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MONUMENTS 

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SCOTLAND. 


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NATIONAL      WALLACE      MONUMENT 

ABBEY     CRAIU.       STIRMTCe. 


MONUMENTS 


MONUMENTAL   INSCRIPTIONS 


IN 


SCOTLAND. 


BY  THE 


EEV.  CHAKLES  ROGERS,  LL.D.,  F.S.A.  SCOT., 

HISTORIOGRAPHER  TO  THE  ROYAL  HISTORICAL  SOCIETY. 


VOL.  II. 


LONDON: 

PUBLISHED  FOR  THE   GRAMPIAN   CLUB. 

CHARLES      GRIFFIN     AND     CO., 
STATIONERS'    HALL    COURT. 

1872. 


"  Lives  of  great  men  all  remind  us 

We  can  make  our  lives  sublime, 
And  departing,  leave  behind  us 
Footprints  on  the  sands  of  time." 

LONGFELLOW. 

"  Yet  e'en  these  bones  from  insult  to  protect, 

Some  frail  memorial  still  erected  nigh, 
With  uncouth  rhymes  and  shapeless  sculptures  decked, 
Implores  the  passing  tribute  of  a  sigh." 

GRAY. 


770 

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PBEFACE  TO  VOL.  II. 


IN  completing  the  second  volume  of  this  work,  the 
author  closes  a  task  which  has  upwards  of  eleven  years 
occupied  his  attention.  Reviewing  his  performance,  he 
could  have  wished  that  his  labours  had  been  more  fruitful, 
and  that  the  work  had  presented  the  monumental  records 
of  every  Scottish  parish.  As  it  is,  the  omissions  are 
not  very  numerous  ;  while  a  necrological  register  has  been 
produced  ampler  than  any  existing  heretofore. 

When  the  author  entered  upon  his  undertaking,  he 
sought  to  awaken  public  attention  to  the  degraded  .con- 
dition of  country  churchyards.  As  local  reporters  were 
generally  reluctant  to  compromise  parochial  honour,  he 
was  led  to  abandon  this  part  of  his  enterprise,  not 
however  before  collecting  some  strange  facts.  Of  these 
a  few  may  be  related.  At  New  Machar,  Aberdeen- 
shire,  the  peasantry  obtain  their  winter  fuel  by  storing 
up  portions  of  decayed  coffins  from  the  churchyard. 
During  the  summer  of  1862  the  parish  schoolmaster  of 
Ellon  was  obliged  to  cease  teaching,  owing  to  his  school- 
room which  adjoined  the  churchyard,  being  saturated 

521359 


VI  PREFACE. 

with  the  exhalations  of  mortality.  In  the  churchyard  of 
Gamrie,  overlooking  the  Moray  Frith,  bones,  fragments 
of  coffins,  and  portions  of  gravestones  are  strewn  about. 
The  parochial  sextons  of  Lewis  and  North  Uist  per- 
form interments  within  six  inches  of  the  surface,  the 
coffins  after  a  heavy  shower  being  frequently  exposed. 
The  churchyard  of  Sandwich,  in  Orkney,  is  part  of 
an  undrained  marsh,  and  at  interments  coffins  are 
plunged  into  the  water  which  fills  every  new-made 
grave.  These  facts  require  no  comment. 

Additional  to  those  to  whom  he  formerly  expressed 
his  obligations,  the  author  cannot  deny  himself  the  satis- 
faction of  mentioning  the  considerable  assistance  he  has 
received  from,  papers  on  the  graveyards  of  the  north 
eastern  counties  prepared  by  Mr.  Jervise.  The  author 
learns  with  pleasure  that  Mr.  Jervise  contemplates  a 
separate  publication.  His  work  should  have  a  place  in 
the  library  of  every  Scottish  archaeologist. 


SNOWDOUN  VILLA, 

LEWISHAM,  KENT. 
October,  1872. 


CONTENTS. 


BUTESHIRE. 

CUMBRAY  . 
KlLBRIDE  . 
KlLMORIE  . 
EOTHESAY  . 

AEGYLESHIRE. 
ARDCHATTAN 
CAMPBELTON 
COLONSAY  . 
CRAIGNISH 

DUNOON  AND    KlLMUN 

GLENORCHAY 
INVERARY  . 
IONA 

KlLLEAN     . 

LlSMORE   AND  APPIN  . 

SADDELL    . 
SOUTH  KNAPDALE 

DUMBARTONSHIRE. 
BON  HILL    . 
DUMBARTON 
OLD  KILPATRICK 

KlRKINTILLOCH  . 

Luss 
STIRLINGSHIRE. 

AlRTH 


PAGE 

PAGE 

ALVA 

.     23 

1 

CAMPSIE    . 

.     24 

2 

DRYMEN     . 

.     25 

3 

FALKIRK    . 

.     26 

3 

KILLEARN  . 

.     29 

KlLSYTH      . 

.     30 

LARBERT   . 

.     31 

6 

LOGIE 

.     33 

.      7 

STIRLING  . 

.     37 

8 

ST.  NINIANS 

.     50 

8 

STRATHBLANE     . 

.     51 

.       9 

.       9 

CLACKMANNANSHIRE. 

.       9 

ALLOA 

.     52 

.     10 

CLACKMANNAN  . 

.     6] 

.     14 

DOLLAR 

.     62 

.     14 

.     15 

FIFESHIRE. 

.     15 

ABBOTSHALL 

.     65 

ABDIE 

.     66 

ABERCROMBIE    . 

.     67 

.     17 

ABERDOUR 

.     69 

.     18 

AN  STRUTHER-E  ASTER    . 

.     71 

.     19 

ANSTRUTHER-WESTER 

.     73 

.     20 

AUCHTERMUCHTY 

.     74 

.     21 

BALMERINO 

.     75 

BURNTISLAND 

.     77 

CARNBEE   . 

.'  77 

.     22 

CARNOCK    . 

.    "78 

VI 11 


CONTENTS. 


I'AOB 

PAGE 

CERES 

.     79 

BLACKFORD 

.  149 

C'OLLESSIE 

.     79 

BLAIR-ATHOLE   . 

.  150 

CKAIL 

.     80 

CALLANDER 

.  151 

CREICH 

.     81 

COLLAGE    . 

.  152 

CULTS 

.     82 

COMRIE 

.  152 

CIPAB 

.     82 

COUPAR-ANGUS  . 

.  153 

DALGETY    . 

.     86 

CRIEFP 

.  155 

PlN  PERM  LINK      . 

.     88 

DRON 

.  155 

DUNINO 

•     97 

DUNBLANE 

.  156 

DYSART 

.     98 

DUNKELD  . 

.  159 

FALKLAND  . 

.     99 

ERROL 

.  163 

FERRY-PORT-ON.  CRAIG 

.     99 

FORGANDENNY     . 

.  164 

FLISK 

.  101 

FOWLIS  WESTER 

.  164 

KlLCONQUHAR      . 

.  101 

GASK 

.  164 

KlLMANY     . 

.  102 

KlLMADOCK 

.  166 

KILKENNY. 

.  102 

KINCARDINE-IN-MKNTEITH 

.  166 

KlNGHORN               .            .' 

.  105 

KIN  FAUNS  . 

.  168 

KlNOSHARNS 

.   106 

KlNNAIRD  . 

.   169 

KlKKCALDY 

.  107 

KlNNOULL  . 

.  170 

LARGO 

.  Ill 

LECROPT    . 

.  172 

LESLIE 

.  Ill 

LITTLE  DUNKKI.D 

.  173 

LEUCHARS  . 

.  113 

MEIGLE 

.  173 

MOMMAIL  . 

.  114 

METHVEN  . 

.  175 

NEWBURGH 

.  115 

MONIVAIRD 

.  175 

PlTTENWEEM 

.  116 

MONZIE 

.  177 

ST.  ANDREWS 

.  117 

MUCKHART 

.  178 

SCOONIE     . 

.  139 

PERTH 

.  178 

STKATHMIGLO     . 

.  140 

PORT  OF  MENTKITH 

.  187 

TORRYBURN 

.  141 

REDGORTON 

.  188 

ST.  MADGES 

.  189 

K  IX  ROSS-SHIRE. 

SCONE 

.   190 

KINROSS     . 

.  142 

TlBBERMUIR 

.   191 

PollTMOAK  . 

.  142 

TULLIALLAN 

.   192 

WEEM 

.   192 

PERTHSHIRE. 

AKKKDALGIE 

.   145 

FORFARSHIHE. 

UFOYLE 

.   146 

ABERLEMNO 

.   193 

A  I  (  -IITERARDEK   . 

.   146 

AIRLIE 

.   195 

B.iLQUHIDDER      . 

.  147 

ARBIRLOT  . 

.   196 

CONTENTS. 


IX 


PAGE 

PAGE 

ARBROATH  . 

.  197 

RESCOBIE  . 

.  266 

AUCHTERHOUSE  . 

.  199 

ST.  VlGEANS 

.  268 

BARRY 

.  200 

BRECHIX    .         .      •  . 

.  202 

KINCAEDINESUIRE. 

CARESTOX  . 

.  203 

ARBUTHNOT 

.  271 

CARMYLLIE 

.  204 

BANCHORY-DEVENICK  . 

.  271 

CORTACHY  . 

.  206 

BANCHORY-TERNAN     . 

.  27  2- 

CRAIG 

.  208 

BEN  HOLME 

.  274 

DUN 

209 

BERVIE 

.  275 

DUNDEE     . 
EASSIE  AND  NEVAY     . 

.  210 
.  221 

DUNNOTTAR 
FETTERCAIRN 

.  275 
.  276 

EDZELL 

.  223 

FETTERESSO 

.  278 

FARNELL    . 

.  224 

FORDOUN   . 

.  285 

FORFAR 

.  227 

GARVOCK  . 

.  288 

FOWLIS-EASTER  . 
GLAMMIS    . 
GLENISLA        •  . 
GUTHRIE    . 
INVERKEILLOR    . 

KlNGOLDRUM 
KlNNETTLES          .       '    . 
KlRKDEN    . 

.  231 
.  231 
.  235 
.  236 
.  237 
.  239 
.  240 
.  240 

GLENBERVIE 
KINNEFF   . 
LAURENCEKIRK  . 
MARYCULTER 
MARYKIRK 
ST.  CYRUS  . 
STRACHAN  . 

.  288 
.  289 
.  292 
.  295 
.  296 
.  298 
.  300 

LETHNOT  AND  NAVAR 

.  241 

LIFF  AND  BENVIE 

.  242 

ABERDEENSHIRE. 

LlNTRATHEN          .     . 

.  244 

ABERDEEN 

.  302 

LOCHLEE     . 

.  245 

ABERDOUB, 

.  310 

LOGIE  PERT 

.  246 

ABOYNE 

.  311 

LUNAN 

.  247 

AUCHTERLESS       . 

.  311 

LUNDIE  AND  FOWLIS   . 

.  247 

BELHELVIE 

.  312 

MAINS  AND  STRATHMARTIN  .  248 

BOURTIE      . 

.  313 

MARYTON  . 

.  252 

CHAPEL  OF  GARIOCH  . 

.  313 

MENMUIR  . 

.  253 

CRATHIE  AND  BRAEMAR 

.  314 

MONIFIETH 

.  253 

CRIMOND   . 

.  316 

MONIKIE     . 

.  257 

CRUDEN     . 

.  316 

MONTROSS. 

.  258 

DRUMBLADE 

.  318 

MURROES    . 

.  262 

ECHT 

.  319 

NEWTYLE  . 

.  263 

ELLON       .        . 

.  320 

OATHLAW  . 

.  265 

FOVERAN 

321 

PANBRIDK. 

.  266 

FYVIE   .     . 

.  'Ml 

CONTENTS. 


FAOB 

PAGE 

GLENMDICK,  TULLICH    AND 

ELGINSHIRE. 

GLENQAIRN    . 

321 

ABERNETIIY 

363 

INSCH        . 

323 

BELLIE,  OR  FOCHABERS 

363 

INVERUET          . 

323 

DALLAS      .        .        .     '   . 

365 

KEITH-HALL  AND  KINKELL  . 

324 

DUFFDS      . 

365 

KlLDRUMMY 

325 

DUTHIL     . 

365 

KINCARDINE  O'NEIL  . 

327 

DYKE  AND  MOY 

366 

KINO  EDWARD  . 

328 

ELGIN       . 

366 

LEOCHEL   . 

329 

FORRES      . 

370 

LOGIE-BUCHAN    . 

329 

KNOCKANDO 

371 

LOGIE-COLDSTONE 

330 

ROTHES      .        . 

372 

LONGSIDE   .'.'.'. 

331 

ST.  ANDREWS,  LHANBRYDE 

373 

LUMPHANAN 

335 

MlDMAR      . 

335 

NAIRNSHIRE. 

MONQUHITTER     . 

336 

CAWDOR                     , 

374 

OLD  MACHAR     . 

337 

NAIRN       .... 

374 

PETERCULTER     . 

339 

PITSLIGO    . 

340 

INVERNESS-SHIRE 

RATHEW     . 

341 

DUIRINISH 

376 

RAYNE       . 

342 

HARRIS      .         . 

377 

ST.  FERGUS 

342 

INVERNESS 

378 

SKENE        . 

343 

KILMALIE 

380 

STRATHDON 

343 

KlLMUIR     .... 

381 

STRICKEN  .... 

346 

PETTY        .... 

382 

TURRIFP    . 

346 

SLEAT        .... 

382 

URQUHART    AND    GLEN- 

BANFFSHIRE. 

MORISTON 

383 

BOINDIE      .... 

347 

BOTRIPHNIE 

347 

ROSS  AND  CROMARTY. 

CABRACH   .... 

348 

ALNESS      .... 

385 

CULLEN        .... 

349 

CONTIN      .... 

385 

GAMRIE     .... 

350 

CROMARTY 

386 

GRANGE     . 

351 

DINGWALL. 

386 

INVERAVEN 

352 

FEARN       .... 

387 

KEITH        .... 

352 

FODDERTY 

388 

KlKKMICHAEL       . 

354 

GAIRLOCH 

388 

MARNOCII  .... 

356 

KINCARDINE       .         . 

388 

MORTLACH 

356 

NIGG          .... 

388 

RATHVEN    . 

359 

ROSEMARKIE 

389 

CONTENTS. 


XI 


SUTHERLANDSHIRE. 

ASSYNT 
DORNOCH    . 
GOLSPIE      . 

LAIRG 
TONGUE     . 

CAITHNESS-SHIRE. 
HALKIRK  . 


PAGE 

LATHERON  . 

392 

REAY 

392 

THURSO 

392 

WICK 

393 

394 

ORKNEY. 

KlRKWALL 

STROMNESS 

394 

WESTRAY    . 

PAGE 

395 
396 
396 
396 


397 
397 
399 


APPENDIX. 


EDINBURGHSHIRE. 
GREYFRIARS  CHURCHYARD 
THE  DEAN  CEMETERY 
BORTHWICK 

NEWBATTLE 

ROXBURGHSHIRE. 

CASTLETON 

DUMFRIESSHIRE. 
CUMMERTREES    . 
DALTON 
KEIR 

KIRKPATRICK-FLEMING 
MOUSWALD 


KIRKCUDBRIGHTSHIRE. 

399 

BUITTLE       . 

.  410 

399 

KELLS 

.  410 

400 

KlRKPATRICK-DuRHAM 

.  411 

400 

WIGTONSHIRE. 

WHITHORN 

.  412 

403 

LANARKSHIRE. 

BOTHWELL 

.  413 

GLASGOW  . 

.  413 

406 

FIFESHIRE. 

406 

FORGAN 

.  414 

407 

408 

KINCARDINESHIRE. 

408 

LAURENCEKIRK  . 

.  415 

MONUMENTS 


MONUMENTAL  INSCRIPTIONS  IN  SCOTLAND, 


BUTESHIEE. 


PARISH  OF  CUMBEAY. 

IN  Milport  churchyard,  Isle  of  Cumbray,  the  gravestone  of  the 
Eev.  James  Adam,  minister  of  the  parish,  is  inscribed  thus  : — 

"  Fideles  moralis  et  inuuptus 
Sine  natis,  sine  curis, 
Vixit,  obit  et  surget. 

"  Tho'  here  on  a  damp  cold  bed  he  lies, 
Without  a  friend  to  close  his  eyes  ; 
Wrapt  in  his  usual  unsocial  pride, 
Indifferent  to  all  the  world  beside. 

"  Sed  quid  sunt  est  vel  erit 
Magnus  dies  declarabit." 

Mr.  Adam  was  some  time  a  bookseller  in  Glasgow.  He  was 
ordained  minister  of  Cumbray  in  1799,  and  died  unmarried  25th 
June,  1831,  in  his  eighty-third  year.  Among  other  donations  for 
charitable  purposes  he  bequeathed  £1,100  to  establish  three 
bursaries  or  exhibitions  in  connection  with  the  University  o 
Glasgow. 

VOL.  II.  B 


2  BUTESHIRE. 

In  Milport  Churchyard  James  Wood  has  engraved  on  his  father's 
tombstone  these  lines  : — 

"  All  you  that  walk  among  the  tombs, 

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  McHaffie  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  tomb  aloud 
Proclaims,  '  Prepare  thee  for  an  early  shroud.'  " 

In  these  lines  James  Forty  commemorates  his  infant  son  : — 

"CHRIST'S  VOICE  IN  THE  CLOUDS. 

"  Awake,  you  breathless  little  ones, 
And  meet  your  Saviour  when  he  comes; 
Though  for  a  time  you  do  sleep  here, 
With  Christ  your  Shepherd  you'll  appear, 
And  follow  him  to  Immanuel's  land, 
With  palms  of  victory  in  your  hand. 
Oh !  glorious  sight  for  to  be  seen, 
Those  lovely  babes  following  their  King ! " 


PARISH  OF   KILBEIDE. 

Near  the  entrance  of  the  churchyard  is  a  horizontal  slab,  sculp- 
tuied  with  a  floral  cross  and  two-handed  sword.  No  history  or 
tradition  is  associated  with  it.  An  adjacent  stone  representing 
the  figure  of  a  kilted  Highlander,  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  same  grave. 

The  Fullertons,  of  Kilmichael,  inter  in  this  churchyard.  John 
Fullerton,  who  died  in  1784,  has  these  lines  upon  his  tombstone: — 

"  This  was  the  man  who,  free  from  toil  and  strife, 
In  his  own  ground  did  pass  his  peaceful  life." 

A  monumental  slab,  bearing  date  15th  April,  1747,  commemo- 
rates Nugent  Kerr,  "  son  to  Robert  Kerr,  Director  of  His  Majesty's 
Chancellary  of  Scotland."  The  family  of  Kerr  is  represented  by 
the  Marquis  of  Lothian. 


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  mitred  abbot,  with  a  pastoral  staff  by  his  side  and  a 
chalice  in  his  hands.*  It  was  a  former  custom  that  females  after 
their  confinement  visited  St.  Molio's  grave,  and  there  in  token  of 
gratitude  deposited  a  silver  coin  or  some  other  offering. 


PARISH  OF  ROTHESAY. 

"Within  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 

*  McArthur's  "Antiquities  of  Arran,"  p.  188.     Glasgow,  1£61.     8vo. 


4  BUTESHIRE. 

in  armour  extended  on  a  tomb.  From  the  coat  of  arms  on  the 
tomb  it  is  certain  that  the  deceased  knight  belonged  to  the  Itoyal 
House.  According  to  the  most  probable  conjecture,  the  monument 
was  reared  by  Eobert  II.  in  honour  of  his  father,  Walter  the 
eighth  High  Steward,  who  married  the  daughter  of  Robert  the 
Bruce.  Walter  the  High  Steward  died  at  Bathgate  in  1327  or 
1328* 

In  the  north  wall  of  the  choir,  under  a  canopy,  is  a  female  figure 
in  low  relief ;  also  the  figure  of  a  child  in  a  loose  robe.  The  base 
of  the  monument  is  divided  into  eight  compartments,  which  are 
occupied  by  an  equal  number  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.f 

The  family  mausoleum  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  1710,  James,  second  earl,  who  died 
28th  January,  1723,  and  John,  third  earl,  the  celebrated  statesman, 
who  died  19th  March,  1792.  The  last  nobleman  was  born  in  1713. 
He  took  part  in  the  education  of  George  III.,  and  became  His 
Majesty's  Prime  Minister  in  May,  1762.  Owing  to  an  unpopu- 
larity, which  was  in  many  respects  unmerited,  he  retired  from 
office  in  February,  1763  ;  he  thereafter  devoted  himself  to  literary 
and  scientific  studies.  He  was  a  patron  of  men  of  learning. 
Through  his  recommendation  State  pensions  were  bestowed  on 
Dr.  Samuel  Johnson  and  John  Home,  the  author  of  "Douglas." 
The  architects  George  and  Eobert  Adam  were  indebted  to  his 
patronage.  He  printed  a  work  on  British  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  an  elaborate  and  ingenious  paperon  this  tomb,  by  J.  C.  Roger,  see  "  Proceedings 
of  Society  of  Antiquaries  of  Scotland,"  ii.  46ti — 481. 
t  "  Proceedings  of  Scot.  Soc.  of  Antiquaries,"  ii.,  475. 


PARISH   OF  ROTHESAY.  5 

denotes  the  resting-place  of  Sir  Daniel  Keyte  Sandford,  D.C.L., 
Professor  of  Greek  in  the  University  of  Glasgow,  and  M.P.  for 
Paisley.  This  eminent  individual  was  son  of  Bishop  Sandford, 
of  Edinburgh  (VoL  I.,  78),  and  was  born  in  that  city  on  the  3rd 
February,  1798.  Having  studied  at  Oxford,  where  he  acquired 
distinction,  he  was  in  1821  elected  to  the  Greek  chair  in  the 
University  of  Glasgow.  In  1830  he  received  the  honour  of  knight- 
hood. In  1834  he  was  elected  M.P.  for  Paisley ;  but  owing  to 
failing  health,  he  soon  retired  from  his  parliamentary  duties.  He 
died  at  Glasgow,  of  fever,  on  the  4th  February,  1838,  at  the  age  of 
forty.  He  composed  an  "Essay  on  the  Kise  and  Progress  of 
Literature,"  and  other  works. 

Among  the  more  notable  persons  commemorated  in  the  church- 
yard are  the  Eev.  Archibald  McLea,  D.D.,  minister  of  the  parish, 
who  died  12th  April,  1824,  aged  eighty-seven;  the  Eev.  Eobert 
Craig,  Minister  of  the  Free  Church,  Eothesay,  who  died  26th  May, 
1860,  aged  sixty-eight;  and  Archibald  M'Indoe  and  Dugald  Munn, 
both  provosts  of  the  burgh. 

On  a  tombstone  bearing  date  1828,  Archibald  Black,  cooper 
thus  celebrates  his  parents  : — 

"  Station  obscure  and  moral  worth 
Need  no  monumental  fame ; 
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  apply 
To  truths  divinely  given, 
The  bones  that  underneath  do  lie 
Shall  live  for  hell  or  heaven." 

In  the  retired  churchyard  of  Ascog  a  mural  tablet  commemo- 
rates Montague  Stanley,  a  short-lived  and  ingenious  artist. 


ARQYLKSHIRE. 


ARGYLESHIRE. 


PARISH  OF  ARDCHATTAN. 

IN  the  church  and  churchyard  of  Ardchattau  Priory,  founded  in 
1231,  are  several  inscribed  tombstones.  One  in  the  centre  of  the 
church  contains,  in  Saxon  characters,  these  words — 

"Funallus  Somherle  Macdougalallus,  Prior  de  Ardchattan 
MCCCCC." 

At  the  south-east  corner  of  the  church  a  flat  stone  contains  the 
following  inscription : — 

"  Hie  jacet  venerandus  et  egregius  vir  Rodericus  Alexander, 
Rector  quondam  Funnanni  Insulse,  qui  obiit  anno  dom. 

Within  the  church  at  the  east  end  of  the  northern  wall  a  monu- 
ment surmounting  a  stone  coffin  represents  two  dignified  church- 
men in  monastic  costume,  a  warrior  in  mail  armour,  and  two 
weeping  nuns,  between,  a  human  skeleton.  The  following  inscrip- 
tion, in  old  Irish  characters,  occupies  the  sides  and  margin  : — 

"  Hie  jacent  nati  Somerledi  Macdougall  Duncanus  et  Dugallus, 
hujus  monasterii  successive  priores,  una  cum  eomndem  patre,  matre 
et  fratre  Alano,  quorum  Dugallus  hujus  nionumenti  fabricator,  obiit 
anno  Domini,  MCCCCCII." 

In  the  family  burial-ground  at  Ardchattan,  a  monumental  stone 
commemorates  Patrick  Campbell  of  Inverzeldies.  It  is  thus  in- 
scribed : — 

"  Hie  .  jacet .  Patricius  Campbell .  de  .  Inverzeldies  .  qui  .  obiit. 
veg  .  prim  .  die  .  Martis  .  anno  .  dom  .  1678  .  anno  act.  86. 


PARISH   OF  CAMPBELTON.  7 

"  Vir  probus  hie  situs  est,  cautus,  providus,  per  honestus, 
Judicio  claro  promptus  et  ingenio.     In  apothymatibus 
Communis  sermo  fluebat 
Facta  suis  dictis  consona  semper  erant 
Prole,  parente,  toro,  rebus,  virtute,  senecta, 
Justitia,  et  meritis,  laude,  beatus  obiit." 

Mr.  Campbell's  younger  son,  the  Rev.  Colin  Campbell,  was  minister 
of  the  parish  from  1667  till  his  death,  13th  March,  1726.  An 
eminent  mathematician  and  astronomer,  he  conducted  a  corres- 
pondence in  Latin  with  Sir  Isaac  Newton,  who  remarked  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  Talmash  of  Helmington,  Staffordshire.  She  died  in 
May,  1735.  Her  eldest  son  was  the  celebrated  John  Duke  of 
Argyll  and  Greenwich. 

In  the  parish  churchyard  a  tombstone  commemorates  Dr.  John 
Smith,  minister  of  the  parish,  who  died  26th  June,  1807,  in  the 
60th  year  of  his  age,  and  thirty-second  of  his  ministry.  A  distin- 
guished Gaelic  scholar,  Dr.  Smith,  assisted  in  translating  the  Scrip- 
tures into  that  language.  The  published  "  Gaelic  Antiquities/'  and 
various  theological  and  other  works. 

The  following  metrical  epitaphs  are  from  Campbelton  church- 
yard : — 

"  This  little  spot  is  all  I've  got, 
And  all  that  kings  acquire, 
My  home's  above,  a  gift  of  love, 
O  reader,  there  aspire. 

"  His  God  to  him  was  good, 
And  gifts  him  did  bestow  ; 
And  he  no  chorle  here  prov'd 
To  neither  high  nor  low. 


8  ARGYLESHIRE. 

"  From  stately  palaces  we  remove 
The  narrow  lodging  of  a  grave  to  prove ; 
Leave  the  fair  train  and  the  light  gilded  room, 
To  lie  alone,  benighted  in  the  tomb  : 
God  only  is  immortal,  man  not  so, 
Life  to  be  paid  upon  demand  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  Philiphaugh. 
He  fell  at  the  siege  of  the  castle  of  Dunaverty.  A  stone  which 
covered  his  grave  formerly  bore  these  lines : — 

"  A  Captain  much  renowned 
Whose  cause  of  fight  was  still  Christ's  right, 
For  which  his  soul  is  crowned. 
So  breifly  then  to  know  the  man 
This  stone  tells  all  the  storie ; 
On  earth  his  race  he  ran  with  grace 
In  Heaven  he  reigns  in  glory." 


PARISH  OF  COLONSAY. 

Within  the  walls  of  the  old  church  of  St.  Oran  are  several 
ancient  monuments,  with  the  inscriptions  obliterated.  A  marble 
pillar  is  inscribed  thus  : — 

"  Hie  jacet  Malcolumbus  Mac-Duffie  de  Collonsay." 

The   clan  Macduff  formerly  possessed  a  portion  of  the  islands 
Colonsay  and  Oronsay. 


PARISH  OF  CRAIGNISH. 

In  the  valley  of  Barbreck,  near  Drimree,  Olave,  a  Dane,  and  the 
Scottish  king  engaged  in  single  combat.  Olave  fell,  and  a  tumulus 
marks  his  grave.  A  grey  stone  denotes  the  spot  where  Ulric,  a 
Danish  general,  was  slain. 


PARISH   OF   INVERAUY. 


PAEISH  OF  DUNOON  AND  KILMUN. 

In  Dunoon  churchyard  are  a  number  of  ancient  tombstones 
variously  sculptured,  but  without  inscriptions.  The  modern  tomb- 
stone of  a  blacksmith  bears  these  lines — 

"  By  hammer  and  hand 
All  airts  do  stand." 

At  Kilmun  is  the  family  burying-place  of  the  Duke  of  Argyle. 
Here  were  deposited  the  remains  of  Archibald,  eighth  Earl  and 
first  Marquis  of  Argyle,  who  was  executed  at  Edinburgh,  27th 
May,  1661. 


PAEISH  OF  GLENORCHAY. 

On  a  conical  eminence  in  the  vale  of  Glenorchay  a  monument 
celebrates  Duncan  Ban  Macintyre,  the  eminent  Gaelic  poet. 
The  monument  is  built  of  grey  granite,  and  is  constructed  so  as 
to  resemble  a  Druidical  temple.  On  a  massive  basement,  twenty 
feet  square,  rest  twelve  square  monoliths  in  circular  form,  and 
supported  by  a  canopy.  The  entire  height  is  forty  feet.  Mac- 
intyre was  born  on  the  farm  of  Drumliart  in  Glenorchay,  on  the 
20th  March,  1724.  He  died  at  Edinburgh  in  May,  1812,  and  his 
remains  were  consigned  to  the  Greyfriars'  churchyard  (Vol.  I.,  43). 
His  chief  poem  is  Bendourain,  or  the  Otter  Mount. 


PARISH  OF  INVERARY. 

Within  the  burgh,  at  the  end  of  the  principal  street,  a  stone 
cross  bears,  in  Lombardic  characters,  the  following  inscription : — 

"  Hsec  est  crux  nobilium  virorum  videlicet  Dondcani  M'Engyl- 
lichomghan  Patrici  filii  ejus  et  Maelmore  filii  Patrici  qui  haiic 
crucem  fieri  faciebat." 


10  ARGYLKSIIIIM:. 

The  cross  was  brought  from  lona. 

Near  the  parish  church  a  simple  monument  of  chlorite  com- 
memorates seventeen  gentlemen  of  the  name  of  Campbell,  who 
were  executed  by  the  government  of  James  VII.  during  the  three 
years  which  preceded  the  Ee volution. 


PAKISH  OF  IONA. 

The  chapel  of  the  nunnery — which  alone  remains  of  that  religious 
establishment — contains  forty-eight  monumental  stones,  nearly  all 
uninscribed.  The  oldest  tombstone,  so  far  as  can  be  ascertained, 
bears  date  1543;  it  is  situated  at  the  east  end  of  the  chapel,  and 
is  believed  to  commemorate  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,  surmounted  by  a  mirror  and 
comb.  The  other  half  (now  broken  off )  exhibited  the  figure  of  the 
Virgin  Mary,  with  head  crowned  and  mitred — the  child  in  her 
arms,  and  the  sun  and  moon  above  her  head.  In  Saxon  characters 
there  is  the  following  inscription  : — 

"  Hie  jacet  Domina  Anna  Donaldi  Terliti,  filia 
quondam  Priorissa  de  lona  quo  obiit  anno  m°  d°  xliii0  ejus 
auimam  Altissimo  commendamus.    Sancta  Maria,  ora  pro  me." 

In  the  chapel  of  the  Nunnery,  a  mutilated  stone  is  thus 
inscribed — 

"  Hie  jacet  Mariota  filia  Johannis  Lauchlani  Domini  de." 

The  nunnery  was  founded  not  earlier  than  the  twelfth  century, 
monastic  establishments  for  women  forming  no  part  of  the  religious 
system  of  Columba.  In  Eomish  times  ladies  of  rank  were  buried 
in  the  Nunnery  chapel. 

According  to  tradition  360  stone  crosses  were  erected  as  votive 


PARISH   OF  IONA.  11 

offerings  in  different  parts  of  the  island.  Two  only  are  entire. 
These  are  known  as  Maclean's  and  St.  Martin's  crosses.  Maclean's 
Cross  (situated  midway  between  the  monastery  and  the  granary), 
is  evidently  the  more  ancient.  It  is  supposed  to  suit  the  descrip- 
tion of  one  which  stood  in  the  same  locality  in  the  time  of  Columba, 
as  described  by  Adamrian.  On  both  sides  it  is  decorated  with  a 
profusion  of  carved  work.  On  one  side  of  the  circle  from  which 
the  arms  project  is  a  rude  representation  of  the  crucifixion.  The 
figure  on  the  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  sacramental  chalice,  and  a  cruciform  figure  on  the 
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  column  of  mica  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  on  the  upper  part  six  lions  with  tails  entwined.  A  lion 
or  other  quadruped  occupies  each  arm  of  the  cross.  In  the  centre 
is  a  rude  representation  of  the  Virgin  and  child,  with  four  cherubs. 
On  the  stem  appear  a  priest  administering  the  right  of  baptism, 
two  musicians,  one  playing  the  harp  and  the  other  using  a  wind 
instrument,  and  a  man  erect  shaking  hands  with  another  sitting 
on  a  stool.  Besides  other  representations,  there  are  at  the  base  six 
granulated  balls,  entwined  by  twelve  serpents. 

Reilig  Ourain,  the  burial-place  of  Oran,  is  the  grand  cemetery 
of  the  island.  In  this  place  of  sepulture  were  interred,  according 
to  an  early  tradition,  forty  kings  of  Scotland,  two  Irish  monarchs, 
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  Eeilig  Ourain. 
The  graves  are  arranged  in  nine  rows.  Of  these,  the  third  from 
the  entrance,  is  the  Eidge  of  Kings.  According  to  Dean  Monro, 
who  wrote  in  1549,  the  Royal  tombs  were  then  covered  by  three 


12  ARGYLESIIIRE. 

small  chapels  of  which  portions  of  the  foundations  only  remain.* 
From  the  recumbent  tombstones  every  vestige  of  inscriptions  has 
long  been  obliterated.  An  elegant  monumental  sculpture  cele- 
brates four  priors  of  lona.  In  old  English  characters  it  presents 
the  following  inscription : — 

"  Hie  jacent  quatuor  priores  de  Y  ex  una  natione,  v.  Johannes, 
Hugonius,  Patricius,  in  decretis,  olim  Bacularius  et  alter  Hugonius, 
qui  obiit  anno  domini  millesimo  quiugentesirno."t 

In  Oran's  burial-place  three  sculptured  stones  commemorate 
McLean  of  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.  McLean  of  Coll  is  in  the  act  of 
drawing  his  sword,  while  on  .either  side  of  his  head  is  the  figure  of 
an  angel,  one  armed  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  family  of  eminent  physi- 
cians, who  died  in  1567,  is  commemorated  by  a  mural  tablet,  thus 
inscribed  : — 

"  Ecce  cadit  jaculo  victrici  mortis  iniquse, 
Qui  toties  alios  solverat  ipse  malis. 
Soli  Deo  gloria."J 

*  These  chapels  covered  the  remains  of  the  kings  of  Scotland  and  of  Ireland  and 
of  the  Norwegian  princes  respertively.  Of  the  Scottish  monarchs  interred  in  lona, 
sixteen  •were  of  the  race  of  Alpin.  Malcolm  Canmore,  who  succeeded  Macheth, 
removed  the  hurial-place  of  the  kings  to  Dunfermline.  According  to  the  Annals  of 
Ulster,  Beatus  Nial,  King  of  Ireland,  having  abdicated  his  kingdom,  died  at  lona  in 
765  ;  and  B.  Artgall  McCatheld,  King  of  Connaught,  who  likewise  abdicated,  died  at 
lona  in  786.  In  his  "  Notitia  Hybernite,"  Dr.  Keating  states  that  Cormac  McAird, 
one  of  the  kings  of  Ireland,  was  buried  here.  According  to  the  Annals  of  Ulster, 
Amulabh  or  Aulay,  son  of  Stirich,  Prince  of  the  Normen  of  Dublin,  on  his  defeat  at 
the  Battle  of  Tarah,  in  980,  sought  refuge  in  lona,  where  he  died. 

t  Translation : — Here  lie  four  priors  of  Y  (lona),  all  of  one  clan,  viz.,  John, 
Eugene,  Patrick,  formerly  bachelor  in  degrees,  and  a  second  Eugene,  who  died  in  the 
year  of  our  Lord  1500. 

+  Translation : — Behold !  he  who  saved  so  many  others  fiom  ills,  himse'.f  falls 
by  the  conquering  dart  of  wicked  death.  Glory  to  God  alone. 


PAEISH   OF   IONA.  13 

The  cemetery  contains  159  tombstones,  of  which  the  greater 
number  are  broken  and  illegible.  In  1833  the  members  of  the 
lona  Club  made  a  search  under  the  surface,  and  brought  up  several 
tombstones  elegantly  sculptured.  Two  bishops'  tombs,  in  good 
preservation,  are  uninscribed.  Some  fragments  of  tombstones 
denote  that  numbers  of  the  Macleods  and  Macdonalds  had  been 
interred  in  the  ground. 

The  roofless  chapel  of  St.  Oran  adjoins  the  cemetery.  Sixty  feet 
long  and  twenty-two  feet  broad  within  the  walls,  it  is  filled  with 
monuments.  A  triple  arch  in  the  wall  forms  the  canopy  of  a  tomb, 
which,  according  to  tradition,  celebrates  St.  Oran.  Near  the  arch, 
is  the  tomb  of  Macdonald,  Lord  of  the  Isles.  On  the  upper  part 
is  a  galley  with  furled  sails.  The  following  inscription  is  en- 
graved in  antique  characters  : — 

"  Hie  jacet  corpus  Angusii,  fili  Domini  Angusii,  MacDomnill  de  Ila." 

Angus,  son  of  Sir  Angus  Macdonald,  thus  commemorated,  was 
known  by  the  name  of  Angus  Og,  or  Young  Angus.  He  was  a 
friend  of  Eobert  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  in  the  notes  to  that  poem. 

An  elaborately-decorated  tomb  in  the  centre  of  the  chapel  cele- 
brates McQuarrie,  of  Ulva.  The  chieftain  is  sculptured  in  full 
armour,  but  the  inscription  is  nearly  effaced.  Adjoining  is  the 
tomb  of  McLean,  of  Grulin,  adorned  with  various  sculptures. 

Under  the  triple  arch  lies  the  lower  part  of  the  Abbot  Mac- 
kinnon's  Cross.  It  is  inscribed  : — 

"Haec  est  crux  Lachlani  Mac  Fingone  et  ejus  filii  Johannis, 
Abbatis  de  Hy.  Facta  anno  doniini  MCCCCLXXXIX."* 

St.  Mary's,  or  the  Abbey  Church  of  lona,  seems  to  have  been 
completed  in  the  twelfth  century.  On  the  north  side  of  the  altar 


*  Translation : — This  is  the  cross  of  Lachlan  Mackinnon,  and  his    son    John, 
Abbot  of  Hy  (lona),  made  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  1489. 


14  A'UGYLESHIRE. 

is  the  tomb  of  the  Abbot  Mackinnon.     Around  the  recumbent 
figure  of  the  abbot  is  the  following  inscription  : — 

"  Hie  jacet  Johannes  Mac-Fingone,  Abbas  de  Hy,  que  obiit  anno 
domini  millesimo  quingentessimo,  cujus  aninise  propitietur  Deus 
altissimus.  Amen."* 

South  of  the  chancel  is  the  tomb  of  Abbot  Kenneth  Mackenzie, 
much  defaced.  In  the  centre  of  the  chancel  a  large  tombstone 
commemorates  a  Macleod  of  Macleod.  Another  tombstone  in  the 
chancel  celebrates  Maclean  »of  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  claymore,  and  holds  a  spear  in  his  right 
hand.  From  the  other  monumental  sculptures  in  St.  Mary's 
Church  the  inscriptions  have  disappeared. 


PARISH    OF   KILLEAN. 

In  the  parish  church  a  handsome  marble  monument,  erected  by 
the  heritors  and  kirksession,  commemorates  the  generosity  of 
Colonel  Norman  Macalister,  of  Clachaig,  Governor  and  Com- 
mander-in-Chief  of  Prince  of  Wales'  Island,  East  Indies,  who 
bequeathed  £1,000  to  the  parochial  poor.  Colonel  Macalister  was 
drowned  in  1810,  on  his  voyage  to  Britain. 


PARISH  OF  LISMORE  AND  APPIN. 

Near  the  church  of  Lismore  a  plain  stone,  with  a  two-handed 
sword  engraved  upon  it,  denotes  the  grave  of  Donald  Stewart, 
known  as  JDomhnull  nan  ord,  Donald  of  the  hammer.  During  his 

•  Translation : — Here  lies  John  Mackinnon,  Abbot  of  lona,  who  died  in  the  year 
of  our  Lord  1500,  to  whose  soul  may  the  most  high  God  be  merciful. 


PARISH   OF   SOUTH   KNAPDALE.  15 

infancy  his  family,  the  Stewarts  of  Invernahyle,  were  cut  off  by 
the  Campbells  of  Dunstaffnage ;  but  he  escaped  through  the 
fidelity  of  his  nurse,  who  fled  with  him  to  Ardnamurchan,  where 
her  husband,  a  blacksmith,  resided.  Informed  of  his  descent  when 
he  attained  to  manhood,  he  formed  a  party,  and  proceeding  with 
them  to  Dunstaffnage,  slew  Carlein  Uaine  and  fifteen  of  his 
retainers.  Till  his  death  he  waged  war  against  the  Campbells. 
Donald  of  the  Hammer  lived  early  in  the  seventeenth  century. 


PARISH   OF   SADDELL. 

In  the  churchyard  of  the  monastery  are  a  number  of  ancient 
monuments,  variously  sculptured,  but  uninscribed.  A  Lord  of  the 
Isles  is  commemorated  by  the  figure  of  a  warrior,  girt  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  commemorated  by  his  figure  on 
a  gravestone.  In  this  churchyard  rest  the  remains  of  Archibald 
Campbell,  of  Carradale,  who  fell  at  the  battle  of  Inverlochy,  when 
engaged  with  the  forces  of  Montrose. 


PARISH   OF   SOUTH   KNAPDALE. 

In  the  roofless  chapel  of  Kilmory  stands  an  interesting  monu- 
ment, known  as  the  Macmillan  Cross.  The  shaft  is  eight  feet  in 
height,  and  the  pedestal  consists  of  several  stones  loosely  put 
together  and  resting  on  the  ground.  On  the  upper  portion  of  one 
side  the  cross  presents  a  representation  of  the  crucifixion.  The 
shaft  is  sculptured  with  a  broadsword,  enclosed  in  chain  moulding. 
On  the  opposite  side  the  upper  part  is  decorated  with  a  series  of 


16  ARGYLESIIIRE. 

intertwisted  lines,  while  the  shaft  represents  the  progress  of  a 
deer  chase.     On  the  base,  in  Saxon  characters,  are  inscribed  these 

words : — 

"  Haec  crux  Alexandri  MacMulen." 

The  sept  Mac  Mullen  formerly  possessed  lands  in  the  district. 
In  the  churchyard  of  Kilmory  are  a  number  of  flat  gravestones 
sculptured  with  swords  and  shears,  emblems  common  to  ancient 
tombstones  in  the  Western  Highlands. 


PAE1SH    OF   BONHILL.  17 


DUMBARTONSHIRE. 


PAEISH   OF  BONHILL. 

A  Tuscan  column  on  the  banks  of  the  Leven  commemorates 
Tobias  Smollett,  M.D.,  the  historian  and  novelist.  The  inscription, 
prepared  by  the  joint  labours  of  Professor  George  Stuart,  of  Edin- 
burgh, John  Eamsay,  of  Ochtertyre,  and  Dr.  Samuel  Johnson,  is 

as  follows : — 

"  Siste,  viator ! 

Si  lepores  ingeniique  venam  benignam, 
Si  morum  callidissimum  pictorem, 

Unquam  es  miratus, 

Immorare  paululum  memorise 

TOBLE  SMOLLET,  M.D. 

Viri  virtutibus  hisce 

Quas  in  homine  et  cive 

Et  laudes  et  imiteris, 

Haud  mediocriter  ornati  : 

Qui  in  literis  variis  versatus, 

Postquam  felicitate  sibi  propria, 

Sese  posteris  commendaverat, 

Morte  acerba  raptus, 

Anno  eetatis  51. 

Eheu !  quam  procul  a  patria ! 

Prope  Liburni  portum  in  Italia, 

Jacet  sepultus. 
Tali  tantoque  viro  patrueli  suo, 

Cui  in  decursu  lampada, 
Se  potuis  tradidisse  decuit, 

Hanc  Columnam. 
Amoris,  eheu  !  inane  monumentum, 

In  ipsis  Levinise  ripis, 

Quas  versiculis  sub  exitu  vitae  Ulustratas 

Primis  infans  vagitibus  personuit, 

Ponendam  curavit 


18  DUMBARTONSHIRE. 

Jacobus  Smollet  de  Bonhill 

Abi  et  reminiscere 

Hoc  quidem  honore 

Non  modo  defuncti  memorise, 

.Verum  etiam  exemplo,  prospectum  esse ; 

Aliis  enim,  si  modo  digni  sint 

Idem  erit  virtutis  praemium!" 

Dr.  Smollett  was  born  in  1721,  at  Dalquhurn,  in  the  parish  of 
Cardross.  He  studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow,  and  obtained 
licence  as  a  surgeon.  Thrown  on  his  own  resources  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  employment.  In 
1741  he  was  appointed  surgeon  on  board  a  man-of-war,  which 
joined  the  expedition  to  Carthagena.  Quitting  the  naval  service, 
and  entering  upon  matrimony,  he  in  1746  returned  to  London. 
His  first  and  most  popular  novel,  "  Eoderick  Kandom,"  appeared  in 
1748;  it  was  followed  in  1750  by  "Peregrine  Pickle."  He 
attempted  medical  practice  at  Bath,  but  not  succeeding,  took  up 
his  residence  at  Chelsea,  In  1753  he  published  "  Count  Fathom," 
which  was  followed  in  1755  by  his  translation  of  "Don  Quixote." 
His  subsequent  principal  publications  were  "  The  Adventures  of 
Sir  Lancelot  Greaves,"  "  The  Expedition  of  Humphrey  Clinker," 
"  Travels  through  France  and  Italy,"  and  his  "  History  of  England." 
For  some  time  he  edited  the  Critical  Review.  He  published 
several  elegant  poems,  and  "  The  Eeprisal,"  a  farce,  which  was 
performed  in  Drury  Lane  Theatre.  Dr.  Smollett  died  on  the  21st 
October,  1774,  at  Monte  Nuovo,  near  Leghorn,  at  the  age  of  fifty- 
three.  His  monument  was  raised  by  his  cousin,  Mr.  Smollett,  of 
Bouhill. 


PAPtlSH  OF  DUMBARTON. 

In  the  parish  churchyard  a  handsome  monument,  in  honour  of 
\Yilliam  Scrogie,  Bishop  of  Argyle,  is  inscribed  thus  : — 


PARISH   OF   OLD   KILPATRICK.  19 

"D.  Gulielmi  Scrogii  episcopi  Lismorensis  meritissimi,  memoriae 
sacratum. 

