the m ore arduous

cares of public l ife. His native county experienced the fullbenefit of his unwearied services as one of her representatives insuccessive Parliam ents

,and the records of the EastIndia C om pany

am ply attest the zeal,talent

,and integrity with which

,for m any

years,he di rected the affairs of that great com m ercial body. After

a seveIe and lingering illness, borne wi th m anly fortitude andChristian resignation

,though greatly aggravated in its progress by

the loss of the best of wives and worthiest of women,he sunk

depressed to the same grave with her who had most endeared life,and soothed its suffering.

In pious m em ory of their parental affection, their m utual attachm ent and congenial virtues, this monum ent is erected by theirafflicted

David Scott was succeeded in his estates by his only son David,who as heir

'

to his uncle Sir James Sibbald,Bart .

,became a

baronet,and assum ed the name of Sibbald The son of this gentle

m an,Sir Jam ss Sibbald David Scott, Bart . is the present owner of

the estate.

In the interior of the church a mem orial tablet com mem orates

Peter Arkley,Esq.

,of Dunninald, born Septem ber, l 6th,

1 786, and

died 3l st December, 1825. Mr. Arkley was a zealous prom oter of

agriculture,and was held in high esteem for his patriotic

enterprise .

Near the pulpit a monument com m em orates Hercules Ross,Esq,

of Ro ssie,who died 24th Decem ber, 18 16 , aged seventy-two, and

Henrietta Parish ,his wife

,who died 14th June

, 1 8 1 1 , aged forty

three ; al so several mem bers of their fam ily. The Ross family

burial -place is onthe north side of the church .

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210 FORFARSl-IIRE.

“ This woman here in hope doth rest,

Again to rise and be for ever bles tAfter this life we purpose here to lie,And rise and reign with her eternall y.

Under this stone three m ortal s do remain,Til l Christ shall com e and raise them up againAltho’ by death they be in Prison cast,The Prince of Life will raise them up at last,And give them life, whi ch no more will decay,And habitation which wasteth no t away.

”

Whoever him bethoughtSeriously and oft

,

What it were to flitFrom his death-bed to the pit ;There to suffer painNever to cease againWoul d not commit one sin,The whole world to win .

”

When silver bands of nature burst,

And let the buil ding fall,The blest goes down to mix with dust

,

Its first original .

The tyrant death he triumphs here,

His trophies spread aroundAnd heaps of dust and bones appearThrough all the hollow ground .

”

PARISH OF DUNDEE.

The burying-ground,styled the Howff

,is situated in the centre

of the town . Anciently the garden of the Franciscan Monastery, it

was in 1564 granted to the burgh by Queen Mary . Substantially

enclosed in 1601 , the tombs of the more Opulent were thereafterraised against the walls .

PARISH or DUNDEE. 1 1

Am ong the gravestone inscriptions in the Howff,many of which

are no longer traceable,were the following

Heir restis ans honorabile Baronne, Jhone Kynneir of yat ilk,

quba departit out of this mortal lyf at Dundee, the 2l st day of June,1584

,and of his age the 63 year.

Monum entum sepulturae, viri am plissimo honore, preeclara eruditions

, et multis in vita ex im iis virtutibus ornati, D . Davidis Kinloch ab Aberbrothie, regum Magnae Britannias et Franciae medici

peritissim i ; quorum diplom atis et sigillis gentis suas et fam ilies.

Nchilitas luculenter testata et com probata est. Obitt decim o Septem bris

,anno salutis hum anae 1 6 1 7 . fEtatis sues 58 .

Kinnalochi proavos st avites stem m ata gentisClara inter proceres

,haec m onum enta probant

Magnus ab his cui surgit honos : sed m ajor ab arteMaj or ab ingenio gloria parta venit.”

Across one of the central walls a gravestone is inscribed as fol

lows

Heir lys ans godlie and honest m an,J ohns Ro che, Brabener

and Bvrges of D vndie, qvha departit this lyfe the 10 of Febrvar,

1 6 16 yeirs, being of age 43 yeiris. Vith his spovs Evfiane Pye,qva hes cavsit this to be m ade inrem em berance of him. Andthair 14 bearnes.”

On the gravestone of Thom as Sim son , dated 1579, are these

lines

Man tak hed to m e hov thov sal be

t anthov art deadDrye as a trie

,verm s sal eat ye ;

Thy great booti sal be lik leadY e tim e hath bene in m y zoot grene,That I ves clene of bodie as ye are,Byt for m y eyen, nov tvo holes bene,Of m e is sens, but

' benes bars.

”

A m onum ent is thus inscribed

HIC DORMIENTI PIETATE ET VIRTVTE INSIGN I VIROGEORGIO ROGER NAVC LERO ET C IVI HVIVS OPPIDI QVI OBI IT

FORFARSIIIRE.l

x',

[0

ANNo 1 6 1 1 DIE PRIMO ’

OC TOBRIS AiTATIs vsno SV/P. ANNo

33 1100 j FAC IENUVM PRocvnAVIT HIVS C ONIVNX ELIZ ABETHALOC IIMALOVNIE. MIHI HODIE CRAS TIBI .”

George Roger was father ofBaili eWill iam Roger,merchant

,who

bequeathed, in 1659, one-half of his real and personal estate for the

educat ion and training of “ seven poor m ale children wi thin theburgh . His widow

,EuphanMan , established a Merchants

’Widows

Fund at Dundee .

!

Walter Coupar,tailor

,who died 25thDecem ber

,1628

,ag ed fifty

two,is thus com m em orated :

Kynd com orades heir C oupar’

s corps is layd,‘

\Valtir by nam e,a tail zour to his trayde,

Both kynd and trew,and stvt and honest-heartit

Condole vith m e that he so soon depairtit,For I avow he never weyld a sheirHad better pairts nor be that

’s bvrist heir.

Mr. Andrew Scheppert, m inister of Benvie,has celebrated

his father,who died 13th Novem ber

,1 641

Nathaniel’s heart, Bezaleel’s hand

,

If ever any badT hen boldly m ay ye say, had heWho l ieth in this bed .

Captain Alexander Baxter has in the following stanzas com m em o

rated his daughter Katharine,who died 20th March, 1632,

seventeen :

Stay,passenger— no more for marvels seek,

Among their m any monum ents of death ,For here a dem i- Sco t , a dem i-GreekDoth lie

,to whom the Cretan Isle gave breath ;

And is not (this) a wonder, is it not ?Her birth and burial to be so rem ote .

So falls by winte r blasts a virgin roseFor blo tless

,Spo tless , blam eless did she die ;

As many virtues nature did discloseIn her

,as oft in greatest age we see .

See Scottish Branch o f the House of Roger, D. 23.

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functo,m onum entum hoc m agister Alexander Milne fil ius erigen

dum curavit.

Relligio, nivei m ores , prudentia, candorlnMilno radiis enituere suis :Consuls quo, fel ix republica judice felixCuria

,st eedili res sacra sem per erat .

The monum ent of Alexander Wedderburn of Easter-P owrie,

Provost and mem ber of Parliam ent, was thus inscribed

C onditur hoc tum ulo Alexander Wedderburn ,dom inus de

Easter Pourie,fam ilies sues princeps nuperrim e huic urbi praefec

tus ; ejusdem,ad P arl iam entum prim um sup rem i Dom ini nostri

regis Carol i 2di delegatus . Obiit 9 die Aprilis , anno Dom . 1683,

eetatis 68 . Hic etiam conquiescunt ossa El isabethee Ram say, illinsprinii am oris uxoris

,filiee unicee Joannis Ram say, fratrie dom ini

de Murie,hujusqus urbis olim preetoris ques obiit 2 die mensis

Aprilis, 1643. fEtatis 22.

The following epitaph adorns the monum ent of Andrew Arch

bald,a noted surgeon

Monum entum Andreas Archbald, lithotom i insignis qui obut

pridie Septem bris, anno salutis hum anee 1 662, eetatis suas 67 .

Ejusdem itidem conjugis C atherinee Poursac am antissim ee.

Hic situs Andreas Archbaldus,candidus

,arts

Lithotom us,gratis qui tulit alm us opsm

P auperibus sacri verbi m em or usque tonantisQui panem gel idis mittere m andat aquis.

Lithotom i m ulti,tentantes tollere m orbum

Huic pro uno incolum i,m ills dedere neci.

Dum vix i,studui m orbum quam calculi acerbum

Toll ere sic sum m us sensit et im us opsm .

Hic jacet Archbaldus, cautus qui et usque peritusSanavit m ultos nullaque causa necisHaec conjunx ,

cui l iquit opes , monumenta maritoBrigit hic

, scriptis quad super ossa notisNom ina forte rogas, lector ; Catherina PureeaDicitur ; heec vere pura quod usque fuit.M Mors solet

,innum eris, Morbis, corrum psre vitam M

O Omnia m ors rostro O devorat usque suo OR Rex , princeps,sapiens seRvu

‘

s,stultus

,m iser

,eeger R

S Sis quicim que velis,pulvis et umbra sum us. S .

PARISH or DUNDEE. 215

David Yeman,m erchant

,and his wife

,Margaret Pourie

,had their

monum ent thus inscribed

P arentibus '

delectissim is, Davidi Yem an mercatori, notes integritatis viro ; necnonMargaretee P uree, uxori am antissim ee ; Patricius Yem an m ercator, fil ius, hoc m onum entum cadendum curavit

parentavitque . Pater decessit die 4 mensis Maii,anno 1 654.

JEtatis sues 48 , m ater vero 31 Decem bris 1 669.

Davidus est tum ulus Yem ani ubi sede quiescitHac placide

,st charee conjugis ossa jacent ;

Sobriusut prudens, dictis jucundus am eenis,

Innocuus, nota est intam inata fides.

Vita Deoque placens ; uxoris m ax ima cura,Usque vi ri cupiens s tringers signa pedum ;

N11 11 0 coelo gaudent anim os ubi nulla fatigatCura

,sed est lux

,pax

,gloria

,plena

, quies.

”

Patrick Gourlay,Town Clerk

,was com m emorated thus

Monum entum probi ac spectates integritatisviri, m agistri P atricii

Gourlay, scribes publici curiae Taoduni ; has in arts anegotiis fideliss im i ; qui lax ato vinculo corporeo hum anitus natures cessit 1 7 cal .Januarn anno dom ini 1667 . [Etatis sues 47. Ejusdem itidem

Marjories Anderson, conjugis am antissim ee.

Hic anim o tranquillus erat l ibrarius om niNotus ut ingenuus, sic probitatis am ansIn vita, hoc sem per Signis testatus apertis

Ulterius cal am um dum manus eegra negat ;Sedulus arts sua, prudens, m itisque fidelisSic fragilis vitee m unere functus obitC onjunx cui et natus, cupiens insistere patrisVestigiis, curant heec m onum enta strui .”

By his widow Marjory Watson,Bail ie

'

Andrew Forrester is cels ~

brated as follows

Monum entum hoc sepulchrale m arm oreum m auceolum AndreasForresteri Taoduni prestoris preeclari, que in officio preeturae Diemobiit July 8

,1 67 1 . ZEtatis 34. In am oris testim onium

,unica st

selecta conjunx Marjorie lVatsonsuperstes ceedendum curavit.

Transm isi ad superos anim am ; sed putre cadaver,Quod vides inglorium ;

Tale Christus reddet vindex ,quale ex tulit orco

Ad coelites denuo redux ,

”

216 FORFARSIIIRF

These lines comm em orate George Forrester,Dean of Guild

,

died 3rd January,1 6 73

Forresterus consul Taoduni,flore juveutm

Surreptus subito, conditur hoc tum ulo ;Integer

, ex ornans Spartam , pietatis am ator,

I’rm lux it cunctis et decus urbis eratExem plar vitm nobis insigne reliquitExem plar

,lec tor

,nobile discs sequi.

The m onum ent of Provost Scrym gsour was inscribed thus

Memorize spectatissim i patris Joannis Scryn1souri, m ercatoris

ac consulis Taodunensis ; qui vitam cum m orte com m utavit m ensisAugusti

,anno Dom . 1 657 . ZEtatis sum 46 . Et dil ectissim i fratrie

m agistri Gulielm i Scrym souri,verbi divini prm conis ; qui obiit 14

Septem bris, anno m rm C hristianm 1 666 . IZEtatis sum 25. Necuon

charisissim i m atris Katherinm VVrightem ,adhuc superstitis, univer

sm quenostrm prosapim ,hoc m ausoleum ex sculpi curavit

, parentavitque filius Joannes Scrym sourus

,j unior.

H ic situs est consul Scrym sourus,lux Taoduni

,

Consuls quo poterat Rom a vetusta regi ;Filius hic prim us , Gulielm us, prm co fidelisDivini verbi

,contum ulatur hum i.

C onsors chara tori vivens, natusque superstesCorpora post m ortem sic tum ulanda rogant.

Obiit pientissim a ac charissinia mater Catharina Wright,Man

30,1 675. ZEtatis sum 62.

Henry Craufurd of Seatoun,merchant and m agistrate, is thus

com m emorated

Sub hoc cippo, contum ulantur ossa et cineree spectatISSIm I vm,

D . Henrici Crauford a Seatoun ,m ercatoris peritissim i , prm toriaque

dignitate inclytee civitatis Taodunensis m erito condecorati ; quicurricul i vitm 32 annos

,cum conjugs dilectissim a Margareta Dun

m uire,feliciter transegit : tandem que m agno om nium bonorum

m m rori 9 die mensis Julii, anno m rm C hristianm 1684. fEtatisquesum 56

' Fatis concessit.

Optimus ill e patrum , jacet hac sub mole sepultus ;Secul a cui sim ilem vix peperere virum .

Singula si penses nil non m irabile cernesNam blando charites huc aluere sinu ;Huic Deus attribuit qum cunque dat om nibus uni :Et tandem m eritis prm m ia digna tulit

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Pro patria Codrus qui se dedit, anni beatusDicitur et merito nem o negare queat.

P rm tor Davidides igitur num j ure beatusPro urbe stenim moriens, fama perennis erit.

The monument of Robert Davidson, younger, of Balgay,has this

epitaph

Roberto Davidsono, juniori, Balgaim com archo et m ercatore ;

viro integritate vitm,prudentia industriaque inter Deidonanos

concives,adm odum conspicuo : qui sm pe prm turam ,

sum m o cumam ore et lauds gessit. Obiit calendas Augusti 1 665. E tatis sum50. C ui dilecta uxor Grisselis Broun superstes adhuc

,hic con

tum ulanda,hoc cm dendum curavit, anno 1 672.

Davididem,cernes celebrem recubrare com archum

Marmoreo hoc tum ulo m unia celsa tul itP rm toris clari qui sum m a lauds suorumDecessit

,prudens

,schrins

,innocuus ;

Mente sagax ,alacer vultu

,venerabile m orum

Exem plar dorm i t , jussa tim ore colensCui conjunx dilecta s ibi vult carm ina coediHac fossa ut secum contum uletur hum i.”

These lines celebrate Margaret Ramsay,spouse of Andrew

Mureson,who died 26th May

,1 666

Stay trav’

ller ; notice, who entom b’

(1 here lyes,

One that was viit’ous

,chaste

,and very wise .

Good to the poor ; still liv’d a godly life

,

Both first and last Since she becam e a wife .To quarrel death , for her change, were but vain,For death spares neither godly nor profane ;To say she’s chang

’

d were but a fooli sh story,

If not to l ive eternally in glory.

On tombstones in the Howfl are the following rhym es

Farewell,dear babe

,thy l ittle sun

Has soon indeed its circle run ;Serene and bright i t fled away

,

A short but ye t a cloudless day.

The child of you th , the m anof age,

Here undis tinguished lie,

We plainly see by Heaven’s decree

That every age mus t die.”

PARISH or DUNDEE. 219

From earth we’ll turnour longing eyes,

To regions far beyond the skies ;Oh fit us for that blest abode,Where dwells our Father and our God.

Free from this dream of life,this maze of care

,

The tender m other rests and friend sincere ;She followed virtue as her truest guide

,

Liv’

d like a Christian— like a Christiandied .

Faith without works is dead,the Scripture saith ;

Show m e thy works,and thou wilt Show thy fai th

.

Both faith and works in this blest saint did tryst,

And Show unto the world his right in Christ .

When death doth com e in its full rage,It

.

spares not young nor old,

But cu ts them down at every age ;It will not bribe with gold .

Take warning then all yeWho read this passing by

,

And learn to live so that yeBe not afraid to die .

”

Within the fabric of the four churches a tablet form erly com

m em orated Jam es Halyburton, of the fam ily of P itcur,Provost of

the burgh . It was inscribed as follows

Hic situs est Jacobus Halyburtonus, patruus nobilis viri,Georgii Halyburtonde P itcur, m il itis, qui prm fectnram D eidoniurbanem fauciter anuos 33gessit. Obii t anno D om . 1588 . fEtatis

sum 70.

Alecti P atrim i Pupilli Ecclesiae IesuP rm fectus Vindex Tutor Alum nus Fuit.

Provost Halyburtonwas a zealous upholder of the Reformation .

His father, who was also chief m agistrate of Dundee, was one of

the first to j oin the Protestant Assem bly held at St . Andrews in

June,1559. In attem pting, along with the Earl of Arran and Lord

Jam es Stewart, afterwards the Regent Moray, to rent a party of

220 FORFARSHIRE.

Frenchm en at Leith,he fell m ortally wounded. Provost Haly

burton'

s monum ent was effaced in 1841,when the churches were

destroyed by fire.

In the cem etery a suitable mem orial stone denotes the res t ingplace of Willi am Thom ,

the Inverury post. This ingenious bu tunfortunate person was born at Aberdeen in 1 789. Bred as a

handloom weaver he often suffered from stagnation in trade,but

m ore frequently from his own unsteadiness . For a period he

carried a pack ; he at other tim es derived a precarious subsistence

as an i tinerant flute- player. His poetical abilities at length found

him a patron ; he was brought to London , and introduced to

im portant li terary circles. Pecuniary tributes to his genius

cam e from all quarters . But the poe t’s habits were unsuited

to his new sphere . He returned to Scotland and settled at Dundee,in a condition of penury. He died onthe 29th February

,1 848

his tom bstone was reared by the admirers of his genius .

In the cem etery rest the rem ains of T hom as Dick,LL.D . ,

author

of“ The Christian Philosopher. This es tim able gentlem an was

born in Dundee on the 24th November,1 7 74. Studying at the

University of Edinburgh,he becam e a probationer of the Secession

Church,and for some t im e m inistered at Stirling . He afterwards

conducted an educational establishm ent in the city of Perth . In

his 63rd year he retired from his scholastic duties,and erected a

vill a and observatory at Broughty Ferry. There he cont inued toreside till his death

,which took place onthe 29th July, 1 857, in

his 83rd year. Dr. Dick’s philosophical works,eminently adapted

for general circulation,obtained wide acceptance

,both in Britain

and Am erica ; yet, from his arrangem ents wi th his publishers, he

failed to realize a corresponding profit. Latterly he enj oyed a

pension onthe C ivil List .Tom bstones in the cem etery exhibi t the following rhymes

They arras- l ike cam e forth in bloom,

But 800 11 they did dec ay ;Fo r God in his appo inted t im eDid take them all awav.

’

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Within the wall s of the old church a m utilated tombstone,

bearing the arms of L’

Am y and Forbes, is inscribed thus

IOAN'NIS AMMER, qvondam de Dvnkenni e, qvi obut 26

die mensis Septem bar D .L 1603 C . F.

The estate of Dunkenny has belonged to the fam ily of L’

Am y

for three centuries .

In the area of Nevay old church a mutilated tom bstone com

m em orates the Tyries, of Nevay, an ancient House, which possessed

the estate of D runikilbo.

Lieutenant David Barron,R.N . ,

has in Nevay churchyard thus

celebrated his wife and sons

Oft shall sorrow heave m y breast,Whilst m y dear Margare t lies at restOft shall reflection bring to view,

The happy days I’ve spent with you.

Here are repos’

d two goodly youths,

Which loving brothers were ;Endued with grace beyond their years

,

And virtues very rare .

Such was their life that we m ay hope,They’re gone beyond the sky

,

To sing and spend,without an end

,

A sweet E ternity.

”

In Eass ie churchyard the tom bstone of Thom as White, who died

in 1665,bears this couplet.

We are bvt earth,and earth is bvt fvm e ;

We are bvt novght, as novght we do consvm e.

A coupletnot m ore classical in its construction is engraven onthe

tom bstone of the Rev. Adam Davidson,m inister of the parish

,who

died in 1 720

His soul still breathed upward,and at last

,

Arrived above— the mantle'shere downcas t .

PARISH or‘EDZ ELL. 223

These rhymes are from different tombstones in Eassie church

Rem ember man,that against Death

There is not an antidoteBe rich or poor, or what you may,You’ll die and he forgot.

This m anand his wife were diligent,And in their dealings justWhose every way was excellent

,

But now they ly in dust.\Vaiting till Christ com e in the skies ,With angels all around

,

Com m anding them straight to riseAnd be with glory crown

’

d.

”

She honoured as she bore the Christian nam e,

Her closetnourish’

d her celestial flam e ;Her social hours with love and pleasure flew,

The love no art,no guile the pleasure knew.

Unclouded virtue shone thro’.all her life

The blam eless virgin,and the faithful wife

Long she endur’

d affiiction’

s sharpest pain,

But turn’

d her crosses into heavenl y gain .

All this her husband,and her son who witnessed

ex press’

d,

G0,live like her

,and die for ever blest.”

PARISH OF EDZELL.

An aisle attached to the parish church is the ancient burial-place

of the Lindsays, of Edzell, m em bers of the noble house of Craw

ford. The fragm ents of a tom bstone bear the Lindsay arm s,and

are the only traceable mem orials of the fam ily.

An altar tom bstone com m emorates Jam es Duncan, and his wife

Jean Michie, the parents of Jonathan Duncan , Esq .,Governor of

Bom bay. The form er died in 1 792, and the latter in1 795.

224 Fosm ssm as.

These rhym es are from tombstones in Edzell churchyard

Remember, m an,as you pass by

,

That grave stone under which I ly,

Read, and remem ber what I tell,That inthe cold grave thou m ust dwell

,

The worms to be your com pany,

Til l the last trum pet set youfree .

Reader,cease thy pace and stay,

Hearken unto what we say ;As you are such once were weAs we are such shall yoube.Then provide whilst tim e youhave,To come godly unto your grave .”

PARISH OF FARNELL.

A short distance to the south of Kinnaird Castle is the burial

vaul t of the noble House of Southesk . It contains a marble m onu

m ent to the m em ory of Sir Jam es Carnegie, father of the presentEarl of Southesk,

who died 30th January, 1849, and several inscriptions commem orative of mem bers of the fam ily.

In the churchyard a m arble tablet celebrates “ Dam e Christian

Doig,relict of Sir Jam es Carnegie, Bart , of Southesk

,who died

4th Novem ber, 1 820, aged 91 years . This gentlewoman was

daughter of David Doig, of C ookston, near Brechin, by his wife

the heiress of Symers of Balzeordie.

In the old Parish Church a m onum ent com memorates David

C arnegy of Craigo, Dean of Brechin,with his wife and children

it is thus inscribed

Sepulchrum MstriD AVIDIS C ARNEGY de Craigo decaniBrichinen,

rectoris hujus ecclesiae qui prim o fuit ecclesias tes Brechinenannos2,postea hujus ecclesiae pas tor fide lisim us anuos 36 , qui placide

ac pie in Domino obdorm ivit anno Dem . 1 67 " ee tatis suas 7 7 .

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226 FORFARSHIRE.

My bones in grave lie here below,

A resting place have found, yet know ,

God bath a tim e when he’

ll m e raiseEternally to sing his praise.Espoused I was to ahusband dear

,

Liv’

d with him five and twenty year ;Now children four I left him have ,I rest in hope God will them save .

Death is the passage through which we go,

I t’s j ust to all,spares neither rich nor low

If all the virtues could have m ade it stand,Then here lies he who never one could brandWith any vice or yet perjuryBut it’s ordained that al l m enonce m ust die .

As he lived Godly so he died in peaceHis fame survives an honour to his race.

Here rest in hOpe of a m ost glorious life,

A frugal husband and a faithful wife,

Whose hearts were so united with divine loveThat death could not those sacred bonds rem ove .

As rich perfum es broke up,as blown by wind

,

Do leave a lasting fragrant sm ell behind,

So‘

these blest souls now purg’

d of earthly dross,

Who oneternal love them selves repose,Have left onearth an obelisk of fam e

,

A dear rem em brance of their precious nam e .

Under this monum ent of stone,

Lie both the father and the sonOur nature’s frail , we are made of dust,And to the earth return we m ustOne part of m anin ground doth ly,The other m ounts above the sky.

The im m ortal soul to God resigned,

A happy union the rest to be,

Even to all eternity.

Rem em ber m anthou’

rt m ade of noughtThou sold thyself, Christ hath thee bought,And ransom ’

d thee from death,the grave

,

Which to obtain his life He gave .

[

0to

“JPARISH OF FORFAR.

PARISH OF FORFAR .

Within the parish church m arble cenotaphs celebrate s everal

deceased persons of local em inence . Two tablets com mem orate

mem bers of the fam ily of Carnegie of Lower. The inscriptions are

as follow

H . M . H . S.

—Sacrum m em oriae P ATRIC II C ARNEGY , arm igeri deLower

, pronepotis Davidis, secundi C om itis de Northesk , qui iii .Id . Novem . MDCCXX . natus

,P rid. Id . Novem . MDCCXCIX . Obiit ;

et qui bonis et honestis rationibus rem fam iliarem , profusione m a

j orum pene perditam ,suis posterie restituit.

”

H . M . H . S.

—Sacrum m em oriae P ATRIC II C ARNEGY, arm igeri deLower

,qui vi . Kal . Mart. MDCCLVII . natus est, et m orte patris

Frid. Id. Novem . MDCCXCIX . paternam haereditatem adiit.

MARGARETAM, filiam Alexandri Bower, arm igeri de Kinealdrum ,

dux it,quam cum octo filiis et quatuor filiabus ad m ortem deplor

andam reliquit.

Positum a Patricio C arnegy, arm igero de Lower, xiii. Kal . Sept.MDCCCXX .

The wife of Patrick C arnegy, younger, was descended from a

family of opulent m erchantsin Dundee. Patrick C arnegy of Lower,

onsucceeding in1 828 to the estates of Turin and Drim m ie, assum ed

the nam e ofWatson . In the churchyard he and his 'wife and son

are thus com m em orated

Sacred to the m emory of PATRICK WATSON C ARNEGY, Esq . , of

Lower and Turin,who died at Lower

,3 Sept . 1 838 ,

aged 46 of Mrs .

RACHEL ANNE FORBES,or C ARNEGY his widow,

who died at Edinburgh

,1 6 Nov . 1 852, aged 50, whose remains are interred here .

And of JAMES-FORBES C ARNEGY, who died at H ertsm onceaux1 May, 1855, aged 1 7 years , whose rem ains are also interred here .

By a m arble tablet in the south -west of the church is com m em o

rated Elizabeth Ross, onl y child of Francis Ross, of Auchlossan,

and his wife Anne C arnegy. It is inscribed thus

D . O . M. S. , et m em ories ELIZ ABETH/E ROSS, virginis form a

228 FORFARSHIRE.

venustas, at pietate et prudentia venustioris, Franc : Ross ab Auchlossanet Annae C arnegy ex Al ex . C arnegy et Ann Blair de Kinfauns projenitae, gratae, unices, quae 2 Octob.

,an . 1 7 05

,vitam m orta

lem ingressa 7 Decem b ,1 732, ad im m ortalem recepta est. Marmor

hoc m ater et vitrions,Gul : Lyon a Carse, m aerentes posuere.

”

The foll owing rhymes are from different tom bstones in

churchyard

There is a tim e for all things’Twill be yours .To weep

,to trem ble

,to turn pale

To die ! ”

Here lies my wife,when that she di‘ed

,

She left her husband m ost aggriev’

d ;Her children sore do her lament

,

Grant that all m ankind may repent .

The sting of death hath cut the breath,

And rid the soul from pain,

In heaven with Christ that we m ay rest,But not onearth again .

To wainthe heart from unsubstantial gain,

H ow long shal l sage experience preach in vainHow false

,how frail

,how fleeting all below

Shall thoughtless m anlearn wisdom but in woe 7

She left us young— she died in early life !The loving daughter

,the endearing wife

With al l a m other’s cherish’

d hope she gaveBirth to her child ; but found herself a graveYet trusting the power of Sovereign grace

,

To sanctify and save she died in peace .

”

Here lies a true and honest m an,

Through labouring gained his bread,

And in beneath this m onum entHis friends they laid his head .

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Inthe ruins of the Priory of Restennet were deposited the re

m ains of Jolm,son of King Robert the Bruce . The chancel, which

rem ains entire,is used as a burial-place by the fam ilies of Dempster

of Dunnichen and Hunter of Burnside . In the west of the chancel

rest the rem ains of George Dem pster,of Dunnichen

,M.P . ,

the cele

brated patrio t and statesman . He was born about 1 735. Having

studied philosophy and law at the universities of St. Andrews and

Edinburgh , he becam e a m em ber of the Scottish bar. By the ex

penditure of he succeeded in being returned m em ber for

the Fife and Forfar burghs . He retained his Parliamentary honoursfrom

'

1 762 to 1 790. In the House of Comm ons he opposed the

conflict with the Am erican colonies,and as a director of the East

India Com pany advocated a renunciation of all Sovereign rights in

Hindostan . He obtained a special act for the protection and eu

couragem ent of the Scottish Fisheries . On his retirement from

Parliam ent he largely devoted himself to the im provement of hus

bandry. He associated with the more distinguished of his literary

con tem poraries . He died at Dunnichen,onthe 13th February ,

1 818,aged 86 . In the estate of Dunnichen he is now represented

by the descendant of his‘

only sister.

A cem e tery at Forfar was opened in 1 849 ; it occupies a portionof rising ground

,onthe highest point of which stands an elegant

m onum ent in honour of the late Sir Robert Peel . Reared in Greek

architecture , it contains a bust of the great statesm an . On a panel

at the western base is the following ins cription

Erected by the inhabitants of Forfar in m em ory of SIR ROBERTPEEL

,Baronet

,Prime Minister of Great Britain, and in testim ony

of their gratitude for his exe rtions in obtaining the repeal of theCorn Laws .— MDCCCLI .

In the cem etery a monum ent reared “ by an attached and m ourn

ing flock com m em orates the Rev. \Vil liam Clugston,A.M.

,

minister of the parish. and subsequently of the Free Church ,

Forfar. This excellent clergyman was born 2nd July, 1 793, and

died 3rd March , 1 857 .

PARISH OF FOWLIS EASTER.

PARISH OF FOWLIS—EASTER .

At the east end of the church is the burial aisle of the ennobled

House of Gray. A window of stained glass com memorates John,

1 6th Lord Gray, .who died 31st January, 1867 , aged sixty-nine .

Robert Beg ot parochial schoolm aster,thus celebrates his departed

D D ,

wife ; she died in 1 766, aged sixty-three .

When nature first m y slender body fram’

d,

Within a living grave of dust enchain’

d,

She destin’

d m e that I at last should have,And change this m ortal for a l iving grave .

But tho’ m y body'

in this urn doth rest,In sm all and scatter

’

d particles disperstMy soul

,that heavenl y substance and divine,

Hath soar’d aloft into its native clim e .

Which afterwards shall with m e reunite,And m ake our union lasting and com plete .

For ever then em ployed in singing gloreTo the eternal three in one for ever m ore .

PARISH OF GLAMMIS.

In front of the parish m anse stands a scul ptured stone,tradi tion

ally regarded as the m onum ent of Malcolm I I . On one side are

figures of two men,a lion and a centaur

,onthe other are figures

of fishes of different sorts .

Within the plantation at Thornton,stands an obelisk sur

rounded by a cairn; it is believed to denote the spot wher

Malcolm was m ortally wounded by the adherents of Kenneth V .

The obeli sk is sculptured with em blem s resem bling those on the

m onum ent . Malcolm II. was slain in the year 1034,and his as

sassins, endeavouring to effect their escape during a snowstorm ,

fled

across the Loch of Forfar,in which they perished .

About a m ile north - east of Glam m i s castle stands an ancient

erection, known as St . Orland’s Stone . On one side it bears the

rourARsum R.

representa tion ofa cross rudely flowered and chequered,whil e on the

other,are figures of four m enonhorseback,one ofwhom is tram pling

a wild boar under his horses’ hoofs . The stone probably represents

the vengeance which overtook King Malcolm ’s m urderers .

The burial aisle of the Earl of Strathm ore was originally the

south transept of the parish church . In the pavem ent are som e

ancient monum en tal fragm ents,and by a plainaltar- shaped tom b

are com m em orated Sir Patrick Lyon,Lord of Glam m is

,who died

21st March,1459

,and his wife Isabel Ogilvy

,who died 12th

J anuary,1484.

In the parish church a m arble tablet comm em orates the Rev.

Jam es Lyon,D .D .

,minister of the parish

,who died 3rd April ,

1838,in the eightieth year of his age and fifty-eighth of his

ministry ; also his wife, Agnes L’

A m y,who died 14th Sep

tember, 1 840, aged seventy- eight . Mrs . Lyon com posed the words

of Neil Gow’s Farewell to Whisky,

” and other poem s and songs .

In the churchyard the widow of Professor Andrew Alexander

of S t . Andrews,has on a granite slab

,com m emorated the m em bers

of her family . The inscription proceeds thus

Erected by Esther Proctor Alexander,inm em ory of her father

Patrick Proctor,who died here in July

,1 8 19

,ag ed 75 years, during

50 of which he was Factor onthe Glam m is Estate . And'

of herbro thers

,John

,farm er

,Mains of Glam m is Robert “L

S. EdinburghGeorge

,Bengal Medical Staff ; Thom as , Bombay Army ; William

David, who died here, 3rd Decem ber, 1 860, aged 74 years, during40 of which he also was Factor on the Glam m is Estate . David

,

Hom e Service ; Patrick , Royal Navy ; and of her sister,Jane

,who died at St. Andrews

,1 8th April

,1865.

A re tainer of the House of Strathm ore , Jam es Bruce, who died

in 1680, i s onhis tom bs tone celebrated by the following acrostic

I am now inter’

d beneath this stoneAh

,Death '

s pro’

pitious to noneMy nam e was Jam es , m y surnam e Bruce

,

Exasperate agains t each abuseSure sanctity m y life decor

’

d,

Bent to Obey m y Noble Lord .

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S ince you the Trade did all around,

So wond’rously im prove ?Our Tradesm en j ustly did to theePre-em inence all ow.

Being taught the rudim ents of Art,

Or else refin’

d by you,

That skill of yours did onthem all

Anornam ent reflect ;And as you liv’

d so did you die,

In honour and respect. ”

A brass and iron worker, John Dalgety, has on his gravestone

these lines,engraved under the representation of a crown .

O,dear John Dalgety who canThy praises all express ?

A m ost expert artificerIn iron and in brass .

Discreet was’t thou to ev’ry one,

Obliging,just

,and kind

And still thy tongue ingenuous spokeThe language of thy m ind .

Such was thy life,that now we hope

Thy soul above doth shineFor thy skill

,we dedicate

,

This Crown as jus tly thine .

From other tom bstones in Glam m is churchyard we have the

foll owing

This stone is set to celebrateThis worthy wom an 's praise ;

Whose equal youw ill hardly findFor candour now-a-days .

She sober, grave , and virtuous was,Belov

’

d by all around ;She lived in the fear of God ,

Now is wi th glory crown’

d .

Lo,here lies one who never didAn injury to man ;

PARISH or GLENISLA. 235

Of whom we cannot say enough,Let us say what we canHer actions all were genuine,Her words without disguise

Kind was her heart,her generous hands

Could not the poor despise,She l iv’

d at hom e,and walk’d abroad

,

S till l ike a harm less dove.

Here lies a swe et and loving child,

Ah,cover

’

d o’

er with m udResem bl ing we ll the lily fair ,Cropt in the very bud .

But blessed is that happy babe,

That doth thus early die ;N ot pleas

"

d to dwell with sinners here,

But with the saints onhigh .

This charm ing child bu t j us t did peepInto this world

,and then

,

No t liking it,he fell asleep

,

And hastenid out again .

”

Below this m onum ent,a j ewel

Of wom ankind do th lieWho night and day was ex ercis’

d

In acts Of piety.

No neighbour,m other

,nor a spouse

,

More worthy was Her aimWas to speak truth

,and that her word

Should always be the sam e .

She long’

d to leave this sinful earth,

And this poor frail abode ;Her hom e was heaven

,where now she sings

The praises of her God.

PARISH OF GLENISLA.

From tom bstones in the c hurchyard we have these rhymes

Death is a debt to nature dueVV

e’

ve paid that debt and so must you.

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Short is the space allowed to m anbelow,

Replete with care and crowded thick with woeDeath is the horizon when our sun is set

,

Which will thro’ Christ a resurrection get.

Life is a j ourney and the silent Tomb,

To every traveller is the appointed Hom e.

Live well and fear no sudden fateWhen God calls virtue to the grave

,

Alike ’tis j ustice soon or la te,

Mercy alike to kill or save .

Virtue unm oved can hear the call,

And m eet the flash that m elts the ball .

Reader, yousee by heaven’s decree

Since tim e at firs t began,

That m anhe m ust re turn to dust,

And who reverse it canShould we not

,then

,while we rem ain

,

Here in this m ortal s tate,

Be onour guard for death prepared,

In case it prove too late

PARISH OF GUTHRIE.

In 1 774, Robert Spence, a parishioner, reared in the church

yard a m onum ent to his fam ily, with the following quaint inscriptionz

Beside this s tone lye m any Spences,Who in their life did no offences

,

And where they liv’

d, of that ye speir

In Guthrie'

s ground four hundred year.

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inthe Spot which contains the ashes of her husband and of

her grandm other,and mother

,Magdalen C arnegy, and Agnes

Mudie,parents

,with whom she was long united in the clo sest

bonds of love and affection , whose virtues she reveres and whoseexample she m ost earnestly wishes to follow . 1 8 18 .

Mrs. Hay Mudie,who erected the monum ent, died in 1823.

A mortuary enclosure inthe churchyard denotes the burial place

of the fam ily of Gardyne, of Middl eton . From its several table ts

we select the following inscriptions

David Gardyne of Lawton,m arrd Janet Lindsay of Edzell,

1 603. Their only issue,John

,m arrd Elizh.

,daughr. of Sir John

Arbutlm ott of that ilk,1643

,who had issue 4 sons and 20 daugh

ters . Robert,their heir m arrd Grizel daughr. of Alex r. Watson ,

of Barry,1 676, their issue, David, Will iam ,

Eliza,who m arrd

l st Scott , of Hedderwick ,2nd Barclay

,of Johnstone ; Grizel, who

m arrd l st Wedderburn of that ilk,and 2nd David Graham of Dun

trune. David, heir to Robert o f Lawton, m arrd Ann Graham of

Fintray,1 706 . Their issue

,Eliza

,who m arrd Jam es Guthrie ,

of Craigie,1 733.

Am elia,who m arried Alex r. Hunter of Balskelly,

1741 Davidfought under Prince Charles at Culloden

,and died at Newport

,in

Flanders, 1 749. Jam es,who m arried Mary Wallace 1 741 Cle

m entina,who m arrd Alex . Graham of Duntrune

,1 751 .

Sacred to the mem ory of Al exander and Jam es Greenhill ,sons of Charles Greenhil l, Esquire of Fearn , and Clem entina Gardyne . Alexander died 2zudMay

,1 832

,aged forty-four years ; Jam es

(lied 25th June, 1 8 1 7 , aged twenty- six yea-rs.

William Bruce-Gardyn, Esq , of Middleton,Major 37th

Regim ent,born 1 7 7 7 ,

died 15th J une,1 846 . Also their children

,

Anne,born 1 826 , died 1 5th May 1 831 ; Jam es Macpherson ,

born 1 828,died 23rd April , 1 828 ; Agnes -Mary

,born 1835

,died

25th March 1 847 .

P ARISH or K INGOLDRUM. 239

PARISH OF KINGOLDRUM .

In the front of the parish church,a handsom e mausoleum de

notes the burial-place of the Farquharsons, form erly of Baldovie.

On a m arble tablet is this inscription

The sepulchre of John Farquharson and Elizabeth Ram say,

of Baldovie ; and of their children. E lizabeth,born 4th Jannary,

1 768 ; died 1 8th June, 1 855. Agnes,born 26 March , 1 769, died

in infancy. Thom as,a m agistrate and deputy- lieutenant ofForfar

shire,born 3rd October

,1 7 70 died 2l st Novem ber

,1 860. He was

last m ale representative of the Farquharsons of Brockdearg,in

lineal descent from the Chieftain Findla More,the Royal Standard

Bearer,who fell in defence of his country

,onthe field of Pinkey

,

l oth Septem ber, 1 547 , and was interred in the neighbouring cem etery of Inveresk . R . B . I . P.

Captain Mitchell,cousin and heir of Thom as Farquharson of Bal

dovie,bequeathed for the support of. aged priests of the

Catholic church . On his death in 1865 the estate of Baldovie was

purchased by Sir Thom as Munro, Bart., Of Lindertis.

These rhym es are from tom bstones inKingoldrum churchyard

Reader,repent ere tim e is spent

,

Think ona future s tate ;Do not delay ano ther day

,

In case it prove too late .

Below this stone are here reposedThe ruins of a Tent,

Where divine virtue deign’

d to dwell,

But,ah how soon were spent

Her m ortal years the tyran t,Death

,

Resistless gives the thrustThe virtuous wife and virtuous Tent

,

Strikes down into the dust. ”

What havoc m akes impartial deathOnall the hum an kind

Gainst him a virtuous l ife’s no guard ,Nor yet the purest m ind .

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And most all clay— yes , it is destin’

d

For every sack and age ,The old and how’d , and young robust,And infants quit the stage.”

PARISH OF KINNETTLES.

In the churchyard a monument com mem orates Colonel William

Patterson,a native of the parish , who became Governor of New

South Wales,and attained distinc tion as a naturalist . Colonel

Patterson died 2l st June, 1 8 10, aged fifty-five.