Stemmate  de  docto,  dedit  incunabula  et  artes, 

Doctorum  genitrix  alma  Abredona  viro. 
Primitiis  fruitur  felix  Eathvena  laborum  ; 

Hie  radiosa  micant  ars  pietasque  diu. 
Hinc  mitram  meruisse  datum ;  Lismora  triumphis 

Praesulis  eloquii  nobilitata  sui. 
Omnibus  officiis  bene  functus,  inutile  tempus 

Sprevit  et  (hac  lasso  corpore)  Isetus  obit. 
Spiritus,  alta  petens,  comprendit  jubila  cceli ; 

Ossa,  sub  hoc  tumulo  (mox  animanda)  manent, 
Exuvias  mortalitatis  posuit  6  cal.  Feb.  anno  Dom.  1678." 

Bishop  Scrogie  was  son  of  Dr.  Alexander  Scrogie,  minister  of 
Old  Machar,  Aberdeenshire.  He  was  admitted  minister  of  Eath- 
ven  before  1650,  and  consecrated  Bishop  of  Argyle  in  1666. 

A  mortuary  enclosure  denotes  the  family  burying-place  of  Mr. 
Eobert  Napier,  of  Shandon. 

In  the  cemetery  a  monument,  erected  by  working  men,  celebrates 
William  Denny,  shipbuilder ;  it  bears  these  lines : — 

"  Genius  and  worth  sleep  in  this  honoured  grave  : 
Here  the  quick  brain — the  active  fingers  lie  ; 
But  his  mind's  offspring  proudly  breast  the  wave 
On  every  sea  where  Britain's  colours  fly. 


PAEISH  OF  OLD  KILPATEICK. 

A  monumental  stone  in  the  parish  churchyard  is,  by  a  popular 
fiction,  described  as  the  tomb  of  St.  Patrick,  the  apostle  of  Ireland. 
It  presents  the  sculptured  effigies  of  a  knight  in  armour,  and  be- 
longs to  the  fourteenth  century. 

At  the  old  ruin  of  Dunglass  Castle,  near  Bowling,  an  obelisk, 
reared  by  public  subscription,  commemorates  Henry  Bell,  the  first 
constructor  of  steamboats.  This  ingenious  person  was  born  at 
Torphichen,  Linlithgowshire,  on  the  7th  April,  1767.  Originally 


20  DUMBARTONSHIRE. 

apprenticed  to  a  mason,  he  subsequently  became  a  millwright  and 
engineer.  For  some  time  he  was  employed  in  London,  under  the 
celebrated  Eennie.  In  1800  he  submitted  to  Lord  Melville  his 
plans  on  steamboat  propulsion,  but  the  scheme  was  rejected  by  the 
Admiralty.  In  1811  he  had  his  small  steamer,  the  Comet,  con- 
structed at  Port  Glasgow.  It  was  launched  in  1812,  and,  though 
only  making  some  six  miles  an  hour,  it  proved  the  pioneer  of  a 
system  which  has  revolutionized  navigation.  Mr.  Bell  was  unre- 
warded till  a  late  period  of  his  life,  when  he  received  an  annuity  of 
£100  from  the  Clyde  Trustees.  He  died  14th  November,  1830, 
aged  sixty-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. 


PAEISH  OF  KIRKINTILLOCH. 

A  granite  obelisk  in  the  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,  1838,  at  Duutiblae,  on  the  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  contributed  these  and  prose  compositions  to  the 
local  journals.  In  the  hope  of  bettering  his  circumstances  he  in 
1860  proceeded  to  London.  Through  the  favour  of  Mr.  Monckton 
Milnes  he  there  procured  literary  employment,  but  his  health  broke 
down.  He  died  of  consumption  at  his  father's  house,  Merkland, 
Kirkintilloch,  on  the  3rd  December,  1861,  aged  twenty-four.  His 
poems  were  published  posthumously. 

In  the  parish  churchyard  a  tombstone  commemorates  a  member 
of  the  old  family  of  Gartshore,  of  that  ilk.  It  is  thus  inscribed : — 

"  Memoriae  sacrum  Joannis  Gartshore  de  Gartshore.     Obiit  hrec 
vitae  die  viginti  Decembris,    anno  Domini  MDCCCV. 
LXV." 


PARISH   OF  LUSS.  21 

Tombstones  commemorate  John  Gray,  of  Condarot,  who  died  in 
1741 ;  James  Gray,  of  Auchingiech,  who  died  in  1733  ;  and  John 
Bankier,  portioner,  Kirkintilloch,  who  died  in  1770. 


PAEISH  OF  LUSS. 

In  the  parish  churchyard  are  exhibited  three  ancient  stone 
coffins,  which  are  unassociated  with  any  history  or  tradition. 

The  old  chapel  at  Eossdhu  constitutes  the  family  burial-place  of 
Sir  James  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. 


22  STIRLINGSHIRE. 


STIRLINGSHIRE. 


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 
Dunmore.  George,  fifth  Earl  of  Dunmore,  who  died  llth  November, 
1836,  was  buried  here.  By  his  widow,  Susan,  daughter  of  Archi- 
bald, ninth  Duke  of  Hamilton,  a  monument  was  erected  to  his 
memory.  It  bears  these  lines  : — 

"  Oft  to  this  spot  will  memory  fondly  turn, 
And  love's  pure  'flame  still  unextinguished  burn 
Within  her  breast  who  here  doth  mourn  his  loss, 
But  nails  her  sorrows  to  a  Saviour's  cross. 
O  precious  hope !  by  faith  to  mortals  given, 
That  twining  hearts,  which  have  on  earth  been  riven, 
May  through  that  same  dear  Saviour's  pleading  love 
Again  unite  in  realms  of  bliss  above." 


o 


A  monument  commemorates  Alexander  Bruce,  of  Airth;  it  is 
thus  inscribed : — 

"  M.  S.  Alexandra  Brussio,  ex  Roberti  Brussii  Scotoruin  regis  filio 
natu  secundo,  progenito,  baroni  Airthensi.  Primum  in  Belgio  per 
annos  XLII.  Dein  in  Anglia  pro  tribuno  regio.  Viro  cum  strenvo 
turn  pientissimo ;  aetatis,  anno  LVI.  vitaque  siinvl  defvncto, 
A.D.  XVII.  kal.  Oct.  CIODCXLII.  G.  Lauderus  affinis,  M.P. 

Brussius  hie  sitvs  est ;  pietate  an  clarior  armis, 
Incertum  est ;  certum  regibus  ortus  avis. 


PARISH   OF  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  in  Fvnen  bought  the  trial  deare. 

At  last  his  prince's  service  called  him  home, 

To  die  on  Thames  his  bank,  and  leave  this  tombe, 

To  bear  his  name  unto  posteritie, 

And  make  all  braue  men  loue  his  memorie." 

The  family  of  Airth  were  descended  from  Sir  Eobert  Bruce,  of 
Clackmannan,  who  married  Janet,  daughter  of  Alexander,  fifth 
Lord  Livingstone. 

The  Rev.  John  McG-achan,  who  died  minister  of  the  parish  in 
May,  1843,  has  celebrated  his  spouse  (a  daughter  of  John  Ross,  of 
Balgersho)  in  these  lines : — 

"  One  by  one  love's  links  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, 

Nor  give  the  heart  to  vain  regret ; 
'Tis  but  the  casket  that  lies  here, — 
The  gem  that  filled  it  sparkles  yet." 

A  tailor  is  thus  commemorated  : — 

"  Happie  •  is  •  he  •  who  *  dies 

With  •  a  •  good  •  nane  * 
Thowgh  •  volwnes  •  be  *  not  • 
Written  •  of  •  his  '  fane." 


PARISH  OF  ALVA. 

In  a  vault  of  the  parish  church  a  tombstone  is  inscribed  as 
follows : — 

"  Parenti    optimo,    Carolo   Areskine,   Car.   Areskine   de  Alva, 
equitis,  filio,  qui,  juventute,  doctrina  plurimum  exculta ;   setate 


24  STIRLINGSHIRE. 

provectior,  in  jure  respondendo  dicundoque  feliciter  versatus ; 
senectute  serena  placidus,  suininis  in  republica  muneribus,  ad 
LXXXIII,  usque  annum,  gnaviter  expletis.  Vita  honorifica  satur, 
in  sede  tandem  avita,  ossa  juxta  paterna,  heic  lubeus  quiescit. 
Carolo  quoque,  fratri  multum  desiderate,  familisc  suae,  patrioque,  si 
fata  tulissent,  decori  eximio ;  Londini,  in  sedicula  ccenobii  Lincoln- 
ensis,  sepulto,  H.M.P.C.  Jacobus  Erskine.  1763." 

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  1680,  he  was  in  his  thirtieth  year  appointed 
one  of  the  four  regents  of  the  University  of  Edinburgh.  He  passed 
Advocate  in  1711,  and  was  elected  M.P.  for  Dumfriesshire  in  1722. 
He  was  Solicitor-General  in  1725,  and  Lord  Advocate  in  1737. 
He  was  raised  to  the  Bench,  with  the  judicial  title  of  Lord  Tin- 
wald,  in  1744,  and  appointed  Lord  Justice-Clerk  in  1748.  He 
died  at  Edinburgh  on  the  5th  April,  1763.  Other  members  of  the 
Erskine  family  are  buried  in  the  vault. 

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


PAEISH  OF  CAMPS1K 

In  1810  a  monument  was  reared  in  honour  of  John  Bell,  of 
Antermony,  author  of  "  Travels  in  Russia." 

In  the  churchyard  tombstones  commemorate  "  James  Kinkaid, 
of  that  ilk,"  who  died  in  1604 ;  and  "James  Kinkaid,  of  that  ilk," 
who  died  in  1606.  The  family  of  Kincaid  is  represented  by  the 
Hon.  C.  S.  B.  H.  Kincaid  Lennox,  of  Woodhead  and  Kincaid. 

A  martyr  for  the  Covenant  is  celebrated  thus  : — 

"William  Buick,  who  suffered  at  Glasgow,  June  14,  1633,  for 
his  adherence  to  the  word  of  God  and  Scotland's  covenanted  work 
of  reformation. 

Underneath  this  stone  doth  lie 

Dust  sacrificed  to  tyranny ; 


PARISH   OF  DRYMEN.  25 

Yea,  precious  in  Immanuel's  sight, 
Since  martyred  for  His  kingly  right." 

On  the  tombstone  of  a  miller  are  these  lines : — 

"  Eternity  is 

A  wheel  that  turns, 
A  wheel  that  turned  ever, 

A  wheel  that  turns, 
And  will  leave  turning  never." 


PAEISH  OF  DEYMEK 

In  the  parish  churchyard  a  tombstone  celebrates  the  worth  and 
ministerial  fidelity  of  the  Rev.  Duncan  Macfarlan,  minister  of  the 
parish,  who  died  30th  June,  1791,  in  the  eighty-fourth  year  of  his 
age,  and  forty-ninth  of  his  ministry.  His  son,  Duncan,  who  suc- 
ceeded him  in  the  cure,  became  Principal  of  Glasgow  College  (Vol. 
I.,  479). 

From  a  tombstone  in  the  churchyard  we  have  the  following  : — 

"  Here  lie  two  sisters  and  a  Brother, 
Who  pleasantly  liv'd  with  each  other ; 
For  God  anew  did  them  create, 
And  in  their  death  not  separate. 
Their  dusty  part  does  here  remain 
Till  Christ,  their  Head,  do  come  again 
To  call  them  hence  to  reunite 
Their  souls  and  bodies  full  complete, 
That  they  His  praises  ay  may  sing 
To  Him  as  their  immortal  King, 
Who  hath  redeem'd  them  by  His  blood, 
And  made  them  kings  and  priests  to  God. 
O  Lord,  the  sin  of  their  fond  Mother 
Forgive  through  Christ,  our  elder  Brother, 
Who  fondly  wished  they  might  not  go, 
But  dwell  with  her  still  here  below, 
Until  she  pass  through  Jordan's  deep, 
There  in  Christ's  arms  to  fall  asleep ; 
Her  soul  to  sing  forth  His  praise 
Through  eternal  ages,  endless  days." 


26  STIRLINGSHIRE. 


PARISH  OF  FALKIRK. 

A  monumental  statue  of  Arthur,  Duke  of  Wellington,  reared  by 
public  subscription,  occupies  a  prominent  position  in  the  burgh. 

The  parish  churchyard  contains  several  interesting  memorial 
stones.  A  monument,  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  Wallace,  who  fell  at  the  battle  of  Fal- 
kirk,  22nd  July,  1298.  The  original  monument,  a  plain  slab,  was 
placed  by  Wallace  himself ;  a  second  slab,  with  a  renewed  inscrip- 
tion, was  afterwards  added,  while  the  uppermost  stone,  raising  the 
monument  to  the  height  of  three  feet  from  the  surface,  was  erected 
in  1772  by  William  Graham,  of  Airth.  The  uppermost  stone  con- 
tains the  following  inscription,  believed  to  have  been  transcribed 
from  the  original  slab,  and  composed  by  Wallace : — 

"  Mente  manuque  potens,  et  Valise  fidus  Achates, 
Conditur  hie  Gramus,  bello  interfectus  ab  Anglis." 

The  following  lines  are  engraved  lengthways  on  the  stone,  two 
lines  being  along  each  of  the  side  margins  : — 

"  Here  lys 

Sir  John  the  Grame,  baith  wight  and  wise, 
Ane  of  the  chiefs  reskewit  Scotland  thrise  ; 
Ane  better  knight  not  to  the  world  was  lent, 
Nor  was  gvde  Grame  of  trvth  and  hardiment." 

A  few  yards  from  the  monument  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  at 
the  battle  of  Falkirk,  22nd  July,  1298." 

A  massive  tombstone,  elegantly  sculptured,  commemorates  Sir 
Robert  Monro,  Bart.,  of  Fowlis,  who  was  killed  at  the  second  battle 


PARISH   OF   FALKIRK.  27 

of  Falkirk,  17th  January,  1746.  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 
Fowl  is.  He  was  engaged  under  the  Duke  of  Marlborough  in 
Flanders.  Returning  to  Scotland  in  1712,  he,  along  with  Lord 
Sutherland,  aided  in  retarding  the  timely  union  of  the  forces  of  the 
Chevalier  in  1715,  and  on  the  suppression  of  the  rebellion  of  that 
year  was  appointed  a  commissioner  on  the  forfeited  estates.  He 
then  entered  Parliament,  but  his  military  services  being  required 
abroad  he  proceeded  to  Flanders  in  1740,  and  there  greatly  distin- 
guished himself  by  his  prudence  and  valour.  At  the  battle  of 
Fontenoy  his  skill  and  bravery  were  remarkably  conspicuous.  On 
his  return  he  received  the  command  of  a  regiment  appointed  to 
quell  the  insurrection  under  Prince  Charles  Edward,  and  his  death 
at  Falkirk  was  occasioned  by  the  cowardly  desertion  of  his  troop. 
He  fell  by  a  musket-ball  deliberately  shot  at  him,  when  endea- 
vouring to  rally  his  men.  His  younger  brother,  whose  name  is 
recorded  on  the  monument,  also  perished  in  the  battle. 

In  the  vestibule  of  the  church,  on  each  side  of  the  entrance, 
supported  on  handsome  tombs,  are  four  stone  figures,  supposed  to 
represent  two  of  the  old  barons  of  Callander  and  their  spouses. 
These  figures  lay  in  the  south  transept  of  the  old  parish  church, 
and  for  many  years  were  exposed  to  the  weather,  till  April,  1852, 
when  they  were  placed  in  the  vestibule  by  the  late  Mr.  William 
Forbes,  of  Callander.  The  family  of  Livingston,  which  produced 
successively  the  Lords  Livingston  and  the  Earls  of  Linlithgow  and 
Callander,  claim  an  Hungarian  origin,  and  are  said  to  have  come 
to  Scotland  in  the  train  of  Margaret,  queen  of  Malcolm  Canmore. 
The  several  titles  are  now  extinct,  or  in  abeyance. 

An  antique  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  handsome  monument  in  the  vestibule  of  the  church  com- 
memorates the  Rev.  John  Brown  Patterson,  minister  of  the  parish, 
and  author  of  a  "  Prize  Essay  on  the  National  Character  of  the 


28  STIRLINGSIIIUK. 

Athenians."  This  distinguished  clergyman  was  son  of  Robert 
Patterson,  of  Croft  House,  Alnwick,  and  was  born  on  the  29th  June, 
1804.  He  much  distinguished  himself  at  the  High  School  and 
University  of  Edinburgh,  and  was  licensed  to  preach  7th  January, 
1829.  He  was  ordained  minister  of  Falkirk  26th  February,  1830, 
and  died  of  fever  29th  June,  1835.  His  "Select  Literary  and 
Religious  Remains  "  were  published  in  1837,  accompanied  by  a 
Memoir. 

In  the  churchyard  a  tombstone  commemorates  Richard  Callender, 
minister  of  the  parish,  who  died  29th  January,  1686.  It  is  in- 
scribed as  follows : — 

"  Stirpe  sacerdotum  prognatus  utrinque,  sacerdos 

Hie  jacet  innocuus,  vir  sine  fraude  sagax : 
Quotque  dies  mensis  bissextus  continet,  annos 

Tot  fuit  huic  divi  credita  cura  gregis  : 
Sex  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  1657,  and 
translated  to  Falkirk  in  1663.  He  owned  lands  at  Cockburnspath, 
and  married  Alison,  sister  of  Sir  Roger  Hogg,  of  Harcase,  a  Lord 
of  Session. 

From  gravestones  in  Falkirk  Churchyard  we  have  these  lines : — 

"  Death  certain  is ;  but  neither  when  nor  where  : 
Which  teacheth  us  each  day  we  should  prepare." 

"  Time  was  like  thee 
I  life  possessed, 
And  time  will  be 

When  thou  shalt  rest." 

"  All  you  that  come  my  grave  to  see, 
As  I  am  now  so  must  you  be ; 
Repent  in  time,  make  no  delay — 
I  in  my  prime  was  called  away." 


PARISH   OF  KfLLEAEN.  29 

Within  the  enclosures  of  Callander  House,  an  elegant  mauso- 
leum, erected  by  his  widow,  commemorates  William  Forbes,  of 
Callander,  grandfather  of  the  present  proprietor.  This  enterprising 
and  prosperous  gentleman  was  a  native  of  Aberdeen,  and  for  some 
time  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 
1786.  He  was  an  excellent  landlord,  and  a  zealous  promoter  of 
husbandry.  He  died  on  the  21st  June,  1815,  and  was  succeeded 
by  his  eldest  son,  who  for  some  years  represented  the  county  in 
Parliament. 


PAEISH  OF  KILLEARK 

Through  the  exertions  of  the  Eev.  James  Graham,  minister  of 
the  parish,  a  monumental  obelisk  in  memory  of  George  Buchanan 
was  erected  at  Killearn  in  1788.  It  is  103  feet  in  height,  and  was 
built  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 
imbibed  the  doctrines  of  Luther,  and  became  a  keen  supporter  of 
the  Eeformation.  His  poem  on  the  "  Franciscan  Friars  "  appeared 
in  1538  ;  he  was  in  the  following  year  subjected  to  imprisonment 
by  Cardinal  Beaton,  but  effected  his  escape.  He  became  Professor 
of  Latin  at  Bordeaux;  he  subsequently  proceeded  to  Portugal, 
where  he  officiated  as  a  Professor  in  the  University  of  Coimbra. 
As  an  upholder  of  the  Protestant  doctrines  he  was  thrown  into  the 
dungeon  of  the  Inquisition,  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  College,  St.  Andrews,  and  in  the  following 
year  was,  though  a  layman,  elected  Moderator  of  the  General 
Assembly.  In  1570  he  was  appointed  preceptor  to  the  young 
king,  and  was  nominated  Director  of  the  Chancery.  Some  time 


30  STIRLINGSHIRE. 

afterwards  he  was  chosen  Lord  Privy  Seal,  with  a  seat  in  Purl  la- 
ment. His  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  tombstone  is  thus  inscribed : — 

"  Beneath  this  stone  are  deposited  the  remains  of  Jean  Cochrane, 
Viscountess  of  Dundee,  wife  of  the  Honourable  W.  Livingston,  of 
Kilsyth,  and  of  their  infant  son.  Their  deaths  were  caused  by  the 
fulling  in  of  the  roof,  composed  of  turf,  of  a  house  in  Holland. 
Mr.  Livingston  was  with  difficulty  extricated.  The  lady,  her 
child,  and  the  nurse  were  killed.  This  occurred  in  the  month  of 
October,  MDCXCV.  In  MDCCXCV,  the  vault  over  which  the 
clmrch  at  that  time  stood  having  been  accidentally  opened,  the 
bodies  of  Lady  Dundee  and  her  son,  which  had  been  embalmed 
and  sent  from  Holland,  were  found  in  a  remarkable  state  of  preser- 
vation. After  being  for  some  time  exposed  to  view,  the  vault  was 
closed.  This  lady  was  the  daughter  of  William,  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  Killicrankie,  MDCLXXXIX. ;  and 
secondly,  the  Honourable  William  Livingston,  who  succeeded  his 
brother  as  third  Viscount  of  Kilsyth  in  MDCCVI.  Lord  Kilsyth 
i  named,  secondly,  a  daughter  of  Macdougal,  of  Makerstoun,  but 
dying  under  attainder  at  Rome  in  MDCCXXXIIL,  without 
surviving  issue,  this  noble  family  became  extinct.  This  stone 
was  erected  by  Sir  Archibald  Edmoustou,  of  Duntreath,  Burt., 
MDCCCL." 

Jean  Cochrane  was  of  the  family  of  Ochiltree.  About  a  year 
after  the  death  of  Viscount  Dundee,  her  first  husband,  she  became 
wife  of  the  Hon.  William  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   OF  LARBERT.  31 

terian  minister  preach  she  hoped  the  house  would  fall  down  and 
smother  her.  One  afternoon  she  went  to  the  Scotch  Church,  Eot- 
terdam,  to  hear  Mr.  Eobert  Fleming,  a  Presbyterian  minister,  and 
the  celebrated  author  of  "  The  Fulfilling  of  Scripture."  That 
evening  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Livingston  went  into  a  room  where  their 
child  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  companion,  day  and  night, 
Sir  Thomas  Henderson,  of  Haystoun,  knight." 


PARISH  OF  LAEBERT. 

In  Larbert  Churchyard  a  tombstone  commemorates  the  Eev. 
Eobert  Bruce,  of  Kinnaird.  This  distinguished  divine  was  born  in 
1554;  he  was  second  son  of  Alexander  Bruce,  of  Airth,  and  was  a 
collateral  descendant  of  the  famous  King  Eobert.  Having  studied 
law,  he  had  a  judgeship  secured  for  him  by  patent,  but,  much  to 
the  indignation  of  his  relatives,  he  abandoned  his  legal  prospects, 
and  entered  the  Church.  He  became  one  of  the  ministers  of 
Edinburgh,  and  in  May,  1590,  was  chosen  by  James  VI.  to  crown 
his  queen,  Anne  of  Denmark.  In  1596  he  resisted  an  attempt  of 
the  king  to  thrust  episcopacy  on  the  Church,  and  was  obliged  to 
seek  refuge  in  England.  He  was  permitted  to  return  to  Edinburgh 
in  1598,  but  having  in  1600  refused  to  express  his  belief  in  the 
Gowrie  Conspiracy  he  was  prohibited  from  exercising  his  ministry. 
For  some  time  he  resided  at  Dieppe.  He  returned  to  Scotland  in 
1601,  but  did  not  thereafter  hold  any  settled  charge.  For  eight 
years  subsequent  to  1605  he  was  compelled  to  reside  at  Inverness  ; 
he  afterwards  obtained  permission  to  live  at  Kinnaird,  but  was  in 
1621  a^ain  banished  to  Inverness.  On  the  death  of  James  VI.  he 


32  STIRLINGSHIRE. 

returned  to  Kinnaird ;  he  preached  every  Sunday  in  Larbert  church, 
for  which  no  clergyman  had  been  provided  by  the  bishop.  He 
died  13th  August,  1631. 

James  Bruce,  of  Kinnaird,  the  celebrated  traveller,  sixth  in 
descent  from  the  Rev.  Robert  Bruce,  rests  in  Larbert  churchyard. 
His  monument  is  thus  inscribed  : — 

"In  this  tomb  are  deposited  the  remains  of  James  Bruce,  of 
Kinnaird,  who  died  on  the  27th  of  April,  1794,  in  the  64th  year 
of  his  age.  His  life  was  spent  in  performing  useful  and  splendid 
actions ;  he  explored  many  distant  regions ;  he  discovered  the 
fountains  of  the  Nile ;  he  traversed  the  deserts  of  Nubia.  He  was 
an  affectionate  husband,  an  indulgent  parent,  an  ardent  lover  of 
his  country.  By  the  unanimous  voice  of  mankind,  his  name  is 
enrolled  with  those  who  were  conspicuous  for  genius,  for  valour, 
and  for  virtue." 

James  Bruce  was  born  at  Kinnaird  on  the  14th  December,  1730. 
He  purposed  to  study  for  the  Church,  then  followed  legal  pursuits, 
and  afterwards  became  a  wine  merchant.  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.  When  he 
published  his  "  Travels "  he  was  accused  of  imposing  on  public 
credulity,  but  his  statements  have  by  subsequent  travellers  been 
fully  verified.  He  keenly  felt  the  charge  of  falsehood  which  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  fall  he  expired  on  the  27th  April,  1794,  aged  sixty-four. 

In  Larbert  churchyard  a  tombstone,  bearing  dale  1665,  is  thus 
inscribed : — 

"  Here  lyes  interred  within  this  urn 
The  corpse  of  honest  good  John  Burn, 
Who  was  the  eight  John  of  that  name, 
That  lived  with  love  and  died  with  fame. 
In  changing  tymes,  saddest  disaster, 
True  to  his  king,  lord,  and  master ! 


PARISH   OF  LOGIE. 


Kind  to  his  kindred,  neighbour,  friend, 
Who's  good  life  had  an  happie  end, 
His  soul  to  God  he  did  bequeath, 
His  dust,  to  lye  this  stone  beneath." 


PARISH  OF  LOGIE. 

On  Abbey  Craig,  the  most  easterly  of  the  three  isolated  crags 
which  rise  in  the  Vale  of  Stirling,  stands  the  national  monument 
to  Wallace.  The  crag  is  360  feet  above  the  level  of  the  Forth,  and 
presents  a  precipitous  front  to  the  south-west.  The  monument, 
which  rises  on  the  highest  point  of  the  crag's  front,  represents  (see 
vignette)  a  Scottish  baronial  tower  of  an  early  period.  It  is  220 
feet  in  height,  and  at  the  base  36  feet  square.  The  walls,  18  feet 
thick  at  the  foundations,  graduate  to  a  thickness  of  5  feet  at  the 
top  of  the  structure.  To  the  tower  on  the  east  side  is  attached  the 
warder's  lodge,  a  massive  building  of  two  stories.  An  open  court- 
yard, entered  by  an  arched  gateway,  with  bold  mouldings,  separates 
the  main  building  from  the  lodge.  Above  the  gateway  are  the 
heraldic  arms  of  the  house  of  Wallace.  Passing  through  the 
gateway  into  an  arched  passage,  and  turning  to  the  left,  a  series  of 
steps  leads  to  an  octagonal  staircase  which  projects  from  the 
south-west  angle  of  the  tower,  and  runs  up  to  a  bartisan  parapet 
at  the  top.  Arrow-light  apertures  pierce  the  walls  of  the  staircase, 
and  imitation  ropework,  with  moulded  angles,  bind  the  walls.  On 
the  ground-floor  there  is  an  elegant  waiting-room,  and  three  halls 
above.  All  the  halls  are  arched  with  stone,  and  are  each  24  feet 
square  and  30  feet  high ;  they  are  intended  for  the  reception  of 
works  of  sculpture,  ancient  armour,  and  antiquarian  relics.  The 
bartisan  parapet  at  the  top  of  the  staircase  is  5  feet  wide,  and  is 
protected  by  a  wall  6  feet  high  and  18  inches  thick.  A  few  steps 
lead  up  to  the  bartisan  platform,  an  open  space  25  feet  square 
paved  with  flags,  and  protected  by  a  parapet  consisting  of  large 
round  balls.  An  imperial  crown  50  feet  in  height,  and  built  of 

D 


34  STIRLINGSHIRE. 

cube  stone,  forms  the  apex  ;  it  is  composed  of  eight  arms  stretching 
from  the  angles  and  sides,  and  converging  in  the  centre,  forming  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  volume 
descriptive  of  Central  Scotland,  published  in  1852.*  No  active 
measures  were  adopted  till  the  spring  of  1856,  when  Mr.  C.  1*. 
Brown,  a  newspaper  proprietor  in  Glasgow,  communicated  with  the 
writer  respecting  a  proposal  to  celebrate  Wallace  by  a  monument 
on  Glasgow  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 
1'rovost  of  Stirling  to  convene  a  public  meeting  in  that  place  to 
consider  the  proposal.  At  this  meeting,  which  was  attended  by 
the  leading  inhabitants  of  Stirling,  the  writer  "  moved "  that 
the  monument  should  be  built.  To  initiate  proceedings  a  com- 
mittee was  appointed,  with  the  writer  as  secretary.  The  duties 
of  his  office  proved  most  irksome  and  arduous,  for  in  addition 
to  the  ordinary  difficulties  of  raising  money  for  a  public  object, 
there  had  to  be  encountered  and  overcome  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,  1856,  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,  on  the 
coast  of  Africa,  and  in  the  islands  of  the  South  Seas.  The  United 
States  sent  contributions.  The  foundation  stone  of  the  monument 
was,  on  the  24th  of  June,  1861,  laid  by  the  Duke  of  Athole  as 

«  "A  Week  at  BrMgeof  Allan."     Edinburgh,  1852.     8vo.     Pp.  39— 41. 


PARISH   OF   LOOIE.  35 

Grand  Master  Mason.  By  permission  of  the  Commander-in-chief 
the  Scottish  Volunteers  assisted  in  the  proceedings,  and  a  salute  of 
artillery  was  discharged  from  Stirling  Castle.  About  80,000  persons 
assembled  on  the  occasion.  At  a  public  banquet  Sir  Archibald 
Alison,  Bart.,  and  other  speakers  delivered  orations  appropriate  to 
the  event.  On  the  llth  September,  1869,  the  monument  was 
formally  handed  over  to  the  Town  Council  of  Stirling  as  its  per- 
manent custodiers.  It  was  completed  at  the  cost  of  £13,401  Is.  8d. 

The  position  of  the  monument  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  on  the  north  and  south  by 
undulating  hills  and  pastoral  eminences  ;  and  on  the  distant  east 
and  west  is  bounded  by  mountain  ranges.  In  the  far  west  the 
stupendous  Grampians,  crested  by  the  lofty  Ben  Lomond,  raise  their 
majestic  forms.  Eastward  the  view  terminates  on  the  sloping  hills 
of  Clersh  and  Saline.  Every  point  of  the  immediately  surrounding 
scenery  is  replete  with  interest.  Craigforth,  on  the  west,  stands 
forth  in  isolated  majesty.  North-west  is  "  the  lofty  brow  of 
ancient  Keir,"  and  Bridge  of  Allan,  ensconced  under  the  umbra- 
geous shelter  of  wooded  heights.  To  the  north-east  extend  the 
masses  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  Cambuskenneth,  rejoicing  in  its  seven 
centuries  of  age.  Southward  is  Bannockburn,  where  Scottish 
freedom  was  won ;  to  the  south-west,  Stirling  on  its  rock,  sur- 
mounted by  the  towers  of  its  ancient  castle.  The  monument  may 
be  seen  across  a  country  extending  from  the  Arrochar  mountains 
on  the  west  to  the  Lomond  heights  in  the  distant  east. 

Sir  William  Wallace  was  second  of  the  three  sons  of  Sir  Malcolm 
Wallace,  of  Elderslie,  in  Renfrewshire.  His  mother  was  daughter 
of  Sir  Eaynald  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  liherty.  He 
afterwards  entered  an  ecclesiastical  seminary  at  Dundee.  While 
there  studying  he  was  insulted  by  a  youth  named  Selby,  son  of  the 
English  governor :  he  slew  him  and  fled.  The  country  was  under 
English  rule,  but  some  enterprising  or  desperate  persons  refused  to 
submit  to  a  foreign  yoke.  To  these  Wallace  joined  himself,  and 
was  acknowledged  as  their  leader.  He  attacked  and  cut  off  English 
convoys  and  foraging  parties,  and  when  pursued  found  shelter  in 
the  forests.  His  successful  exploits  drew  to  his  standard  some 
valiant  knights,  who  resolved  under  his  leadership  to  attempt  once 
more  their  country's  liberation.  The  English  governor  at  Lanark 
slew  Wallace's  wife,  the  heiress  of  Lamington ;  he  avenged  Irer 
death  by  slaying  the  murderer  and  destroying  his  garrison.  He 
routed  an  English  force  at  Biggar.  He  revenged  the  murder  of  his 
uncle,  Sir  Raynald  Crawford,  by  burning  the  barracks  of  Ayr, 
which  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  numbers  of 
the  nobility  and  gentry,  he  proceeded  to  the  north,  and  wrested 
a  succession  of  strongholds  from  the  invaders.  He  was  storming 
the  castle  of  Dundee,  when  he  learned  that  an  English  army  under 
the  Earl  of  Surrey  and  Hugh  Cressingham  were  marching  towards 
Stirling.  Raising  the  siege,  he  hastened  to  attack  the  invaders  at 
the  passage  of  the  Forth.  He  encamped  his  followers  on  the 
north-eastern  slope  of  the  Abbey  Craig,  and  from  the  spot  where 
the  monument  now  stands  surveyed  the  movements  of  the  enemy. 
When  a  portion  of  the  army,  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,  remained  on 
the  other  side  fled  terror-stricken.  The  castles  of  Dundee  and 
Dumbarton  surrendered,  and  English  domination  was  overthrown. 
The  battle  of  Stirling  Bridge  was  fought  on  the  llth  of  September, 
1297.  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   OF  STIRLING.  37 

Hearing  that  Edward  I.  was  hastening  to  Scotland  with  an  army 
of  100,000,  and  8,000  horsemen,  he  proceeded  to  render  the  country 
desert  in  his  line  of  march.  The  Scottish  and  English  armies 
met  at  Falkirk.  Wallace's  plan  of  operations  was  betrayed  to 
the  enemy  by  two  Scottish  nobles,  and  the  troops  under  Comyn 
turned  their  banners  and  retired.  Wallace  was  consequently  de- 
feated. Eesigning  the  office  of  Guardian,  he  proceeded  to  France, 
where  he  remained  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  the 
treachery  of  Sir  John  Monteith  he  was  in  August,  1305,  captured 
at  Eobroyston,  near  Glasgow,  and  being  laden  with  fetters  was 
carried  to  London.  He  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. 
He  was  executed  at  Smithfield  with  every  circumstance  of  barbarity. 


PAEISH  OF  STIELING. 

A  monumental  statue  of  Sir  William  Wallace,  by  Eitchie,  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  Drummond,  of  Eochdale  Lodge.  The 
hero  is  represented  in  a  contemplative  attitude,  with  his  two- 
handed  sword  girt  to  his  back,  the  hilt  projecting  above  his  left 
shoulder. 

In  the  Valley  of  Stirling  Eock,  the  scene  of  ancient  tourna- 
ments, three  monumental  statues  celebrate  John  Knox,  Andrew 
Melville,  and  Alexander  Henderson,  the  distinguished  reformers. 
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  STIRLINGSHIRE. 

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  Williams,  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  Hamilton.  In 
1547  he  obtained  shelter  in  the  castle  of  St.  Andrews,  with  the 
nssassins  of  Cardinal  Beaton,  and  here  he  was  called  to  the  ministry 
of  the  Reformed  Church.  "When  the  garrison  of  the  castle  was 
forced  to  capitulate,  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  removed  to  the  Continent,  and  associated  with 
John  Calvin  at  Geneva.  He  returned  to  Scotland  in  1555,  where 
his  preaching  awakened  the  resentment  of  the  Romish  bishops,  who 
burned  him  in  effigy.  After  a  further  residence  at  Geneva,  he 
proceeded  to  Scotland  in  1559.  Preaching  at  Perth  against  the 
idolatry  of  the  mass  and  image-worship,  the  excited  populace 
destroyed  the  churches  and  monasteries  of  that  city.  His  preach- 
ing at  St.  Andrews  and  other  places  was  attended  with  similar 
results.  In  August,  1560,  the  reformed  religion  received  the  sanc- 
tion of  Parliament,  and  Romish  worship  was  proscribed.  Knox 
became  one  of  the  ministers  of  Edinburgh,  and  in  this  capacity 
opposed  an  attempt  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  becoming  obnoxious  at  court,  he 
sometime  withdrew  from  Edinburgh.  In  July,  1567,  he  preached 
the  coronation  sermon  of  James  VI.  in  the  parish  church  of 


PARISH   OF  STIRLING.  89 

Stirling;  and  in  February,  1570,  delivered  the  funeral  discourse  of 
the  regent  Murray.  From  the  deadly  attacks  of  his  enemies  he 
sought  shelter  at  St.  Andrews  from  May,  1571,  to  August,  1572. 
After  an  illness  of  some  duration  he  died  on  the  24th  November, 
1572.  He  was  the  chief  author  of  "  The  Confession  of  Faith  and 
First  Book  of  Discipline,"  and  composed  a  "  History  of  the 
Reformation,"  and  other  works. 

A  few  yards  from  the  statue  of  Knox,  on  the  right,  is  that  of 
Andrew  Melville.  Youngest  son  of  Eichard  Melville,  of  Baldovy, 
Forfarshire,  this  eminent  divine  was  born  on  the  1st  August, 
1545.  Having  distinguished  himself  as  a  classical  scholar  at  the 
Universities  of  St.  Andrews  and  Paris,  he  was,  on  the  recommenda- 
tion of  Beza,  appointed  Professor  of  Humanity  at  Geneva.  In  1574 
he  returned  to  Scotland,  when  he  became  Principal  of  Glasgow 
College,  and  minister  of  Govan.  In  1580  he  accepted  the  Principal- 
ship  of  St.  Mary's  College,  St.  Andrews,  and  assisted  by  his  nephew, 
conducted  service  in  the  parish  church.  For  some  expressions 
used  in  the  pulpit  which  were  pronounced  seditious  by  the  Privy 
Council,  he  was  in  February,  1584,  sentenced  to  imprisonment,  but 
he  effected  his  escape  to  England.  On  the  disgrace  of  the  Earl  of 
Arran  he  returned  to  Scotland  in  November,  1585.  In  May,  1594, 
he  was  for  the  third  time  elected  Moderator  of  the  General 
Assembly.  During  the  following  year,  when  on  a  deputation  to 
James  VI.,  to  remonstrate  against  the  recall  of  the  Popish  lords,  he 
in  a  moment  of  irritation  touched  the  king's  arm,  and  called  him 
"  God's  silly  vassal," — a  proceeding  which  James  never  forgave.  In 
1606  lie  invited  Melville  and  other  ministers  to  London,  under  the 
pretext  that  he  wished  to  consult  them  about  ecclesiastical  affairs. 
At  the  famous  conference  at  Hampton  Court,  Melville  spoke  with 
energy  and  his  wonted  boldness.  Having  denounced  in  a  Latin 
epigram  the  service  practised  in  the  Chapel  Eoyal,  he  was  com- 
mitted to  -  the  Tower,  where  he  was  imprisoned  four  years.  In 
1611  he  was  released  on  his  accepting  the  appointment  of  Theo- 
logical Professor  in  the  Protestant  University  of  Sedan.  He  died 
at  Sedan  in  1622,  at  the  age  of  seventy-seven. 


40  STIRLINGSHIRE. 

To  the  right  of  Knox  is  the  monumental  statue  of  Alexander 
Henderson  (see  Vol.  I.,  p.  25).  In  another  portion  of  the  cemetery 
a  monumental  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 
1642  he  was  ordained  minister  of  Lauder,  from  which  parish  lie 
was  in  1649  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  hostility  of  the  Earl  of  Middleton,  whose  ex- 
communication by  the  Commission  of  the  General  Assembly  he 
.had  published  from  the  pulpit,  he  was  condemned  to  suffer  for 
high  treason.  He  was  hanged  at  the  Cross  of  Edinburgh,  1st  June, 
1661,  at  the  age  of  forty-nine.  His  head  was  placed  on  the  port 
at  the  Nether-bow,  where  it  remained  for  twenty-eight  years.  The 
statue  presents  an  actual  likeness  of  the  martyr,  being  founded  on 
an  original  portrait  in  possession  of  the  magistrates.  It  was  inau- 
gurated in  presence  of  the  magistrates,  clergy,  and  town  council  of 
Stirling,  on  the  26th  November,  1857. 

On  the  shoulder  of  the  Ladies'  Eock,  and  within  the  cemetery 
enclosure,  a  group  of  marble  statuary,  surmounted  by  a  glass  cupola, 
commemorates  Margaret  Wilson,  one  of  the  Wigton  martyrs  (Vol.  I., 
pp.  349 — 356).  The  martyr  is  represented  in  the  act  of  reading 
the  Scriptures  on  the  hill-side,  with  her  younger  and  like-minded 
sister  Agnes ;  a  lamb  rests  quietly  at  their  feet,  and  their  guardian 
angel  hovers  near. 

Not  far  from  the  Wilson  monument,  and  on  the  margin  of  the 
Ladies'  Rock,  a  monumental  statue  celebrates  James  Renwick,  the 
last  of  the  Scottish  martyrs  (Vol.  I.,  p.  304).  A  statue  in  honour 
of  the  Rev.  Ebenezer  Erskine  occupies  the  northern  portion  of  the 
cemetery.  It  was  erected  in  1858  through  the  efforts  of  the  writer, 
and  was  sculptured  from  a  model  founded  on  an  original  portrait. 


PARISH   OF   STIRLING.  41 

Ebenezer  Erskine  was  son  of  the  Rev.  Henry  Areskine  (Vol.  I., 
p.  222),  and  was  born  at  Dryburgh,  Berwickshire,  on  the  22nd  June, 
1680.  Having  studied  at  the  University  of  Edinburgh,  he  was 
licensed  to  preach  in  February,  1703,  and  in  the  same  year  was 
ordained  minister  of  Portmoak.  In  1731  he  was  translated  to  the 
third  charge  of  Stirling.  Having,  as  Moderator,  opened  the  Synod 
held  at  Perth  in  October,  1732,  with  a  discourse,  in  which  he  con- 
demned several  recent  acts  of  the  Church  enforcing  the  law  of 
patronage,  he  was  pronounced  censurable  by  the  court.  On  an 
appeal  to  the  General  Assembly  the  judgment  of  the  Synod  was 
confirmed,  and  after  various  proceedings  Erskine  and  three  brethren 
who  adhered  to  him  were  in  1734  loosed  from  their  charges.  They 
met  in  December  at  Gairney  Bridge,  near  Kinross,  and  there  consti- 
tuted the  Associate  Presbytery,  now  represented  by  the  United 
Presbyterian  Church.  Erskine  ministered  at  Stirling,  and  fre- 
quently preached  near  the  spot  occupied  by  his  statue,  till  a 
church  for  his  accommodation  was  built.  During  the  rebel- 
lion in  1746  he  gallantly  headed  two  companies  of  his  congre- 
gation in  defence  of  the  town.  He  died  2nd  June,  1754,  aged 
seventy-four.  He  was  twice  married,  and  has  had  numerous  de- 
scendants. Within  the  enclosure  in  front  of  the  Sack  Row  Meeting- 
house, near  the  spot  of  his  interment,  a  handsome  monument,  in 
the  form  of  a  Greek  temple,  was  in  the  year  1860  erected  to  his 
memory. 

A  pyramidical  structure  at  the  northern  edge  of  the  cemetery 
enclosure  commemorates  those  who  in  Scotland  suffered  martyrdom 
in  the  cause  of  civil  and  religious  liberty.  It  is  inscribed  with 
some  Scriptural  quotations,  and  adorned  with  sculptures  and 
emblems.  This  structure,  and  the  monumental  statues  of  Knox, 
Melville,  Henderson,  and  Eenwick,  and  the  elegant  statuary  group 
in  honour  of  Margaret  Wilson,  were  erected  at  the  sole  expense  of 
the  late  Mr.  William  Drummond,  of  Eochdale  Lodge,  Stirling,  who 
also  largely  contributed  towards  the  statues  of  Wallace,  Guthrie, 
and  Ebenezer  Erskine.  This  estimable  individual  has  found  a 
resting-place  in  the  cemetery.  His  grave  is  denoted  by  a  massive 


42  STIRLINGSHIRE. 

sarcophagus  of  Aberdeen  granite.  He  was  born  at  Bannockburn 
on  the  14th  February,  1793.  His  father,  who  bore  the  same  Chris- 
tian name,  was  a  prosperous  nurseryman  in  Stirling,  and  he,  with 
several  younger  brothers,  succeeded  to  the  business.  Having  by  a 
course  of  unflagging  industry  realized  a  competence,  he  devoted  his 
latter  years  to  the  unostentatious  exercise  of  benevolence.  A 
descendant  of  the  family  which  produced  Margaret  Wilson,  the 
Wigton  martyr  and  who  bore  the  same  Christian  and  family  name, 
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  institution  he  was  a  liberal  contributor.  An  enlightened 
patriot,  he  rejoiced  in  celebrating  those  who  had  proved  useful  to 
their  country.  After  a  life,  uneventful,  save  in  performing  kind 
and  generous  actions,  he  died  at  Stirling  on  the  25th  November, 
1868.  He  was  unmarried,  and  bequeathed  the  bulk  of  his  ample 
fortune  to  the  Stirling  enterprise  for  the  dissemination  of  religious 
tracts. 

Near  the  grave  of  William  Drummond,  a  Gothic  cross  of  Peter- 
head  granite  commemorates  the  officers,  non-commissioned  officers, 
and  men  of  the  75th  (Stirlingshire)  Eegiment,  who  were  cut  off 
during  the  period  of  the  Indian  Mutiny. 

A  handsome  monument  celebrates  the  Rev.  Archibald  Bennie, 
D.D.,  F.R.S.E.  This  eloquent  divine  was  born  at  Glasgow  on  the 
1st  November,  1797.  Having  studied  at  the  university  of  his 
native  city  he  was  licensed  as  a  probationer  in  1820.  He  was  in 
1823  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- 
moted to  the  first  charge  in  1829.  In  1826  he  founded  the  Stirling 
School  of  Arts.  In  1835  he  was  translated  to  Lady  Tester's  Church, 
Edinburgh,  and  was  in  1841  appointed  one  of  Her  Majesty's 
Chaplains,  and  Dean  of  the  Chapel  Royal.  He  died  suddenly  at 
Dunoon  on  the  21st  September,  1846.  A  volume  of  his  discourses 
has  been  published,  accompanied  with  a  memoir. 


PARISH   OF   STIRLING.  43 

In  Bowie's  aisle  of  the  East  Church  a  burial- vault  was  in  1632 
acquired  by  Sir  William  Alexander,  afterwards  Earl  of  Stirling, 
and  there  the  Earl  was  himself  interred  on  the  12th  April,  1640.* 
About  1632  Lady  Alexander,  afterwards  Countess  of  Stirling, 
erected  in  the  vault  a  mural  tablet  in  memory  of  her  parents. 
This  .tablet,  which  still  exists  in  private  keeping,  is  thus  in- 
scribed : — 

"  Hie  jacet  in  spe  resurrectionis  Gulielmus  ^Ereskinus  equestris 
ordinis  cum  Joanna  conjuge,  illustri  et  communi  -ZEreskinorum 
familia  orta,  singulari  virtute  femina,  unica  filia  superstite  quse 
postera  Gulielmo  Alexandro  Equiti  egregio  Jacobo  regi  a  supplici- 
bus  libellis,  Carolo  regi  ab  Epistolis,  proventusque  regni  annonis 
nupsit.  Earn  filiarn  amor  ejus  numerosa  sobole  auxit  et  hoc  monu- 
mentum  parentibus  illustribus  posuit." 

Translation  : — "  Here  lies,  in  hope  of  the  resurrection,  William 
Erskine,  of  the  order  of  knights,  along  with  his  wife  Joanna,  a 
woman  of  singular  virtue,  of  illustrious  birth,  and  sprung  from  the 
main  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  James,  secretary  and  commis- 
sioner of  exchequer  to  Charles.  His  love  has  blessed  that  daughter 
with  a  numerous  offspring,  and  has  reared  this  monument  to  her 
illustrious  parents."  • 

Sir  William  Erskine,  who  is  thus  commemorated,  was  a  younger 
brother  of  the  family  of  Erskine,  of  Balgonie,  and  a  near  relative  of 
the  Earl  of  Mar.  He  was  Commendator  of  the  Bishopric  of  Glas- 
gow, and,  as  recipient  of  the  teind,  was  styled  Parson  of  Campsie. 
His  only  daughter,  Janet  Erskine,  was  married  to  William  Alex- 
ander, of  Menstry,  about  the  year  1603.  His  son,  Alexander,  held 
some  office  about  the  court,  and  his  grandson,  Sir  James  Erskine, 
obtained  lands  in  Ulster.*!* 

The  burial-vault  of  the  Earl  of  Stirling  is  of  some  historical  in- 
terest. From  an  early  owner,  known  as  Bowie's  Aisle,  it  had  become 
the  property  of  Thomas  Craigengelt,  of  that  ilk,  who  on  the  26th 
Fabruary,  1618,  "resigned"  it  to  the  Governors  of  the  Burgh 

*  Balfour's  Historical  Works,  vol.  ii.,  p.  427. 

t  Spottiswoode's  Miscellany,  vol.  i.,  p.  104,  note. 


44  STIRLINGSHIRE. 

Hospital.  On  the  4th  September,  1632,  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,  sometyme  call  it 
Bowye's  or  Craigengelt's  lyle."*  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  Stirling,  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,  1764,  it  was  exposed  for 
sale  by  John,  fourth  Duke  of  Argyle,  when  Bowie's  Aisle  was 
acquired  by  James  Wright,  of  Loss,  and  another.  At  the  com- 
mencement of  the  century  the  East  Church  underwent  extensive 
repairs,  when  the  Stirling  family  vault  was  closed,  and  the  aisle 
taken  down.  The  agent  for  Mr.  Wright  of  Loss,  a  solicitor  in  the 
burgh,  had  meanwhile  obtained  from  his  client  a  right  of  interment 
in  the  vau.lt/f-  It  was  covered  up,  but  the  ingenious  attorney 
fixed  on  another  portion  of  ground,  adjoining  the  West  Church, 
which  he  enclosed  as  his  family  burial-place.  The  monumental 
tablet  commemorating  Sir  William  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  peculiarly  acquired.  She  is  now  dead,  but  she  has 
made  provision  in  her  settlement  that  her  burial-place  and  its 
deforming  enclosure  shall  not  be  surrendered  by  those  whom  she 
has  elected  to  represent  her. 

In  the  interior  of  the  West  Church  some  marble  tablets  preserve 
the  names  of  founders  of  hospitals  and  other  local  charities, — viz., 
Robert  Spittal,  John  Cowan,  John  Allan,  Alexander  Cunningham, 

«  Preface  by  Mr.  David  Laing  to  the  Earl  of  Stirling's  "  Royal  Letters,"  p.  106. 
t  Burgh  Records  of  Stirling. 


PARISH    OF   STIRLING.  45 

and  John  McGibbon.  Spittal  was  tailor  to  the  queen  of  James  IV. ; 
(Jowan  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  commemorates  Lieutenant-Colonel  John  Black- 
ader.  Sou  of  a  Scottish  minister,  an  eminent  sufferer  in  the  cause 
of  Presbyterianism  (Vol.  I.,  207),  he  was  born  at  Glencairn,  Dum- 
friesshire, on  the  14th  September,  1664.  In  his  twenty-fifth  year 
he  joined  the  26th  or  Cameronian  Eegiment.  During  the  Seven 
Years'  War  (1690 — 1697)  in  the  Netherlands  he  was  present  in 
nearly  every  engagement.  After  some  home  service  he  joined  the 
Confederate  Army  in  Holland  in  1703.  He  was  severely  wounded 
at  the  battle  of  Blenheim  on  the  2nd  August,  1704.  He  received 
his  commission  as  major  in  1705.  He  was  present  at  the  battle  of 
Ramillies  in  May,  1706,  and  took  part  in  the  battle  of  Oudinot  in 
June,  1708.  In  the  autumn  of  1708  he  distinguished  himself  at 
the  siege  of  Lisle.  During  the  campaign  of  1709  he  was  in  the 
covering  army  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  1711.  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  army  at  Sheriffmuir,  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,  1729.  Colonel  Blackader  was  distinguished  for  his 
religious  devotedness. 

In  the  West  Church  a  marble  tablet,  erected  by  the  magistrates, 
and  adorned  with  some  elegiac  verses  written  by  himself,  com- 
memorates the  genius  and  learning  of  Dr.  David  Doig,  Rector  of 
the  High  School.  This  distinguished  scholar  was  son  of  a  small 
farmer  in  Forfarshire,  and  was  born  in  that  county  on  the  14th 
February,  1719.  From  extreme  delicacy  of  eyesight  he  was,  till 
the  age  of  twelve,  unable  to  read,  but  his  progress  was  afterwards 


46  STIRLINGSHIRE. 

so  rapid,  that  after  being  three  years  at  the  parish  school  lie 
became  a  successful  competitor  for  one  of  the  foundation  bursaries 
in  St.  Andrews  University.  He  was  in  succession  parochial 
schoolmaster  of  Monifieth,  in  Forfarshire,  and  of  Kennoway  and 
Falkland,  in  Fifeshire.  In  1760  he  was  appointed  Rector  of 
Stirling  School  He  died  on  the  16th  March,  1800,  in  his  eighty- 
first  year.  Dr.  I)oig  was  the  cherished  friend  of  his  learned  con- 
temporaries. Besides  his  familiarity  with  classical  learning,  he 
was  conversant  with  oriental  literature,  and  was  an  adept  in 
the  abstruse  sciences.  He  composed  "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  Britanuica." 

A  small  chapel  attached  to  the  north  wall  of  the  High  Church 
constitutes  the  family  vault  of  Moir  of  Leckie.  It  contains 
the  mortal  remains  of  George  Gleig,  LL.D.,  Bishop  of  Brechin. 
This  eminent  prelate  was  born  in  the  county  of  Forfar  on  the  12th 
May,  1753.  He  took  orders  in  his  twenty-first  year.  After  various 
changes  he  was  in  1808  consecrated  coadjutor  Bishop  of  Brechin  ; 
he  was  elected  Primus  in  1S1G.  For  many  years  he  ministered  to 
the  Episcopal  congregation  at  Stirling.  He  prepared  a  Supple- 
ment to  the  third  edition  of  the  "  Encyclopaedia  Britannica,"  and 
published  several  other  works.  He  died  on  the  9th  March,  1840, 
in  his  eighty-seventh  year.  In  the  Episcopal  church  of  Stirling  a 
memorial  tablet  celebrates  his  virtues. 

Lieutenant-General  Samuel  Graham,  Deputy  Governor  of  Stirling 
Castle,  is  by  a  memorial  tablet  commemorated  in  the  West  Church. 
He  was  born  at  Paisley  on  the  20th  May,  1756.  Having  studied 
at  the  University  of  Edinburgh  he  chose  the  military  profes- 
sion, and  joined  the  army  as  ensign  in  1777.  As  captain  in 
the  76th  Eegiment,  lately  raised,  he  took  part  in  the  American 
War  under  Earl  Cornwallis  from  1779  to  1784.  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  on  the  Helder.  He  joined 
as  Lieutenant- Colonel  the  army  of  Sir  Ealph  Abercromby  in  the 


PAKISH   OF   STIRLING.  47 

expedition  to  Egypt.  In  1802  he  was  promoted  to  the  full  rank 
of  colonel,  appointed  Lieutenant-Governor  of  Stirling  Castle,  and 
placed  on  the  staff  in  North  Britain  as  brigadier-general.  About 
this  period  he  married  Jane,  eldest  daughter  of  James  Terrier 
Principal  Clerk  of  Session — a  lady  celebrated  by  the  poet  Burns,* 
and  whose  sister,  Miss  Ferrier,  was  the  accomplished  novelist.  For 
some  years  subsequent  to  1808  General  Graham  commanded 
the  garrison  at  Cork.  He  afterwards  resided  at  Stirling  Castle, 
devoting  himself  to  his  duties  as  governor  of  that  fort.  He  died 
on  the  25th  January,  1831,  and  his  remains  were  consigned  to  the 
burial-vault  of  Moir  of  Leckie. 

Mural  tablets  in  the  West  Church  commemorate  Major  Alex- 
ander Munro,  who  died  31st  October,  1814 ;  John  Burn,  of  Coldoch, 
who  died  22nd  June,  1814;  and  Edward  Alexander,  of  Powis 
(father  of  Lieutenant-Colonel  Sir  James  Edward  Alexander,  the 
distinguished  traveller),  who  died  in  1835.  In  the  East  Church  a 
monument  of  chaste  design  commemorates  Janet  Eoger,  widow  of 
the  Eev.  Thomas  Davidson,  minister  of  Dundee,  who  died  in  1775, 
aged  ninety-five. 

On  the  interior  walls  of  the  East  and  West  Churches,  and  in 
the  adjacent  churchyard,  are  memorial  slabs  and  tombstones  in 
honour  of  the  following  clergymen : — 

The  Eev.  Thomas  Eandall,  minister  of  the  first  charge ;  he  was 
translated  from  Inchture  in  1770,  and  died  21st  July,  1780,  in  his 
seventieth  year,  and  the  forty-second  of  his  ministry. 

The  Eev.  John  Eussel,  translated  from  Kilmarnock  Chapel- of- 
Ease  to  the  second  charge  of  Stirling  in  1800 ;  died  23rd 

*  To  the  care  of  Mrs.  Graham  antiquaries  are  indebted  for  the  preservation  of  the 
oak  figures  which  adorned  the  ceiling  of  Stirling  Palace.  These  figures  were  executed 
by  John  Drummond,  of  Auchterarder,  Master  of  Works  to  James  V.,  and  "  Andro 
Wood,  carvour,"  one  of  his  workmen  (Lord  Strathallan's  "  History  of  the  House  of 
Drummond").  The  carvings  were  removed  from  the  palace  in  1777,  and  deposited 
in  Stirling  Jail,  where  some  forty  years  afterwards  they  were  discovered  by  Mrs. 
Graham,  who  had  them  cleaned  and  restored.  Drawings  of  the  figures,  prepared 
by  Mr.  Blore,  an  ingenious  draughtsman,  have  been  engraved  and  published  in  a 
work  entitled  "  Lacunar  Stivilinense,"  Edinburgh,  1817,  4to.  Several  of  the 
carvings  have  been  suspended  on  ihe  walls  of  the  County  Court-room. 


43  STIRLINGSHIIIH. 

February,  1817,  in  his  seventy-seventh  year,  and  the  forty-third  cf 
his  ministry.  He  is  celebrated  by  the  poet  Burns. 

The  Rev.  James  Somerville,  D.D.,  minister  of  the  first  charge, 
who  died  23rd  January/ 1817,  in  his  seventieth  year,  and  forty- 
second  of  his  ministry. 

The  Rev.  John  Macmillan,  minister  of  the  Cameronian  Church, 
Stirling,  and  Professor  of  Theology  in  the  Reformed  Presbyterian 
Synod,  who  died  20th  October,  1819,  aged  sixty-eight. 

The  Rev.  Alexander  Bruce,  minister  of  the  third  charge,  a  native 
of  Torphichen.  He  died  by  his  own  hand,  llth  June,  1824,  in  the 
seventh  year  of  his  ministry. 

The  Rev.  Alexander  Small,  D.D.,  minister  of  the  second  charge, 
who  died  5th  January,  1825,  in  the  forty-fourth  year  of  his  aye, 
and  twentieth  of  his  ministry. 

The  Rev.  George  Wright,  D.D.,  minister  of  the  first  charge. 
He  was  translated  from  Markinch  in  1817,  and  died  17th 
October,  -i826,  in  his  fiftieth  year,  and  twenty- seventh  of  his 
ministry. 

The  Rev.  John  Wilson,  D.I).,  minister  of  the  first  charge,  author 
of  a  number  of  theological  and  other  works.  He  was  in  1844 
translated  from  Irvine ;  he  died  8th  November,  1852,  in  his  sixty- 
fifth  year,  and  the  forty-fourth  of  his  ministry. 

From  tombstones  in  the  churchyard  we  have  these  metrical 
inscriptions : — 

"  John  Adamson's  here  kept  within, 
Death's  prisoner,  for  Adam's  sin  ; 
But  rests  in  hope  that  he  shall  be 
Set  by  the  Second  Adam  free." 

"  Our  life  is  but  a  winter  day ; 
Some  only  breakfast  and  away, 
Others  to  dinner  stay, 

And  are  full  fed. 
The  oldest  man  but  sups 

And  goes  to  bed. 

Large  is  his  debt  that  lingers  out  the  day, 
He  that  goes  soonest 
Has  the  least  to  pay." 


PARISH   OF  STIRLING.  49 

At  a  bend  of  the  Forth,  about  one  mile  to  the  east  of  Stirling,  is 
situated  Caiubuskenneth  Abbey,  one  of  the  religious  houses  erected 
by  David  I.  In  1864,  when  the  ruins  of  the  abbey  were  cleared 
out,  the  tomb  of  James  III.  and  his  queen,  Margaret  of  Oldenburg, 
was  discovered  close  by  the  high  altar.  The  royal  vault  was  sur- 
mounted with  a  slab  of  mountain  limestone,  about  five  feet  square 
and  seven  inches  thick.  Beneath  was  a  large  coffin,  of  which  the 
foot  touched  the  enclosure  of  the  altar,  the  head  lying  westward. 
Within  the  coffin  was  a  skeleton,  which  on  exposure  to  the  air 
crumbled  into  dust.  The  lower  jaw,  remarkable  for  its  large  size, 
was  entire,  also  the  frontal  part  of  the  cranium,  which  exhibited 
a  low  and  receding  forehead.  On  the  left  of  the  male  skeleton 
were  the  bones  of  a  female,  also  those  of  a  child.  The  two  adult 
skeletons  were  held  to  be  those  of  James  III.  and  his  queen,  the 
position  of  their  tomb  verifying  a  uniform  tradition  as  to  the  spot 
of  their  interment. 

Queen  Margaret  of  Oldenburg  predeceased  her  husband.  She 
was  buried  at  Cambuskenneth  on  the  27th  February,  1486-7.  Two 
weeks  after  his  slaughter  at  the  battle  of  Sanchieburn,  fought  on 
the  llth  June,  1488,  James  III.  was  interred  at  Cambuskenneth 
beside  the  remains  of  his  queen. 

The  discovery  of  these  royal  remains  having  been  intimated  to 
the  Queen,  her  Majesty  commanded  that  the  bones  of  her  ancestors 
should  be  carefully  re-interred,  and  that  the  place  of  sepulture 
should  be  denoted  by  a  suitable  monument.  Accordingly,  the 
remains  were  on  the  23rd  September,  1865,  deposited  in  the  recess 
of  a  sarcophagus,  in  presence  of  the  magistrates  of  Stirling  and 
others,  and  a  massive  altar  tomb  was  thereafter  erected  at  the  spot, 
designed  by  Mr.  Matheson  of  the  Board  of  Works,  Edinburgh.  It  is 
composed  of  beautiful  freestone,  about  4^  feet  in  height,  8  feet  long, 
and  4^  feet  broad  at  the  base,  and  3  feet  at  the  top.  On  one  side 
it  is  inscribed, — 


"  In  this  place,  near  to  the  high  altar  of  the  abbey  of  Cambus- 
kenneth, were  deposited  the  remains  of  James  III.,  King  of  Scots, 

VOL.  II.  E 


50  STIRLINGSHIRE. 

who  died  the  llth  of  June,  1488,  and  of  his  queen,  the  Princess 
Margaret  of  Denmark." 

On  the  other  side  are  these  words, — 

"  This  restoration  of  the  tomb  of  her  ancestors  was  executed  by 
command  of  her  Majesty  Queen  Victoria,  A.D.  1865." 

At  one  extremity  of  the  memorial  are  the  Scottish  arms,  with 
the  motto,  "Nemo  me  impune  lacessit;"  and  at  the  other  the 
Scottish  arms  impaled  with  those  of  Denmark,  with  representations 
of  the  thistle.  The  monument  is  enclosed  by  a  railing. 


PARISH  OF  ST.  NINIANS. 

Two  upright  stones,  seventy  yards  apart,  at  Randolph  Field,  in 
the  neighbourhood  of  St.  Ninians'  village,  mark  the  scene  of  a 
gallant  skirmish  on  the  eve  of  the  battle  of  Bannockburn,  between 
Randolph,  Earl  of  Murray,  and  Sir  Robert  Clifford,  commanding  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  on  Caldam  Hill, 
a  gentle  eminence  near  the  old  Kilsyth  Road,  and  within  half  a 
mile  of  the  hamlet  of  St.  Ninians. 

In  St.  Ninians'  churchyard  tombstones  commemorate  the  Rev. 
James  Logan,  minister  of  the  Relief  Church,  father  of  the  late 
Alexander  S.  Logan,  Sheriff  of  Forfarshire,  who  died  4th  October, 
1841 ;  and  George  Harvey,  father  of  Sir  George  Harvey,  President 
of  the  Royal  Scottish  Academy,  who  died  in  1835. 


PARISH   OF   STEATHBLANE.  51 


PAEISH  OF  STEATHBLANE. 

On  the  pavement  of  the  parish  church  a  monumental  slab  is 
thus  inscribed : — 

"  Here  lyes  in  the  same  grave  with  Mary,  Countess  of  Angus, 
sister  of  King  James  I.  of  Scotland,  from  whom  he  is  lineally 
descended,  Archibald  Edmon stone,  Esq.,  of  Duntreath,  in  this 
kingdom,  and  of  Eedhall,  Ireland,  who  died  in  the  year  1689,  aged 
about  61  years." 

Mary  Stuart,  daughter  of  Eobert  III.,  was  thrice  married.  Her 
third  husband  was  Sir  William  Edmonstone,  of  Duntreath,  in 
whose  burial-place  she  was  interred.  The  grave  was  opened  about 
thirty  years  ago,  when  the  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. 


CLACKMANNANSHIRE. 


PAEISH  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  Ereskin,  comitis  de  Mar,  parentis  optimi,  nati  die 
xix.  mensis  Octob.  anno  MDCL.  denati  die  xxiii.  mensis  April 
anno  MDCLXXXIX.  Ut  et  Georgii  uuius  et  alterius,  Caroli  item 
unius  et  alterius,  et  Francisci,  fratrum  impuberum ;  Joannes  haeres 
ex  asse,  itidem  comes,  patri  pientissimo  et  germanis  desidera- 
tissimis  posuit,  A.  MDCCIX." 

Charles,  Earl  of  Mar,  raised  in  1679  the  21st  Regiment  of  Foot 
or  Royal  Scots  Fusiliers,  of  which  he  was  appointed  colonel. 

A  monument  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,  Thomae  Hay,  comitis  de  Kinnoul  filiae  natee 
die  xxx.  mensis  Septemb.  anno  MDCLXXXVI.  de  natae  die  xxv. 
mensis  April  anno  MDCCVII.  Et  Joannis  filioli  trimestris, 
Joannes  Ereskin,  comes  de  Mar,  conjugi  bene  de  se  meritae  et 
gnato  dulcissimo  posuit  anno  MDCCIX." 

John,  eleventh  Earl  of  Mar,  was  Secretary  of  State  for  Scotland 
in  1706.  He  was  mainly  instrumental  in  the  rising  of  1715,  and 
accordingly  suffered  attainder;  he  died  at  Aix-la-Chapelle  in  1732. 

A  family  mausoleum,  erected  in  1818,  contains  the  remains  of 
John  Francis,  fifteenth  Earl  of  Mar,  who  died  in  1866,  and  of 


PARISH   OF  ALLOA.  53 

Walter  Coningsby  Erskine,  twelfth  Earl  of  Kellie,  who  died  in 
1872. 

In  the  interior  of  St.  John's  Episcopal  Church  a  monumental 
cross  commemorates  the  late  Earl  of  Mar ;  it  is  thus  inscribed : — 

"Sacred  to  the  memory  of  John  Francis  Miller  Erskine,  ninth* 
Earl  of  Mar,  and  eleventh  Earl  of  Kellie,  who  died  on  the  19th  day 
of  June,  1866,  in  the  71st  year  of  his  age.  This  tablet  was  erected 
by  the  founder  of  this  church,  Walter  Coningsby  Erskine,  twelfth 
Earl  of  Kellie,  &c.,  as  a  mark  of  esteem  and  affection  for  his  cousin, 
whose  remains  rest  in  the  neighbouring  family  vault." 

Two  other  tablets  in  St.  John's  Church  commemorate  members 
of  the  Mar  family ;  the  inscriptions  are  as  follow : — 

"  This  tablet  is  erected  by  Lieut.-Col.  W.  C.  Erskine,  C.B.,  of 
H.M.  Bengal  Army,  in  memory  of  his  beloved  father,  the  Honble. 
H.  D.  Erskine  (son  of  John  Francis,  12th  Earl  of  Mar),  who  died 
at  Schaw  Park  on  30th  December,  1846,  aged  70  years.  And  of 
his  beloved  Mother,  Mary  Anne,  wife  of  the  above,  who  died  at 
Wakefield  on  the  4th  March,  1860,  aged  78  years.  Also  in 
memory  of  his  Brothers  :  John  Francis,  late  of  the  Bengal  Army, 
who  died  in  Edinburgh  29th  September,  1845,  aged  36  years. 
Henry  David,  a  Captain  in  the  Royal  Marines,  who  died  at  sea, 
7th  December,  1852,  aged  37  years ;  Charles  Thomas,  in  Holy 
Orders,  who  died  at  Wakefield,  5th  November,  1861,  aged  40 
years." 

"  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  Amelia  Frances,  who  died  at  Sylbet, 
in  India,  on  the  27th  of  October,  1838,  aged  2  years  and  4  months. 
Marion  Elise,  who  died  at  Sylbet,  in  India,  on  the  24th  of  July, 
1840,  aged  1  year  and  7  months,  Francis  Charles,  who  died  at 
Laudour,  in  India,  on  the  13th  June,  1844,  aged  1  year  and  6 
months.  John  Arthur  Coningsby,  who  died  at  Schaw  Park,  14th 
of  January,  1849,  aged  3  years.  Henry  David  Muirson,  who  died 
at  Schaw  Park  14th  of  January,  1849,  aged  18  months.  Arthur 
Coningsby  Delainain,  who  died  at  Inbulpore,  in  India,  6th  of  April, 

*  This  is  one  of  those  errors  in  monumental  inscriptions  which  are  much  to  be 
deplored.  In  the  tablet  commemorative  of  his  father,  of  which  the  legend  is  pre- 
sented in  the  text,  Colonel  Walter  Coningsby  Erskine,  afterwards  twelfth  Earl  of 
Kellie,  describes  his  grandfather,  John  Francis,  as  "twelfth  Earl  of  Mar."  In  the 
present  legend  he  desciibes  his  grandfather's  descendant  as  "ninth  earl."  The  dis- 
crepancy is  entitled  to  remark,  since  it  is  one  of  those  which  have  not  unfrequently 
proved  a  stumblingblock  to  genealogists.  The  late  Earl  of  Mar  was  fifteenth  earl. 


54  CLACKMANNANSniRE. 

1854,  aged  1  year  and  10  months,  children  of  Lieut.-Col.  Walter 
Coningsby  Erskine,  C.B.,  and  of  Elise  his  wife." 

In  St.  John's  Church  a  marble  tablet,  which  formerly  stood  in 
the  east  wall  of  the  churchyard,  commemorates  John  Alexander, 
an  eminent  bishop  of  the  Scottish  Episcopal  Church.  He  was  son 
of  John  Alexander,  successively  minister  of  Criech  and  Kildrummy, 
and  who  was  deposed  for  joining  the  Rebellion  of  1715.  Epis- 
copal clergyman  at  Alloa,  he  was  consecrated  a  bishop  on  the  9th 
August,  1743,  and  was  allotted  the  diocese  of  Dunkeld.  He  died 
24th  April,  1776,  in  his  eighty-second  year.  He  is  commended  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  monument  celebrates  Major 
Morison,  of  Greenfield.  It  is  thus  inscribed : — 

"  In  memory  of  Major  James  Morison  Foote  Morison,  of  Green- 
field, in  this  parish,  and  of  her  Majesty's  Staff  Corps,  formerly  of 
the  29th  Regiment  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  in  the  Army  from  1842 
until  his  death  at  Madras  on  29th  May,  1867.  He  shared  the 
danger  and  glory  of  several  campaigns  in  India  and  China,  while 
the  amiability  and  integrity  of  his  private  life  endeared  him  to  his 
relatives  and  friends." 

In  the  churchyard  Robert  Johnston  is  on  his  tombstone  cele- 
brated in  these  lines  : — 

"  Before  this  Monument  of  stones 
Lie  honest  Robert  Johnston's  bones ; 
He  lived  devoutly,  died  in  peace, 
Prompt  by  religion  and  grace, 
Endow'd  a  preacher  for  this  place. 
With  consent  of  his  wife  to  lie 
Here  by  him  when  she  falls  to  die, 
At  her  expense  this  tomb  was  raised 
For  him  whose  worth  she  prized,  and  praised. 

Obit  R  J.  Aug.  16,  A.D.  1739." 
Johnston  was  a  merchant  in  the  place ;  he  bequeathed  some 


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property  and  the  sum  of  £500  for  the  maintenance  of  an  assistant 
minister  in  the  parochial  cure. 

A  monument  celebrates  the  Rev.  William  Moncrieff,  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  the 
Gospel,  in  the  Associate  Congregation  at  Alloa.  Patris  perdigni 
filius  non  degener.  Likewise  of  Margaret  Wilson,  his  spouse,  who 
died  in  her  40th  year,  1.8th  Jany.,  1778  ;  and  of  Janet  Watt,  her 
mother,  whom  she  survived  nearly  17  years.  Also  of  the  eighth 
and  tenth  of  their  twelve  children — three  sons  and  nine  daughters 
— Rachel  and  Matthew,  who  died  within  their  first  year,  1770 
and  1772.  He  rested  from  his  labours  on  14th  of  August,  1786,  in 
the  57th  year  of  his  life,  the  37th  year  of  his  ministry,  and  24th 
year  of  his  being  employed  by  the  Associate  Synod  as  their 
Professor  of  Divinity. 

"  He  was  an  able,  practical,  and  faithful  preacher  of  the  Gospel 
in  its  unadulterated  purity  and  simplicity,  not  with  enticing  words 
of  man's  wisdom,  and  continued  a  zealous  supporter  of  the  Refor- 
mation testimony  according  to  the  genuine  state  of  the  Secession 
church,  leaving  his  name  in  good  remembrance  among  the  true 
friends  of  that  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. 
William  Wilson,  minister  at  Perth,  one  of  the  four  brethren,  the 
founders  of  the  Secession  Church.  This  Monument  is  erected  by 
the  first  Associate  Congregation  of  Alloa,  of  which  he  was  pastor 
(ever  beloved  and  revered)  from  his  ordination,  on  the  21st  Feb- 
ruary, 1788,  till  the  8th  of  March,  1827,  in  the  40th  year  of  his 
ministry,  and  the  67th  of  his  age,  when  he  gently  fell  asleep  in 
Jesus.  He  possessed  mental  excellences,  seldom  in  the  same 
degree  combined : — a  sound  and  vivid  understanding,  an  elegant 
taste,  a  cheerful  temper,  and  a  sympathizing  and  benevolent  heart, 
even  from  a  child  his  delight  was  in  the  Holy  Scriptures.  The 
work  of  the  ministry  was  his  early  choice.  His  literary  and 
theological  acquirements  were  ample  and  various.  His  pulpit 
discourses  were  characterized  by  a  mild  radiance  of  evangelical 
truth,  by  a  winning  sanctity  of  spirit  and  tendency,  by  a  chaste 
sympathy  of  style,  and  by  a  grave  and  unhesitating  utterance.  He 


56  CLACKMANNANSIIIRE. 

discharged  his  other  official  duties,  whether  among  his  people  at 
large  or  among  the  afflicted,  the  destitute,  the  aged,  and  the  young, 
with  calm  diligence  and  affectionate  wisdom.  His  habits  were 
domestic,  and  in  his  family  he  was  equally  benign.  In  his  general 
intercourse  with  society  he  maintained  an  easy  but  firm  dignity ; 
and  exerted  for  unpatronized  and  unknown  talent,  for  unfortunate 
rectitude,  and  for  many  a  useful  public  institution,  a  general  influ- 
ence widely  effective.  In  all  the  deliberative  preparations  for  the 
union  of  the  two  great  bodies  of  Seceders  he  was  conscientiously 
co-operative :  its  happy  consummation  gladdened  his  heart ;  and 
he  never  ceased  to  evince,  as  he  had  always  done,  a  determined 
but  liberal  zeal  for  the  principles  of  the  Secession  Church,  as  the 
most  congenial  to  the  spirit  and  conducive  to  the  ends  of  the 
Protestant  Eeformation." 

In  the  churchyard  the  adherents  of  the  West  United  Presby- 
terian Church  have  thus  commemorated  'on  a  tablet  two  of  their 
late  pastors  and  their  families : — 

"  In  Memory  of  the  Eev.  Thomas  Waters,  first  Minister  of  the 
Associate  Burgher  Congregation,  who  died  on  the  1st  Aug.,  1809, 
in  the  74th  year  of  his  age  and  41st  of  his  ministry,  in  the  firm 
belief  and  assured  hope  of  that  Gospel  which  he  faithfully 
preached. 

"And  the  Eev.  William  Fraser,  sometime  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  on  the  3rd 
Septr.,  1853,  in  the  74th  year  of  his  age  and  51st  of  his  ministry. 

"And  also  of  his  children,  Andrew,  who  died  12th  Feby.,  1812, 
aged  two  months.  John,  who  died  1st  Feby.,  1819,  aged  9  years. 
Magdalene,  who  died  31st  Deer.,  1837,  aged  17  years." 

The  tombstone  of  the  Rev.  James  Maxton,  minister  of  the  parish, 
is  thus  inscribed : — 

"The  Eev.  James  Maxton,  Minister  of  this  parish,  died  19th 
March,  1828,  in  the  63rd  year  of  his  age  and  25th  of  his  Ministry. 
Jean  Bald,  his  wife,  died  7th  February,  1824,  aged  38.  Their 
children,  Jean,  died  22nd  March,  1852,  aged  55.  Fanny,  died  llth 
May,  1827,  aged  28.  Alexander,  died  at  Montreal,  1839,  aged  36." 

A  tombstone  commemorates  the  Eev.  Peter  Brotherston,  D.D., 


PARISH   OF  ALLOA.  O/ 

minister  of  the  parish,  who  died  on  the  7th  of  July,  1862,  in 
the  eighty-third  year  of  his  age  and  the  fifty-fourth  of  his 
ministry. 

Alexander  Bald,  author  of  the  "  Corndealer's  Assistant,"  who 
died  2nd  September,  1823,  in  his  seventy-ninth  year,  has  on  his 
gravestone  these  lines : — 

"  With  simple  truth,  it  may  indeed  be  said 
Here  in  the  dust  a  worthy  man  is  laid, 
Vice  he  abhorred,  the  Christian  path  he  trod, 
Just  in  his  actions,  faithful  to  his  God. 
Useful  he  lived,  devoid  of  all  offence, 
By  nature  sensible,  well  bred  by  sense, 
The  Saviour's  precepts  were  his  rule  and  end, 
An  upright  servant,  and  a  faithful  friend." 

Mr.  Bald  was  father  of  Eobert  Bald,  the  distinguished  mining 
engineer,  who  died  28th  December,  1861,  aged  eighty-six,  and  of 
Alexander  Bald,  a  respectable  song-writer  and  patron  of  literary 
merit,  who  was  born  at  Alloa  9th  June,  1783,  and  died  21st 
October,  1859. 

On  the  tombstone  of  James  Mclsack,  bookseller,  who  died  15th 
May,  1834,  aged  sixty-six,  are  these  lines  : — 

"  For  all  the  books  I've  bound 

Here  now  with  valley  clods,  , 

In  sheets  I'm  rotting  under  ground, 

Death  makes  as  mighty  odds ! 

Waiting  the  finul  dawn 

Mine  ashes  here  are  laid ; 
Life's  labour's  o'er,  and  I'm  withdrawn, 

Here  have  I  found  my  bed." 

In  the  old  burial-ground  a  schoolmaster  is  commemorated 
thus : — 

"  To  guide  the  thoughts  of  youth  to  pious  lore, 

To  guard  from  ill  and  show  the  path  of  right, 
Their  minds  with  solid  principle  to  store, 

He  laboured  much  and  laboured  with  delkrht. 


58  CLACKMANNANSHIRE. 

"  To  earn  vain  wealth  and  honours  he  ne'er  wrought, 

Content  if  Heaven  but  gave  his  soul  to  live 
For  truth  and  peace  he  ever  fondly  sought, 
Since  these  alone  a  lasting  portion  give." 

Bailie  Robert  Forman's  tombstone  formerly  bore  these  lines  : — 

"  Stay,  passenger,  consider  well 
That  thou  ere  long  with  me  must  dwell ; 
Since  thou  on  earth  hast  but  short  stay, 
Remember  then  to  watch  and  pray, 
To  honour  God  with  fear  and  dread, — 
Learn  thou  this  lesson  from  the  dead." 

A  tombstone  bearing  date  1719  has  the  following  legend : — 

"  The  Law  says  doe,  and  ye  shall  live ; 
The  Gospel  sayes — ye  most  believe  : 
The  Law  is  just  indeed  and  good, 
Yet  it  can  give  noe  spiritual  food, 
Because  believing  comes  in  its  room 
To  save  poor  sinners  from  its  doom 
By  Christ  the  Son  of  God. 
Sae  hair  I  ly  in  sweet  repose 
Because  when  risen  I'll  rejoice 
And  theire  in  heaven  sweetly  sing 
Praise  to  Jehovah  King." 

Within  the  old  church  of  Tullibody  are  monuments  commemo- 
rating several  members  of  the  noble  house  of  Abercromby.  A 
monument  celebrates  George  Abercromby  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  Abercrombie  de  Tulibodie,  beneficentise  et  libe- 
ralitati  assueti,  injuriarum  immeuioris,  beneficii  memoris,  cognatis 
benefici,  amicis  grati,  vicinis  chari ;  ob  incorruptam  mentem, 
inviolatam  fidem,  in  justo  proposito  constantiam,  verae  amiciti.'B 
cultum,  simulate  odium  et  opportunam  festivitatem,  nemini 
secundi:  ad  extremum  usque  spiritum,  vitam  egit  immaculatam, 
ccelebs  vixit  et  obiit  26,  die  mensis  Junii,  anno  Dom.  1699.  ^Etat 
74.  In  cujus  commemorationem,  et  benignitatis  erga  adoptivum 
meritissimam  recordationem,  scpulehrali1,  hoc  monumentum  ex- 


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truxit  Alexander  Abercrombie.     Nee  euro  me,  ipse  incertus  quo 
periturus." 

By  the  following  inscription  on  a  handsome  cenotaph  is  com- 
memorated General  Sir  Kalph  Abercromby,  the  hero  of  Alex- 
andria : — 

"  General  Sir  Ralph  Abercromby,  K.B.,  eldest  son  of  the  late 
George  Abercromby,  Esq.,  of  Tullibody,  and  Mary  Dundas, 
daughter  of  the  late  Ralph  Dundas,  Esq.,  of  Manor,  was  mortally 
wounded  in  a  battle,  fought  21st  March,  1801,  with  the  French 
near  Alexandria,  in  Egypt ;  and  died  the  28th  of  said  month  on 
board  of  a  ship  in  the  Bay  of  Aboukir;  and  interred  at  Malta, 
with  Military  Honours.  Aged  66  years." 

Ralph  Abercromby  was  born  in  1738,  and  entered  the  army  as 
a  cornet  of  dragoons  in  1756.  From  1774  to  1780  he  represented 
the  county  of  Kinross  in  Parliament.  He  was  afterwards  profes- 
sionally engaged  in  Flanders  and  Holland ;  he  served  under  the 
Duke  of  York  in  the  campaigns  of  1794  and  1795.  He  was  in 
1795  appointed  commander-in-chief  of  the  troops  employed  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  of  Wight  and  Commander-in-Chief  in  Ireland 
and  Scotland,  he  became  first  commander  of  the  expedition  for 
restoring  the  Prince  of  Orange  as  Stadth  older.  He  afterwards  dis- 
tinguished himself  at  the  landing  at  Aboukir  on  the  8th  March, 
1801,  and  on  the  21st  of  the  same  month  gained  the  great  battle 
of  Alexandria.  From  the  effects  of  a  musket  wound  received  in 
action  he  expired  a  few  days  thereafter.  To  his  memory  a  monu- 
ment was  reared  in  St.  Paul's  Cathedral,  and  his  widow  was 
created  a  baroness. 

The  Baroness  Abercromby,  relict  of  Sir  Ralph  Abercromby,  is 
interred  in  the  church  of  Tullibody.  Her  monument  is  thus 
inscribed : — 

"  Mary  Ann,  daughter  of  John  Menzies,  Esq.,  of  Fern  Tower, 
Baroness  Abercromby,  Widow  of  General  Sir  Ralph  Abercromby, 
was  born  the  4th  day  of  April,  1747,  and  died  llth  February, 


60  CLACKMANNANSHIRK. 

1821 ;  possessed  of  every  gentle  virtue  that  adorns  the  female 
character,  she  fulfilled  in  an  exemplary  manner  as  a  Wife,  a 
Mother,  and  a  Friend,  every  duty  of  this  life;  while  in  its 
vicissitudes '  her  faith  and  piety  never  ceased  to  anticipate  a 
better." 

Memorial  tablets  commemorate  George,  Baron  Abercromby,  and 
his  amiable  baroness.  The  inscriptions  are  as  follow : — 

"Sacred  to  the  Memory  of  Montague,  Baroness  Abercromby, 
born  30th  April,  1772,  died  10th  March,  1837.  After  a  long  and 
severe  illness,  when  returning  strength  seemed  to  hold  out  the 
promise  of  future  health,  she  was  unexpectedly  removed  from  the 
midst  of  her  family  and  friends.  Those  who  knew  her  require  no 
monument  to  keep  her  in  their  affectionate  remembrance,  but 
when  they  like  Her  shall  have  been  gathered  to  their  rest,  this 
tablet  may  then  serve  to  remind  her  descendants  that  born  to 
high  station  she  formed  the  centre  round  which  the  affections  of 
her  family  clung,  while  she  was  the  channel  through  which  com- 
fort and  happiness  were  diffused  over  the  wide  circle  of  all  around 
her.  Her  remains  were  committed  to  the  tomb  amidst  the  heart- 
felt tears  of  those  who  had  known  her  and  loved  her  in  life,  and  in 
the  humble  hope  of  her  resurrection  to  an  eternal  reward  through 
the  merits  of  her  Eedeemer." 

"  Here,  by  the  side  of  his  beloved  partner  in  life,  repose  the 
mortal  remains  of  George,  Baron  Abercromby,  Lord  Lieutenant  of 
the  county  of  Stirling.  He  was  the  eldest  son  of  General  Sir 
Ralph  Abercromby,  and  Mary  Ann  Menzies,  and  was  born  on 
the  14th  October,  1770.  For  many  years  he  represented  his  native 
county  of  Clackmannan  in  Parliament.  While  he  abstained  from 
mingling  in  the  strife  of  party,  he  quietly  but  earnestly  advanced 
the  true  interests  of  his  country ;  in  the  promotion  of  which  he 
bore  his  part,  and  lived  to  see  accomplished  many  most  important 
legislative  measures.  Residing  on  his  property,  he  justly  earned 
for  himself  the  title  of  an  upright  magistrate,  a  kind  landlord,  and 
a  generous  friend.  To  the  oppressed  he  was  ever  open,  and  his 
sound  judgment  always  at  their  service ;  and  the  unfeigned  tears 
of  the  poor  bore  testimony  to  his  never-failing  but  unostentatious 
charity.  Beloved  by  his  children,  esteemed  by  all  who  had  the 
good  fortune  to  know  him,  and  in  full  reliance  on  the  merits  and 
mercies  of  his  Redeemer,  he  closed  his  mortal  career  on  the  18th 
February,  1843,  bequeathing  to  those  who  follow  him  a  bright 
example  of  spotless  integrity,  unwearied  benevolence,  and  unaf- 
fected piety." 


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George  Ralph,  Baron  Abercromby,  son  of  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 
Clackmannan.  He  was  born  on  the  30th  of  May,  1800,  and  after 
enduring  for  several  years  the  calamity  of  the  loss  of  sight  with 
great  patience  and  cheerful  resignation  to  the  will  of  God,  was 
suddenly  removed  by  death  on  the  25th  of  June,  1852.  'Watch 
therefore,  for  ye  know  not  what  hour  your  Lord  cometh  ;  but  the 
end  of  all  things  is  at  hand ;  be  ye  therefore  sober,  and  watch 
unto  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  enamoured  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 
advancement,  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  members  of 
the  illustrious  House  of  Bruce.*  Within  the  church  a  monument 
commemorates  Robert  Bruce,  of  Kennet,  one  of  the  Senators  of  the 
College  of  Justice,  who  died  8th  April,  1785,  aged  sixty-six;  also 
his  son,  Alexander  Bruce,  of  Kennet,  who  died  12th  July,  1808. 
In  the  churchyard  a  monument  celebrates  the  late  Robert  Bruce, 
of  Kennet ;  it  is  inscribed  thus  : — 

*  Lothian's  "  Alloa  and  its  Environs,"  p.  60. 


62  CLACKMANNANSIIIilE. 

"Robert  Bruce,  Esq.,  born  at  Kennet,  8th  December,  1785.  In 
1813  he  entered  the  army,  and  served  in  the  Grenadier  Guards  in 
the  Peninsula  and  at  Waterloo.  Beloved  and  lamented  he  died  at 
Kennet,  13th  August,  1864." 

Mr.  Bruce  was  son  of  Alexander  Bruce  of  Kennet,  and  grandson 
of  Robert  Bruce  of  Kennet,  Lord  of  Session.  From  1820  to  1824 
he  was  Member  of  Parliament  for  the  county  of  Clackmannan ;  he 
was  afterwards  Convener  of  the  County,  and  having  an  aptitude 
for  business  he  obtained  many  other  public  offices.  Some  years 
before  his  death  he  was  a  claimant  for  the  Burleigh  Peerage, 
as  heir  of  line  through  his  great-grandmother.  In  1868  the 
House  of  Peers  affirmed  the  claim  to  his  son,  Alexander  Hugh 
Bruce,  who  on  the  reversal  of  the  attainder  the  year  following 
assumed  the  title  of  Baron  Burleigh. 

In  Clackmannan  churchyard  a  monument,  erected  by  William 
Wylie,  farmer,  commemorates  his  children.  His  second  son, 
James,  a  physician,  settled  in  Russia,  and  became  medical  attend- 
ant to  the  Emperor  Nicholas.  He  received  the  honour  of  knight- 
hood, and  amassed  a  large  fortune.  Sir  James  Wylie  died  at  St. 
Petersburg  in  February,  1854,  aged  eighty-six. 

Tombstones  commemorate  the  Rev.  Robert  Moodie,  D.D.,  minister 
of  the  parish,  who  died  30th  April,  1832 ;  the  Rev  David  Lindsay, 
who  died  21st  October,  1834;  and  the  Rev.  Peter  Balfour,  minister 
of  the  parish,  who  died  18th  March,  1862,  in  his  sixty-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  family  of  Tait,  formerly  of  Harviestoun.  On  a  hand- 
some monument  the  late  Crawfurd  Tait  is  thus  celebrated : — 

"  Crawfurd  Tait,  Esq.  of  Harviestoun,  died  May,  1832,  aged  67. 
His  taste  adorned  this  lovely  valley,  in  the  bosom  of  which  he  lies. 
His  genius,  in  advance  of  the  age  in  \\hich  he  lived,  originated  in 


PARISH  OF  DOLLAR.  63 

a  great  measure  the  improvement  of  the  district,  and  pointed  the 
way  to  much  throughout  the  country  destined  to  be  accomplished 
by  a  future  generation.  His  children,  thankful  for  Abraham's 
gift,  a  Tomb,  and  the  promise  of  a  Redeemer,  here  record  his  name 
in  humble  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 
composed,  in  memorial  of  his  visit,  his  songs  commencing  "  How 
pleasant  the  banks  of  the  clear  winding  Devon,"  and  "  Sweetest 
maid  on  Devon's  banks."  Mr.  Tait's  youngest  son,  Dr.  Archibald 
Campbell  Tait,  born  22nd  December,  1811,  was  on  the  4th 
February,  1869,  enthroned  as  Archbishop  of  Canterbury. 

Colonel  Tait,  third  son  of  Crawfurd  Tait,  of  Harviestoun,  is  on 
his  monument  commemorated  in  these  lines  : — 

"To  the  Memory  of  Colonel  Thomas  F.  Tait,  C.B.,  and  A.D.C. 
to  the  Queen,  third  son  of  Crawfurd  Tait,  Esq.,  of  Harviestoun. 
He  served  in  India  with  much  distinction,  commanding  the  Third 
Bengal  Irregular  Cavalry  (Tait's  Horse)  in  the  campaigns  of 
Aff'ghanistan,  the  Sutlej,  and  the  Punjaub.  He  died  on  16th 
March,  1859,  surrounded  by  his  brothers  and  sisters  in  the  house 
of  his  youngest  brother,  the  Bishop  of  London,  and  is  buried  at 
Fulbam. 

Loving  Brother, 

Faithful  Friend, 

Gallant  Soldier, 

Best  in  Christ." 

To  the  credit  of  this  amiable  and  excellent  family  we  present 
an  inscription  from  another  monument,  celebrating  two  of  their 
domestics  : — 

"  Sacred  to  the  Memory  of  Betty  Morton  and  Mary  Russell,  who 
lived  as  faithful  nurses  and  servants  in  the  family  of  Crawfurd 
Tait,  Esq.,  of  Harviestoun,  the  former  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." 


64  CLACKMANNANSHIRE. 

"  They  directed  our  thoughts  to  that  heavenly  country,  where, 
through  our  Redeemer's  love;  we  hope  to  meet  them  again. 
"  Erected  by  the  family,— 1856." 