PARISH OF KIRKDEN .

In the parish churchyard a m arble tablet within an enclosure

com mem orates Al exander Lyell, Esq . ,of Gardyne, who died in

1 852,aged sixty- eight

,and am ong other m embers of his fam ily

Dr. Robert who unfortunately lost his life on the night of the

3rd July,1 857 , in the thirty- second year of his age , while quelling

the insurrection at Patna during the rebellion in India,and whose

rem ains lie there .

From tom bs tones in Kirkdenchurchyard we have the following

legends

Let none suppose the Relics of the Just,

Are here wrapt up to perish in the Dus tN0 . Like last frui ts her tim e she fully stood ,Till being grown in Faith , and ripe in goodW ith steadfast Hope that she another dayShould rise with Christ—with Death here down she lay.

The Poor her alm s ; the World her praiseThe Heavens her soul ; and the Grave her body has .

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Not doom ed in ling'

ring war to waste their breath ,

One m om ent snatched them from the power of death ;They l ived united and united died

,

Happy the friends whom death cannot divide .

On the gravestone of his wife,erected in 1 741 , Jam es

m oralizes thus

Ah sin,hence m om entary life

,hence breath,

Sighs for y" silent grave and pants for death ,What m eans y

e warning of ye pass ing bell ?

A soul just gone to paradise or hellTo darkness tends y e broad but slippery way0 frightful gloom , deny

’

d each cheering rayWhile such as walk in paths divinely brightShall shine within y

e courts of endless l ight.

In Navar churchyard,Margaret Fyfe

,spouse to Jam es Molison

,

is thus comm emorated she d ied in 1 712

A pearl precious here doth lie,As signifies her name

Still shining to posterityBy her deserved fam e .

Death battered down those walls of clayTo let her soul go free ,

And soar aloft to praise for ayeThe Triune Deity.

”

Sleep,thou frail dust

,within thy closest urn

Till the m orning of the resurrection dawn,

When thou shalt wake,the heaven and earth shall burn

,

And be rej oined to thy im m ortal pawn .

”

PARISH OF LIFF AND BENVIE.

In the church of Lifl’

,monum ental tablets com m emorate Major

Alexander Watt, KB . of the 27th Regim ent,B engal Native

Infantry,who died at Edinburgh, 18th April, 1851 , aged forty-six ;

PARISH OF LIFE AND BENVIFI. 243

Isaac Watt, Esq .,of Logie

,who died 1 1th July

,1823

,aged fifty

one ; and other m em bers of the fam ily.

A m onum ent inLiff churchyard cel ebrates James Webster,

of Balruddery, who died 1 7th May, 1 827 , aged sixty—two ; also ,the m em bers of his fam ily .

On a flat tom bstone Mrs . Agnes Gray,who died in1 707 , is thus

com m em orated

With husbands two I childrenhad eleven

,

With two of Odds I LivedSix ty- even

My Body sleeps in hope,

My soul I gave,

To H im Who suffereddeath

,the sam e save .

Will iam Waddell,who died in 1 765, aged fifty

- eight,has the

following epitaph

Here lys beneath these sordid stones,

A fa ther to the poor ;To orphans and dis tressed onesHe kept an Open door.

Fair honesty and virtue pureDid strive in him for place

Of charity a publ ic storeWas lost at his decease .

Now though his body here doth lyTo m oul der in the dustHis generous soul

,the nobler part

,

In Christ alone doth rest .”

A monum ent of Aberdeen granite denotes the resting-placeand

records the worth of the Rev. George Addison, D D ,for thirty-four

years m inister of the parish, who died 4th January, 1 852, aged

seventy-four.

The churchyard of Renvie contains an old sculptured stone, and a

stone bearing the arm s of Scrim geour, second Viscount of Dundee ,im paled with those of his wife, Isobel Ker, daughter of the first Earl

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of Roxburgh,with the date 1643. The Scrim geours of Dudhope

held the lands of Benvie till 1 654,when they were al ienated.

In the churchyard of Logie is the burial-place of Edward Baxter,Esq .

,ofKincaldrum

,father ofWilliam Edward Bax ter

,Esq .

,M.P . for

the Montrose burghs . On a freestone monument are recorded the

names ofEuphem ia Watson,first wife of Edward Baxter

,who died

22md August,1833 and of his second wife

,Elizabeth JObson , who

died 2nd July,1 842.

Invergowrie church is described by chroniclers as the first built

place of Christian worship north of the Tay. Two large globular

stones in front of the church,and within the flood-m ark of the Tay,

are associated with a prediction of Thomas the Rhym er containedinthe following couplet :

When the Goors o’ Gowrie come to land ,The day of judgm ent is at hand .

PARISH OF LINTRATHEN .

In the pari sh churchyard a tom bstone reared in 1857 by Mr.

John Fenton,of Scrushl och

,bears the nam es of his ' children and

other relatives . To account for several blank s in connection with

their births and deaths,Mr. Fenton has added the following

rhym es

The above wil l show to all that passH ow thoughtless I have been ;In younger dais and aged yearsHow careless I have been .

When friends departed to the dust,Their age by me not known

,

And infants’t s by me not keptIn registration .

My friends and relatives will learn,

By these few l ines ofmine,To keep a date of registersWhen they are intheir prime.

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PARISH OF LOGIE PERT.

On the north of the parish church a burial aisle contains a

marble tablet,celebrating Jam es Macdonald

,Esq.

,sheriff-substitute

of the coun ty,who died 23rd August, 1809, aged eighty- three also

his wife Mary,daughter of James Allardice, Esq.,

of that ilk ; she

di ed 4th January,1 801

,aged seventy-five. Mrs . Macdonald was

aun t of Sarah Anne All ardice,who in Decem ber, 1 776 , married

Robert Barclay of Ury,and who in 1 785 was served heir portioner

of William,last Earl of Airth and Menteith, brother of her great

great-grandm other. On Mrs. Barclay’s death,her eldest son

,Mr.

Robert Barclay Allardice,took certain steps to establish his right

to the Airth and Menteith peerages . He died in 1 854, and the

claim h as been renewed by his only child,Mrs . Margaret Barclay

All ardi ce,who is seventeen th in l ineal descent from David, Earl of

Strathearn,eldest sonof the second m arriage of Robert II .

The old church of Logic 18 now the burial-place of the C arnegys

of Craigo. Marble tablets c omm em orate Thom as C arnegy of

Craigo,who died 9th June

,1 793

,aged sixty- four, and his wife,

Mary C arnegy,who died 20th Novem ber, 1 8 15 ; David C arnegy of

Craigo,bOrn 9th March

,1 776 ,

died l 0th Novem ber,1845 ; and

Thom as C arnegy of Craigo,born 9th March

,1804

,died 12th June,

1 856 .

These m etrical legends are from tom bstones in Logic churchyard :

My friends in Chris t that are above ,Them will I go and see ;

And thou m y friends in Christ belowWill soon com e after m e .

”

Faith m akes us sons and heirs to the Mos t High,

Faith leads to glorious im m ortalityBy faith the power of Satan we defy

,

If onChris t’s m erits we by faith rely ;And if true fai th unto the end endure

,

Your evidence for heaven is good and sure.

PARISH or LUND IE AND FOWLIS. 247

All who pass by,behold

,survey

,

Think onthis awful shrine ;Here m usty bones and broken skulls

,

And graves all over'

green.

But where the souls,those deathless things

,

That left these bodies here2Is not give answer

,but refer

Till Christ our Lord appear.

PARISH OF LUNAN.

Within the parish church a monum ent celebrates Walter Mill,

the last m artyr who suffered at St . Andrews before the Reform a

tion. He was parish priest of Lunan . Reported to Archbishop

Ham il ton, of St . Andrews , as a favourer of Protestant doctrines, he

was subj ected to trial and co'

ndem ned . Upwards of eighty yearsold, he was unable to walk to the place of execution . His m artyr

dom roused the populace to frenzy,and the fall of the Rom ish

Church becam e certain . Mil l was m artyred in 1558,and the

doctrines of the Reform ation were publicly sanctioned in 1560.

PARISH OF LUNDIE AND FOWLIS.

In Lundie churchyard,within a. sepulchral enclosure

,rest the

rem ains of Adam Viscount Duncan . Second son of AlexanderDuncan , Lundie

,this dis tinguished com m ander was born at

Dundee onthe 14th July,1731 . His m other was lineally descended

from Duncan,Earl of Lennox

,and was heiress of Gleneagles in

Perthshire. With an ordinary education in his native town, he

was placed onboard the Slwreham frigate to prosecute naval studies

under his relative, Captain Robert Haldane . Three years afterwards

he j oined the Mediterranean fleet as m idshipm an in the C enturion.

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Removed to the ship of Captain,afterwards Lord Keppel

,he was

promoted as post- captain in 1 763. Having distinguished himself at

the Havannah and at Cape St. Vincent, and under Lord Howe in

1 782, inthe Blenheim ,he was in 1787 promote d as Rear-Admiral .

of the Blue . Appointed to the com m and of the North Sea fleet in

1 795, be displayed extraordinary tact and intrepidity during the

m utiny at the Nore . He maintained a strict blockade of the Dutch

ports,watching the movem ents of the hostile fleet inthe harbour

of Texel , and on the 1 1th October, 1 797, he brought them to close

action off Cam perdown,when De Winter

,the Dutch Admiral

,

suffered total defeat . For this em inent service he was created

a Viscount,and received a pensionof In 1 800 he retired

into private life. He died suddenly on the 4th August,1 804.

His grave is denoted by a plain m arble slab,with this inscription ,

partly prepared byhim self Adam,firstViscountDunean,Adm iral

of the \Vhite Squadron of his Majesty King George the Third’s

fleet,born 14th July

,1 731 , and died 4th August, 1 804. His

widow,Viscountess Duncan, died in 1822, and was interred inthe

C anongate churchyard, Edinburgh (Vol . I.,p . Their son Robert

second Viscount Duncan,was at the coronation of William IV

,

created Earl of Cam perdown.

In a handsom e m ausoleum in Lundie churchyard are interred

Sir William Duncan,Bart., M.D .

,and his wife

,Lady Mary Tufton

,

daughter of Sackvil le,Earl of Thanet. Sir Will iam real ized a large

fortune in India,and afterwards becam e Honorary Physician to the

King. He died in 1 769, and was survived byhis lady, who causedthis m ausoleum to be reared in honour of his mem ory.

PARISH OF MAINS AND STRATHMARTIN .

Within the parish church of Mains a monumental tablet is thus

inscribed

Sacred to the mem ory of Charlotte,Lady Ogilvie

,sole pro

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From other tombstones inMains churchyard we have these

epitaphs

He who with abundance did me bless,

With riches,life

,and breath

,

Me from these three did take awayBy sickness and by death .

”

This charming child m ost com ely was,

And pleasant once a dayBut now

,alas ! he lowly lies

Here in this bed of clay.

Am ong the rest of Adam ’s race,

That in this world l iv’

d

There’s one confin’

d within this tom bWho upright was and pious .He while in life was very just

,

Gave every m anhis due ;But 'now he is exalted high ,In Heaven we hope he’s now.

In Strathm artinchurchyard,Thom as Low

,who died in 1 752, is

thus com m em orated

Thy nam e aye,

Thy fam e aye ,Shall never be. cut off ;Thy grave ayeShal l have aye

Thv hones t epi taph .

On other gravestones in Strathm artin churchyard are these

rhym es

From dust I cam e,and thither do re turn

,

Who here abide til l tribes of earth shall m ournTill heaven and earth wrapt in a scroll shall be,And Christ wi th saints com ing in clouds I’

ll see,

When soul and body united shall againBe lifted up to Christ for to remain.

”

PARISH or MAINS AND SI‘

RATIIMARTIN . 251

Heir lies a godl y honest m an,

Al l men that knew him saidHe was an elder of the church ,And a weaver to his trade .

These words gave com fort unto himWhen God’s word he did read

If that the Sondid m ake him free,He Should be free indeed .

Both inone grave until the tim e accordThat they shall bear the archangel of the LordOur soul doth bend our bodies straight and even

,

AS with itself it would them raise to Heaven ;But al l in vain it undergoes such toil

,

The body will not leave its native soil.Age pulls it down

,and m akes it stoop full low

,

Till Death doth give his fatal overthrow ;Then through the bodies breach the soul doth rise

,

And like a conqueror m ount the skies,

To its eternal rest from whence it cam e,

As is their bodies in tom b here lies .”

I lived alm ost eighty years,Within this vale of tears

At last cold death on m e laid hands ,Whom every m ortal fears ,

And hath m y body here enclosedWithin this grave of earth ;

”

When Chris t’s last tIum pet gives the callI Shal l com e forth Inm irth

When to his heaven He shall m e bring,W ith songs of m elody,I shal l His praises ever sing ,

TO all eternity.

”

At Kirktown and Ballutheron, in Strathm ai tinparish, several

sculptured stones present figures Of serpents and nondescript

animals . They belong to the pre-historic period.

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PARISH OF MARYTON.

Within the parish church a handsome monum ent,adorned with

the Lindsay arm s,presents the following inscription

Sub hoc marmore reconditus jacet Reverendus vir, DavidLyndesius (ex prisca Lyndesiorum fam il ia de D owhill ) , oriundusecclesiae de Marytown, per 33 anuos pastor vigilantissim us, vir

singulari literarum , cognitione et sum m a rerum peritia ornatuspietati in Deum ,

fide in Regem,reverentia in Episcopos, et hum ani

tate erga om nes insignis,Obiit 1 6 Septem bi is 1 706, eetatis suae 62.

Hic etiam Siti sunt duo filii im puberes Gul ielm us, et Alexander, etKatharina fil ia

,cujus exim iam formae venustatem omnes virgine

dignae virtutes facil e aequabant.

”

Mr. Lindsay was son of Mr. David Lindsay, minister ofRescobie .

His ancestors,the Lindsays of Dowhil l

,were descended from Sir

\Villiam Lindsay,of Rossy

,Fifeshire

,sonof Sir Alexander Lindsay,

of Glenesk, by his second wife, a niece of Robert II .

On the tom bstone of Alexander Greig,farmer

,bearing date 1 755,

are these Latin l ines

Prim o Deus ferro m orales vetere terram instituit.Agricola incuruo terram dim ouit aratroH inc anni labor

,hinc patriam paruos

' nepotes sustinet.

A child of three years,drowned in a well, is thus com m em o

rated :

Do th Infan t 's pain and death proclaimThat Adam (lid Rebel

His des tiny declaIes the sam e,

Being drowned ina we ll .Le t all who m ourn his early death

,

Hate sinthe fatal cause,

And flee to Jesus C hrist by faith\Vho saves from Satan’s j aws .

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David Erskine,advocate

,father of James Erskine

,purchased the

estate of Linlathen from Graham of Fintray,about 1805 ; he

m arried Anne,daughter of Graham of Airth . His younger son

,

Thomas Erskine,LL.D .

,who succeeded his brother as proprietor of

Linlathen,is author of various theological works .

A handsom e m onum ent in Monifieth churchyard commem orates

Thom as Kerr of Grange,of Monifieth

,who died 22nd December

,

1 8 1 1 ; David Kerr of Grange, who died 5th October, 1 843 ; and

other membersof the fam ily .

A plain tom bstone denotes the grave of David Rennie,farm er

,

Mil l of Om achie,who died 3rd March

,1 857 , aged 102.

From the gravestone of Alexander Scott,who died in 1841

,we

have the following couplet

Life is uncertain— death is sure,

Sin m ade the wound,and Christ the cure .

The tomb of Sylvester Steven,who died in -1 734,

is inscribed

thus

Life’s everlasting gatesFor ever had been shutHad not the death of ChristThem pulled up .

Alexander Paterson,who died in 1 786 , is by his widow thus

celebrated

All m enlive in the sam e death powerWho seized m y beloved in an hour,

One word to me he could not speak,

Though floods of tears ran down m y cheek .

These rhymes are from the tom bstone of Henry Gordon,who

died in 18 15 :

Since our good friends are gone to restWithin the Silen t grave,I hope their souls am ong the blestO’er fruitless sorrows wave

PARISH or MONIFIETH. 255

Our loss is now their greatest gain,

Let no rude hand annoy ;Their dust now sleeps exem pt from pain

,

In hopes of future j oy .

”

These hortatory line-s form the epitaph of John Barrie , in 1 738

In this cold bed Christ’s dearest friends must lyTill they be wakened by the Angel’s cry.

The bed is cold,this dust lys here consum ed ,

But Christ in grave did ly,and He the bed perfum ed .

Their souls dislodg’

d to m ansions bright do soar,

Where Christ is gone to keep an open door.The dog of earth m ust stay awhile behind

,

N0 guest of Christ till thus it be refined .

All who behold this m onum ent,

On Christ your trust repose,

And of your sins pray now repent,Lest heaven and earth youlose .

”

From other rhym es in Monifieth churchyard we select the

following

Beside this m ournful m onumentThere lies m y m other’s dustA loving wife’s also there is

,

And daughter young do th rest .Bem oan us not, surviving friends,For this is God’s decree

,

But seek for everlasting restWhere God’

s enthroned onhigh .

A wom an wise and diligent,

And in her deal ings just,

Tho’ every way m ost excellent,

Lies inthis bed of dust,

Waiting til l Christ com e through theWith angels all around .

‘

And then She shall trium phant rise,With glory to be crown’

d.

”

I in m y young and tender yearsBy death am call

’

d awayTo rest from sinin bed of earth

,

Where thousands m ore do lie

256 FORFARSHIRE.

Yet onthe Resurrection Day,

When waken'd from my sleep ,Ex pect to j oin the blessed band

,

\Vhom Christ doth call His sheep .

Here lies the dust that once inshrin’

d

A sober,honest

,friendly mind .

The heavenl y part hath wing’

d its flightTo regions of eternal l ight.The body too which breathless lies

,

Redeem’

d from death shall shortly riseAnd j oin its kindred soul ag ain

,

Fit to adorn its Maker’s train .

”

At Broughty Ferry,an obelisk of Peterhead granite com mem o

rates Thomas Dick,LL D .

,author of The Christian Philosopher ‘

”

(see supra,p .

In Broughty Ferry old churchyard,Margaret Ross

,wife Of John

Kid,shipmaster

,is comm ended thus

Now she for whom this gravestone’s placed\Vas in virtue ever steady ;

When asked a reason of her hope,

Had aye an answer ready.

Though sil ent and forgotten hereShe m oulders w ith the clod

,

The day will dawn,a voice she’ll hear

Say, Com e and meet your God .

John Kid is personally celebrated in these lines

This life he steer’

d by land and seaWith hones ty and skill ,

And calm ly suffer’

d blast and stormUnconscious of ill .

This voyage now finish’

d,he

’

s unrigg’

d,And laid in dry-dock Urn

Preparing for the grand fleet- trip,And Com modore

’

s return.

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work it is surm ounted by a quadrangular basement, flanked with

open buttresses . The total height is 105 feet . A winding staircase

conducts to the top of the structure . A finely sculptured bust of

Lord Panmure is plac ed inthe interior of the monument .

From gravestones in the parish churchyard we have these

rhym es

Seeds die and rot and then m ost fresh appearSanots bodies rise m ore orient than they were .

To lifeless dus t and m ouldering bonesIn vain we pour our tears and groans

,

In vain we raise our criesTill a divine im m ortal breathDescending on the vale of deathShall m ake the ruins rise .

The hours Of m y day are past,My night of death is come

,

My toiling hands forget the task,

My feet no more Shall run,

The grave now holds m y sweatingWith sweat I gained m y bread,To dust I am re turned now.

PARISH OF MONTROSE.

In the principal street of this royal burgh stands a monumental

statue of Joseph Hum e,elegantly sculptured by Will iam Calder

Marshall , R.A ., and erected in 1859. Hum e was born at Montrose

in January , 1 777 . His father was master of a coasting vessel, and

on his early death his mother was necessitated to support the

family by disposing of earthenware in the m arket place . Joseph

was educated as a surgeon ; in 1797 he proceeded to India in the

m arine service of the East India Com pany. Obtaining a succes

sion of lucrative appointments he returned to Britain in 1807 with

a fortune of In 1812 he entered the House of C om

PARISH or MONTROSE. 259

m ons as member forWeym outh . He was in 18 18 elected M.P .

for the Aberdeen burghs, which included Montrose, his native town .

He afterwards sat for Middlesex and Kilkenny. In 1842 he was

elected for Montrose,and he continued to represent that constit

uency till the period of his death . He died on the 20th February,

1855, aged 78 . As a reform er Of public abuses

,and a zealous

advocate of financial re trenchm ent in all departm ents of the state,

Joseph Hume is entitled to honourable remembrance.- In the parish churchyard Robert Keith

, of P olburri , a m agis

trate of the burgh,is onhis tom bstone thus commemorated

Sacrum m em oriae perillustris viri Roberti Keith, dom ini terrarum de P olburne

,etc. P raetoris hujus urbis dignissim i, ejusque

conjujis ac liberorum ,ex truetum anno D om . 1 641 . R.K. L G.

Hie s itus est preeclarus vir Robertus Keith, dom inus de P olburne

,etc . praetor hujus urbis dignissim us, qui sum m o om nium

m aerore, Obiit anno salutis hum anas, 1 640. ZEtatIs vero sute 56 .

Nobilis heec Kethi prectoris sax ea molesOssa tegit fam am non tege t ull a dies .P raetorem civem ve alium Ketho mage dignumUrbs habuit nunquam

,vix habitura parem .

Lex haec firm a m anent Inoriendum esse om nibus ergoMors m etuenda m inus

,m orsque

'

dolenda m inus .Principium vitae m ors est, Sic itur ad astra,Felix qui vivit

,qui m oriturque Deo .

Conditas hoe tumulo Sic vix it m ortuus et s ic,Quare O fel ioem terque quarterque virum .

”

Jam es Sco tt of Logic, Bail ie of Montrose, and his wife, Jean

Taylor,are celebrated thus

Sacrum m em oriae illustrissim i'

viri,Jacobi Scoti terrarum de

Logie,de Dom ini

,civitatis Montisroseae praetoris dignissim i, qu1

Obiit cal . Novem bris anno D om . 1658 . ZEtatis suae 65. Ejusque

pientisssim ae Joannae Tailzor, quae Obiit . anno eetatis

suae.

H oe tegitur corpus praetoris marmore ScotiSed tegitur nullo vivida fam a loco ;Nem pe reform andas

,vitae m elioris in usum

Hie veteres posuit Loggins exuvias

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Fortunatus erat, dum vix it ; sed mage felix,Post mortem , Domini certus amore frui .

Hunc lapidem sepulchralem ,novissim um pietatis ofiicium ,

erigendum curarunt ojus filii, qui hie quoque Siti sunt. Anne

In the foll owing epitaph Bailie Robert Arbuthnot commemorates

his wife and chil dren

Sax eum hoe m onum entum egregium Robertus Arbuthnetusurbis Montisrosanae civis et subinde praetor in memoriam piae j uxtaac dilectas conjugis Joannae Beatie, erigendum curavit quae postquam felix ac placidum cum m arito conjugium per aliquot coluissetanuos

,ex hac vita m igravit, idibus circiter Novem b . anno D om .

1 682. [Etatis vero suae 41 . Quaeque una cum liberis 5 inhocdormitorio sepulta jam quiescit.

Corporis exuviae tum ulo condim tur et ossa,

Spiritus in Christi vivit at estque Sinu .

Est ita nam supera, quam vis m oriantur

,inarce

,

Cum Christo vivunt, qui coluere Deum .

Sub hoc etiam cippo,si Deus annuerit

,sepulti jacebunt, ubi

suo quisque fato concesserit, m aritas ipse ejusque liberi adhucsuperstites.

”

Professor James Wishart (VVise-heart) is thus commemorated by

his widow

Lapidem hunc sepul chralem , conjugal is sui am oris indicium,

ex trui curavit Helena Beatie, in memoriam pii ac dil ectissim i suim ariti , Jacobi Sophocardii, urbis Montisrosanae civis philologies

professoris, qui Obiit pridie idus Octobris, 1683. fEtatis suae 60.

Disce mori, quicunque legi mea scripta, viator,Omnes aequa manent funera,

disce moriD isce mori, frater discat cum praesule clerusCum juniore senex , cum sapiente rudis .

”

Three persons nam ed Duncan have on their common gravestone

these lines

As everything a centre hath to which it doth incline,

SO all m enbeing m ade of earth, to earth return in tM c ;

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A widow bem oans her husband and child in these lines

Traveller,attend

,beneath the dust lies here

A loving husband and a child held dear.A chil dless widowed wife bem oans their early fate

,

And sad lam ents her hard, untoward s tateBow

’

d down with grief, al though in years but young,Silent the husband

,and child’s lisping tongue .

Death cross’

d the child , the father nought could save ,One day, one hour, consign

’

d both to one grave .

”

Parents thus lament their departed children

Beneath this turf our children lyAnd wait Chris t’s advent in the sky

,

When every grave shall open wideThey’ll clim b to Heaven, and there reside .

Death’s lost his sting ; Christ, rising from the

Draws all the m em bers to attend the head .

Robert Adam has,on a tom bstone hearing date 1 670, thus

commem orated his four chil dren

Oh cruel Death ! Oh furious Death what fury m akes thee rage,

Thus to cut down young,pleasant plants

,and pass by crooked

age ?But yet these plants

,in spite of this

,shall yet revive and bloom

,

When thou,oh Death

,with thine old Scy the, art withering in the

tomb .

”

PARISH OF MURROES.

Adjoining the parish church is the burial vault of Fotheringham

of P owrie.

In the churchyard tom bstones com m emorate David Millar of

Ballum by, who died 19th J uly, 1 825, aged seventy-one David

Arkley of C lepington, who died 2nd August, 1 822, aged seventy

four ; and the Rev. Al exander Im lach,m inister of the parish

,who

died 6th Novem ber, 1 808 , in the eighty-first year of his age and the

forty- seventh of his m inistry.

PARISH or NEWTYLE. 263

PARISH OF NEWTYLE.

In the parish churchyard a mural monument is thus inscribed

Hie requiescit vir pIudens ac gravis generosa de Balgillo familiac i tus, Magister GULIELMUS BLAIRUS, qui placide ac pie , Obiit 1 6Novem . an. D om . 1 656 , aetat . suae 58 . In cujus m em oriam conjunxejus am antissim a Euplfana Pattull o, hunc tum ulum ex trux it juxtaeum

,ex quo filiam habet octennem sepelienda.

“Vivit post funera virtus .

Cujus hic tum ulum cernis nunc incola coeli est,

Corporis exubias quam prem is abdit hum us .”

The fam il ies of Blair and Pattull o have for several centuries been

connected with the district .

In the south wall of the church the following Latin inscription

ona monum ental tablet com m em orates Jam es Alison,a progenitor

of the late Sir Archibald Alison,Bart.

Post mortem vita. Infra conditur quod reliquum est JACOBIAL ISON

,hujus parochiae quondam incolae et decoris : nisi quod viri

praestantissim i supersunt et vigent virtutes hoc m arm ore perenniores : rara sci .prudentia intam inata fides

,et pietas nescia fraudis.

P aterfuit facill im us, conjux charissim us,et certus am icus ; om ni

bus aequus, benevolus, et charus , et ut caetera com plectar, ex im iprobus . Itaq. cum honesto, hum ili, forti, sanctoq. anim o

,hom inibus

,

m aritis,sociis om nibus exem plum consecrasset integerrim um ,

terrisanim o m aj or

,ad sim iles evolavit superos. Natus erat

denatus .4 Feb. 1 737 .

Mors certa est, incerta dies, incertior hora ;Consulat ergo anim o qui sapit

,usq suo .

”

Mr. Alison was factor onthe estate ofBelm ont he was succeeded

inhi s office by his son , Patrick , who becam e proprietor of Newhall

in Kettins.

A tom bstone celebrates George Watson , Esq .

, Bannatyne House,a county m agistrate

,who died

-

ih 1 813. His representative, Hugh

Watson,who rented the farm s of Keillor and Auchterless, was

fam ed as an agriculturist ; he died in 1 865, aged seventy- seven .

264 FORFARSHIRE.

Several old tombstones com m em orate members of the fam ily of

Jobson , described as“ indwell ers in the Haltownof Newtyle .” Of

these the first named,Jam es

,son of Jam es Jobson and Barbara

Scott, died in July, 1 660, aged nine years . The fam ily becam e

m erchants in Dundee,and attained considerable Opul ence . A

mem ber of the house,Jane Jobson

,heiress of Lochore, married the

eldest son of Sir Wal ter Scott,Bart.

,and is now Lady Scott of

Abbotsford (Vol . I . p .

Robert Small,farm er Boghead, (died 1 771 ) is onhis tom bstone

thus quaintly com m emorated

Here lies the dust of Robert Small,

Who,when inlife

,was thick

,not tall

But what’s of greater consequence,

He was endowed wit-h good sense,O how joyful the day in whichDeath’s pris

’ner shall be free,

And in trium ph o’er all his foesHis God in mercy see.”

A tombstone hearing date 1 675, celebrates Gilbert Mil le, whose

nam e is made to form an acrostic. Mille attained his hundredth

year. His epitaph proceeds thus

G reat are the Wonders God hath WorkedI 11 Heaven, and Earth, and Sea ;L ykways be m any m ercies hath

,

B estowéd upon Me .

E uen in this World,an Hundred Years

,

R em ain’

d I honestly ;T no Wedded “lives the tym e I had ;M uch Com fort were to Me.I n Wedlock’s Band we P rocreatL awfully VVS BetwixL oues Pledges, Whos Right num ber wereE uen tuo tym es ten and six .

My Spritt to God, I do com m itt,

My Body to the GraveWhen Christ shall com e and judge shallShall them both Recave .

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In the old chapel of Finhavenwere deposited the remains of

several Earls of Crawford and of other notable persons . The

monuments have disappeared .

PARISH OF PANBRIDE .

A burial aisle belonging to the noble family of Dalhousie was

constructed in 1672, by George, Earl of Panm ure ; it is attached to

the parish church . To the aisle were com m itted the rem ains

of Colonel the Honourable Lauderdale Maule, second son

ofWill iam ,Lord Panmure, who died at Varna, onthe l st August,1 854. A m onum ental tablet has been erected to his mem ory in the

parish church . (Vol . I . p .

Gravestones in Panbride churchyard present these rhymes

In mem ory of Jacob’s love,

Unto his Rachel, now above ;A pill ar of stone we read he gave

,

And set it up upon her grave ;The first and ancient to be seen

,

In Genesis the 35 and 19.

Though Boreas’ Blasts and Neptune’s waves,

Have toss’

d m e to and fro,Yet from them all I was preserv

’

d,And anchor

’

d here below.

Though fast aground I now remain,

Along with all the Fleet,

Yet once again I shall set sailOur Adm iral CHRIST to m eet.

PARISH OF RESC OBIE.

Two upright stones at P itscandly are supposed to denote the

spot where,about the year 831

,Feredeth, king of the Picts , fell

while contending inbattle with Alpin , king of the Scots .

PARISH OF RESC OBIE. 26 7

In the burial -ground at C hapelyard, have interred for m any gen

erations the Piersons of Balm adies, now of The Guynd. Many of

the tom bstones‘

rem ainentire. The tom bstone of Mary,daughter

of Robert Pierson, of Balm adies,who died 10th November

,177 1 ,

presents the following lines

Mildness of tem per, innocence of m ind,And softes t m anners were in her com bin’d ;Sincere and Open

,undisguis

’

d by art,

She form ’

d no wish but what she m ight im part .Easy and social , cheerful and resigned,

Harm less thro’ life,the Sister and the friend .

In early age, call’

d to resign her breath,

Patient in sickness,undism ay

’

d at death,

A Sister’s grief (’tis friendship’s sacred claim ) ,

Pays this sm all tribute to a Sister’s nam e.”

A m onum ent,enclosed by a railing

,is thus inscribed

Sacred to the m em ory of Margaret Ouchterlony,second

daughter of JohnOuchterlony,Esq . of The Guvnd, and widow of

Jam es Pierson,Esq . She died at The Guynd, 21st March, 1849,

in her seventy- eighth year .

Dear as thou wert,and justly dear

,

We will not weep for theeOne thought shall check the starting tear

,

It is— that thou art freeAnd thus shall Faith’s consoling powerThe tears of Love restrain

Oh who that saw thy parting hourCould wish thee here again

On tom bstones in Rescobie churchyard are these metrical

inscriptions

My husband’s here,and daughter dear

,

Also a sonof m ineIndust do lie ; bu t yet onhighI hope their souls do sh ine .

I’ve other five thi s date survive,

Two daughters,and three sons

May they -with grace,pursue their race

Till once their glass is run .

”

268 FORFARSHIRE.

Inconstant earth,why do not mortal s cease

To buil d their hopes upon so Short a lease ?Uncertain lease

,whose term’s but once begun,

Tells never when it ends till it be done,

We doat upon thy smil es,not knowing why

,

And while we but prepare to live,we die ;

We Spring like flowers for a day’s delight,

At noon we flourish,and we fade at night .

Like to the seed in earthy womb,

Or like dead Lazarus in the tomb,

Or like Tabitha in a sleep,

Or Jonas lik e within the deep,

Or like the m oon or stars inday,

Lie hid and languish quite away ;Even as the grave the dead receives

,

Man being dead be death deceives .The seed springs

,and Lazarus stands

,

Tabitha wakes,and Jonas lands ;

The m oon appears,and stars rem ain ,

So m anbeing dead shall live again .

”

PARISH OF ST. VIGEANS .

A Roman cross in St. Vigeans churchyard presents the usual em

blem s. A portion of another ancient cross is built in the wall ofthe church .

A vault under the church contains the remains of Sir Peter Youngone of the preceptors of James VI . A mural tablet with a Latin

inscription celebrates his virtues . Son of a respectable burgess in

Dundee he was there born on the 15th August,1544. He studied

under Theodore Beza. In January 1569 he was appointed assis

tant preceptor to King James . When the King attained the

governm ent he appointed Young his royal almoner. Acquiring the

lands of Easter Seaton inSt. Vigeans parish he there established

his residence. He died at Easter Seaton on the 7th January,

1 628 .

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270 PORP ARSHIRR.

To-morrow may vanquish a host,

To-m orrow a monarch. be poorA day and our j oys they are fled,An hour and we’re laid with the dead

,

A m oment and we are no m ore .

How frail,how short’s the life of m an

Less than a hand breadth or a span,

Death’s arrows thick about us fly;The slain onevery hand doth lye

,

Som e young,som e Old go Off the stage

,

Death spares not them of sm allest age ,God plucks his flowers at any tim e

,

He knows what’s best,let none repine.

Here l ies a wife,a wife m ost dear

,

A tender m other’s dust lies here ;She l iv’d belov’d and m ourn’

d she died .

Her life was asked,but God the gift denied

Under the stroke of death’s unsparing rodShe calm ly yielded up her flee t ing brea th

,

But with a hope that firm ly cleav’

d to God,

She felt not what is terrible in death .

”

Frail m ortal who dost read these lines,

This truth fix inthy breast,

That in the course of rapid tim eThou too shalt be at rest.

Death’s shafts fly thick and unperceived,

They pierce the young and Old,

The good,the bad

,the weak

,and strong

,

The cowardly and the bold .

Uncertain of ano ther dayMake up thy peace with God

,

And in the vale of death he willSuppOIt thee with his rod .

”

PARISH OF BANC HORY-DEVENICK. 271

KINC ARDINESHIRE.

PARISH OF ARBUTHNOT .

Attached to the parish church is the burial aisle of the noble

house of Arbuthnot. This elegant gothic structure was reared by

Alexander Arbuthnot,afterwards Principal of King

’

S College,Aber

deen,a zealous prom oter of the Reform ation . Within the aisle is

the recum bent effigy of Hugo de Arbuthno t,an early m em ber of

the House,who flourished in the thirteenth cen tury . He m arried

a . .daughter of the House of Moreville,and his wife’s arms and his

ownare sculptured onhis m onum ent.

PARISH OF BANCHORY-DEVENICK .

In the parish churchyard a m onum ent to the m em ory Of the Rev.

Dr. Morrison and his wife is thus inscribed

Erected by George Morrison,D .D .,

m inis ter of this parish,as a

tribute to the m any virtues of his deceased wife Margare t Jaffray,who di ed 1 1th June

,1837, in her 80th year. In the sam e grave

are deposited the rem ains of her husband,Dr. Morrison of Elsick

and Disblair,the revered pastor and m unificent benefactor of this

parish during sixty years,who

,on the 1 1th July

,1 845

,died

Father of the Church of Sco tland,in the 88th year of his age, and

63rd Of his m inistry.

Within the church a m arble tablet celebrates Agnes Fordyce of

the fam ily of Fordyce of Ardo ; she died 2oth of November, 1 834,

aged 76 .

272 KINCARDINESHIRE.

Tombstones commemorate members of the family of Corbet of

Beildside.

On C otcraig Rock a granite obel isk commem orates the late PrinceConsort it was reared by Alexander Thom son

,Esq .

,of Banchory

,

and is thus inscribed

In rem embrance of the visit of H .R.H . Albert,Prince Consort

,

to this Spot, 15th Septem ber,

PARISH OF BANCHORY-TERNAN .

OnScultie-hill a monum ent erected by his tenantry and neigh

bours com m em orates the late General William Burnett of Ban

chory Lodge. He was born 19th February,1 762, and died 7th

February,1 839.

In the parish churchyard a mortuary enclosure contains three

tablets thus inscribed

In memory of Thom as Ram say, second sonof Sir Alex r. Ramsay of BalnIain, Bart . , and of his wife Dam e Elizabe th , daughter ofSir Al ex r. Bannerm an, Bart. He was a Captain in Arm y

,

served in the Peninsula and at \Vaterloo : born 24th Feb ,1 78 6,

di ed 1 8th D ecr. 1 857 , aged 7 1 . And also of Thom as Ram say,R.N .

,

second son of the above Capt . T . Ramsay,and ofMargaret, daughter

of Sir Robert Burnett of Leys , Bart., his second wife, born 13th of

Jany. 1 828, died 1 7th of Jany. 1 856,aged

Catherine Ram say,second daughter of Capt. T . Ramsay

,and

Jane Cruikshank,born April 1 6th

,1822

,died Aug. 21 , 1843

,

aged 21 .

William Burnett -Ram say of Banchory Lodge,late Captainin

H .M’

s. Rifle Brigade, and Lieutenant- Colonel of the Forfar andKincardineshire Militia Artill ery, born 1 1th April, 1821 , died 6thNov. 1 865.

In honour of Captain T . Ramsay a memorial fountain has been

raised in the village of Banchory.

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In m emoriam Francisci Adam s, M .D . , LL .D .,

m edicorum

om nium quotquot Scotia tolit, l iterarum thesaurIs necnonscien t iarum Opibus eruditissim i . Diu in hac valle reducta, ab aula et academ ia procul , m edicinae sim ul et m asis , vir vere Appoll inaris, fideli ter inserviit. Natus Lum phanani I II . Id. Mart . MDCCXCVI .

Mortuus Banchorim IV. Kal . Mart. MDCCCLXI . Carissim i cap itis desiderio aInici posuere .

PARISH OF BENHOLME .

A m onum ent,built in the wall of the church

,being recovered

from the aisle of the older structure , is inscribed as follows

Hic jacet Dom ina Maria Keyth charissim a filianobilissim i com m it-is il lustrissim ique Dom ini . Georgii com itis

Marescal li Dom ini Keyth et A ltrie &c . et nobilissim ae

clarissim aeque Dom inae Dnae Margar Ogilvy Marescalli

com itissae quae faelix in Dom ino Obiit . 14 . Octob AnnoDom ini 1 620 JEtatis suas

Vix lustrum vix it m irabere plurim a vix itLongaeva illa m ihi quae bene vix it critFaelix vita Obitus faelicior ul tim a vox heecC um Christo ut vivam nunc mihi dul ce m oriVera igitur Maria es . Marthas m undana relinquisC um Maria sem per vive fruare Deo .

”

Lady Margaret Ogil vy,daughter of James

,Lord Ogilvy

,ancestor

of the Earls of Airlie, was second wife of George,fifth Earl

Marischal,the m unificent founder of Marischal College

,Aberdeen .

The Scotts of Benholm,interred in the churchyard. Their

burial-place is denoted by a tombstone thus inscribed

P iae m em oriae justisque m eritis patris et m ariti optim i , RobertiScott a Benholm qui m ortal itatis caeno relicto

,in im m ortalitatis

sedem sublatus es t , eetatis suae anno LXIV. Salutis vero hum aneeMDCXC . X . kal . Feb m ausoleum hoc quale quale sacrum voluitsuperstes sua soboles et vidua Dna Catharina Ellis .

”

Tum ulus seu defunctusNe gem itusom num

,m e turbes gaudia luetu

PARISH OF DUNNOTTAR.

Nelaurum lachrym is pollue quisquis ades .C ertavi hanc vitae pugnam

,Victoria parta est

Et m em bris fessis obtigit alma quiesEx plevi num erum V itae terraque relictaCarpo coelestis gaudia Jerusal em .

”

PARISH OF BERVIE.

In the parish churchyard a tom bstone comm emorat es GeorgeSm all

,a respected philanthropist. Born at Edinburgh, on the

26th May, 1 782, he served som e years as an officer in a regi

m ent of fencibles. He subsequently becam e a partner in the firm

of Muir,Wood C o . ,

m usic-sellers,Edinburgh . When a magis

trate of Edinburgh,in 1 832

,he established the House of Refuge

in that city ; he subsequently originated the Lock Hospital, and

other benevolent institutions . In 1 848 he retired from business .

He latterly resided in Bervie,where he died

,1 l th July

,1861 .

A m onum ent denotes the resting- place of Al exander Aberdein ,late Deputy Com m issary of Ordnance

,Bengal ; he died in Decem ber,

1 810,aged fifty

- three .

PARISH OF DUNNOTTAR .