In  Dollar  churchyard  a  monumental  tablet  commemorates 
the  Eev.  John  Gray,  of  Teasses,  minister  of  the  parish,  who  died 
16th  February,  1745,  in  his  sixty-fifth  year  and  forty-fifth  of  his 
ministry.  For  many  years  Mr.  Gray  acted  as  a  private  banker, 
much  to  the  convenience  of  his  neighbours  and  his  own  prosperity. 
There  are  tombstones  commemorating  the  Rev.  John  Watson, 
minister  of  the  parish,  who  died  16th  December,  1815,  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. 


PARISH   OF  ABBOTSHALL.  65 


FIFESHIRE. 


PARISH  OF  ABBOTSHALL. 

Isr  the  parish  churchyard  is  the  family  burial-place  of  Sir 
Andrew  Eamsay  of  Abbotshall.  This  notable  person  was  son  of 
the  Rev.  Andrew  Ramsay,  successively  minister  of  Arbuthnot,  and 
of  Grey  friars,  and  the  Old  Church,  Edinburgh,  and  Principal  of 
the  university  of  that  city.  Engaging  in  mercantile  concerns  in 
the  capital,  he  was  in  1654  elected  Provost  of  Edinburgh,  and 
held  that  civic  office  for  many  years.  In  1667  he  obtained 
authority  from  Charles  II.  to  assume  the  designation  of  Lord 
Provost,  with  precedence  similar  to  that  enjoyed  by  the  Lord 
Mayor  of  London.  He  was  sworn  of  the  Privy  Council  and 
admitted  an  ordinary  lord  of  session  on  the  23rd  November, 
1671.  Dreading  impeachment  for  malversation  as  a  magistrate, 
he  retired  from  the  office  of  Lord  Provost,  and  from  his  judgeship 
in  November,  1673.  He  afterwards  resided  on  his  estate  of 
Abbotshall,  where  he  died,  17th  January,  1688. 

In  the  parish  church  an  elegant  monument  celebrates  Robert 
Ferguson,  of  Raith,  Lord  Lieutenant  of  Fifeshire.  This  amiable 
and  accomplished  gentleman  was  born  in  1767.  He  passed 
advocate  in  1791,  and  afterwards  engaged  in  Continental  travel. 
Detained  in  France  by  the  Government  of  the  Revolution,  he 
became  an  associate  of  the  celebrated  Baron  Cuvier,  and  was 
elected  a  member  of  the  Institute.  In  1806  he  was  chosen  M.P. 
for  Fifeshire.  After  the  passing  of  the  Reform  Bill  he  was  returned 
to  Parliament  for  the  Kirkcaldy  burghs.  In  1837  he  was  appointed 

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66  FJFESHIRE. 

Lord  Lieutenant  of  Fifeshire.     He  died  at  London,  3rd  December. 
1840. 

In  the  grounds  of  Raith,  in  an  elevated  and  picturesque  spot, 
an  altar-tomb  commemorates  the  late  Colonel  Robert  Munro 
Ferguson,  of  Raith,  son  of  General  Sir  Ronald  Ferguson,  G.C.B., 
of  Raith.  This  estimable  gentleman  was  born  in  1802.  Entering 
the  army,  he  became  Lieutenant-Colonel  Commandant  of  the  79th 
Regiment.  Succeeding  to  the  estate  of  Raith  in  1841,  he  was 
elected  M.P.  for  the  Kirkcaldy  burghs,  which  he  continued  to 
represent  till  1862.  Colonel  Ferguson  died  at  Raith  on  the  27th 
November,  1868. 


PARISH  OF  ABDLE. 

In  the  parish  churchyard  Alexander  and  John  Bethune,  two 
ingenious  brothers  in  humble  life,  are  interred  in  the  same  grave. 
These  remarkable  persons  were  born  in  the  condition  of  agricul- 
tural labourers.  The  elder  brother  was  only  a  few  months  at 
school ;  the  younger  was  entirely  self-taught.  Amidst  the  toils 
incident  to  a  life  of  manual  labour,  they  contrived  to  surmount 
the  disadvantages  of  their  humble  lot ;  they  procured  books,  and 
obtained  an  acquaintance  with  general  literature.  Alexander 
published  "  Tales  and  Sketches  of  the  Scottish  Peasantry ; "  John 
composed  admirable  verses,  which  were  published  posthumously. 
To  a  native  delicacy  of  constitution  both  the  brothers  early 
succumbed.  John  died  in  1839,  at  twenty-seven;  Alexander  in 
1843,  at  thirty-nine.  On  a  plain  tombstone,  erected  at  the  brothers' 
grave,  are  inscribed  these  lines  : — 

"  This  is  a  place  of  fear,  the  firmest  eye 

Hath  quailed  to  see  its  shadowy  dreaminess ; 
But  Christian  hope  and  heavenly  prospects  high, 

And  earthly  cares  and  nature's  weariness, 
Have  made  the  timid  pilgrim  cease  to  fear, 
And  long  to  end  his  peaceful  journey  here." 


PARISH    OF   ABERCROMBIE.  67 


,      PAEISH  OF  ABERCEOMBIE. 

Attached  to  the  ruin  of  the  old  parish  church  of  Abercrombie 
is  the  ancient  burial-place  of  the  House  of  Abercrombie  of  that 
ilk.  Built  in  the  western  gable  of  the  church  an  old  tombstone 
bears,  in  raised  letters,  these  words  : — 

"  Here  lyes  ane  honourable  man,  Thomas  Abercrombie,  of  that 
ilk,  quha  deceased  in  the  yeir  —  — ." 

In  the  centre  of  the  tombstone  is  engraved  the  family  shield, 
representing  three  boars'  heads,  the  armorial  insignia  of  the  house. 
Thomas  Abercrombie  died  about  the  year  1520.  He  was  ancestor 
of  the  Abercrombies,  baronets  of  Birkenbog,  and  of  the  Lords 
Abercromby  and  Dunfermline. 

Disused  as  a  place  of  worship  since  1646,  when  the  parishes  of 
Abercrombie  and  St.  Monance  were  conjoined,  the  area  of  the 
church  forms  the  burial-place  of  the  Anstruthers,  baronets  of 
Balcaskie,  and  of  the  parochial  incumbents.  On  the  south  wall  of 
the  church,  a  monument  commemorates  Sir  Philip  Anstruther, 
second  baronet  of  Balcaskie,  .who  died  in  1763.  He  was  succeeded 
in  the  baronetcy  and  estates  by  Eobert,  his  eldest  son,  who  also 
is  interred  and  commemorated  in  the  church.  He  died  2nd 
August,  1818.  The  eldest  son  of  this  baronet,  Brigadier-General 
Eobert  Anstruther  was  the  companion-in-arms  of  Sir  John  Moore. 
He  commanded  the  rearguard  of  the  army  at  Corunna.  From  the 
fatigue  endured  in  the  battle  he  died  on  the  14th  January,  and 
was  interred  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  Abercrombie  church  a  handsome  monument 
celebrates  his  valour  and  patriotism. 

Sir  Ealph  Abercrombie  Anstruther,  fourth  baronet,  elder  son  of 
General  Anstruther,  is  celebrated  by  a  monument  on  the  north  wall 
of  the  church.  Born  on  the  12th  March,  1804,  he  entered  the 
army  and  became  a  captain  in  the  Grenadier  Guards.  Succeeding 


68  FIFESIIIKE. 

his  grandfather  in  1818,  he  thereafter  devoted  himself  to  the  im- 
provement of  his  estates.  For  many  years  he  was  Convener  of 
the  County.  On  the  20th  December,  1859,  he  was  chosen  Rector 
of  the  University  of  St.  Andrews,  being  the  first  layman  who  ever 
held  that  office.  After  a  period  of  failing  health,  he  died  on  the 
18th  August,  1863. 

Sir  Ealph  married,  in  1831,  Mary  Jane,  eldest  daughter  of 
Major-General  Sir  Henry  Torrens,  K.C.B.  In  Abercrombie  church 
a  small  marble  monument  commemorates  Sarah,  wife  of  Sir  Henry, 
and  daughter  of  Colonel  Eobert  Paton,  of  Kinaldy,  sometime 
Governor  of  St.  Helena. 

A  mural  tablet  commemorates  the  Rev.  Robert  Swan,  minister 
of  the  parish,  who  died  16th  November,  1849,  in  the  seventy- 
seventh  year  of  his  age,  and  forty-sixth  of  his  ministry. 

In  the  churchyard  a  massive  tombstone,  of  Aberdeen  granite, 
commemorates  the  family  of  Cooper,  who.  for  350  years  rented  the 
farm  of  Stenton,  in  this  parish.  From  a  branch  of  this  family, 
which  removed  to  England,  the  poet  Cowper  is  believed  to  have 
been  descended. 

A  handsome  obelisk  celebrates  John  Rodger,  of  St.  Monance, 
one  of  the  representatives  of  the  Roxburghshire  family  of  Roger, 
which  early  settled  in  Fifeshire. 

By  a  Latin  inscription  an  old  tombstone  commemorates  Robert 
Nicol,  physician,  in  Cupar,  who  'died  in  1579,  aged  seventy-two 
years.  On  an  altar-stone  is  inscribed  the  name  of  Alexander 
Ireland,  "who  deceased  in  the  fear  of  God,  1639,  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  1827  under  the 
superintendence  of  Sir  Walter  Scott.  In  the  church  were  buried 
the  Barons  of  Newark,  including  the  celebrated  General  David 

*  Monamus  or  Monan  was  Archdeacon  of  St  Andrews.  With  Adrian,  Bishop  of 
St.  Andrews,  and  many  others,  he  was  slain  by  the  Danes  in  the  Monastery  of  the  Isle 
of  Mary,  about  the  year  874  (Breviary  of  Aberdeen). 


PARISH   OF  ABERDOUR.  69 

Leslie.  In  the  north  transept  a  handsome  marble  cenotaph 
commemorates  Lieutenant  Henry  Anstruther,  who  fell  at  the 
battle  of  the  Alma  on  the  20th  September,  1854.  Younger 
son  of  Sir  Ealph  A.  Anstruther,  Bart.,  he  was  born  on  the 
4th  June,  1836.  In  his  sixteenth  year  he  entered  the  army  as 
ensign  of  the  23rd  Eoyal  Welsh  Fusiliers,  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 
simple  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  Thomas  Mathers, 
fisherman,  an  ingenious  poet.  With  a  limited  education,  and  amidst 
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  on  the  25th 
September,  1851,  aged  fifty-seven.  From  tombstones  in  St. 
Monance  churchyard  we  have  the  following  quaint  inscriptions. 
Of  Mrs.  Barron,  of  Barren  Hall,  her  survivor  remarks, — 

"  Her  excellence  indeed  to  all 
Was  so  brilliant  and  rare, 
That  very  few  in  social  life 
Could  once  with  her  compare." 

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, 
You  see  God  soon  took  me  away." 


PAEISH  OF  ABEEDOUE. 

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  remains  of  eight 


70  FIFESHIKE. 

leaden  eoflius.  One  of  these  is  inscribed  with  the  name  of  James, 
fifteenth  Earl  of  Morton,  who  died  13th  October,  1768.  This  noble 
representative  of  the  House  of  Douglas  was  devoted  to  scientific 
pursuits,  and  founded  the  Philosophical  Society  of  Edinburgh.  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  commemorates  the  Rev 
Robert  Blair,  minister  of  St.  Andrews,  who  died  at  Meikle  Couston, 
in  this  parish,  on  the  27th  August,  1666.  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  some  other  ministers,  he  proceeded  on  shipboard, 
but  was  driven  back  by  a  storm.  Returning  to  Scotland  he  some- 
time ministered  at  Ayr ;  he  was  afterwards  settled  by  the  General 
Assembly  at  St.  Andrews.  In  1640  he  accompanied  the  Scottish 
army  into  England,  and  assisted  in  negotiating  the  peace  at  Ripon. 
In  1645  he  went  to  Newcastle  to  reason  with  Charles  I.,  and 
on  the  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  miles  of  St.  Andrews.  His  latter  years  were  spent 
in  the  neighbourhood  of  Aberdour  (Vol.  L,  40,  200). 

In  Aberdour  churchyard,  Robert  Moyes,  who  died  in  1725,  is 
celebrated  thus : — 

"  Here  lyes  interr'd  below  this  ston 

A  man  of  vertus  rare, 
Of  justice,  probity,  and  truth, — 

Few  with  him  could  compare. 
Yea,  virtues  all  in  him  combin'd 

Each  one  outweigh'd  y  other, 
Yl  in  yl  place  where  he  did  live 

You'd  scarce  find  such  another, 
Yet  death  y'  strikes  a'  all  alike 

Has  vanquished  him  at  last, 
The  body  to  ye  dust  has  sent, 

His  soul's  to  glory  past." 


PARISH   OF  ANSTRUTHER-EASTER.  71 

The  monastery  of  Inchcolm,  situated  on  the  island  of  this  name 
in  the  Firth  of  Forth,  belongs  to  this  parish.  It  was  founded  by- 
Alexander  I.  in  1123,  and  dedicated  to  St.  Columba.  The  heart  of 
Kichard  of  Inverkeithing,  Chamberlain  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  OF  ANSTRUTHER-EASTER. 

In  the  parish  church  a  monument  commemorates  Rear-Admiral 
William  Black,  a  native  of  the  place,  who  died  in  1846.  He  be- 
queathed £14,000  to  the  Kirk  Session  for  charitable  purposes. 
His  younger  brother,  Captain  James  Black,  a  distinguished  naval 
officer,  who  died  in  1835,  is  celebrated  by  a  monument  in  the 
churchyard.  Within  the  church  a  mural  tablet,  inscribed  with 
initial  letters,  commemorates  the  Rev.  John  Dyks,  minister  of 
Kilrenny,  who  died  9th  September,  1634.  Mr.  Dyks  was  an 
accomplished  theologian,  and  a  sufferer  in  the  cause  of  Presbytery. 

Near  the  east  side  of  the  church  a  marble  tablet  commemorates 
John  Chalmers,  merchant,  father  of  the  celebrated  Dr.  Thomas 
Chalmers,  and  the  members  of  his  family.  It  is  thus  inscribed  : — 

"  Erected  in  1827  by  their  sorrowing  grandchildren, 
To  the  Memory  of 

John  Chalmers, 
Late  Merchant  in  Anstruther, 

Who  died  26th  July,  1818,  in  the  78th  year  of  his  age. 
And  of  his  spouse, 

Elizabeth  Hall, 
Who  died  14th  February,  1827,  in  the  77th  year  of  her  age. 

'  Blessed  are  the  dead  that  die  in  the  Lord.' 

Within  this  burial-place  are  also  interred  the  remains  of  five  of 
their  children,  viz. : 


7-  FIFESIIIRE. 

John,  who  died  in  infancy  in  1785. 
George,  who  died  in  1806,  aged  29. 
Barbara,  who  died  in  1808,  aged  33. 
Lucy,  who  died  in  1810,  aged  37. 
Isabella,  who  died  in  1824,  aged  43. 
And   also  the   remains   of  James  Chalmers,  Merchant  in 

Anstruther, 

Father  of  John  and  son  of  the  Rev.  James  Chalmers,  Minister  of 
the  Gospel  in  Elie ;  he  died  in  1788,  aged  74. 

Barbara  Anderson, 

The  spouse  of  James  Chalmers,  and  mother  of  John ; 
She  died  in  1793,  aged  85. 

Christian  Chalmers, 
The  sister  of  James ;  she  died  in  1793,  aged  85. 

Thomas  Ballardie, 

Late  Master  in  the  Navy,  who  died  in  1809,  aged  77. 
And  his  spouse  Elizabeth  Chalmers,  sister  of  John ; 
She  died  in  1792,  aged  50. 

Jean  Chalmers, 
Sister  of  John  ;  she  died  15th  August,  1827,  aged  75. 


Restored  in  1867  by  the  grandchildren  of  John  Chalmers. 

His  other  children  not  buried  here,  being  then  all  dead,  viz. : 

William,  lost  in  the  '  Queen,'  at  Rio  Janeiro,  in  1800,  aged  22. 

David,  died  at  sea,  in  1811,  aged  27. 
Alexander,  Surgeon  at  Kirkcaldy,  died  1829,  aged  35. 

James,  died  at  London,  in  1839,  aged  67. 

Thomas,  D.D.,  D.C.L.,  died  at  Edinburgh,  in  1847,  aged  67.  • 

Helen,  widow  of  the  Rev.  John  McClellan,  Kelton, 

Died  at  Edinburgh,  1854,  aged  67. 

Patrick,  died  at  Wishaw,  in  1854,  aged  64. 

Jane,  wife  of  John   Morton,  died  in   Gloucestershire,   in    1864, 

aged  76. 
Charles,  died  at  Merchiston,  Edinburgh,  1864,  aged  72." 

In  the  churchyard,  reared  by  public  subscription,  a  monument 
commemorjates  William  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. 

"  Gulielmus  Tennant,  LL.D.,  in  Coll.  Beatie  Mariae  ad  fanum 
Andreae  LL.  orient  Prof,  vir  magnis  animi  dotibus  insignis  doctrina 


PARISH   OF   ANSTRUTHER-WESTER.  73 

multiplici  et  exquisita  ornatus,  benignitate  et  comitate  amabilis 
poeta,  disertus,  dulcis,  facetus. 

"  Natus  in  hoc  oppido  honesta  stirpe  et  in  Coll.  S.  Salv.  et  Divi 
Leon,  apud  Andreapolit  optimis  disciplinis  institutus  ann.  xv  in 
schola  Dollariensi  Litt.  Humanior  atque  Orient,  feliciter  docuit 
deinde  in  almse  matris  sinum  revocatus  ibi  annos  fere  xiv  officio 
cumulate  satisfecit  tandem  senio  infirmaque  valetudine  confectus 
magno  suorum  et  bonorum  omnium  desiderio  supremum  obiit  diem 
Dollariae  id  Octobrib.  A.D.  MDCCCXLVIII  et  hie  loci  xiv  proxim 
kal.  Nov.  inter  cineres  avorum  conditus  est.  Vixit  annos  LXIV 
menses  v.  dies,  x." 

Dr.  Tennant  was  son  of  a  small  trader  in  Anstruther,  where 
he  was  born  on  the  16th  May,  1784.  Being  malformed  in  both 
his  limbs,  his  parents  sought  to  qualify  him  as  a  teacher.  After 
studying  at  the  University  of  St.  Andrews  for  two  sessions,  he 
became  clerk  to  his  brother,  a  corn-factor,  in  Anstruther,  while 
he  devoted  his  leisure  hours  to  self-culture.  In  1813  he  was 
elected  schoolmaster  of  Dunino,  near  St.  Andrews,  and  three 
years  afterwards  obtained  the  more  lucrative  office  of  parish 
teacher  at  Lasswade,  near  Edinburgh.  In  1819  he  was  elected 
Classical  Master  of  Dollar  Academy,  and  in  1834  was  promoted 
to  the  Professorship  of  Oriental  Languages  in  St.  Mary's  College, 
St.  Andrews.  He  died  at  Devongrove,  near  Dollar,  on  the  15th 
October,  1848.  His  poem  "AnsterFair"  appeared  in  1812.  He 
published  a  "  Synopsis  of  Syriac  and  Chaldaic  Grammar,"  and 
other  works. 


PAEISH   OF  ANSTEUTHER-WESTEE. 

A  portion  of  a  sarcophagus  resting  against  the  wall  of  the  parish 
church  is  said  to  have  belonged  to  St.  Adrian,  and  to  have 
been  brought  thither  from  the  Isle  of  May.  This  islet  is  situated 
at  the  mouth  of  the  Firth  of  Forth,  about  six  miles  distant  from 
the  Fifeshire  coast.  It  contains  a  ruinous  monastery,  dedicated 
to  St.  Adrian.  Eeared  by  David  I.,  it  was  designated  "  The 


74  F1FESHIRE. 

Priory  of  St.  Ethernan,  or  St.  Colman."  It  contains  the  remaining 
portion  of  St.  Adrian'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  some  ecclesiastics  and  a  large 
number  of  the  Christian  population,  in  the  ancient  monastery  of 
this  island,  which,  however,  proved  no  respected  sanctuary,  for 
all  were  massacred. 

In  the  churchyard  of  Anstruther-wester  an  old  tombstone, 
which  has  recently  disappeared,  bore  the  name  of  Friar  Haldane, 
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  1626, 
aged  eighty.  He  was  father  of  Andrew  Fairfowl,  Bishop  of 
Glasgow  (Vol.  I.,  114). 

A  tombstone  marks  the  grave  df  Erskine  Conolly,  an  ingenious 
and  short-lived  poet.  Born  at  Crail  on  the  12th  June,  1796,  he 
was  at  an  early  age  apprenticed  to  a  bookseller  in  Anstruther. 
After  some  changes  he  engaged  in  legal  pursuits,  and  practised  as 
a  solicitor  in  Edinburgh.  He  died  on  the  7th  January,  1843.  He 
composed  "  Mary  Macneil,"  and  other  songs. 

An  altar  tombstone  commemorates  William  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   AUCHTEEMUCHTY. 

The  gravestone  of  David  Ferry,  schoolmaster,  who  died  1st  June, 
172'6,  aged  62,  is  inscribed  thus : — 

"  Here  doth  a  good  man's  aged  .ashes  dwell, 
Who  conquer'd  death  by  faith  before  he  fell ; 


PARISH   OF   BALMEKINO.  75 

He's  fond  to  flit  into  a  proper  sphere, 
Who  traffics  long  with  heaven  and  lives  by  prayer. 
Iii  all  the  learning  of  the  schools  deep  skill'd, 
Poor  students  found  him  generous  and  kind, 
On  his  love-feasts  they  very  often  dined  ; 
He  fed  at  once  their  body  and  their  mind. 
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  man, 
Reader,  receive  instruction  from  this  stone, 
And  imitate  his  virtues  when  he's  gone." ' 

On   his  tombstone  Andrew  Richardson,  farmer,  is  thus  com 
memorated : — 

"Beneath  this  burial-stone  a  tenant  lys, 
Nam'd  Andrew  Richardson,  in  Ridie  Leys, 

Who  died  in  May, 

The  'seventeenth  day,  1736. 
A  husbandman  he  was,  who  ploughed  with  art, 
In  hope  he  sow'd,  and  thereof  did  partake, 
With  skill  the  produce  of  the  earth  improv'd, 
And  to  his  wife  and  children,  whom  he  lov'd, 
With  judgment  he  bequeathed  his  honest  gain, 
When  death  to  him  appear'd,  and  to  remain 
No  more  on  earth  did  give  the  last  command, 
Which  neither  king  nor  peasant  can  withstand, 
In  which  he  acquiesc'd  and  bow'd  his  head, 
Submissive  to  the  Divine  will  and  died. 
Belov'd  by  all,  by  his  dear  wife  lamented, 
Who  on  her  proper  charge  this  stone  erected, 
His  name  to  transmit  to  posterity 
With  this  MEMENTO,  '  Thou  and  I  must  die.' " 


PARISH  OF  BALMERINO. 

The  Abbey  of  Balmerino  was  founded  in  1227  by  Queen 
Ermengarde,  daughter  of  Richard  de  Beaumont,  and  second  wife 
of  William  the  Lion.  She  died  on  the  llth  February,  1233,  and 


76  FIFESHIRE. 

near  the  high  altar  of  Balmerino  Abbey  her  remains  were  honour- 
ably entombed.  The  spot  is  unmarked. 

Within  the  aisle  of  the  old  church  are  the  sepulchral  enclosures 
of  the  old  families  of  Morrison  of  Naughton,  and  Scrimgeour- 
Wedderburn  of  Birkhill.  A  branch  of  the  family  of  Stark  also 
inter  in  the  aisle. 

In  the  parish  churchyard  a  tombstone  bears,  in  raised  letters,  the 
following  inscription: — "Her  layes  ane  faithful  sestre  Isabel  Ramsay, 
spovs  to  Alexandr  Mathev  of  Kirktovn  of  Balmerinoh,  quha 
depertit  the  8  day  of  Octobre,  anno  1596,  of  age  61."  The  stone 
bears  the  arms  of  Matthew  impaled  with  those  of  Ramsay. 

A  tombstone  belonging  to  the  sixteenth  century  is  thus 
inscribed : — "  Heir  lyis  ane  honest  man  and  faithful  callit  George 
Ramsay  Burges  and  Brother  Gild  of  Dundie  and  portioner  of 
Boddumcraig,  quha  depairtit  yis  present  lyfe  15  of  December,  and 
of  his  age  90." 

Tombstones  commemorate  Margaret  Henderson,  wife  of  James 
Knox,  in  Peasehil,  who  died  in  February,  1673 ;  Christian  Glen, 
portioner  of  C ultra  and  Bottomcraig,  and  spouse  of  John  Wan,  in 
St.  Fort,  who  died  in  1687,  aged  67;  and  John  Wyllie,  parish 
schoolmaster,  who  died  17th  December,  1705. 

A  granite  monument  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  born  in  the  adjacent  parish  of  Kilmany,  and 
died  at  Rosebank,  17th  April,  1829,  in  his  eightieth  year. 

From  tombstones  in  Balmerino  churchyard  we  have  the  following 
metrical  epitaphs — the  latter  being  a  variation  from  Pope  : — 

"  O  father,  mother,  and  brother  dear, 
Weep  not  for  us,  though  sleeping  here, 
For  in  one  time  we  think  to  rise, 
And  strive  to  gain  the  glorious  prize." 

"  Whoe'er  thou  art,  0  mortal  man,  draw  near, 
Here  lies  the  friend  most  loved,  the  spouse  most  dear, 


PARISH    OF   CANRBEE.  77 

Who  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  mix  his  own." 


PARISH  OF  BURNTISLAND. 

In  the  parish  churchyard  are  numerous  mottoes  illustrative  of 
the  brevity  and  uncertainty  of  life.  The  following  are  specimens : — 

"  Head  here  as  you  pass  by, 
Look  on  this  grave  wherein  I  lie  ; 
From  cares  and  sorrow  I'm  set  free, 
Mourn  for  yourselves,  but  not  for  me." 

"  No  mortal  man 

Can  reach  the  peaceful  sleepers  here, 
While  angels  watch  their  soft  repose." 

"  How  soon  this  life  is  past  and  gone, 
And  death  comes  softly  stealing  on  ! 
Then  let  us  choose  that  narrow  way 
Which  leads  no  traveller's  foot  astray." 


PARISH  OF   CARNBEE. 

In  the  churchyard  a  tombstone  commemorates  Robert  Gillespie 
Smyth,  of  Gibliston ;  major  in  the  County  Militia,  and  a  Deputy 
Lieutenant.  Son  of  Dr.  James  Gillespie,  Principal  of  St.  Mary's 
College,  St.  Andrews,  he  was  born  in  that  city  on  the  4th  February, 
1777.  He  assumed  the  name  of  Smyth  on  his  marriage  with  the 
heiress  of  Gibliston.  He  died  at  Gibliston  on  the  llth  November, 
1855.  Mr.  Smyth  was  esteemed  for  his  beneficence. 


78  FIFERHIRE. 


PARISH  OF  CAENOCK. 

In  the  parish  churchyard  a  monument  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 : — 

"  Hie  jacet  M.  Jo.  Row,  pastor  hujus  Ecclesiae  Fidelissimus : 
vixit  acerrimus  veritatis  et  fcederis  Scoticani  assertor:  Hierarchias 
Pseudo-episcopalis  et  Romanorum  rituum  cordicitus  osor :  in 
frequenti  symmistarum  apostasia  cubi  instar  constantissimus. 
Duxit  Griselidem  Fergussonam,  cum  qua  annis  51  conjunctissime 
vixit.  Huic  Ecclesiae  annis  54  prsefuit.  Obiit  lunii  26,  anno 
Dom.  1646,  aetatis  78.  Obiit  et  ilia  Januarii  30,  1659." 

Mr.  Row  was  third  son  of  John  Row,  minister  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  minister  of  Aberdour 
in  1592.  In  July,  1606,  he  signed  the  Protest  to  Parliament  against 
the  introduction  of  Episcopacy.  He  was  summoned  before  the 
Court  of  High  Commission  in  1619,  and  confined  to  his  parish. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  celebrated  General  Assembly  of  1638. 
He  died  in  1646,  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  1637"  has  been  published  by  the  Wodrow 
Society. 

On  Mr.  Row's  monument  are  commemorated  Margaret  Gibbon, 
his  grandchild,  and  her  husband,  Adam  Stobie,  of  West  Luscar. 
Mr.  Stobie,  who  died  in  1711,  was  a  zealous  Covenanter,  and 
harboured  many  ministers  and  others  who  were  persecuted  by  the 
Government  of  Charles  II.  He  was  some  time  imprisoned  in  the 
liass,  and  was  condemned  to  transportation  beyond  seas,  but 
the  vessel  in  which  he  sailed  landed  on  the  coast  of  England,  and 
he  was  permitted  to  escape. 


PARISH    OF   COLLESSIE.  79 


PARISH  OF  CERES. 

In  the  family  mausoleum  rest  the  remains  of  John,  twentieth 
Earl  of  Crawford,  who  is  appropriately  commemorated.  This 
eminent  military  commander  was  eldest  son  of  John,  nineteenth 
Earl  of  Crawford,  and  was  born  on  the  4th  October,  1702.  He 
entered  the  army  in  1726,  but  subsequently  held  several  offices  at 
Court,  and  sat  in  the  House  of  Lords  as  a  representative  peer. 
Desirous  of  military  distinction,  he  served  in  the  army  of  the 
Emperor  of  Germany,  then  at  war  with  France ;  he  distinguished 
himself  at  the  battle  of  Claussen,  in  October,  1735.  He  next 
volunteered  into  the  Russian  service,  joining  the  army  of  Field- 
Marshal  Munich  in  his  expedition  against  the  Turks.  In  a 
sanguinary  battle,  fought  on  the  26th  July,  1738,  with  the  Turks 
and  Tartars,  he  accompanied  the  Cossacks,  and  greatly  distinguished 
himself  by  his  dexterity.  At  the  battle  of  Krotzka,  near  Belgrade* 
he  was  severely  wounded  in  the  left  thigh.  Returning  to  England 
he  found  himself  advanced  to  the  colonelcy  of  the  Grenadier 
Guards.  At  the  battle  of  Dettingen,  fought  on  the  16th  of  July 
1743,  he  commanded  the  brigade  of  the  Life  Guards,  acting  with 
his  usual  skill  and  intrepidity.  He  distinguished  himself  at  the 
battle  of  Fontenoy,  in  April,  1746,  conducting  the  retreat  in 
admirable  order.  During  the  Scottish  Rebellion  of  1745  he 
commanded  the  corps  of  6,000  Hessians.  He  afterwards  rejoined 
the  army  in  the  Netherlands,  and  evinced  his  accustomed  valour  at 
the  battle  of  Roucoux,  in  October,  1746.  After  -some  other  import- 
ant services,  he  died  at  London  on  the  23rd  December,  1749. 


PARISH  OF  COLLESSIE. 

In  the  parish  churchyard  a  mortuary  enclosure  contains  the 
remains  of  Sir  James  Melville,  of  Hallhill,  the  great  diplomatist 
and  statesman.  On  one  of  the  walls  is  the  following  inscription  : — 


80  niT.SHIRE. 

"  Ye  loadin'  pilgrims  passing  langs  this  way, 

Paus  on  your  fall,  and  your  offences  past, 
For  your  frail  flesh,  first  formit  of  the  clay, 
In  dust  mon  be  dissolvit  at  the  last. 
Repent,  amend,  on  Christ  the  burden  cast, 
Cf  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  solemn  salt  for  God's  service  prepar'd, 
For  praier,  preaching,  and  communion, 
Your  byrial  should  be  in  the  kirk  yard. 
On  your  uprising  set  your  great  regard, 
When  savll  and  body  joynes  with  joy  to  ring, 
In  heaven,  for  ay,  with  Christ  our  Head  and  King." 

Third  son  of  the  proprietor  of  Eaith,  Fifeshire,  Sir  James 
Melville,  was  born  about  the  year  1535.  He  was  page  of  honour 
to  Queen  Mary,  when  she  was  Consort  of  the  Dauphin,  and  some 
time  served  under  the  Constable  of  France.  He  was  afterwards 
employed  by  the  Elector  Palatine  in  negotiating  with  the  German 
princes.  In  1564  he  returned  to  Scotland,  when  he  was  nominated 
a  Privy  Councillor.  In  two  embassies  to  the  English  Court  he 
announced  to  Queen  Elizabeth  the  proposed  marriage  of  his  royal 
mistress  with  Lord  Darnley,  and  the  birth  of  James  VI.  He 
opposed  Queen  Mary's  marriage  with  Bothwell,  but  subsequently 
gave  his  acquiescence  and  was  present  at  the  ceremony.  By  James 
VI.  Melville  was  employed  in  various  responsible  offices.  He  died 
1st  November,  1607.  His  "  Memoirs,"  written  for  the  use  of  his 
son,  have  been  published. 


PARISH  OF  CRAIL. 

Within   the    parish    church   is   preserved    an   ancient   Runic 
cross.      On  its  right  side  are  a  portion  of  a  horse,  a  wild  boar, 


PARISH   OF   CREICH.  81 

the  legs  of  a  man,  a  second  horse,  and  a  ram.  On  the  left  side 
are  presented  a  figure  seated  in  a  chair  with  the  head  of  a  bird,  a 
portion  of  a  horse  and  part  of  a  dog. 

In  the  north-west  corner  of  the  churchyard  is  an  elegant 
monument,  belonging  to  the  old  House  of  Lumsdaine,  of 
Airdrie.  With  the  date  1598  is  this  inscription  : — 

"  Prima  decus  thalamos  et  opes  mihi  contulit  aetas 

Proxima  et  immeritis  aucta  periatis  malis 
Vivere  cum  decore  vixi,  quod  defuit  sevi 
Mortalis,  nobis  vita  beata  dedit." 

An  undated  mural  monument,  of  simple  form,  in  the  west  wall 
of  the  churchyard  celebrates  John  Douglas  in  these  lines  : — 

"  Of  doughty  Douglas,  kind  he  came, 

And  so  he  did  well  prove  ; 
He  lived  always  in  good  fame, 
And  died  with  all  men's  love." 

A  son  of  General  Scott,  of  Balcomie,  who  died  young,  is  interred 
in  the  church. 

In  the  churchyard  a  handsome  monument  commemorates  Robert 
Inglis,  of  Kirkmay,  who  died  6th  January,  1834,  aged  sixty-one. 
A  native  of  the  parish,  Mr.  Inglis  realized  a  fortune  in  India: 
he  was  distinguished  for  his  beneficence. 

From  a  plain  gravestone  we  have  the  following: — 

"  Here  lies  a  woman  who  was  virtuous  inclined, 
She  was  not  in  the  least  to  any  vice  inclined; 
Though  to  her  praise  but  little  is  set  forth, 
Blame  ye  my  pen,  but  magnify  her  worth." 


PARISH  OF  CREICH. 

A  tombstone  discovered  in  the  parish  church,  under  the  pave- 
ment, represents  a  man  clad  in  mail,  and  a  lady  in  an  embroidered 
robe.  On  two  shields  are  emblazoned  the  arms  of  the  families 

VOL.    II.  G 


82  ni--r.su  M:K. 

of  Barclay  and  Douglas.     On  the  bevelled  edge  of  the  stone  is 
the  following  inscription: — 

"  Hie  jacet  David  Barclay  de  .  .  .  us  de  .  .  .  qui  obiit 
die  mensis  .  .  .  anno  diy.  Mmo  CCCC. 

"  Hie  jacet  Helena  de  Douglas  uxor  predicity  qui  obiit  XXIX 
die  mensis  Januarii  anno  di°.  M°  CCCCXXI." 

In  the  churchyard  rest  the  remains  of  David  Cook,  of  Carphin 
and  Luthrie,  who  died  8th  June,  1865.  Mr.  Cook  was  a  native  of 
Auchterderran ;  as  an  engineer  in  Glasgow  he  attained  a  large 
fortune.  His  latter  years  were  spent  in  the  quiet  exercise  of 
benevolence. 


PARISH   OF   CULTS. 

On  Walton  Hill  is  the  modern  mausoleum  of  the  noble  House 
of  Crawford.  It  is  of  Greek  architecture,  and  was  raised  by 
Jamesx  the  fifth  earl. 

In  the  parish  church,  a  monument  sculptured  by  Chantrey 
commemorates  the  Eev.  David  Wilkie,  minister  of  the  parish ;  it 
was  erected  by  his  son,  Sir  David  Wilkie,  the  eminent  painter. 
Mr.  Wilkie  was  born  oh  the  farm  of  Eatho-byres,  near  Edinburgh, 
in  1738.  Licensed  to  preach  in  May,  1770,  he  was  ordained 
minister  of  Cults  in  April,  1774.  He  died  30th  November,  1812, 
in  his  seven-fourth  year,  and  the  thirty-ninth  of  his  ministry. 

A  tombstone  in  the  churchyard  is  thus  inscribed : — 

"  Here  lies,  retired  from  mortal  strife, 
A  man  who  lived  a  happy  life, — 
A  happy  life — and  sober  too, 
A  thing  that  all  men  ought  to  do." 


PAEISH   OF  CUPAE, 

In  the  parish  burial-ground  a  monument,  supposed  to  have  been 
executed  in  Holland,  celebrates  the  Eev.  William  Scott,  minister  of 


PARISH    OF   CUPA.R.  83 

the  first  charge,  and  an  eminent  upholder  of  Presbyterianism. 
Son  of  Eobert  Scott,  in  Mylnedene,  and  "  eighty-third  "  in  descent 
from  the  ancient  family  of  Balwearie,  Mr.  Scott  took  his  degree  at 
the  University  of  St.  Andrews,  in  November,  1586.  He  wa§  or- 
dained minister  of  Kennoway  in  1593,  and  was  translated  to  Cupar 
in  1604.  One  of  the  eight  ministers  summoned  to  London  in  1606, 
he  was  permitted  to  return  to  his  parish  in  1607,  where  he  continued 
keenly  to  oppose  episcopal  tendencies.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
General  Assembly  of  1618,  and  opposed  the  five  articles  then 
agreed  to.  He  died  on  the  20th  May,  1642.  At  his  own  cost  he 
built  the  spire  of  the  parish  church,  and  he  bequeathed  funds  for 
the  education  of  poor  children.  His  monument  is  inscribed 
thus : — 

"  Scotis  resuscitatis,  Anglis  excitatis,  renovato  foedere  reparata 
religione,  prostrata  hierarchia,  restitute  presbyterio,  succenturian- 
tibus  illustrissimis  e  prima  nobilitate  et  ministerio  bene  meritis  in 
ecclesiam,  nunquam  satis  memorandis,  confirmante  Caesare  Bri- 
tannico,  adstipulantibus  regni  ordinibus,  obiit  placidissime  in 
Domino  umis,  qui  nobis  cunctando  restituit  rem,  Gulielmus  Scotus, 
ecclesiee  Cuprensis  pastor,  ex  illustri  et  antiquissima  familia  Scoto- 
Balviriana  849,  anno  serse  Christi  MDCXLII.  A.D.  cal.  Junii  13." 

A  tombstone  denotes  the  burial-place"  of  the  Rev..  James 
Wedderburn,  senior,  and  his  son  who  bore  the  same  Christian 
name.  Both  father  and  son  were  ministers  of  Moonzie.  Their 
tombstone  bears  the  following  epitaph  : — 

"  Sepulchrum  Magistri  Jacobi  Wedderburni,  viri  pietate  eximia 
et  prseclaris  dotibus  aucti ;  ecclesiee  Munsiee  fidelissimi  pastoris : 
qui  obiit  23  die  Julii,  A.D.  MDCLXXXVII.  setatis  su*  52.  Cum 
patre,  jacet  optimse  spei  filius  Gulielmus  Wedderburn;  qui  obiit 
paulo  ante  patrem  nouo  die  Julii  MDCLXXXVII. 

"  Hie,  cum  prole,  parens  una  requiescit  in  urna, 
Marmore  dignus  erat  geuitor :  lunaris  ocelli 
Lux,  solis  radiis  lustrata  et  lucida  stella  : 
Et  proles  tanto  fuit  haud  indigna  parente, 
Hie  febre  in  fluvio  periit.    Proh  !  tristia  fata 
Attingunt  unum,  qua;  sunt  contraria,  finem, 
Unda  ignis  ccelo  ponunt,  cum  prole  parentem." 


84  FIFESIIIRE. 

In  the  churchyard  a  tombstone  formerly  bore  these  lines  : — 

"  Davidis  hie  corpus  Forrethi  dormitur  altum ; 
Mens,  evecta  polum,  Christo  duce,  pace  potitur: 
Aucupis  in  terris  celebrata  est  fama  superstes. 
Post  undena  suae  vitae  bene  lustra  peractae 
Gloriam  in  excelsis,  mine  cum  jove  fando  triumphat." 

David  Forret  was  a  cadet  of  the  family  of  Forret  of  that  ilk. 
To  the  family  belonged  Thomas  Forret,  vicar  of  Dollar,  an  early 
upholder  of  the  reformed  doctrines,  and  who,  at  the  instance  of 
Archbishop  Beaton,  was  burned  at  Edinburgh  on  the  28th  February, 
1538. 

A  monument  commemorative  of  James  Bethune,  M.D.,  of 
Nether  Tarbet,  was  thus  inscribed : — 

"Monumentum  pii  et  generosi  D.D.  Jacobi  Bethune,  medicinae 
doctoris,  Tarbet  inferioris  domini ;  qui  obiit  4  cal.  Januarii,  1680. 
^Etatis  anno  77. 

"  Hippocrates  alter  fuit  hie  heros,  medicinae 

Artibus  et  musis  semper  amicus  erat ; 
Belgis  ac  Italis,  Gallis  simul  atque  Britannis 

Nota  fuit  virtus  ingeniique  vigor. 
Ille,  forisque  domi  clarus,  cecidit,  remanente 
Jucunda  prole  et  hie  situs  ipse  jacet, 

Pulvis  es  et  ad  pulverem  redibis, 
Qui  legis  haec,  hospes,  mortis  tu  saepe  memento, 
Beati  morientes  in  Domino." 

In  the  old  churchyard  a  tombstone  commemorates  three  sufferers 
for  the  Covenant.  It  is  inscribed  thus : — 

"  Here  lie  interred  the  heads  of  Laur  Hay :  and  Andrew 
Pitulloch,  who  suffered  martyrdom  at  Edinburgh,  July  13th,  1681, 
for  adhering  to  the  word  of  God,  and  Scotland's  covenanted  work 
of  reformation  ;  and  also  one  of  the  hands  of  David  Hackston, 
of  Eathillet,  who  was  most  cruelly  martyred  at  Edinburgh,  July 
30th,  1680. 

'  Our  persecutors  filled  with  rage, 
Their  brutish  fury  to  assuage, 
Took  heads  and  hands  of  martyrs  off, 
That  they  might  be  the  people's  scoff. 


PARISH   OF   CUl'AR.  85 

They  Hackston's  body  cut  asunder, 
And  set  it  up  a  world's  wonder 
In  several  places ;  to  proclaim 
These  monsters'  glory  and  their  shame." 

David  Hackston,  or  Haxton,  was  proprietor  of  Kathillet,  in  the 
parish  of  Kilmany.  A  zealous  upholder  of  the  Covenant,  he  was 
present  at  the  assassination  of  Archbishop  Sharpe,  in  May,  1679  ; 
he  afterwards  fought  along  with  the  Covenanters  at  the  battle  of 
Drumclog,  and  at  Bothwell  Bridge.  A  reward  being  offered  for  his 
apprehension,  he  was  taken  prisoner  at  Airsmoss,  on  the  22nd  July, 
1680.  Carried  to  Edinburgh,  he  was  subjected  to  trial,  and  being 
pronounced  guilty  was  put  to  death  with  many  circumstances  of 
barbarity.  The  martyrs'  monument  was  renewed  in  1792. 

Within  the  parish  church,  on  the  western  wall,  is  a  full-length 
statue  commemorative  of  Sir  John  Arnot,  of  Fernie,  who  fell  in 
the  last  Crusade.  In  the  same  wall  a  marble  tablet  celebrates  the 
worth  and  ministerial  fidelity  of  the  Rev.  George  Campbell,  D.D., 
minister  of  the  parish.  Dr.  Campbell  was  son  of  the  schoolmaster 
of  St.  Andrews,  and  grandson  of  a  farmer  in  the  parish  of  Cameron. 
Having  studied  at  the  University  of  St.  Andrews,  he  obtained 
licence  in  December,  1770 ;  in  1773  he  was  admitted  assistant 
and  successor  in  the  second  charge  of  Cupar ;  he  was  translated 
to  the  first  charge  in  October,  1791.  He  died  25th  November,  1824, 
in  his  seventy-eighth  year,  and  the  fifty-second  of  his  ministry. 
His  second  son,  John,  joined  the  English  bar,  and  was  appointed 
Lord  High  Chancellor,  and  raised  to  the  peerage  as  Baron  Campbell 
of  St.  Andrews. 

A  gravestone  marks  the  sepulchre  of  David  Dickson,  of  West- 
hall,  an  eminent  agriculturist.  Mr.  Dickson  was  largely  employed 
as  a  valuator  and  arbiter.  He  died  at  Westhall,  on  the  5th  January^ 
1859,  aged  seventy-five. 

Near  the  railway  bridge  is  a  monumental  statue  of  the  late 
David  Maitland  Makgill  Crichton  of  Rankeilour,  erected  by  sub- 
scription. This  patriotic  gentleman  was  descended  from  the  noble 
family  of  Lauderdale,  and  represented  the  old  house  of  Makgill 


8G  riFKSHlKE. 

of  Rankeilour ;  he  was  also  heir  of  line  of  Viscount  Frendraught. 
Son  of  Colonel  Maitland  of  Rankeilour,  he  was  born  in  March, 
1801.  He  passed  Advocate  in  1822,  but  soon  afterwards  succeed- 
ing to  the  family  estate,  he  occupied  himself  with  rural  affairs. 
During  the  Voluntary  controversy  he  became  a  strenuous  advocate 
of  the  Established  Church,  holding  Church  Defence  meetings  in 
different  districts.  In  the  Non-intrusion  controversy  he  actively 
supported  the  views  of  the  majority;  and  after  the  Disruption 
vigorously  upheld  the  claims  of  the  Free  Church.  He  died  in 
1851. 

In  St.  James's  Church  a  monumental  brass,  fixed  in  a  tablet  of 
black  marble,  commemorates  Lieutenant  Spens,  of  the  42nd  Regi- 
ment, sou  of  Nathaniel  Spens,  of  Craigsanquhar ;  he  died  at 
Cherat,  in  India,  22nd  June,  1867. 

On  the  gravestone  of  William  Rymour,  maltrnan,  are  these 
lines  : — 

"  Through  Christ  I'm  not  inferior 
To  William  the  Conqueror." 

John  Crombie's  monument  is  inscribed  thus  : — 

"  Here  rests  his  body,  whose  soul  above 
Knows  nothing  else  but  joy  and  love; 
Ity  death  he  is  not  hurt,  although  cut  down ; 
Life  comes  by  death,  and  by  his  faith  a  crown  : 
His  spouse  and  children  might  lament  and  cry, 
Did  hope  not  list,  and  wipe  all  tears  away. 


PARISH  OF   DALGETY. 