In the parish churchyard the burial- aisle of the Earl s Marischal

form s a conspicuous object ; according to a date above the door

way it was built in 1 582,by George, fifth Earl Marischal, the

founder of Marischal College . His lordship died in 1 623,and

was buried in the aisle . Withi n the railing beside the aisle,a tom bstone com m em orates the parents of Sir George Ogil vy,Governor Of Dunnottar Castle. It is inscribed thus

Here lyes a fam ovs and worthy gentill m an,William Ogilvy, of

Lum ger, and C atharinStraqvhan, hi s spovs, he being seventysix years of age, departed this lyef the 28 of Feb.

276 RINC ARDINRSHIRE.

Mr. Ogilvy was a cadet of the House of Inverquharity, and his

wife was a niece of the Baronet of Thornton .

According to Wodrow,1 67 persons were , in 1 635, brought from

the west of Scotland and im prisoned in Dunnottar Castle for sup

porting the covenant . Of these nine di ed at Dunnottar,and to

their m em ory some of the survivors,after the Re volution

,erected

a tom bstone,thus inscribed

Here lyes John Stot,Jam es Atchison

,Jam es Russell, and

Will iam Broun,and one whose nam e wee have not gotten

,and two

wom en whose nam es also w’

ee know not,and two who perished

com eing doune the Rock, one whose nam e was Jam es Watson,the other not known

,who all died prisoners at Dunnottar Castle ,

anno 1 685,for their adherence to the Word of God and Scotland

’sCovenanted work of Reformation . Rev. 1 1 ch . 12 verse .

On the gravestone of David Bannie,who died in 1 802, are these

lines

The grave has eloquence,its lectures teach

In Silence,louder than divines can preach ;

Hear what it says— ye sons of folly hear !It Speaks to you

,lend an attentive ear

It bids you lay all vanity aside,

A humbling lecture this for hum an pride .

PARISH OF FETTERCAIRN.

In the parish churchyard are mortuary enclosures belonging to

the proprietors of Fasque,Fettercairn

,and Arnhall . Fasque estate

form erly belonged to the Ram says, Baronets of Balm ain ; it is now

in the possession of Sir Thom as Gladstone,Bart .

A monum ent of white marble, in the interior of St. Andrew’s

Episcopal Church,comm em orates the late Sir John Gladstone

,

Bart .,and his lady. It is inscribed thus

Sacred to the memory of Sir John Gladstone, of Fasque and

Balfour,Baronet ; born 1 l th Decem ber, 1 764, died 7th Decem ber,

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These rhymes are from tom bstones in Fettercairn churchyard

The tyrant death spares neither age nor sex,

The gayest m ark he haugh tily affectsParents from children

,husbands from their wives

,

He often tears when m ost they wish their l ivesLearn then to fi x on nothing here below

,

But onthy God,—he’ll Heaven onthee bestow .

He as a rock am ong vast billows stoodScorning loud winds and raging of the flood ;And fix

’

d rem aining al l the force defies,

Muster’

d from threat’ning seas , and thundering skies,

To keep am en his end still to observe,

And from the laws of nature neer to swerve .

Under this stone the m anand wife do lie,

What was one flesh,we but one dust now spy ;

Their daughter also lodgeth in this grave,

So for three bodies,we one ashes have .

The great Eternal Three and One with ease,

W ill from one dust all the three bodies rise,

Which,winged to the celestial j oys above

,

Shall never cease to sing their praise and love .

PARISH OF FETTERESSO .

The interior of the old chuIch is used as a place of in term ent.At the east end is the burial place of Duff, of Fetteresso ; it con

tains an elegant marble monum ent in m em ory of Colonel RobertW. Duff, and his wife, Mary Morrison, grand-daughter of General

Abercrom bie of Glassaugh, M.P . The aisle is used by the

fam ilies of Hepburn of Rickartonand Gordon of Newhall . On

the north side, beside the aisle a stone, dated 16 10, com m em ora tesFrancis Hay

,son to the Laird of Wry.

A tom bstone celebrates , in a latin inscription, the Rev. Andrew

Milne,m inister of the parish, who died 12th October, 1640. His

PARISH or FETTERESSO . 279

father,who bore the sam e chris t ian nam e

,was originally m aster of

the gram m ar school of Montrose,where he taught the celebrated

Jam es Melvill e,who has com m em orated him in his Diary.

A monum ent,erected by the m em bers of his congregation

,com

m em orates the Rev. John Ballantyne,of the United Presbyterian

church,Stonehaven

,who died 5th Decem ber, 1830, in the fifty

first year of

‘

his age,and the twenty-fourth of his ministry. Mr.

Ballantyne com posed a philosophical work, entitled An Exam ina

tion of the Hum an Mind.

”

In the church a m onum ent com m em orates Jolm Fullarton, who

died 10th July,1620

,aged seventy-nine he is supposed to have

been one of the Full artons of Cowie.A plain stone denotes the grave of Robert Duthie

,an ingenious

poet . Born at Stonehaven on the 2nd of February,1 826

,he was

in his 14th year apprenticed to his father in the baking trade . He

afterwards taught a school,but onthe death of his father in 1 847

,

he resum ed his trade,with the View of supporting his m other and

her young fam ily. During his hours of leisure he com posed verses .

His Song Of the Old Rover and Boatm an’s Song have

obtained considerable popularity. After a period of declining healthMr. Duthie died

,onthe 4th January

,1 865. His poem s and songs ,

accom panied with a m em oir,were published posthum ously:

Within the ruin of the old chapel at Cowie,is the burial vault

of Innes of Cowie . Tom bstones com m em orate John Innes

form erly of Leuchars, and for m any years sheriff substitute of thecounty

,who died 10th July

,1 827

,in his eightieth year also “ Jean

Innes,who died 26th June

,1 831

,aged eighty -two . Mr. Innes was

a cadet of the ancient “ House of Cowie ; his son is Professor

Cosm o Innes,the em inent antiquary.

In the Howff Park at Ury is situated the burial-aisle of the Bar

clays and Bairds,the past and present owners of the estate. Over

the entrance is a tablet,thus inscribed

Anno 1 741 conditum auspicio Roberti Barclay de Ury, sum ptibas autem fratris sui D avidis Barclay, m ercatoris LondonenSIs,ad m ajorum cineres tegendos, nem pe Avi C olonell i Dav1di s Barclay

280 KINCARDINESHI RE.

de Ury, filuet haeredis Davidis Barclay deMatheris ; Patris RobertiBarclay de Ury

,Apologize Auctoris ; nee non Matris, lectissim ae ob

vitae sanctim oniam ‘

et raram beneficentiam qua m iseris et aegris ,

quo tidie opitulabatur exem plum lucidum posteris indicatum est

m oribus ingenio candore , et sanguine clari cultores verae religioniserant.

”

David Barclay,at whose cost the aisle was constructed

,was an

opulent m erchant in London ; he had the honour of entertaining

Queen Anne and the first three Georges during their state vis its

to the city.

A m onum ent in the aisle presents the foll owing pedigree of the

Barclay fam ily

1 . Theobald de Berkeley , born AD . 1 1 10, lived in the time of

Alexander the First and David the First , Kings of Scotland . 2.

Hum phrey his son,cousin of“falter de Berkeley

,Great Cham ber

lain of the kingdom,becam e owner of a large dom ain inthis county

and from the lands of Balfeith,Monboddo

,Glenfarquhar, and o ther

portions of it granted to the m onks of Aberbrothwick,donations

that were confirm ed by Willi am the Lion . 3. Richcnda, his onlychild

,renewed and m ade additions to these donat ions

,and her grants

were confirm ed by K . Alexander the Second . 4. Dying without issue, she was succeeded by John de Berkeley, brother of Hum

phrey ,who dispossessed the monks of all these donations

,but was

obliged to com prom ise and give them instead a portion of his landsof Conveth , and that transaction was confirm ed by K . Alexanderthe Second . 5. Robert de Berkeley, son of John , had concurred in hisfather’s com prom ise with the m onks . 6 . Hugh de Berkeley

,son of

Robert,obtained from King Robert Bruce a charter over the lands of

\Vestertonand Conveth . 7 . Al exander de Berkeley, son and successor ,

of Hugh, married Catherine, s ister of Willi am de Keith,

Marischal of Scotland,A .D . 1351

,and by that marriage added to

the paternal estate s the then extensive domain of Mathers,con

veyed by charter from the Marischal confirmed by King DavidBruce. 8 . David de Berkeley, 2ud of Mathers , m arried the daughterof John de Seton . 9. His son Al exander de Berkeley

, 3rd of

Mathers,m arried Helen, daughter of Graham e of Morphie . 10.

Their son David de Berkeley ,4th of Mathers , who built an im

pregnable cas tle called the Kaim of Mathers,and according to

t radition,there took refuge onaccount of his concern in the m ur

der of Melville,the sheriff ; m arried the daughter of S trachan of

Thorn ton. 1 1 . His son Alexander, 5th of Mathers , m arried the

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282 KINCARDINESHIRE.

family . He sat in the Scots Parliament as representative successively for Su therlandshire and the counties of Angus and Mearns .See his gravestone adjacent hereto .

Tablets and monum ents containing the following inscriptions

are also to be found in the Barclay aisle :

The grave of Colonel David Barclay,of Urie

,son and heir of

David Barclay,of Mathers

,and Elizabeth

,daugh ter of Livings ton

,

of Dunipace . He was born anno 1 6 10 ; bough t the barony o t'

Urie , 1 648 ; having religiously abdicated the world in 1 66 6 , hej oined the Quakers

,and died 12 of October 1 68 6 .

The grave of Robert Barclay,of Urie

,Author of the “Apologie

for the Quakers , sonand heir of Colonel David Barclay , of Urie ,and Katherine, daughter of the first Sir Robert Gordon, of Gordons ton . He was born Decr. 23, 1 648 , and died Octr. 3

,1690.

Also of his wife,Christian

,daugh ter of Gilbert Mollison

,Merchant

inAberdeen . She was born Anno 1 647 , and died Fchry . 14,

1 723.

The grave of Robert Barclay, of Ury ,son and heir of Robert

Barclay,of Ury

,and of Chris t ian

,daughter of Gilbert Mollison ,

m erchant in Aberdeen,and eldest son of Thom as Molli son , of

Lauchintully . He was born March the 25th,1 672, and died

March the 27th,1 747 .

The grave of Robert Barclay,of Ury , and Elizabeth O

’

Brian,

daughter of Jam es O ’

Brian,Esq .

,of London, and son of Colonel

O’

Brian,of the Kingdom of Ireland . He was grandson to Robert

Barclay,of Ury

,Au thor of the Apology for the Quakers ; was

born20th July,1 699

,and died 10th October, 1 760.

The grave of Une Cam eron, wife of Robert Barclay,of Ury,

and daugh ter of Sir Evan Cam eron, of Lochiel . She was bornMarch

,1 701 , and died March , 1 7 62. Also of Jane Barclay

,her

daughter,who was born in 1 726 , and died inAugus t, 1 750.

The grave of Anne Barclay, the eldes t daughter of RobertBarclay, of Ury, great-grandson of Robert Barclay

,of Ury, Author

PARISH or rsrrnlrrsso .

of the Apology for the Quakers ; and Sarah Anne Allardice,of

Allardice,daughter and heiress of Jam es Al lardice of Allardice .

She was born 13 Septem ber,1 77 7 , and died 29th October,

To the mem ory of Robert Barclay, of Al lardice, Esquire , 5thof Ury

,great-grandson of the Apologist

,who was born at Ury in

1 731 ; and having acquired by m arriage the estate of Allardice,

thereupon assum ed that additional surnam e . Inheriting from hisfather

,Robert the Strong

,sym m etry of form and grea t m uscul ar

power,he excelled inall the athletic exercises. Succeeding to

Ury onhis father’s death, in 1 760, whil e it was yet in the rudestcondi tion

,he zealously devoted towards its im provem ent the

energies of a vigorous m ind, stored with a thorough knowledge o f

agriculture,attained by assiduous study of its theory and practice

,

in the best districts of England . Accordingly,he brought into

high cul tivation about 2000 arable acres,planted 1500 acres of

wood,and executed the m anifold operations connected with such

works in a m anner so unexam pled and successful,that his practice

becam e the conventional standard over an extensive district,and

placed him in the forem ost rank am ong Scottish agriculturis ts .By the grant of fen- rights onhis estate of Arduthie

,he laid the

foundation of the N ew Town of Stonehaven,and l ived to see it

becom e a populous and thriving com m unity. By unanim ouselection

,he represented his , native county in three successive

Parl iam ents . Dis tinguished by his loyalty and patriotism,and

honoured with the intim ate friendship of the great William Pitt,

and other em inent statesm enof the t im e,he died at Ury

,the 7th

of April,

To the m em ory of Une Cam eron, wife of John Innes, Esquire,of Cowie

,who was born in1 778 , and died at Cowie, in Septem ber,

1809. Mary,born in 1 780, who died in 1799. Jam es Allardice

,

born in 1784, who died, in the island of Ceylon, in 1 803. David,Major of the 28th Regim ent of Foot, who was born in 1 786, anddied at Otranto

,in Italy

,in 1 826 . Rodney

,born in 1 782, who

died in 1 853,all children of Robert Barclay Allardice

,Esquire, of

Ury,and Sarah Anne Allardice

,of Allardice

,heiress of line of the

Earls of Airth and Menteith .

In m em ory of Robert Barclay Allardice , Esquire, of Ury andAllardice

,heir of line of the Earls of Airth and Menteith , born

284 K INCARDINESHIRE.

August 25th, 1779, died onthe l st of May,1 854

,in the 75th

year of his age .

Robert Barclay Allardice, of Ury, born 25th August 1 779, died

l st May,

Robert Barclay, of Allardice and Ury, who died in 1 797 , con

tributed to “Archaeologica Scotica” a paper on the site of the

battle of Mons Gram p ius. Robert Barclay Allardice,who died

in 1854,was renowned for his pedestrian feats . He exercised a

profuse hospitality,and was a zeal ous agriculturist. With reference

to the claims of the House onthe earldom of Airth and Menteith,see sup ra ,

p . 246 .

In the Barclay aisle are deposited the remains of Al exander

Baird, of Ury, who di ed in 1 862. By this gentlem an,a m em ber

of the Gartsherrie fam ily,the aisle was repaired and renovated .

The following rhym es are from gravestones in Fetteresso

yard :

Our lyefe is short, and’tis

Full e of sorrowe,

We’re here to -day,and straight

Are gone to-m orrow .

”

Pain was m y portionPhysic was my food ;

Sighs were m y devo t ionDrugs did rue no good

Til l Christ m y Redeem er,Who knows what is best

,

To ease m e of m y painHas taken m e to rest .

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first and most illustrious m artyrs,George Wishart

,of P itarrow

,in

this parish and as a testim ony of gratitude to the great Head of

the Church,for the work of the Reform ation

,onbehalf of which

his servant suffered . He was born in 1513,and was burned at

St. Andrews,l st March , 1546 .

‘The righteous shall be in everlasting rem em brance .

’

The estate of P itarrow remained in the family of Wishart from

the beginning of the thirteenth till the commencem ent of the

seventeenth century .

The three following inscriptions are from tom bstones belonging

to the fam ilies of Leith and Arnott :

“ Under the flat stone. 5 feet south from this wall, lies the bodyof Jam es Leith , of VVhiteriggs, who died 20th Feb .,

1 788, aged 63.

And onthe south side of that stone lies the body of MargaretYoung

,his wife

,who died 6 April

,1 783, aged 58 . The virtue

of their lives m ade their deaths lam ented,and this stone is in

gratitude erected to their m em ories by their children . Here arealso interred the body of Margaret Hacket, his m other, who died inApril

,1 765, aged 56 . And Doctor Charles Leith

,his brother

,who

died 6 of May,1 731 , aged 56 . And also of two of his children

,

Ram say Leith ,and Leith

,who died ininfancv.

”

Sacred to the m em ory of Jam es Arnott,Esq . ,

who died atArbikie

,in Forfarshire

,3 Dec

,1 799 and of his wife

,Janet Leith

,

who died at Edinburgh ,29 Aug , 1827 and of their two younger

sons,Charles Arnott

,Esq .

,form erly sol icitor in London

,who died

at Leithfield Cottage, in this parish ,21 Sept

,1 841

,and whose

body is here interred . And David Leith Arnott, Esq .

,a Major in

the East India Com pany’s service, who died in India, 19th Oct . ,1 840. And of their youngest daughter

,Helen Arnott

,who died

in Montrose,21 Feb . ,

1807 . Jam es Leith Arnott, grandson of

said Jam es Arnott and Janet Leith , died a t Edinburgh , 10 Novr.

,

1 8 18 , aged 2 years .

Jam es Leith,ofW

'

hiteriggs or Leithfield, and Margaret Young,spouses

,whose nam es are m entioned on a table t erected near

this stone,left six children , viz . Al exander Leith , died at sea in

J an,1805

,aged 53. J ohn Leith

,died at Surinam in 1805, surgeon

PARISH or FORDOUN . 287

of the 1 6th regim ent of Foot , aged 49. Jam es Leith,died at

Madras,12th Nov.

,1829

,a Major-General in the service of the

East India Com pany, aged 65. Janet Leith, or Arnott, wife of

Jam es Arnott , m entioned ou'

the other side,died at Edinburgh

,

aged 73, leaving a fam ily— Margaret Leith,died at Edinburgh

,

March 13,1 835

,aged 77 . Elizabeth Leith

,died at Edinburgh

,

29 April, 1 841 , aged 8 1 . Erected by the three surviving childrenof the said Jam es Arnott and Janet Leith .

An altar- stone denotes the resting- place of Dr. Jam es Badenoch ,ofW

'

hiteriggs, who died 21st Decem ber, 1 797, agedfifty- four ; he was

grandfather of the late J . Badenoch Nicholson,Esq.

,of Glenbervie .

Within a m ortuary enclosure,a tom bstone com m em orates Jam es

Gam m ell,Esq .

,of Drum tochty,

who died 15th September,1825

,

aged eighty-nine . His son,Lieutenant—General Andrew Gam mell , is

interred in Westm inster Abbey.

On tom bstones in the parish churchvard are these rhym es

This dust which now obscurely lies ,Once anim ated was by oneWhose am iable qual itiesSeldom

,if ever

,were outshone .

This dust which here doth rest in sacred peace ,Once lodg

’

d a soul enrich’d with every g0 race ;

A safe com panion,and a friend approv

’

d

In death regretted and inlife belov’

d .

Well pleased,Heaven crown’

d his virtues with success,

And soon receiv’

d him to the seats of bliss ;At Life’s m id age he gained that happy shore

,

Where friends unite,and death can part no m ore .

Love conjvgal in this lyfe keeps am ity,t death doth com e and break societyYet here is love com e to behold and see,That with death strove and got the victory .

Together they did live,together dy,

Together wer both bvried in one dayTogether they withi n this grave do ly,

Together they shall reign with Christ for aye .

88 KINCARDINESHIRE.

PARISH OF GARVOCK.

A gravestone in Garvock churchyard presents these lines

Each letter’

d stone some lesson reads,And bids you stop your paceEach warning you insolem n tone,Where ends your m ortal race .

Soon will your owna lecture read ,In every cavil

’

ler’

s ear ;And bid the pas sing stranger halt,And Shed a pitying tear.

Le t thy m ortality be grav’d,

Deep on thy faithful m indBefore the j ourneyer o

’

er thy tomb,Memento mori find .

PARISH or GLENBERVIE .

In the Douglas aisle a m onum ent com m em orates

Douglas , of Glenbervie, n inth Earl of Angus, and his wife, Egedi a,daughter of Sir Robert Graham

,of Morphie . From Jam es V. his

Lordship obtained a charter in 1591,confirming him in the ancient

privileges of his house,viz .

,to vote first in council and in Parlia

ment,to lead the van of the royal army

,and to carry the crown

at coronations . He died in 1591 .

On a m ural tablet are set forth the valiant exploits and dis

tinguished alliances of the Barons of Glenbervie,from the sup

posed origin of that house in the eighth century.

The Stuarts of Inchbreck, form erly interred in the churchyard .

On the ruin of the old church a brass plate presents a list of thelairds of Inchbreck,

from 1 550 downwards .

A tom bstone com memorates Jam es Burnes, farm er, Brawlinm uir,who died in 1 743, and his wife Marg aret Falconer. They were

great-grand parents of the poet Burns .

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Baroneti,qui Arci Dunotriensi praefectus strenue eam per al iquod

tempus adversus paricidarum Anglorum C opias tutatus eam tandemdedere est coactus. Non ante tam em quam ipsius conjugisque sureD . Elizabethae Douglassiae opera Im perii Scotici Insignia , Corona,sciz : Sceptrum et Gladius

,ibi reposita,

clam inde avecta atque inhac Kinneffisede sacra in tuto essent coll ocata. Ob egregia haecviri in P atriam merita constantem que et illibatam in RegiamFam iliam fidem Equitis Baroneti honorem per l iteras patentes III .

N on: Mart : anno MDCLX. a Rege datas,est consecutus : auctis

ejus P aternis Insignibus gentilibus quibus in hunc usque . diemfam il ia sua utitur. Regio porro diplom ate Magno Scotiae Sigillom unito ei concessum est terrarum suarum possidendarum jus atenura quam vulgo Wardam Sim plicem appellant, in Albam quaedicitur tenuram com m utaretur. Inutroque hoc instrumento Regi osum ma ejus in principes suos fidel itas atque egregia m erit

a

m axim ocum delogia com m em orabantur. David Ogilvie, Eques Baronetussupra dioti pronepos obiit Non: Decem : MDCCXCIX . anuosnatus LXX . Dom ina Ogilvie hujus conjux obiit XIV. Kal Iananno MDCCC . annos nata LIII . Am bo in hac sede sepulti.

”

To Mrs . Grainger Parliament voted merks . For her hus

band was reserved a gravestone,with these commendatory l ines

of Latin verse

Scotia Grangeri cui Insignia Regia debetServata hic cineres rel iquiaeq

’ j acent .Abstulit obsesso paene heec captiva Dunotro,C ondidit et sacra qva tvm vlator hvrno .

Proem ia dant superi ; patrii servator honorisSceptra rotat superos inter athleta chor

Mr. Grainger died in 1 663, aged about fifty- seven . His widow,

whose maiden name was Christian Fletcher,m arried a landowner

inthe district, named Abercrom bie. In the parochial charge Mr.

Grainger was succeeded hy’

the Rev. James Honym an,son of David

Honym an,baker in St . Andrews

,and who was som etime assistan t

to Mr. Jam es,Sharp , minister of Crail, the future archbishop. A

tombstone comm em orates Mr. Honym an and his descendants,

three of whom were in succession m inisters of the parish . It is

inscribed thus

In mem ory ofMr. James Honym an,brother of Andrew,

Bishop

PARISH OF K INNEFF.

of Orkney, and Robert, Archdean of St. Andrews,who was settled

m inister of this parish of Kinneff, 30th Sept. 1 663, and died 2ndMay

,1 693, and is here interred . And of Mr. Andrew Honym an

,

his eldest son,who succeeded in the charge , and died 3oth Dec .

1 732 ; and, together with his wife, Helen Rait, of the fam ily of

Finlawston,is here interred. And of Mr’ Jam es Honym an

,his

eldest son,and successor in this charge

,who died l 6th Jan . 1 780,

aged seventy- seven years,and is interred here

,with his wife

Katherine Al lardyce,daughter of Provost Al lardyce in Aberdeen .

And of Mr. Jam es Honym an, his eldest son , who succeeded himin this charge

,and died 5th Aug. 1 78 1 , aged thirty- six years

,and

is here interred . This m onum ent is erected by Mr. John,a dis

senting clergym an in England,Dr. Robert

,a physician in Virginia,

and Helen,the wife of Robert Edward

,in Harvieston

,brothers and

sister of the last deceased .

Mr. Jam es Honym an,m inister of Kinneff

,grandson of the suc

cessor of Mr. Grainger, com posed the popular song,“ Hie, bonnie

lassie,blink over the burn

,

” and other verses .

A m em ber of the fam ily of Graham,of Morphie, is on an

ancient gravestone thus comm em orated

Hoc tvm vlo conditvs est vir pivs et gerosvs RobertGraham e de largie Dom ini a Morfe . fi

’ terti’ qvi. et

sancte in doio obdorm iit Anno Christi 1597 anno eetatis

svae

An altar tom bstone celebrates by the foll owing inscription ,several yeom en descendants of the noble house of Lindsay

Andreas Lindsay,teneno de Whi sleberry filius Joannis et

nep‘os alij Joannis Lindsays,dict . praedij tenen . ; pronepos Jacobi

Lindsay,tenen. de Brigend, et abnepos Rogeri Lindsay, tenen . de

Barras,ab illustri et antiqua fam ilia Lindseorum ,

prim o deGlenesque, et pos tea de Edzel designat ,

orti,diversarum nobilium

fam iliarum ancestorum,tribus ult. m ent . apud C aterline sepultis,

hoc posuit m em oriae dict . sui Patris,qui obij t 20 De . 1 724,

ee tatis

57 Joannae Napier, ejus Matris, quae fatis concessit 30 No . 1 743,eetatis 56 ; (sepultae apud Bervy) Catharinas Christy, ejus uxoris ,quae decessit 25 Ap . 1 743

, eetatis 38 ; et C atharinm Lindsay, suesfil iae

,quae obijt in pueritia. Obijt ille Andreas Lindsay 2do Julii

1 761 , eetatis vero 57, hic q sepultus. Ejus l iberi superstites fuere ,

292 KINCARD INESHIRE.

Joannis (patris successor in Whisleberry) , Hugo (scriba in Aberdeen) Joanna (uxor Gul ielm i Cruickshank ,

civis Aberdonensis) ,Helena et Anna (adhuc innupta) ; Jacobo, filio prim ogenito (apudCork , in Hibernia, in Classa Regia) , m ortuo m ense Februarii 1 759,aetatis 30. Joannes Lindsay

,qui patri successit in Whistleberry,

obijt 14 Jul . 1 809, an . set. 74, et hujus uxor, Christian Walker,decessit 14 Aug. 1 830, an . set. 94. Am bo hic sepul ti. Al exanderLindsay

,horum filius teneno de Whistleberry, obiit 6 Nov. 1 831 ,

an . act. 68 cuj us filia natu maxim a,Margaret, innupta decessit 7

N ov. 1 831,an. set. 22. In hoc sepulchro una contum ulati.

”

A tombstone inscribed as follows, celebrates JohnYoung, of

Stank,sheriff of the county ,

and his sonWilliam Young, M .D .,of

Fawsyde, with the mem bers of his family

Mem oriae Joannis Young de Stank , vicecom itis de Kincardine,qui obijt quarto die Martij , anno 1 750 aetatis 52. Gulielm usYoung, M .D .

,filius hoe m armor posuit.

In memory of William Young, of Fawsyde who died9 March 1 850 ; and of his wife

,Mary Logie

,who died 1 8 Nov.

1 838 . Also of their only child Jane Young, who died 2 March1 834.

PARISH OF LAURENC EKIRK.

In the churchyard a memorial slab is thus ins cribed

HER LYIS MASTER . PATRICK BELLIE SCHOLLE MASTER.WHO‘

DEPARTED THIS LYPE FEBRUARY THE 10 1695. or . AGE 20 .

YEIRS 5 MONETHS AND . 1 6 DAYES.

As parochial schoolm aster Mr. Belbie was succeeded by the cele

brated Thomas Ruddim an,who held the office four years .

On an al tar stone,Bishop Watson

,of the Episcopal Church

,is

celebrated thus

Viro adm odum Reverendo Jonathan Watson,in Ecclesia

Scotia: Episcopo, pietatis aliarum que virtutum vere evangelicarumemulo ; inbonis literis inque theologia ex ercitato ; animo fir

‘

m o ;

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A tom bstone is thus inscribed

Sacred to the memory ofAlexander Shank of C astlerig, sometime minister of the Gospel at St. Cyrus

,who di ed at Laurencekirk

on the 5th Jam . 1 8 14,aged 75 years — Also

,Diana

,his wife ,

daughter of the late Robert Scott of Dunninald, parish of Craig ,who di ed here on the 24th Feb”. 1 825

,aged 84 years and

Jane,t heir youngest daughter, who died at her house in Lau

rencekirk,onthe 23d of Nov. 1840 -Also

,in mem ory of Henry

Shank,of C astlerig and Gleniston, Esq.

,last surviving son of the

above Alexander and Diana Shank,who died January 4

,1 860

,

aged 8 1 .

The Rev . Al exander Shank, son of the m inister ofArbuthnot, was

admitted to the pastoral charge of St . Cyrus in 1 759. He resigned

the living in 1781 , onsucceeding to the estate of C astlerig, Fifeshire ,and thereafter established his residence at Laurencekirk His son

mentioned in the epitaph became a Director of the East India

Com pany,and his daughter

,Diana

,married the Rev. George

Cook,D .D . , minister of Laurencekirk, and subsequently Professor

ofMoral Philosophy at St. Andrews .In the church a marble tablet thus com memorates Dr. Duirs

,an

eminent arm y surgeon,born in the parish .

In mem ory ofWil liam Duirs,M.A.

,MD Deputy Inspector

General of Hospital and Fleets, a nat ive of thrs parish,who fell a

victim to yellow fever,contracted in the execution of his duty at

the Royal Naval Hospital,Jam aica

,8 June 1867 , aged 47 years .

This tablet is erected by- sixty-two of his brother m edical officersas a testim ony of their high apprecia t ion ofhis sterling worth

,kind

ness of heart,and professional abilities .

A plaintombstone celebrates Charles Stevens,the original manu

facturer of the Laurencekirk snuff boxes ; he died 6th August

1 821,aged sixty-eight.

PARISH or MARYCULTER. 295

PARISH OF MARYCULTER..

Am ong the ruins of the old church are two recumbent figures

believed to represent Menzies , of Maryculter,and his lady

,who

flourished in the fifteenth century. The family obtained by

m arriage the estate of P itfoddles. John Menzies,of P itfoddles

,

who died in 1 849,bequeathed his lands and mansion-house for a

Cathol ic College. The m ansion, m uch enlarged, is now known asBlair

’

s College it contains an excellent,

l ibrary and some valuable

portraits .

A granite monum ent on the hill of Auchl ec celebrates John

Irvine-Boswell,of Balm uto and Kingcausie, son of Claude Boswell ,

Lord Balm uto . The m onum ent is inscribed thus

In m em ory of John Irvine-Boswell,of Balm uto and Kingcausie .

born 28th Decem ber,1 785 ; died 23rd Decem ber, 1 860. A m an

who loved his Saviour,walked steadfastly with his God

,and whose

rule of life was Whatsoever ye do in word or deed,do all in the

nam e of the Lord Jesus Christ. In early life he j oined the Colds tream Guards

,and carried their Colours in the battle of Talavera.

Retiring from the arm y he settled at Kingcausie, and lived totransform the natural barrenness of the Estate into luxuriantfertili ty. He will long be rem em bered in the district for theenlightened zeal he displayed in the introduction of all the im

provem ents of m odern agriculture ; and he did not confine hisattent ion to his ownEstates

,his knowledge and experience being

over at the service of his neighbours,rich and poor alike. In

every posit ion and relation of life he m aintained,with rare fidelity

,

the character of a Christian Gentlem an ; and he died in peace,trus ting sim ply in the m erits of his Saviour for acceptancewith his God. His sorrowing widow,

Margaret Irvine-Boswell,

erected this m onum ent as a solace in. her bitter bereavem ent,A .D . M .DCCCLXII .”

Mem bers of the fam ily of Gordon,of Ellon, are interred in the

churchyard .

A tom bstone with an inscription com m em orates Dr. John

Glennie,m inister of the parish , who died in1 801 , aged eighty- one .

Dr. Glennie’s youngest son

,George

,was m inister of the West

Church,Aberdeen

,and Professor of Moral Phi losophy in Marischal

College .

296 KINCARDINESHIRE.

PARISH OF MARYKIRK.

In the churchyard an aisle,which form ed the transept of the

old church,is the burial place of Strachan, of Thornton. The ceiling

is adorned with heraldic devices . A m arble tablet bears the fol

lowing inscription

Epicedium throenodicum memoriam faem inae lectissim ee,Dom inae Elizabethae Forbesae

,Dom inte a Thornton, aeterni tatrs

candidatas, m eritorum nissim a,puerpera, im

maturo fato repta est,dum annum aetatis vigesiInum

quintum agebat, die decim o Ianuarij61 : Cujus fragrantissim ae memoriae, l icet de m onum eriti s omni aere perennioribus abunde satis litatum sit, hoc tam

m agnifico mausoleo, parentau’ dum curavit conjunx ipsius

pullatus, D . Iacobus Strahanus a Thorntonae, eques auratus.

Siste,viator

,habes sum m i monum enta

Virtutis tum ulum, pieridum q

’ vidOm nis una fuit brevis haec quam conLux nuper patriae levis um bAurea si tantas fudere crepusculaLux isset, quanto sidereQuanta fuit pietas quam stem m atis

Enthea m ens roseus quam sine sente sinus .

Quantus et oris bonos ; P hcenix vix itq’

caditq’

,

Qualem non poterant reddere decem ,

At m utura polio cecidit C hristoq’

quIdIgnavi saecla num erant

,facta boni.

Mors ipsa non separadit.”

Lady Strachan was third daughter of Forbes,ofWaterton

,

deenshire, about the close of the seventeenth century the estate of

Thornton becam e the possession of this house . It now belongs to

Mr. Crombie, of P itarrow. The baronetcy IS dorm ant.

A mortuary enclosure belongs to the family of Taylor,of Kirk

tonHil l, cadets of the old house of Taylor, of Borrowfield.

A plain tombstone com mem orate s Margaret Low,wife of John

Herd, tenant inMuirton, and mother of David Herd, the em inent

collector of Scottish ball ads ; she died 14th December, 1 751 , in

her sixtieth year. (Vol . I.,p .

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Oh,that it were wi th m e ,

AS in the days of o ld,

Wi th chil dren about m e,

In num ber m anifold !But here m ine only son

,

In this dark grave is laid,

And hindered not his fatherTo sleep into his bed ;Because that the oppressor

,

Upon his s ide had power,And none to com fort m e

,

Al tho’ I m ourned sore .

”

He’ll order Death,that porter rude

,

To open the gates of brass ;For

,10

,with characters of blood

Thy husband wrote thy pass .At Jordan deep then be not feared ,

Tho’ dism al- like and broadThy sunwil l guide

,thy shield will guard

Thy husband paved the road .

He’ll lead thee safe,and bring thee Hom e

,

So still let blessings fallOf grace while here till glory com eThy husband’s bound for all .”

PARISH OF ST. CYRUS.

A massive monument is thus inscribed

Sacred to the memory of Sir Joseph Straton,of Kirkside

,C om

panion of the Bath ; Knight of the Guelphic Order of Hanover,

and of the Order of St. W'

aldem ar of Russia ; Lieut. -General of theBritish Arm y ; youngest son of Will iam Muter, Esq .

,of Annfield

,

Fifeshire, and Mrs . Janet S traton , of Kirkside, Kincardineshire .

This brave and accom pl ished officer entered the arm y in early life,

and served with distinguished honor in the Peninsular War andat W

'

aterloo,under Field Marshal the Duke of “'ell ington . He

com m anded his ownregim ent of the 6th Dragoons unt il the fallof the gal lant Ponsonby,

to whose brigade he belonged,when the

com m and of the brigade devolved upon him . Towards the close

PARISH or sr. C YRUS. 299

of the action Sir Joseph Straton was wounded,and upon the

term inat ion of the war, as a reward for his services, he had variousm ili tary honours conferred upon him . He died Colonel of theEnniskillen Dragoons, at London , 23d Oct ,

1 840,in the 63d year

of his age, and is interred here by his owndesire .”

Sir Joseph Straton succeeded Joseph Straton,his maternaluncle

,

in the lands of Kirkside, a fam ily representing the older and dis

tinguished House of Straton, ofLauriston . Alex ander de Straton fell ,with several of his sons

,at the Battle of Harlaw

,in 141 1 . George

Straton, of Lauriston, was one of the first persons of rank who

supported the Reform ed doctrines . His son,Sir Alexander Straton

,

was in 1 603 Lord High Com missioner to the General Assem bly.

A burial- aisle belonging to the Graham s of Morphic,has lately

been restored by Barron Graham,Esq ., of Morphic

,the present

representative of that House .

Withina m ortuary enclosure,a m onum ent celebrates George

Beattie,an ingenious and short- lived poet ; it is thus inscribed :

To the m em ory of George Beattie,writer inMontrose

,who

died 29th Sept ,1 823

,in the 38th year of his age

,this m onum ent

was erected by the friends who loved him in life and lam ented himin death . In his disposition

,he was just

,charitable and benevo

lent in his principles,firm and independent ; inhis genius, forcible

and pathetic ; and inhis m anners, plain and social . His virtuesare deeply engraved in the hearts of those who knew him

,and his

l iterary produc tions will be adm ired while taste for original hum ourand vigorous expression rem ain .

”

Beattie was a native of the parish . A writer of verses from his

youth , he is best known as the author of John 0’

Arnha,a poem

in the m anner ofBurns’

s“Tam o

’

Shanter. Possessed of a m orbid

sensitiveness,he was led

,through disappointed affection

,to take his

ownl ife . He perished in his 38th year.

On tom bstones in the churchyard are these rhym es

If honour wait onpedigree,

And ancient blood we boast ;I claim descent from Adam ,

\Vho of m ankind was firs t .

300 KINCARDINESHIRE.

From Noah next my line I have,

Through C am bria’

s hardy sons ,To Scotia’s bleak

,but friendly clim e

,

In earth to lay my bones.

When first I drew the breath of lifeI nothing knew at all ;

Yet long before m y death I knewThat I with Adam fell.

My body lays near to this stone,

Waiting the m orning cal l ;WhenChrist will take me by the hand .

He is my all and all.”

Low here his m ouldering body’s laid,

N ow wrapt in death’s oblivious shadeI trust his soul dwells with the blest

,

In m ansions of eternal rest.Let every one who reads his fate

,

Reflect onlife’s uncertain date ;And learn to run their worldly raceThat they through Christ m ay die in peace.His parents hope to meet againTheir son

,beyond the reach of pain

,

And sin,and death

,when saints shall rise

,

To reign immortal in the Skies .”

An obelisk onthe estate of Morphie, thirteen feet in height, is

supposed to com m emorate a son of Cam us and som e other Danish

chief,who fell inbattle at the spot. According to tradition; the

Danes,after their defeat at Panbride

,retreated northwards

,and

here were againattacked by the Scots,and again Signally routed.

PARISH OF STRACHAN.

In the parish churchyard a m arble monum ent commem orates

Colin Cam pbell,Esq . ,

of K ilmartin and Blackhall , who died 27th

April,186 1

,aged thirty-three .

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ABERDEENSHIRE.

PARISH OF ABERDEEN.

In the chapel of King’s College (founded by Bishop Elphinston

in 1494) a monum ent celebrates Henry Scougal , Professor, first

of Philosophy and afterwards of Theology in that institution . The

inscription is as follows

Mem ories sacrum Henricus Scougal reverendi in Christo patris,P atricii episcopi Abredonensis filius philosophies

,in hoc academia

regia per quadrennium totidem que annis ibidem theologies professor, ecclesiae in Auchterless uno anno interstite pastor ; mul tain tam brevis vita! curriculo

,didicit

, praestitit, docuit coeli aviduset coslo

,m aturus obiit anno Dom . 1 678 . P

’Etatis suas 28 et hie

exuvias m ortal itatis posuit.

”

Second son of Bishop Patrick Scougal , the subject of the preceding

epitaph was born in June,1 650. Educated at King’s College

,he

there so greatly distinguished himself that in hi s nineteenth year

he was appointed regent of philosophy. He was one of the first

Scottish professors who taught the phil osophy of Bacon . After

ministering for a year in the parish of Auchterless,he was pro

m oted to the Professorship of Theology in K ing’s C oll ege. He

died onthe 27th June,1 678 , at the early age of twenty- eight.

He com posed an able work,entitled “ The Life of

'God in the Soul

ofMan, and left several treatises inMS . To the library of King’s

College he bequeathed his collection of books,with 5000 m arks to

increase the salary of the Professor of Theology.

St. Nicholas Church , an im posing ecclesiastical structure, was

rem oved in 1732, when the present fabric of the West Church was

raised upon its site. On a pillar of St. Nicholas church was in

scribed the following epitaph

PARISII or ABERDEEN .303

Robert Davidson, provost of Aberdeen, was killed at the battleof Harlaw in the year 141 1 .

In St . Nicholas church was com m emorated Sir Paul Menzies of

Kilm undy, and his wife Barbara Gordon. Menzies,was on twelve

occasions elected chief magistrate . His monum ent was thus in

scribed

Et mem oriae PauliMinesii a Kinm undy,equestris ordinis viri ,

qui nobil i fam il ia edituS hie vitam egit, duodecies concord. civiumsuffrag . electus praefectus urbis . tot ann . tenuit ; m iti ingenio. com itate m orum om nibus charus ; unico soque concordi conjugio fel ixj am ootuagenarius in spem beatas resurrectionis

,m ortalit cx uv.

deposuit m ense D ecem bris M . D . C . L. I . Alexander fil ius et haeresOptim o parenti F. C . Sub hoc etiam saxo quiescunt ossa Barbares Gordonae ej usdem Alex andris conjugis, quae vita abiit 4

C al . Novem bris anno MDCLVII .”

A monum ental brass in St. Nicholas church bore this legendSub Spe beat-as resurrectionis, hic quiescit I) . Duncanus Liddelus

,

doctor m edicus,Joannis Liddeli, civis Abredonensis filius. Obiit

xvii D ecem bris Anno D om MDCXIII . E tatis suas LII .

ZEternae m em oriae D . Duncani Liddeli doct. m edici,quem virtus

nascentem ex cepit ; recondita in m edicina ac om nibus phil os0phiaeet m atheseos partibus peritia natum ex coluit liberal itas supraoequales ex tulit ; cui annum s t ipendium debet publicus m atheseos inacadem iesAbredonensi professor, victum que ejusdem academ ies sexalum ni

,fam a posthum a m eritorum perpetua testis M . H. D . C . Q .

”

Dr. Liddel was born at Aberdeen in 1 561 , and was educated

first,at King’s College

,and afterwards in Germ any. He was ap

pointed first physician at the Court of Brunswick , and professor of

m athematics in the university of Helm stadt. H e subsequently

settled in his native city, and at his death, which took place in

1 6 13,established a m athem atical chair in Marischal College. Of

his several works,the best known is that entitled “ The Art of

Preserving Health .

In St. N icholas church Gilbert Menzies of P itfoddels, and his

spouse Marjory Liddel,are thus celebrated

Tum ulus honorabil is viri Gilberti Mengzeis de P itfoddels

304 ABERDEENSHIRE.

quondam prac

positi burgi de Aberdeen et Marjoriae Liddel , ejusconjugis qui Gilbertus obiit

In St. Nicholas church, a burial aisle belonged to the old family

of Irvine of Drum. On a copperplate in the aisle was the following

legend

Hic sub esta sepul tura jacet honOrabilis et fam osus milesDominus Alexander de Irvyne secundus , quondam Dom inus deDroum , Dachynder et Foreglen qui obit . die mensisanno Dom ini MC C C C .

Hic etiam jacet nobilis dom ina , Dom ina Elizabeth de Ryth,filia quondam dom ini Roberti de Kyth m ilitis

,Marescal li Scotias

,

uxor quondam dioti domini Alexandri de l rvyne, quae obiit .

die mensis anno D om . MC C C C

Sir Al exander Irvine was son of Sir Wil liam de Irwin,who re

ceived from Robert the Bruce a grant c f the forest of Drum .

Sir Alexander’s son,who bore the same Chris tian name

,held a

comm and in the Lowland arm y at the battle of Harlaw. He

fought hand to hand with Maclean of D owart, and fell along with

his com batant. In the ballad entitled “ The Battle of Harlaw,

”

he 1s celebrated thus

Gude Sir Alexander IrvingThe much renownit Laird of Drum,

Nane in his days was bettir sens

Quhenthey war’

sem blit all and sumTo prais him we sould not be dum m,

For valour, wit, and worthynessTo end his Days he ther did cum

Quhois ransom is rem eidyless.

”

The “ Drum aisle contained the remains of Sir Alexander Irvine

of Drum ,an attached supporter of Charles I . He was ex com m uni

cated by the Covenanters, and falling into their hands, was sen

tem esd to death . The defeat of his Opponents at Kilsyth in 1 645led to his preservation. On the Restoration he was offered the

a “ Scottish Ballads,” edi ted by Jam es Maidm ent . Edin. 1868 . Vol . I.

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306 ABERDEENSHIRE.

philosophy and two bursars in theology, and made some other im

portant bequests.

As a minister of Aberdeen Dr. Guil d was succeeded by the celebrated Andrew Cant, whose monument in St. Nicholas church

yard is thus inscribed

Sub hoc marm ore, quiescitDei servus , D . Andreeas Canteens,vir

suo seculo sum m us , qui orbi huic et urbi ecclesiastes voce et vitainclinatam religionem sustinuit

,degeneres m undi mores refinx it

,

ardens et amans Boanerges et Barnabas,m agnes et adam as

,acade

m ies rector labantem rem literariam levavit intem eratee pietatis, illihates constantias, invicti anim i quem tot annos cum Deo purum probasset ‘hoc eevo virtutum efl

'

oeto atque sum m am hujus vitrees felicitatis videns in vanitati sistentem

,verem eam

,quee nec tem porum

m etis, neque voluptatismodis circum scribitur, propiore spe et augu

rio praecepisset, anim am Christo suo placide reddidit XLIX . annissui m inisterii prius em ensis, nec paucioribus auspiciatissim i foederiscum Margareta Irvina

,muliere lectissim a

,anno nat. Dom .

C IQIOC LX III., pridie calendas Maii. jEtatis sues LXXIX . qui

mortuus adhuc loquitur, vale .”

Mr. Cant was a native of Haddingtonshire . From the ofice of

Regent of Humanity, in King’s College, he was admitted to the

m inistry at Al ford about the year 1 61 6, and in 1 633 was preferred

to the newly erected parish of Pitsligo. He was known as one ofthe apostles of the Covenant, from his zeal in procuring signatures

to that docum ent. In 1 638 he was translated to Newbattle, and

from thence to the first charge ofAberdeen in 1 641 . He was chosen

Moderator of the General Assembly in 1 650 ; he joined the Protesters in 1 651

,and being accused of publishing the sentiments set

forth in Rutherford’s “ Lex Rex, he, in 1 660,dem itted his charge.

He died onthe 30th April, 1 663, aged seventy-nine. Anunbending

advocate for the clerical prerogative, be for a time com pelled bo thhis congregation and the magistracy to subm it to

‘

his m inisterial

authority. In temper somewhat uneven, he was actuated by Sincere

piety and abundant conscientiousness.

Resting on the wall of St. Nicholas churchyard a monument

PARISH or ABERDEEN. 307

thus com m em orated Dr. Patrick Sibbald,a native of the city

,and

latterly Professor of Theology in Marischal College

P atricius Sibbald, a primis annis, Deo, religi oni et literieconsecratus

, ad anim arum curam,has in urbe natali

,anno 1 666 et ad

SST. professionem in academ ia Mariscall e,anno 1685 vocatus ;

vir solides eruditionis, sincerae pietatis, il libati candoris, in preedicando et docendo facundus, felix, veritatis et pacis cul tor assiduusin vita m unificus ; pietatem in dictam academ iam tem pla egentestestatus

, obiit 14 Novem bris anno D om 1 697, eetatissues 57. Ft

hic, cum parentibus ac pia conjuge Joanna Scougal , reverendi patrisepiscopi Abredonensis filia

,m ortalitatis exuvias deposuit.

”

In St. Nicholas churchyard a monument thus celebrates three

members of the old family of Mowat.

Jacobi Mowat de Airdo,viri privatim publiceque egregii, quic

quid fui t, hie jacet ; quod est si requires , ceslum specta.

“.Hic beatam preestoletur resurrectionem ,

magister JecobusMowat de Logie, Antiquissim esMowatorum gentis secundus ; pietatevero et om nigena virtute, paucis aut nemini secundus, qui obiit5Maii 1 662. NecnonMargareta Mowat conjunx ejus dilectissim a,

eadem fam ili a oriunda,ques m onum entum hoc a m ajoribus con

ditam,denuo instaurandum

, et pecuni a civitati huie legata per

petuo conservandum curavit, et fatis concessit septimo m artii die

anno 1 700.

Debita natures solvis,leetare trium phe

Corporis O tandem carcere liber abis .”

In St. Nicholas churchyard John Jaffray, of D ilspro, Provost

of Aberdeen, with his wife, Janeta Forrest, and Thom as Jeffrey,of D ilspro, with his wife, Margaret Gordon of Aberzeldie, are thus

com m em orated

Hic jacet vir nobil issim us, Joannes Jaffray, de D ilspro, Abredonies, qui obiit 10 Junii, 1 684. Necnonm agister Thom as Jaffray,de D ilspro, ejus ,

filius , qui obiit 19 Septem bris, 1 695. Hie inChris to requiescit J oneta Forrest, illus trissim i D . Joannis Jeffrey,quondam Abredoniarum

,P reefecti, conjunx pientissim a ; ques

divinis anim i,virtutis et gratiee dobitus, supra eetatis sortem et

esenli genium evecta, molestes exuviis m ortal itatis libera, ceslum ac

308 ABERDEENSHIRE.

im m ortalitatem induit 4 March, Anno Dom. 1656. Necnonet

Margareta Gordon ab Aberzeldie, ex cultissim a ejusdem conjunx

ques fato cessit Octob. 1 1 , Anno Dom.

The following Latin epitaph adorns the monument of Professor

John Menzies

Hic situs est D . Joannes Menssius, Presbyter et S . S . theologiesprofessor in academia Abredonensi, 34, annis illustri fam ilia ortussublim is ingenio e

’

t eloquentia eeque clerus ; in scholis disputator,subtilis acer et eruditus in verbo divino prasdicando preepotensfecundus et frequens orthodoxes religionis propugnator invictus ;vere pietate

,vitae innocentia, morum suavitati om nibus charus tan

dem laboribus officii fractus : inspem beatm resurrectionis,m ortalis

exuvias deposuit, February 1 , 1 684, eetatis 60.

“ Hie etiam requiescunt cineres filii ejusdem m agistri JoannisMenesii, A.M. Optim es spei j uvenis, qui obiit 20 Augus ti, 1682,eetatis 18 Poni curavit m aestissim a conjunx et mater MargaretaForbes .

In 1 649,Mr. Menzies was promoted from the second charge of

St. Nicholas parish to Greyfriars’ church. He joined the Pro

testers in 1 651 , and at the call of Cromwell proceeded to London in

1 654 to deliberate respecting ecclesiastical affairs . After the

Restoration he inclined towards episcopacy, and was supposed to

desire the office of a bishop . In 1 679he obtained his professorship

in King’s College. Before his death he expressed his firm adherence

to the cause of Presbytery. His wife, who is nam ed onhis tomb

stone,was eldest daughter of Sir Will iam Forbes

,of C reigiever.

. George Davidson,of P ettens

,a builder and endower of churches

,

has the following epitaph

fEteruee memories Georgn Davidsons, de P ettens, viri vitaeintegritate, ac profusee in egenos lergitete st in Deum pietate

,vere

insignis, de ecclesie universaque republica et hac civitate Abredonensi quam optime meriti. Hic praeter plurim as donationes inperpetuum pauperum subsidium ac usus publicos, pontem deInche reparandum , pontem que haud inelegante structura de Bruxburne construendum curavit. Terras de P ettens st Bogfairlie, cumquibusdam pecuniarum sum m is

, ecclesiae Abredonensi donavit, inperpetuum usum divini ibidem verbi preeconis tem plum etiam deNewhills eedificari fecit, ac pro m ajors regni Dei increm ento, in sus

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Monumental tablets intheWest Church celebrate Mrs . Allardyce

of Dunnottar, Captain Cushnie, a public benefactor, and Dr. Cop

land,Professor of Natural Phil osophy in Marischal College. In

the East Church are comm em orated the Rev. Adam Heriot, first

Protestant m inister of St. Nicholas Church,and his wife Etfem ie

Schevis,” a native of Fifeshire. Mr. Heriot died onthe 28th

August, 1574.

In Drum’s aisle a monum ental statue com m em orates Jam es

Bleikie, Provost of Aberdeen. Executed by Mr. Steell , it was

erected in 1 844.

A status of the Pri nce Consort, executed by Baron Marochetti,

was erected at Aberdeen inOctober,1 863. The Prince is seated,

dressed as a field-marshal.

In Septem ber,

’

1 866, a statue of Her Maj esty the Queen was

placed at the corner of St. Nicholas Street,Opposite the top of

Market Street . Raised at the cost of subscribed by working

m en, it was sculptured by Al exander Brodie, a local artist. The

figure, com posed of Sicil ian marble,is eight feet six inches in

height,and rests ona richly polished pedestal of Aberdeen granite .

The Queen is represented s tanding,bearing a sceptre in her right

hand,and clasping in her left the folds of a Scottish plaid.

PARISH OF ABERDOUR

Within the nave of the old church is the burial-place of the

Bairds, of Auchm edden. The first of the House com m emorated is

George Baird,of Auchm edden, who died 29th May, 1593. The

estate was acquired by Andrew Baird,in 1534 ; it was sold to Lord

Haddo in 1 750. The Bairds of Newbyth and Saughtonhall,baronets, are descended from this House.

The fam ily of Lefl ie of C oburty inter in the Old church .

A burial-aisle to the south of the church is used by the Gordons

of Aberdour.

Tombstones commemorate several incumbents of the cure,and

their families .

PARISH OF ABOYNE .

In the parish churchyard a tombstone thus commemorates the

wife of the Rev. James Gordon,for some years mini ster of the

parish

Within this isle,interred behind these stones

,

Are pious,wise

,good Mary Forbes’ bones

,

To Balfl ing daughter, and of blam eless life,To Mr. Gordon, pastor here, the,

wife.

”

Mrs. Gordon was daughter of Mr. Forbes,of Balfling she died

27th April, 1 738 , aged 46 . Her husband was translated to Alloa

in 1736 . He was moderator of the General Assembly in 1734,and died 6th August, 1 749.

A gravestone is inscribed thus

Here lys below these stonesPious, virtuous Jean Wishart

’s bones,

Wife to John BainSometim es in Bridgend

,OfKnockendock.

All that was decent and discreetDid in her parts and in her person meet ;She made appear in her unblem ished l ifeThe

'

tender mother and the loving wife.”

PARISH OF AUCHTERLESS .

The family mausoleum of Duff of Hatton, contains several

monum ental tablets . These com mem orate Al ex ander Duff, Esq . ,

of Hatton, who died 7 th Decem ber, 1 753 ; Gordon William Duff,of Hatton

,who dred 1 7th September, 1866, and other members of

the House.

An alter-stone is thus inscribed

Jam es Cruikshank,in Toukshill , died 13 J 1814

, aged 71 .

His mother,Margaret Topp

,died 1 769, aged 64. He endowed a

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bursary at King’s Coll ege,another at Marischal College, each of

£20 a year, and astricted to the nam es of Cruikshank and Tepp orTopp, or otherwise to accum ul ate ; and left handsom e charities inlegacies to his friends. Inscribed in testimony of respect to thesaid James Cruikshank in Toukskill , New Deer, by Alex . Crnikshank , inMiddl ehill , his nephew,

1818 .

A m onument celebrates several members of the fam ily of

C halm ers,“ in Kirktown .

” Three of those com m em orated are Jam es

Chalmers,died 1846 ; Alexander Chalmers, died 1848 ; and George

Chalmers,died 1852. The last founded and endowed an Infant

School at Turrifl'

.

PARISH OF BELHELVIE.

A funeral vault, now disused, belonged to the Earls of Panmure .Gilbert Innes, of Rora, progenitor of Innes of Stow,

is interred

inthe churchyard.

From different tombstones we have these rhymes

We’

re here to-day, to-morrow yield our breath ;0 reader

,tremble and prepare for death.

All you that have a soul to save,

Extend your views beyond the grave ;And whil st sal vation is brought nigh

,

To Chri st the Friend of sinners fly.

”

0 trifl e not your time away,

Though youth be in its bloomPrepare now to follow meAnd mind the world to come .

Some lonely friend will drop a tear,

On these dry bones,and say

,

These once were strong, but now lies here,And m ine must be as they.

”

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PARISH OF CRATHIE AND BRAEMAR

On the south bank of the Des,half a mile east of Balmoral, a

monum ental statue comm emorates H .R.H . the Prince Consort.The Prince is represented in bronze as a Highland chief in full

costum e. The pedestal , a rough natural cairn of huge granite

boulders,is ten and a half feet high it is surm ounted by the figure

,

which is in height thirteen and a half feet. The left leg is s lightly

advanced. A favoured staghound leans against the Prince’s right

knee,and his right hand rests on the dog

’s head . The left hand

grasps a rifle.

In the Free Church of Crathie, a tablet commemorative of the

Prince,is thus inscribed °

To the noble and illustrious Prince Albert, K.G.,Consort to

Her Maj esty QueenVictoria, and Lord of the Castle and lands ofBalm oral

,this tablet is dedicated, in deep sorrow for his early

death, and in pious rem em brance of his beneficent gift of the si te

whereon thi s church is erected, by those who worship under itsroot”

In the churchyard e burial -aisle belongs to the old family of

Farquharson,of Monaltrie and Balnabodach. It presents the

foll owing inscriptions

1 699. Within these walls lie the remains ofAl exanderFarquharson, of Monaltrie ; John and Francis, both of Monaltrie, hissons Robert, his youngest son, and several other children, who diedin infancy. Here also are interred Anne Farquharson, the wife ofAlexander, Anne Ogilvie , the wife of John ; and Isobel Keith andHelen Baird , the wives of Robert. As also Am el ia, Franc andJam es

,the children of Robert and Helen Baird. For their m em ory

this stone is erected, with the warm est filial and fraternal affection,by Wil lIam Farquharson, ofMonal trie. 1 808 .

Erected A.D . 1 824, by Jem es Farquharson, Esq .

,Balnabodach.

Sacred to the m em ory of Jam es Farquharson, of Tul lochcoy,who

died In1 760 ; end his spouse May Farquharson , died 1 729 ; PeterFarquharson, of Tull ochcoy, born 1 733, died 1801 ; Isabell a Forbes ,his spouse

,born 1 733, died 1780. George, Francis, and Donald

,

PARISH or CRATHIE AND BRAEMAR. 315

their sons, the former died 1 787 , the two latter in their infancy,

Jam es and Katherine, son and daughter of James Farquharson,

Balnabodach, and Tullochcoy. The sondied in 1 805,the daughter

in 1 807 . Ann, daughter of Jam es Farquharson,of Balnabodach

,

and wife of Dr. Robertson, who died at Indego, 31 August, 1 842,aged

In m em ory of James Farquharson,of Balnabodach

,who died

at Ballater, l 0th October, 1 843,aged 85 years ; and Isabel la

McHardy, his wife , who died at Balnabodach, 9th Septem ber, 1827,aged 64 years . This tablet is erected as a m ark of filial respectand affection by their three sons

,Peter

,John

,and Alexander

Farquharson, 1844. Also of their younger bro ther,George Farqu

harson, who died at Balnabodach, 26th December, 1 841 , aged 38years .”

InBraemar churchyard a burial-aisle belonging to the Ferqu

hersons,of Invercauld

, occupies the site of the old church. On

marble tablets are these epitaphs

Sacred to the mem ory of J ohn Farquharson, of Invercauld,

who was born in 1 750. Sacred also to the m em ory of Jam esFarquharson

,of Invercauld, his son

,who died 24 June

,1 805

,

aged 83 and Am elia,Lady Sinclair, his Spouse (daughter of Lord

George Murray) , who died in 1 779. They had eleven children,all

of whom,with the exception of the youngest, Catherine, died before

them . Mary, Matilda, Jane, John, and George, lie interred withtheir parents in the ground adj oining ; Charlotte, at Arnhill ; Fanny,at Lisbon and Am elia

,Margaret, and Ann, inthe burying ground

of North Leith.

To the memory of Catherine, youngest daughter and heiress ofJam es Farquharson, of Invercauld, born 4 May, 1 774, died 27 Feh.,

1 845. To the memory of Jam es Ross-Farquharson,her husband

,

Cap t . R.N . , (2d son of Sir John Lockhart-Ross , of Balnagowen,baronet) , who died at Edinburgh , 5 Feb.

,1 809

,aged 38 years.

This tablet was erected after his mother’s death,by her affectionate

sonAug ,

Sacred to the memory of Jam es Farquharson , Esq. of Invercauld. Born April 25, 1808 ; died NC V . 20

,1 862. This tablet is

erected in affectionate rem em brance, by his eldest son, Lieut.-C ol.Farquharson

,of the Scots Fusilier Guards .”

On thenorth bank of the D es, opposite Braemar Castle, a granite

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obelisk has been reared to the memory of the late Mr. Farquharson.

It is thus inscribed

In memory of Jam ss Farquharson,Esq.,

of Invercauld, by histenantry and servants , to whom he was greatly attached. Born25th April

,1 808 ; died 20th Nov.

,1 862. The righteous shall be

in everlasting rem embra’

nce,

’— Psalm cxi i. 6 .

In Braemar churchyard a plain gravestone commem orates PeterGrant

,farm er

,who di ed at Auchendryne, 1 1th February, 1 824,

aged one hundred and ten years . Grant was a sergeant-major in

the arm y of Prince Charles Edward,at Culloden

,and

,being taken

prisoner,was carried to Carlisle ; he escaped by scaling the wall

of the castle. In 1820 he presented a petition to George IV.,in

which he described himself as His Majesty’s oldest enemy it

was graciously received, and brought to the petitioner a pension of

a guinea a week during the remainder of his l ife.

PARISH OF CRIMOND .

Near the mill of Haddo a spot called Battle fauld denotes the

grave of Sir Jam es the Ross, who was slain in a combat by Sir

John the Graeme,as they contended for the hand of Lord Buchan’s

daughter. On the event is founded the ballad of Sir James the

Rose.

PARISH OF CRUDEN.

A burial-aisle in the old church belonged to the noble family of

Errol. Herein was interred Dr. James Drummond, Bishop of

Brechin,who died in 1 695

,aged seventy- six. In a mortuary

enclosure a granite monum ent is thus inscribed

In memory of Lady FlorenceoAl ice Hay, infant daughter of

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When mortal m enresigns this transient breath,

The body only I give o’er to death ;The part dissolv’

d and broken fram e I m ourn,

What cam e from earth,I see to earth return .

”

Here lys intom b’d under this m ould

’

ring dust,A m anwhose soul was truly virtuousA wom an

,too

,who beseness did despise,

And they both rest, inhopes again to riseTo happiness thou

,reader

,drop a tear

,

And virtue’s path to follow,learn here.”

Here in one grave two lovely virgins ly,Two s isters dear, destined in youth to dy ;Their persons beauty

, grace their soul s adorn’d,

No wonder then their death is deeply m ourn’

d.

In glory they shal l rise and bless their doom,

Then shall they have an everlasting bloomLearn hence

,fair virgins

,in your early days

,

Your great Redeemer by your lives to praise.

PARISH OF DRUMBLADE .

In the parish churchyard a mortuary enclosure belongs to the

old family of Bisset,of Lessendrum . It contains the following

inscriptions

Hie iacet honorabilis vir,Georgivs Bisset de Lessendrvm , qvi

Obnt 25 Ianvarii 16 et eetatis svee anno 73 : Aetatem ornevitprim em mihi vivida virtvs et prisca at lapsu sovs rediviva dom vs

fam am terra sol percnnem indigetvm regviem posthvm a vita

dedit ”

Sacred to the m em ory of Maurice-George Bisset,Esq .

,of

Lessendrum ,who died at Lessendrum

,onthe 1 6 of Dec

,1821 , in

the 64th year of his age. This tablet is j ointly inscribed by Harriethis affectionate and m ournful widow

,and his brother and imm e

diate successor,William

,Lord Bishop of Raphoe

,in honour of his

PARISH OF ECHT.

nam e, and in grateful recoll ection of the m any virtues that adornedhis endearing character.”

Sacred to the memory ofWilliam Bisset,D .D .

,late Lord Bishop

of Raphoe, and proprietor of Lessendrum,who died on the 4th

Sept , AD . 1834,aged 75 years .

Tom bstones commem orate the Rev. George Abel,minister of the

parish, died 14th September, 1 794 Rev. Robert Gordon, minister

of the parish, died 27th Novem ber, 1 820, aged seventy ; Major

General John Gordon, R.A.,died 1 861 and George Macpherson

,

factor onthe Huntly estates,died 1864.

0

These rhym es are from tom bstones in Drumblade churchyard

Mourn not,m y friends, for me in vain ;

This silent tom b cures all m y painFor death ere long will visit thee,Therefore prepare to follow me .

”

Beneath a sleeping infant lyes,

To earth whose body’s lent;More glorious shall hereafter rise

,

Tho’ not more innocent.

When the archangel’s trump shall blow,

And souls to bodies j oin,Millions shall wish their days belowHad been as short as thine.”

PARISH OF ECHT.

In the churchyard a tom bstone com memorates John Elphinston,

ofBellabeg, died 10th October, 1 742, aged seventy Rev. Al exanderHenderson

,m inis ter of the parish, died 30th May, 18 13, agedfifty

seven ; and the Rev. Will iam Ingram,minister of the parish, died

l 6th May, 1848, aged seventy-nine.

ABERDEENSHIRE.

PARISH orELLON.

Within the parish church a marble tablet is thus inscribed

John Leith Ross of Arnegore,died 15 May 1839

,aged 63 : Eliza

beth Young,his Spouse

, co-heiress of Bourtie

,d ied 9 June

,1 852

,

aged ’70 : their third sonWill iam Ross, M .D .,died 28 Sep . 1 834

,

aged 22 ; George , their fourth son, and Frederick, the ir grandson,died in childhood.

Mr. Ross, merchant in Aberdeen, acquired the estate of Arnage.

about the close of the seventeenth century.

The two following inscriptions com memorate members of the old

family of Arm and

Monum entum m arm oreum honorabil is Alex andri Annand,

baronis quondam.

de Ochterellon,qui Obiit 1x . Juh1 A . .D 1601 °

ejusque p ies conjugis, Margaretee Fraser, filies quondam Do deP hilorth ques Obiit Aug A .D . 1602.

— Salus per C hristum .

Sub ,hoc quoque tum ulo resurrectionem expectant corporaAlexandri Annand de Ochterellon, filii dioti Alexandri, qui obiitet eeree sues conjugis, Margaret-as Cheyne, filiae DO de Esselm ont,ques Obiit

A burial aisle belongs to the fam ily of Forbes,ofWaterton .

Within an enclosure a monum ental tablet is thus inscribed

To the mem ory of Keith Turner of Turnerball, this stone iserected by his sorrowing widow. He was born January 20, 1 768departed this life Oct. 20

,1808

,and was

,by his owndesire

,laid

into the grave of his beloved mother, Elizabeth Urquhart of Meldrum ,

born July 10,1 735 ; died Feb . 28 , 1 786 . Also to the

mem ory of his widow,Mrs. Anna Margaret Turner of Turnerhall

,

ob Oct. 1823 ; [E 50 years .

In St. Mary’s episcopal chapel a marble tablet celebrates Charles

Nap ier Gordon, of Erlem ont, and three of his sisters,children of

George Gordon,of Hallhead, nephew of George

,Earl of Aberdeen.

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Jam es Gordon,1 754. Al exander Gordon his son

,and Agnes

Mawer Gordon,1 766, died Dec. 1 798 , ag ed 48 .

“ To the memory of Charles Gordon,Esq.

,of Abergeldie, who

died March 1 796, and of Alison Hunter, his spouse, of the familyof Burnside, who died March 1800. They lived together nearlyhalf a century onthis part of Deeside the best of parents

,giving

good ex am ple in every way, and serving to the utmost of theirpower all who stood inneed .

”

Here lies interred the remains of the late Peter Gordon,Esq . ,

of Abergeldie, eldest son of Charles Gordon,Esq . He succeeded

his father in 1 769, and died the 6th of Dec.,1 8 19

,aged

Within the ruin of the old church of Tullich is a burial-place ofthe Farquharsons ofWhitehouse, a branch of the Invercauld family.

Two of the monuments present these legends

These walls inclose the burial-ground of the fam ily of Far

quharsonofWhitehouse and Shiels ; where are interred the remainsof James Farquharson of Whitehouse

,brother of Colonel Donald

Farquharson of Monaltrie (called Donald Og) , who died in 1 666,and Harry his son

,who died in 1 716, and Margaret his grand

daughter. Al so the remains of Francis Farquharson of Shiels,the

eldest sonof Harry,who died in 1 733 ; and Harry

,the son

of Francis,and his wife Jean Ross, who both died in 1 760, and

their sons Hugh and Donal d,who died in early youth . This

mem orial has been erected by their surviving des cendants,1 826 .

Requiescant in pace .

”

Margaret Garden,wife of William Farquharsonof Monaltrie,

died at Aberdeen,January 25

, 1857 , aged

At a short distance from Tull ich churchyard an obelisk onthe

top of e knoll is inscribed thus

In memory of William Farquharson of Monaltrie, who died atVevay

,inSwitzerland, 20 Nov. 1828

,aged 75 years . Erected by

his affectionate widow,Margaret Garden, in 1 836. She died Jan.

1857, and was buried at Tullich .

PARISH or INVERURY. 323

PARISH OF INSCH .

Two flat stones commemorate Jam es Jopp,farmer

,who died in

1 672, and Andrew Jopp, merchant, progenitors of Provost Jopp ofAberdeen

,who conveyed to Dr. Samuel Johnson the freedom of

that city.

Tom bstones denote the graves of the Rev. Alexander Mearns,

minister of the parish,who died 4th October

,1 789, aged eighty

nine,and the Rev. George Daun, minister of the parish, who di ed

21st May,1 821 , aged seventy.

From tombstones in Insch C hurchyard we have these rhymes

Here with the aged lies a lovely boy,

His father’s darling and his mother’

s j oy ;Yet Death

,regardless of the parents’ tears

,

Snatch’

d him away while in the bloom of years .

Nipt by the Wind’s untim ely blast,

Scorch’

d by the sun’s directer rayThe mom entary glories waste,The short-liv’

d beauties die away.

Yet these,new rising from the tomb,

With lustre brighter far shall sh ineReviv

’

d thro’ Christ with ’during bloom ,

Safe from diseases and decline .”

PARISH OF INVERURY .

A tombstone,adorned with the Innes and Elphinstone arms, is

thus inscribed

Heir lyis Valter Innes inArtones, vba depairtit the 27 day ofIvnii 1 616 zeiris and Meriorie Elphinstovne, his spovs, vba

depairtit the 15 day of Novem ber 1622 zeiris.

”

A monum ent enclosed by a railing bears the following legend

Sacred to the mem ory of Jam es Anderson,depute-clerk of

Justiciery, who died at Edinburgh, 2 Jan. 1833, aged 66. By his

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own unaided merit he raised him self to a s ituation of great trustand responsibility

,which for the long period of 45 .years be filled

with the greatest credit, and concluded a l ife spent in the publicservice regretted by al l who knew him . Also Margaret Anderson,his sister

,who died at Edinburgh, 2 June, 1850, aged 80.

PARISH OF KEITH-HALL AND KINKELL .

In Keith-hall churchyard a mortuary enclosure belongs to the

noble house of Kintore. It contains memorial tablets'

beering the

following inscriptions

In memory of Anthony-Adrian,eighth Earl of Kintore, who

was born 20th April,1 794, and died at Keith-hall

,1 1th July,

1 844, inthe 5l st year of his ag e . {4 And also of his son WilliamAdrian

,Lord Inverury,

who was born 2d Sept,1 822

,and died Dec .

17 th, 1 843, aged 21 years .

Erected by Lord Kintore to the mem ory of his beloved Auntthe Lady Mary Keith

,daughter of William

, 7th Earl of Kintore ,who di ed at Bath

,Jul y 5

,1 864

,ag ed 69 years .

The Rev. George Skene Keith, D .D .,is onhis monument cele

brated thus

Near this well are inte rred the mortal remains of the Rev. Dr.George-Skene Keith

,minister of the parish of Keithhall for 44

years,and of Tul liallan in Perthshire for 8 m onths . Born at

Auquhorsh,Nov. 6, 1 752, he died at

’

Ihrll iallanHouse,March 7

1 823. Distinguished and beloved as the clergym an of a parish,

rem arkable in a wide sphere for his learning and science,of great

mental and bodily activity,he preserved in ag e the sam e vivacity

and cheerfulness, the same love of knowledg e, warmth of feel ing,and untiring Chr istian benevolence which characterised his you thand manhood. Som e gentlem en of this county

,who had intended

to present him with a memorial of their high respect for hischaracter

,but were prevented by his death

,have erected this

monument to his memory.

"

Dr. Keith represented the family of Kei th of Auquhorsk Inde

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>1< HEIR LYIS . ANE MAN . MASTER Lo ELPHYN

STOVN ALEXANDER LORD ELPHINSTOVN QVHA DEPARTIT

YE AC E or x x x Z EIRIS.

”

R or THIS COVEMEMBRIT EVER ON DEATHTHE MOST GLORISLY MAY RINGEAND WITH .

’

HIS SAVLS REDIHER

Within a recess tomb in the old church,which represents an

armed knight and his lady,is the following fragm entary inscrip

Hic iacet alex r de forbes quondam dns deburchus et m arjora. 155

Al exander Forbes was great grandson of Alister Cam his wife

was Marj ory, third daughter of the sixth Lord Forbes .

Several tom bstones com m emorate members of the House of Reid

of Newm il ls,a fam ily now extinct.

A mortuary enclosure forms the burial-place of the Lumsdens,of Auchendor and C love . It contains these legends

Before this ston lyes Robert Lumsden, of C ushney,and John

Lum sden of Auchendor, his second son, and Agnes Gordon, hisspous ; and also Charles and Marj orie Lum sdens, leufvll son anddaughter to John Lum sden and Agnes Gordon . John Lum sdendyed J enure 8 , 1 716, and of age 71 years , 1 724Hoc

,lector

,tumulo tres contum ulantur in uno

,

Cognati,Mater

,Filius

,atque Pater.Mors Janua vitae.

D .O .M. H .L. : KG . Befor this stone lyes Kathrin Gordon,daughter to the Laird of Buckie, and spouse to Hary Lum sden of

Cushnie,and five of her children and she depr. th is l ife August

the 22nd,1 733, aged 31 . Also the said Hary Lum sden of Cushnie

died the 8 day of June 1 754, in the 69th year of his age .

Befor this stone lyes Jam es Lum sden , eldest lewfull son toWil liam Lum sden inTitaboutie, who depr. this li fe in Nov. 1 730,

aged 40 years .”

PARISH or KINCARDINE o’ NEIL. 327

In this ground are deposited the remains of John Lumsden of

Cushnie, who died 12th June, 1 795, aged 68 ; and Mrs. AnneForbes, his spouse, daughter of John Forbes of New,

who died 1 1Nov. 18 1 1

,aged 76

.In testim ony of warm affection for their

m emory, this tablet is erected by their son John Lum sden, now of

Cushnie,

The grave of William Lum sden of Harlaw,who died at Mid

Clova,Feb. 1 758 . Rachel Lum sden

,his spouse

,daughter of Chas .

Lum sden , 2d son of John Lum sden ofAuchindoir She died at EastClova

,Feb . 1 1 , 1788 , aged 7 7 . Ketlrarine, his daughter, spouse to

John Leith,died at West Hills

,Feb. 2, 1 792 ; and of Harry

Lum sden ofAuchindoir,who died in April 1796 . Margaret Rennie,

widow of Dr. Jas . Young, R.N . ,died at Mid Clova, 6 June 1 841 ,

aged 76 . Also Harry Leith-Lumsden of Auchindoir, youngest sonof John Leith and Katherine Lum sden

,who died at Aberdeen,

27 March 1 844,in the 68th year of his age, and was interred here,

4 April following. Janet Young,or Duncan

,wife of Harry Leith

Lumsden of Auchindoir, died at Edinburgh, 7 Jan. 1 861 , aged 73,and was interred here

,1 6th of same month.

”

An altar stone on the grave of the Rev. James Mc.William ,

m inister of the parish,who died 6thApril

,1 771 , aged seventy-one ,

bears these lines

Revd. and grave,he preached heaven’s King,

Because he knew it was a weighty thing ;And at his hearers, as he aim

’

d the dart,You’d well perceive it from his heart.Now called Hom e

,a Faithful servt., Iov

’

d

Of his Great Master, and by him approv’

d,

P osest. of j oys eternal, and above,He Sings

,he Shines

,he Reigns

,where all is love.

No pain is ya,no tears flow from his eyes

His Master purchas’

d,he enjoys the prize .

PARISH OF KINCARDINE O’

NEIL.

Within the chancel of the old church is a burial place belonging

to the Frasers of Findrack. It presents these legends

aHERE LYES FRANCIS FRAZER OF P ITMVRC HIE VHO

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YEAR . OF . HIS . AC E.

”

Near this stone, with the remains of m any of his ancestors , isinterred the body of Francis Fraser

,Esquire of Findrack,

a C omm ander inthe British , and Post Captain in the Portuguese Navy,eldest sonof Francis Fraser of Fmdrack and Henriette , daughterof William Baird Of Auchm edden. He served his country

o

with

distinction for a long series of years,and was present at m any

re

8

1

3a1kable engagem ents . Born 22d August 1 762 died 24th April

1 4”

At Tornaveenanobelisk, reared by Wil liam N. Fraser,Esq.

,of

Tornaveen,brother of the proprietorofFindrack, is thus inscribed

Colonel Robert Winchester,K.H Born A D . 1 783 Died A D .

1846. During 37 years of active service with a spiri t which shunnedno danger

,he accom panied in sieges and in many marches and

battles the 92nd Regt .,Gordon Highlanders. Lieut .-General the

Honourable SirWilliam Stewart,

thus records his merits‘Many mem orable services were rendered to the division of theArm y under m y com mand during the arduous cam paigns of the

years 1 8 13 14, inthe Peninsul a and South of France by him ,and

the gallant Light Infantry under his orders . I should be trulyungrateful if I

O

were ever to forget the valuable aid that I receivedfrom him on that 25th of Jul y

,when we so nearly lost the Rock

and P ass of Maya. But his and his noble corps’ conduct onthat

and onevery occasion where valour and self-devotion were eminentlycelled for-during these campaigns

,and in the decisive conflict of

Waterloo,are onrecord

,and ever wil l be so

,in the military annals

of those days .’ To whom this memorial is erected by his nephew,

William N. Fraser, Esquire,

PARISH OF KING EDWARD .

InC raigston’

s aisle of the parish church a monument com m e

m orates John Urquhart, tutor of C rom erty ,and other members of

A mural monument is thus inscribed

Joannes Urquhart,hoc inhonorem Dei , et matris suas Beatricis

Innes, dom inse a C rom ertie mem oriam erex it opus, anno 1599.

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surgeon,

who died at Cawnpore,4 Sep . 1 825, in the

24th year of his age. His brother John died in London, 4 Feb .

1 829, aged 22 years , and is interred in the burying-ground belongingto the Church of St. John, Waterloo Road, London . Also

,in

m em ory of Euphem ia Turner,widow of the late Thomas Buchan,

Esq .

,of Auchm acoy

,who died at Edinburgh

,22 Dec ,

1 832, andwhose remains are interred here.”

Sacred to the mem ory of Thom as Buchan,Esq. , of Auchm acoy,

who died on the 12 Aug. 1 8 19,and was interred in the fam ily

burying-ground within this church. Also,in rem embrance of his

eldest sonThom as, who died at Marseil les, in France, 3 Dec. 1 8 18 ,aged 21 years

,and was interred in the Protestant burying-ground

of that city.

”

PARISH OF LOGIE-COLDSTONE.

In the churchyard of Coldstone a granite block presents the

figure of an elegantly incised cross . It denotes the grave of an

unknown churchm en.

A tombstone com m em orates the Rev. Andrew Tawse,minister

of Greyfriars Church, Aberdeen, who died while in the act of

perform ing Divine service on the 15th Decem ber, 1 833, in his

forty- seventh year.

On the altar stone is the following legend

To the m em ory of Mr. George Forbes, Master in the R.N .,who

served m any years in that rank, and gained high praise for hiscourage and conduct in m any engagem ents

,particularly in the

memorable battle of Trafalgar,where Lord Nelson fell. On retiring

from the Service, he becam e tecksm anof Kinord,where he died

1 1 July 1 821 , aged 62. His wife Margaret Forbes,died 7 Oct.

1 847 , aged 74

In the Logie churchyard a mortuary enclosure constituted the

burying-place of the Gordons of Elsl'

ack, of whom the last male

representative was an adherent of Prince Charles Edward .

PARISH or LONGSIDE. 331

Tombstones at Logie bears these rhym es

Unm ark’

d by trophies of the great and veinHere sleeps insilent tom bs an honest train ;No foll y wasted their paternal store

,

No guilt,no sordid avarice

,made it more

With honest fam e, and sober plenty crown’

d

They liv’

d and spread their cheering influence round.

Altho’ this tom b no boasted titles keepYet silent here the private virtues sleep ;Truth

,candour

,justice, altogether ran

And form ’

d a plain upright,honest man.

No courts he saw,nor m ixt in publick rage

,

Stranger to all the vices of the ageNo lie

,nor Slender did his tongue defile

A plainold Briton free from pride and guile .Near five- score years he num bered ere he died

,

And every year he num ber’

d he enjoy’

d.

This modest stone which few proud Marbles can,

May truly say Here lies an honest m anYe great whose heads are laid as low

,

Rise higher if youcan.”

PARISH OF LONGSIDE.

Within a mortuary enclosure monuments comm emorate the Rev.

Jolrn Skinner, author of Tull ochgorum , and his wife,Grizel

Hunter. The inscriptions follow

Glory to God above. Sacred to the mem ory of the Revd JohnSkinner

,for 64 years and upwards Episcopal clergym an in this

parish,whose attainm ents as a Scholar

,and Scriptural research as

aD ivine, of which m any written docum ents rem ain , acquired hi ma nam e

,never to be forgotten in the church in which he exercised

his m inistry, while his Pastoral Labours in the charge com m ittedto him endeared him alm ost beyond exam ple to the sorrowing flock,by whom ,

in testim ony of their heartfelt regard, this m onum ent iserected On the 1 6th day of June 1 807, aged 86 years, he slept

332 ABERDEENSH IRE.

the sleep of death in the arm s of the Right Rev. John Skinner,Bishop of the diocese ofAberdeen, his only surviving son , who, withhis fam ily

,and other num erous descendants

,shall never cease

to feel the most devout and l ively veneration for the talents, theacquirem ents

,and character of a progenitor

,who lived so justly

respected,and died so sincerely lam ented.

”

In the sam e grave over which the adjoining monum ent isplaced to the m em ory of her venerable husband

,lie the remains

of his beloved wife Grizel Hunter, who died on the 2l st day of

Sept. 1 799, in the 8oth year of her age, having shewn herselfthrough life the hum ble Christian, and, for nearly 58 years, apartner of every conjugal virtue.

When such friends pert—’tis the survivor dies .

Mr. Skinner was born onthe 3rd October, 1 721 , at Balfour,

parish of Birse, Aberdeenshire. His father,who was parochial

schoolm aster,had as his first wife Jean Gillanders

,widow ofDonald

Farquharson, of Balfour. The future post was the only issue of

thi s marriage. Having studied four sessions at Marischal College,

he becam e assistant in the schools of Kenm ay and Monymusk.

By the persuasion of the non-j uring clergym en at Monymusk,he

was induced to j oin the episcopal church . Obtaining the appoint

ment of private tutor, he proceeded to Zetland, where he form ed

the intim acy of the Rev. Mr. Hunter, a non-juring clergym an,whose eldest daughter he married. Returning to Aberdeenshire

,he

was in 1 742 ordained as episcopal clergym an at Longside . In

1 746 his chapel was destroyed by the soldiers of the Duke of

Cum berland,and in 1 753 he suffered six months’ imprisonment

at Aberdeen for preaching to more than four persons without

accepting the oath of allegiance. He lived in a sm all thatched

cottag e,and satisfied with his lot decl ined all offers of preferment.