In  the  old  churchyard  a  mortuary  enclosure,  now  built  up,  is 
the  burial-place  of  the  old  Earls  of  Dunfermline.  This  noble 
House,  now  extinct,  originated  in  the  person  of  Alexander  Seton, 
an  eminent  lawyer,  third  son  of  George,  sixth  Lord  Seton,  and 
brother  of  Robert,  first  Earl  of  Winton.  Born  about  the  year 
Ioo5,  Alexander  Seton  studied  at  Rome  in  the  College  of 


PARISH   OF    DALGETY.  87 

Jesuits,  with  a  view  to  the  Church;  but  the  establishment  of 
the  reformed  religion  led  him  to  adopt  legal  pursuits.  By 
James  VI.  he  was  in  1583  appointed  an  extraordinary  lord  of 
session;  he  became  a  lord  ordinary  in  February  1587,  and  was 
elected  president  of  the  court  in  May,  1593.  He  was  one  of  the 
Octavians,  or  eight  commissioners  of  the  Treasury,  in  1596.  For  nine 
successive  years  he  was  elected  Provost  of  Edinburgh.  In  March, 
1597-8,  he  was,  by  letters  under  the  great  seal,  constituted  a  lord 
of  Parliament,  by  the  title  of  Lord  Fyvie ;  soon  afterwards  he  was 
appointed  preceptor  to  Prince  Charles.  In  1606  he  was  raised  to 
the  office  of  Lord  High  Chancellor,  and  created  Earl  of  Dunferm- 
line.  In  1609  he  was  sworn  a  member  of  the  English  Privy 
Council.  He  was  commissioner  to  the  parliament  held  at  Edin- 
burgh in  June,  1610,  when  the  Act  of  1592  establishing  Presby- 
terianism  was  rescinded.  He  died  at  Pinkie,  near  Musselburgh, 
on  the  16th  June,  1622,  aged  sixty-seven. 

Charles,  son  of  the  preceding,  was  second  Earl  of  Dunfermline. 
A  zealous  adherent  of  the  Covenant,  he  negotiated  on  the  part 
of  the  Scots  encamped  at  Dunse,  the  pacification  with  Charles  I. 
in  June,  1639.  In  August,  1640,  he  commanded  a  regiment  in  the 
Scots  army,  which,  under  General  Leslie,  crossed  the  Tweed  and 
occupied  the  city  of  Dunham.  In  October  following  he  was  one 
of  the  Scottish  Commissioners  for  the  treaty  of  Ripon.  From 
Charles  I.,  in  June,  1641,  he  received  a  long  lease  of  the  abbey  of 
Dunfermline ;  he  was  afterwards  sworn  a  Privy  Councillor.  He 
supported  the  engagement  in  1648  ;  and  after  the  King's  execution 
went  to  the  Continent  to  wait  on  Charles  II.,  whom  he  accom- 
panied to  Scotland  in  1650.  At  the  Restoration  he  obtained 
various  offices  and  honours.  He  died  in  January,  1673. 

The  third  earl  died  young.  James,  the  fourth  and  last  earl, 
commanded  a  troop  of  horse,  under  Viscount  Dundee,  at  the 
battle  of  Killiecrankie  in  1689 ;  in  the  following  year  he  was 
outlawed  and  forfeited.  He  died  in  exile  in  1694.  The  estates 
reverted  to  the  Crown. 

These  rhymes  are  from  tombstones  in  the  old  churchyard  : — 


88  FIFESHIRE. 

"  A  Christian  true, 

To  man  a  friend, 
A  loving  husband, 
Father  kind." 

"  Here  is  the  dust  of  innocence,  whose  breath 
Was  caught  by  early  not  untimely  death  ; 
Hence  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  espied  ; 
With  patience  ran  the  Christian  race, 
And  gained  the  crown,  the  prize  of  grace." 


PAEISH  OF  DUNFERMLINE. 

Malcolm  III.,  surnamed  Canmore,  and  Margaret  his  sainted 
queen,  had  their  chief  residence  at  Dunferinline.  In  the  vicinity 
Malcolm  founded,  about  the  year  1075,  the  church  of  the  Holy 
Trinity,  which  was  elegantly  constructed  in  Norman  architecture. 
He  resolved  that  it  should  supersede  lona  as  a  place  of  royal 
sepulchre. 

Holy  Trinity  Church  had  two  altars — the  high  altar  and  the 
altar  of  the  holy  cross.  Before  the  high  altar  were  deposited 
the  remains  of  Malcolm,  the  founder.  He  fell  at  the  siege  of 
Alnwick  Castle,  on  the  13th  November,  1093.  His  remains  were 
at  first  consigned  to  the  monastery  at  Tynemouth,  but  were 
about  the  year  1115  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  castle  of  Edinburgh, 
and  her  remains  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 


PARISH   OF   DUXFERMLINE.  89 

forest  of  Jedwood,  during  the  flight  of  the  Scottish  army  ;  his 
body  was  conveyed  to  Dunfermliue,  and  laid  in  a  sarcophagus* 
beside  the  remains  of  his  mother.  There  too  were  sepulchred  his 
brother  Elthelred  in  1094,  and  his  brother  Edmund  in  1105. 

Before  the  high  altar  of  Holy  Trinity  Church  were  deposited 
the  remains  of  Edgar,  fourth  son  of  Malcolm  Canmore,  who  died  in 
1107  ;  Alexander  I,  who  died  in  1124;  and  David  I.,  who  died  in 
1153.  These  successively  occupied  the  throne.  Here  also  were 
placed,  in  1165,  the  remains  of  Malcolm  IV.,  surnamed  the 
•  Maiden. 

In  1250  Alexander  III.  erected,  in  pointed  Gothic,  the  new 
abbey  church,  close  by  the  east  end  of  the  church  of  the  Holy 
Trinity,  which  became  the  vestibule  of  the  new  structure.  On  the 
completion  of  the  choir  or  Lady  aisle,  Queen  Margaret  being  canon- 
ized, her  remains  were  transferred  from  the  outer  church  to  the 
aisle,  where  a  tomb  was  prepared  for  their  reception.  In  the 
translation,  as  it  was  called,  there  was  a  procession,  consisting  of 
the  king  and  ecclesiastics  of  highest  rank,  the  latter  bearing  on 
their  shoulders  the  bones  of  the  saint  collected  in  a  silver  casket. 
The  tomb  was  now  built  up  and  completed.  Save  the  plinth 
stones,  the  structure  has  disappeared.  On  the  upper  plinth  stone 
are  eight  circular  hollows,  on  which  rested  the  shafts  which 
supported  the  shrine.  Here  pilgrims  from  all  lands  met  and  did 
homage.  The  tomb  was  destroyed  at  the  Eeformation ;  it  is  now 
in  the  open  air,  not  having  been  included  within  the  walls  of  the 
modern  church. 

In  the  church  of  1250  (partly  demolished  at  the  Eeformation, 
and  entirely  so  in  1818,  to  suit  the  erection  of  the  present  church) 
were  interred,  near  the  high  altar,- the  remains  of  Alexander  III. 
(1285),  and  of  Margaret,  his  queen,  who  predeceased  him  in  1274. 

*  In  1849  two  stone  coffins  were  discovered  at  the  east  end  of  Holy  Trinity 
Church,  a  little  to  the  west  of  the  high  altar.  One  of  these  contained  a  leathern 
shroud  ;  it  is  supposed  to  have  enveloped  the  body  of  Priuce  Edward,  and  to  have 
been  used  in  transporting  it  from  the  forest  of  Jedwood  to  the  place  of  sepulture. 
The  other  coffin  had  probably  contained  the  remains  of  Ethelred,  a  younger  brother 
of  Edward,  who,  like  himself,  did  not  come  to  the  throne. 


00  K1FKSHIRE. 

Immediately  in  front  of  the  high  altar  were  sepulchred,  in  1329, 

the  remains  of  King  Robert  the  Bruce.      He  died  at  Cardross 

> 

Dumbartonshire,  on  the  7th  June,  1329.  He  was  only  fifty-five, 
and  many  of  his  plans  were  unfulfilled.  Of  these  the  most  import- 
ant was  his  vow  that  on  the  restoration  of  national  order  he  would 
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 
in  the  Church  of  the  Holy  Sepulchre.  Sir  James  sought  to  fulfil 
the  dying  wishes  of  his  royal  master.  He  set  out  on  his  journey 
with  a  suitable  retinue,  bearing  round  his  neck,  by  a  silver  chain, 
the  Bruce's  heart,  enclosed  in  a  casket.  In  his  journey  through 
Spain  he  was  led  to  assist  King  Alphonso  against  the  Saracens, 
and  fell  in  battle  mortally  wounded.  The  casket  was  secured,  and 
brought  to  Scotland  by  Sir  William  Keith,  and  was  laid  in  the 
abbey  of  Melrose  (Vol.  I.,  250).  The  body  of  King  Robert  was 
deposited  at  Dunfermline  in  the  sepulchre  of  the  kings. 

According  to  Fordun,  King  Robert's  remains  were  laid  in  a  tomb 
in  the  centre  of  the  choir,  and  from  the  Chamberlain's  Rolls  it  would 
appear  that  a  monument,  executed  in  France,  was  reared  upon  the 
spot.  Traces  of  the  monument  had  long  disappeared  when,  in  1818, 
operations  were  proceeded  with  for  the  construction  of  the  present 
church  on  the  site  of  the  ancient  edifice,  dedicated  to  the  Holy 
Trinity.  On  the  17th  February  the  workmen  came  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- 
stone. On  the  removal  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  some 
vestiges  of  an  oak  coffin ;  several  nails  used  in  its  construction 
lay  at  the  bottom  of  the  tomb.  The  re-interment  of  the  remains 


PARISH    OF   DUNFERMLIXE.  91 

took  place  on  the  5th  November,  1819,  in  presence  of  two  Barons 
of  Exchequer,  Sir  Henry  Jardine,  the  Queen's  Eemembrancer, 
Dr.  Gregory  the  celebrated  physician,  Dr.  Monro  the  anatomist, 
and  the  magistrates,  clergy,  and  principal  citizens.  Indubitable 
evidence  was  now  obtained  that  the  remains  were  those  of  King 
Eobert,  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 
wish. 

The  king's  skull  was  entire.  A  cast  was  taken,  and  phrenological 
ingenuity  proceeded  to  determine  the  mental  and  moral  qualities 
of  the  monarch.  Mr.  George  Combe  made  the  following  report : — 
"  The  individual  would  possess  great  activity,  courage,  and  deter- 
mination, modified  by  prudence  and  cautiousness.  He  would  be 
acute  in  perceiving  what  was.  presented  to  his  mind,  and  decided  in 
determining  on  his  course  of  action.  But  his  view  would  not  be 
extensive.  He  would  not  see  far  before  him  what  was  to  be  the 
remote  consequences  of  his  present  doings.  He  would  not  be 
naturally  amiable  ;  but  he  would  know  how  to  please  others  when 
his  interests  required  him  to  do  so.  He  would  be  steady  in  his 
attachments,  although  he  would  not  always  use  his  friends  well. 
He  would  be  disposed  to  religion ;  but  his  small  portion  of  reflec- 
tion and  benevolence  would  give  it  a  tendency  to  run  into  super- 
stitious observances.  He  would  be  fonder  of  power  than  of  money." 

A  measurement  of  the  skeleton  indicated  that  the  king  had 
stood  about  five  feet  ten  inches,  or  perhaps  a  little  taller.  The 
formation  of  the  lower  jaw,  which  was  strong  and  deep,  indicated 
uncommon  strength  in  its  possessor.  The  upper  jaw  bore  marks 
of  a  fracture.  The  entire  remains  were  carefully  collected,  and 
placed  in  a  leaden  coffin,  which  was  filled  with  melted  pitch,  as  the 
best  preventive  of  decay.  On  the  coffin  being  deposited  in  the 
vault  it  was  enclosed  in  a  wall  of  brick,  and  carefully  arched 
over.  The  present  pulpit  covers  the  tomb.  On  a  vacant  space  in 
front  it  was  proposed  to  erect  a  sarcophagus,  and  an  elegant  Latin 
inscription  was  composed  for  it  by  Dr.  Gregory.  The  intention  has 
not  been  realized.  The  square  tower,  which  rises  to  the  height  of  a 


(J2  FIFESHIRE. 

hundred  feet  immediately  over  the  tomb,  supplies  in  some  measure 
the  want  of  any  other  memorial.  On  its  summit  are  exhibited  in 
open  hewn  work  the  words  KING  EGBERT  THE  BRUCE,  one  of  the 
words  being  introduced  in  each  of  the  four  sides  of  the  balustrade. 

Near  the  tomb  of  King  Robert  were  deposited  the  remains  of  his 
second  queen,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Aylmer  de  Burgh,  Earl  of 
Ulster,  and  mother  of  David  II.,  who  died  in  1274 ;  also  two  of  his 
daughters,  Christina  and  Matildas.  Near  the  same  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  Caithness ;  Thomas 
Randolph,  Earl  of  Murray,  in  1332 ;  Robert,  Duke  of  Albany, 
Regent  of  Scotland,  who  died  3rd  September,  1420 ;  and  Andrew 
Forman,  Archbishop  of  St.  Andrews,  who  died  in  1521.  Robert 
Henryson,  schoolmaster  of  Dunfermline,  author  of  "Fables"  and 
other  poems,  died  some  time  before  1508,  and  was  interred  in 
the  Abbey  Church. 

On  the  north  wall  of  the  church  a  monument  celebrates  Robert 
Fitcairn,  commendator  of  the  abbey,  and  Secretary  of  State.  It  is 
inscribed  thus : — 

"  D.  Roberto  Pitcarnio,  abbati  Fermiloduni,  archidecano  St. 
Andreas  legato  regio,  ej  usque  majestati  a  secretis. 

Hie  sitvs  heros  modica  Robertvs  in  vrna 
Pictarnus,  patrise  spes  colvmenque  sure ; 

Qvem  virtvs,  gravitas  generoso  pectore  digna, 
Ornant,  et  cum  vera  pietate  h'des  : 

Post  varies  vitse  flvctvs,  jam  mole  relicta 
Corporis,  elysivm  pergit  in  vmbra  nemus. 

Obiit  anno  1584,  18  Octob.     ^tatis  64." 

The  panegyric  is  excessive.  Pitcairn's  public  policy  was  vacil- 
lating, and  his  private  conduct  was  a  scandal  to  the  church  and  to 
society.* 

*  In  front  of  his  residence  in  Maygate,  Dunfermline,  Pitcairn  inscribed  the  fol- 
lowing couplet  as  a  caution  to  his  censurers  : — 

"  Sen'  vord  is  thral,  and  thocht  is  fro, 
Keip  veil  thy  touge,  I  counsel  the." 


PARISH   OF  DUNFERMLINE.  93 

On  the  north  wall  of  the  church  a  monument  commemorates  a 
son  of  Abbot  George  Dury,  and  a  modern  tablet  celebrates  the 
abbot  and  some  of  his  descendants.  Abbot  Dury  was  son  of  John 
Dury,  of  Dury,  Fifeshire,  and  was  born  in  1496.  Under  his  uncle, 
Archbishop  Beaton,  he  in  1530  assumed  the  functions  of  abbot  and 
commendator  of  Dunfermline,  and  on  the  death  of  that  prelate  in 
1539  was  promoted  to  the  office  by  James  V.  In  1541  he  was 
appointed  an  extraordinary  Lord  of  Session.  He  was  Keeper  of  the 
Privy  Seal  in  1554.  He  died  in  1561,  and  was  canonized  by  the 
Church  of  Eome,  probably  from  his  zeal  in  the  suppression  of 
heresy.  He  aided  in  condemning  Patrick  Hamilton  and  Walter 
Mill,  the  Protestant  martyrs,  and  subscribed  the  sentence  of  death 
passed  in  1540  on  Sir  John  Borthwick.  He  had  two  illegitimate 
children ;  his  descendants  became  proprietors  of  -Craigluscar,  in 
Dunfermline  parish. 

The  monument  of  William  Schaw,  Master  of  Works  to  James 
VI.,  formerly  rested  against  the  north  wall  of  the  church.  About 
the  beginning  of  the  century  it  was  placed  in  the  lower  part  of  the 
steeple.  It  is  thus  inscribed  : — 

"Integerrimo  amico  Gulielmo  Schaw, 
Vive  inter  superos,  seternumque  optime  vive  ; 
Hsec  tibi  vita  labor,  mors  fuit  alta  quies, 
Alexander  Setonius,  D.D. 

"D.  0.  M. 

"  Humilis  hsec  lapidum  structura  tegit  virum  excellenti  peritia, 
probitate  eximia,  singulari  vitae  integritate,  sumrnis  virtutibus  orna- 
tum,  Gulielrnum  Schaw,  regiis  operibus  prsefectum,  sacris  cereinoniis 
praepositum,  reginse  qusestorem.  Extremum  is  diem  obiit,  1 8  Aprilis 
1602. 

"  Mortales  inter,  vixit  annos  quinquaginta  duos  ;  Gallias  multa- 
que  alia  regua,  excolendi  animi  studio,  peragravit :  nulla  liberali 
disciplina  non  imbutus ;  architectures  peritissimus,  principibus 
imprimis  viris,  egregiis  animi  dotibus  commendatus ;  laboribus 
et  negotiis  non  indefessus  modo  et  iusuperabilis,  sed  assidue 
strenuus  et  integer ;  nulli  bono  non  carissimus  cui  notus ;  ad 
officia  et  demerendos  hominum  animos  natus ;  nunc  inter  superos, 
ieternum  vivit. 


04  FIFESHIRE. 

"  Anna  regina,  ne  virtus,  aeterna  commendatione  digna,  mem- 
brorum  mortalitate  tabesceret,  optiini  integerrimique  viri  memoriae 
monumentum  poni  mandavit." 

On  the  east  wall  of  the  north  porch  a  handsome  marble  monu- 
ment commemorates  Adam  Bolland,  of  Gask.  It  has  the  following 
legend : — 

"M.  S.  Adami  Rolland  de  Gask,  viri  non  uno  nomine  celebrandi 
uptote  non  paucis  virtutibus  ornati  ob  pietatein  erga  Deum  amoreni 
in  patriam,  benevolentiam  in  genus  humanum  amabilis ;  ob  vitre 
integritatein,  morum  comitatem,  affectuum  temperantiam,  specta- 
bilis  ;  quisvos  paterno,  probos  quosvis  fraterno  omnes  benigno  animo 
amplexus ;  in  publicis  privatisque  officiis  prudens,  fidus,  diligens  ; 
mente  et  manu  munificus,  futurorum  providus,  fortunes  semper 
securus :  Ita  volente  D.  0.  M.  XII.  calend.  August  MDCCLXIIL, 
setat.  LVII.  animam  creatori,  exuvias  teme,  reddidit;  triste  sui 
desiderium,  amicis  relinquens." 

On  the  interior  walls  of  the  church  monuments-  commemorate 
William  Hunt,  of  Pittencrieff,  merchant,  who  died  in  1788,  and 
Major  David  Wilson,  for  many  years  Provost  of  the  burgh,  who 
died  in  1822. 

In  the  vault  of  the  Wardlaw  family  are  entombed  the  remains  of 
Elizabeth  Lady  Wardlaw,  authoress  of  the  fine  ballad  of  "  Hardy- 
knute,"  second  daughter  of  Sir  Charles  Halket,  second  baronet-  of 
Pitferrarie.  She  was  born  in  April,  1077.  She  married,  in  June, 
1696,  Sir  Henry  Wardlaw,  of  Pitreavie,  and  died  in  1727. 

Under  the  south  transept  of  the  church  is  the  burial-vault  of  the 
noble  family  of  Elgin.  A  handsome  monument  to  the  memory  of 
Charles,  fifth  Earl  of  Elgin,  bears  the  following  inscription  composed 
by  Dr.  Hugh  Blair: — 

"  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  Charles,  Earl  of  Elgin  and  Kincardine, 
who  died  the  14th  of  May,  1771,  aged  thirty-nine  years.  By  the 
goodness  of  his  heart  and  the  virtues  of  his  life  he  adorned  the  high 
rank  which  he  possessed.  In  his  manners  amiable  and  gentle ;  in 
his  affections  warm  and  glowing ;  in  his  temper  modest,  candid,  and 
cheerful ;  in  his  conduct  manly  and  truly  honourable ;  in  his  cha- 
racters of  husbaiid,  father,  friend,  and  master,  as  far  as  human 


PARISH   OF  DUNFERMLINE.  95 

imperfections  admit,  unblemished.  Pious  without  superstition, 
charitable  without  ostentation;  while  he  lived,  the  blessing  of 
those  who  were  ready  to  perish  came  upon  him.  Now  their 
tears  embalm  his  memory  !  Reader,  beholding  here  laid  in  the 
dust  the  remains  which  once  so  much  virtue  animated,  think  of 
the  vanity  of  life,  look  forward  to  its  end,  and  prepare  as  he  did 
for  eternity." 


The  last  member  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  of  Wales. 

Interred  in  the  Abbey  Church,  but  without  any  existing 
memorial,  are  the  remains  of  the  Rev.  David  Fergusson,  first 
minister  of  the  parish  after  the  Reformation.  This  distinguished 
clergyman  was  bred  a  glover  at  Dundee,  and  never  attended  a 
university ;  he  was,  however,  an  expert  classical  scholar  and  an 
accomplished  theologian.  His  pulpit  talents  were  of  the  first  order. 
He  was  on  two  occasions  Moderator  of  the  General  Assembly.  At 
Dunfermline  he  ministered  from  1560  till  his  death,  23rd  August, 
1598  ;  he  died  Father  of  the  Church.  He  was  of  peaceful  dis- 
positions, and  abounded  in  humour.  A  collection  of  "  Proverbs," 
published  at  Edinburgh  in  1641,  has  been  attributed  to  him. 
Short  compositions  or  "Tracts,"  from  his  pen,  were  printed  in 
1860  for  the  Bannatyne  Club.  He  commenced  a  History  of  the 
Church,  which  was  continued  by  his  son-in-law,  Mr.  John  Row, 
minister  of  Carnock  (see  supra).  Among  his  descendants  were 
the  Right  Hon.  William  Adam,  Lord  Brougham,  and  John  Clerk, 
of  Eldin. 

Also  interred  in  the  Abbey  Church  without  memorial  stone  is 
the  Rev.  Thomas  Gillespie,  founder  of  the  Relief  Church.  This 
accomplished  and  excellent  man  was  born  at  Duddingstone,  near 
Edinburgh,  in  1708.  He  obtained  licence  to  preach  from  a  body  of 
English  Dissenters,  under  the  moderatorship  of  Dr.  Doddridge, 
and  in  1741  was  admitted  minister  of  Carnock.  Disobeying  the 
orders  of  the  General  Assembly  with  most  of  his  brethren  in 


96  FIFF.SIIIRE. 

settling  an  unacceptable  precentor  in  the  parish  of  Inverkeithing, 
he  was  deposed  from  the  ministry,  23rd  May,  1752.  After 
preaching  four  months  in  the  open  air,  a  meeting-place  was 
built  for  him  at  Dunfermline.  Being  joined  by  two  other  ministers 
Mr.  Gillespie  founded  the  Belief  Synod,  23rd  of  October,  1761. 
He  died  19th  January,  1774. 

In  front  of  the  United  Presbyterian  Church,  Queen  Anne 
Street,  a  monumental  statue  (reared  in  1849)  commemorates  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,  on  the  15th  March,  1685. 
Licensed  to  preach  in  1709,  he  was  admitted  to  the  second  charge, 
Dunfermline,  in  1711,  and  promoted  to  the  first  charge  in  1716. 
In  the  controversy  with  the  General  Assembly,  which  led  to  the 
secession,  of  which  an  account  is  presented  in  the  sketch  of  his 
brother  Ebenezer  (see  supra),  he  adhered  to  the  protests  of  the 
four  brethren.  In  1737  he  joined  the  Seceders,  and  was  formally 
deposed  by  the  Assembly.  For  two  years  thereafter  he  con- 
tinued to  minister  in  the  parish  church,  but  in  1739  a  large 
meeting-place  on  the  site  of  the  present  Queen  Anne  Street 
Church  was  erected  for  his  use.  He  continued  his  ministerial 
labours  at  Dunfermline  till  his  death,  which  took  place  on  the 
,  6th  November,  1752.  His  theological  writings  have  been  pub- 
lished in  two  folio  volumes,  and  his  sacred  poems,  especially  his 
"  Gospel  Sonnets,"  have  been  frequently  reprinted.  Mr.  Erskine's 
remains  were  interred  in  the  parish  churchyard,  and  a  tombstone 
was  erected  at  his  grave. 

In  the  churchyard  a  granite  monument,  raised  by  his  congre- 
gation, commemorates  the  Rev.  James  Mackenzie,  minister  of  the 
Free  Abbey  Church.  From  tombstones  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, 
1745." 


PARISH   OF   DUNINO.  97 

"  Time  cuts  down  all, 
Both  great  and  small." 

"  Eeaders,  see  how  death  all  downpulls, 
And  nought  remains  but  shanks  and  skulls ; 
For  the  greatest  champion  ere  drew  breath, 
Was  always  conquered  by  death." 


PAEISH  OF  DUNINO. 

In  the  parish  churchyard  a  monumental  cross  commemorates 
Lord  William  Eobert  Keith  Douglas  of  Dunino,  who  died  in  1859. 
It  is  thus  inscribed  : — 

"  Beneath  this  cross  are  interred  the  mortal  remains  of  Lord 
William  Eobert  Keith  Douglas,  youngest  son  of  Sir  William 
Douglas,  Bart.,  of  Kilhead,  Dumfriesshire,  and  brother  of  Charles, 
Marquis  of  Queensberry.  He  was  born  March  6th,  1783,  and  died 
December  5th,  1859."  ' 

A  second  inscription  on  the  monument  is  as  follows  : — 

"  Here  lies  the  mortal  remains  of  Elizabeth,  widow  of  Lord 
William  Douglas,  and  daughter  of  Walter  Irvine,  Esq.,  of  Dunino. 
She  was  born  on  the  25th  November,  1798  ;  and  died  25th  April, 
1864." 

On  the  same  monument  are  also  commemorated  Charles  Irvine 
Douglas,  eldest  son  of  Lord  William  Douglas,  and  Elizabeth  Irvine, 
born  29th  September,  1822,  died  August  23,  1825  ;  and  of  William 
Douglas  Irvine,  second  son  of  the  above,  born  12th  April,  1824 ; 
died  24th  August,  1867. 

A  second  monumental'  cross  denotes  the  burying-ground  of 
another  parochial  landowner.  It  is  inscribed,  "  The  burying-place 
of  Hugh  Cleghorn,  Esq.,  of  Stravithie  ;  and  of  Eachel  Makgill, 
his  wife,  and  of  their  family."  Mr.  Cleghorn  was  some  time  Pro- 
fessor of  Civil  History  in  the  University  of  St.  Andrews,  and  was 
afterwards  employed  in  Government  service  abroad.  His  grand- 

VOL.   II.  H 


98  FIFESIIIIJE. 

son,  Dr.  Hugh  Cleghorn,  formerly  Professor  of  Botany  at  Madras, 
is  author  of  a  work  on  "  The  Plants  of  India." 

A  handsome  monumental  enclosure  forms  the  burial-place  of 
the  family  of  Purvis  of  Kinaldy.  A  tablet  commemorates 
Alexander  Purvis  of  Kinaldy,  who  died  28th  April,  1844,  iiu< d 
seventy-eight. 

In  the  churchyard  are  interred  the  remains  of  the  Rev.  James 
Roger,  minister  of  the  parish,  who  died  23rd  November,  1849,  in 
the  eighty-third  year  of  his  age,  and  forty-fourth  of  his  ministry. 
His  only  son  is  author  of  this  work. 

A  tombstone  commemorates  the  Rev.  John  Burns,  for  thirteen 
years  minister  of  the  parish,  who  died  18th  November,  1863, 
aged  forty-seven ;  Alexander  Farmer,  tenant,  Balmouth,  who 
died  18th  April,  1866,  aged  seventy-eight;  and  William  Gray, 
tenant,  Cornceres,  who  died  1st  October,  1839,  aged  sixty-six. 

The  following  lines  are  from  the  tombstone  of  Alison  Trotter,  a  • 
gardener's  daughter,  who  died  2nd  April,  1815,  aged  seventeen  : — 

"  In  this  green  bed  sleeps  the  dear  dust 

Of  her  was  once  so  blooming  ; 
Stranger,  thine  earthly  form  too  must 
Lie  in  a  grave  consuming. 

"  Friend  for  the  dead  who  heav'st  a  sigh, 

Know  Ally  Trotter's  yonder, 
Where  saints  in  heaven  raise  the  glad  cry 
Of  gratitude  and  wonder. 

"  This  is  a  bounding,  dashing  wave, 

On  which  in  life  we  hover, 
Few  days  at  most  these  storms  to  brave, 
And  all  our  jjriefs  are  over." 


PARISH  OF  DYSART. 

On  the  gravestone  of  a  professed  Atheist  his  family  have  raised 
a  tombstone,  inscribed  with  these  lines  : — 


PARISH   OF   FERRY-PORT-ON-CRAIG.  99 

"  Foe  to  no  sect,  he  took  a  private  road, 
And  oft  exclaimed ;  '  Oh,  what  is  nature's  God  ? ' 
Of  scoffs  and  scorn  he  had  great  share 
When  in  this  world  as  you  now  are  ; 
But  now  his  body  turns  to  gas, 
As  this  your  world  will  do  at  last." 


PAEISH  OF  FALKLAND. 

At  Falkland  an  elegant  monument,  erected  by  public  subscrip- 
tion, commemorates  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  name  of  Bruce, 
and  established  his  residence  on  the  Falkland  estates.  He  was 
much  beloved  for  his  urbanity.  He  died  on  the  19th  March, 
1855.  His  monument  includes  his  statue  in  bronze,  executed  by 
Mr.  Steell. 

In  the  churchyard  a  monument  commemorates  Emilia  Geddes, 
the  subject  of  a  scarce  and  curious  old  tract;  she  was  born  at 
Falkland  about  the  year  1665. 


PAEISH  OF  FEEEY-POET-ON-CEAIG. 

In  the  churchyard  of  this  parish  are  many  quaint  poetical 
inscriptions.  James  Martin,  a  child  who  died  in  1803,  is  thus 
commemorated : — 

Like  a  rose  in  bloom, 

He  forth  did  come, 

The  blossom  soon  was  gone, 

And  now  he's  laid 

In  death's  cold  bed, 

Where  all  of  us  must  come." 


1 00  FIFESHIRE. 

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  me  raise 
To  meet  Him  in  the  sky." 

Alexander  Duncan,  who  died  in  1839,  is  celebrated  thus  : — 

"  See  here  a  man  laid  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  redeeming  love 

To  all  eternity." 

From  other  tombstones  we  have  these  pious  sentiments  : — 

"  How  frail  is  man  ! 

Life's  but  a  span, 
Youth's  bloom  doth  soon  decay ; 

Since  Adam's  fall, 

Both  great  and  small 
Is  swept  by  death  away." 

"  Lo,  what  is  life  ?   'tis  like  a  flower 

That  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." 

"  Stop,  mortal  man,  as  you  pass  by 
This  gravestone  under  which  I  ly ; 
Read  and  remember  what  I  tell, 
That  in  the  cold  grave  you  must  dwell, 
For  worms  to  be  your  company, 
Till  the  last  trumpet  set  you  free  ; 
For  neither  coffin  nor  the  grave, 
Can  your  immortal  soul  receive. 
Seek  mansions  new,  while  here  you  may, 
Before  you  leave  this  house  of  clay." 


PARISH   OF   KILCONQUHAR.  101 

PAEISH  OF  FLISK. 

The  castle  of  Ballinbreich  in  this  parish  was  long  a  principal 
residence  of  the  Earls  of  Eothes.  Within  the  old  parish  church  lies 
entombed  Andrew  Leslie,  fourth  Earl  of  Kothes,  a  promoter  of  the 
Eeformation.  Succeeding  his  father  in  1558,  he  joined  the  lords  of 
the  congregation  in  the  year  following,  when  they  were  threatened 
by  the  troops  of  the  Queen  Eegent.  On  the  marriage  of  Queen 
Mary  with  Lord  Darnley,  in  July,  1765,  he  was  with  other  mal- 
content lords  forced  to  take  refuge  in  England.  By  the  Queen  he 
was  afterwards  pardoned;  he  joined  the  association  on  her  behalf, 
and  fought  for  her  at  Langside.  He  was  one  of  the  jury  at  the  mock 
trial  of  the  Earl  of  Both  well,  and  in  1581  sat  on  the  jury  which 
condemned  the  Earl  of  Morton.  He  died  in  1621. 


PAK1SH  OF  KILCONQUHAE. 

In  the  parish  church  an  elegant  marble  tablet  commemorates 
Alexander  Small,  D.D.,  minister  of  the  parish,  who  died  27th 
November,  1812,  in  his  eightieth  year,  and  the  forty-sixth  of  his 
ministry. 

Within  the  area  of  the  old  church  is  the  family  burial-place  of 
Thomson  of  Charlton.  At  the  same  spot  is  a  mortuary  enclosure 
belonging  to  Sir  John  Lindsay  Bethune,  Bart.,  of  Kilconquhar. 
A  marble  cenotaph  commemorates  the  late  Major-General  Sir 
Henry  Bethune,  who  was  born  12th  April,  1789,  and  died  in 
Persia,  19th  February,  1851.  He  assisted  the  Persians  in  the  war 
with  Eussia,  and  gained  extraordinary  favour  with  the  Persian 
king,  who  was  governed  by  his  counsels. 

A  tombstone,  presenting  the  effigy  of  a  knight  in  armour,  is 
supposed  to  celebrate  John  Burnard,  laird  of  Ardross,  who  received 
his  death-wound  while  fighting  with  David  II.  in  the  attack  on 
the  fortress  of  Liddel  in  1326. 


102  FIFESHIRE. 

To  the  north  of  the  old  church  is  a  tomb  belonging  to  the 
Gourlays,  of  Kincraig,  an  old  Fifeshire  family  ;  it  presents  a  marble 
tablet  in  memory  of  William  Gourlay,  who  died  in  1827. 

A  stately  monument  in  the  centre  of  the  churchyard  celebrates 
James  Carstairs  Bruce,  of  Balcrystie,  who  died  10th  March,  1835 ; 
also  his  widow,  Eliza  Cecilia,  fourth  daughter  of  James,  seventh 
Lord  Eollo,  who  died  6th  April,  1861. 

The  family  tomb  of  Lumsdaine,  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  gentlewoman,  a  native  of 
the  parish.  It  is  thus  inscribed : — "  In  memory  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  Duncan  Institute,  in  the 
county  town;  and  the  munificent  friend  of  many  religious, 
charitable,  and  literary  institutions."  On  an  adjacent  tombstone 
are  recorded  the  names  of  Miss  Duncan's  parents  and  other  rela- 
tives. 

In  the  churchyard  tombstones  commemorate  Bethune  J.  Walker 
Morrison,  of  Falfield  and  Pitkerrie,  who  died  13th  March,  1868; 
Hear- Admiral  Duddingstone,  of  Earlsferry ;  William  Ferrie,  D.D., 
minister  of  the  parish,  and  Professor  -of  Civil  History  at  St. 
Andrews,  who  died  7th  June,  1850 ;  and  James  Maclaren,  paro- 
chial schoolmaster,  who  died  in  1854,  aged  sixty-seven. 


PAEISH   OF    KILMANY. 

On  a  tombstone  in  the  parish  churchyard  a  widow  laments  her 
deceased  husband  thus: — 

"  In  what  soft  language  shall  my  thoughts  get  free, 
My  dearest  Cairuie,  when  I  talk  of  thee  ? 
Ye  Muses,  Graces,  all  ye  gentle  train 
Of  weeping  loves,  assist  the  pensive  strain. 


PARISH   OF   KILKENNY.  103 

But  why  should  I  implore  your  moving  art  ? 

Tis  but  to  write  the  dictates  of  my  heart ; 

And  all  that  knew  his  real  worth  will  join 

Their  friendly  sighs  and  pious  tears  with  mine. 

His  soul  was  formed  to  act  each  glorious  part 

Of  life  unstained  with  vanity  or  art ; 

No  thought  within  his  generous  breast  had  birth, 

But  what  he  might  have  owned  to  heaven  and  earth ; 

Practised  by  him,  each  virtue  grew  more  bright, 

And  shone  with  more  than  its  own  native  light ; 

Whatever  noble  warmth  could  recommend — 

The  just,  the  active,  and  the  constant  friend, 

Was  all  his  own.     But  oh  !  a  dearer  name 

And  softer  tyes  mine  endless  sorrows  claim ; 

Left  now  alone,  comfortless  and  forlorn, 

The  lover  I,  and  tender  husband  mourn  : 

As  thou  alone  hast  taught  my  heart  to  prove 

The  highest  raptures  of  a  virtuous  love, 

That  sacred  passion  I  to  thee  confine, 

My  spotless  faith  shall  be  for  ever  thine." 


PAEISH  OF  KILKENNY. 

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  armorial  escutcheon  of  the 
House  of  Beaton,  or  Bethune.  After  the  assassination  of  the 
cardinal  in  the  castle  of  St.  Andrews,  on  the  29th  May,  1546, 
his  body  was  exhibited  to  the  citizens  on  the  wall :  it  was  after- 
wards deposited  with  salt  in  the  castle  dungeon.  From  the 
dungeon  it  was  removed  by  the  cardinal's  kinsman,  John  Bethune, 
of  Kilrenny  and  Silverdykes,  and  deposited  in  this  structure. 
The  erection  was  recently  repaired  by  Admiral  Bethune,  of  Balfour, 
the  representative  of  the  House. 

At   the  north-west    corner   of  the   churchyard   a   magnificent 


104  FIFESHIKE. 

mausoleum  in  Iloman  architecture  denotes  the  burial-place  of  the 
celebrated  Major-General  John  Scott,  of  Balcomie,  who  died  iu 
December,  1775.  It  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  same  Christian  name,  was  grandson  of  Sir 
John  Scot,  of  Scotstarvet,  Director  of  the  Chancery,  and  author  of 
a  curious  work,  entitled  "  The  Staggering  State  of  Scottish  States- 
men." 

Near  the  entrance  of  the  churchyard  is  the  handsome  tomb  of 
the  Lumsdaines  of  Innergellie,  erected  in  1823.  Sir  James 
Lumsdaine,  founder  of  the  Innergellie  family,  was  colonel  in  the 
army  of  Gustavus  Adolphus  of  Sweden. 

A  tombstone  with  the  date  1597,  and  the  initials  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  1609  was  owner 
of  Kennyhill ;  that  estate  he  acquired  from  John  Bethune,  relative 
of  the  cardinal.  The  Strongs  held  important  estates  in  the  eastern 
district  of  Fifeshire,  but  their  lands  have  long  been  alienated. 

Near  the  church  at  the  north-east  corner  is  the  tomb  of  Johnstone 
of  Pitkeirie,  formerly  of  Eennyhill,  a  family  belonging  to  the  town 
of  Anstruther,  and  which  about  the  middle  of  last  century  at- 
tained considerable  opulence.  Mr.  Andrew  Johnstone,  the  present 
proprietor  of  Pitkerrie,  was  some  time  M.P.  for  the  St.  Andrews 
burghs. 

Tombstones  commemorate  three  parochial  incumbents,  the  Rev. 
William  Beat,  author  of  a  volume  of  "  Sermons,"  who  died  21st 
December,  1797,  in  his  eighty-seventh  year,  and  fifty-second  of 
his  ministry ;  Rev.  Joseph  Duncan,  who  died  28th  May,  1818 ; 
:inil  the  Rev.  James  Brown,  who  died  16th  August,  1834,  in  his 
forty-sixth  year,  and  sixteenth  of  his  ministry.  To  the  last  a 
mural  tablet  of  white  marble  has  been  reared  by  his  friends  and 
parishioners. 


PARISH    OF   KINGHORN.  105 

PAKISH  OF  KINGHORN. 

The  tombstone  of  James  Betson,  of  Kilrie,  is  thus  inscribed  : — 

"  Hie  est  sepultus  Jacobus  Betson  de  Kilrie ;  qui  obiit  29  Maii, 
1647,  eetatis  76. 

"  Tu  quies  tranquilla  piis  ;  te  cernere,  finis." 
William  Betson,  of  South  Glasmount,  is  commemorated  thus : — 

"  Hie  jacet  Gulielmus  Betson  de  Souther-Glasmont,  cum  Anna 
Smith,  sponsa;  quorum  ille  diem  obiit  22  Augusti,  1682,  ilia 
autem  obiit  31  Januarii,  1676,  setatis  suse  49.  Mors  ultima  linea 
rerum  1687. 

"  Conditur  hoc  tumulo  generosi  cultor  honesti, 
Virtute,  ingenio,  prole  bonisque  potens." 

Robert  Glen,  Treasurer  of  the  City  of  Edinburgh,  has  the  follow- 
ing epitaph : — 

"  Hie  jacet  prius  et  honorabilis  vir  M.  Robertus  Glen  de  Encliky, 
qui  obiit  4  Maii,  1597.  Olim  balivus  et  thesaurarius  Edinburgi." 

On  the  tombstone  of  Archibald  Angus  are  these  words : — 

"  Spe  vivevs,  dissolvi  cupiens,  stationem  quaerens,  portum  inveni 
1598.  Ar.  Angus." 

From  the  tombstone  of  William  Knox,  of  Common,  who  diei 
1st  October,  1677,  we  have  these  lines  : — 

"  Of  terror's  king  the  trophies  here  you  see ; 
Frail  man !  his  days  like  to  a  shadow  flee, 
Or  like  the  path  of  eagle's  wing  on  high, 
That  leaves  no  traces  on  the  distant  sky  ; 
Fair  as  these  flowers  that  fleeting  fade  away, 
So  does  this  life  expand,  then  droop,  decay ! 
But  future  springs  shall  renovate  the  tomb, 
And  we,  in  gardens  of  th'  Eternal,  bloom." 


106  FIFESHIRE. 

PARISH  OF  KINGSBARNS. 

In  the  church  a  marble  tablet  is  thus  inscribed  : — 

"  In  memory  of  Sir  Charles  Erskine,  Bart.,  of  Cambo,  who  died 
in  March,  1796,  aged  sixty  years;  of  David  Erskine,  his  brother, 
\v\io  died  5th  August,  1793;  and  Miss  Penelope  Erskine,  who  died 
8th  November,  1838,  aged  sixty  years." 

Sir  Charles  was  sixth  baronet  of  Cambo ;  his  only  son,  Sir 
Charles,  the  seventh  baronet,  became  eighth  Earl  of  Kellie ;  he 
died  unmarried  in  October,  1799,  aged  thirty-five.  He  was  suc- 
ceeded by  his  father's  younger  brother,  Thomas  Erskine,  who 
became  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 
Pitmilly.  A  memoral  tablet  celebrates  the  late  David  Monypenny, 
Lord  Pitmilly.  It  is  thus  inscribed  : — 

"  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  David  Monypenny,  Esq.,  of  Pitmilly  ; 
for  many  years  one  of  the  Senators  of  the  College  of  Justice,  who 
died  at  Pitmilly  on  the  24th  December,  1850,  in  the  eighty-second 
year  of  his  age,  and  was  here  interred.  Also  to  the  memory  of 
his  second  wile,  Maria  Sophia  Abercrombie,  daughter  of  Sir  George 
Abercrombie,  of  Birkenbog,  Bart.,  who  died  at  Pitmilly  on  the 
15th  June,  1846,  aged  sixty-three,  and  was  here  interred." 

Another  monumental  tablet  commemorates  Lord  Pitmilly's 
brother  and  successor  in  the  estate  It  is  inscribed  thus : — 

"  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  William  Tankerville  Monypenny,  Esq., 
of  Pitmilly,  who  died  at  Pitmilly  oa  the  10th  January,  1869,  in 
the  eighty-sixth  year  of  his  age,  and  was  here  interred." 

A  mortuary  enclosure,  with  a  decorated  tomb  bearing  date  1638, 
forms  the  burial-place  of  the  family  of  Corstorphine  of  Kingsbarns 
Several  members  of  the  family  are  commemorated  on  marble  tablets. 
Within  the  enclosure,  Captain  Thomas  Gray,  son  of  Captain  Charles 
Gray,  author  of  "  Lays  and  Lyrics,"  is  celebrated  thus  : — 


PARISH   OF   KIRKC/VLDY.  107 

"Sacred  to  the  memory  of  Thomas  Carstairs  Gray,  Captain 
Eoyal  Marine  Light  Infantry,  of  the  Naval  Brigade  of  H.M.S. 
Shannon;  born  at  Kingsbarns,  1st  February,  1820;  died  at  Gyub, 
8th  May,  1858." 

An  altar  tombstone  marks  the  grave  of  the  Eev.  Eobert  Arnot, 
D.D.,  minister  of  the  parish,  and  Professor  of  Divinity  in  St.  Mary's 
College,  St.  Andrews,  who  died  '2nd  July,  1808,  aged  sixty-four. 

In  the  burial-place  of  his  family,  a  plain  tombstone  com- 
memorates the  Eev.  Andrew  George  Carstairs,  D.D.,  minister  of 
Anstruther- wester,  who  died  llth  October,  1838,  in  his  fifty-ninth 
year,  and  thirty-fourth  of  his  ministry.  Dr.  Carstairs  composed 
"  The  Scottish  Communion  Service,"  Edinburgh,  1829,  12mo. 

A  monumental  obelisk,  reared  by  subscription,  celebrates 
Alexander  Latto,  for  forty -five  years  schoolmaster  of  the  parish ; 
he  was  born  1st  June,  1786,  and  died  1st  October,  1864. 


PARISH  OF  KIEK,CALDY. 

In  the  parish  churchyard  a  monument  to  James  Weniyss,  of 
Bogie,  is  inscribed  thus : — 

"  Boggius  hie,  octo  vitse  post  lustra  lacobus 

In  tumulo  .Veinius,  prsecoce  morte  jacet ; 
Filius  in  patrios  at  sic  qusesivit  in  annos, 
Ut  rogitet  patris  addere  fata  suos. 

Obiit  1  Februarii  1631." 

Henry  Montgomery,  alias  Miller,  who  died  loth  February,  1596, 
has  on  his  gravestone  these  lines  : — ' 

"  Qiue  terrena  mei  pars  est  sub  mar  more  dormit ; 

Quae  pars  coelestis  cofilica  regna  colit : 
Corpus  humo  surget  redivivum  spiritus  illud 
Intrabit,  vita  sic  sine  fine  fruar." 


108  FIFESIIIRE. 

Henry  Boswell,  chief  magistrate,  who  died  in  1681,  is  thus 
celebrated : — 

"  Henrici  corpus  Bosuelli  conditur  infra, 
Vir  genio  inagnus,  clarus  in  arte  sua ; 

Praetor  erat  decies,  semel  et  praefectus  in  urbe, 
Tempore  quo  toto  jus  sine  labe  fuit: 

Vixerat  innocuus,  Christi  decessit  amator 
Et  nunc  cum  Christo  ccelica  regna  calit." 

On  the  monument  of  Provost  John  Williamson,  who  died  in 
1657,  are  these  lines : — 

"Navita  prseclarus  positus  jacet  hie  Joannes 

Williamsonus,  splendidus  ingenio ; 
Urbis  quindecies  praetor  ;  legatus  et  omni 

Conventu  in  magno  non  sine  laude,  fuit ; 
Vir  pietate  clarus,  nulli  virtute  secundus 

Nunc,  cum  ccelicolis,  quod  patefecit,  habet." 