He com posed poetry in his youth ; his songs were written at

different periods for the amusement of his children . With the poet

Burns,whose genius be early recognised, he m aintained a friendly

correspondence. A powerful theologian and general scholar, he

published com mentaries on different portions of Scripture,a Church

History of Scotland , and other works . After the long incumbency

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Expecting death,the good m anlives

Prepared from day to day ;And when God’s will the sum mons givesHe’s ready to obey.

This good m anlived by all belovedAnd dy

’

d by all deplor’

d ;Dwelt here awhile

,and then rem oved

To dwell with Christ the Lord .

”

Mundie,spouse of George Tait

,died 14 Sep . 1 772, aged

George,eldest son of George Tait in Redbog, held office as sti

pendiary magistrate at Edinburgh . His treat ise on the “ Law of

Evidence,

” and on the “ Powers and Duties of a Justice of the

Peace,

” are much valued .

Within the area of the old church a monum ent thus com m em o

rates the late Mr. Bruce of Longside, who left for charitable

purposes .

Erected in m emory of James Bruce,Esquire

,of Innerquhom ery

and Longside, second sonof James Bruce,late farmer

,Middl eton

of Innerquhom ery, and Barbara Gray, his spouse Born at Middleton 3d June 1 787, he died there 1 6 May

These rhymes are from different tombstones

Happy the man whose God,who reigns onhigh

,

Hath taught to live,and bath prepared to die

His warfare o’

er, and runhis Christian race,Ev

’nDeath becomes the Messenger of peac eDispells his woes , then wafts his soul awayTo endl ess glory ineternal day.

”

Here lies, consigned a while to prom is’

d rest,

In hOpe to rise again among the blest,The precious dust of one whose course of lifeKnew neither fraud, hypocrisy, nor strife .

A Husband loving, and of gentle m ind,A Father careful, provident, and kind,A Farm er active, with no greedy view,

A Christian pious,regular, and true .

One who,in quiet, trod the private stage

Of rural labour,to a ripe old age .

PARISH or MIDMAR. 335

Belov’

d by neighbours,honour’d by his own

Liv’

d without spot,and dy

’

d without a groan .

Long m ay his hum ble virtues be rever’

d

Long be his nam e rem em bered with regard ;And long m ay Agriculture

’s school produceSuch honest men as Al exander Bruce.”

And,is she gone

,the once so lovely maid

Gone hence, dear departed shade !C all

’

d from thi s world in early dawn of life,When but beginning to be call ed a wife ?Ye virgin tribe

,whom chance m ay lead this way,

When brightest beauty moulders in the clay,

Behold this stone,nor be asham ’

d to m ournA while o

’

er Margaret Alexander’s urnThenpause a li ttle

,whil e these lines you read,

And learn to draw instruction from the dead .

“ She who lies here was once like one of you,Youthful and gay, and fair, as you are nowOne week beheld her a young bloom ing bride

,

In m arriage pom p , laid by her husband’

s side ;The next we saw her in death’s livery drest,And brought her breathless body here to rest.Not all the world’s gay hopes

,nor present charms

Nor parents’ tears,nor a lov

’

d husband’s arm s

,

Could stam p the least im pression onher m ind,

Or fix to earth the soul for heaven design’

d ;Calm ly she left the scene so lately try

’

d,H eav

’ncall’

d her hom e,with pleasure she com ply

’

d,

Em brac’

d her sorrowing friends,then sm il’d

,and dy

’

i

PARISH OF LUMPHANAN.

The usurper Macbeth was slain at Lumphanan ; a heap of stones

denotes his grave.

PARISH or MIDMAR.

Six tom bstones on the south side of the church com m emorate

mem bers of the family of Tytler,who for three centuries have

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farmed land at Corsindae in this parish . From this family de

scended the Tytlers ofWoodhouselee (Vol . I . p.

PARISH OF MONQUHITTER.

Within the old parish church a tom b com memorates William

Coming of Achry, who , among other benevolent works, reared the

fabric of the church at his own expense. His epitaph is as

foll ows

Mem ories viri optim i, Gulielm i Coming ab Achry et P ittuly,

Elgin quondam consolis, qui ptocbotrophium quatuor inopummercatorum ibidem m ortificavit, ac pos tea tem plum hoe im pensissuis hie condidit

,ac 29 Octob. A D . 1 707 , aetat. an . 74, pie obiit,

m onum entum hoe posuit uxor ejus dilectissim a,Christiana Guthry.

Observa integrum,et aSpice rectum ; finem illins viri esse pacem .

P s. 37, v . 37. Vive m em or lethi ; fugit hora.”

Will iam Com ing was related to the house of Cum ming of Al tyre .

From his descendant, Archibald Cumm ing, the principal portion of

the estate of Auchry was in 1830 purchased by James Lum sden,Esq.

In the churchyard an al tar- stone is thus inscribed

Erected by Francis Garden-Campbell,Esq. of Troup and

Glenlyon,to the mem ory of Alexander Garden

,natural son of Col.

Garden of Johnston ; and Robert Gordon, son of James GordoninNewbyth. Alexander Gordon was drowned in the Canal of

Auchry ,2 July 1 806 , by adventuring out of hi s depth : Robert

Gordon gallantly strove to save his life,and shared the sam e fate .

Reader,take warning from the awful fate of these two youths !

Shun unavailing danger ; Be ever prepared for Death.

From a tom bstone in this churchyard we have the following

quaint epitaph

To keep inmem ory the burying-place of the fam ily of Jam esFaith

,part of whom lies under, and oneach side of this stone

Reader, where I am you will soon be. Are you young, healthy,and prosperous So was I , but Death seized me, and I am goneto my place. If I have lived m the fear of God

,and goodwill to

man,think of my happiness ; but if I have done evil—Beware)

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adm itted mi nister of Keith. In 1 617 he was elected one of the

ministers of Edinburgh and in the foll owing year was consecrated

Bishop of Aberdeen . Inthe discharge of his episcopal duties he

exhibited a sound judgment and becoming zeal. He m arri ed a

daughter of David Spence of Worm eston, Fifeshire ; his eldest

son,John

,became Professor of Divinity in King’s College. He

com posed a Commentary on the Book of Revelation, and other

works.

In the cathedral a plain monument,with the foll owing legend

,

celebrates Bishop Patrick Scougal

Hic in Christo requiescit R. P. P atricius episcopus AbredonensisD . JoannisScougal li de eodem filius ; ivri omni elogio dignus :utpote pie pacificus, m odeste prudens

,eruditae probitatis decus et

exem plar. Nec morose gravis nec superbe doctus ; egenis, dumviveret

, procsens asylum : basil icam Sancti Macharii bibliothecam

C oll egii regii , necnonhospitium publ icum veteris Abredoniae, propensae m unificentiae indiciis haud spernendis ditavit. Ad episcopalemunus consecratus

,die P aschatis (Aprili s 1 0) anno Dom . 1 664.

Fatis cessit Feb . 16 anno salutis 1 682. Episcopatus 1 8 aetatis verosuas 75. Hoc m onum entum qualequale piae mem oriae charissim i

parentis sacravit magister Jacobus Scougal, com m issarius dioceseosAbredonensis.

Patrick Scougal was successively minister ofDairsie and Leuchars

in Fife ; he was in 1 658 translated to Salton . From that charge

he was in 1664 promoted to the bishopric of Aberdeen . He took

active part in the conviction of persons accused of sorcery, and was

in‘

ecclesiastical affairs chiefly guided by Archbishop Sharp . In his

personal aspects he was coarse and ungainly. His son James , who

erected his monum ent,was latterly com missary of Edinburgh His

son Henry is comm emorated in the chapel of King’

s College,

Aberdeen (see supra, p.

PARISH or PETERCULTER. 339

PARISH OF PETERCULTER.

A tablet in the church wall is thus inscribed

Close to this wall,in front of this tablet

,l ie the remains of Sir

Alexander Cum ing of Culter, Baronet, and his lady, ElizabethDennis

,co-heiress of Pucklechurch inGlostershire. Where they

now lie was form erly under their own seat in the Old Church,where they were buried.

”

In the churchyard a tombstone in honour of Patrick Duff, of

Culter, presents the following legend

To the mem ory of Patrick Duff of Culter,Esq. He was born

Novem ber the He died October He exam inedChristianity

,and believed it firm ly

,and loved it warm ly. From

Christian principles he perform ed social virtues,in relieving distress

and promoting useful arts he delightod. The affection of hisWidow raises this monument.”

From tombstones in the churchyard we have these rhymes

While m anly beauty inm eridian bloom,

Untim ely hastening to the ghastly tom b,

Calls from the eye the sym pathetic tear ;Pause

,Friend

,and shed the m ournful tribute here.

If social m anners,with a taste refined

If sterling worth,with unassum ing m ind ;

If filial tenderness possess a charm ;If steady friendship can your bosom warm ;

Then,reader

,im itate

,applaud

,revere

,

What trium ph’d in the man that’s buried here.

Within this narrow house of clay,

The bones of William Mart inly ;He was an honest m anand j ust

,

Al l honest m enm ight well him trust.By Sweat of brow his bread he won

,

He l iv’

d and dy’

d an honest man.

0 Lord,said he

,thy strength and grace

I ever will adm ire ;For by Thy sending m e relief,Thou

’

st taught me to aspire .

340 ABERDEENSHIRE.

The heavens Thou hast open set,

And rent the veil that IMay upward look

,and Thy dear Son

,

With glory grand espy.

PARISH OF PITSLIGO .

Within the parish church a marble tablet com mem orates the Rev.

James Robertson,D .D .,

Professor of Church History in the University of Edinburgh . This accom plished and em inent divine was

son of a farm er in this parish. He was born on the 2nd January,1 803

,and in his twelfth year was enrolled as a student of Maris

chal College. In 1 825 he was elected schoolm aster of this

parish,and in other three years was preferred to the head-m aster

ship of Gordon’s Hospital,Aberdeen. To the church of Ellon he

was appointed in 1832. From the first he preached without notes,and with that power and energy which characterised his future

appearances . In the non- intrusion controversy he took part with

the Conservat ive section of the Church. At the Disruption in 1 843

he was promoted to the Professorship of Church History at Edin

burgh,and was appointed Secretary to the Bible Board . He under

took the Co'

nvenership of the Endowm ent Com m ittee of the Church ,dedicating to the duties his chief energies and the whole of his

leisure. H is success in raising money was unprecedented, and he

was privil eged to secure the endowm ent of many important chapels .

But his labours proved entirely overwhelming. He was seized with

an ill ness,to which he succum bed onthe 2nd Decem ber

,1860

,in

his fifty-eighth year. At ‘Edinburgh a Memorial Church has

been erected in celebration of his patriotism and Christian de

votedness.

These metrical legends are presented on tombstones in the

parish churchyard

Here lies in hope beneath this stoneA pious, wise, meek, upright one,

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Mrs. Sarah Frazer, ofMem sie,died 3d April

,1807, aged 74 ; 2d,

Will iam Frazer, Esquire, of Mem sie,died 13th Sept

,1813

,aged

74 ; 3d, Mrs. Elizabeth Abernethy, died 23d January, 1 816

,

aged 74.

An ornamental granite cross in the churchyard commemorates

John Gordon, of C airnbulg, who died 18th September, 1 861 , ag ed

seventy-five.

PARISH OF RAYNE.

On the tombstone of the Rev. John Middleton, m inister , of the

parish,are scul ptured these lines

As late I stood in pulpit round,

And now I ly alow the ground,When as you cross my corpse so cold

,

Remember the words that I youtold.

”

Mr. Middleton di ed 4th August, 1 653, aged forty-four. He was

a zealous supporter of the Covenant,and joined the Protesters

in 16 51 .

PARISH OF ST. FERGUS .

In the churchyard a tom bstone commemorates Robert Arbuthnot,

of Scotsm ill, grandfather of the celebrated John Arbuthnot, M .D .,

physIC Ianto Queen Anne. On the tom bstone the arms of the

ancient families of Arbuthnot and Gordon are impaled . The stone

was repaired by the late Sir William Arbuthnot, Bart., of Edin

burgh (Vol. I . p . a descendant of the House.

PARISH or STRATHDON. 343

PARISH OF SKENE .

Within the church a marble tablet is thus inscribed

Near the southern wall of thi s church are interred the mortalrem ains of George Skene

,of Skene

,descended from a long line of

that name,who was born on the IX . day of May MDCCXLIX.

,

and died onthe XXIX . day of April MDCCCXXV.

”

The lands of Skene were conveyed to the fam ily by King Robert

the Bruce in 131 7 . The male line is extinct,the House being

now represented by the Earl of Fife.

In the churchyard a tom bstone commemorates Jam es Davidson,

Esq.,of Kinmundy, who died 3rd November, 1 827, aged seventy

two.

A11 al tar stone is thus inscribed

Within this enclosure are interred the remains of KatherineAnn-Buchan Forbes

,the wife of William McC om bie of Easter

Skene and Lynturk,and daughter of Major Alexander Forbes of

Inverernan,who died onthe 1 6th day of April 1 835

,in the 26th

year of her age. And of their son,Thom as, who died onthe

15th day of September 1841,in the 10th year of his age.”

The m other of Mr. McC om bie was daughter of Duncan Forbes

Mitchell,Esq.

,of Thanestone, second sonof Sir Arthur Forbes, of

C raigievar.

A tom bstone com memorates Catherine Henderson, relict of the

Rev. Dr. Walter Ireland, minister of North Leith, who died 22nd

January,1 853

,aged eighty. (Vol . I, p .

PARISH OF STRATHDON.

Separated by a railing from the nave of the church is the

burial-place of Forbes of N ewe. Here a freestone monument

commemorates Will iam Forbes,of Newe, who died l oth January

344 ABERDEENSHIRE.

1 698,aged seventy-six . On a marble monum ent is the foll owing

inscription

To the memory of John Forbes , Esquire , of Newe (formerlyof Bom bay) , second son of John Forbes , Esquire, of Bellabeg.

Born there the 19th Septem ber 1 743, died in Fitzroy Square ,London

,20th June , 1 821, and buried in this church . A dutiful

son,an affectionate brother

,a warm and steady friend, his am iable

manners and goodness of heart endeared him to al l who knewhim— his active benevolence was extended to all who stood inneed of assistance . But

,the ‘ widow and fatherless ,

’ in Indiaand in Britain, were the special obj ects of his protec tion. Thismonum ent was erected by his nephew,

Sir Charles Forbes,Baronet

of Newe and Edinglassie, 1 837 . Altius ibunt qui ad summanituntur.

Sir Charles Forbes,Bart ., was, like his uncle, long connected with

Bombay,where a statue

,executed by Chantrey

,was erected in his

honour. He sat in Parliament upwards of twenty years . In 1823

he was created a baronet,when his tenantry reared onLonach hill

a cairn celebrating the event. It is inscribed thus

The tenantry of the lands of Newe, Edinglassie, Bell abeg, and

Skellater, in testim ony of their affection and gratitude, have erectedthis pile t o their highly distinguished and beloved landlord

,Sir

Charles Forbes,Bart.

,M.P .,

onhis elevation to the dignity of aBaronet of the United Kingdom by his Majestv George IV.

,in

Sir Charles Forbes died at London on the 20th September,1849

,

aged seventy- s ix.

In the south wall of the church a monum ental tablet comme

m orates Charles Forbes, Esq., of Auchernach,

keeper of the castle

of C orgarfi"

,who died 5th May

,1 794, aged sixty-four ; Major-General

David Forbes, GB ,

of the 78th Regiment,sonof the preceding

,

who died 29th March , 1 849, aged seventy- seven,and Lieutenant

General Nathaniel Forbes, of Auchernach and Dunnottar, eldest

son of Charles Forbes of Auchernach,who died 1 6th August

,1 851

,

aged eighty- six .

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PARISH OF STRICHEN .

In the churchyard a tombstone commemorates the Rev. WilliamAnderson

,minister of the parish, who died 1 7th July, 1806, aged

forty-nine. His son Al exander Anderson became Lord Provost of

Aberdeen,and was knighted by Her Majesty when a statue of the

Prince Consort was inaugurated in that city in1 863.

Tombstones in the churchyard present these rhymes

In hope to sing without a sobThe anthem ever new

,

I gladly bid the dus ty globeAnd vain delights adieu.

”

John Baxter and M. Davidson his wife,

Lived fifty years a conjugal life ;On one night they both died

,and here are interr’d,

By relations and neighbours rever’

d.

”

PARISH OF TURRIFF.

Within the church a handsome monument thus commemoratesone of the Barclays of Towie

Anno

Barclaivs jacet hic tovaae gloria gentis saecvla cvi priscvm

qvina dedere deevs calcvlvs hvnc jvvenem poster tria lvstra perem i tnec m edicae qvidqvam profvit artis opvs ossa tegit tellvs animamcaelestis origo fvit aetheriae limina sedis habent.

”

PARISH or BOTRIPHNIE. 347

BANFFSH IRE.

PARISH OF BOINDIE.

Near the ruin of the old church is a burial vaul t,form erly used

by the Ogilvies of Boyne,cadets of the House of Ogilvy in For

farshire.

Within the area of the church a tombstone is thus inscribed

To the memory of the Stuarts,form erly of Ordens

,thi s being

the burial-place of that fam ily for many ages thi s stone is placedby the Rev. Jam es Stuart

,one of their descendants

,late Rector of

George TownParish, South Carolina, and Chaplain to the King’s

Rangers in North America,

A mortuary enclosure contains several gravestones com m em o

rating descendants of Milne of Kirstare. A marble tablet,erected

by his friends,celebrates John Milne

,Esq.

,surgeon in Banff

,who

died by a fall from his horse,2oth May

,1 833

,aged twenty- s ix .

PARISH OF BOTRIP HNIE.

Within an enclosure a monument thus commemorates severalmembers of the House of Cubin and Drum uir

Near this spot lie interred the rem ains of Major AlexanderDuff, younger of Cubin, who di ed at Davidston, inthe year 1 777 .

Al so of his son, Admiral Archibald Duff, of Drum uir,who departed

this life at Braem orriston, near Elgin, the 9th day of Feh.

,1858 ,

aged 84. Frances Jones, widow of Admiral Dufi’

,died 21 Dec.

,

1 861 , aged

48 BANFFSHIRE.

The Ardbrach aisle has a monument thus inscribed

Mem orize sacrum . Hic subtus siti sunt cineres Annae Gordonet Katharinae Leslie, Ioannis et Iacobi Andersonorum ab Ardbrakeconjugum dilectarum ,

una cum liberis exutraque susceptis, quarurnhaec, annos nata 39, 7 Id . Mart. A. ZE. C . 1 667, fatis succubuit, ill avero annorum m atrona, 13 luminaclausit ; inquarum decus et

o

perennem fam am,quippe quae fuerint

claris editae natalibus, ex im iis que ex cul tae virtutibus, pro sum m oin dem ortuas afl

’

ectuet obsei vantia m onum entum hoc superstruendum curarunt Ioannes et Iacobus Andersoni, pater et filius.

A mural slab bears the following

1 760 : This monument is erected by John Stuart in Roserie,

in m em ory of his grandfather, W illiam ,and his father

,Thom as

,

who both lived and died at Bodinfinnich, and of his uncle Hendry,who sometim e lived and died in Rosarie. John, \Vil liam ,

Alexander,

George, Hendry, Mary, and Beatrix, Hendry’s children

,also he

here . It is to be observed that this has been the burial place of

the said Stuarts long before, and ever s ince the Reform ation.”

PARISH OF CABRACH.

A tombstone commemorates John Gordon,sometime farmer in

Drum ferg, who died 21st July, 1 759, aged fifty-one. His son,

Lieut .—Colonel J ohn Gordon, of the 92ud Regiment, died at C oynochie, 27th March, 1827 , aged seventy-five.

On the tombstone of Patrick Gordon,are these lines

Death of all m enis the total sum,

The period unto which we all m ust come ;He lives but a short life that lives the longest

,

And he 18 weak Indeath that Inlife was strongest.

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350 BANFFSHIRE.

of Muldavat,a reputed ancestor of the Earl of Fife, who died in

1404. Th is m onument was in 1 790 placed in the mausoleum of

Duff House Park .

PARISH OF GAMRIE .

A decorated monument in the wall of the church is thus in

scribed

patrieius brlay Z hoc me fiere fecit.hie iacet honorabil is vir patrieius barclay dns detolly qui obiit die m encs ano Dni m

°

et ioneta ogiuy eius sponca qui obiit cex to die

m encs ianuarii ano dm m °

qvi°

quadrage° septimo.

”

Patrick Barclay of Tolly,thus commemorated

,was descended

from a family which owned lands in Gamrie from the time.

of King

Robert the Bruce. The m ale line failed early in the seventeenth

century,when Isabella the heiress married Charles

,second son

,of

the sixth Earl of Lauderdale . William Barclay,the eminent scholar

and father of the author of “Argenis, was a native of the parish ,and was nearly related to the proprietor of Tolly ; he died in 1605,aged about sixty.

A stone, engraved with the Keith arms and the motto Victo ries

Limes,

” is onthe m argin thus inscribed

Heir lyis the rycht honorabil Al exander Keyth of Trvp, de

pairtit yis lyf the xxv of Marche

Sir Robert Keith the Marischal acquired the barony of Troup bymarrying the heiress ; he granted it in 1413 to John, his second

son, a progenitor of the Keiths of Northfield, one of whom was

second heir to the barony in 1 628 .

On a flagstone are these words

Bessy Strachan, and Mrs . BatbiaForbes, ladies of Troup , 1 78 1 .

PARISH or GRANGE. 351

Major Gordon,son of the proprietor of Banchory

,served in the

arm y of Gustavus Adolphus . Returning to Scotland in 1 654, he

purchased the estate of Troup,and marrying Betty

,daughter of

Strachan of Glenkindie, became ancestor of Francis Garden, Lord

Gardenstone. His lordship died in 1 793. In the old church a

monumental fram e has been erected to his mem ory.

An altar tom bstone of white m arble com m em orates Alexander

Chalm ers,Esq.; of Clunie, who died 1 1thAugust, 1835, aged seventy.

This benevolent gentleman bequeathed for the erection and

endowm ent of an hospital and free dispensary at Banff. The insti

tutionis designated the Chalmers’ Hospital.”

PARISH OF GRANGE.

In an aisle of the old church Al exander Duff of Braco,who died

in 1 705, was interred. A handsome monum ent reared over his

rem ains has long disappeared.

A burial aisle belonging to the fam ily of Innes of Edingight

presents a m ural tablet,with the following legend

This m onum ent is erected by John Innes of Mwiryfold to thememory of Thom as Innes

,of Mwiryfold, his father, who lyes here

interred. He died the 12 of Sept , 1 754, aged 73 years .”

Thom as Innes was son of the proprietor of Edingight, andwasfactor to the Earl ofFife. The family is represented by Sir Jam es

Milne Innes,Bart.

,of Balveny and Edingight.

A m onum ent,with a latin inscription

,com m em orates George

Wilson,father-in—Iaw of Jam es Ferguson

,the self- educated astro

nom er ; he died 22nd March, 1742, aged Six ty-four.

Tom bstones celebrate the Rev. Alexander K err, minister of the

parish, who di ed in 1 693 ; the Rev. Archibald Cam pbell, minister

of the parish,who died 1 6th October

,1 7 74 Rev. Andrew Young,

352 BANFFSHIRE.

minister of the Associate church,died 21st May

,1 788 ; Rev.

John Primrose,of the Associate church , died 28th February, 1832

and the Rev. Wil liam Duff,minister of

. the parish , who died 23rd

September,1844

,inhis fifty

-third year and the twenty- th ird of his

ministry. A son of the last,who has assum ed as a cognoinenhis

baptismal name, Andrew Halliday, has attained distinction as a

dramatic writer.

PARISH OF INVERAVEN .

From tombstones in the parish churchyard we have these quaint

legends

This stone was erected here by John Hendrie,who died the

24th December,1 8 15

,inthe 63d year of his age

,with the concur

rence of Penuel Cam eron,his spouse

,who died 7 May, 1818 , inthe

57th year of her age.”

Adieu,dear friends

,who laid me here

,

Where I must lie till Christ appear ;When he appears I hope ’twill beA joyful rising unto me.

PARISH OF KEITH.

Within the ruin of the old church a m onument com mem orates

the first wife of the Rev. James Strachan, minister of the parish ,who succeeded to the baronetcy ofThornton. It is thus inscribed

Sub scam no D d. Kinnm innitie cineres lectissim a? fem inae

'

D .

Kath . RossaeD . de Thorntone, curus etiam si fragrantissim ae m em oriaem onum entis om nI acre perenniorIb, abunde satis l itatum si t hoctam enm auseoleo parentandum dux it coniunx ipsius pula D .

Iac . Strachanus de Thornt. : huius ecclesiae pastor. Obii t puerpera 6th Apr. anno 1 689 quiescunt et hie Gul . , Rob.

,et

Joshue Strachanus fil i i corum .

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354 BANFFSHIRE.

two. He was master of the Boreas frigate, and is mentioned as

Jam ie Jam iesoninLord Nelson’s dispatches .

A tombstone embellished with a floral cross commemorates the

Rev. John Murdoch,Episcopal clergyman

,who died 29th April

1 850, aged eighty-three. His son- ih -law,the Rev. J. F . S . Gor

don,D .D .

,has published several works relating to Scott ish anti

quities.

A gravestone denotes the grave of Elizabeth Anderson,daughter

of the Rev. James Anderson, sometime minister of Keith, and -wifeof Jam es Glashan, writer ; she died l oth July, 17 73. aged twenty

two . Jean,his eldest daughter, married Robert Stuart of Aucharm e ;

their son John Stuart,LL.D ., is the distinguished antiquary.

On the tombstone of John Gil es,whs died in 1 787, are these

lines

Beneath this stone,in hope again to rise

,

The relics of an honest man are laid ;So

,Reader

,learn superior worth to prize

,

That what is said of him,of thee be said.

Such peaceful neighbour,and a friend so sure

,

Such tender parent,and such a husband kind ;

Such m odest pattern of Religion pure,

In Keith’s wide precincts we too seldom find.

His hands industrious and his heart sincere,

Of worldly wise m en,he disdained the wiles

Go,Passeng er make haste thy God to know

,

And in thy actions imitate John Giles .

PARISH OF KIRKMICHAEL.

Withinthe church a freestone monument is thus inscribed .

Here l ies the body of Ann Lindsay, spouse of John Gordon ofGlenbucket

,and daughter of the Right Hon . Sir Alexander Lind

say of Evelack,who departed this life onthe 9th day of June

,1 750,

aged fifty years. Al so Helen Re id, spouse ofWilliam Gordon, Esq.

of Glenbucket, and daughter of the Right. Hon. Sir John Re id ofBarre

,who died onthe 5th May, 1 766, aged 52 years and Lilias

PARISH or KIRKMICHAEL. 355

McHardy, spouse of John Gordon , Esq., ofGlenbucket, and daughter

ofWill iam McHardy, late in D elnilat,who died May 30th

, 1829,aged 78 years . And of Elspet Stewart, spouse of CharlesGordon,Esq .

,St. Bridget , and daughter of Will iam Stewart, Esq.

,Ballen

trewan, who died 2nd February, 1856, aged 63 years.

The Gordons of Glenbucket sprung from the House of Rothie

may, and the Lindsays of Evelack descend from a younger son of

Sir Walter Lindsay of Edzell.

A massive monument, appropriately dedicated, denotes the grave

of Lieutenant General Will iam Alexander Gordon, C .B.,

colonel of

the 54th Regiment ; he died at Nairn, l oth August, 1856, aged

eighty- seven.

On an altar tombstone is the following legend

To preserve this burying-ground,and in pious regard to the

m em ory of Finlay Farquharson of Auchriachan,who possessed

this place Since 1569, son to Findlay Farquharson, Esq., of Inver

cauld likewise Will iam Farquharson, who died anno 1 719 aged80 years, who was the ninth m an of that fam ily who possessedAuchriachan, and Janet Grant his Spouse

,who died anno 1 720,

aged 7 8 . Also Willi am Farquharson, sonof Invercauldwho died anno 1 723, aged 30, and Elizabeth Farquharson hisspouse who died anno 1 720, aged 78 . Also Sophia McGrigor, whodied 15th May, 1769, aged 59, spouse to Robert Farquharson inAuchriachan, who erected this monum ent, 1 789.

The said Robert Farquharson died in 1 79 William his sondied in April

,1 8 1 1

,and Alexander the last in the m ale line

,died

1 1th N ov. 1 835, aged 78 . Janet Farquharson, Robert’s eldest

daughter,m arried Jam es Cam eron, Ballenlish,

and this tablet is renewed by their son Angus Cam eron

,of Firhall

,1 851 .

These bodies low lie here consign’

d to rest,

With hopes withal to rise am ong the blestSweet be their sleep

,and blessed their wakening,

Reader ! pray for those that pray for thee.”

The estate of Auchriachan, possessed by the Farquharsons for

two hundred years,has for a century formed part of the Gordon

estates,belonging to the Duke of Richmond .

In the south wall of the church , a m arble tablet commem orates

356 BANFFSHIRE.

Patrick Grant,Esq .

, of Glenl ochy, formerly of Stocktown, who died

1 5th April , 1 783, ag ed seventy-four, and hiswife Beatrice , daughter

of Donald Grant, of Inverlochy, who died 24th January, 1 780, aged

sixty-nine. Their elder son, John Grant, (Vol . I.,p . 59) purchased

Kilgraston, in Perthshire, and was succeeded inthat estate by hisbrother Francis

,who married

,in 1 795, Anne, eldest daughter of

Robert Oliphant, Esq., of Rossie, and died in 18 19. Sir FranciS '

Grant,fourth son of Francis Grant of Kilgraston, is president of

the Royal Academy. The fifth son, Sir Jam es Hope Grant,Lieutenant-General, is highly distinguished for his military services .

PARISH OF MARNOCH .

Within a mortuary enclosure,monumental tablets celebrate John

Innes,Esq., of Muryfold, died 3rd October, 1 780 ; James Rose

Innes,died 4thAugust

,1 814

,ag ed forty

,and Mrs . El izabeth Mary

Rose Innes,of Netherdal e

,died 1 7th January, 1851 , aged seventy

three ; James Rose Innes, died l 0th June, 1 845, aged forty- four

also other members of the family.

In the churchyard tombstones comm em orate the Rev . Dr. George

Meldrum,proprietor of Crom bie in this parish

,who died in 1692

,

ag ed seventy-six ; John Gordon, Esq.,of Avochi e and Mayne

,who

died 27th of November,1857, aged sixty ; and the Rev. Hugh

Chalmers,minister of the parish

,who died 5th June

,1 707 , in the

fifty-ninth year of his age

,and thirty- sixth of his ministry.

PARISH OF MORTLACH.

At the south west corner of the church a mural monument is

thus inscribed

Hoc conduntur tum ulo, reliquiae Al exandri Dufl’

de Keithm ore

et Helenae Grant, uxoris suae charissim ae : Qui quadraginta annoset ultra,

felici et faecundo connubio juncti, vix erunt. Uterq. quidem

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358 BANFFSHIRE.

Innes of Lichnett sprung from Sir Robert Innes of that ilk His

wife was descended from Abernethy of that il k in Perthshire.

Major Cameron,a distingui shed Indian officer is by a m em orial

tablet celebrated thus

To the mem ory of Major John Cameron,C .B.

,E.I.C . Native

Infantry, onthe establishment of St. George, who after serving hiscountry in India for thirty-two years

,both in civil and m ili tary

capacity,and particul arly in m ost of the principal events during

that period,died onthe 15th June

,1 838 while officiating as Resi

dent at the Court of Hyderabad,aged 47 years . This tablet has

been erected to his mem ory, and placed in the church of his nativeparish

,by a few of his friends in India

,as a mark of esteem and

affection for his publi c and private character.

In the churchyard a tombstone bearing the Farquharson arms

has,with the date 1417 , the following legend

Hie iacet honorabilis virRobertvsFarquharson de Lauchtitvanyqui obiit mar de quinto meri anno dni. m 0 quo. xi° sexto cum suapro piqiet.

”

A tombstone commemorates Al exander Sturm,merchant

,Duff

town,who di ed in April

,1 848 . His son James Sturm

,who died

at Hampstead, 7th May, 1 869, bequeathed, among other legacies

for charitable purposes, £3000 to Mortlach parish.

A scul ptured stone in the haugh of the Dullan is believed to

have been erected by King Mal colm, to celebrate the overthrow of

an arm y of Danes.

On Mortlach bill a monument has lately been erected inhonour

of Charles, tenth Marquess of Huntly, who died 18th Septem ber,1 863. The monum ent is s ixty feet in height ; it consists of a plain

obelisk resting on a pedestal of grey granite. An inscription

bears that it was reared by the tenantry on the late Marquess’s

estates .

PARISH or RATHVEN . 359

PARISH OF RATHVEN.

The aisle of the old church form s the burial place of the Hays

of Rannes ; onthe entrance it is thus inscribed

IN DEI HONOREM ECCLESI/E VSM ET IA . HAYE DE RANNEs

KA DVNBAR RI’

. C ONIVGIS EORv P OSTERIORV GRATIAM FIT . H1EC

AVSTVALIOR ZEDIOLA AN BNI 1 612.

Within the aisle a marble monument presents the following

pedigree

To the memory of the Hays of Rannes and Lenplum . 1421,

Sir William Hay of Locharat was ancestor of the noble family ofTweeddale ; 1474, he married a second wife Alicia, daughter of SirWm . Hay of Errol

,by whom he had Sir Edm und Hay p f Lenplum ,

and Moram,who married Margaret Kerr

,and had Dugald Hay of

Lenplum ,who m arried Helen Cockburn of Newhall . Their children

were,1520 (L) Edm und Hay of Lenplum (IL) George Hay of

Rannes ; (I I I .) William Hay of Edderston; (IV.) Andreo

w Hay of

Ranfield. 1 562,The above George Hay was Superintendent of

Glasgow and Aberdeen,Secretary to the Privy Council in the year

1567 , and Rector of Rathven. He added the lands of Faskin andFindachy to his patrim onial inheritance. He also acquired thelands of Edderston, which he bestowed onhis brother Wil liam ,

andthe lands ofRanfield, which he gave to his brother Andrew. 1567,The above George Hay m arried Marriot

,daughter of Henderson of

Fordel, of whom there were (I.) George, who died unm arried in the

year 1586 . 1 603 (IL) Jam es Hay of Rannes and Lenplum ,who

m arried Katherine,daughter of Dunbar of Grange. Their children

were (I. George Hay of Rannes ; (IL) Jam es Hay of Muldavit ;(IIL) John Hay of Langshed ; (IV.) Andrew ; (V.) William ; (VL)

Anne. The above Jam es Hay of Rannes succeeded to the estate of Lenplum in consequence of the failure of

heirs-m ale ofWill iam Hay of Lenplum ,as is instructed by a deed

recorded in the books of Session, 28th of May 1599 ; but afterwardssold this property to Sir Will iam Hay

,a younger son of the fam ily

of Tweeddale. 1 630,In the estate of Rannes he was succeeded by

his eldest son George,who m arried Agnes

,daughter of Guthrie of

Guthrie,Bishop of Murray

,and had

,1 645

,Jam es B ay of Rannes

,

who m arried Margaret,daughter of Gordon of Park . Their children

were (L) Jam es Hay of Rannes ; (IL) Andrew Hay of Mountblairy,of whom the Hays of Cocklaw and Faichfield are descended. 1684,

The above Jam es Hay of Rannes m arried Margaret, daughter of

360 BANFFSHIRE.

Gordon of Glengerrack . Their children were (L) Charles Hay ofRannes , born 1 688, and died in

‘ London in 1 751 (IL) Jam es Hay,who married Helen Lauder

,dowager Lady Banff

,of whom were

James,Charles

,and William Hay. 1 7 10, The above Charles Hay

of Rannes m arried Helen,only chil d of Dr. Andrew Fraser, Inver

ness . Their children were (L) Andrew Hay of Rannes ; (IL) Al exander Hay

,died 1 771 , aged 47 ; (UL) Mary, m arried to Le ith of

Leithall ; (IV) Katherine, married to Gordon of Sheilagreen; (V.)Clementina

,m arried to Dufi"

, ofWhitehill (VL ) Margaret, m arriedto Russell of Montcoffer ; (VIL) Jane, unm arried.

’

“1 789, The above Andrew Hay died, unmarried, the 29th of

August 1789, aged 76, and his rem ains are deposited in this aisle.Mr. Hay was distinguished for those qualities which add grace anddignity to human nature. Possessed of true piety

,he was an affec

tionate kinsman, a steady friend, a pleasant companion, and anhonest man. The urbanity of his manners

,and the kindness of his

disposition,were universally felt and acknowledged. He m ade use

of his fortune with that happy prudence which enabled him,while

alive,to share enj oym ent with his friends

,and to leave to his suc

cessor an am ple and independent inheritance. Rev. x iv.

The estate of Rannes now belongs to the Earl of Seafield.

Within a mortuary enclosure are the foll owing inscriptions

Mem oria charissim a sua conjugis Eliz abetha Gordon, quadecessit die decimo quinto Januarij calendas, 1 725, a tatis sua 31 .

Monum entum hoc ex trui curavit m aritus superstes Alexander ~

Gordon de C airnfield,Signeto P agio Scriba.

”

Sacred to the m em ory of James Gordon , second son of Alex .

Gordon of C airnfield, who died at Banff on the 1 January 1 8 15,aged 77 ; and Janet Mercer, his spouse, who died at Nairn , onthe 24 May 1 842, aged 84. This tablet is placed by Adam-GardenGordon

,their youngest son, and Francis Gordon of Ki ncardine

,

1 844”

Bydand’— To the memory of Adam Gordon of C airnfield, who

died 1 7th March 1 847 , aged 74. Elizabeth Cruickshank,his wife

,

eldest daughter of the late Patrick Cruickshank of Stracathro,

Forfarshire, died 29th January 1 847, aged 67, and their two sonsand two daughters

,who predeceased them . Erected as a tribute

of respect and affection by their surviving sons—,J olm Gordon of

C airnfield ; Patrick , Major, George , merchant,U.S.,Am e

rica ; Jam es C . Duff, and Wil liam , Lieutenant ,

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in Scotia,hic iacet. Vir fuit prim a va pietate

,insignis candore et

sim plicitate christiana, adm irandus integritate, et morum innocentiaex i m ius, ingenio acutus, doctrina et eruditione clarus, prudentia etsapientia singularis, zelo et charitate fidelibus charissim us

,benefi

centia com itate et liberal itate etiam iis qui foris sunt venerabilis .Abi

,viator

, et bene precare. Vix it annos circiter 76, obiit quartoIdus Octobris anno repate salutis

Bishop Nicolson was a younger son of Thomas Nicolson of

Kem nay,by his wife

,a daughter of Abercromby of Birkenbog.

Born a' Protestant

,he adopted the Romish faith.

PARISH or BELLIE OR FOCHABERS. 363

ELGINSHIRE.

PARISH OF ABERNETHY.

On gravestones in the churchyard are these rhymes

Troubles sore we surely bore,Physicians were in vain ,Till God above by his j ust loveRelieved all our pain.

”

Al l in this lonesom e house of restI lie but for a tim e

,

In hopes to rise as Jesus rose,

And spend a life divine.”

The world’s a cityFull of streets

,

And death’s a m arketThat every one m eets ;

But if life were a thingThat m oney could buy;

The poor could not liveAnd the rich woul d ne’er

PARISH OF BELLIE OR FOC HABERS.

In the churchyard a tom bstone comm em orates John Ross, Pro

fessor of Oriental Languages in King’s College,Aberdeen

,who died

9th July, 1814, aged eighty-four.

A gravestone celebrates William Marshall,Factor to Alexander

364 ELGINSHIRE.

Duke of Gordon, eminent as a composer of Scottish music, especially

strathspeys . He died 29th May, 1 833, in his eighty-fifth year.

Four of his sons were officers in the army,and several of them

acquired distinction.

An al tar tombstone denotes the grave of the Rev. John Anderson,som etim e minister of the parish , who died 22nd April , 1 839, in his

eightieth year and the fifty- seventh of his ministry. Skilled in the

affairs of business, Mr. Anderson was employed as factor by the

Duke of Gordon,and was nominated a Justice of the Peace. On

account of hisSeveral offices he was thus rhymed upon by a local

The Rev. John Anderson,

Factor to His Grace,

Minister of Fochabers,

And Justice of the Peace .

The General As sembly,by a deliverance in 1819 highly disap

proved of ministers holding secular offices,and in consequence Mr.

Anderson resigned his charge.

On tom bstones in the churchyard are these verses

Unknownto pomp , and bred to rural toil ,To him the Christian’s faith and hOpe were given ;Unskilled in art

,nor trained in courtly guil e

,

He lived to God,and died to wake in heaven .

It was in the bloom of manhood’s prime,

When death to m e was sent ;All you that have a longer tim e

,

Be careful and repent .”

O, the grave, whilst it covers each fault, each defectLeaves untarnish’

d the worth of the Just ;His m em ory we’ll cherish with tender respect

,

Whilst h is body consumes in the dust.”

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Auchterblair, was killed in the action at Gunderm uck, during thedisastrous retreat of the British Army from Cabool, on the 13thof January, 1 842, ag ed 38 years . Erected by his bereaved WIdow.

Within a mortuary enclosure are comm em orated Colonel Sir

Maxwell Grant,who died 22nd October, 1 823, and other members

of the fam ilies of Grant ofTullochgorm and Tullickgriban.

PARISH OF DYKE AND MOY.

In Dyke churchyard a mortuary enclosure bears the following

inscription

Val ter Kinnaird Elizabeth Innes, 1 613.

The Bvil dars Of This Bed : Of StaneAr Laird And Ladie Of C ovbine

t ilk Tua And Thars t ane Braithe Is Gam ePleis God Vil Sleip This Bed :Vithin

PARISH OF ELGIN.

Elgin cathedral was founded in 1224 by Andrew de Moravia or

Moray,bishop of the diocese. It was destroyed in 1390 by

Alexander Stewart,third son of Robert II., known as the Wolf of

Badenoch (see sup ra, p . but was rebuilt soon afterwards .

It presented the form of a Jerusalem cross,having five towers,

two at each end and one in the centre. The interior cons is ted of

a nave, choir, and two aisles . Reared in richly decorated Gothic

architecture the fabric presented a gorgeous and most imposing

aspect . At the Reformation it was stripped of its leaden covering

and thereafter allowed to fall into decay. Even as a ruin'

it

claims the attention of the admirers of architectural art.

In the choir a large block of blue m arble denotes the resting

place of Bishop Andrew de Moravia,the m unificent founder. The

bishop died in 1242,after anepiscopate of about twenty years.

In St. Mary’s aisle a m onum ent com m em orates Al exander

PARISH or ELGIN . 367

Seton,who in 1449was created Earl of Huntly ; he died in 1470.

St. Mary’s aisle also contains a monument in memory of Henrietta,

daughter of Charles,Earl of Peterborough and Monmouth

,and

wife of Alexander, second Duke of Gordon ; she died in 1 760.

In the south transept were interred the remains of Alexander

Stewart,Duke of Al bany, second son of James II . he died in 1480

and his effigy is preserved in a mural recess.

As a burial place the old family of Innes,now represented by

the Duke of Roxburghe, made use of the south transept. It con

tains a full length figure of Robert Innes,of Innesm arkie

,who died

in 1482. In the cathedral churchyard a monument commemorates

Robert Innes of that Ilk and his wife Elizabeth Elphinstone . It

is thus inscribed

Requiescunt hieRobertus Innes ab eodem , et Elizabetha Elphinstone

,ejus conjux, qui fatis concesserunt 25 Septem b. et 26 Fcbr.

anno sal. hum . 1597 et 1 610. Ideoque ; in piam gratam que ; memoriam charissim orum parentum ,

hoe m onum entum ex truendum curavit Robertus filius.

”

In the aisle (styled of St. Peter and St. Paul ) is the burial-ground

of the Dunbars of Grange, an ancient house in Morayshire. A

monument erected by Robert Dunbar of Grange Hall , chief of Clan

Durris,in mem ory of his wife, is inscribed thus

A holy virgin in her younger lyff,And next a prudent and a faithful wyfe,A pious mother

,who with Christian care

Inform ed her children with the love and fearOf God and virtuous acts. Who can express,Alone reader by a volum e from the press .

In the nave these lines formerly commem orated Robert“

Leslie,

younger sonof George, fourth Earl of Rothes, and his wife, a daugh

ter of the House of Elphinstone.”

Robertus Lesly, com itis qui filius olim,

Rothusie fuerat, simul et suavissima conjux,

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Elpstonnsoboles herois, conduntur in antroHoe licet obscuro celebres pietate supersunt.

Hos quondam binos Hym enaus junx it in unum ,

Corpus, et his vivis sem per suis una voluntas,

Unus amor,dom us una fuit ; nunc lum ine cassos

Una duos iterum condit libitina sepul tos.

In the Apprentice aisle a monum ent commem orates the Rev.

Robert Langlands,minister of the first charge

,and formerly of the

Barony Church,Glasgow. The monument bears the following

legend :

Hie requiescit vir pius reverendus, dom inus Robertus Langlands fuluentISSIm um quondam ecclesia sidus m ellifluus verbi pra co

,

fidelis m ysteriorum Dei oeconomus ecclesia Glascuensis per annosaliquot pastor vigilantissim us; et ad Elginum , paulo ante obitumgeneralis hujus ecclesia synodi decreto translatus, ubi pie ac placideobiit pridie idus Augusti, anno Dom . 1 696. In cuj us m em oriamm onum entum hoc ex truendum curarunt am i ci et reverendus collega,dominus Jacobus Thomson.

Hac situs est hum ili clarus Langlandius urna,Fl ebil is heu cunctis occidit ill e probis,Pra co pins reserans sacri m ysteria verbiEt docuit populum sedulus usque ; suumDoctrina laudes varia ,

prudentia rerum,

Ornabant anim um consil ium que ; sagax :

Et l icet Elginum teneat quem Glascua qum dam ,

Dilex it, proprium vendicat ipse polus .”

In the Apprentice aisle the Rev. Jam es Thom son, of Newton,

Fifeshire, m inister of the second charge,has thus celebrated

Elizabeth Paterson , his first wife,who died 12th August

,1 698

,

aged thirty-Six

E lizabeth here lyes , who led her l ifeUnstained while virgin and twice married wife.She was her parents’ image—her did graceAll the il lustrious honours of the face ;With em inent piety and com plaisanceAl l the decorem ents of exal ted sense .David’s swan song much in her mouth

,she had

More in her heart onit established.

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370 ELGINSHIRE.

Thi s world is a cityFull of streetsDeath is the mercatThat all men meets .If lyfe were a thingThat m onie coul d buyThe poor coul d not liveAnd the rich would not

The Tyrant Death he triumphs here ;His Trophies spread around !

And Heaps of Dust and Bones appear,

Thro’ all the hollow Ground .

But where the souls,those deathless things

,

That left thi s dying clay !My Thoughts now stretch out all your WingsAnd trace eternity.

There we shall swim in heavenly Blis s,Or sink in flaming Waves ;While the pal e carcas s thoughtless hes

,

Amongst the silent Graves.Som e hearty Friend shall drop a TearOn our dry Bones

,and say

These once were strong as mine appear,

And m ine must be as they.

Thus shall our m oul dering Members teach,

What now our Senses learn,

For Dust and Ashes loudest preachMen’s infinite Concern .

”

PARISH OF FORRES .

In the churchyard Em ilia Dunbar has commemorated her husband

thus

A Loving Husband a Father dearA Faithful trusty Friend lies buried hereHe was the man that ne’er oppressed the poorNor sent the stranger hungry from his door.

PARISH or KNOC KANDO . 371

Death can’t disj oin whom Christian Love has j oinedNor raze his m em ry from his Widow

’

s mind.Esteem

’

d,revered

,respected and beloved

He e’er shall be by her whom once he lov’

d.

Not from a stranger com es this heartfelt verseEmilia Dunbar

’s griefe shal l never cease .

”

On the gravestone of the Rev. Joseph Brodie, m inister of the

parish,his nephew

,Alexander Brodie of Brodie

,inscribed these

lines :

Why choosest,thou man

,when fall en asleep

,

This place of rest ? Even still my flock to keep,As living dying preached I

,so m y grave,

Tom b,dust

,these bones

,dead walls

,and porch shall have

A voice to witness,teach

,cry, c all to m ind

The good word preached , which true ere long they’

ll find.

Fourth son of the David Brodie‘

of Brodi e, the subj ect of the

preceding epitaph was adm itted m inister of Keith in 1631 . He

was translated to Forres in 1 646, where he m inistered till his death,which took place onthe 27th October, 1 656 . He m arried a daughter

of Bishop Guthrie of Moray.

PARISH OF KNOCKANDO.

In the parish churchyard is a slab stone adorned with Runes ;its history is unknown.

Within a mortuary enclosure a tombstone celebrates Jam es

Will iam Grant,Esq.

,of Elchies, who died 1 7th Decem ber, 1 865,

aged seventy-seven . Mr. Grant held a civil appointm ent inIndia,

and was distinguished as an astronomer.

In the old churchyard of Elchies is a burial-vault which be

longed to Grant of Easter Elchies,but which is now possessed by

the Earl.

of Seafield.

’

In the interior a monument,with a long

inscription in Latin,celebrates John Grant of Elchies

,a captain in

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the army and zealous patriot, who died 4th March, 1 7 15, aged fifty

six. His son Patri ck,who reared the m onument to his m emory

,

passed advocate in 1 712, and was raised to the bench as Lord

Elchies in 1 732. A profound and industrious lawyer, he im paired

his popularity both as an advocate and judge by an im patient

manner. He coll ected the “ Decisions of the Court of Session from

1 733 to and prepared “Annotations 0 11 Lord Stair’s Insti

tutes,which were both published posthum ously. Lord Elchies

died onthe 27th Jul y, 1 754.

These metrical epitaphs are from Knockando churchyard

Stay, passenger, consider well ,Whilst thou art onthis stage,

When Death with his commission com es,

He will not ask thine age .

Here lies a blossom quickly pul led,Ere it cam e to its prim e ;Therefore

, I say, improve it wellWhilst thou hast precious tim e.

To Death’s despotic sceptre al l must bend,

He spares not parent, child, nor weeping friend ;Not manhood’s bloom, nor youth

’s fair tender flower,

Can m ove his pity or resist his power.Meagre consum ption here a FATHER laid

,

And BURNING FEVER slew his LOVELY MAID.

’Twas sinthat gave tyrannic pow’

r to Death,

And, at his sum m ons

,these resigned their breath

,

Until their Saviour call s them from the grave,

Destroys grim Death, and shows his pow’

r to save .

PARISH OF ROTHES .

In the churchyard a tom bstone com m em orates the Rev.James

Lesl ie , first Presbyterian m inister of the parish ; it is thus inscribed .

Here lies ane noble m an, Mr. J am es Leslie, P arsonof Rothes ,

Brother Germ an ofGeorge , um quhile Earl of the same, who deparmin the Lord 13th October,

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NAIRNSHIRE.

PARISH OF CAWDOR.

In the old churchyard a plain tombstone thus commemorates a

granduncle of the celebrated Lord Macaul ay

Under this are interred the Rem ains of the Revd . KennethMacaul ay

,Minister of Calder, who died 2ndMarch MD CCLXX IX .

in the 56 year of his age and Inthe 32nd of his ministry.

Notus infratris animi paterni.

Mr. Macaulay published a “ History of St. Ki lda, whichwascareful ly revised by Dr. JobnMcP herson, minister of Sleat . He

was visited by Dr. Sam uel Johnson , who held a low estimate of his

abilities.

PARISH OF NAIRN.

In the parish church two monum ents, belonging to the House of

Rose of Kilravock,have these inscriptions

Mors Chri sti m ors mortis . Sic itur ad astra . Positum DavidiRose de Earlesm ill

,fil io Gul ielm o Rose et Lilia Hay, Domini et

Dom ina de Kilravock, qui Obiit 30Maii 1 669. ZEtatis 76 . Necnonconjugi, Christina Cuthbert, filia Jacobi Cuthbert de Drakie, quaObiit 8 Septem b 1658 . In memoriam parentum et fratum Jacobi

,

Gul ielm i et Alexandri et Guli elm i Rose, adornandum curavitMagister Hugo Rose, divini verbi Minister apud Nairn,

Joannes Rose de Broadley, filius Guli elm i Rose et Lilia Hay,

Domini etDomina deKilravock, Obiit 19 April , 1 662. ZEtatis 72.

Anna C hisholm e ipsius conjunx filia Domini de C rom l ix ,Obiit 29

Maii,1 658 . Filii et conjugis . Joannes prim ogenitus, l , Joanna

Kynnaird, fil ia Domini de C oulbine ; 2, Christina Fraser, filia

PARISH OF NAIRN. 375

Fraser de Stronie. Jacobus secundo genitus, tribunus m ilitum inGallia

,1 641 . Gulielm us tertiogenitus Lil ias Grant, soror Joannis

Grant de Moynes. Hugo quartogenitus,Margareta McCull och,filia

Andrea McCull och de Glastalich. Al exander quintogenitus Obiit1 661 . Henricus sex togenitus, Joanna Ross, filia m agistri ThomaRoss de Morenge. Filia et conjugis Anna prim ogenita, Al exanderDunbar de Boath . Maria secundogenita, magister Joannes Dallasde Budzett deeanns Rossen. Joanna tertiogenita, m agister JacobusMcKenzie, divini verbi minister apud Nigg, 1 670.

The fami ly of Rose settled inNairnshire in the reign of David I.,

they were first designated of Geddes . The House is now repre

sented by Major James Rose,the twenty-third laird of Kilravock.

376 INVERNEss—SHIRE.

INVERNESS-SH IRE.

PARISH OF DUIRINISH .

In the churchyard of Duirinish , Isle of Skye,an obelisk about

thirty feet in height presents on a marble tablet the following in

scription .

This pyramid was erected by Sim on,Lord Fraser of Lovat

,in

honour of Lord Thomas his father, a Peer of Scotland, and Chief ofthe great and ancient Clan of the Frasers . Being attacked for hisbirthright by the fam ily of Atholl

,then in power and favour with

King Will iam,yet by the valour and fideli ty of his clan

,and the

assistance of the C am pbell s, the old friends and allies of his family,he defended his birthright with such greatness and firm ety of soul

,

and such valour and activity,that he was an honour to his nam e,

and a good pattern to al l brave chiefs of clans . He di ed in themonth of May, 1 699, in the 63rd year of his age, in Dunvegan,the house of the Laird of MacLeod

,whose sister he had married

,

by whom he had the above Sim on,

‘Lord Fraser,and several other

children. And, for the great love he bore to the famil y ofMacLeod

he desired to be buried near his wife’s relations

,inthe place where

two of her uncles lay. And his son, Lord Sim on, to show to posterityhis great affection for his m other’s kindred

,the brave MacLeods,

chooses rather to leave his father’s bones with them than carrythem to his ownburial-place

,near Lovat.”

Thom as Fraser of Beaufort,com m em orated in the above inscrip

tion,did not obtain legal recognition of his fam ily honours . His

claim to the title and estates of Lovat was di sputed by Amelia

Fraser,eldest daughter of Hugh

,tenth Lord Lovat

,and his wife

Am elia Murray, daughter of John, Marquis ofAthole . After a period

the Opposition was withdrawn,and Sim on Fraser of Beaufort

,son

of Thom as, was served heir to the title and estates. His career

form s a curious episode in the national history . He was beheaded

onTower Hill , London, 9th April , 1 747 .

In the churchyard at Trumpan,at Waternish, were secretly

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378 INVERNEss-SHIRE.

privations till his translation to Kilm alie in 1 712. In the following

year he was preferred to Harris,where he ministered till his death ,

which took place onthe 20th April,1 758 . In his Will he stipulated

that his remains shoul d be interred at the threshold of the Church,so that every Sunday his people m ight tread upon his grave. His

desire was not fully complied with,for his remains were deposited

with in the church,and onthe right side of the passage. The coffin,

according to the practice of the island,was placed onl y a few inches

under the surface . Many years after,as the church ofli cer was

scooping the earthen floor of the church,be partially exposed a

human Skull,whi ch he dug up. It was that of Mr. Macaul ay.

Mr. Mac aulay married Margaret Morison,and left three sons,

rEneas,John

,and Kenneth. The last di ed minister of Cawdor (see

sup ra, p . John,the second son, was born in 1 720, and studied

at King’s College, Aberdeen. Having obtained licence,he was

,in

1 745, admitted mini ster of South Uist. In1 755he was translated

to Lismore,and thence in 1 765 to the second charge of Inverary. In

1 774 he was preferred to the parish of Cardross, where he ministered

till his death,which took place onthe 31st March, 1 789. By his

marriage with Margaret, daughter of Colin Campbell, of Invergregan,he had seven sons and five daughters . His third son Zachary was

some years a merchant at Sierra Leone. Returning to Britain he

became a prominent member of the Anti- Slavery Society. He was

father of Lord Macaulay,the distinguished historian .

PARISH OF INVERNESS .

In the old church, a m onum ent reared by his son-in-law,John

Cuthbert,of Castle-hill , Inverness, celebrates Will iam Hay, D .D .

,

Bishop of Moray, who died 19th March, 1 707, aged sixty- one. It

is inscribed thus

P . M. S.

Reverendi adm odum in Christo patris Gulielm i Hay, S .T .P.

PARISH OF INVERNESS. 379

episcopi Moraviensis m eritissim i, qui prim a va pietatis et summ a

eloquentia pra sul, constans ubique ecclesia et m aj estatis regiaassertor

,nec m agis florentis utriusque quam afflicta ; episcopales

infulas pietate ornavit vita integritate, morum suavitate decoravittandem

, studiis et paralysi vicennali exhausto, vitam integerrim am

beatissim a secuta est mors ; Martii 19,1 707 . fEtatis sua 60.

Hoc m onum entum , qualequal e est, qui ejus dux erat Joannes Cuthbert, A.R.M. posuit, ejus filiam dux erat Joannes Cuthbert

,A .R.M.

posuit.”

Bishop Hay was a pious and exemplary prelate. On the aboli

tion of episcopacy in 1690,he retired to Inverness . Of m ild dispo

sitionhe abhorred persecution,and exhorted his clergy to m inisterial

earnestness and brotherly love.

In the chapel burying-ground a monum ent celebrates the Hon.

Sybella Mackay, daughter of John, second Lord Reay, and wife of

Alexander Rose,bailie of Inverness. It is inscribed thus

Hic jacet corpus m ulieris non tantum natal ium splendore, sedetiam propriis virtutibus illustris

,Dom ina Sibylla M

’

Kay, filialegitim a nobilis quondam et potentis Dom ini, Joannis reguli aReay et D om . Barbara M

’

Kay Al exandri Rose, pra toris Innernessensis Sponsa , qua Obiit 1 6 cal. Novem b. anno a ra Christi1 691 . ZEtatiS autem sua 27 .

On the tombstone of JohnCuthbert,of Drakies

,Provost of Inver

ness,who di ed 2l st November, 1 71 1 , is the following couplet

In death no difference is m adeBetwixt the sceptre and the spade.

On tom bstones at Inverness are these rhymes

The life of man’s a roll ing stone,Mov’d to and fro and quickly gone.

Here we lie asleep,til l Christ the world surround

This sepulchre will keep until the trum pet sound .

380 INVERNEss-SHIRE.

Asks thou who lies within this place so narrow,

I’

m here to-day, thou may’st be here to-morrow,

Dust m ust return to dust, our mother,

The soul returns to God our father.”

Here hes my friend,yet he’

ll no longer lieThan death is swallow’

d up in victory ;We parted were when he resigned his breathHe’ll make us meet again who conquer

’

d death .

Beholder,

Take tim e whil e tim e doth serve ’tis time to-day,

But secret dangers still attend delay,

Do what thou canst,to-day hath eagle’s wings

,

And who can tell what change to-m orrow brings.

PARISH OF KILMALIE.

The following inscription on an obeli sk com memorates a

hero

Sacred to the mem ory of Colonel John Cam eron,eldest son of

Sir Ewen Cam eron of Fassfern, Baronet, whose m ortal remains,

transported from the field of glory, where he died rest here withthose of his forefathers . During twenty years of active militaryservice

,with a Spirit that knew no fear, and shunned no danger, be

accom panied or led,in m arches

,sieges

,and battles

,the gall ant 92nd

Regim ent of Scottish Highlanders,always to honour

,alm ost always

to victory ; and at length in the 42nd year of his age, upon thememorable 1 6th day ofJune

,A.D . 1815, was Slain in the comm and of

that corps,while actively contributing to achieve the decisive victory

ofWaterloo,which gave peace to EuTOpe. Thus closing his m il itary

career with the long and eventful struggle in which his serviceshas been so often distinguished

,he died lam ented by that unrivalled

general to whose long train of success he had so often contributed ;by his country from whom he had repeatedly received m arks of thehighest consideration

,and by his sovereign

,who graced bi s surviv

ing fam ily with those m arks of honour which coul d not foll ow tothis place

,him whose m erits they were designed to com m em orate.

Reader,call not his fate untim ely who thus honoured and lam ented

closed a life of fam e by a death of glory.

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About two years afte rwards the remains of her husband were laid

by her side within the mortuary enclosure of the House of Kings

InKilm u ir churchyard a gravestone denotes the resting-place

o f the Rev. Donald Macqueen, minister of the parish, who died 1st

February,1 785. By Dr. Samuel Johnson he was commended for

his le arning.

PARISH OF PETTY.

Since the year 1 606,when Lachlan

,third of that name

,and

s ix teenth Laird of Mackintosh was buried at Petty,it has been

the fam ily burial-ground of the Chiefs of clan C hattan. Four

chiefs and two of their ladies are laid in the family vault ; the

other mem bers of the house are sepulchred within a railed en

closure.

At the east end of the old church is the burial-place of Cap

tain John Mackintosh of Kellachie,father of Sir James Mackin

tosh,the di stinguished philosopher.

The chief of the Macgil livrays, who was killed at Cul loden,

was interred inthe churchyard .

PARISH OF SLEAT .

In the churchyard an elegant monum ent,executed at Rome

,

com m em orates Sir James Macdonal d, Bart ., the“ Scottish Mar

cellus.

” This short- lived scholar, eighth baronet of Sleat,and

male representative of the Lords of the Isles, was born in 1 741 .

At Eton be greatly distinguished him self by his attainm ents,and high hopes were entertained of his career. In course of

his travels he was seized with a complication of disorders,of

which he died on the 26th July, 1766 . His monument is thus

inscribed

PARISH OF URQUIIART AND GLENMORISTON.

To the m em ory of Sir Jam es Macdonald,Bart.

,who in the flower

of his youth had attained to so em inent a degree of knowledge inMathematics

,Philosophy, Languages, and

.

in every other branch ofuseful and polite learning, as few have acquired in a long lifewholly devoted to study ; yet to this erudition he j oined what canrarely be found with it

,great talents for business

,great propriety of

behaviour,great politeness of m anners His eloquence was sweet

,

correct and flowing ; his m emory vast and exact ; his judgm entstrong and acute ; all whi ch endowm ents, united

'with the m ostam iable tem per and every private virtue

,procured him

,not only in

his owncountry, but also from foreign nations,the highest marks

of esteem . In the year of our Lord 1 766, in the 25th of his life,

after a long and extrem ely painful illness,which he supported with

adm irable patience and fortitude,he died at Rom e

,where notwith

standing the difference inreligion,such extraordinary honours were

paid to his m em ory as had never graced that of any other Britishsubject

, Since the death of Sir P hihp Sydney. The fame he left behind him is the best consolation to his affl icted family

,and to his

countrymen in this isle,for whose benefit he had planned m any

useful im provements,whi ch his fruitful genius suggested

,and his

active Spirit promoted under the sober di rection of a clear and enlightened understanding. Reader

,bewail our loss

,and that of all

Britain. In test im ony of her love,and as the best return she can

make to her departed son for the constant tenderness and affectionwhich

,even to his last m oments

,he showed for her, his much

afflicted m other,the Lady Margaret Macdonald

,daughter to the

Earl of Eglintoune, erected this monum ent A.D .

Sir James Macdonald’s younger brother,Al exander, was in 1 776

created Baron Macdonald of Sleat ; he died in 1 795. The third

brother,Archibald

,studied for the English bar, and becam e Lord

Chief Baron he was created a baronet in 1 813, and died in 1 826 .

PARISH OF URQUHART AND GLENMORISTON .

Withi n the churchyard of St. Columba is the burial enclosure ofthe Grants of Glenm oriston. Two tombstones belonging to the

family are thus inscribed

This stone is erected here in memory of the much honouredJohn Grant

,laird of Glenm oriston

,

'

who died 1 730, aged 79.

A D . 1840 : Alexander Grant, sonof John Grant, fifth laird of

384 INVERNEss-SIIIRE.

Glenm oriston,and his spouse Janet Mackenzie

,grand- daughter of

Captain Alexander Mackenzie of Gairloch ,ancestors of Captain

George Grant of the Indian Arm y,has erected this m onument as a

token of affection,esteem . and regard, with which he cherishes

their memory. They died at Bre,about the year 1 730.

— Dent. 32,

7 ; Prov. 10, 7 .

The tomb of James Grant of Burnhall,W.S.

,2d son of Patrick

Grant of Glenm oriston,by Henrietta

,daughter of James Grant of

Rothiemurchus,di ed 1 834

,aged 66 years. His family Jam es

,died

at Barbadoes , 1 829, aged 20 ; Sim on~Fraser died at Edinburgh,

1 829, aged 1 1 ; John C harles, Bengal,died at Singapore

,

1 836,aged 28

,at whose desire this tom b of his father and fam ily

was erected. Helen,spouse of A lexander Macdonald of Berbice

,

died at Dawlish, Devonshire, 1840, aged

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386 Ros s AND CROMARTY.

latterly resided at Contin,where he died on the 18th May

,1845.

Laidl aw became known to Sir Walter Scott,from his love of

Border ballad. He com posed several songs,of which the most

popular is “ Lucy’

s Fli ttin.

”

PARISH OF CROMARTY.

Near the Gaelic Chapel, a monumental statue of Hugh Mill er,executed by Handyside Ritchi e, has been reared by public subscription . (Vol . I.

,p .

In front of the Free Church, a massive monument of Aberdeen

granite commem orates the Rev. Alexander Stewart, an eminent

minister of the parish, who di ed 5th November 1 847, aged 54. In

1843Mr. Stewart adhered to the Free Church.

PARISH OF DINGWALL.

On an artificial mound near the parish church an obelisk fiftyseven feet inheight was erected by Sir George Mackenz ie

,first Earl

of Crom arty, to denote the spot he had selected as a place of sepul

ture. Son of Sir John Mackenzie, who was created a baronet in

1 628 , this accomplished statesman supported Charles II. by militaryservice

,and on the Restoration was appointed a Lord of Session

,with

a seat in the Privy Council. By Jam es VII . he was in 1685 created

a peer with the title of Viscount Tarbet. At the Revolution,

Willi am III .

,who knew his abil ities, accepted his services as Lord

Clerk Register : in the beginning of Queen Anne’s reign he held

office as Secretary of State . In January, 1 703, he was created

Earl of Crom arty. He died in 1 714 ; his present representative is

the Countess of Cromarty, Duchess of Sutherland.

PARISH or FEARN . 387

PARISH OF FEARN.

The Abbey of Fearn was founded by Ferquhard, Earl of Ross ,about the year 1230. An aisle at the east end '

of the structure

has for centuries been the burying-place of the ancient House ofROSS. Here a handsom e monum ent with a Latin inscription celefi

brates General the Honourable Charles Ross,a distinguished

member of the sept. Second son of George,eleventh Lord Ross

,

he was born onthe 8th February, 1 667 . As an officer in the arm y

he countenanced the Revolution,but afterwards joined S ir James

Montgomery in his plot for restoring the exiled House. In 1695

he was appointed colonel of the royal regim ent of Irish dragoons,and

took part in the continental war. Elected M.P . for Ross- shire in

1 707, he gave an active support to the Tory adm inistration . In

1 712 he attained the rank of general . He was one of the Secret

Comm ittee to enquire into the conduct of the South Sea Directors,

and in this capacity distinguished him self by hi s activity and

candour. He,

died at Bath on the 5th August, 1 732, and his

remains were conveyed to the Abbey of Fearn,and there laid in

a sarcophagus .

In the Ross aisle were interred the rem ains of Sir John Lock

hart Ross,Bart ., ofBalnagowan. This gentleman was fifth son of the

Honourable Grizel Ross,sister of General Ross, and her husband Sir

James Lockhart,of Carstairs. Born on the 1 1th Novem ber

,1 721 ,

he entered the navy in his fourteenth year. In 1 756 he obtained com

mand of the Tartar frigate of twenty-four guns, with which in the

course of fifteen months he captured in the channel nine of the

enem y’s ships . In 178 7 he was promoted as Vice Adm iral of the

Blue. By the death of his brother George, in July, 1 778 , he suc

ceeded to the family baronetcy. He died at Balnagowanon the

9th June, 1 790,in his Sixty -ninth year. He was em inently

benevolent.

In Hiltounburying-ground a gravestone now removed bore these

lines

HE THAT L IVES WEIL DYES WEIL SAYS SOLOMON . THE . W ISE.

HERE LYES ALEXANDER DVFF AND HIS THRIE W IVES.

388 Ross AND CROMARTY.

PARISH OF FODDERTY.

Near the parish church two upright stones are traditionally asso

ciated with the history ofFingal . A stone near Castle Leod bearing

the figure of an eagle denotes the spot at which a number of the

clan Munro were slain by the Mackenzies of Seaforth . Another

engagem ent which took place between the Mackenzies and Mac

donalds is com memorated by a group of monoliths.

PARISH OF GAIRLOCH .

In the churchyard a tombstone commemorates Will iam Ross,the

celebrated Gaelic bard. Born at c adford,Isle of Skye

,in 1 762,

he was educated at the school of Forres,and in his twenty-fourth

year was appointed schoolm aster of this parish . He died at Gair

loch in his twenty- eighth year. He is styled the Burns of the

Gaelic Highlands.

PARISH OF KINCARDINE .

A portion of a sarcophagus in the churchyard is associated with

a Prince of -Loellinwho died of his wounds, and was buried at the

Spot. The end of one of the sides bears som e sculptures,including a.

man onhorseback throwing a spear, and the figure of a crown.

PARISH OF NIGG.

Attached to the parish church is an ancient Runie cross ; it represents two priestl ike figures in the act of offering sacrifice

,with

other em blem s .

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390 Ross AND CROMARTY .

On the monum ent ofAl exander Mackenzie of Coul,and his wife

Christian Munro,are these Latin verses

Hoe Mc’

Kenzeus pius atque sponsaPul chrum opus ca li dom ino dicaruntCui suam vitam quoque sem etipsos

Corde dederunt.

Una mens llhs,amor unus

,unum

Gaudium vita hic rogus unus,in quo

Dorm lent donec veniet supremiJudi cis hora.

Alexander Mackenz ie, of Coul

,was brother of Kenneth, first

Lord Mackenz ie of Kintail his son Kenneth was created a baronet

ofNova Scotia, 1 6th October, 1 673.

A gravestone belonging to the Mackenzies of Coul,is thus in

scribed

As man as soon as born begins to die,

So death begins man’s life of im mortality.

Death, nature, tim e adieu, all hail eternityMan

’

s endless state must be or happiness or woe .

'

h '

em endous their cause who strive to ShowAnnihilation as a safer creed.

And mankind a m utum p ecus breed,Were not a hereafter m an’s predestined lot.Man’s destiny would be to revel and to rotNature’s shame and foulest blot.”

The monument of Thomas Urquhart of Kinundie, who died in

1633,formerly bore these lines

,

My hope shal l never be confounded,Because on Christ m y hope is grounded,My hope onChrist is rested sure,Who wounded was m y wounds to cure ;Grieve not when friends and kinsfolk die,They gain by death eternity .

”

Bail ie Thomas Forbes,who bequeathed £1200 Scots, for behoof

of the parochial incumbent,is by his widow celebrated thus :

Unica virtus , fama superstes,Gratia Christi

,causa salutis.

PARISH or ROSEMARKIE. 391

Sub spe beata resurrectionis inDomino,hic conduntur cineres

Thoma Forbesii,quondam balivi Fortrosensis

,m ortui 21

,sepulti

25,Man 1 699. Qui, in indicium grati erga Deum animi

, et

charitatis erga homines, 1200 lib. Scot,ad sustentandam evangelii

pra di cationem ,hac inurbe

,di cavit.

Monum entum hoc, mariti im pensis, ex truendum curavit Hel

ena Stuarta,relicta conjunx , hic etiam sepelienda sperans.

”

Jean Grant,daughter of Sir James Grant of Moynes, who died

18th August, 1688, aged twenty, has these l ines upon her tomb

Under this stone behold is laid,A modest

,pious

,spotless m aid

Whose life was short, but yet well spent,Her soul was still heavenward bent,Her virt’ous grace and innocenceAgainst all vice did prove a fence,Al though her body lies in dust,Her better part lives with the just

,

Enjoying the dread m ajestyOf Trinity in Unity .

”

392 SUTHERLANDSHIRE

SUTHERLANDSHIRE.

PARISH OF ASSYNT.

Near the parish church an enclosure form s the burial -place of the

Macleods of Assyut,a branch of the Macleods of Lewis. Here

several members of the House have been interred. The lands of

Assyut now belong to the Duke of Sutherland.

PARISH OF DORNOCH .

Within the church a handsome monum ent commemoratesWilliam

seventeenth Earl of Sutherland and his countess, both of whom

di ed in June,1 766, and were interred in the abbey church of Holy

rood (Vol. I.,p. A m onument celebrates George Granvill e

LevesonGower, first Duke of Sutherland, who died at Dunrobin

Castle,19th July, 1 833.

PARISH OF GOLSPIE.

The old churchyard contains the remains of several Earls of

Sutherland . Their onl y memorial is a stone in the church wall,

inscribed as follows .

In hoc diruto cam eterio Sutherlandia plurim orum com itumcineres conquiescunt.

”

Within the enclosures of Dunrobin castl e a monumental statue

celebrates George Granville, second Duke of Sutherland, who died

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394 SUTHERLANDSH IRE.

Calcutta sent to the coast of Pegu for a cargo of teak-wood On

the coast of Arracan the vessel sprung a leak, and settled down

leaving her masts only above water. The mainmast was cut off,

and the crew,seventy- two in number

,took refuge on the rigging

of the two remaining masts . Without food or water, fourteen per

sons lived twenty-three days . Among the survivors was the gal

lant commander, who has published a thrill ing account of his

sufferings and those of his companions . His m ore striking details

suppl ied material s to Lord Byron for his descri ption of a shipwreck

in Don Juan.

” In 1 801 he was by the Bengal governm ent sent

to the Red Sea with stores and provisions for the armies of General

Baird and Sir Ralph Abercrombie. He di ed at Calcutta in 1804.

In reference to the two brothers their monument bears

Their bodies lie in the opposite quarter of the globe, but their

monument is erected where their memory is dearest,near the re

mains of their pious fathers,and amidst many l iving

,whose grati

tude will attest that fraternal affection has not overcharged this

record of their virt ues .”

PARISH OF TONGUE.

A monument,reared by the parishioners

,celebrates the Rev.

William Mackenz ie,minister of the parish .

'

This devoted clergy

man was admitted to the charge in 1 769. He found the people

ignorant and careless,and his earlier efforts for their improvement

proved inefficacious. But his incessant labours at last became

fruitful . In the district he was styled “ the great minister,”on

account of his m inisterial fidelity and abundant success. He died on

5th January, 1834, in his ninety-s ixth year and the sixty-seventh

of his ministry.

PARISH or LATHERON . 395

C AITHNESSSHIRE.

PARISH OF HALKIRK.

The ruin of the chapel at Spittal , founded in the twelfth

century,by Ronal d

,Count of Orkney

,was long the burial-place of

the clan Gunn,a powerful and warlike race inhabiting the district.

For interm ent in the chapel at Spittal members of thi s clan

carried their dead,especially the remains of their chiefs

,from long

distances amidst the utmost inconveniences of travel.

PARISH OF LATHERON.

On tombstones in the parish churchyard these quaint epitaphs

are engraved

If nature’s charms with virtue j oined

Could stop death’s fatal blow,

She had not died whose body lyesInterred this stone below .

”

Cormack Cormack and Helen SotherlandTo these tuo belongs thi s stoneAS a memorandum of them when goneSix times seven years they livedA happy life as it becomes to man and wifeA stage for strangers they wereAnon her fame and virtue to most were seen .

And of injury none coul d her blameTo death . all are free .

But yours I wish . not to seeNow Passenger . if thou hast a tearI pray you stay and drop it here

396 CAITHNESS-SHIRE.

PARISH OF REAY.

In the wall of the old chapel at Crosskirk, a freestone tablet is

thus inscribed1 778

This motine stone is put here by me Donald Gunn, son of thelet decest Alexander Gunn— this Donald Gunn being a residenterinForss

,and his forfathers befor him of an old deat liued inthe

forsaid pleac whos dust lys here . He sened his nam e with IohnGunnand Alex r. Gunn, George Gunn and Imes Gunn.

PARISH OF THURSO .

Harold’s Tower,situated about two miles east of the town of

Thurso,was reared by the late Sir John Sinclair

,Bart .

,to denote the

burial -place of Earl Harold. The earl was owner of half of Orkney

and Zetland and the half ofCaithness he fell in battle in 1 190, while

endeavouring to recover his estates from the hands of a usurper.

In the parish churchyard a monument,reared by public sub

scription,com mem orates Robert Dick

,an eminent natural ist. Mr.

Dick was born at Tullibody, Clackmannanshire ; he long resided at

Thurso,where he died in 1 866.

PARISH OF WICK.

At Ulbster a stone with some untraceable sculptures is said to

have marked the grave of a Danish Princess,whom Gunn, the

founder of the clan of this name,married in Denm ark. The vessel

in which the chief was bringing hom e his bride was wrecked on

the shore of Caithness, and the Princess was drowned.

In the parish churchyard a tombstone is thus inscribed

Here lies entom bed ane noble and worthie man, John Master,of Caithness, who departed this life 15March, 1576, aged 45years .

”

John Master of Cai thness, thus com memorated, was eldest son of

George Sinclair,fourth Earl of Caithness . He married Jean Hep

burn, daughter of Patrick, Earl of Bothwell , and left four sons

and one daughter. The eldest son was fifth earl.

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398 ORKNEY .

Death steers his course to every part of the terrestial globe ,And where he lands

,cuts quickly down all living on this orb

,

For I,who underneath this stone ly sleeping inthe grave,

While here on earth did stoutly scorn proud Neptune'

s ragingwave

,

Great swelling seas I overpast, when stormy winds did boast,Yet death me seized when I was near unto my native coast ;Kind reader, then, be warned, whether by Land or Sea,To learn to live well, then thou shalt prepared be to die .

The gravestone of a young woman bears these hnes

Insul ting death puts noRespect onm ortals here below

But mocks them all so,

That they must to the Shades down go.

Now death’s cut down a pleasant flower,

Of young and tender age,Which plainly tells us none are free

,

From his prevail ing rage ;But God

,whom she onearth adorned

,

Took her up to above,Where now, we hope, She sings sweet songs,Of soul - redeeming love.”

PARISH OF WESTRAY.

monumental rhymes are from Westray churchyard

Death’

s but a servant paleThat leads the little flockInto the glorious valle.

Death’

s trophi es over our bodies stand,

Our soul s above at Christ’s right hand,

And Halelujas stil l doth sing.

Unto the Lamb our Heavenly King.

A P P E N D I X .

EDINBURGHSH IRE.

GREYFRIARS CHURCHYARD .

P . 52 l . 21 . For Alexander Smellie, read Will iam Smellie his

tom bstone is thus inscribed

Infra sepulta sunt reliquia GULIELMI SMELLIE,S . 8 . Reg. et

Antiq. Soc ., qui doctrina gloria principatum inter sui sa culi Typo

graphos tenebat. Librum illum ex im ium, cui titulus The Philo

sophy of Natural History,’conscripSit protulitque in lrrcem ; et

Gal lico in Anglicum serm onem cel. Buffonii opera vertit. Annosnatus LIV. e vita ex cessit, die xxiv. Junij

THE DEAN CEMETERY.

P. 135 l. 1 7 . Thom as Thomson, comm emorated in the Dean

Cemetery,is erroneously described as the distinguished chem i st of

that name. (see Vol. I . 485 and p ostea.) Thom as Thomson was a

principal clerk of session,and well known antiquary. Eldest son

of the Rev. Thomas Thomson, minister of Daill y, he was born on

the l 0th Novem ber,1768 . Originally intended for the Church he

was som etime a theological student ; he afterwards attended the

law classes at Edinburgh,and in 1 793 passed advocate. Devoted

to historical inquiries he edited the works of Lord Hailes,

and proving him self efficient as an examiner of records

was in 1 806 appointed deputy clerk register. His val u

able services ih the Register House were acknowledged by

400 EDINBURGHSHIRE.

his being appointed in1 828 to a principal clerkship in the Court

of Session. For the Bannatyne club be edited many important

antiquarian works,and he was latterly appointed its president.

Many valuable works published under the authority of the Record

Commissioners were prepared under his superintendence. He died on

the 2nd October 1852,at the advanced age of eighty-four. His

younger brother,the Rev. John Thomson of Duddingston, was

a celebrated landscape painter.

PARISH OF BORTHWICK.

Lord Borthwick, whose effigy is preserved in the old church of

Borthwick (Vol I . p . 156) was sonof Sir William Borthwick,who

sat onthe assize of the Duke of Lennox,and constructed a castle on

the lands ofLochwarret. His lordship was not raised to the peerage

before the year 1430, as previously stated ; he was created a peer

by James II . in 1452. The fam ily of Borthwick came from Hungary

and entered Scotland inthe train of Margaret the Saxon princess,

afterwards queen of Malcolm Canmore. They first Obtained landsin Aberdeenshire, and proceeding southwards became possessed ofextensive territories Inthe counties ofDumfries

,Selkirk

,Roxburgh

,

and Haddington .

PARISH OF NEWBATTLE .

In the churchyard a tombstone,elaborately scul ptured

,presents

the following inscription

Here lys Walter Welsh of Lochquareat, who died the 29th of

June, 1 705, and Helen Parkinson his spouse, who died the 19th of

March, 1 696, and Josias Welsh, their son,who died the 15th of

October, 1 695 and Alexander Welsh, their son, who di ed the 1 1thof Jul y

,1717 .

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402 EDINBURGHSHIRE.

On the tombstone of a son of Jam es C hirnsyde, bailie, who died

in 1 682, aged twelve, are these hnes, intended to form an acrostic :

I n this frail life how soon cut off are weH e that onearth do breath must suerly die,M ount up, 0 Scul l, to that seraphick spheare,E tem all life if thou wolds have a share ;S ure God doth for the blessed it prepare .

C a lestiall joy what can compare with thee !H ere nothing is but grif and vanitee,I nvieous death, thou coul d not hurt the soulleR ipen

’

d for glory, though the grave did moulle,N atour and strenth

,yea

,youth thou soon can kill ;

S 0 here thou did accomplish divine will .Y et where ar now thy fourious darts thy sting,D eath cannot stop the soull from taking wing,E ternity with God above to s ing.

A tombstone bearing the Murray shield is inscribed thus

Heere lyeth Frances Murray, daughter of Sir John Murray, oneof the family of Black Barronie, who deceest the 4th of February,1 6 41

, a tatis sua

Sir John Murray was uncle of Sir William Kerr,first Earl of

Lothian, being his mother’s brother.

PARISH or CASTLETON. 403

ROX BURGHSH IRE.