Matthew  Anderson,  a  captain  in  the  merchant  service,  and 
Provost  of  the  burgh,  who  died  in  1694,  is  commemorated  thus  : — 

"  Navita  -praeclarus,  probitate  verendus  et  annis, 

Moribus  eximius  et  pietatis  amans ; 
Strenuus  assertor  recti ;  virtutibus  amplis 

Ornatus,  cana  conspicuusque  fide  : 
Consulis  officio  qui  functus  in  urbe  frequenter, 

Partibus  a  regiis  strenuus  usque  stetit. 
Sed  cadit  heu !  tandem  longo  consumptus  ab  aevo 

Grande  decus  patriae,  suinmus  et  urbis  honos." 

The  monument  of  Robert  Whyte,  of  Pouran,  and  his  wife, 
Janet  Tennant,  is  thus  inscribed  : — 

"  Hie  jacet  Eobertus  Whyte,  a  Pouran,  apud  suos  inter  primos 
conspicuus ;  saepius  praetura,  bis  urbis  patrias  praefectura  nobili- 
tatus  ;  qui,  primos  urbis  honores  adeptus,  adeo  sine  fastu  fastigiuin 
id  cum  tructu  temperavit,  ut  prasesse  posset,  prodesse  velle  videretur. 
Obiit  anno  1667,  setatis  68.  Hie  etiam  conjugis  amantissimae, 
Janetae  Tennant,  reponuntur  cineres.  Obiit  anno  1670,  astatis  62." 

These  lines  adorn  the  tombstone  of  David  Barclay,  of  Tough, 
who  died  12th  July,  1688,  aged  forty-one: — 


PARISH    OF   KIRKCALDY.  109 

"  Non  vigor  iugenii,  non  cultae  gratia  linguae, 

Non  honor  aut  virtus  clara,  nee  alma  tides, 
Non  gazre  ingentes,  nee  firmo  in  pectore  vires, 

Nee  pietas  mortis  sistere  tela  potest. 
Mors  sua  sceptra  tenet,  toti  communia  mundo 
Omnibus  obscuras  injicit  ilia  manus." 

The  Eev.  James  Symson,  minister  of  the  parish,  who  died 
3rd  January,  1665,  in  his  eighty-fifth  year,  and  the  fifty-fourth  of 
his  ministry,  has  on  his  monument  these  lines  : — 

"  Ille  ingens  vates,  fama  super  aethera  notus, 

Symsonus,  Domini  sedulo  pavit  oves  ; 
Quinquaginta  annos,  pugnanda  fortiter  idem 

Nusquam  de  recto  tramite  flexit  iter. 
Presbyter  hie  prudens,  doctor  pius  sequus,  acutus. 

Eegi  fidus  erat,  propositique  tenax." 

By  a  Latin  inscription  is  commemorated  the  Eev.  Kenneth  Logie, 
minister  of  the  parish,  who  died  29th  November,  1669.  In  his 
epitaph  he  is  thus  described  : — 

"  Genio  erat  ille  mitis,  gravitate  reverendus,  pietate  et  integritate 
cordis  clarus,  laborum  patiens  et  viscerum  plenus,  vita  et  voce 
docebat  facienda  et  faciendo." 

A  tombstone  commemorates  "John  Melvill,  of  Eaith,  father 
and  son,  who  departed  this  life  in  the  Christian  faith;  viz., 
the  father  13th  January,  1603,  the  son  17th  January,  1626." 

A  handsome  tombstone  celebrates  Eobert  Philp,  manufacturer, 
who  died  in  1828,  bequeathing  £74,000  for  educating  and  clothing 
400  children.  Under  his  benevolent  trust  three  schools  have  been 
established. 

A  monument  denotes  the  grave  of  George  Anderson,  of  Luscar, 
sometime  provost  of  the  burgh.  Born  at  Kirkcaldy  in  1787,  he 
entered  the  civil  department  of  the  navy  in  1804.  After  a  period 
of  active  service  he  left  the  navy  on  half-pay  in  1814,  and  for 
some  years  conducted  business  in  Liverpool.  In  1822  he  became 
managing  partner,  at  Havre  de  Grace,  of  the  mercantile  house  of 


110  FIFESHIHE. 

Dennistoun  and  Co.  In  1834  he  settled  in  Kirkcaldy  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 
1850  he  purchased  the  estate  of  Luscar,  in  the  parish  of  Carnock, 
on  which  he  resided  several  years.  He  latterly  removed  to  Ferry- 
bank,  near  Cupar,  where  he  died  on  the  31st  August,  1863.  His 
eldest  son,  Mr.  George  Anderson,  is  one  of  the  parliamentary 
representatives  of  the  city  of  Glasgow. 

Among  other  notable  persons  commemorated  in  Kirkcaldy 
churchyard  are  Alexander  Law,  bailie,  who  died  9th  May,  1642, 
aged  ninety;  David  Hutcheon,  died  28th  November,  1615,  leaving 
a  bequest  to  the  parochial  charities ;  John  Bruce,  merchant,  who 
died  15th  March,  1667 ;  and  Captain  John  Tennant,  who  died 
8th  February,  1667. 

These  rhymes  are  from  different  tombstones  : — 

"  James  Baxter,  wright,  his  wyfe  here  lyes  ! 
Grave  Janet  Wallace,  meeke  and  wyse  ; 
James  Baxter,  wryght,  here  laid  besyde  hys  wyfe, 
Ye  ninth  of  March  departed  from  this  lyfe. 
He  made  their  coffins  baith  now  laid  in  clay ; 
Oh  mortal  man,  for  James  and  Janet  pray." 

"  Below  this  stone  doth  David  Baxter  lie, 
Prais'd  in  his  life  for  wit  and  honesty. 
A  godly  man,  and  well  belov'd  was  he 
By  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  lies 

Here  buried  ;  a  matron  grave  and  wise  ; 

Religious,  modest,  virt'ous,  just,  and  kind ; 

To  all  in  straits  a  present  help  and  friend  ; 

A  tender  mother  and  a  loving  wife ; 

Who  in  sixth  birth  departed  this  frail  life. 
Now  she  is  gone,  yet  shall  her  name  remain  ; 
The  grave  her  bones,  the  heaven  her  soul  contain." 

"  Of  Coblehaugh,  here  Robert  Chapman  lies, 
A  theam  for  mourning  to  all  readers'  eyes ; 


PARISH    OF   LESLIE.  Ill 

When  baillie  of  this  burgh,  straight,  good,  and  just, 
He  was  a  credite  to  his  place  of  trust ; 
Chief  of  his  name,  most  loyal,  virt'ous,  kind, 
Of  a  religious,  humble,  faithful  mind  ; 
Obliged  all,  and  gain'd  all  men's  love ; 
The  trade  of  merchandizing  did  improve  ; 
Did  live  a  quiet  life,  in  peace  did  die ; 
Whose  soul  'mongst  saints  enjoys  eternity." 


PAEISH    OF   LAEGO. 

The  old  churchyard,  now  disused,  contains  two  vaults  belonging 
respectively  to  the  families  of  Wood  and  Durham.  Sir  Andrew 
Wood,  of  Largo,  the  famous  admiral,  was  originally  a  trader 
at  Leith.  His  genius  in  naval  warfare  recommended  him  to 
James  III.,  who  made  him  a  knight,  and  granted  him  and  his 
heir  the  lands  and  village  of  Largo.  His  exploits  at  sea  form  part 
of  the  national  history.  Retiring  from  his  duties  as  a  naval  com- 
mander, he  settled  on  his  estate.  From  his  mansion  at  Largo  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  remains  were  deposited 
in  the  family  aisle  of  the  parish  church.  His  tomb  is  still 
pointed  out. 

In  the  Durham  vault  several  members  of  that  house  have  been 
entombed. 

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. 


PAEISH  OF  LESLIE. 

In  the  family  mausoleum  were  interred,  in  1681,  the  remains  of 
that   dissolute  royal  favourite,   John  Duke  of  Eothes.      Born   in 


112  FIFESHIKK. 

1630,  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  1st  January,  1651.  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  1680,  created  Duke 
of  Rothes  and  Marquis  of  Ballinbreich.  He  died  at  Holyrood 
House  on  the  27th  July,  1681.  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  command  he  ne'er  said  no 

Had  it  been  on  his  peril. 
His  days  and  years  they  were  spun  out 

Like  to  a  thread  most  fine, 
At  last  a  period  came  about 

Suapt  it  at  ninety-nine. 
'Twas  on  the  seventeenth  day  of  May, 

In  the  year  forty-six, 
This  honest  man  was  called  away 

To  Heaven  we  hope  did  fix." 

When  tutor  at  Leslie  House  the  Rev.  Ebenezer  Erskine  com- 
posed these  lines,  which  are  inscribed  on  a  tombstone  : — 

"  Here  lies  within  this  earthen  ark 

An  Archer  grave  and  wise, 
Faith  was  his  arrow,  Christ  the  mark, 

And  glory  was  the  prize. 
His  bow  is  now  a  harp,  his  song 

Doth  Halleluiahs  'dite, 
His  consort  Walker  went  along 

To  walk  with  Christ  in  white. 


PARISH    OF   LEUCHA.RS.  113 

In  quaintness  the  following  is  unique : — 

"  Here  lies  the  dust  of  Charles  Brown, 
Some  time  a  wright  in  London  town, 
"When  coming  home  parents  to  see, 
And  of  his  years  being  twenty-three, 
Of  a  decay  with  a  bad  host 
He  died  upon  the  Yorkshire  coast 
The  10th  of  August  1752 
We  hope  his  soul  in  Heaven  rests  now." 


PARISH  OF  LEUCHARS. 

Within  the  chancel,  or  ancient  part  of  the  parish  church,  a 
tombstone  is  thus  inscribed  : — 

"  Hoc  tegitvr  lapide  corpvs  probi  viri  ROBERTI  CARNEGY  de 
Kynnard,  militis,  Senatorii  Ordinis,  qvi  obiit  in  Castro  de,  Lvthers, 
qvinto  die  mensis  lanvariianno  Dni  156-, et  aetatis  svse  anno.  .  .  ." 

Sir  Robert  Carnegy,  of  Kinnaird,  was  son  of  John  de  Carnegy, 
who  was  killed  at  Flodden ;  he  and  his  ancestors  were  cupbearers 
to  the  kings  of  Scotland.  In  July,  1547,  Sir  Robert  was  nomi- 
nated an  ordinary  lord  of  session,  and  in  the  following  year  was 
sent  to  England  to  treat  for  the  ransom  of  the  Earl  of  Huntly, 
Chancellor  of  Scotland,  taken  at  the  battle  of  Pinkie.  On  his 
return  he  was  knighted,  and  he  was  afterwards  employed  in 
various  matters  of  diplomacy.  When  the  Reformation  movement 
commenced  he  supported  the  Queen  Regent;  he  subsequently 
joined  the  Congregation.  He  died  5th  January,  1566.  Sir  David 
Carnegy,  his  second  son,  was,  by  his  second  marriage,  father  of  the 
first  Earl  of  Southesk. 

In  the  chancel  a  tombstone  commemorates  Sir  William  Bruce, 
of  Earlshall,  who  died  28th  January,  1584;  it  is  inscribed  thus  : — 

"  Hie  iacet  vir  probvs  ac  omni  memoria  dignvs  Dns  GVLLIELMVS 

I 


114  FIFESHIRE. 

BRVCEVS  de  Erlishal,  miles,  qvi  obiit  28  die  mensis  lanvarii  :uim> 
Dni  1584,  annoqve  svse  aetatis  98.     Mors  omnivni  et  finis. 

"  Heir  lyis  of  al  piete  ane  lantern  brycht, 
Schir  VILLZAM  BRVCE.  Erlshal  knycht." 

Sir  Alexander  Bruce,  of  the  House  of  Clachmannan,  acquired 
the  property  of  Earlshall  about  the  end  of  the  fifteenth  century ; 
he  married  a  daughter  of  Sir  David  Stewart,  of  Eosyth,  and 
became  father  of  Sir  William,  commemorated  on  the  tombstone. 

In  the  chancel  the  second  wife  of  Bruce  of  Earlshall,  son  of  Sir 
William,  is  celebrated  on  a  tombstone,  sculptured  with  the  repre- 
sentation of  a  lady,  and  on  the  margin  thus  inscribed  : — 

"  D.  AGNES  LYNDESA.Y,  Lady  of  William  Brvce  of  Erlshall,  vho 
in  hir  life  was  charitable  to  the  poore,  and  profitable  to  that  hovse, 
dyed  1635,  of  her  age  sixty-eight,  and  waiteth  in  hope. — D.  A.  L." 

A  marble  tablet  in  the  chancel  commemorates  the  Rev.  Thomas 
Kettle,  minister  of  the  parish,  who  died  14th  November,  1808,  in 
his  sixty-eighth  year,  and  the  thirty-fifth  of  his  ministry;  also 
his  son,  Alexander  Kettle,  W.S.,  Edinburgh,  who  died  in  1841, 
bequeathing  £500  for  behoof  of  the  parochial  poor. 

In  the  churchyard  a  tombstone  marks  the  resting-place  of  Mrs. 
Cochrane  Stewart,  daughter  of  Sir  John  Stewart,  Bart.,  of  Allan- 
bank,  who  died  9th  April,  1807,  aged  eighty-one. 


PARISH  OF  MONIMAIL 

On  the  Mount,  a  considerable  eminence  in  this  parish,  a  massive 
column  one  hundred  feet  in  height,  is  one  of  the  several  monu- 
ments raised  in  honour  of  John,  fourth  Earl  of  Hopetoun.  (Vol.  I., 
9,  179.) 

In  the  parish  churchyard  is  the  family  burial-place  of  the  Earls 
of  Leven  and  Melville.  By  a  monument  is  commemorated  Leslie 
Melville  Lord  Balgonie,  who  died  in  1857.  Born  on  the  10th 
November,  1831,  Lord  Balgonie  entered  the  army  in  1850  as  an 


PARISH   OF   NEWBURGH.  115 

officer  of  the  Grenadier  Guards.  With  his  regiment  he  continued 
in  active  service  during  the  whole  of  the  Crimean  war,  when  he 
contracted  the  seeds  of  a  complaint  to  which  he  succumbed  at 
the  age  of  twenty-six. 

Monimail  churchyard  contains  the  burial-place  of  the  family 
of  Makgill  Crichton,  of  Eankeilour.     (See  supra,  p.  85.) 


PARISH  OF  NEWBURGH. 

Surrounded  with  trees  at  a  short  distance  to  the  westward  of 
Newburgh  village  is  the  cross  of  Mugdrum.  The  name  is  a 
corruption  of  Magridin,  the  saint  in  whose  honour  it  was  reared. 
The  cross  is  firmly  mortised  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  boar  hunt. 

About  a  mile  south  of  Mugdrum  cross  stood  the  celebrated 
cross  of  Macduff.  The  basement  stone  only  remains,  the  shaft 
which  it  supported  having  been  destroyed  by  a  party  of  Reformers 
in  1559.  By  iron  staples  were  attached  to  the  cross,  at  its  base- 
ment, nine  rings,  any  of  which  on  being  grasped  by  a  member  of 
the  clan  Macduff  who  had  offended  against  the  law  exempted 
the  offender  from  punishment.  This  privilege  was  conferred  by 
Malcolm  Canmore  on  the  thane  Macduff  and  his  descendants. 
It  was  claimed  in  the  seventeenth  century  by  Spence  of  Wor- 
miston,  for  killing  an  individual  named  Kinninmouth.  Macduffs 
Cross  is  the  subject  of  a  poem  by  Sir  Walter  Scott. 

In  Lindores  Abbey  (a  religious  house  founded  in  1178  by 
David,  Earl  of  Huntingdon,  and  now  in  ruins)  several  stone 
coffins  were  recently  exhumed.  Two  small  stone  coffins  in  front 
of  the  high  altar  contained  the  bodies  of  two  children  of  the 


116  FIFESHIRE. 

founder.  A  large  sarcophagus  contained,  it  is  believed,  the  remains 
of  David,  Duke  of  Rothesay,  eldest  son  of  Robert  III.,  who  died 
at  Falkland  Palace  on  the  27th  March,  1402.  Another  sarco- 
phagus is  associated  with  James  ninth  Earl  of  Douglas,  who  spent 
his  last  years  in  the  abbey,  and  there  died  on  the  15th  April,  1438. 


PARISH  OF  PITTENWEEM. 

An  altar  tombstone,  now  built  into  the  south  wall  of  the  parish 
church,  celebrates,  in  a  long  Latin  epitaph,  the  Rev.  George  Hamil- 
ton, proprietor  of  Cairnes,  a  zealous  upholder  of  Presbyterianism. 
Ordained  minister  of  Newburn  in  1628,  he  was,  in  August,  1637, 
served  with  letters  of  horning  charging  him  to  purchase  and  read 
the  Service-book.  In  1638  he  was  one  of  the  ministers  named  for 
tendering  a  complaint  to  the  General  Assembly  against  the  thirteen 
bishops.  In  1649  he  was  translated  to  Pittenweem.  In  1653  he 
suffered  imprisonment  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  married  Euphemia  Douglas,  who 
died  28th  January,  lb'73. 

An  elegant  monument  celebrates  the  Right  Rev.  David  Low, 
D.D.,  LL.D.,  Bishop  of  Moray,  Ross  and  Argyll.  Born  at  Brechin 
in  November,  1768,  he  took  orders  in  1787,  and  in  1790  was  settled 
as  Episcopal  pastor  in  Pittenweem.  He  was  consecrated  bishop  in 
1819,  but  continued  to  minister  to  his  congregation.  He  died  at 
Pittenweem  on  the  26th  January,  1855,  in  his  87th  year  and  the 
66th  of  his  ministry. 

In  the  north  wall  of  the  church  a  marble  tablet  has  been  erected 
by  Robert  Henderson,  merchant  in  Glasgow,  in  memory  of  his 
parents  and  other  members  of  his  family.  It  is  thus  inscribed  : — 

"  Erected  by  Robert  Henderson,  merchant  in  Glasgow,  in  memory 


PARISH    OF    ST.    ANDREWS.  117 

of  his  parents,  George  Henderson  and  Janet  Tod,  who  died  at  Pit- 
teuvveem ;  the  former  on  13th  May,  1824,  aged  48  years ;  the  latter 
on  4th  July,  1832,  aged  61  years.  Also,  of  his  sisters  and  brothers 
who  died — Janet,  at  Pittenweern,  9th  Nov.,  1815,  aged  8  years ; 
Patrick,  at  Glasgow,  21st  July,  1841,  aged  33  years ;  George,  at 
Glasgow,  24th  Dec.,  1852,  aged  50  years ;  Thomas,  at  Leghorn,  llth 
Oct.,  1854,  aged  52  years ;  John,  at  Pittenweeiu,  27th  Nov.,  1854, 
aged  50  years." 

By  his  son,  David  Wilson,  of  Inchyre,  a  monument  has  been 
erected  in  memory  of  his  father,  the  Rev.  David  Wilson,  minister 
of  the  Eelief  congregation,  Pittenweem,  who  died  20th  January, 
1813* 

Tombstones  commemorate  James  Horsburgh,  of  Firth,  who  died 
in  1856,  aged  81;  Thomas  Martin,  writer,  Edinburgh,  who  died  in 
1826;  Dr.  James  Nairne,  minister  of  the  parish,  who  died  15th 
July,  1819,  in  his  69th  year  and  44th  of  his  ministry ;  and  the  Kev. 
John  Cooper,  who  died  26th  March,  1854,  in  his  53rd  year  and  the 
22nd  of  his  ministry. 


PAKISH  OF  ST.  ANDEEWS. 

In  the  chapel  of  St.  Salvator's  College  (now  styled  the  College 
Church)  are  several  mural  and  other  monuments.  Of  these  the 
most  ancient  and  interesting  is  that  in  celebration  of  Bishop 
Kennedy,  founder  of  the  college.  This  elegant  structure  was  con- 
structed by  the  prelate,  whom  it  commemorates,  shortly  before  his 
decease.  Reared  in  Gothic  architecture  it  is  rich  in  finely  clustered 
columns,  elegantly  sculptured  canopies,  and  studded  pendants.  On 
the  top  is  a  representation  of  the  Saviour  surrounded  by  his  angels. 
A  tablet  of  brass  containing  an  inscription  was  affixed  to  the  lower 
part  of  the  structure,  but  it  has  long  since  disappeared.  Under  the 

*  One  of  his  sons,  the  Eight  Rev.  William  Scott  Wilson,  LL.D.,  is   Bishop  of 
Glasgow  and  Galloway. 


118  F1FESHIUE. 

central  arch  are  two  lines  of  a  Latin  inscription  almost  effaced. 
The  Ilev.  C.  J.  Lyon,  the  ingenious  historian  of  St.  Andrews,  has 
thus  rendered*  the  second  line  and  a  portion  of  the  first : 

"  Magister 
Hicce  finit  fanum  qui  largis  intulit  ortum." 

According  to  Lindsay  of  Pitscottie.f  the  monument  was  reared 
at  the  expense  of  £10,000  sterling,  a  sum  equal  to  that  expended 
in  the  erection  of  the  college.  To  account  for  this  heavy  expendi- 
ture it  has  been  conjectured  that  the  various  niches  had  been  filled 
with  silver  images. 

In  the  interior  of  the  tomb  were  found,  in  1683,  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  College,  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  silver, 
while  the  others  are  plated.  It  is  four  feet  long  and  weighs 
nearly  twenty  pounds.  Three  labels  are  attached,  which  bear  these 
inscriptions  : — "  Jacobus  Kennedy,  illustris  Sancti  Andreae  An- 
tistes,  ac  fundator  collegii  St.  Salvatoris  cui  me  donavit,  me  fecit 
fieri  Parisiis.  An.  Dom.  MIIIILXI."  "  John  Mair  gooldsmythe  and 
verlotte  of  chamer  til  the  Lord  Dauphin  has  made  this  masse  in 
the  towne  of  Paris  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  1461."  "  Dr.  Alex. 
Skene,  collegii  St.  Salvatoris  nostri  praepositus,  me  temporis  in- 
jurialaesum  et  mutilatuin,  publicis  dicti  collegii  sumptibus  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  tomb  underwent 
examination.  Under  the  large  slab  of  black  marble  in  its  recess 
was  found  a  shallow  irregular  space  filled  with  stones  and  rubbish. 

•  History  of  St.  Andrews,  by  the  Rev.  C.  J.  Lyon,  Edinb.,  1843,  II.  195. 
t  Lindsay  of  FiUcottie,  folio  p.  68. 


PARISH   OF   ST.   ANDREWS.  119 

Immediately  beneath  was  discovered  a  strong  arch,  supporting  the 
entire  weight  of  the  monument,  under  which  was  a  quantity  of 
loose  earth.  Scattered  among  the  earth  were  fragments  of  bones, 
the  leg  and  arm  bones  being  entire,  also  the  skull.  These  were 
partially  covered  with  cerecloth,  thus  bearing  marks  of  embalm- 
ment. Portions  of  a  wooden  coffin  were  also  discovered.  On  the 
earth  being  removed  from  under  the  arch  there  appeared  a  large 
square  cell  eight  feet  long,  three  and  a  half  feet  broad,  and  five  feet 
in  height,  with  a  cross  cut  in  marble  at  the  east  and  west  ends. 
Fragments  of  painted  tiles  strewn  among  the  earth  had  evidently 
been  used  in  forming  a  floor.  The  cell  had  doubtless  contained  the 
bishop's  remains,  the  head  resting  against  the  western  cross.  The 
bones  were  collected  in  a  box  and  placed  in  the  cell,  which  was 
carefully  built  up.  Examined  phrenologically  the  bishop's  skull 
was  pronounced  to  evince  firmness,  conscientiousness,  and  venera- 
tion, with  very  ordinary  intellectual  power. 

Bishop  James  Kennedy  was  younger  son  of  James  Kennedy  of 
Dunure,  by  his  wife  the  Countess  of  Angus,  daughter  of  Eobert 
III.,  and  was  born  about  the  year  1405.  By  his  uncle,  Jarnes  I., 
he  was,  in  1437,  appointed  to  the  see  of  Dunkeld;  three  years 
afterwards  he  was  advanced  to  the  diocese  of  St.  Andrews.  In 
1444  he  became  Lord  High  Chancellor,  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  minority.  Under  Papal  sanction  he  founded  St.  Salvator's 
College  in  1455,  dedicating  it  to  the  honour  of  God,  of  the  Saviour, 
and  of  the  Virgin  Mary.  He  also  built  a  magnificent  "  barge " 
called  the  St.  Salvator,  which  he  used  in  foreign  trade ;  it  remained 
the  property  of  the  see  till  1472,  when  it  was  wrecked  on  the  coast 
of  Bamborough.  Bishop  Kennedy  died  10th  May,  1466. 

In  the  vestibule  of  St.  Salvator's  Chapel,  inserted  in  the  pave- 
ment, is  the  tombstone  of  Dr.  Hugh  Spens,  provost  of  the  college 
from  1505  to  1534.  In  the  centre  is  a  figure  of  the  provost  in  his 
academic  robes,  with  a  representation  of  his  family  shield,  while 
along  the  margin  is  the  following  inscription  in  raised  letters  : — - 


120  FIFESHIKE. 

"  Hie  requiescit endus  et  egregius  vir  magister  noster  Hugo 

Spens,  theologus  eximius  in  utroque  jure qui  hunc  locum 

variis  ditavit  muneribus  obiit  ann.  dom.  1534  et  21  die  Julii."  Pro- 
vost Spens's  monument  seems  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  entombed. 

In  the  south  wall  of  the  vestibule  a  marble  tablet  commemorates 
Dr.  Alexander  Pitcairn,  Principal  of  St.  Mary's  College  from  1693 
to  1698.  In  the  north  wall  of  the  church  an  elegantly  sculptured 
cenotaph  commemorates  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  memorable  battle 
of  Sobraon,  while  gallantly  leading  his  company  in  the  attack 
made  by  Sir  Kobert  Dick's  division  on  the  right  of  the  Sikh 
entrenchments." 

St.  Leonard's  College,  founded  in  1512  by  Prior  John  Hepburn, 
contains  in  its  roofless  chapel  several  ancient  monuments.  On  the 
north  wall  a  monument,  richly  decorated,  which  presents  no  trace 
of  an  inscription,  is  supposed  to  commemorate  the  founder.  Prior 
Hepburn  died  in  1522. 

On  the  wall  of  the  chapel  a  monument  in  Greek  architecture, 
fifteen  feet  in  height,  commemorates  Kobert  Stewart,  Earl  of  March, 
brother  of  the  Regent  Lennox.  Bishop  elect  of  Caithness  before 
the  Reformation,  he  joined  the  Reformers,  and  thus  secured  the 
temporalities  of  his  see ;  he  also  obtained  from  his  brother  the 
office  of  Commendator  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  setatis 
sure  63."  On  the  architrave  are  these  hexameters : — 

"  In  portu  fluctusque  omnes  classemque  relinquo 
Me  spectans  mundumque  omnem  fascesque  relinque."  * 

*  The  troubles  to  which  the  inscription  refers,  were  doubtless,  the  forfeiture 
which  he  endured  for  having  joined  his  brother,  the  Earl  of  Lennox,  agaiiiht  th« 
Jutrl  of  Ai  ran's  government. 


PAK1SH    OF   ST.    ANDREWS.  121 

Another  mural  monument  in  St.  Leonard's  chapel  celebrates  Kobert 
AVilkie,  principal  of  the  college  from  1579  to  1611,  and  founder  of 
six  bursaries  in  connection  with  it.  The  inscription  proceeds  thus : — 

"  Clariss.  viri  D.  Rob.  Vilichii  academies  Rectoris,  qui  huic  gymnasio 
ann.  XXI.  summa  cum  laude  praefuit.  Aream  ab  occidente  sedi- 
bus  clausit ;  ab  oriente  auxit ;  testamento  4200  inercas  pauperibus 
alendis  legavit.  Ob.  ann.  setat  63  ann.  dbm.  1611,  men.  Juu. 
26  —  Ditavi,  excolui,  ornavi,  auxique,  lyceum,  doctrina,  fama, 
sedibus,  ac  opibus;  testis  doctrinse  est,  academia  Scotianse  stant 
sedes.  Opibus  nutrio  6  inopes." 

In  the  floor  of  St.  Leonard's  Chapel  are  several  memorial  stones. 
One  at  the  north-east  corner  celebrates  James  Wilkie,  Principal  of 
the  College,  and  predecessor  and  uncle  of  Principal  Robert  Wilkie. 
He  died  in  1590,  aged  78.  He  was  one  of  those  held  by  the 
General  Assembly  of  1560  to  be  qualified  both  for  "ministering 
and  teaching." 

On  the  pavement  a  tombstone  bearing  the  device  of  a  ram  on  a 
heraldic  shield,  commemorates  John  Wynram,  Sub-prior  of  St. 
Andrews.  This  ecclesiastic  accommodated  himself  to  the  pre- 
vailing sentiments  of  his  period.  He  assisted  at  the  trial  and 
condemnation  of  Wishart  and  Mill,  and  in  1560  joined  the  Re- 
formers, by  whom  he  was  appointed  Superintendent  of  Fife.  He 
was  one  of  the  committee  who  framed  the  Confession  of  Faith  and 
the  Books  of  Discipline.  He  died  in  1582,  aged  90. 

A  flat  tombstone,  presenting  a  robed  figure,  commemorates,  in  a 

half-effaced    Latin    inscription,  Emanuel   Young,  a  canon  of  the 

'  •*> 

Priory,  who  died  in  1544. 

In  the  west  end  of  the  chapel  a  pavement  tombstone  commemo- 
rates, by  a  Latin  epitaph,  John  Archibald  and  Margaret  his  wife. 
Archibald  founded  an  altarage  in  1525,  and  deposited  £200  in  the 
hands  of  Gavin  Logie,  Regent  of  the  College,  as  an  endowment  for 
performing  an  annual  obit  for  his  soul.* 

A  memorial  stone,  celebrating  William   Ruglyn,  a  canon  and 

*  Logie  was  suspected  of  favouring  the  new  opinions,  and  during  the  persecution 
of  Archbishop  James  Beaton  effected  his  escape  to  the  Continent. 


122  FIFESHIUE. 

"master  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  memorial  structure  on 
the  east  wall  of  the  great  aisle  commemorates  Archbishop  James 
Sharp.  This  noted  prelate  was  son  of  the  Sheriff  Clerk  of  Banff- 
shire,  and  was  born  in  the  castle  of  Banff  on  the  4th  May,  1618. 
Having  studied  at  Marischal  College,  Aberdeen,  and  visited  the 
Universities  of  Oxford  and  Cambridge,  he  became  a  Regent  in  St. 
Leonard's  College,  St.  Andrews.  In  January,  1648,  he  was  ordained 
minister  of  Crail.  Joining  the  Resolution  party  in  the  Church,  he 
was  seized  by  order  of  Cromwell,  and  for  some  months  detained  a 
prisoner  in  London.  In  1657  he  waited  on  the  Protector,  with 
other  ministers,  to  obtain  his  authority  for  holding  a  General 
Assembly,  but  failed  in  his  mission.  After  the  ascendancy  of 
General  Monk,  in  1660,  he  was  appointed  by  the  leading  Presby- 
terians to  wait  on  him,  in  order  to  obtain  the  sanction  of  Charles 
II.  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  government  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  declinature  he  was  elected  Professor  of  Divinity  at 
St.  Andrews.  He  was  also  appointed  his  Majesty's  chaplain  for 
Scotland,  with  a  salary  of  £200  per  annum.  On  the  overthrow  of 
Presbytery  by  Parliament  in  August,  1661,  Sharp  proceeded  to 
London,  when  he  was  appointed  Archbishop  of  St.  Andrews,  and, 
with  three  others,  was,  on  the  15th  December,  consecrated  at 
Westminster.  He  became  a  vigorous  opponent  of  Presbyterianism, 
and  an  oppressor  of  his  former  friends.  His  tyranny  became  odious. 
An  attempt  to  assassinate  him  was  made  in  the  High  Street  of 
Edinburgh  in  July,  1668,  but  failed.  On  Saturday,  the  3rd  May, 
1679,  while  travelling  with  his  eldest  daughter  from  Edinburgh  to 
St.  Andrews,  his  carriage  was  intercepted  on  Magus  Muir,  within 


PARISH    OF   ST.    ANDREWS.  123 

three  miles  of  the  latter  city,  by  nine  zealous  Presbyterians,  goaded 
to  madness  by  the  oppression  of  the  times.  They  struck  down  the 
coachman,  and  stopped  the  horses;  then,  calling  on  the  Arch- 
bishop to  come  forth,  they  adjured  him  to  prepare  for  death.  His 
entreaties  for  mercy  were  unheeded,  and  he  was  slain  pierced  with 
many  wounds.  Thirteen  days  after  his  slaughter  his  remains  were 
deposited  with  great  pomp  in  the  aisle  of  the  parish  church,  and  a 
sculptor  in  Holland  was  commissioned  by  his  son,  Sir  William 
Sharp,  of  Strathtyrum,  to  construct  a  splendid  mausoleum  over  his 
remains. 

The  monument,  which  in  1849  underwent  a  thorough  repair,  is 
a  triumph  of  sepulchral  art.  Composed  of  white  and  black  marble, 
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 
monument  the  archbishop  is  kneeling,  while  an  angel  is  exchanging 
the  crown  for  the  mitre, — pro  mitra  cwonam,  which  became  the 
motto  of  his  House.  Beneath  is  an  elegant  urn  containing  the 
inscription,  under  which  is  a  bas-relief  representation  of  the 
murder.  In  the  background  of  the  picture  are  the  assassins  in 
pursuit  of  the  carriage,  which  is  drawn  by  six  horses.  In  the  fore- 
ground the  primate  is  on  his  knees,  surrounded  by  his  assassins ; 
Haxton,  of  Eathillet,  lingering  aside  on  horseback,  and  the  arch- 
bishop's daughter  detained  by  two  of  the  conspirators,  while  in  an 
imploring  attitude  she  begs  her  father's  life.  The  inscription  is  as 
follows : — 

"D.  0.  M. 

Sacratissimi  antistitis,  prudentissimi  senatoris,  sanctissimi 

martyris 

cineres  pretiosissimos, 
Sublime  hoc  tegit  mausoleum. 

Hie  namque  jacet 

Quod  sub  sole  reliquum  est  reverendissimi  in  Christo  patris, 

B.D.  Jacobi  Sharp,  Sti.  Andrese  archiepiscopi,  totius 

Scotise  primatis,  &c. ; 

Quern 
Philosophise  et  theologize  professorem,  academia  ; 


124  F1FESHIRE. 

Presbyteruin,  doctorem,  prsesulem,  ecclesia ; 
Turn  ecclesiastic!,  tuin  civilis  statis  ministrum  primarium, 

Scotia ; 

Serenissimi  Caroli  Secundi  monarchicique  imperil 
restitutionis  suasorem 

Britannia ; 
Episcopalis  ordinis  in  Scotia  iustauratorem,  Christianus 

orbis ; 
Pietatis  exemplurn  ;  pacis  angelum ;  sapientise  oraculum  ; 

gravitatis  imaginem ;  boni  et  fideles  subditi ; 

Impietatis,  perduellionis,  et  schismatis  hostera  accerimum ; 

Dei,  regis,  et  gregis  inimici  viderunt,  agnoverunt, 

admirabantur. 

Quemq. 

Talis  et  tantus  cum  esset,  novem  conjurati  parricides,  fanatico 

furore  perciti,  in  metropoliticae  suae  civitatis  vicinio,  lucente 

meridiano  sole,  charissima    filia  primogenita  et 

domesticis  famulis  vulneratis,  lachrymantibus, 

reclamantibus,  in  genua,  ut  pro  ipsis  etiam 

oraret,  prolapsum,  quam  plurimis 

vulneribus  confossum  sclopetis 

gladiis,  pugiouibus,  horren- 

dum  in  mod  urn  truci- 

darunt,  3  die  Mail 

1679,  aetatis 

suse  61." 

During  the  course  of  the  recent  repairs  it  was  resolved  to  make 
an  examination  of  the  monument's  interior.  An  entrance  was 
effected  by  the  removal  of  several  large  flat  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  coffin  handles  and  a  few  remains  of  a  coffin.  There 
were  no  human  remains.  It  is  to  be  feared  that  these  had  been 
removed  and  scattered,  when  in  1725  "  certain  ryotous  and  dis- 
orderlie  persons  "  broke  into  the  church  by  night  and  defaced  the 
monument,  carrying  away  a  portion  of  the  marble.* 

At  Magus  Muir,  within  an  enclosure,  near  the  village  of  Strath- 
kinnes,  and  known  as  the  Bishop's  Wood,  a  plain  tombstone 

*  Records  of  Town  Council  of  St.  Andrews,  September  1275. 


PARISH   OF   ST.   ANDREWS.  125 

commemorates  Andrew  Guillan,  one  of  the  archbishop's  assassins, 
who  was  executed  at  Edinburgh  on  the  2()th  July,  1683.  It  is 
inscribed  thus : — 

"  A  faithful  martyr  here  doth  lye, 
A  witness  against  perjury  ; 
Who  cruelly  was  put  to  death, 

To  gratify  proud  prelates'  wrath  ;  , 

They  cut  his  hands  ere  he  was  dead, 
And  after  that  struck  off  his  head. 
To  Magus  Muir  then  did  him  bring, 
His  body  on  a  pole  did  hing. 
His  blood  under  the  altar  cries 
For  vengeance  on  Christ's  enemies." 

Guillan  was  a  hand-loom  weaver  in  the  village  of  Balmerino. 
After  his  execution  his  head  was  fixed  up  at  Cupar,  and  his  body 
hung  in  chains  at  Magus  Muir.  By  his  friends  his  body  was  taken 
down  and  buried  in  the  Long-cross  of  Clermont,  near  Magus  Muir.* 

Haxton  of  Eathillet,  another  of  the  archbishop's  nine  assas- 
sins, was  made  prisoner  at  the  skirmish  at  Airs-Moss  in  1680, 
and  was  tried  and  executed  at  Edinburgh. 

A  few  hundred  yards  to  the  westward  of  Guillan's  tombstone,  in 
an  open  field,  is  the  grave  of  four  covenanters  who  were  taken 
prisoners  at  the  battle  of  Bothwell  Bridge  in  June,  1679,  and  who 
by  sentence  of  the  Justiciary  Court  were  executed  at  Magus  Muir 
on  the  18th  November  following.  A  tombstone  raised  to  their 
memory  in  1726,  by  the  Cameronians  of  Dumfriesshire,  but  which 
long  since  has  disappeared,  was  thus  inscribed  : — 

"  Here  lie  Thomas  Brown,  James  Wood,  Andrew  Sword,  John 
Waddel,  and  John  Clyde,  who  suffered  martyrdom  on  Magus 
Muir  for  their  adherence  to  the  word  of  God  and  Scotland's 
covenanted  work  of  Reformation,  November  25th,  1689. 

'Cause  we  at  Bothwell  did  appear, 
Perjurious  oaths  refused  to  swear  ; 
'Cause  we  Christ's  cause  would  not  condemn, 
We  were  sentenced  to  death  by  men, 
Who  rag'd  against  us  in  such  fury, 

*  "  Cloud  of  Witnesses." 


120  FIFKSIIIIM: 

Our  dead  bodies  they  did  not  bury ; 
But  up  on  poles  did  hing  us  high, 
Triumphs  of  Babel's  victor}'. 
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  Links,  and  overlooking  St.  Andrews  Bay,  an 
obelisk,  forty-five  feet  in  height,  is  known  as  the  Martyrs'  Monu- 
ment. It  was  reared  in  1842  by  public  subscription,  to  comme- 
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.* 
At  the  foot  of  the  great  altar  are  three  projecting  stone  coffins, 
supposed  to  be  those  of  Archbishop  William  Shevez,  James 
Stewart,  and  James  Beaton.  Shevez  recommended  himself  to 
James  III.  by  his  skill  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  monument  of  brass  being  placed  over  his 
remains.  Archbishop  James  Stewart  was  second  son  of  James 
III.,  by  his  Queen,  Margaret  of  Denmark.  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,  in  Fife,  Archbishop  James 
Beaton  was  successively  Bishop  of  Galloway  and  Archbishop  of 
Glasgow ;  he  also  held  office  as  Lord  High  Chancellor.  In  1523 

*  St.  Andrews  Cathedral  was  founded  in  1159  by  Arnold,  nineteenth  bishop  of 
the  see,  and  was  completed  by  Bishop  Lamberton,  in  1318.  After  standing  240 
years,  it  was  demolished  in  June,  1559,  by  the  citizens,  after  a  sermon  by  Enox. 
When  entire  it  had  five  towers,  and  a  great  central  steeple.  Three  of  the  towers 
remain,  with  the  south  wall  of  the  nave,  and  that  on  the  west  side  of  the  south 
transept. 


PARISH   OF   ST.   ANDREWS.  127 

lie  was  elevated  to  the  primacy  as  Archbishop  of  St.  Andrews. 
He  endured  four  months'  imprisonment  in  1524  for  uniting  him- 
self to  the  party  against  Arran  and  the  queen-mother,  who 
desired  that  James  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  adminis- 
tering the  national  affairs.  At  much  personal  inconvenience  he 
enabled  the  young  king  to  rescue  himself  from  the  control  of  the 
Douglases.  He  erected  at  his  own  expense  a  considerable  part  of 
St.  Mary's  College,  St.  Andrews,  now  used  as  a  theological  semi- 
nary. He  died  in  1539. 

Within  the  area  of  the  cathedral,  on  the  floor  of  the  south 
transept,  are  several  tombstones,  three  of  which  have  the  inscrip- 
tions legible.  The  oldest  is  inscribed  thus  : — 

"Hie  jacet  sepultus  dompnus  [dominus]  Robertus  Cathnic 
canonicus  istius  loci  qui  obiit  anno  dom  MCCCLXXX." 

A  second  tombstone  has  this  legend  : — 

"  Hie  jacet  Jacobus  Elioly,  canonicus  metropolitane  ecclesie 
Sancti  Andree,  qui  obiit  XVIII.  die  Novemb.  ann.  dom.  MDXIII." 

On  the  four  corner  compartments  are  these  words : — "  Fratres- 
obsecro-orate-pro  me." 

The  third  tombstone  is  inscribed  as  follows  : — 

"  Hie  jacet  Eo-Graie,  quondam  vitriarius  ac  plumbarius  hu 
almi  templi,  qui  obiit  primo  Maii,  ann.  dom.  MDIV." 

At  the  corners  of  the  stone  are  four  shields,  the  first  containing 
the  letters  I.H.S.  [lesus  hominurn  Salvator]  ;  the  second  a  lion 
rampant  within  an  ingrailed  border,  being  the  arms  of  the  House 
of  Gray;  the  third  and  fourth  shields  exhibit  two  arrows  lying 
crossways. 

Among  the  monuments  of  the  seventeenth  century  one  of  the 
most  interesting  is  a  plain  tombstone  commemorating  the  cele- 


1 28  FIFESHIRR. 

brated  Mr.  Samuel  Rutherford  (vol.  i.,  32G).     The  stone  is  inscribed 
thus : — 

"  What  tongue,  what  pen,  or  skill  of  men, 
Can  famous  Rutherford  commend, 
His  Learning  justly  raised  his  fame, 
True  godliness  adorn'd  his  name. 
He  did  converse  with  things  above 
Acquainted  with  Emmanuel's  love. 
Most  orthodox  he  was  and  sound, 
And  many  errors  did  confound. 
For  Zion's  King  and  Zion's  cause 
And  Scotland's  covenanted  laws 
Most  constantly  he  did  contend 
Until  his  time  was  at  an  end. 
Thus  he  won  to  the  full  position 
Of  that  which  he  had  seen  in  vision." 

A  tombstone,  now  removed,  commemorated  Catherine  Carstaira, 
wife  of  Mr.  James  Wood,  an  eminent  divine,  and  who  was  asso- 
ciated with  Mr.  Samuel  Rutherford  in  maintaining  the  authority 
and  "independence  of  the  Scottish  Church.  The  tombstone  was 
inscribed  as  follows  : — 

"  Hie,  beatae  resurrectionis  spei  plense,  requiescunt,  redemptoris 
praestolantes  adventum,  exuviae  lectissimae  fceminae  Catharina 
Carstairs,  Jacobi  Sylvii  quondam  conjugis  charissimse  ;  quae  vitam 
terrenam,  a  prima  setate,  modestia,  sobrietate,  industria,  pietate, 
aliisque  virtutibus  christianis,  citra  fucum  ornatissimam ;  tandem 
morbi  pertinacis  torminibus  confecta,  insignemque  de  hoste  salutis 
humanae,  in  gravissimo  certamine,victoriam,  Domini  virtute,  ingenti 
solatio  spectantium,  adepta,  cum  ccelesti  commutavit  9  Septembris, 
anno  1658.  ^Etatis  suae  38.  18  conjugii,  in  quo  xi  liberos, 
5  filios,  6  filias  enixa,  ter  insuper  abortum  passu,  pie  et  religiose 
obiit.  Anagrammate  vero,  casta,  rara  Christiana." 