PARISH OF CASTLETON.

A decorated obeli sk,sculptured with the family arms

,com m em o

rates John Armstrong, M .D .,physician and poet. - It is inscribed

thus

If yet thy shade delight-s to hover nearThe holy ground where oft thy sire hast taug ht,And where our father fondly flocked to hear

,

Accept the offering which their sons have brought,Proud of thy muse

,which gave to classic fame

Our val e and stream,too long before unknown,

We raise this stone to bear thy deathl ess nam e,And tell the world that Arm strong was our own,

To learning worth and genius such as thine.”

Son of the Rev. Robert Armstrong,minister of the parish, the

subject of the preceding epitaph was born in 1709. Having studied

at Edinburgh University,and obtained a m edical degree

,he began

practice as a physician in London . In 1 744 he published his “Art

ofPreserving Health,

” a poem inblank verse,which has attained a

well-deserved popularity. For some tim e he attended as physician

the army inGermany. He associated with Dr. Sm ollett and the

poet Thomson,and was at first the friend and afterwards the enem y

of Wilkes . He composed a work on medicine, and other works

chiefly inverse. He died onthe 7th September, 1 779.

Messrs . Robert and William Armstrong, both ministers of the

parish, father and brother of Dr. John Arm strong, are com m em o

rated by tom bstones. The former died 16th April, 1 732 ; the latter

l oth April,1 749.

A gravestone denotes the resting-place of theRev. Angus Barton,

404 ROXBURGHSHIRE.

D .D .

,minister of the parish, who died 19th April , 1 861 , in the

seventy- sixth year of his age,and thirty-ninth of his ministry.

Tom bstones commem orate John Elli ot,

of ThorlieshOpe, who

died in February,1 698

,aged seventy-seven

,and John Elliot

,of

Binks,who died in August

,1 751 , aged seventy- seven .

The tombstone of Dani el Young (di ed April , 1 774) bears these

l ines

Oh,reader

,stay your car

,and stay

And read what I have here to sayYouwalk onearth as once did I

,

Remember you and all must die.

For in my health I little thoughtMy glass was runso near

But now the hour forme is comeNO longer to be here .”

At Milnholm , near the old churchyard of Ettleton,and on the

right bank of the Liddel , a cross, about eight feet high, is fixed in

a large stone resting onthe surface . On the cross are engraved

the letters M .A .,and A A ; whil e beneath, onthe shaft

,is

sculptured a two-handed sword with guard curving towards the

blade. This erection is supposed to denote the spot where the

body ofArmstrong Of Mangerton, who was murdered at Hermitage

Castle by the Lord of Liddesdale, was placed before interment to

await the inspection of the clan.

In Ettletonchurchyard a large tombstone bears onthe margin

these words

Heir lyes ane worthie person,calit William Arm strang of Sark

,

who di ed the 1 8th day of June,1 658

,a tatis sua

Inthe centre is the following legend

Jenet Johnstoun, Relek to the sed desised persnheth put upthis m onam ente inanno Dom . 1 660.

Man is grass, to grave he fl ies ,Grass decays

,and man he dies ;

Grass returns and man does rise,

Yet few the prise.

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406 DUMFRIESSHIRE.

DUMFRIESSH IRE.

PARISH OF CUMMERTREES.

In the churchyard a tombstone com memorates the Johnstones

ofBack-Kerr,who have for several centuries been connected with the

parish. It is thus inscribed

In mem ory of John Johnstone, of Back-Kerr, who died on the3rd day of June, 1 804, aged 80 years.

Also of Janet Pool (his spouse) , who died at Bryde-Kirk, 3rdSeptember

,1 828

,aged 83 years .

Al so of Jane C oulthart,Spouse to Robert Johnstone

,of Back

Kerr,who died 12th January

,1809

,ag ed 29 years .

Also of Robert Johnstone, of Back-Kerr, who died onthe 15thDecember

,1 847, aged 77 years .

”

An older tombstone,belonging to the Johnstones of Back-Kerr

,is

undecipherable.

PARISH OF DALTON.

In the parish churchyard a handsom e al tar tomb, supported by

ornamental pillars, commemorates John Ross, a descendant of the

Rosses of Halkhead, in the county of Renfrew, who resided at

Dalton Park,and was much esteem ed for his urbanity and publ ic ser

vices . Born on the 25th January, 1 732, he married, 15th July,

1 763, Margaret, daughter of Al ex ander Glendinning, of the Isle of

Dalton, by whom he had a large family. His present representa

tive is John Ross C oulthart, ofAshton-under-Lyne, county of Lan

caster.The following inscriptions are onthe tomb

PARISH OF KEIR. 407

In memory ofMargaret Ross, wife of John Ross, ofNew House,InButterthwaite

, and daughter of the late Alexander Glendinning,d Agnes Johnstone of the Isle of Dalton, who died onthe 1 7th

day of January, 1 867, in the 64th year of her age.

Here also rest the remains of John Ross,husband of the above

Margaret, who died onthe 6th day of June, 18 13, in the 81st yearof his age.

Erected to their memory by John Ross,their son

, of Halifax,Yorkshire.

In the churchyard, tom bstones commemorate Michael Ross, ofAldgirth and Sm allholm bank

,who died 5th April

,1 807, aged

seventy, and his wife Agnes Rae, who di ed l 0th April, 1 807, aged

Sixty-five ; also James Ross, ofDormont, who died 27th November,1 815

, aged eighty-two ; and Joseph Ross, ofWellingborough, countyof Northampton

,who died 30th June, 1 815, aged seventy-four.

There are also tombstones and inscriptions to the mem ory of the

Rosses of Bridekirk.

Anal tar tomb celebrates Al exander Glendinning of the Isle,and

Agnes his wife,daughter of John Johnstone, of Graitney. The

Glendinning fam ily were long connected with the parish . Their

present representative is Sidney Glendinning,late of Seedley, near

Manchester,whose father

,Al exander Glendinning, of Ashgrove, in

the county of Kent,served the office of high Sheriff of that county

in 1854. The inscriptions onthe Glendinning tomb are

To the m emory ofAl exander Glendinning, in Isle, of thi s parish,who departed this life February 12th, 1 785, in the 77th year of hisage.

Also Agnes Johnstone, his spouse, who departed this life on the23rd day of July, 1792, aged 74 years .

”

PARISH OF KEIR.

A descendant of theRosses of Halkhead, in the county of Ben

frew,is onhis tombstone thus commemorated

408 DUMFRIESSHIRE.

To the memory of John Ross, tenant of the farm of Barndennoch

,in this parish

,who died on the 25th day of March, 1 763,

aged 63 years .”

PARISH OF KIRKPATRICK-FLEMING.

In the parish churchyard members of the House of C oulthart

are on an altar tomb celebrated thus

Gulielm us C oul thart de C oulthart et C ollynarm . nom inis

gentisque sua facile princeps nat. die Januar. vi . M .DCC.XX XIX.

denat. die Feb. xv. M .DCCC .VII .

In hoc tum ul o sepul tus est Gulielm us C oulthart arm iger

gentilium snorum et cognom inum prim arius Jacobi C oul thart deC oulthart in C om itatuWigtonia et de Largm ore in seneschalsiaKirkcudbright ex ux ore Griselda Macturk filius idem atque heresqui apudWestdenbie inparochiaDalton Feb. xv.An . M .DCCC.VII .JEtat. LXVIII. di em Obiit supremum .

Una recondita est Jenetta ejusdem viri conjux et vidua Alexdri autem Macnaught de Milton Park in parochia Dalreensifilia

nata est Janetta Jan . xxiv. An . M.DCC .XLI Obiit apud C ollynhousein parochie Torthorwald Mali xviii . M.DCCC .XXXII.

Intus etiam jacot Al exander C oul thart supra mem orati Gulielm iC oulthart et Janetta filius natus Al exander Junii xxi An.

M .DCC .LXIX. vix dum annos viginti egressus m orte immaturaraptus est apud Turfrigg hujus ipsius parochia die Jnlii xix . AnnoM .DCC .LXXXIX.

Of these inscriptions, the first surrounds the cornice of the tomb

inraised letters , and the three others are cut into the horiz ontal

tablet. The panels of the monument onthe sides and ends are

adorned with armorial shields of the C oulthart fam ily.

PARISH OF MOUSWALD .

Inthe churchyard a tombstone commemorates the great-grand

father and'

great- grandm other of John Irving of Boreland, in the

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KIRKCUDBRIGHTSHIRE.

PARISH OF BUITTLE.

In the churchyard a handsome obelisk, of C raignair granite, com

m em orates John Tait,m aster of the grammar school. Son of John

Tait of Miltown Park, parish of Dalry,and his wife Jane

McNaught, a descendant of the McNaughts ofKilquhanity, Mr. Tait

was celebrated for his classical and mathematical acquirements. His

monument is thus inscribed

Erected to the mem ory of John Tait, 43 years parish schoolmaster of Buittle

,by old pupils and friends

,intestimony of his

public usefulness and private worth.

During a period of unexampled progress in the art of teaching,he steadily kept pace with improvem ent in that profession whichto his last hour he adorned. He died 27th January, 1 857, aged 66years.”

PARISH OF KELLS .

A tombstone is thus inscribed

This stone is erected by James C oulthart, in mem ory of GrizelMcTurk

,his spouse

,who died 14th July

,1 767 , aged 66 years.

Al so of James C oulthart, son of Andrew C oul thart, and grandson of the said James C oul thart, who died l oth February, 1 771 ,aged 6 years .”

On the tombstone is presented a curiously scul ptured shield,bearing the arms of C oulthart andMcTurk im pal ed thus On the

dex ter a fesse between two colts in chief, and one in base courant,for C oulthart ; and on the sinister a hunting-horn stringed, for

McTurk.

PARISH or KIRKPATRICK-DURHAM. 41 1

PARISH OF KIRKPATRICK-DURHAM.

In the churchyard a tombstone belonging to Robert Watson,who

died 15th June,1839

,aged seventy-seven

,has the following metri

cal inscription

Three years in trouble I endured the rod,

But in affl iction I was loved by God ;For God in mercy had decreed the cup

,

Therefore I wil lingly did drink it up .

”

Robert McMill anand his Sister Mary have ontheir tombstone

these lines

Dear is the spot where Christians sleep,

And sweet the strains that angels pour ;Oh why shoul d friends in anguish weep ?For they’re not lost

,but gone before.”

On a vertical tom bstone,having a skull and cross-bones carved

onone side,and a nearly obliterated inscription onthe other

,Mar

garet Heron is thus commemorated

Here lies Margaret Heron,daughter ofPatrick Heron

,of Heron

,

who was married to George Gordon,of Troquhain, Sept. 21 , 1 726,

and died Aug. 1-3, 1 742, aged 44 years.”

The Rev. Dr. Lamont, aneminent minister of the parish,is on

a handsome monum ent thus com m emorated

Sacred to the memory of David Lamont,D .D .,

minister of thisparish

,who having been always distinguished by talent of a very

high order,a candi d and charitable disposition

,and a tem per

peculiarly amiable, di ed onthe 7th January, 1 837, in the 84th yearof his age, and 63rd of his m inistry.

412 WIGTONSHIRE.

WIGTONSHIRE.

PARISH OF WHITHORN.

In the parish churchyard a tom bstone belonging to Provost

Broadfoot,and bearing date 1 783, pfisents these lines

The tender parent with the child here laid,

Their sacred dust com m ingles with the dead ;Imm ortal souls have winged the shining wayTo the pure regions of eternal day.

”

On his wife’s tombstone, Baili e McKelvie has inscribed

following

While dwelling here she led a virtuous life,

By rich and poor esteem ed a loving wife,

Discreet and kind was ever to the poor,

And sent no person hungry from her door.

John McGuffog, who died 12th April, 1 780, aged twenty-one,

is thus commemorated '

Though born with genius,well improved by art

,

Blest with an honest uncorrupted heart,

Bloom’

d just to cheer us with a transient ray,

And close at m orn the Short enduring d'

ay ;Surprise us for a moment with delight,And then for ever vanish from our sight .

these rhymes Jam es Bell commemorates his wife

I loved her for her virtues here,

But God doth part the dearest ties,

The loan from God, the dust, lies hereThe Spirit

’

s safe above the skies .”

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P. 465, I 23. ForBonner,read Banner ; and in following line for

Brevet- ‘Vlajor John Anstruther read Maj or John Anstruther Mac

Gowan.

P. 477, l. 1 7. Michael Scott,author of Tonl Cringle’s Log,

was a native of Glasgow.

P. 485,l. 13. For life of Professor Thom as Thomson

,MD the

distinguished chemist,see vol . i.

,p . 135. The professor was interred

in the Necropolis,Glasgow ; he has no monument in the Dean

Cemetery,Edinburgh

,as has been stated inadvertently.

FIFESH IRE.

PARISH OF FORGAN.

At St. Fort in this parish is the ancient burial-vaul t of the Oldfamily of Nairne, of Sandford, owners of the estate from the four

teenth century till about the year 1 71 7 . The founder of the House

was Al exander Nairne, of Sandford,Lyon King of Arm s

,and

Com ptroll er of the Household of James II . At the entrance of

the vault a freestone slab,dated 1 647, with the fam ily arm s, and

the initials A N has the following inscription

Stvip low poore’

. sovle and mone for s inne Cryvp to Christ to bring the in That vhen thebodie is lovdged heir Thov may . inj oy his . preasencedeir Vntil the day of the gryte cal When wem vst rys to Jdgm ente al . Then rewvnytit we shalbe To prais the glorivs Trinitie.

Alexander Nairne,thus commemorated, obtained a crown charter

27th July, 1 633. His son,Sir Thomas Nairne

'

of Sandford,was

Lieutenant-Colonel of Horse and member of the Committee ofWar

PARISH or LAURENCEKIRK . 415

in 1649. On the Restoration he was fined The estate of

Sandford,or St. Fort, is now the property of John Ben'y

,Esq .

,who

in 1870was served heir of l ine to Sir Thomas Nairne .

KINC ARDINESH IRE.

PARISH OF LAURENCEKIRK.

In this churchyard was formerly interred the family ofWyse or

Wise,of Mains of Thornton, Kincardineshire, and now of Hillbank

,

Forfarshire. On the tombstone of a member of the House who

died in 1 710 are inscribed these lines

Here lyes a person while al iveHis worth I cannot weall describe

,

He was reliever of the poorAnd needy called at his door ;Therefor I hope he doth not m issFor his reward, eternall bliss.

The individual commemorated was a near relative of David

Wise,ofMains of Thornton, an opul ent and benevolent gentlem an ,

who at his death bequeathed funds for behoof of the poor in the

parishes of Lunan, Montrose, St. Cyrus, and Laurencekirk. He

married in November,1 681

, Margaret, daughter of Al exander

Nairne,ofP itbuddo

,by whom he had two sons and three daughters .

David,the eldest son, predeceased his father ; he died in Novem

ber,1 712, aged twenty-two . A square stone at the west door of the

church denotes his place of sepul trrre. The fam ily of Wise

is of Norm an descent. A chief of the House comm anded the

force by wh ich the Lord of Lorne was defeated at Brander-awe

in Argyll shire, and afterwards fought in the patriotic army

of Bruce at Bannockburn . Several branches of the family

acquired lands in the counties of Aberdeen, Nairne, Kincardine,and Forfar. In the middle of the seventeenth century the repre

41 6 KINCARDINESHIRE.

sentative of the Kincardineshire branch was Al exander

or Wise,of Mains of Thornton . He was father of David Wise

form erly nam ed,and grandfather of Alexander Wise, of

_ Lunan ,whose second wife

,Margaret Strachan, was descended from the

Strachans,Baronets

,of Thornton. Their grandson

,Thom as

Alexander Wise,M.D ., of Hillbank, is the present representative

of the family.

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Al pin, Burial -place of Clan, 147.

Al pin, King, 266 .

Alva, Parish of, 23.

Anderson, Alexander, of C anducraig, 345.

Andrew, Bishop, 92 .

Anderson, Elizabeth , 354.

Anderson, George, Luscar, 109.

Anderson, George, M.P . , 1 10 .

Anderson, James, Justiciary Clerk, 323.

Anderson, Lord Provost Alexander, 346Anderson,MajorJohn, ofC andacraig,345.

Anderson, Major ofMontrave, 139.

Anderson, Matthew, 108.

Anderson, Peter, 1 86 .

Anderson, Professor Adam , 183.

Anderson, Rev. Jam es, 354.

Anderson, Rev. John, 364.

Anderson,Rev. William , 346 .

Andrew, Major, of Tanochy, 36 1 .

Angus, Archibald, 105.

Angus, 9th Earl of, 2 88 .

Angus, Mary, Countess of, 51 .Armand, Alexander, 320 .

Anstruther, Easter, 7 1 .

Anstruther, Gen. Robert, 6 7 .

Anstruther, Lieut. Henry, 69.

Anstruther, Sir Phil ip, 6 7 .

Anstruther, SirRalph A. 6 7.

Anstruther, Wester, 73.

Appin, Parish of, 14.

Arbirlot, Parish of, 196 .

Arbroath, Parish of, 197.

Arbuthnot, Alexander, 2 7 1Arbuthnot, Bail ie Robert, 2 60 .

Arbuthnot, Hugo de, 2 7 1 .

Arbuthnot, John, M.D. , 342 .

Arbuthnot, Noble House of, 2 7 1 .

Arbuthnot, Parish of, 2 7 1 .

Arbuthnot, Robert, of Scots m il l, 342 .

Arbuthnot, SirWil liam , 342 .

Arbuthnot, Viscount, 204.

Archibald, Andrew, 2 14.

Archibald, John, 1 2 1 .

ArdchattanPriory, 6 .

Areskine, Rev. Henry, 41 , 96 .

Argyle, Ducal House of, 9.

Argyleshire, 6—1 6 .

Argyll, first duke of, 7 .

Argyl l,Marquis o f, 9.

Arkley, David,of C lepington, 2 62 .

Arkley, Peter, of Dunninal d, 20 8 .

Arm strong, John, M.B. , 403.

Arm strong, Mrs. of Sark, 404.

Arm strong, ofMangerton, 404.

Arm strong, Rev. Robert, 403.

Arm strong, Rev. Wil liam, 403.

Arm strong, ofSorbietrees, 405.

Arnhall, Proprietor of, 2 76.

Arnot, Rev. Robert, D.D . ,10 7 .

Arnot, Sir John, 85.

Arnott,Charles, 2 86.

Arnott, David Leith, 2 87 .

Arnott, Ellen, 2 86 .

Arnott, Jam es, 2 86.

Arnott, Jam es Leith,2 86 .

Arthur, King, 1 73.

Ascog, Churchyard of, 5.

Assyut, Parish of, 392 .

Atchison, Jam es,Martyr

,2 76 .

Atheist, A Professed, 98 .

Athole, Dukes of, 34, 150 , 151 , 1 60 ,Athole, John, Marqu is of, 376 .

Auchterarder,Parish of

, 146 .

Auchterhouse, Parish of, 199.

Auchterlony, Sir Jam es, 2 8 1 .

Auchterless, Parish of, 31 2 .

Auchterm uchty, Parish of, 74.Aul dbar, Chapel of, 193.

Badenoch, Dr. Jam es, ofWhiteriggs, 2 8 7.Badenoch, Wolf of, 159.

Baillie, Colonel, 1 76.

Bain, Joseph, Esq. , 413.

Pa'

rd, Alexander, of Ury, 284.

Baird, Andrew, of Auchm edden, 310.

Baird, George, of Auchm edden, 310 .

Baird, SirDavid, 1 75.

Bairds, of N ewbyth , 310 .

Bairds, ofSaughtonhall , 310,Bairds, The ofAuchm edden, 310.

Bairds, ofUry, 2 79.

Bald, Alexander, 57.

Bald, Robert, 57.Bal four, Bailie Jam es

, 2 1 7.

Balfour, Catherine, 131 .

INDEX .

’

Balfour, David, 131 .

Balfour, Henry , 139.

Bal four-Ogilvie, C OL, 229.

B al four, Provost David. 131 .

Balfour, Rev. Peter, 62 .

Baliol , Edward, 1 60 .

Ballantyne, Rev. John, 2 79.

Ballardie, Thom as, 72 .

Ballingal , Thom as F. , 140 .

Bal lutheron, Sculptured Stone at, 251 .

Balgonie,Lord

,1 14.

Balm erino Abbey, 75.

Balm erino, Parish of, 75.

Balm uto, Lo

'

rd, 295.

Balquharn, Laird, of 313.

Balquhidder, Parish of 147 .

Banchory Devenick, Parish of, 2 7 1 .

Banchory Ternan, Parish of, 2 72 .

Banfl'

shire, 347—362 .

Banner, MajorRobert M. , 414.

Barclay , Anne, 2 82 .

Barcl ay, Colonel David, ofUry, 2 8 1 , 2 82 ,Barclay, David, of London, 2 80 .

Barclay, David, of Mathers, 2 8 1 .

Barclay, David, of Tough , 1 0 8 .

Barclay , George, ofMathers, 2 8 1 .

Barclay,Robert,Authorof“Apology, 2 82 .

Barclay, Thom as, of Mathers, 28 1 .Barclay of Tolly, 350 .

Barclays of Towie, 346 .

Barclays ofUry, 2 79, 2 84.

Barclay,William , 350 .

Barnard, John, of Ardross, 1 0 1 .

Barrie, John, 255.

Barron,Mrs. ofBarronHall,69.

Barron, Lieut. David, 2 2 2 .

Barry, Parish of, 2 00 .

Barton, Rev. Angus, D. D . , 403.

Baxter, CaptainAlexander, 2 1 2 .

Baxter, David, 1 10 .

Baxter, Edward , ofKincaldrum , 244.

Baxter, Jam es, 1 10 .

Baxter, John, 346 .

Baxter, Sir David, Bart . , 2 2 1 .

Baxter, Wil liam Edward, M . P . ,244.

Beat, Rev. Wil liam , 104.

Beaton, Archbishop Jam es, 93, 1 26 .

Beaton, Cardinal David, 1 03.

419

Beaton, Peter, 6 1 .

Beattie, Alexander, 293.

Beattie George, poet, 299.

Beattie, Jam es, LL.D ., 309.

Beattie, Jam es Hay, 309.

Beaufort, Lady Jane, 1 79.Beaum ont, Richard B., 75.

Begg, Robert, 231 .

Bek,anEnglish Churchm an

, 36 .

Belhelvie, Parish of, 31 2 .

Bell ,Bessy, 1 75.

Bel l, Henry, 19.

Bell, John, Author of Travels, 24.

Bell, Rev.William, 1 63.

Bell, Thom as, com edian, 164.

Bellidufi", Tum ulus at, 1 73.

Bel lie, Parish of, 363.

Bel lie, Patrick, 292 .

Benholm e, Parish of, 2 74.

Bennie, Rev. Dr. Archibald, 42 .

Benvie, Churchyard of, 243.

Berkeley, Alexander de, 280 .

Berkeley, David de, 2 80 .

Berkeley, Theobald de, 2 80 .

Berkeley, Wal ter de,

'

1 80 .

Berrill, Anna, 1 10 .

Bervie,Parish, of 2 75.

Bethune, Alexander, 66 .

Bethune, Gen. Sir Henry, 10 1 .

Bethune, House of, 103.

Bethune, Jam es, M.D . , 84.

Bethune,John, 66 .

Bethune, John, ofKilrenny, 103.

Bethune, Sir JohnL . , Bart. , 1 0 1 .

Beton, Dr. John, 1 2 .

Betson, Jam es, of Kilrie, 1 05.

Betson, Wilson, ofGlasm ount,105.

Berry, John, of St. Fort, 415.

Bisset, George , of Lessendrum , 31 8.

B isset, Maurice George, of Lessendrum ,

31 8.

Bisset, Sir John, 183.

B isset, Bishop Wil liam , 319.

Black , Adm iral W i ll iam , 7 1

B lack, Archibald, 5.

B lack , CaptainJam es, 7 1

B lack , Jam es, 242 .

Blackadder, C ol . John, 45.

420

Blackadder, Fam ily of, 194.

Blackford, Parish of 149.

Blackwel l , Principal, 309.

Blackwood, Rev. Jam es, 140 .

Blaikie, Provost Jam es, 310 .

BlairAthole, Parish of, 150 .

Blair, Dr. Hugh , 134.

Blair, Rev. Robert, 70 .

Blair, lVilliam , of Balgillo, 2 63.

B lair’s College, 295.

Boindie, Parish of, 347.

Borthwick, Lord, 400 .

Borthwick, Parish of, 400 .

Borthwick, SirJohn, 93.

Borthwick, SirWilliam , 400 .

Boswell, Al exander, 139.

Boswell , JohnIrvine, ofBalm uto, 295.

Boswell , Provost H enry , 108.

Bothwell , Earl of, 10 1 .

Bothwell, Patrick, Earl of, 396 .

Botriphnie, Parish of, 347.Bourtie, Parish of, 313.

Bowie’

s aisle, Stirling, 43.

Brechin, Parish of, 202 .

Brewster, Jam es, 209.

Brewster, Rev. George, D .D . ,140 .

Brewster, SirDavid, 209.

Bridge ofAllan, 35.

Broadfoot,Provost, 4 1 2 .

Brodie, Alexander, sculptor, 310.

Brodie, Alex. , of Brodie, 37 1 .

Brodi e, Andrew, m artyr, 1 64.

Brodie, David, ofBrodie, 37 1 .

Brodie, Rev. Joseph, 37 1 .Brotherston, Rev. Peter, D .D .

, 56.

Brougham , Lord, 95.

Brown, BailieGeorge, 2 13.

Brown,C . R.

,Esq 34.

Brown, Charles, 1 13.

Brown, John, 1 1 2 .

Brown, Principal , 309.

Brown, Rev. Jam es,1 04.

B rown, Thom as, m artyr, 1 25.

Brown,William , m artyr, 2 76.

Bruce, Alexander, ofAirth, 72 .

Bruce, Alexander, 335.Bruce, Alexander, of Kennet, 6 1 .

Bruce-Gardyne, ofMiddleton, 238.

INDEX .

Cabrach, Parish of, 348.

Cairnie, Monum ent of, 1 02 .

Caithness, Earls of, 396 .

Bruce, House of, 6 1 .

Bruce, Jam es, 232 .

Bruce, Jam es C . , of Balcrystie, 1 0 2 .

Bruce, Jam es, The Traveller, 32 .

Bruce, Jam es, of Innerquhom ery, 334.

Bruce, John, 1 10 .

Bruce,Michael , 143.

Bruce, Onesiphorus Tyndal , 99.

Bruce, of Longside, 334.Bruce, Rev. Alexander, 48 .

Bruce, Rev. Robert, 31 .

Bruce, Robert, of Kennet, 6 1 .

Bruce, Sir Alexander, 1 14.Bruce, SirRobert, 23.

Bruce, SirWilliam , 1 13.

Bruce,TheHon. C ol . Robert, 95.

Bruce, William , ofEarlshall , 1 14.

Bryce, Rev. Patrick, 204.

Buchans, of Auchm acoy, 329.

Buchan, Earl of, 159, 199.

Buchan, Thom as, of Auchm acoy, 329,33°

Buchanan, Dugald, 152 .

Buchanan, George, 29.

Buchanan, ofLeny and C am busm ore, 151

Buchanan, Mrs. Catherine, 18 1 .

Buick, William , m artyr, 24.

Buittle, Parish of, 4 10 .

Burgh, Aylm er de, 92 .

Burleigh, Baron, 62 .

Burnes, Jam es, 2 88.

Burn, John, 32 .

Burns, Rev. John, 98.

Burns, The Poet, 63, 168, 2 88 .

Burntisland, Parish of, 77.

Burnett, Archbishop, 20 2 .

Burnett, Gen. William , 2 72 .

Burnet, Rev. Robert, of Sauchine, 2 73.

Bute, l st Earl of, 4.

Bute, Marquis, of, 4.

Bute, 3rd Earl of, 4.

Buteshire, 1—5.

Byron, Lord, 32 1 , 394

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422 worx

C hirnsyde, Bailie Jam t s, 402 .

Christie,Jam es, Balbuchl ie, 199.

Christ ina, Princess, 92 .

Clackm annan, Parish of, 6 1 .

Clackm annanshire, 52—64.

C lark , Robert, 185.

C leghorn, Dr. Hugh, 98.

C leghorn, Hugh , of Stravithie, 97 .

C leland, C ol. Wil liam ,1 6 1 .

Cleland, John, 1 62 .

C leland,William . Jun. , 162 .

C lerk, John, ofEldin, 95.

Clifford, SirRobert, 50 .

Clugston, Rev. W i l liam ,

C lyde,John, Martyr, 1 25.

Cochrane, Jean, 30 .

Cochrane, Lord, 30 .

Collace, Parish of, 152 .

C ol lessie, Parish of, 79.

Colonsay,Parish of

,8 .

Colquhoun, Gen. Daniel , 209:

Colquhoun,Sl l‘ G . L . A. , of Til lyquharn

2 73.

Colquhoun, Sir Jam es, 2 1 .

Colum ba, 1 0 , 1 1 .

Com be, George, 91 .Com ing,William ,

ofAchry, 336.

Com rie, Parish of, 152 .

Com yn, Walter,1 87.

Conol ly,Erskine

, 74.

Conqueror, John, 1 83.

Contin, Parish of, 385.

Cook, David, of C arphin, 82 .

Cook, Professor George, D.D .

,136, 294.

Cook, Rev. John, D.D., 138.

Cooper, Fam ily of, 69.

Cooper, Rev. John, 1 1 7.

Copland, Professor, 310 .

Corbet, Fam ily of, 2 72 .

Cordiner, Mr. 349.

Corstorphine, Fam ily of, 106 .

Cortachy, Parish of, 20 6.

C oulthart, Alexander, 408 .

C oulthart, Andrew, 4 10 .

C oul thart,o'

f C oul thart, 408 .

C oulthart, Jam es, 4 10 .

C oulthart, Jane, 406 .

C oulthart, JohnRoss, 406 .

Coupar-Angns, Parish of, 153.

Coupar,Walter

,2 1 2 .

Coutts,Eppie, 14 1 .

Cowan, John, Hospital Founder, 44Cowie , House of, 2 79.

Cowper, The Poet, 68 .

Crabb, Anne, 249.

Craig,Parish of, 20 8 .

Craig, Rev. Robert, 5.

C raigengelt, of that l lk , 43.

Craignish, Parish of, 8 .

Crail, Parish of, 80 .

Cranston, Bishop Robert, 1 73.

Crathie and Braem ar, Parish of, 314.

Craw,Paul, Martyr, 1 26,

Crawford, Earls of, 2 66 .

Crawford,Henry, ofSeatoun, 2 16 .

Crawford, John, 2oth Earl of, 79.

Crawford, Noble House of, 82 .

Crawford,Robert, 200 .

Crawford, SirRaynald , 35, 36 .

C rawfurd, Alexander, ofRathen, 34 1 .

Creich, Parish of, 8 1 .

Cressingham , Hugh, 36 .

Crichton, David Maitland Makgill , of

Rankeilour, 85, 1 15.

Cried’

,Parish of

, 155.

Crim ond, Parish of, 316.

Crom bie, Alexander, LL.D ., 285.

Crom bie, A lexander, of P hesdo, 2 85.

Crom arty , Countess of, 386 .

Crom arty,Earl of, 386 .

Crom arty, Parish of, 386.

Crom bie, John, 86.Cruden, Parish of, 316 .

Cruikshank, Elizabeth, 360 .

Cruikshank , Jam es, of Toukshil l, 31 1 .

Cruikshank, Jane, 2 72 .

Cruikshank, Patrick, of Stracathro, 360 .

Cruikshank , William ,233.

Cullen, Parish of, 349.

Cul ts, Parish of, 82 .

Cum ing, SirAlexander, of Coulter, 339.

Cam ing, Alexander, of C raigm ill , 365.

Cum m ertrees, Parish of, ’40 6 .

Cum m ing, ofAltyre, 336.

Cum m ing, Archibald, of Auchry. 336.

Cum bray, Parish of, 1 .

INDEX . 423

Cupar, Parish of, 82—86.

Cushnie,Captain, 310 .

Cuthbert, John, of Castlehi ll , 378 .

Cuthbert, John, of Drakies, 379.

Dalgety, John, 234.

Dalgety, Parish of, 86 .

Dalhousie, Earls of, 203.

Dall as, Parish of, 365.

Dalton, Parish of, 406.

Dalzel , Mary Craig, 142 .

Daun, Rev. George, 323.

Dauney, Rev. Francis, 2 73.

David I.,

Davidson, Bailie Robert, 2 1 7 .

Davidson, Duncan, of Tilliechetly, 2 73.

Davidson, George, of Fettens, 308 .

Davidson,Provost Robert, 303.

Davidson, Rev. Adam , 2 2 2 .

Davidson, Rev. Thom as, 47.

Davidson, Robert, y', of Balgay, 2 18 .

DeanCem etery, 399.

Dem pster, George, of Dunnichen, 230 .

Dennis cairn, 313.

Denny, Wil liam ,19.

Derm ock, Bishop Finlay, 156 .

Dick, Robert, Natural ist, 396 .

Dick, SirRobert , of Tul lym ett, 1 62 .

D ick, Thom as, LL .D .

,2 20 , 256 .

‘ Dickson, David, ofWesthall , 85.

Dickson, William , of Bellwood, 1 7 1 .

Dingwal l, Parish of, 386 .

Doig, Dr. David, 45.

Doig, Dam e Christian, 2 24.

Dollar, Parish of, 62 .

Donaldson, Robert, ofRosebank, 76.

Dornoch, Parish of, 392 .

Douglas, Bishop John, 2 73.

Douglas, Charles Irvine, 97 .

Douglas, Elizabeth Irvine, 97.Douglas, Euphem ia, 1 16 .

Douglas, George L . A . , 2 73.

Douglas, Jam es, Earl of, 1 1 6 .

Douglas, John, 8 1 .

Douglas, John, Talkenhorst, 2 73.

D ouglas, John, ofTilwhil ly, 2 73.

Douglas, Lord W. R. K. , 97.

D ouglas, Mrs. Hannah, 2 73.

Douglas, Sir Jam es, 90 .

Douglas, SirWill iam , 2 29.

Douglas, SirWill iam , ofGlenbervie, 288.

Drim ree,8 .

Dron, Parish of, 155.

Drum m ond, Agatha, '1 67.

Drum m ond, Bishop Jam es, D .D . , 316 .

Drum m ond, Dean, SirWill iam ,157.

Drum m ond, Euphem ia, 156 .

Drum m ond, George, of BlairDrum m ond,1 67.

Drum m ond, George Hom e, 1 68.

Drum m ond, Jam es, Mil h ah, 155.

Drum m ond, JohnLord, 156.

Drum m ond, Margaret, 156.

Drum blade, Parish of, 318 .

Drum m ond, QueenAnnabella, 92 , 157.Drum m ond

,Sybella, 1 56 .

Drum m ond,Wil liam ofStirl ing, 41 , 42.

Drym en,Parish of, 25.

Duddingstone, Rear-Adm iral, 10 2 .

Duirinish, Parish of, 376.

Duirs, Will iam , M.D .

,294.

Duff, Adm iral Archibal d, of Drum uir,

347

Duff, Alexander, 387.

Duff, Alexander, of Braco, 351 .Duff, Alexander, ofHatton, 31 1 .Duff, Alexander, ofKeithm ore, 356 .

Duii'

,Colonel Robert W., 2 78 .

Duff, of Fetteresso, 2 78 .

Duff, George, ofHatton, 51 1 .Duli', of Hatton, 31 1 .

Duff, Major Alex, of C upin, 347 .

Duff, Patrick, of Coulter, 339.

D uff, Wil liam , of Dipple, 357.Duti

'

us, Parish of, 365.Dum barton, Parish of, 1 8 .

Dum bartonshire, 1 7—2 1 .

Dum friesshire, 406—409.Dun, Parish of, 209.

Dunaverty, Siege of, 8 .

Dunbar, Archbishop Gavin, 337.

Dunbar, Em ilia, 370 .

Dunbar, of Grange, 367 .

Dunbar, Sir Jam es, of Cum nock, 337.

Dunblane, Parish of, 156 .

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DuncanI. , 1 1 .

Duncan, Adam , Viscount, 247Duncan, Alexander, 100 .

Duncan, Elizabeth, of EdenGrove, 102 .

Duncan, Jam es, 2 23.

Duncan, Jonathan, 2 23.Duncanof Lundie, 247 .

Duncan, personso nam ed, 260 .

D uncan, Rev. J . , of Dunrossness, 31 7.

Duncan, Rev. Joseph . 104.

Duncan, SirWilliam , M.D. , 248 .

Dundas, House of,2 7.

Dundas, Sir Jam es, 24.

Dundee, Parish of, 2 10 ,2 2 1 .

Dundee, Viscount, 30 , 243. 87, 150 ,1 62 .

Dundonald, Earls of, 30 .

Dunferm line, Burial Place of Kings at,1 2 .

D unferm line, Earls of,86 .

Dunferm l ine, Parish of, 88, 97.

Dunino, Parish of, 97 .

Dunglass Castle, 19.

Dunkeld, Parish of, 159.

Dunm ore, George, 5th Earl of, 2 2 .

Dunnottar, Parish of, 2 75.

Dunoon, Parish of, 9.

Dunstafi'

nage, 15.

Durham , Fam ily of, 1 1 1 .

Durham of Grange, 253.

Durris, the Clan, 367 .

Dury, Abbot George, 93.

Dury, JohnofDury, 93.

Duthie, Robert, Poet, 2 79.

Duthil, Parish of, 365.

Dyke and Moy, Parish of, 366.

Dykes, Rev. John, 7 1 .

Dysart,Parish of, 98.

Eassie and Nevay, Parish of, 2 2 1 .

Echl ine, John, P ittadrow, 132 .

Echt, Pari sh of, 319,Fairfowl , B ishop Andrew, 74.

Edinburghshire, 399—40 2 . Fairful l , Rev. John, 74

Edgar, Miss, 293, Falconer, Bailie David,131 .

Edm onstone, Sir Archibald, 30 . Falconer, o fGlenfarquhar, 285.

Edm onstone, Archibald, 51 . Falconer, Margaret, 288 .

Edm onstone, SirWilliam , 51 . Falkirk , Parish of, 26 .

Edm und, Prince, 89.

Edward I, 37 .

Edward, Prince, 88 .

Edward, Robert,291 .

Edzell, Parish of, 2 23.

Elchies, Lord, 372 .

Elgin, Charles, 5th Earl of, 94.

Elgin, Noble House o f, 94.

Elgin, Parish of 366.

Elginshire, 363— 373.

El ioly, CanonJam es, 1 2 7.

Elizabeth, Queenof Robert the Bruce ,92 .

Elliot, John, of Binks, 404.

Ell iot, John, of Thorl ieshope, 404.

Ellon, Parish of, 320 .

Elphinstone, Adm iral George K. , 192 .

Elphinstone, John, of Bellabeg, 319.

Elphinstone, the Lords, 2 2 , 325, 32 6 .

Erm engarde, Queen, 75.

Errol, Earls of, 153, 31 6 .

Errol, Parish o f, 1 63.

Erskine, Charles, 24.

Erskine, Sir Charles, Bart. , 24.

Erskine, Sir Charles, Bart. , of Cam bo,1 06 .

Erskine, David, 1 06 .

Erskine, David, Advocate, 254.

Ersk ine, of Dun, 209.

Erskine, Jam es, of Linlathen, 253, 254.

Erskine, Jam es, of Grange, 377.

Erskine, Penelope, 106 .

Erskine, Rev. Ralph, 96, 1 82 .

Erskine, Thom as, 1 0 6.

Erskine, Rev. Ebenezer, 40 , 4 1 , 142 ,

1 82 .

Erskine, Thom as, ofL inlathen, 254

Erskine, SirWilliam , 43, 44.

Ethelred, Prince, 89.

Ettleton, Churchyard of, 404.

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Forres, Parish of, 370 .

Forrest,Henry, m artyr, 1 26 .

Forret, David, 84.

Forret, of that Ilk, 84.

Forret, Thom as, m artyr, 84.

Forrest,Janet, 30 7.

Forrester, George, 2 16 .

Forrester, Martha, 200 .

Form an, Archbishop Andrew, 92 .

Form an, Bail ie Robert, 58 .

Forty, Jam es,2 .

Forty-Second Regim ent, m onum ent1 62 .

F overan, Parish of, 32 1 .

Fowlis Easter, Parish of, 231 .

FowlisWester, Parish of, 1 64.

Fraser, Dr. Andrew, 360 .

Frasers, ofFindrack, 327.

Fraser, Jam es, 2 13.

Fraser, Janet, 329.

Fraser, Rev. Donald, 1 85.

Fraser, Rev. William , 56.

Fraser, Sim on, of Beaufort, 376 .

Fraser, Thom as, of Beaufort, 376 .

Fraser,lVil liarnN ofTornaveen, 328 .

Frazer, Christian, 341 .

Frazer, El izabeth, 341 .

Frazer, Sarah , ofMem sie, 342 .

Frazer, SirAlexander, of Philorth, 341 .

Frazer, Will iam , ofMem sie, 342 .

Frendraught, Viscount, 86.

Frew, Rev. Forest, 1 83.

Full arton, of Cowie, 2 79.

Fullerton, John, 3, 29.

Fyfe, Margaret, 242 .

Fyvie , Parish of, 32 1 .

Fyvie, Lord, 87.

Gairloch, Parish of, 388 .

Galloway, Jam es, 1 85.

Gam m el , Gen. Andrew,287 .

Gam m el , Jam es. of Drum tochty, 2 87 .

Gam rie, Parish of, 350 .

Garden, Margaret, 32 2 .

Gardyne, David, of Lawtoun, 238 .

Gardyne, of Middleton, 238 .

Gartshore, of that Ilk, 20 .

Garvock , Parish of, 288 .

Gask , Parish of, 164.

Geddes, Em ilia, 99.

Gibbon, Margaret , 78 .

Gibson, C ol . Thom as, 139.

Gibson, Sir Alexander, 139.

Gillanders, Jean, 332 .

Giles, John, 354.

G il lies, Adam , 203.

G ill ies, Dr. John, 203.

Gillies, Rev. John, 203.

Gillespie, Dr. Thom as, 135.

Gillespie, Principal Jam es, 77.

Gil lespie, Rev. Thom as, 95.

Gladstone, Anne M’

Kenzie, 2 77.

Gladstone, Capt. JohnM. , 2 77 .

Gladstone, Robert, 2 77.Gladstone, Sir John, Bart . , 2 76 .

Gladstone, Thom as, 2 77 .

Glam m is, Parish of, 231 .

Glasgow, Parish of, 413.

Glashan,Jam es, 354.

Gledinning, Alex. , ofAshgrove, 40 7.

Gleig, Bishop, 46, 297.Gleig, Rev. George Robert, 297.

Glen, Christian, of Cu ltra, 76 .

Glen,Robert , 1 05.

Glenalm ond , Vale of, 1 77.

Glenbervie, Barons of, 2 88 .

Glenbervie, Parish of, 2 88 .

G lendinning, Alex, of the Isle ofDal ton,406. 40 7

Glendinning, Sidney, of Seedley, 40 7Glendonwin, Mary, 36 1 .

Glenisla, Parish of, 235.

Glennie, Dr. John, 295.

Glennie, Professor George, 295.

Glenorchay, Parish of, 9.

Glenm uick, Tul lich, and Glengairn,Parish of, 32 1 .

Glyge, Adam , 287.

Golspie, Parish of, 392 .

Gordon, Adam , of Cairnfield, 360 .

Gordon, Alex. W. S. , 36 1 .

Gordon, Alexander, of C airnfield, 360 .

Gordon, Anne, 348 .

Gordon, Barbara, 303.

Gordon, Benjam inAbernethie, of Balbithan

, 325.

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Gordon, Charles, ofAbergeldie. 32 2 .

Gordon, Charles, Auchlenchries, 31 7 .

Gordon, Charles N o fErlem ont, 320 .

Gordon,Charles St. Bridget, 355.

Gordon, Elizabeth, of C airnfield , 36 1 .

Gordon, of Ellon, 295.

Gordon, George, ofRal lhead, 320 .

Gordon, George, m erchant, 360 .

Gordon, George, of Troquhain, 4 1 1 .

Gordon, Gen. John,

Gordon, Gen. Wm . A. , C .D. , 355.

Gordon,Hon. Robert, ofGordonston, 36 1 .

Gordon,John

,ofAvochie, 386 .

Gordon,John

,Dum ferg, 348 .

Gordon,John, of Glenbucket, 354.

Gordon, Lieut-C ol . John, 348.

Gordon,Major

, 351 .

Gordon,Major Patrick , 360 .

Gordon, of New Hal l, 2 78.

Gordon, Peter, ofAbergeldie, 322 .

Gordon, Rev. J . F. S.

, D .D . , 354.

Gordon, Rev. Jam es, 31 1 .

Gordon, Rev. Robert, 319.

Gordon, Sir Jam es,ofGordonstone , 36 1 .

Gordon, Sir Robert, of Gordonstone, 2 8 1 .Gordon

,SirWm . , of Gordonstone, 36 1 .

Gordon, Wil'

iam,of Glenbucket

, 3

Gordons of Aberdour, 310 .

Gordons, ofAbergeldie, 32 1 .

Gordons ofGight, 32 1 .

Gourlay, Patrick, 2 15.

Gourlay, Will iam , of Kincraig, 1 0 2 .

Gow,John

,1 84.

Gow, JohnR. ,1 84.

Gow,Neil, 1 73.

Gowrie, Jam es,Earl of, 1 80 .

Graham , Archbishop Patrick, 51 .Graham , Mrs. Agnes, 243.

Graham , of Airth, 254.

Graham , Barron, of Morphie, 299.

Graham , of Fintray, 254.

Graham , Gen. Sir Thom as, 1 70 .

Graham , Lieut-Gen. , 46 .

Graham , ofMorphia, 2 99.

G raham , Rev. Jam es, 29.

Graham , Sir Johnde, 2 6 .

Graham ,Sir Robi rt, ofMorphie, 288 .

Grainger, Mrs. 2 89.

4 7

Grant, CaptainJohn, ofElchies, 37 1 .

Grant, CaptainWilliam , 365.

Grant, Capt . George, 384.

Grant, of C astle'

Grant, 365.

Grant, C ol . Sir Maxwell, 366.

Grant, Donald, of Inverlochy, 356 .

Grant, Ellen, 357.Grant, Francis, ofKilgraston, 356 .

Grant, Jam es, of Burnhall, 384.

Grant, Jam es, ofRothiem urchus, 384.

Grant, Jam esW. , ofElchies, 365, 37 1 .

Grant, Jean, 313, 391 .Grant, JohnCharles, 384.

Grant, John, ofGlenm oriston, 383.

Grant, John, ofKilgraston, 356 .

Grant, John, ofRothm aise, 313.

Grant, Joseph, poet, 30 1 .

Grant, Major, Auchterblair, 365.

Grant, Patrick, of Glenlochy, 356 .

Grant, Patrick, of Glenm oriston, 384.

Grant, Sim onFraser, 384.

Grant, Sir Francis, 356 .

Grant, Sir George Macpherson, 2 25.

Grant, Sir Jas. H ., 356 .

Grant, Sir Jam es, ofMoynes, 391 .

Grant, of Tul lochgorum , 366 .

Grange, Lady, 377.

Grange, Parish of, 351 .

Gray, CaptainCharles, 1 06 .

Gray, CaptainThom as, 106 .

Gray , David, poet, 20 .

Gray, Graham , of Claverhouse, 150 .

Gray, House of, 1 2 7, 231 .

Gray, Jam es, of Auchingiech, 2 1 .

Gray, John, of C ondarot, 2 1 .

Gray, Mary, 1 75.

Gray, Rev. Andrew, 1 83.

Gray, Rev. John, 64.

Gray, William , 98.

Gregory, Dr. Jam es, 309.

Greig, Alexander, 252 .

Greenhill, Alexander, 238 .

Greenhil l , Charles, of Fearn, 238 .

Greenhil l, Jam es, 238 .

Greenlaw, of that Ilk, 325.

Guild, Principal William , 305.

Guillan, Andrew, 1 25.

Guthrie,of Guthrie, 359.

428

Guthrie, Parish of, 236 .

Guthrie, P erson'

o l'

the nam e, 253.

Guthrie, Rev. Jam es, 40 .

Guthrie, Rev. William , 202 .

Gunn, Al ex. , 396.Gunn, the Clan, 395, 396.

Gunn, Donald, 396 .

Haldane, Friar, 74.

Haldane, of Gleneagles, 150 .

Halkett, Rev. John, 154.

Halkett, Sam uel, 154 .

Halkett, Sir Charles, 94.

Hal liday, Andrew, 352 .

Halkirk , Parish of, 395.Halyburton, Jam es of P itcur, 2 19.

Ham ilton, Dukes of, 2 2 .

Ham ilton, Jam es, Marquis of, 413.

Ham ilton, Patrick, 93, 1 26 .

Ham il ton, Rev.George, 1 1 6 .

Harlaw,Battle of, 304.

Harold, Earl, 396 .

Harold’

s Tower, 396.

Harris, Parish of, 377 .

Harvey, George, 50 .

Harvey, Sir George, 50 .

Hay, Andrew, ofMountblairy, 359.

Hay, Andrew ofRanfield, 359.

B ay, Andrew, ofRannes, 360 .

Hay, Charles, ofRannes, 360 .

Hay. Charles, 237,Hay, ofErrol, 153.

Hay, Bishop William ,D .D. , 378.

Hay, Farm er, 1 89.

Hay, Francis, 2 76 .

Hay, George ofRannes, 359.

Hay, Gilbert de, 153.

Hay, Jam esofMuldavit, 359.

Hay, John, of Langshed, 359.

Hay, Lawrence, m artyr, 84.

Hay, ofMegginch, 1 70 .

Hay, ofRannes, 359.

Hay, Sir Edm und, ofLenplum , 359.

Hay, Sir George, 1 70 .

Hay, Sir Jam es, Kingask, 1 70 .

Hay, SirWilliam , of Errol, 359.

Hay, SirWilliam , of Locharat, 359.

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l m lach, Rev. Alexander, 262 .

lnchco lm ,Monastery of, 7 1 .

Hay, William , ofEdderston, 359.

Hawks-stone, The, 1 89.

Haxton, David, Rathil let, 84, 1 23, 1 25.

Heiton, Andrew, 1 83.

Henderson, of Fordel, 359,Henderson, George, 1 1 7.

Henderson, Katherine, 343.

Henderson, Margaret, 76 .

H enderson, Robert, 1 16 .

H enderson, Sir Thom as, 31 .

Henderson, Rev. Alexander, 37, 319.

Hendrie, John, 352 .

Henryson, Robert, 92 .

Hepburn,Prior John, 1 20 .

Hepburn, ofRickarton, 2 78.

Herd,David, 296.

Herd, John, 296 .

H eriot, Rev. Adam , 310 .

Heron, Margaret, 41 1 .

Heron, Patrick, ofH eron, 4 1 1 .

Hill , Captain, 141 .

H ill, Dr. George, 134.

Hogg, SirRoger, 28 .

Hom e George,of Kam es, 1 67.

Hom e,John, author of Douglas,’4, 134.

Honym an, B ishop Andrew, 397 .

Honym an, David, 290 .

Honym an, Rev. Andrew, 291 .

Honym an, Rev. Jam es, 290 .

Hopetoun, Earl of, 1 14.

Horsburgh, of Firth, 1 1 7.

Hum e, Joseph, M. P ., 258 .

Hunt, William , of P i ttencrieff, 94.

Hunter, Alexander, of Balskelly, 238 .

Hunter, Al ison, 32 2 .

Hunter, of Burnside, 230 , 253.

Hunter, Dr. John, 135.

Hunter, Jam es, 1 85.

Hunter, Major Thom as, 200 .

Huntingdon, David, Earl of, 1 15.

Huntly, Charles, l oth Marquis of, 358 .

Huntly, Earls of, 157, 367Huntly, Marquis of, 2 8 1 .

Hutchison, David, 1 00 .

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Kilconquhar,Parish of, 10 1 . Knapdale, Parish Of s00 th, ‘5'Kildrum m y, Parish of, 325. Knockando, Parish of, 37 1 .

Kil lean,Parish of, 14. Knox

,Jam es, 37, 79.

K il learn, Parish of, 29. Knox, John, 37, 1 84.

Kil liecrankie, Battle of, 151 . Knox, William , of Com m on, 105.

Kilm adock, Parish of, 1 66 . Kynneir, of that Ilk, 2 1 1 .

Kilm alie, Parish of, 380 .

Kilm any,Parish of

,10 2 .

Kilm ichael, Estate of, 3.

Kilm orie, Parish of, 3.

Kilm ory , Chapel of, 15.

Kilm uir, Parish of, 38 1 .

Kilpatrick , Parish of Old, 19.

Kilpont, Lord, 1 88 .

Kilrenny,Parish of, 103.

Kilsyth , Parish of, 30 .

Kincardine-in-Menteith,Parish of

,166 .

Kincardineshire; 2 7 1 30 1 , 4 15.

Kincardine O’

Neil , Parish of, 32 7.

Kincardine, Parish of, 388 .

Kinfauns, Parish of, 1 68 .

King Edward, Parish of, 328.

Kinghorn, Parish of, 1 05.

Kingoldrum , Parish of, 239,Kingsbarns, Parish of, 1 06 .

Kinkaid, of that Ilk, 24.

Kinloch, David, ofAberbrothie, 2 1 1 .

Kinloch, George, 2 77 .

Kinl och , George Ritchie, 2 77 .

Kinnefl'

,Parish of, 2 89.

Kinnettles, Parish of, 240 .

Kinnaird, Parish of, 1 69.

Kinnoull , House of, 1 70 .

Kinnoul l , Parish of, 1 70 .

Kinnoull , Thom as, Earl of, 52 .

Kinross, Parish of, 142.Kinross-shire, 142—144.

Kintore, Earls of, 285, 324.

Kirk , Rev. Jam es,146 .

Kirk,Rev. Robert, 146 .

Kirkcaldy, Parish of, 1 0 7— 1 1 1 .

Kirkcudbrightshire, 4 10 .

Kirkm ichael, Parish of, 355.

Kirk-Patrick Durham , Parish of, 4 1 1 .Kirk-Patrick F lem ing, Parish of, 408 .

Kirkden, Parish of, 240 .

Kirkintilloch, Parish of, 20 .

Kirkwal l, Parish of, 397.

L'

Am y, of Dunkenny, Fam ily of, 2 2 2

232 .

Laidlaw, Wil liam ,

poet, 385.

Laing, Alexander, poet, 203.

Laing, Malcol m , 397.

Laird, Adm iral , of Strathm artin, 249.

Lairg, Parish of, 393.

Lam lash , 3.

Lam ont, Rev. David, D.D ., 41 1 .

Lanarkshire, 413.

Landon, Leti tia E., 353.

Langlands, Rev. Robert, 368 .

Larbert, Parish of, 31 .

Largo, Parish of, 1 1 1 .

Latheron, Parish of, 395.

Latto,Alexander, 10 7.

Laurencekirk , Parish of, 292 , 4 15.

Law, Alexander, 1 1 0 .

Lecropt, Parish of, 1 72 .

Leith, Ann, 313.

Leith, Dr. Charles, 286.

Leith, Elizabeth, 2 8 7 .

Leith, Jam es, ofWhiteriggs,Leith, Janet, 2 87.

Leith, John, of Kingudie, 313.

Leith, Margaret, 2 87.

Lennox, Hon. C . S. B. H . K. , 24.

Lennox, the Regent , 1 20 .

Leochel, Parish of, 329.

Leslie, Alex., ofKininvie , 357 .

Leslie, of C oburty, 310 .

Leslie, General Al exander, 357.Lesl ie, General David, 69.

Leslie, George, A.Y ., of Kininvie, 357.

Leslie, George, of Drum m ine, 357.

Leslie, Isabel, 357 .

Leslie, John, ofKininvie, 357 .

Leslie, Parish of, 1 1 1 .

Leslie, Rev. Jam es, 372 .

L ethnot and Navar,Parish of 241 .

Leuchars,Parish of, 1 13.

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Leven and Melville, Earls of, 1 14,

357

Liddel , Marjory, 303.

Liddel l, Duncan, M.D. , 303.

Liddel l, D . , 257 .

Liddesdale, Lord of, 404.

Liff and Esuvie, Parish of, 242 .

Lindores, Abbey of, 1 15.Lindsay

,Andrew, ofWhisleberry, 291 .

Lindsay, Ann, 354.

Lindsay ofEdzell , 2 23.

L indsay,General Sir Alexander, 1 86 .

Lindsay, Rev. Davis, 62 , 252 .

Lindsay, Roger, 291 .

Lindsay, Sir Alex. , of Evelack, 354,

355

Lindsay, SirWalter, of Edzell , 355.Lindsay, Sir William , ofGlenesk, 252 .

Lindsay, SirWill iam ,of Rossy

,252 .

Linlithgow,Earls of, 2 7.

Lintrathan, Parish of, 244.

Lism ore, Parish of, 14.

Little Dunkeld, 1 73.

Livingstone, fam ily of, 2 7 , 30 .

Lochl ee, Parish of, 245.

Lockhart, Sir George, 377.

Lockhart, Sir Jam es, of Carstairs, 387.

Logan, Rev. Jam es, 50 .

Logan, Rev. John, 144 .

Logan, Sheriff, A. S.

, 50 .

Logie Coldstone, Parish of, 330 .

Logie-Buchan, Parish of, 329.

Logie, Parish of, 33.

Logie Pert, Parish of, 246 .

Logie, Rev. Kenneth, 1 09.

Longside, Parish of, 331 .

Longueville, Sir Thom as de, 1 68.

Lovat, Lords, 376 .

Low, Bishop, 1 1 6.

Low, Margaret, 296.

Low, Thom as, 250 .

Lum phanan, Parish of, 335.Lum sdaine, ofAirdrie, 8 1 .

Lum sdaine, of Innergel lie, 104,

Lum sdaine,Sir Jam es

, 104.

Lum sdaine, of Lathall an, 1 0 2 .

Lum sden, Charles, 32 7.

Lum sdens, of Clova, 326 .

Lum sden, Harry, of Cushnie, 326.

Lum sden, Harry Leith, of Auchindoir,

32 7 .

Lum sden, Jam es, 326 .

Lum sden, John, of Cushnie, 32 7.

Lum sden, John, ofAuchendor, 32 6 .

Lum sden,Katherine

, 32 7.

Lum sden, Robert, of C ushnay, 326 .

Lum sden, William ,of Harlaw

, 32 7 .

Lum sden, William , Titaboutie, 326 .

Lunan, Parish of, 247.

Lundie and Fowlis,Parish of, 247 .

Lundin, upright stones at, 1 1 1 .

Lyal l, Robert, 2 25.

Lyall , Sir Charles, ofKinnordy, 2 25.

Lyell , Alexander, of Gardyne, 240 .

Lyel l, Rev. David, 203.

Lyndesay, Dam e Agnes, 1 14.

Lynedoch, Lord, 1 70 .

Lyon, Rev. C . J . , 1 1 8 .

Lyon, Rev. Jam es, D .D . ,232 .

Macalister, Colonel Norm an, 14.

Macaulay, Donald, of Lewis, 377 .

Macaulay, Lord, 374, 378 .

Macaulay, Rev. Aulay, 377 .

Macaulay, Rev. John, 378 .

Macaulay, Rev. Kenneth, 374.Macaulay, Z achary, 378.

Macbeth, 1 1 , 1 73, 335.

Macdonald, Allan, of Kingsburgh, 38 1 .

Macdonald, of Arm adale, 38 1 .

Macdonald, Baron, 383.

Macdonald, Chief Baron Archibald,383.

Macdonald, C ol . John, F. R. S. , 38 1 .

Macdonald, Flora, 38 1 ,Macdonald, Sheriff Jam es, 246 .

Macdonald, Lady Margaret, 383.

Macdonald, Lord of the Isles, 13.

Macdonald, Sir Jas. , Bart . , 382 .

Macdonald, Sir Angus, 13.

MacDougal, Prior of Ardchattan, 6 .

Macdufl“, Cross of, 1 15.

Macdufl'

, the Thane, 1 73.

Macdufi'

, The Clan, 8 .

Macdufi'

,Viscount, 357 .

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Macfarlan, Principal, 25.

Macfarlan, Rev. Duncan, 25.

McGashan, Rev. John. 23.

McGibbon, John, 45.

Macgillivrays, Chief of, 382 .

MacGowan, Major JohnA . , 4 14.

Macgregor, Colonel, 148.

Macgregor, Donald, 148 .

Macgregor, Rob Roy, 148 .

McGufi’

og, John, 4 1 2 .

McHaffie, John, 2 .

McHardy, Wil liam , 355.

McC heyne, Rev Robert M. ,2 2 1 .

McC om bie, Rev. Wil liam ,Easter Skean,

343°

McCul loch, Andrew, of Glastalich, 375.

McCulloch, Margaret, 375.

McIndoe, Archibal d, 5.

Macintyre, DuncanBan, 9.

Mcl sack, Jam es, 57 .

Mackay, a warrior, 15.

Mackay, Hugh, 393.

Mackay, Rev. John, 393.

Mackay, Rev. Thom as, 393.

Mackay, The Hon. Sybella, 379.

Mackay, William , 393.

McKelvie, Bailie, 41 2 .

Mackenzie, Abbot, Kenneth , 14 .

Mackenzie, Alex . , of C onl , 390 .

Mackenzie, Dr. George, 389.

Mackenzie , Hon. Colin, 389.

Mackenzie, Lord, of Kintail. 390 .

Mackenz ies, ofSeaforth, 388.

MacKenzie, Rev. Jam es, 375.

Mackenzie,Rev. Jam es, 96 .

Mackenzie, Sir George, 386 .

Mackenzie, Rev. Wil liam , 394.

Mackenzie, Sir John, 386 .

Mackintosh, Capt. John, of Kellachie,

382 .

MacKinnon’s Cross, 13.

Mackintosh, Laird of, 382 .

Mackintosh, Sir Jam es. 382 .

Maclagan, Donald S. , ofGlenquiech, 186 .

Maclaren, Jam es, 10 2 .

McLea, Rev. Archibald, D .D. , 5.

Maclean, Chief of, 313.

McLeanof Coll, 1 2 .

Maclean, of Dowart, 1 2, 304.

Maclean’

s Grave , 313.

McLean, ofGrulin, 13.

McLean, of Loch Buy, 1 2 .

McLean, Rev. Jam es, 353.

Maclean, ofRoss, 14.

MacLeod, Lord, 1 76 .

Macleod, ofMacleod, 14 .

Mac leods, of Assyut, 392 .

Macleods,of Lewis, 392 .

Maclean’s Cross, 1 1 .MacMul len, The sept, 1 6 .

Macm illanCross,The

,15.

Macm il lan, Rev. John, 48 .

McMillan, Robert, 4 1 1 .

McNaught, Jane, 4 10 .

McPherson, Dr. John, 374.

Macpherson, George, 319.

McQuarrie, of Ulva, 13.

MacQueen, Donald, 382 .

McTurk, Grizel, 4 10 .

Macvicar, Provost Archibald, 153.

Macwilliam , Rev. Jam es, 32 7 .

Magus, Muir, 1 24.

Maiden’s Stone, The, 6 1 .

Mains and Strathm artin, Parish of,

249.

Malcolm Canm ore. 88 .

Malcolm II. , 293, 231 .

Malcolm IV. , 89, 153.

Mar, JohnFrancis, 15th Earl of, 52 .

Mar, noble Fam ily of,

Maces, silver, 1 18 .

March, Robert, Earl of, 1 20 .

Margaret, (Tudor) , Queen, 1 79.

Marishal , Earls, 1 20 , 2 74, 2 75, 280 , 350 .

Marnoch, Parish of, 356 .

Marochetti, Baron, 31 0 .

Marshal , Lord Pro vost, 1 78 .

Marshall , John, ofRosem ount,186 .

Marshall, Wi lliam , 373.

Marshall , William Calder, 258 .

Martin, Jam es, 99.

Martin, Thom as, 1 1 7 .

MartinWil liam , 339.

Martins, St , Cross, 1 1 .

Martyr's Monum ent,1 2 6.

Marycul ter, Parish of, 295.

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Morton, Betty, 93.

Morton, Earls of, 69.

Morton, Jam es, Earl of, 70 .

Mouswald, Parish of, 408 .

Mowat, Jam es, ofAirdo, 30 7.

Mowat, Jam es, of Logie, 30 7 .

Moyes, Robert, 70 .

Muckhart, Parish of, 1 78 .

Muckersie . Rev. Jam es, 55.

Muckersie, Rev. John, 55.

Mudie,Mrs. Hay,

' 238 .

Mugdrum , Cross of,1 15.

Mundy,Ann, 334.

Munn, Provost, Dugald, 5.

Munro, Christian, 390 .

Munro, Clanof, 388 .

Munro, Major Alexander, 47.

Munro, Sir Thom as, of Lindertis, 239.

Murray, Earl of, 50 .

Murray, Frances, 40 2 .

Murray, of Ochtertyre, 1 76.

Murray, Patrick, 1 86,Murray, Regent Andrew, 389.

Murray, Sir Andrew, of Arngask , 190 .

Murray, SirDavid, of Gospertie, 190 .

Murray, Sir Jam es, ofTibberm uir, 191 .

Murray, Sir David, of Gask, 1 .

Murray, Sir John, of Black Bartonia, 402 .

Murray, Thom as Randolph,Earl of

, 92 .

Murdoch, Rev. John, 354.

Mure, QueenElizabeth, 1 79.

Mure, Sir Adam , 1 79.

Mureson, Andrew, 2 18.

Murroes, Parish of, 2 62 .

Muschet, House of, 153, 166 , 1 67 .

Muschet, John, S Birkhill, 1 67.

Mylne, Rev. Andrew, D .D.

, 64.

Mylne, John, M.P . , 1 8 1 .

Mylne, Robert, 1 80 .

Myreton, Helen, 131 .

Nairn,'

P arish of, 374.

Nairn,Rev. Dr. Jam es, 1 1 7.

Nairne, Alex ander, of Sandford, 414.

Nairne, Baroness, 1 64.

Nairne, Sir Thom as, 414.

Nairnshire, 374. 37s.

Napier, GordonCharles, ofErlem ont, 320 .

Napier, Robert, ofShandon, 19.

Newark, Barons of, 68.

N ewbattle, Parish of, 400 .

Newburgh, Parish of, 1 15.

Newton, Lord, 237 .

Newton, Sir Isaac, 7.

Newtyle, Parish of, 2 63.

N icol , John, 195.

Nicol , Robert, 68 .

N icolson, B ishop, 36 1 , 362 .

N icolson, Thom as, of Kem nay, 362 .

N igg, Parish of, 388 .

Northesk, Noble House of, 237 .

Oathlaw,Parish of, 265.

O’

Brian, Jam es,2 82 .

Ochterlony, Hannah, 26 1 .

Ochil tree, Michael, 156 .

Ogil vie, Charlotte, Lady, 248 .

Ogilvie, George, of Barras, 2 89.

Ogilvie, Lady Margaret, 2 74.

Ogil vy, Ann: 314°

Ogil vy, of Boyne, 347Ogilvy

,CaptainJohn, 2 06 .

Ogilvy, C ol . Balfour, 2 29.

Ogilvy, David, 20 7 .

Ogil vy, Hon. Donald, of Clova, 20 7.

Ogilvy, House of, 347 .

Ogilvy, Isabel, 232 .

Ogilvy, Jam es Lord, 2 74.

Ogil vy, Lady Jane, 249.

Ogil vy, SirGeorge, 2 75.

Ogil vy, of Tannadice, 2 29.

Olave, aDane, 8 .

Old Machar, Parish of, 337 .

Oliphant, Carolina, 164.

Oliphant, Jam es Blair,145.

Oliphant, of Newton, 145.

Oliphant, SirWalter. 145.

Oliphant, SirWilliam , 145.

Oliphant, T. L. Kington, Esq. , 145.

Oram , St. 8 , 1 1 , 13.

Orkney, 397. 398.

Orkney, Ronald, Count of, 395.Orlands, St. , Stone, 231 .

Oronsay, Island of, 8 .

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Orr, John, ofBarrowfield, 413.

Osborne, Principal, 309.

Ossian’

s Stone, 1 77.

Ouchterlony, of the Guynd, 267.

Ouchterlony, Margaret, 267.

Palm er, Mary, 409.

Panm ure, Baron, 203, 257, 2 66.

Panm ure, Earls of, 266, 31 2 .

Panbride, Parish of, 266 .

Panter, Wal ter, 198 .

Parish, Henrietta, 208.

Park, Rev. John, D.D .,138.

Paton, C ol . Robert, 68 .

Paton, Jam es, of Glenalm ond, 1 7 1 .

Paton, Jam es, Jun., of Glenalm ond

,1 87.

Paterson, Alexander, 254

Patterson, C ol . Will iam , 240 .

Patterson, Rev. JohnB . 2 7.

Pattul lo, Fam ily of, 2 63.

Peebles, Rev. Adam, 1 83.

Peebles, Charles, 249.

Peel, SirRobert, 230 .

Perth, Earls of, 153.

Perth, Parish of, 1 78, 187.Perthshire, 145, 1 82 .

Petercul ter, Parish of, 339.

Petty, Parish of, 382 .

Philp, Robert, 1 09.

Pierson, of Balm adies, 2 67 .

Pitcairn, Dr. Alexander, 1 29.

Pitcairn, Robert, Sec of State, 92 .

Pitsligo, Parish of, 340 .

Pittenweem , Parish of, 1 1 6.

P itulloch, Andrew, 84.

Playfair, C ol . Sir Hugh L ., 1 20 , 139.

Playfair, Lieut . Will iam D . ,1 20 .

Playfair, Rev. Jam es, D.D . , 137.

P 00] , Janet, 406.

P ortm oak, Parish of, 142 .

Port o of-Monteith, Parish of, 1 87.

Preston, Sir John, 133.

Preston, William , 133.

Prim rose, Lady, 38 1 .

Prim rose, Rev. John, 352 .

Pringle, Rev. Alexander, D.D. , 183.

Proctor, David, 232 .

Proctor, George, 232 .

Proctor. John, 232 .

Proctor,Patrick, 232.

Proctor, Robert, W. S. , 232 .

Proctor, Thom as, 232 .

Proctor,William David, 232 .

Purvis, Alexander, ofKinaldy,

Raiker, Rev. Thom as, 2 65.

Rait, of Hallgreen, 28 1 .

Ram say, CaptainThom as, R.M. , 2 72 .

Ram say, CaptainWill iam Burnett, 2 72 .

Ram say, Elizabeth, ofBaldovy, 239.

Ram say, George, 76 .

Ram say, John, of Ochtertyre, 1 7, 1 68 .

Ram say,Margaret, 2 1 8 .

Ram say, Rev. Andrew, 65.

Ram say, Sir Andrew, 65.

Ram say,SirAlexander, of Balm ain, 2 72 .

Randall , Rev. Thom as, 47 .

Rankine, Jam es, of Goldun, 142 .

Rannie,David, 2 76 .

Rathen,Parish of, 341 .

Rathven, Parish, of, 359.

Rayne, Parish of, 342 .

Reay, Parish of, 396 .

Reay, John, Lord, 379.

Redgorton, Parish of, 1 88 .

Reid, Dr. John, 136.

Reid,Hell en, 354.

Reid, of Newm il ls, 326 .

Reid, Professor Thom as, 2 73.

Reid, Rev. Jam es, 2 73.

Reid, Rev. Robert, 2 73.

Reid, Rt. Hon. Sir John, of Barra, 354.

Reid, Thom as, of P itfoddles, 2 73,

Rennie, David, 254.

Renny,John, 341 .

Renwick, Jam es, m artyr, 40 .

Resby, John, m artyr, 1 2 6 .

Rescobie, Parish of, 2 66 .

Restennet, Priory of, 230 .

Richard, of Inverkeithing, 7 1 .

Richardson, Sir Andrew, 75.

Richm ond, Duke of, 355.

Robb, Rev. .John, 163.

Robert 4.

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Robert III., 1 16 .

Robert the Bruce, 4, 15, 50 , 90Robertson, Ann, 2 2 7 .

Robertson, DeaconAndrew, 96 .

Robertson, Dr. Alexander, 1 83.

Robertson, Dr. Joseph, 31 7, 329.

Robertson, Dr. Roheit,154.

Robertson,Janet, 133.

Robertson, Joseph, 329.

Robertson, Rev. Professor Jam es, D .D. ,

340 .

Robertson, Rev. John, D .D. ,137 .

Roche, John, 2 1 1 .

Rochead, J . T. , 34.

Rodger, John, St. Monance, 68.Roger, Bail ie Wil liam ,

2 1 2 .

Roger, Fam il y of, 195.

Roger, George, 2 1 2 .

Roger, Janet, 47 .

Roger, Rev. Jam es, 98 .

Rol land, Adam , of Gask, 94.

Rol lo, Jam es, Lord, 102 .

Rose, Bailie Alexander, 379.

Rose, David, of Earls’

m ill , 374.

Rose, John, of Broadley, 374.

Rose, of Kilravock, 369, 374.

Rose, Major Jam es, of Kilravock, 375.

Rose,Sir Jam es

, 316 .

Rosem arkie, Parish of, 389.

Ross, Alexander, Poet, 245.

Ross, and Crom arty,Shires of, 385 391 .

Ross, Elizabeth , 2 2 7.Ross

, Francis, of Auchlossan, 2 2 7.

Ross, Gen. the Hon. Charles, 387.

Ross, General Sir John, 1 83.

Ross, George, Lord, 387.

Ross, Hercules, ofRossie, 2 0 8 .

Ross, Hon. Grizel , 387.

Ross, House of, 387 .

Ross, JohnLeith, of Arnage, 320 .

Ross, Katharine, 353.

Ross, Margaret, 256 .

Ross, Professor John, 363.

Ross,Sir George Lockhart, of Balna

gowan, 38 7.

Ross, Sir J ohn, 186 .

Ross Sir JohnLockhart, of Balnagowan,

Ross, Thom as, ofMorenga, 375.

Ross, William , M.D . , 320 .

Ross, Wm . Poet, 388 .

Rothes, George, 4th Earl of, 36 7.

Rothes, John, Duke of, 1 1 1 .

Rothes, Parish of, 372 .

Rothesay, Duke of, 1 1 6.

Rothesay, Parish of, 3.

Rothes, Earls of, 10 1 , 1 1 2 .

Row,Rev. John

, 78 , 95.

Rowland, Katharine, 305.

Roxburghe, D uke of, 367.Roxburghshire, 403—405.Ruddim an, Thom as, 292 .

Ruglyn, William ,1 2 1 .

Russell, Jam es, m artyr

,2 75, 2 76.

Russel , Rev. John, 47.

Russell , Mary, 63.

Rutherford, Sam uel , 1 28 .

Rym our, William ,86 .

Saddell, Parish of, 15.

Sandford, Sir Daniel K. , 5.

Sangster, Rev. H enry, 1 83.

Sohaw, Wil liam , 93.

Scheppart, Rev. Andrew,2 1 2 .

Scone, Parish of, 190 .

Scoonie, Parish of, 139.

Scot, David,of Scotstarvet, 104.

Scott, Alexander, 254.

Scott, David, of Dunninald, 208 .

Scott, Gen. , of Balcom ie, 8 1 , 104.

Scott, Jam es, of Logie, 259.

Scott, Michael, 4 14.

Scott, Rev. William , 82 .

Scott, Robert, Mylnedene, 83.

Scot, Sir John, ofScotstarvet, 104.

Scott, SirWal ter,68, 1 15, 1 78 , 264.

Scotts, ofBenholm ,

2 74,

Scougal, Professor Henry, 302 .

Scrogie, Bishop William , 1 8 .

Scougal , Bishop Patrick , 30 2 , 308 .

Scrim geour, Wedderburn, of Birkhil l,

76.

Scrym gsour, Provost John, 2 1 6.Scrym gsours, ofDudhope, 244 .

Scrym gsour, Hugh , of Balrym ont, 132 .

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Strachan, Bessie, 350 .

Strachan, Catherine, 2 75.

Strachan, Parish of, 300 .

Strachan, Rev. Jam es, 352 .

Strachan, Sir Francis, 353.

Strachan, Sir Hugh, 353.

Strachan, Lady, 296 .

Strathdon, Parish of, 343.

Straton, Al exander de, 299.

Straton, Al exander, 299.

Straton, Joseph, ofKirkside, 299.

Straton, of Laurieston, 2 8 1 , 299.

Straton, Mrs. Janet, ofKirkside, 298.

Straton, Sir Joseph, 298.

Strichen, Parish of, 346 .

Strom ness, Parish of, 397.Strong, John, ofRennyhill , 1 04.

Stobie, Adam ,of Luscar, 78 .

Stot, John, m artyr, 2 76.Stuart, Alex ander, W . S. , 345.

Stuart,ofAucharm e, 354.

Stuart, Elspet, 355.Stuart, John, LL .D .

, 354.

Stuart, John, Rosarie, 348.

Stuart, Mary, 51 .Stuart, of Orden, 347.

Stuart, Rev. Jam es, 347 .

Stuart, Wil liam , Ballentrewan, 355.

Sturm , Alexander, 358.

Sturm ,Jam es, 358.

Sutherland, Corm ack, 395.

Sutherland, Earl of, 2 7.

Sutherland, Earls of, 337 , 392 .

Sutherland, George, 1st Duke of, 392 .

Sutherland, George, 2nd Duke of, 392 .

Sutherlandshire, 392—396 .

Swan, Rev. David, D .D . , 140 .

Swan, Rev. Robert, 68 .

Sword, Andrew, m artyr, 1 25.

Sword, John, 132 .

Sword, Provost Jam es,132 .

Sym ers, of Balzeordie, 2 24.

Sym son, Rev. Jam es, 109.

Tait, Archbishop Cam pbell , 63, 333.

Tait, Colonel T. F. , C .B. ,63.

Tait, Crawford, of Harviestoun, 62 , 333.

Tait,Duncan, 3.

Tait, George, Edinburgh, 334.

Tait, George, Redbog, 333.

Tait, John, 333.

Tait, John, Buittle, 410 .

Tait,John, of MiltownPark , 4 10 .

Tait, Thom as, 333.

Tait, William , 333.

Taylor, of Borrowfield, 296 .

Taylor, David, 1 82 .

Taylor, of KirktonMill , 296 .

Tawse, Rev. Andrew, 330 .

Tennant, CaptainJohn, 1 10 .

Tennant, ProfessorWilliam . 72 .

Thom,Wil liam ,

poet, 220 .

Thom as, Jam es,1 71 .

Thom son, Alexander, ofBanchory, 2 72 .

Thom son, Professor Thom as, M.D . ,

4 14°

Thom son, Rev. William A. , 1 83.

Thom son, Rev. Jam es, of Newton, 368 .

Thom son, Rev. Thom as, 399.

Thom son, Rev. John,‘

of Duddingston,400 .

Thom son, Thom as, 399.

Thom son, William , 74.

Thurburn, Jam es, of Sm ailholm , 353.

Thurso, Parish of, 396.

Thurburn, Rev, John, 353.

Tibberm uir, Parish of, 191 .Tongue, Parish of, 394.

Topp, Margaret, 31 1 .

Torrens, Gen. Sir Henry, 68 .

Torry, Bishop, 187 .

Torryburn, Parish of, 141 .

Trail , Fam ily of, 131 .

Trotter, Alison, 98 .

Tufton, Lady Mary, 248 .

Tul liallan, Parish of, 192 .

Tull ideph, Walter, 249.

Tull oh, Elizabeth, 365.

Turnbull , John, of Stracathro, 209.

Turner, Euphem ia, 330 .

Turpie, Alison, 142 .

Turrifi’

, Pari sh of, 346 .

Tyries, of Nevay, 2 22 .

Tytler, Fam ily of, 335.

Tytler, of Woodhouselee, 336.

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Uday, of Uday, 32 1 .

Ugadal e, Lands of, 15.

Ulrich, a Dane, 8 .

Ure Provost, 2 29.

Urquhart, Elizabeth, of Meldrum , 319.

Urquhart, John, Tutor ofCrom arty, 328 .

Urquhart, Parish of, 383.

Urquhart, Thom as, of Kinundie, 390 .

Waddel , John, m artyr,1 25.

Waddell , Will iam ,243.

Wallace, National Monum ent to , 33.

Wallace, Sir William ,26

, 33—37 .

Wallace, Statue of, 37 .

Wal ter, the High Steward, 4.

Wan, John, 76 .

Waters, Rev. Thom as, 56 .

Watson, George, 363.

Watson, Hugh, Keillor, 2 63.Watson, Jam es, m artyr, 2 76 .

Watson, Marjory, 2 15.

Watson, Rev. John, 64,Watson, Robert, 4 1 1 .

Watt,Isaac

,of Logie, 243.

Watt,Major Alexander, 242 .

W att, Janet, 55.

Wardlaw, Lady, 94.

Wardlaw, Sir Henry, 94.

Webster, Jam es, of Balruddery, 243.

Wedderburn, Alexander, of Blackness2 1 7 .

Wedderburn, Alexander, of P owrie, 2 14.

Wedderburn, Rev. Jam es, 83.

Weem ,Parish of, 192 .

Well ington, Duke of, 2 6 .

Wellwood, Rev.SirHenryWelsh, Alexander, 400 .

Welsh, Josias, 400 .

Welsh, Rev. John, 400 .

Welsh, Wal ter, of Lochquareat, 400 .

Welwood, Rev. Jam es,155.

Wem yss, Jam es, of Bogie, 1 0 7.

Westray, Parish of, 398.

Whi te, Thom as, 2 2 2 .

Whithorn, Parish of, 4 1 2 .

Whyte, Robert, of P ouran, 108.

Wick, Parish of, 396.

Wigtonshire, 41 2 .

Wilkie, Principal Robert, 323. Z etland, Earls of, 2 7.

439

Wilkie, Principal Jam es, 323.

Wilkie, ProfessorWilliam ,133.

Wilkie, Rev. David, 82 , 134.

Wil kie, Sir David, 82 , 134.William the Lion, 197 .

William son, Provost John, 108 .

Wilson, Bishop, LL.D. , 333.

Wilson, David, of Inchyre, 1 1 7 .

Wilson, George, 351 .Wilson, Gilbert, 1 82 .

Wilson, John, 133.

Wilson, Major David, 94.

Wilson, Margaret, m artyr, 40—42 .

Wilson, Rev. John, D .D ., 48 .

Wilson, Rev. David, 337

Wil son, Rev. Wil liam , 55, 1 8 1 .

Wishart, George, m artyr, 1 2 1 , 1 26 , 285.

Wishart, Jean, 31 1 .

Wishart, Laird ofMyreton, 6 1 .

Wishart, of P itarrow,2 86 .

Wishart, Professor Jam es, 2 60 .

Wise, Al ex. , of Lunan, 41 6 .

Wise,of Mains of Thornton, 41 6 .

Wise, Thom asAlex. M.D . , ofHillbank,

41 6 .

Wolf, of Badenoch, 366 .

Wood, of Bonnington, 2 8 1 .

Wood,Jam es, 2 .

Wood, Professor Jam es, 1 28.

Wood, SirAndrew, 1 1 1 .Wood, William ,

131 .

Wright,Jam es

,of Loss, 44 .

Wright, Rev. George, D .D . , 48 .

Wyllie, Sir Jam es, 62 .

Wyl lie, William ,62 .

Wyllie,John, 76 .

Wynram ,John, 1 2 1 .

Wyse, Al ex. , of Mains, 4 16.Wyse

,Fam ily, of, 416 .

Yem an, David, 2 15.

Young, Em m anuel, 1 2 1 .

Young, John, of Bellwood, 1 83.

Young. John, of Stank , 292 .

Young, Nathaniel, 1 00 .

Young, Sir Peter, 2 68 .

Young, William , of Fawsyde, 292 .