Descended  from  the  old  and  renowned  family  of  the  name, 
Jarnes  Wood  was  son  of  a  merchant  in  St.  Andrews.  Having 
acquired  distinction  at  St.  Andrews  University,  he  was  appointed 
a  regent  in  St.  Salvator's  College.  In  1640  he  was  ordained 
minister  of  Dunino.  To  the  Greyfriars'  Church,  Aberdeen,  and 
Professorship  of  Divinity  in  Marischal  College  of  that  city  he  was 
elected  in  1644,  but  in  the  following  year  he  was  inducted  as 


PARISH    OF   ST.   ANDREWS.  1  29 

Professor  of  Divinity  in  St.  Mary's  College,  St.  Andrews.  From 
his  early  training  he  had  some  Episcopal  leanings,  but  he  was 
led,  through  the  conversation  of  the  celebrated  Mr.  Alexander 
Henderson,  to  cordially  embrace  the  Presbyterian  doctrines.*  He 
took  part  with  the  Resolution  party,  which  temporarily  estranged 
him  from  Rutherford,  who  was  principal  of  his  college.  On  the 
recommendation  of  Mr.  James  Sharp,  the  future  archbishop,  he 
was  in  1657  appointed  Principal  of  St.  Salvator's  College.f  When 
Episcopacy  was  established  at  the  Restoration,  Sharp  used  every 
effort  to  induce  Mr.  Wood  to  renounce  his  opinions,  but  without 
success.  He  caused  him  to  be  summoned  before  the  Council  in 
July,  1663,  and  on  his  appearing  he  was  deprived  of  his  princi- 
palship  and  ordered  to  confine  himself  within  the  city  of  Edin- 
burgh. He  was  afterwards  permitted  to  return  to  St.  Andrews 
to  visit  his  father,  who  had  fallen  sick.  He  was  now  seized  with 
illness,  and  was  some  time  confined  to  his  chamber.  By  the 
primate  he  was  frequently  visited,  and  report  was  assiduously 
given  forth  that  in  the  prospect  of  death  he  had  expressed  himself 
as  indifferent  about  forms  of  church  government,  and  was  content 
to  submit  such  matters  to  magisterial  authority.  Informed  of  the 
rumour,  Mr.  Wood  subscribed  a  declaration,  affirming  his  belief 
that  "  Presbyterian  government  was  the  ordinance  of  God  ; "  that 
"  he  never  had  the  least  change  of  thought  concerning  the  necessity 
of  it ;  "  and  that  were  he  to  live,  he  "  would  account  it  his  glory  to 
seal  this  word  of  his  testimony  with  his  blood."  His  declaration 
was  subscribed  on  the  2nd  of  March,  1664,  and  on  the  15th  day 
of  the  same  month  he  breathed  his  last.:}: 

One  of  the  witnesses  to  Mr.  Wood's  declaration  was  his  brother- 
in-law,  Mr.  John  Carstairs,  minister  of  the  Cathedral  Church, 
Glasgow.  This  eminent  person  was  eldest  son  of  James  Carstairs, 
merchant  and  magistrate  in  St.  Andrews,  and  was  descended  from 


*  Correspondence  of  the  Rev.  Robert  Wodrow,  III.,  34. 
t  Baillie's  Letters  and  Journal,  III.,  216,  376. 
t  Wodrow's  History,  I.,  404.  Glasg.,  1828. 
VOL.    II.  R 


130  KIFESHIRE. 

the  old  family  of  Carstairs,  of  Newgrange,  Fifeshire.  Having 
obtained  licence,  he  was  ordained  minister  of  Cathcart  in  -June, 
1647.  While  attending  the  army  at  the  battle  of  Dunbar,  in 
September,  1650,  he  was  severely  wounded,  stripped,  and  left 
among  the  dead.  He  became  minister  of  the  Cathedral  Church, 
Glasgow,  in  1655.  Summoned  before  the  court  of  High  Commis- 
sion for  witnessing  the  signature  of  Mr.  Wood  to  his  declaration, 
he  retired  to  Ireland,  and  afterwards  sought  refuge  in  Holland. 
He  was  subsequently  permitted  to  reside  in  Edinburgh,  where  he 
suffered  from  protracted  sickness.  He  attended  the  Earl  of  Argyll 
before  his  execution  in  June,  1685,  and  was  invited  to  administer 
death-bed  consolation  to  the  Lord  Chancellor  Eothes.  In  devo- 
tional fervour  he  excelled  all  his  contemporaries.  He  died  on  the 
5th  February,  1686,  in  his  sixty-fourth  year,  and  thirty-ninth  of 
his  ministry.  His  eldest  son,  William,  was  the  distinguished 
principal.  His  father,  Bailie  James  Carstairs,  died  at  St.  Andrews, 
29th  September,  1671.  On  his  tombstone  were  inscribed  these 
lines : — 

"  Reader,  who  on  this  stone  doth  cast  thine  eye, 
Do  not  forget  the  blessed  memory 
Of  Bailie  James  Carstairs ;  to  whom  God  did  impart 
A  candid  mind,  without  a  double  heart, 
To  virtue,  grace,  and  honesty  inclin'd ; 
To  all  his  friends  most  singularly  kind ; 
He  wisely  did,  with  all  men,  follow  peace  ; 
At  length  expyr'd,  full  both  of  years  and  grace." 

The  following  Latin  verses  commemorate  John  Carstairs,  a  youth 
of  eighteen  years;  son  of  a  Bailie  James  Carstairs,  merchant  in  St. 
Andrews,  who  died  llth  January,  1653  : — 

"  Nate,  patris  matrisque  amor,  et  spes  una  senectae, 

Quamdiu  vita  fuit,  nunc  dolor  et  lachrymae, 
Accipe  quse  mcesti  tibi  solvunt  justa  parentes, 
Funere,  naturae  vertitur  ordo,  tuo. 

"  Charae  pater  luctuni,  mater  charissima  planctum 

Siste ;  piis  placidam  mors  dat  in  astra  viam. 
Ante  diem  morior  ;  nulla  hinc  dispendia ;  non  tarn 
Mors  nocet  ante  diem,  quam  beat  ante  diem." 


PARISH    OF   ST.   ANDREWS.  131 

A  tombstone,  long  since  removed,  bearing  the  name  of  William 
Wood  and  his  wife  Catherine  Balfour,  who  both  died  in  1622, 
severally  aged  twenty-seven,  probably  celebrated  the  grandfather 
and  grandmother  of  the  future  Principal  of  St.  Salvator's  College. 
According  to  Monteith,  the  inscription  was  as  follows : — 

"Memorise  sacrum.  Hie  jacet  spectatse  pietatis,  probitatis  et 
fidei,  illustris  civis,  Gulielmus  Wood ;  cum  fcemina  lectissima, 
conjuge  dilectissima  Christiana  Balfour,  qui  simul  morbo  et  morte 
correpti  diem  obierunt,  ejusdem  consortes  tumuli,  ut  participes 
thalami.  Hie  obiit  anno  1612.  aetatis  27.  Hsec  obiit  anno  1612, 
setatis  27,  dies  14. 

David  Balfour,  sometime  one  of  the  Royal  Scottish  Guard  in 
France,  and  latterly  Provost  of  St.  Andrews,  is  on  his  tombstone 
thus  commemorated : — 

"  Hie  jacet  honorabilis  vir  David  Balfour,  quondam  regi  Gallise 
ab  excubiis  corporis ;  civitatis  sancti  Andrese  prsefectus  :  qui  obiit 
Andreapoli,  .16  Februarii  1625,  D.B. 

"  Victima  pro  Batavis,  Germanus  morte  litavit ; 

Sseve  tamen  sua  est  hostia  csesa  manu  : 
Ipse  redux,  ramum  referens  pacalis  olivse, 

Ad  tumulum  statui  hunc  arma  virumque  meum." 

On  his  monument,  David  Falconer,  bailie,  was  celebrated 
thus  : — 

"  Hie  jacet  David  Falconer,  ex  sat  honesta  familia  oriundus,  qui 
honestam  matronam  Jonetam  Jack  in  hac  civitate  duxit,  ex  qua 
octo  liberos  habuit ;  sub  praefecto,  urbis  magistratum,  summa  cum 
laude  gessit ;  et  ingenium,  candorem,  urbanitatem,  aliasque  virtutes 
ubique  monstravit :  quse  ei  natalium  honestatem  et  erectam  satis 
indolem  redolebant.  Decessit,  autem  aetatis  47,  anno  Dom.  1668, 
27  Aprilis." 

From  the  burial-place  of  the  family  of  Trail  we  have  these 
epitaphs : — 

"  Memorise  sacrum  Helense  Myrtonse,  optimse  matronse,  D. 
Andrese  Trallii,  tribuni  militum,  viri  optimi,  primum  conjugis  ; 
dein  D.  Eoberti  Danestoni  eqnitis,  consiliarii  conservatoris,  quse 
obiit  13  Feb.,  1608.  Neonon  Mathildas  Melvinse,  Jacobi  Trallii 
conjugis  lectissimae  et  piissimse  fceminse,  moerens  posuit.  Obiit 
23  Novembris,  1608." 


132  FTFESHIRE. 

"Hicjacet  honorabilis  mulier  Helena  Traill,  uxorPetri  Arnot  de 
Balcormo,  quae  obiit  25  Februarii,  1607.  Job  xix.  25  ;  1  Cor.  xv.  55. 

Hugh  Scrymgeour,  of  Balrymont,  who  died  in  1646,  is  on  his 
tombstone  commemorated  thus  : — 

"  Exuviae  egregii  et  generosi  viri,  Hugonis  Scrimgeri  a  Balray- 
mont ;  quern  prudentia,  constantia  aliseque  virtutes  prseclarum  ; 
dictorum,  factorum  et  amicitiae  fides  inviolata,  percharum  reddi- 
dere;  hoc  marmore  teguntur.  Obiit  aerae  christianae  1646,  Feb.  7, 
^Etatis  53.  Memento  mori." 

James  Sword,  Provost  of  the  city,  who  died  6th  February,  1657, 
aged  sixty-four,  has  on  his  monument  these  lines  : — 

"  Gloria  municipum  quondam,  mine  alta  gravedo, 
Laus  olim,  jam  moeror,  hac  in  lychnite  quiescit ; 
Cujus  vita  fuit  pietatis  normula  verae, 
Urbem  Andreanam  diuturna  pace  gubernans  ; 
•*•"    Fidus  in  officio,  cunctis  et  jura  ministrans ; 

Non,  propriis  inhians ;  in  publica  commoda  pronus ; 
Mens  invicta  malis  ;  nimis  haud  elata  secundis ; 
Vixerat  in  Christo  :  in  Christo  sua  vota  suprema, 

Mors  ultima  linea  rerum." 

John  Echline,  of  Pittadrow,  twelve  years  Eegent  of  Philosophy 
in  St.  Leonard's  College,  is  thus  celebrated  : — 

"  D.  0.  M.  S.  Hie  situs  est  vir  doctissimus,  Magister  Joannes 
Echline,  a  Pittadrow ;  qui  bonas  literas  et  philosophiam  in  collegio 
Leonardino,  annos  12  cum  singulari  eruditionis  et  ingenii  laude, 
docuit:  pie  et  placide  obiit  7  Novembris,  1603.  ^Etatis  52. 

"Hujus  habet  pietas  venturae  et  praemia  vitae  ; 

Dulce  mihi  Christo  vivere :  dulce  mori 
Immatura  nimis  ne  quis  mea  fata  queratur, 
Nunc  vitam  hanc,  vita  perpete,  penso  brevem." 

Mr.  John  Sword,  eldest  son  of  Provost  James  Sword,  who  died 
in  1654,  aged  thirty-two,  has  these  lines  on  his  monument : — 

"  Insignia  juvenis,  chariturn  ditatus  abunde 
Magnificis  donis,  hac  requiescit  humo  ; 
Namque  in  eo  probitas  praeluxit,  pallade  juncta, 
Cunctaque  quae  juvenem  nobilitare  solent. 


PARISH   OF   ST.    ANDREWS.  133 

Spiritus  in  coelis,  corpus  tellure  quiescit ; 

Nobis  virtutes  ut  paradigrna  forent : 
Eeliquit  famam  mundo,  nomenque  poetis, 

Dulcia  dum  Christo  cantica  dulce  canit." 

Likewise  celebrated  in  Latin  verse  are  John  Wilson,  commissary 
clerk  at  St.  Andrews,  who  died  in  1666,  and  his  wife  Janet 
Robertson,  who  died  in  the  following  year.  Their  epitaph  proceeds 
thus: — 

"Hunc  \itse  integritas,  hunc  mens  et  acerrima,  virtus 

Omnigena  certant  condecorare  viruin ; 
Hie  odit  scriba  et  bifrontis  bivia  Jani ; 

Conscribens,  cur  sic  secla  futura  beeut, 
Hac  itur  ad  superos ;  hac  dum  pulvisculus  urna 

Dormit  in  exili,  mens  petit  astra  poli. 
Fcemina,  prseclaris  fata  avibus,  ecce  rnarito 

Est  censors  tumuli,  quse'  fuit  ante  tori." 

A  monument  formerly  commemorated  Mr.  William  Preston,  son 
of  Sir  John  Preston,  baronet  of  Airdrie,  who  died  27th  March,  1657, 
aged  26.  It  was  inscribed  as  follows : — 

"  Hie  conditus  est  generosus  preestans  et  perdoctus  juvenis, 
magister  Gulielmus  Preston ;  films  clarissimi  viri  domi  Joannis 
Preston  equitis  ac  baronis  de  Airdry;  philosophiam  in  gymnasio 
Leonardino,  per  triennium  totum  professus,  ingenio,  iudustria, 
moribusque  probatis,  omnium.  Suffragia  meruit ;  hinc  praematura 
morte  abreptus  intacta  fama  obiit  6  Cal.  Aprilis  (Martii  27), 
anno  Dora.  1657.  ^Etatis  26.  Dignum  laude  virum  musa  vetat 
mori.  Vive  memor  lethi ;  fugit  hora." 

A  plain  tombstone  commemorates  the  Rev.  William  Wilkie, 
D.D.,  author  of  the  Epigoniad,  a  poem  written  in  the  manner  of 
the  "  Iliad."  Dr.  Wilkie  was  born  in  the  parish  of  Dalmeny,  Lin- 
lithgowshire,  on  the  5th  October,  1721,  and  having  studied  theology 
and  obtained  licence,  was  settled  minister  of  Ratho  17th  May, 
1753.  In  November,  1759,  he  became  Professor  of  Natural 
Philosophy  at  St.  Andrews.  He  died  10th  October,  1772.  An 
ingenious  philosopher  and  expert  agriculturist,  Dr.  Wilkie  was  held 
in  esteem  by  his  contemporaries.  As  a  poet  he  enjoyed  consider- 
able celebrity.  Afflicted  by  a  perpetual  chill,  which  he  sought  to 


134  FIFESHIRE. 

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  Cults ;  the  sou  of  that  gentleman  was  Sir  David 
Wilkie,  the  distinguished  artist. 

By  an  ordinary  gravestone  is  marked  the  resting-place  of  Dr. 
George  Hill,  Principal  of  St.  Mary's  College,  an  accomplished 
theologian  and  ecclesiastical  leader.  He  was  born  at  St.  Andrews 
in  June,  1750,  his  father  being  one  of  the  ministers  of  the  city. 
In  his  twenty-second  year  he  was  appointed  assistant  and  suc- 
cessor to  the  Professor  of  Greek  in  the  United  College.  In  1780 
he  received  the  additional  office  of  minister  of  the  second  parochial 
charge.  In  1787  he  was  preferred  to  the  Professorship  of  Theo- 
logy in  St.  Mary's  College,  and  in  other  three  years  was  advanced 
to  the  Principalship.  In  1808  he  was  appointed  to  the  office 
of  minister  of  the  first  charge.  He  died  19th  December,  1819, 
in  his  seventieth  year,  and  the  forty-second  of  his  ministry.  Dr. 
Hill  held  all  the  honours  which  could  be  obtained  by  a  clergyman 
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  enjoyed  an  unrivalled 
popularity.  His  lectures  in  divinity,  published  posthumously, 
have  been  frequently  reprinted. 

A  handsome  mural  monument,  with  an  appropriate  epitaph, 
celebrates  the  learning  and  virtues  of  Professor  Adam  Ferguson. 
Born  in  1724,  at  Logierait,  Perthshire,  of  which  parish  his  father 
was  minister,  he  .was  early  enrolled  a  student  of  St.  Andrews 
University.  He  prosecuted  his  theological  studies  at  Edinburgh, 
where  he  enjoyed  the  intercourse  of  William  Robertson,  Hugh 
Blair,  John  Home,  Alexander  Carlyle,  and  other  distinguished 
contemporaries.  Licensed  as  a  preacher,  he  obtained  the  chap- 
laincy of  the  42nd  Regiment,  an  appointment,  which  he  held  for 
thirteen  years.  In  1757  he  became  tutor  in  the  family  of  the  Earl 
of  Bute,  and  in  other  two  years  was  appointed  Professor  of  Natural 
Philosophy  in  the  University  of  Edinburgh.  This  chair  he  ex- 


PARISH    OF   ST.   ANDREWS.  135 

changed  for  that  of  Moral  Philosophy  in  1764,  which  he  resigned 
in  favour  of  the  celebrated  Dugald  Stewart  in  1785.  He  afterwards 
resided  in  Peeblesshire,  and  latterly  at  St.  Andrews.  He  died  at 
St.  Andrews  on  the  22nd  February,  1816,  at  the  age  of  ninety-two. 
His  best  known  works  are  his  "  History  of  the  Roman  Republic," 
;iiul  his  "Principles  of  Moral  and  Political  Science." 

Another  distinguished  nonagenarian  is  in  the  cathedral  church- 
yard celebrated  by  an  appropriate  tombstone.  Dr.  John  Hunter, 
Professor  of  Humanity  in  the  United  College,  died  at  St.  Andrews 
on  the  18th  January,  1837,  aged  ninety-one.  Of  humble  parentage,  he 
was  born  in  the  parish  of  Closeburn,  Dumfriesshire,  in  September, 
1746.  Educated  at  the  Free  School  of  Wallacehall  in  his  native 
parish,  he  afterwards  became  a  student  at  the  University  of  Edin- 
burgh. Attracting  the  notice  of  Lord  Monboddo,  he  became  his 
private  secretary.  On  his  lordship's  recommendation  he  was 
appointed  in  1775  to  his  professorial  chair.  After  discharging  his 
duties  as  Latin  professor  upwards  of  sixty  years  with  remarkable 
acceptance,  he  was  appointed  Principal  of  the  United  College. 
He  died  in  the  following  year.  His  editions  of  the  Latin  classics 
are  much  valued. 

Dr.  Thomas  Gillespie,  successor  of  Dr.  John  Hunter  in  the 
Humanity  Chair,  has  a  plain  tombstone  erected  at  his  grave 
Born  at  Closeburn  in  February,  1778,  he  was  educated  at  Wallace- 
hall,  and  in  1802  entered  the  University  of  Edinburgh.  Having 
obtained  licence  he  was  in  1813  appointed  to  the  church  living  at 
Cults  through  the  influence  of  Dr.  John  Hunter,  whose  daughter 
he  had  married.  In  1828  he  became  Dr.  Hunter's  assistant  in  the 
Humanity  Chair,  and  eight  years  afterwards  succeeded  to  the  full 
emoluments  of  the  office  on  his  constituent's  elevation  to  the 
Principalship.  He  died  at  Dunino,  near  St.  Andrews,  on  the  llth 
September,  1844,  aged  sixty-seven.  Dr.  Gillespie  excelled  as  a  con- 
versationalist, and  was  an  accomplished  scholar.  He  composed 
respectable  verses.  Articles  from  his  pen  in  Constable's  and 
Blackwood's  Magazines  abound  in  genuine  humour. 

Within  the  ancient  chapel  of  St.  Regulus,  a  mural  tablet  comme- 


136  FIFESHIRE. 

morales  Professor  George  Cook,  D.D.,  who  is  there  interred.  This 
eminent  ecclesiastical  leader  was  born  at  St.  Andrews,  in  March, 
1773.  Having  completed  his  theological  studies  and  obtained  licence, 
he  was  in  his  twenty-second  year  ordained  minister.of  Laurencekirk. 
In  1828  he  succeeded  Dr.  Thomas  Chalmers  as  Professor  of  Moral 
Philosophy  and  Political  Economy  in  the  United  College.  He 
died  at  St.  Andrews,  on  the  13th  May,  1843.  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  "  His- 
tory of  the  Church  of  Scotland."  He  succeeded  his  relative,  Prin- 
cipal Hill,  as  leader  of  the  moderate  section  of  the  Church. 

Dr.  John  Reid,  the  eminent  physiologist,  rests  in  the  cathedral 
churchyard.  Bom  at  Bathgate,  9th  April,  1809,  he  was  educated 
at  the  University  of  Edinburgh.  Having  attained  his  medical 
degree,  he  in  1833  became  a  partner  in  the  Edinburgh  Anatomical 
School.  In  1836  he  accepted  the  physiological  lectureship  in  the 
Edinburgh  extra- Academical  School.  In  1838  he  was  appointed 
Pathologist  to  the  Edinburgh  Infirmary,  and  in  1841  was  preferred 
to  the  chair  of  Anatomy  at  St.  Andrews.  Attacked  by  the  terrible 
malady  of  cancer  in  the  tongue,  in  November,  1847,  he  underwent 
several  operations  without  lasting  benefit :  he  died  at  St.  Andrews 
on  the  30th  July,  1849.  During  his  last  illness  he  prepared  for 
the  press  his  "  Physiological,  Anatomical,  and  Pathological  He- 
searches,"  a  work  which  was  published  posthumously. 

A  tombstone  marks  the  grave  of  Professor  William  Spalding,  of 
the  United  College.  This  accomplished  individual  was  born  at 
Aberdeen,  in  1808.  Having  studied  at  the  University  of  Edin- 
burgh, he  passed  advocate,  and  was  afterwards  elected  Professor  of 
Rhetoric  in  the  University  of  Edinburgh.  In  1845  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  himself.  He  died  at  St.  Andrews,  on  the  16th  November, 
1859,  aged  fifty-two.  He  published  a  work  on  Italy,  and  a  compen- 
dious "  History  of  English  Literature." 

A  handsome  monument  marks  the  grave  of  Lieutenant-Colonel 


PARISH   OF  ST.   ANDREWS.  137 

Sir  Hugh  Lyon  Playfair,  LL.D.,  provost  of  the  city ;  it  was  reared 
during  his  lifetime  at  his  own  expense.  Son  of  Jarnes  Playfair,  D.D., 
Principal  of  the  United  College,  he  was  born  on  the  17th  November, 
1786.  Obtaining  a  cadetship  in  the  Indian  army,  he  proceeded  to 
Calcutta  in  1805.  There  as  an  artillery  officer  he  greatly  distin- 
guished himself,  chiefly  by  his  powers  of  arrangement  and  adminis- 
tration. As  superintendent  of  the  great  military  road  between 
Calcutta  and  Benares,  440  miles  in  length,  he  obtained  for  his 
services  the  highest  commendation  of  his  superiors.  In  1827  he 
was  promoted  to  the  rank  of  major.  He  retired  from  active  service 
in  1834,  and  established  his  residence  at  St.  Andrews.  In  1842 
he  was  elected  provost,  when  he  commenced  those  reforms  in  the 
city  which  are  associated  with  his  name.  His  services  were 
honourably  acknowledged.  The  university  conferred  upon  him 
the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Laws ;  his  portrait,  painted  at  the  expense 
of  the  citizens,  was  placed  in  the  Town  Hall.  The  corporation 
presented  him  with  a  piece  of  plate,  and  he  was  knighted  by  the 
Queen.  Full  of  age  and  honours,  Sir  Hugh  died  at  St.  Andrews^ 
on  the  23rd  January,  1861,  aged  seventy-five. 

In  the  cathedral  churchyard  repose  the  remains  of  James  Fre- 
derick Ferrier,  Professor  of  Moral  Philosophy  in  the  United  Col- 
lege. His  grave  is  denoted  by  a  tombstone ;  he  is  likewise  com- 
memorated in  St.  Cuthbert's  churchyard,  Edinburgh  (Vol.  I.,  70). 

A  suitable  monument  denotes  the  resting-place  of  John  Eobert- 
son,  D.D.,  minister  of  the  Cathedral  Church,  Glasgow.  This 
excellent  man  and  accomplished  scholar  was  born  at  Perth  on  the 
9th  April,  1824.  Having  distinguished  himself  at  the  Grammar 
School,  he  entered  the  University  of  St.  Andrews,  and  after  a 
brilliant  career  was  licensed  to  preach  in  February,  1848.  Before 
the  close  of  that  year  he  was,  on  the  invitation  of  the  people, 
ordained  to  the  pastoral  charge  of  the  united  parishes  of  Mains  and 
Strathmartin,  in  the  county  of  Forfar.  Declining  several  offers  of 
preferment,  he  accepted  in  1858  the  office  of  minister  of  the 
Cathedral  Church,  Glasgow.  Here  his  services  were  as  acceptable 
as  they  were  faithful  and  laborious.  But  his  health  proved  un- 


138 

equal  to  his  exertions.  After  an  illness  of  some  duration,  he  died 
at  St.  Andrews  on  the  9th  January,  1865.  For  some  years  preced- 
ing his  death  he  held  office  as  Vice-Chancellor  of  the  University 
of  Glasgow.  His  discourses  have  been  published  posthumously, 
accompanied  with  a  memoir. 

A  tombstone  commemorates  the  Rev.  John  Park,  D.D.,  minister 
of  the  parish.  This  accomplished  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  1843 
translated  to  the  parish  of  Glencairn,  Dumfriesshire.  To  the  first 
charge  of  St.  Andrews  he  was  preferred  in  1854.  He  died  sud- 
denly on  the  8th  April,  1865.  An  elegant  and  powerful  preacher, 
Dr.  Park  was  also  distinguished  for  his  powers  as  a  musician. 
Several  of  his  musical  compositions  have  been  pronounced  equal 
to  those  of  the  great  masters.  The  song,  "  Where  Gadie  rins,"  is 
from  his  pen. 

A  suitable  memorial  stone  marks  the  grave  of  John  Cook,  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  1807,  and  having  obtained  licence,  was  in 
1828  ordained  minister  of  Laurencekirk.  He  was  translated  to  St. 
Leonard's  in  1845,  and  in  1860  was  appointed  to  the  chair  of 
Church  History.  In  1859  he  was  elected  Moderator  of  the  General 
Assembly,  and  in  1863  was  appointed  a  Dean  of  the  Chapel  Royal. 
He  died  17th  April,  1869,  in  his  sixty-second  year,  and  the  fortieth 
of  his  ministry.  Expert  in  the  concerns  of  business,  Dr.  Cook 
held  the  convenership  of  many  important  committees  of  the  General 
Assembly. 

Within  the  chapel  of  St.  Regulus  rest  the  remains  of  Robert 
Chambers,  LL.D.,  author  and  publisher.  This  gifted  and  amiable 
gentleman  was  born  at  Peebles  on  the  10th  July,  1802.  Thrown 
in  early  youth  on  his  own  resources,  he  commenced  business  at 
Edinburgh  as  a  dealer  in  old  books ;  he  afterwards  joined  his  elder 
brother  William  as  a  bookseller  and  printer.  When  William 
started  Chambers's  Edinburgh  Journal  in  1832,  he  became  the 


PARISH   OF   SCOONIE.  139 

principal  contributor,  and  the  success  of  the  two  brothers  was 
henceforth  secure  and  constant.  Dr.  Chambers  spent  his  latter 
years  at  St.  Andrews,  where  he  died  on  the  17th  March,  1871. 
His  principal  works  are  "The  Traditions  of  Edinburgh,"  "The 
Picture  of  Scotland,"  "  Histories  of  the  Kebellions,"  "  Lives  of 
Eminent  Scotsmen,"  "  Popular  Khymes  of  Scotland,"  "Ancient  Sea 
Margins  of  Scotland,"  "  The  Domestic  Annals  of  Scotland,"  and 
"  The  Book  of  Days." 


PARISH  OF  SCOONIE. 

In  the  parish  churchyard  is  a  mortuary  enclosure  belonging  to 
the  family  of  Anderson  of  Montrave.  A  mural  tablet  commemorates 
the  late  Major  Alexander  Anderson  of  Montrave,  who  died  24th 
June,  1855,  aged  sixty-one.  For  several  years  Major  Anderson  was 
engaged  in  active  military  service  in  India.  Succeeding  to  his 
patrimonial  estates  in  1818,  he  returned  home,  and  continued  there- 
after to  devote  himself  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  of  Boswell  of  Blackader)  was  born 
at  Leven  in  1805.  In  early  life  he  became  a  clerk  in  the  Kirkland 
Works ;  he  subsequently  was  appointed  manager  of  the  spinning 
establishment  at  Prinlaws,  and  latterly  he  opened  the  Hawkslaw 
Works  on  his  own  account.  He  died  18th  January,  1867,  aged 
sixty-two. 

A  mural  monument  commemorates  Colonel  Thomas  Gibson,  of 
the  83rd  Eegiment,  who  died  in  1838,  aged  eighty-four.  He  was 
youngest  son  of  the  second  last  proprietor  of  Durie  of  his  name. 
The  founder  of  this  branch  of  the  family  of  Gibson  was  Sir 
Alexander  Gibson,  President  of  the  Court  of  Session,  author  of 
the  "  Decisions  "  known  as  Durie 's  Practices. 

Tombstones  commemorate  Henry  Balfour,  of  Levenbank,  son  of 


140  FIFESHIKE. 

a  manufacturer  in  Dundee,  and  father  of  the  senior  partner  of  the 
firm  of  Balfour,  Williamson,  and  Co.,  Liverpool,  who  died  6th  July, 
1854;  Thomas  F.  Ballingal,  architect,  who  died  13th  November, 
1866,  aged  forty-five ;  and  Eobert  Nairn,  farmer,  Burnhill,  who 
died  in  1858,  aged  sixty-three. 

The  following  ministers  of  the  parish  are  by  admiring  friends 
and  grateful  parishioners  appropriately  commemorated  : — The  Eev. 
David  Swan,  D.D,  ordained  10th  May,  1764;  died  22nd  October, 
1812,  aged  seventy-seven.  The  Eev.  George  Brewster,  D.D.  (brother 
of  Sir  David  Brewster),  ordained  26th  August,  1812 ;  died  20th 
June,  1855,  aged  seventy-two  ;  and  the  Eev.  James  Blackwood, 
bora  19th  August,  1830  ;  ordained  1860 ;  died  16th  May,  1866. 


PAEISH  OF  STEATHMIGLO. 

From  tombstones  in  the  parish  churchyard,  we  have  the  follow- 
ing metrical  inscriptions : — 

"  Passenger,  be  to  Thyself  so  kind 
As  on  this  stone  to  cast  thine  eyes  and  mind, 
And  think  on  death  while  life  is  lent  to  you, 
For  Thou  art  commanded  so  to  do." 

"  The  precious  soul  possesseth  heaven  above, 
Which  was  the  hope  and  wishes  of  its  love ; 
Now  free  from  storms  of  sinful  time, 
In  heavenly  mansions  thou  doth  shine." 

"  Death  from  his  stroke  none  are  exeemed  ; 

This  mournful  tomb  doth  grace, 
The  names  of  such  who  were  esteemed 
Among  the  faithful  race." 


PARISH   OF  TORRYBURN.  141 

PAEISH  OF  TORRYBURN. 

The  following  quaint  epitaphs  are  from  the  parish  churchyard  :— 

"  In  this  churchyard  lies  Eppie  Coutts, 
Either  here  or  hereabouts  ; 
But  whaur  it  is  nane  can  tell 
Till  Eppie  rise  and  tell  hersel.'" 

"  At  anchor  now,  in  death's  dark  road, 

Rides  honest  Captain  Hill, 
Who  served  his  king  and  feared  his  God, 
With  upright  heart  and  will. 

"  In  social  life  sincere  and  just, 

To  vice  of  no  kind  given, 
So  that  his  better  part,  we  trust, 
Hath  made  the  port  of  heaven." 

"  Here  lieth  one  below  this  stone 

Who  loved  to  gather  gear ; 
Yet  all  his  life  did  want  a  wife 

Of  him  to  take  the  care  : 
He  won  his  meat,  both  ear  and  late, 

Betwixt  Cleish  and  Craigflour, 
And  craved  this  stone  might  lie  upon 
Him  at  his  latter  hour." 


142  KINROSS- SHIRE. 


KINROSS-SHIRK 


PAKISH  OF  KINEOSS. 

In  the  old  churchyard  on  the  north  bank  of  Lochleven,  a  tomb- 
stone with  a  suitable  inscription  commemorates  James  Rankine, 
younger,  of  Coldun,  who  died  in  1722.  There  is  a  tradition  that 
the  mason  who  engraved  the  legend  was  in  the  habit  of  boasting 
of  his  skill,  when  a  comrade  pointing  out  that  he  had  sculptured 
the  word  "  Coldoch  "  for  "  Coldun,"  he  was  so  overcome  with  shame 
that  he  forthwith  committed  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  affliction  to  relieve  ; 
'Twas  her's  to  eat  that  truly  Christian  fruit 

Which  feels  more  blese'd  to  give  than  to  receive." 


PARISH  OF  PORTMOAK. 

Of  this  parish  the  Rev.  Ebenezer  Erskine  was  many  years  in- 
cumbent, before  his  translation  to  Stirling  (see  supra,  p.  40).  In 
the  churchyard  a  flat  tombstone  commemorates  his  first  wife,  Mrs. 
Alison  Turpie,  and  several  of  their  children.  The  inscription  is 
as  follows : — 

"  Here  lyes  the  valuabell  dust  of  Alison  Turpie,  spouse  to  Mr. 
Ebenezer  Ereskin,  minister  of  the  gospel  in  Portmoak,  who  de- 
parted to  glory,  after  she  had  born  ten  children,  four  of  which  lye 
here  interred  with  her.  She  died  August  the  31,  1720,  aged  39 


PARISH   OF   PORTMOAK.  143 

years.  Henrie  Ereskin,  born  August  the  6,  1705  ;  depairted  June, 
1713.  Alexander,  born  July  the  20, 1708  ;  depairted  June  the  20, 
1713.  Kalph,  born  Januarie  the  17,  1712;  died  April,  1713; 
Isabel,  born  July  the  21,  1716  ;  died  Decem.  7,  1770. 

"  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  as  the 
dew  of  herbs,  and  the  earth  shall  cast  out  her  dead." 

In  the  churchyard  a  handsome  monument,  reared  in  1812,  cele- 
brates Michael  Bruce,  the  ingenious  and  short-lived  poet.  It  is 
thus  inscribed  : — 

"  To  the  memory  of  Michael  Bruce,  who  was  born  at  Kinnesswood 
in  1746,  and  died  while  a  student,  in  the  21st  year  of  his  age. 
Meek  and  gentle  in  spirit,  sincere  and  unpretending  in  his  Christian 
deportment,  refined  in  intellect  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  those  odes,  unrivalled  in  simplicity  and  pathos,  which 
have  shed  an  undying  lustre  on  his  name. 

N 

?  Early,  bright,  transient,  chaste  as  morning  dew, 
He  sparkled  and  exhaled,  and  went  to  heaven." 

Bruce  was  born  on  the  27th  March,  1746.  Though  in  humble 
circumstances,  his  parents  determined  to  educate  him  for  the 
ministry.  During  four  years  he  prosecuted  his  classical  studies  at 
the  University  of  Edinburgh.  He  subsequently  entered  on  the 
study  of  theology,  and  employed  himself  in  tuition  as  a  means  of 
support.  Under  incessant  mental  toil,  a  constitution  naturally 
feeble  began  to  decline.  He  died  of.  a  lingering  consumption,  6th 
July,  1767,  aged  twenty-one.  At  college  he  had  as  his  companion 
Mr.  John  Logan,  a  person  of  considerable  genius,  and  who  after- 
wards becoming  minister  of  Leith,  acquired  reputation  as  a 
preacher.  Subsequent  to  Bruce's  death  Logan  visited  his  parents, 
and  offered  to  publish  their  son's  poems  for  their  pecuniary  benefit. 
He  was  accordingly  intrusted  with  the  whole  of  the  MSS.,  including 


144  KIXKOPS-SHTRE. 

an  unpublished  book  of  hymns,  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  himself.  After  a  considerable  delay,  Logan 
published  a  small  volume,  entitled  "  Poems  on  Several  Occasions, 
by  Michael  Bruce,"  accompanied  by  a  laudatory  preface  comme- 
morative of  the  writer.  The  scantiness  of  the  compositions,  and  the 
absence  of  the  "  Gospel  Sonnets,"  disquieted  the  parents.  Asked 
by  the  father  of  the  deceased  poet  to  return  the  MS.  book  of  hymns, 
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  member  of  the  committee  by  contributing  a  number 
of  compositions,  which  were  readiJy  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  esteemed  of  Bruce's  lyrical  compositions  is 
his  "  Ode  to  the  Cuckoo." 


I'AUISH    (')F   ABKKHAI.NIK.  14") 


PERTHSHIRE. 


PARISH  OF  ABERDALGIE. 

Within  the  old  parish  church  a  monument  of  black  marble,  with 
a  statue  in  full  armour,  formerly  commemorated  Sir  William 
Olifaunt,  or  Oliphant,  Lord  of  Aberdalgie,  a  valorous  adherent  of 
King  Robert  the  Bruce.  The  monument  was  thus  inscribed  : — 

"  Hie  jacet  dominus  Willielmus  Oliphaut,  dominus  de  Aberdalgy, 
qui  obiit  quiiito  die  mensis  Februarii,  anno  1329."* 

Sir  William  Oliphant  was  one  of  the  magnates  Scotice,  who  sub- 
scribed the  famous  letter  to  the  Pope  in  1320,  asserting  the  inde- 
pendence of  the  kingdom.  From  King  Robert  he  received  grants 
of  land  in  the  counties  of  Edinburgh  and  Perth.  His  son,  Sir 
Walter  Oliphant,  his  successor  in  the  lordship  of  Aberdalgie,  re- 
ceived in  marriage  Elizabeth,  a  younger  daughter  of  King  Robert. 
The  representative  of  the  House  was  by  James  II.  constituted  a 
Lord  of  Parliament.  In  1839  James  Blair  Oliphant,  of  Gask  and 
Ardblair,  served  himself  heir  male  of  Francis,  tenth  Lord  Oliphant, 
and  of  William  Oliphant,  of  Newton,  the  younger  brother  of 
Laurence,  third  Lord  Oliphant.  Mr.  Blair  Oliphant  is  now  repre- 
sented by  his  nephew,  Thomas  Laurence  Kington  Oliphant,  of 
Gask,  who  has  succeeded  to  the  family  estates  as  heir  of  line. 
The  gravestone  of  Sir  William  Oliphant  rests  in  the  churchyard  ; 
the  three  crescents,  the  arms  of  his  House,  are  traceable  on  it. 

*  Douglas's  Peerage,  p.  />26. 


146  PERTHSHIRE. 


PARISH   OF  ABERFOYLE. 

At  the  east  end  of  the  church  a  gravestone  is  thus  inscribed  : — 
"  Robertus  Kirk,  A.M.  Linguae  Hiberniae  lumen." 

The  Rev.  Robert  Kirk  was  seventh  son  of  Mr.  James  Kirk, 
minister  of  Aberfoyle.  Having  studied  at  the  Universities  of 
Edinburgh  and  St.  Andrews,  he  was,  in  1664,  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  Psalms,  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  1815.  He  died  14th  May, 
1692,  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  vault  are  deposited  the  remains  of  James,  second  Marquis  of 
Montrose,  son  of "  the  great  Marquis,"  and  styled  the  Good,  on 
account  of  his  amiable  qualities  ;  he  died  in  1669.  The  vault  also 
contains  the  remains  of  James,  third  Duke  of  Montrose,  who  died 
30th  December,  1836.  This  nobleman  was  Lord  Justice-General 
of  Scotland,  Lord  Lieutenant  of  Stirlingshire,  and  Chancellor  of  the 
University  of  Glasgow. 

In  Aberuthven  churchyard  Robert  Carrick,  of  Kilders,  who 
died  in  1775,  is  celebrated  in  these  lines  :— 

"  In  him 

Beauty,  merit,  noble  virtue  shined, 
Of  manners,  gentle,  easy,  gen'rous,  kind  ; 
Upright,  a  friend  to  truth,  of  soul  sincere, 


PARISH    OF    BALQUHIUDER.  147 

In  action  faithful,  and  in  honour  clear ; 

True  to  his  word,  his  goodness  unconfmed, 

Warm  in  his  friendships, — friend  to  human  kind  : 

His  feeling  heart  with  welling  pity  glowed, 

His  willing  hand  as  liberally  bestowed ; 

And  his  short  life  did  a  true  pattern  give 

How  husbands,  parents,  neighbours,  friends,  should  live, 

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  wife 

With  tears  inscribes  this  monument  of  stone 

That  holds  his  ashes  and  awaits  her  own." 

From  tombstones  erected  by  parents  in  memory  of  their  children 
at  Aberuthven  we  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  more, 
I  am  not  lost,  but  gone  before." 

"  To  this  sad  shrine,  whoe'er  thou  art,  draw  near, 
And  mingle  with  maternal  woe  a  tear, 
For  her  whose  worth,  whose  charms  effulgent  shone, 
Equalled  by  few,  nor  e'er  eclipsed  by  one. 
Her  quickness  darted  with  superior  ray, 
Uncommon  wisdom  for  her  short-lived  day  ; 
Though  few  in  years,  too  few,  alas  !  she  told, . 
She  seemed  in  all  things  but  in  beauty  old. 
Ah,  cruel  death  !  who  early  thus  unstrung 
The  strength  of  one  so  lovely  and  so  young. 
These  charms  are  faded,  and  their  worth  is  flown, 
Love,  beauty,  goodness,  mourn  your  darling  gone." 


PARISH   OF   BALQUHIDDER. 

In  the  parish  churchyard  is  an  old  burial-place  of  Clan  Alpiii 
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  number  of  oblong  blocks  of  grave- 


148  PERTHSHIRE. 

stones,  for  the  most  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  six 
feet  in  length  by  fourteen  inches  in  breadth  and  depth,  and  has  its 
surface  adorned  with  antique  and  interesting  emblems.  In  the 
centre  are  represented  a  man  and  a  broadsword  ;  on  the  upper  part 
are  a  number  of  dogs,  and  in  the  lower  portion  several  crosses  of 
a  peculiar  form.  It  seems  of  older  origin  than  Roy's  period,  and 
had  probably  served  another  purpose  before  it  was  placed  upon  his 
grave.  Adjoining  this  stone,  on  the  north,  an  altar  tombstone 
commemorates  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  on  its  upper  and  the  other  in  its  lower  division.  This 
stone  is  erected  by  Lieutenant  Gregorson,  1770.  "  Here  lies  the 
corpse  of  Colonel  Macgregor,  who  died  in  the. year  1735,  aged  31 
years." 

Rob  Roy  Macgregor,  called  Roy,  or  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  Campbell  of  Glen- 
falloch ;  he  was  born  about  the  year  1670,  at  Inverlochlarig,  in 
Balquhidder.  For  a  period  he  lived  at  Craig  Royston,  near  the 
eastern  border  of  Loch  Lomond,  on  an  estate  presented  to  him  by 
a  relative,  adding  to  his  finances  by  receiving  imposts  from  the 
neighbour-ing  gentry  for  protecting  their  herds  from  Highland 
banditti.  Attempting  business  as  a  cattle  dealer,  he  involved  him- 
self in  embarrassments,  and. the  Duke  of  Montrose,  who  was  a 
principal  creditor,  pursued  him  with  all  the  stern  appliances  of  the 
law.  He  proceeded  to  Glen  Dochart,  where  he  obtained  the  protec- 
tion of  the  Duke  of  Argyll  and  the  Earl  of  Breadalbane,  hereditary 
enemies  of  the  Grahams.  Incited  by  his  wife,  a  daughter  of  Mac- 
gregor of  Conan,  he  seized  the  cattle  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. 
This  lawless  violence  awakened  the  attention  of  the  authorities,  and 
a  reward  of  £1,000  was  offered  for  his  apprehension.  Though 


PARISH    OF   BLACKFORD.  149 

often  in  the  greatest  danger,  he  escaped  capture,  and  died  in 
his  own  house  about  the  year  1736,  at  a  somewhat  advanced  age. 
He  was  benevolent  to  his  followers,  by  whom  he  was  sincerely 
lamented. 

Near  the  south-west  corner  of  Balquhidder  church  a  flat  grave- 
stone commemorates  Isabel  Campbell,  daughter  of  Sir  Colin 
Campbell,  of  Mochester,  and  first  wife  of  the  Rev.  Eobert  Kirk, 
minister  of  this  parish,  and  afterwards  of  Aberfoyle.  There  is  the 
following  inscription : 

,    "  Isabel  Campbell, 
Spouse  to  Eobert  Kirk,  minister, 
Died  Dec!  25,  1680. 
She  had  two  sons, 
Colin  and  William. 
Her  age  25. 

Stones  weep  though  eyes  are  dry — 
Choicest  flowers  soonest  die ; 
Their  sun  oft  sets  at  noon 
Whose  fruit  is  ripe  in  June. 

Then  tears  of  joy  be  thine, 
Since  earth  must  soon  resign 
To  God  what  is  divine. 

Nasci  est  aegrotare 

Vivere  est  saepe  mori, 

Et  mori  est  vivere. 
Love  and  live." 


PARISH  OF  BLACKFORD. 

In  the  churchyard  are  interred  and  suitably  commemorated 
Archibald  and  Sir  William  Moncreiff,  Bart.,  successively  ministers 
of  Blackford.  The  former  died  in  August,  1649  ;  the  latter,  9th 
December,  1767.  In  1744  William  Moncreiff  succeeded  to  the 
family  baronetcy  on  the  death  of  Sir  Hugh  Moncreiff  of  Tipper- 
mallo.  He  was  great -great -grandson  of  Archibald  Moncreiff, 


150  FEKTHSHIRK. 

minister  of  Abernethy,  second  son  of  William  Moucreiff  of  that 
Ilk,  who  died  in  1634,  and  whose  elder  brother  John  was  on  the 
22nd  April,  1626,  created  a  baronet  of  Nova  Scotia.  The  eldest 
son  of  Sir  William  Moncreiff,  was  Sir  Heniy  Moncreiff  Wellwood, 
Bart.,  successively  minister  of  Blackford  and  of  St.  Cuthbert's, 
Edinburgh,  who  died  9th  August,  1827.  The  eldest  son  of  this 
gentleman  became  a  Lord  of  Session ;  also  his  grandson  (Vol.  I . 
132). 

In  the  secluded  churchyard  of  Gleneagles,  is  the  old  burial-place 
of  the  family  of  Haldane ;  it  now  belongs  to  the  Earl  of  Camper- 
down.  Within  the  old  chapel  of  Tullibardine,  the  Dukes  of  Athole 
formerly  interred ;  the  chapel  is  now  the  burial-place  of  Viscount 
§trathallan. 


PAEISH  OF  BLAIR- ATHOLE. 

Within  the  old  parish  church  in  the  vault  of  the  ducal  house  of 
Athole  were  deposited  the  remains  of  John  Graham  of  Claverhouse, 
Viscount  Dundee,  who  fell  at  the  battle  of  Killicrankie,  27th  July, 
1689.  An  erect  stone  on  the  field  of  battle  marks  the  spot  where  he 
received  his  death-wound.  Eldest  son  of  Sir  William  Graham  of 
Claverhouse,  and  his  wife  Lady  Jean  Carnegie,  fourth  daughter  of 
John,  first  Earl  of  Northesk,  he  was  educated  at  the  University  of 
St.  Andrews.  In  1672  he  became  a  Cornet  in  the  Guards  of  the 
Prince  of  Orange.  Returning  to  Scotland  in  1677,  he  received 
from  Charles  II.  the  command  of  a  regiment  of  horse  raised 
against  the  Covenanters.  In  May  1679,  he  captured  several 
Covenanters  who  were  proceeding  to  Loudonhill,  Ayrshire,  to  cele- 
brate the  Holy  Communion.  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  fought 
the  battle  of  Bothwell  Bridge,  so  disastrous  to  the  Covenanters. 
On  this  occasion  Graham  commanded  the  cavalry  under  the  Duke 
of  Monmouth  :  after  the  Victorv  he  evinced  that  cruelty  towards 


PARISH    OF   CALLANDER.  151 

the  vanquished  which  led  to  his  being  thereafter  known  as  "  the 
bloody  Clavers.'  In  1682,  he  was  appointed  Sheriff  of  Wigtown,  in 
which  office  he  proved  himself  so  expert  in  suppressing  freedom  of 
worship,  that  he  was  constituted  Captain  of  the  Eoyal  Regiment 
of  horse,  and  sworn  of  the  Privy  Council.  By  James  II.  he  was 
in  1688  created  Viscount  Dundee,  and  raised  to  the  military  rank 
of  Major-General.  He  was  in  London  when  the  king's  affairs 
became  desperate,  and  made  offer  to  raise  an  army  to  resist  the 
approach  of  the  Prince  of  Orange.  James  felt  that  it  was  too  late, 
and  Graham,  with  a  troop  of  sixty  horse,  returned  to  Scotland. 
In  the  following  year  he  raised  an  army  in  support  of  the  exiled 
monarch.  General  Mackay  was  sent  to  resist  him,  and  the  two 
armies  met  at  the  Pass  of  Killicrankie  on  the  17th  June,  1689. 
After  a  severe  conflict  Mackay  was  defeated  with  serious  loss ;  but 
wounded  by  a  musket  ball  Graham  fell  in  the  moment  of  victory. 
He  expired  the  following  day. 

Beside  the  remains  of  Viscount  Dundee  rest  those  of  George, 
sixth  Duke  of  Athole,  who  died  16th  January,  1864,  aged  50.  He 
is  commemorated  by  a  mural  monument  in  the  aisle  of  the  old 
church.  The  monument,  which  is  executed  by  Mr.  John  Steell,  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  remains 
in  full  blossom,  and  upon  it  hangs  the  plaid,  or  mantle  of  the 
deceased.  At  the  other  side  of  the  tree  is  a  figure  of  one  of  the 
Duke's  retainers— a  stalwart  volunteer,  leaning  on  the  top  of  his 
reversed  rifle,  lamenting  his  chief. 


PAEISH  OF  CALLANDER. 

At  Little  Leny,  the  burial-place  of  the  Buchanans  of  Leny  and 
Cambusmore,  a  gravestone  denotes  the  resting-place   of  Dugald 


Buchanan, the  eminent  Gaelic  poet.  This  remarkable  person  was 
son  of  a  farmer  at  Balquhidder,  and  was  there  born  in  1716.  At 
first  he  engaged  in  trade,  but  subsequently  he  became  schoolmaster 
and  catechist  at  Kinloch-Rannoch ;  he  aided  in  translating  the 
Nc\v  Testament  into  the  Gaelic  language.  Buchanan  died  on  the 
2nd  June,  1768.  His  "Hymns"  have  been  frequently  printed. 
As  a  writer  of  Gaelic  poetry  he  holds  a  foremost  place. 


PARISH  OF  COLLAGE. 

In  the  parish  churchyard  an  altar  tombstone  commemorates 
John  Mather,  a  native  of  Brechin,  who  while  conveying  contra- 
band liquor  from  thence  to  Perth  was  in  a  scuffle  shot  by  a 
party  of  soldiers.  This  took  place  at  Collace  in  1740.  Two  of  the 
soldiers  were  tried  for  murder,  found  guilty,  and  sentenced  to  be 
hanged.  They  obtained  a  royal  pardon,  much  to  the  dissatisfaction 
ol  the  citizens  of -Edinburgh,  who  had  resolved  to  wreak  vengeance 
upon  them  in  the  manner  in  which  the  mob  had  previously  dealt 
with  Captain  Porteous.  The  soldiers  were  liberated  at  midnight. 
Mather's  tombstone  is  thus  inscribed : — 

"  Stay  passenger,  as  you  go ; 
Think  on  him  who  now  lys  lo. 
As  you  now  walk,  so  once  did  I, 
Kemeniber,  friend,  all  men  must  die ; 
And  then  God's  awful  throne  attend. 
O  speedily  your  life  amend, 
Now  whilst  you  health  and  strength  enjoy, 
Your  time  if  wise  you'll  weel  employ." 


PAKISH  OF  COMRIE. 

On  Dunmore  Hill  a  handsome  obelisk,  seventy-two  feet  in 
height  was,  as  an  inscription  bears,  reared  by  his  friends  in  Perth- 
shire in  honour  of  Henry  Pundas,  first  Viscount  Melville  (Vol.  I., 


PARISH  OF  COUPAR- ANGUS.  153 

9,  14,  172).    The  obelisk  is  composed  of  granite,  and  was  reared  it 
the  cost  of  £1400. 


PAEISH  OF  COUPAR-ANGUS. 

The  parish  churchyard  includes  the  site  of  the  abbey,  founded 
by  Malcolm  IV.  in  1164.  An  arched  doorway  flanked  with  but- 
tresses, is  the  only  remaining  portion  of  the  structure. 

A  monumental  slab,  preserved  in  the  parish  manse,  is  thus 
inscribed : — 

"  Hie  .  iaet  .  dns  .  Archibald'  .  M'Vi  .  olim  prpos  .  de  . 
Kilmvn." 

The  person  commemorated  is  supposed  to  be  Archibald  Macvicar 
Provost  of  the  Collegiate  Church  of  Kilmun,  Argyleshire,  from 
1529  to  1548. 

There  was  formerly  in  the  churchyard  a  monumental  fragment 
inscribed — 

" WiUhelmvs  .  de  .  Montefixio.     .     .     .     .     ." 

This  had  doubtless  commemorated  a  member  of  the  old  Norman 
House  of  Montfichet,  or  Muschet.  Richard  de  Montfichet  received 
a  charter  of  the  lands  of  Cargill  and  Kincardine  from  William  the 
Lion.  The  Muschets  were  benefactors  of  the  abbey  of  Cupar. 
About  the  middle  of  the  fourteenth  century  one  of  the  three  co- 
heiresses of  the  house  married  Sir  John  Drummond,  a  progenitor 
of  the  Earls  of  Perth.  With  other  children,  Sir  John  and  Lady 
Drummond  had  a  daughter  Annabella,  who  became  queen  of  Robert 
III.  and  mother  of  James  I. 

On  another  monumental  fragment  were  the  words  Gilbertvs 
de  Hay.  The  family  of  Hay  of  Errol,  large  benefactors  to  the 
abbey,  are  interred  within  its  precincts.  Here  were  interred  in 
1333  Gilbert  Hay,  who  died  at  Aberdeen ;  and  in  1466  Gilbert 
Hay,  son  and  heir  of  William  de  Hay  of  Errol.  Most  probably 
the  latter  was  celebrated  on  the  fragment.  The  Earls  of  Errol 


154  PERTHSHIRE. 

were  interred  in  Coupar- Angus  Abbey  at  a  period  subsequent  to  the 
Reformation.  Andrew,  seventh  Earl  of  Errol,  who  died  on  the 
8th  October,  1585,  was  here  buried.* 

In  the  vestibule  of  the  church,  on  a  marble  tablet,  Dr.  Robert 
Robertson,  Physician  to  the  Royal  Hospital,  Greenwich,  thus 
commemorates  his  mother  and  sister  : — 

"In  memoriam  parentis  amantissimae  et  percarae  quae  A.D.  1771, 
obiit  68  annos  nata,  filius  Rob14"  Robertson,  M.D.,  F.RS.,  F.A.S.L, 
Nosocomij  Reg.  Grenovic  Medicus ;  Itemque,  in  memoriam  ANN^E 
sororis  suae,  hoc  marmor  ponendum  curavit." 

Dr.  Robertson  was  a  surgeon  in  the  Royal  Navy,  and  was 
appointed  physician  to  Greenwich  Hospital  in  1790.  Among 
other  professional  works,  he  was  author  of  "  Voyages  to  the  Coast 
of  Africa  and  the  "West  Indies  "  (Lond.,  1779,  4to.)  and  "Diseases 
incident  to  Seamen  "  (1807,  4  vols.,  8vo.).  He  died  30th  September, 
1829. 

A  mural  monument,  erected  by  the  parishioners,  celebrates  the 
Rev.  John  Halkett,  minister  of  the  parish,  who  died  21st  April, 
1828,  in  the  fifty-first  year  of  his  age  and  twenty-first  of  his 
ministry.  Samuel  Halkett,  late  Keeper  of  the  Advocates  Library, 
Edinburgh,  was  a  nephew  of  this  gentleman  (Vol.  I.,  123). 

In  the  churchyard  a  monument  to  the  memory  of  Thomas  Bell, 
comedian,  is  thus  inscribed  : — 

"  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  Mr.  THOMAS  BELL,  Comedian,  late  of 
the  Theatre  Royal,  Edinburgh,  a  respectable  performer,  an  agree- 
able companion,  and  an  honest  man.  While  on  the  stage  of  life 
he  encountered  some  of  the  rudest  shocks  of  adversity,  and  felt  the 
chill  gripe  of  penury  in  many  a  checkered  scene;  but,  possessed  of 
a  happy  equanimity  of  temper,  a  social  disposition,  and  a  well- 
informed  mind,  the  arrows  of  misfortune  fell  powerless.  On  the 
31st  of  August,  1815,  the  curtain  of  fate  dropt  on  the  drama  of 
his  existence,  and  he  retired  from  the  theatre  of  this  world,  to  the 
sorrow  and  regret  of  all  who  had  the  pleasure  of  his  acquaintance. — 
Erected  by  the  Dundee  Eccentric  X  Society,  in  testimony  of  their 
esteem  and  respect  for  Mr.  BELL,  an  honorary  member." 

•  "  Coppy  of  the  Tabill  quhilk  ves  at  Covper  of  al  the  Erl<-s  of  Enroll,  quhilk  ver 
burydin  the  abbey  kirk  their." — ifiwllmny  of  th«  Spalding  Clnf>,  vol.  ii.,  p.  347. 


PARISH   OF    URON.  155 


PARISH  OF  CRIEFF. 

In  the  parish  church  a  marble  bust  celebrates  James  Drummond, 
fifth  Laird  of  Milnab,  a  cadet  of  the  noble  House  of  Perth.  He 
was  forty  years  steward-depute  of  Strathearn.  His  monument  is 
thus  inscribed : — 

"  Juridici,  millo  ssecli  data  crimine  pessum, 
Obruta  quin  senio,  busta  verenda  vicles. 
Hunc  juvenem  amplexse  illtisae  charitesque,  senectse 
Sed  fuerat  gra vitas  consiliumque  decus. 
Quantus  adest  heros  !     Viridi  ipse  paves co  juventa, 
Ut  cirieres  tanti  ceperat  urna  viri ! 

"  Obiit  anno  M.DC.LXIV.  Kal.  Decembris  xvii.  aetatis  suae. 
Ixxxiii." 


PARISH  OF  DRON. 

In  the  parish  churchyard  a  tombstone  marks  the  grave  of  John 
Welwood,  an  eminent  preacher  of  the  Covenanters.  Second  son 
of  Mr.  James  Welwood,  minister  of  Tundergarth,  Dumfriesshire, 
he  was  born  about  the  year  1649.  With  the  usual  course  of  study 
he  obtained  licence  as  a  probationer.  Not  seeking  any  settled 
charge,  he  held  an  itinerant  ministry  in  the  southern  and  midland 
counties.  Several  predictions  are  associated  with  his  name  ;  among 
others,  one  foretelling  that  Archbishop  Sharp  would  suffer  a  violent 
death.  His  discourses  were  pervaded  with  a  rich  devotional  fervour. 
He  died  of  consumption,  at  Perth,  in  1679,  and  was  by  a  party  of 
his  followers  secretly  interred  in  Dron  churchyard.  His  father 
was  deprived  in  1662.  He  is  believed  to  be  represented  by  the 
families  of  Welwood,  and  the  Maxwells  of  the  Grove,  Munches, 
and  Glenlee. 


1  ~<C>  I'KKTHSHIRK. 

PARISH  OF  DUNBLANE. 

Dunblane  Cathedral  was  one  of  the  religious  houses  reared  by 
David  I. ;  it  was  founded  in  1140,  and  remained  entire  till  the 
Reformation.  Since  that  period  the  choir  has  been  used  as  the 
parish  church.  A  portion  of  the  nave  forms  the  burial-ground  of 
Stirling  of  Keir,  an  ancient  house,  now  represented  by  Sir  William 
Stirling  Maxwell,  Bart,  of  Keir  and  Pollok. 

Under  one  of  the  windows  of  the  nave  is  a  recumbent  figure  of 
Michael  Ochiltree,  bishop  of  the  see  in  the  middle  of  the  fifteenth 
century,  who,  according  to  Spotswood,  richly  adorned  the  church 
fabric.  In  the  vestry  of  the  choir  a  flat  block  of  gritstone  pre- 
sents full-sized  figures  of  Malise,  eighth  Earl  of  Strathearn,  and  his 
countess ;  it  was  discovered  in  the  choir  surmounting  a  leaden 
coffin,  inscribed  with  the  date  1271.  In  an  arch  under  a  window 
of  the  choir  a  recumbent  figure  represents  Finlay  Dermock,  bishop 
of  the  see  in  the  beginning  of  the  fifteenth  century,  who  built  the 
first  bridge  across  the  Allan  at  Dunblane. 

Three  blue  marble  slabs,  now  used  as  pavement,  two  being 
situated  at  the  entrance  and  the  other  in  the  vestibule  of  the  choir, 
lay  together  in  the  centre  of  the  choir  prior  to  1817,  when  the 
church  underwent  repair.  These  slabs  protected  the  remains  of 
three  daughters  of  John,  first  Lord  Drummond  —  Margaret, 
Euphemia,  and  Sybella,  who  were  there  interred.  The  history  of 
the  eldest  daughter,  with  the  tragical  fate  of  the  other  two,  forms 
an  historical  episode.  All  the  three,  of  whom  the  second, 
Euphemia,  was  married  to  the  Lord  Fleming,  died  in  Drummond 
Castle,  their  father's  house,  some  time  in  1502,  from  the  effects  of 
poison.  The  eldest,  Margaret,  on  whose  account  the  two  other 
sisters  experienced  an  untimely  end,  was  an  early  favourite  of 
James  IV.,  who  had  formed  her  acquaintance  when  she  acted  as 
one  of  the  maidens  of  his  deceased  mother.  On  the  demise  of  his 
father  and  his  own  elevation  to  the  throne  James  secretly  espoused 
the  fair  object  of  his  early  attachment,  and  undertook  that  the 
nuptials  should  be  publicly  celebrated,  on  obtaining  a  dispensation 


PARISH   OF   DUNBLANE.  157 

from  the  Pope,  on  account  of  their  relationship  being  within  tin 
prohibited  degrees.  A  daughter  was  born  in  1495  of  the  private 
marriage,  who  was  educated  in  the  castles  of  Stirling  and  Edin- 
burgh with  the  care  pertaining  to  her  rank  as  a  legitimate  princess. 
The  father  of  Margaret  Drummond  was  of  an  ancient  and  dis- 
tinguished race ;  he  was  president  of  the  Secret  Council ;  and  his 
family,  through  the  Queen  Annabella  Drummond,  was  already 
connected  with  the  throne,  so  that  the  full  completion  of  the 
nuptials  would  not  have  been  degrading  to  the  monarch. 

But  the  majority  of  the  nobility  determined  that  the  young  king 
should  wed  a  daughter  of  England,  and  as  the  monarch  persisted 
in  his  fidelity  to  his  betrothed  bride,  it  was  resolved  that  she  and 
her  sisters  should  perish.  Through  the  treachery  of  an  attendant 
who  administered  poison  in  their  morning  meal,  the  three  ladies 
were  cut  off.  The  king,  who  suspected  the  plot,  was  for  a  period 
inconsolable;  he  pensioned  two  priests  to  celebrate  mass  for  the 
soul  of  his  deceased  spouse,  and,  removing  their  little  daughter 
Margaret  from  Drummond  Castle,  tended  her  as  his  lawful  child, 
and  afterwards  gave  her  in  marriage  to  John,  Lord  Gordon,  the 
eldest  son  of  the  Earl  of  Huntly.  In  1503  he  married  Margaret 
Tudor,  daughter  of  Henry  VII.,  a  connection  which  a  century  after- 
wards led  to  the  union  of  the  kingdoms.  The  remains  of  the 
unfortunate  sisters  were  deposited  in  Dunblane  Cathedral  by  per- 
mission of  their  uncle,  Dean  Sir  William  Drummond. 

In  the  vestibule  of  the  choir  a  mural  monument  is  thus  in- 
scribed : — 

"  This  stone,  sacred  to  the  memory  of  James  Finlayson,  one  of 
the  Ministers  and  Professors  of  Logic  in  the  University  of  Edin- 
burgh, is  erected  by  his  friends  as  a  memorial  of  their  admiration 
and  attachment.  He  was  born  at  Nether  Cambuskenie  15th  Feb- 
ruary, 1758,  and  died  at  Edinburgh,  28th  Jan.,  1808." 

Dr.  Einlayson  is  commemorated  at  Edinburgh  (Vol.  I.,  54).  Son 
of  a  small  farmer,  he  was  enabled  to  procure  a  university  education 
by  acting  as  a  private  tutor.  Licensed  to  preach  in  1785,  he  was, 
in  the  following  year  appointed  Professor  of  Logic  in  the  University 


158  PERTHSHIRE. 

of  Edinburgh,  and  was  soon  after  admitted  to  the  church  living  of 
Borthwick,  which  he  held  in  conjunction  with  his  chair.  In  1790 
he  was  translated  to  Lady  Tester's,  Edinburgh ;  he  subsequently 
became  colleague  of  Dr.  Blair  in  the  High  Church.  In  1802  he 
was  chosen  Moderator  of  the  General  Assembly.  He  died  sud- 
denly in  his  fiftieth  year.  Dr.  Finlayson  was  a  leader  in  the 
General  Assembly ;  a  volume  of  his  discourses  was  published 
posthumously. 

A  monument  commemorates  John  Stirling,  of  Kippendavie,  who 
died  at  Kippenross  17th  June,  1816,  aged  seventy-five,  and  Patrick 
Stirling,  his  eldest  son,  who  died  at  Hastings  30th  March,  1816, 
aged  thirty-three. 

In  the  churchyard  a  tombstone,  reared  by  the  congregation, 
celebrates  the  piety  and  ministerial  fidelity  of  the  Eev.  Robert 
Stirling,  minister  of  the  parish,  who  died  17th  October,  1817,  in 
the  fifty-second  year  of  his  age  and  twenty-seventh  of  his  ministry. 

From  tombstones  in  the  parish  churchyard  we  have  the  follow- 
ing metrical  inscriptions : — 

"  The  wise,  the  just,  the  pious,  and  the  brave 
Live  in  their  deaths  and  flourish  from  the  grave. 
Grain  hid  in  earth  repays  the  peasant's  care, 
And  evening  suns  but  set  to  rise  more  fair." 

"  0  be  not  proud,  for  soon  you'll  be 
A  heap  of  dust  as  well  as  me  ; 
Make  Christ  your  stay  and  God  adore, 
And  you  shall  live  for  evermore." 

"  Nature  feels  when  grief  assails, 
Nature  falls  when  death  prevails ; 
Religion  lifts  our  thoughts  on  high, 
The  Saviour  teaches  how  to  die. 
Friends  must  part,  may  mourn,  may  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  James  Campbell,  Bart,  of  Aber- 
ruchill  and  Kilbride  (Vol.  I.,  118). 


PARISH    OF    DUNKELD.  159 


PARISH  OF  DUNKELD. 

The  area  of  the  ancient  cathedral  forms  the  parochial  burying- 
ground.  In  the  vestibule  of  its  choir  is  the  monument  of  Alex- 
ander Stewart,  Earl  of  Buchan,  third  son  of  Robert  II.,  better 
known  as  the  Wolf  of  Badenoch.  His  figure  is  exhibited  in  a 
recumbent  position,  clad  in  armour,  with  a  lion  at  his  feet.  Round 
the  margin  is  the  following  inscription  : — 

"  Hie  jacet  Alexander  Senescalus,  films  Roberti  Regis  Scotorum 
et  Elizabeth  More,  Dominus  de  Buchan  et  Dns.  de  Badenoch,  gui 
obit  viyessimo  quarto  die  Julii." 

The  words  in  italics  are  cut  in  a  different  kind  of  stone,  and  are 
comparatively  modern ;  the  restorer  had  mistaken  the  date,  since 
Alexander  Stewart  died  on  the  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  excom- 
municated 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  sacrilege 
he  was  ordained  by  the  Church,  and  compelled  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  died  free  of  ecclesiastical 
censure,  his  remains  were  honourably  deposited  in  the  cathedral 
church,  to  which  he  had  proved  a  benefactor.  The  monument 
originally  stood  in  the  choir ;  it  was  removed  to  the  vestibule  at 
the  Reformation. 

In  the  south  aisle  of  the  cathedral  is  the  monument  of  Bishop 
Cardney,  lying  in  the  recess  of  the  wall  under  a  crotcheted  canopy. 
The  bishop  is  represented  in  his  pontifical  robes,  wearing  a  mitre. 
That  portion  of  the  inscription  which  remains  legible  is  as  fol- 
lows : — 

"Hie  jacet  Dns.  Robertus  de  Cardony  Eppis  Dunkeldenni  qui 
—  ad  incarnationem  Dne  M.CCCC.XX.  " 


Shortly  before  his  death  Bishop  (,'ardney  built  and  dedicate*!  n 
chapel  to  St.  Ninian.  There  his  monument  was  originally  place. I, 
but  it  was  removed  to  the  cathedral  subsequent  to  1464. 

A  decapitated  statue  of  Bishop  Sinclair  stands  in  the  eastern 
aisle.  He  held  office  from  1312  till  his  death,  27th  June,  133? 
On  account  of  his  valour  and  patriotism  he  was  styled  by  King 
Robert  the  Bruce  "  his  own  bishop,"  but  it  is  painful  to  reflect  that 
on  the  king's  death  he  forsook  allegiance  to  his  dynasty.  In  1332 
he  assisted  at  the  coronation  of  Edward  Baliol,  and  in  the  following 
year  subscribed  the  instrument  by  which  the  Scottish  Parlia- 
ment, held  at  Edinburgh,  surrendered  to  the  English  monarch  the 
national  independence.  He  built  the  choir  of  the  cathedral,  and 
there  raised  for  himself  a  marble  monument,  with  his  statue  in 
alabaster.  The  monument  was  probably  removed  at  the  Refor- 
mation. 

The  Ducal  House  of  Athole  inter  in  the  vault  of  the  chapter- 
house. Over  the  vault  a  monument  commemorates  John,  Marquis 
of  Athole,  who  died  7th  May,  1703.  It  is  thus  inscribed  : — 

"  Hie  subter  in  hypogaeo,  in  spem  beatae  resurrectionis,  conduntur 
cineres  illustris  herois,  Joannis,  marchionis  Atholiae,  comitis  Tull- 
bardini,  vicecomitis  de  Balquhider,  D.  Murray,  Balvenie  et  Gask, 
Domini  regalitatis  Atholise  balivi,  hereditarii  dominii  de  Dunkeld, 
senescalli  hereditarii  de  Fife  et  Huutingtour,  Stuartorum  Atholiae, 
et  Muraviorum  Tillibardini  comitum  haeredis  ;  qui,  utroque  parente, 
Joanne  Atholio  et  Joanna  filia  D.  de  Glenurchy-,  nonduin  decennis, 
orbatus,  a  rege  Carolo  II.  reduce,  ob  gnaviter,  adversus  rebelles,  dum 
adhuc  juvenis  XVIII.  circiter  annorum,  navatam  operam,  sum- 
mamque  exinde  in  bello  et  pace  constantiam  et  fidem,  multis 
muneribus  accumulatus  est :  quippe  erat  justiciaries  generalis 
supremae  curiae  in  civilibus,  extra  ordinem  senator,  cohortis  praetoriae 
equestris  praefectis,  parliamenti  interdum  praeses,  sigilli  privati  cus- 
tos,  ab  aerario,  saccario  et  a  conciliis,  vicecomes  Perthensis,  locum 
tenens  comitatus  Argatheliae  et  Tarbat,  et  denique,  a  rege  Jacobo 
VII.  uobilissimi  ordinis  Andreani  eques  factus  est.  Obiit  7  die 
Maii,  1703." 

John,  Earl  and  afterwards  Marquis  of  Athole,  raised,  in  1653,  for 
the  service  of  Charles  II.,  two  thousand  men,  an  act  which  on  the 
Restoration  was  acknowledged  by  his  being  sworn  of  the  Privy 


PARISH   OF   DUNKELD.  161 

Council  and  constituted   master  of  the   king's   household.     His 
other  rewards  are  recorded  in  his  epitaph. 

In  the  chapterhouse  a  marble  statue  celebrates  John,  fourth 
Duke  of  Athole,  who  died  29th  September,  1830.  He  was  the  last 
representative  of  'this  ducal  House  who  held  sovereign  authority 
in  the  Isle  of  Man ;  he  disposed  of  his  privileges  to  the  British 
Crown  for  the  sum  of  £409,000.  The  monument,  which  was 
erected  by  his  duchess,  represents  the  Duke  in  his  parliamentary 
robes. 

George,  sixth  Duke  of  Athole,  Grand  Master  Mason  of  Scotland, 
who  died  16th  January,  1864  (see  supra,  p.  151),  is  commemorated  by 
a  memorial  fountain  in  the  centre  of  the  market-place.  On  a  square 
basement,  having  on  each  side  a  stone  basin,  rest  four  massive 
columns  of  Peterhead  granite,  with  an  appropriate  vase  occupying 
the  centre.  In  the  tympanum  of  the  main  arches  are  introduced 
the  ducal  coronet  and  crest  of  the  Athole  family.  The  upper 
portion  of  the  fabric  is  of  octagonal  shape,  the  lower  -part  being 
formed  into  an  arcade,  with  polished  Peterhead  columns  at  the 
angles.  The  structure,  which  is  forty  feet  in  height,  terminates 
in  a  floriated  cross. 

In  the  choir,  a  monument  commemorates  Lieutenant-Colonel 
William  Cleland,  of  the  Cameronian  Eegiment.  Upon  it  are  in- 
scribed these  lines : — 

"  Grace,  learning,  valour,  centered  in  one, 
Adorned  that  dust  lies  here  below  this  stone ; 
Because  on  earth  his  equals  were  but  few 
His  soul  took  wing,  and  early  heavenward  flew ; 
That  he  might  shun  earth's  follies,  stains,  and  care, 
And  with  his  mates  sing  hallelujahs  there." 

Colonel  Cleland  was  born  about  the  year  1661 ;  he  supported 
the  Covenanters  at  Drumclog,  and  held  at  Bothwell  Bridge  the 
rank  of  captain.  For  a  period  he  found  refuge  in  Holland;  he 
returned  to  Scotland  in  1685.  After  the  Revolution  he  was 
appointed  Lieutenant-Colonel  in  the  Cameronian  Eegiment,  under 
the  command  of  the  Earl  of  Angus.  On  the  21st  August,  1689,  he 

VOL.  n.  M 


162  PERTHSHIRE. 

fell  at  the  head  of  his  corps,  while  defending  the  churchyard  of 
Dunkeld  against  a  body  of  Highlanders,  the  remains  of  the  army 
of  Lord  Dundee,  who  a  month  before  had  triumphed  at  Killi- 
crankie.  A  writer  of  humorous  poetry,  Cleland's  compositions 
were  published  in  1697,  in  one  volume  duodecimo.  His  son  Wil- 
liam Cleland  composed  the  Prefatory  Letters  to  the  "  Dunciad ;"  he 
was  the  original  of  "  Will  Honeycomb,"  in  the  Spectator.  He  died 
in  1741.  His  son  John  Cleland,  who  died  in  1789,  was  author  of 
several  novels,  which  enjoyed  a  temporary  popularity. 

In  the  vestibule  of  the  choir  a  marble  cenotaph  commemorates 
Sir  Robert  Dick,  of  Tullymett,  who  fell  at  the  head  of  his  division 
at  the  battle  of  Sobraon,  in  India,  10th  February,  1846. 

Recently  a  magnificent  monument  has  been  reared  in  the  cathe- 
dral by  the  officers  and  men  of  the  42nd  Regiment  in  memory  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.  An  officer  of  the  regiment  is  represented  on  the  battle- 
field in  quest  of  a  missing  comrade ;  having  found  his  friend's  life- 
less body,  he  stands  with  uncovered  head,  paying  silent  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  Watch — 
who  fell  in  war  from  the  creation  of  the  regiment  to  the  close  of  the 
Indian  Mutiny,  1859.  The  ten  Independent  Companies  of  the 
Freacadan  Dubh,  or  Black  Watch,  were  formed  into  a  regiment  on 
the  25th  October,  1739,  and  the  first  muster  took  place  in  May, 
1740,  in  a  field  between  Tay bridge  and  Aberfeldy. 

Here  'mong  the  hills  that  nursed  each  hardy  Gael 
Our  votive  marble  tells  the  soldier's  tale ; 
Art's  magic  power  each  perished  friend  recalls, 
And  heroes  haunt  these  old  cathedral  walls. 

"  Erected  by  the  Officers  of  the  Corps,  1872." 


PAKISH   OF  ERROL.  163 

On  each  side  of  the  inscription  are  recorded  the  names  of  the 
fields  in  which  the  regiment  gained  honours.  These  are  Fonte- 
noy,  Flanders,  Ticonderoga,  Martinique,  Guadaloupe,  Havannah, 
Egypt,  Corunna,  Fuentes  D'Ouor,  Pyrenees,  Nivelle,  Nive,  Orthes, 
Toulouse,  the  Peninsula,  Waterloo,  Alma,  Sebastopol,  and  Lucknow. 

In  the  vestibule  an  elegant  marble  monument  commemorates 
the  ministerial  zeal  of  the  Eev.  John  Robb,  minister  of  the  parish, 
who  in  his  fortieth  year  and  the  third  of  his  ministry  was  drowned 
on  board  the  Forfarshire  steamer,  when  she  was  lost  on  Big 
Harker  Rock,  Fern  Islands,  7th  September,  1838. 


PARISH  OF  ERROL. 

In  the  parish  churchyard  a  small  monument  is  sculptured  with 
various  emblems ;  it  contains  on  a  scroll  the  Creed  in  Latin,  and  a 
translation  in  the  same  language  of  Rev.  ii.  10. 

In  the  churchyard  wall,  sculptured  in  white  sandstone,  is  the 
figure  of  a  warrior  in  chain  armour,  in  the  attitude  of  devotion. 

Within  a  sarcophagus  are  entombed  the  remains  of  the  Rev. 
William  Bell,  minister  of  the  parish.  After  ministering  in  the 
parishes  of  Auchtertool  and  Dron,  he  was  translated  to  Errol  in 
1651 ;  he  died  llth  December,  1665,  in  his  sixty-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  many  a  knell ; 
Death  crackt  this  Bell,  yet  doth  his  pleasant  chiming 
Remain  with  those  who  are  their  lamps  a-trimming. 
In  spite  of  death,  his  word  some  praise  still  sounds 
In  Christ's  church,  and  in  heaven  his  joy  abounds." 


164 


PARISH  OF  FORGANDENNY. 

In  the  churchyard,  on  the  south  side  of  the  church,  a  martyr's 
tombstone  is  inscribed  thus : — 

"  Here  lys  Andrew  Brodie,  wright  in  Forgandenny,  who  at  the 
break  of  a  meeting,  October,  1678,  was  shot  by  a  party  of  Highland- 
men  commanded  by  Ballechan  at  a  cave's  mouth  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 
Caltenachar,  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  FOWLIS-WESTER. 

In  the  centre  of  the  parish  hamlet  stands  an  ancient  Runic 
cross.  On  one  side  are  figures  of  men  on  horseback,  in  pursuit  of  a 
wolf,  which  seems  to  be  holding  in  its  jaws  a  human  head.  On 
the  same  side  six  men,  in  grotesque  costume,  are  following  an 
animal  supposed  to  be  led  to  sacrifice.  The  figures  on  the  opposite 
side  are  defaced,  but  it  bears  the  marks  of  having  had  a  chain 
attached  to  it,  by  which  criminals  were  fastened  as  in  a  species  of 
pillory. 


PARISH  OF  GASK. 

In  a  modern  chapel,  built  for  Episcopal  service,  upon  the  site  of 
the  old  parish  church,  rest  the  remains  of  Carolina  Oliphant,  Baroness 
Nairne.  This  highly  gifted  and  accomplished  gentlewoman  was 


PARISH   OF  GASK.  165 

born  on  the  16th  July,  1766,  in  "the  auld  house"  of  Gask,  which 
she  has  celebrated  in  one  of  her  songs.  By  her  father,  Laurence 
Oliphant,  of  Gask,  a  famous  Jacobite,  she  was  named  Carolina,  in 
honour  of  Prince  Charles  Edward.  On  account  of  her  personal 
beauty  she  was  known  in  early  life  as  "  the  Flower  of  Strathearn." 
In  her  fortieth  year  she  married  her  maternal  cousin,  Major  Nairne, 
who  subsequently,  on  the  reversal  of  the  family  attainder,  became 
Lord  Nairne.  After  the  death  of  Robert  Burns,  a  number  of 
Scottish  songs,  not  included  in  his  works,  but  of  equal  merit  with 
his  own,  floated  into  circulation.  ,  These  were  generally  attributed 
to  the  Ayrshire  bard,  and  editors  began  to  include  them  in  new 
editions  of  his  works.  "  I'm  wearin'  awa,  John,"  the  last  word 
being  altered  to  Jean,  in  supposed  allusion  to  Jean  Armour,  was 
early  claimed  for  the  deceased  poet.  The  real  author  remained 
silent  to  the  last.  Averse  to  any  kind  of  publicity,  she  was  alto- 
gether unwilling  that  it  should  ever  become  known  that  she  had 
composed  verses.  Yet  from  her  pen  proceeded  such  composi- 
tions as  "  The  Land  o'  the  Leal,"  "  Caller  Herrin',"  "  The  Laird  o' 
Cockpen,"  "  He's  ower  the  hills  that  I  loe  weel,"  "  The  Lass  o' 
Gowrie,"  "  Whall  be  king  but  Charlie  ?  "  "  The  Hundred  Pipers," 
"  Will  ye  no  come  back  again  ?  "  and  many  other  popular  lyrics. 
After  a  life  attended  with  some  severe  trials,  which  she  bore  with 
Christian  fortitude,  Lady  Nairne  died  at  Gask  on  the  26th  October, 
1845,  aged  seventy-nine.  Her  poetical  compositions,  accompanied 
by  a  memoir,  have  been  collected  and  published  by  the  author  of 
this  work.*  In  the  little  chapel  which  contains  her  dust,  a  small 
plate,  inscribed  with  her  name,  denotes  her  resting-place.  Within 
the  chapel  and  near  her  grave  was  deposited  in  December,  1847, 
the  body  of  James  Oliphant,  of  Gask,  the  eighteenth  in  unbroken 
male  descent  from  William  Oliphant,  upon  whom  Eobert  the 
Bruce  bestowed  the  family  estates  -f* 

*  "  Life  and  Songs  of  Baroness  Nairne. "     London.     12mo. 
t  "Jacobite  Lairds  of  Gask."     By  T.  L.  Kington  Oliphant,  Esq.     Printed  for  the 
Grampian  Club. 


PERTHSHIRE. 


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. 


PAEISH  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  arms,  con- 
sisting of  two  chevrons,  gules,  on  a  field  ermine,  with  a  pigeon  for 
crest,  and  the  motto,  "  I  thank  my  God,"  denotes  the  ancient 
resting-place  of  the  Muschets  of  Kincarne,  or  Kincardine.  Above 
the  shield  is  the  date  1686,  and  below  it  this  inscription, — "  Sepul- 
tura  antiquissimse  Mushetorum  families  a  Gulielmo  de  Montefixo 
qui  hie  floruit  circa  annum  M.C.C.C.  progenitse." 

The  Muschets,  originally  called  Montfichett  and  De  Montefixo, 
were  a  distinguished  Norman  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  married  first  to  Charles  VIII.  and  afterwards 
to  Louis  XII.,  Kings  of  France.  Having  established  a  settlement 
in  England  at  the  Conquest,  the  representatives  of  the  house 
latterly  acquired  lands  in  Roxburghshire.  Branches  of  the  family 
afterwards  settled  in  Perthshire.  Richard  de  Montfichet  received 
from  "William  the  Lion  the  lands  of  Cargill  and  Kincardine  (see 
supra,  p.  153).  Richard  Muschet,  of  Cargill,  swore  fealty  to  Edward  I. 
Sir  William  de  Montefixo  was  Justiciary  of  Scotland  in  1332. 
He  inhabited  a  castle  in  the  immediate  vicinity  of  Kincardine 
churchyard,  the  foundations  of  which  were  removed  within  a 
modern  period.  Dying  without  male  issue,  the  eldest  of  his  three 


PARISH   OF   KINCARDINE-IN-MENTEITH.  167 

daughters  married  Sir  John  Drummond,  and  brought  the  three 
estates  of  Cargill,  Kincardine,  and  Stobhall  into  that  family. 
Other  branches  of  the  House  of  Muschet  owned  the  estates  of 
Eurobank,  Culgirth,  Miln  of  Torr,  Miln  of  Goodie,  Cuthill,  &c.,  all  in 
the  Vale  of  Menteith.  In  the  orchard  of  Burnbank,  near  the  spot 
where  the  mansion-house  stood,  is  a  tombstone  thus  inscribed : — 

"  Here  lyes  the  corpes  of  Margaret  Drummond,  third  daughter 
of  the  Laird  [of  Invermay]  and  [spouse  to]  Sir  George  Muschet  of 
Burnbanke  :  her  age  26.  Departed  this  life  in  the  visitation, 
with  her  three  children  at  Burnbanke,  the  10  of  August  1647." 

The  estates  of  the  Muschets  of  Perthshire  have  long  been  alien- 
ated; the  male  representative  of  the  house  is  John  S.  Muschet, 
M.D.,  of  Birkhill,  Stirlingshire. 

In  the  parish  church  a  monument  with  an  inscription  in  elegant 
Latin  commemorates  George  Drummond,  of  Blair-Drummond,  who 
in  1684  acquired  part  of  the  ancient  barony  of  Kincardine  from 
the  Earl  of  Perth.  Monumental  tablets  also  commemorate  several 
of  his  descendants. 

In  the  churchyard  a  monument  marks  the  resting-place  of 
Henry  Home,  Lord  Kames.  This  distinguished  judge  and  meta- 
physical writer  was  son  of  George  Home,  of  Kames,  Berwickshire, 
and  was  born  in  1696.  He  passed  advocate  in  1724,  and  after  a 
brilliant  career  at  the  bar  was  raised  to  the  bench  in  February, 
1752.  In  1763  he  was  appointed  a  Lord  of  Justiciary.  During  a 
career  of  remarkable  industry  he  produced  many  valuable  profes- 
sional works.  His  "  Elements  of  Criticism,"  and  "  Sketches  of  the 
History  of  Man,"  the  latter  containing  some  curious  disquisitions 
regarding  the  gradation  of  the  race,  are  his  best  known  works.  A 
sound  lawyer  and  a  zealous  agriculturist,  Lord  Kames  was,  not- 
withstanding some  personal  eccentricities,  much  esteemed  by  his 
contemporaries.  By  his  marriage  in  1741  with  Agatha  Drummond, 
he  became  possessed  in  1766  of  the  estates  of  Blair-Drummond. 
He  died  27th  December,  1782.  Mrs.  Home  Drummond  died  in 
June,  1795  ;  her  remains  are  interred  beside  those  of  her  husband 
In  the  church  Lord  Kames  and  his  Lady  are  commemorated  on 


168  PEKTHSHI1M-:. 

a  monument,  bearing  an  inscription  composed  by  the  celebrated 
Dr.  Hugh  Blair. 

In  the  church  memorial  tablets  celebrate  George  Home  Drum- 
mond,  of  Blair-Drummond,  only  son  of  Lord  Kaines,  who  died 
28th  October,  1819  ;  and  Henry  Home  Drummond,  for  many  years 
M.P.  for  Perthshire  ;  born  28th  July,  1783 ;  died  12th  September, 
1867. 

Within  the  church  a  monument,  with  a  Latin  inscription 
written  by  himself,  commemorates  John  Ramsay,  of  Ochtertyre,'  a 
learned  country  gentleman  and  early  patron  of  Robert  Burns. 
Experiencing  amusement  in  the  composition  of  Latin  verse,  he 
had  classical  inscriptions  placed  on  erections  and  tablets  iu  various 
parts  of  his  demesne.  With  the  poet  Burns  he  maintained  a 
friendly  correspondence.  He  died  in  March,  1814,  and  his  remains 
were  consigned  to  the  family  burial-place  in  the  old  parish  church. 
He  left  MSS.  on  various  subjects  connected  with  Scottish  history, 
but  these  have  not  been  published  by  his  executors. 


PARISH  OF  KINFAUNS. 

In  the  parish  church,  in  a  vault  under  the  aisle,  is  the  burial- 
place  of  the  old  family  of  Charteris,  of  Kinfauns.  About  a  century 
ago  there  was  found  in  the  vault  a  head-piece  or  kind  of  helmet, 
made  of  several  folds  of  linen,  painted  over  with  broad  stripes  of 
blue  and  wrhite.  This  is  supposed  to  have  formed  part  of  the 
fictitious  armour  which  had  enclosed  the  remains  of  Sir  Thomas 
de  Longueville.  Of  this  individual  the  history  is  associated  with 
that  of  Wallace.  According  to  the  narrative  Longueville  was  con- 
nected with  an  ancient  family  in  France,  but  having  at  the  court 
of  Philip  le  Bel  killed  a  nobleman  in  the  king's  presence  he  was 
subjected  to  exile.  He  became  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  Wallace,  who  took  him 


1'AKISII    OF   KIXNAlltl).  '  160 

prisoner,  and  afterwards  successfully  interceded  on  his  behalf  with 
the  French  king,  who  not  only  gave  him  a  free  pardon,  but  granted 
him  knighthood.  Longueville  attached  himself  to  his  benefactor, 
and  became  a  sharer  of  his  exploits.  On  Wallace's  betrayal  and 
execution  he  retired  to  Lochmaben,  but  when  Bruce  began  to 
assert  his  right  to  the  crown,  he  heartily  joined  his  standard. 
In  January,  1313,  he  aided  King  Robert  at  the  taking  of  Perth. 
In  reward  of  his  services  the  King  granted  him  lands  in  the 
vicinity,  and  he  assumed  the  name  of  Charteris  on  marrying 
the  heiress  of  Kinfauns.  The  two-handed  sword  of  Sir  Thomas  de 
Longueville  is  preserved  in  Kinfauns  Castle ;  it  is  five  feet  nine 
inches  long,  two  and  a  half  inches  broad  at  the  hilt,  and  of  a  pro- 
portionate thickness. 


PARISH  OF  KINNAIRD. 

In  the  parish  churchyard  a  lengthened  eulogy  on  a  departed 
family  is  summed  up  by  the  intimation  that  they  all  "  paid  twenty 
shillings  in  the  pound."  These  metrical  inscriptions  are  from 
different  tombstones: — 

"  The  bloom  of  innocence 

Was  blighted  when  half  blown  ; 
The  child  that  feared  to  give  offence, 
Down  to  the  grave  is  gone." 

"  Stop,  friend,  thy  hand  thy  soul  to  save, 
And  hear  the  dead — hear  from  the  grave. 
Thou  springs  from  dust  and  dwells  in  clay — 
Thy  soul  must  flit  and  haste  away. 

Noe  faith,  nor  no — beneath  the  ground. 

Wouldst  thou  be  saved  when  death  alarms, 
Then  die  with  Jesus  in  thy  arms." 


1 70  PERTHSHIRE. 

"  Here  rests  the  mortal  part  of  one 
Who  held  in  virtue's  path  the  van ; 
In  friendship  warm,  to  flatt'ry  cold  ; 
In  years  a  youth,  in  wisdom  old ; 
A  pious  teacher,  well  approved, 
By  parent,  guardian,  pupil  loved." 


PAEISH  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  columns,  enriched  with  a 
variety  of  ornaments  and  surmounted  by  a  canopy,  embellished 
with  escutcheons,  is  the  statue  of  the  Earl  in  his  robes.  Above  are 
two  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  Edmund,  well  known  as  Father  Hay.  In  1596  he  was 
introduced  to  Court  by  his  relative,  Sir  James  Hay,  of  Kingask, 
and  was  appointed  a  Gentleman  of  the  Bedchamber.  After  holding 
a  succession  of  offices,  he  was,  in  1622,  elevated  to  the  chancellor- 
ship. He  was  created  Earl  of  Kinnoull  in  1633.  He  died  at 
London,  on  the  16th  December,  1634,  and  his  remains  were  brought 
to  Scotland  and  interred  at  the  spot  surmounted  by  his  monument. 

On  Murray's  Hall  Hill,  one  of  the  Sid  laws,  an  obelisk  commemo- 
rates General  Sir  Thomas  Graham,  afterwards  Lord  Lynedoch. 
This  distinguished  individual  was  born  at  Balgowan,  Perthshire,  iu 
1750.  Having  sustained  the  loss  of  a  devoted  wife,  to  whom  he 
was  tenderly  attached,  he  abandoned  the  life  of  a  country  gentle- 
man and  joined  the  army  at  the  ripe  age  of  forty- three.  He 
served  as  aide-de-camp  to  Lord  Mulgrave  at  the  landing  at  Toulon, 


PARISH   OF   KINNOULL.  171 

and  received  his  lordship's  thanks  for  his  gallant  and  able  services. 
In  1704  he  raised  the  first  battalion  of  the  90th  Regiment,  of 
which  he  was  appointed  colonel  commandant.  In  connection  with 
the  garrison  of  Mantua,  in  1796,  he  distinguished  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 
lieutenant-general,  he  returned  to  Spain  in  1811  ;  in  February  of 
that  year  he  gained  the  battle  of  Barossa.  He  won  fresh  honours 
at  the  battle  of  Vittoria,  fought  on  the  21st  June,  1813.  After 
some  distinguished  services  in  Holland,  he  was,  in  May,  1814, 
raised  to  the  peerage  by  the  title  of  Lord  Lynedoch.  He  died  at 
London  on  the  18th  December,  1843,  at  the  advanced  age  of  ninety- 
three. 

In  the  churchyard  tombstones  commemorate  James  Paton,  of 
Glenalmond,  died  1830 ;  James  Thomas,  of  Cotton,  died  12th 
March,  1855 ;  "William  Dickson,  of  Bellwood,  died  1835 ;  and 
George  Seton,  of  Potterhill,  died  5th  February,  1842. 

Andrew  Sharp,  cobbler,  musician,  and  drawing-master,  is  cele- 
brated in  these  lines  : — 

"  Halt  for  a  moment,  passenger,  and  read  : — 
Here  Andrew  dozes  in  his  daisied  bed ; 
Silent  his  flute,  and  torn  off  the  key, 
His  pencils  scattered,  and  the  Muse  set  free." 

From  different  tombstones  we  have  the  following :  — 

"  Death  comes  to  mortals  often  by  surprise, 
Death  even  to  genius  a  respite  denies  ; 
Reader,  reflect,  uncertain  is  the  hour, — 
Prepare  to  meet  thy  God  while  in  thy  power." 


"  I  like  a  rose  did  appear  ; 

My  blossom  soon  was  gone  ; 
And  now  I'm  laid  in  silent  grave, 

Where  all  of  you  must  come." 


172  PERTHSHIRE. 

"  Tliis  last  memorial  fond  affection  rears 
To  one  whose  simple  manners  still  endears — 
A  man  so  humble,  little  known  to  fame, 
That  seldom  heard  his  voice  or  name ; 
Meek,  innoffensive,  and  of  morals  pure, 
Few  faults  or  foibles  could  his  life  obscure." 

"  Mourn  not,  dear  friends,  for  my  decease, 
I  hope  with  Christ  I  have  made  peace ; 
Life  is  uncertain,  death  is  sure, 
Sin  gave  the  wound,  but  Christ  the  cure. 
A  loving  wife  and  tender  mother  proved, 
And  died  lamented,  as  she  lived  beloved." 


PARISH  OF  LECROPT. 

Within  the  grounds  of  Keir  House,  the  seat  of  Sir  William 
Stirling  Maxwell,  Bart.,  is  situated  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 memorial  crosses  commemorate  Hannah  and  Elizabeth  Stirling, 
daughters  of  Archibald  Stirling,  Esq.,  of  Keir,  and  sisters  of  Sir 
William  Stirling  Maxwell,  Bart.  Elizabeth  Stirling  was  born  24th 
August,  1822,  and  died  12th  September,  1845 ;  Hannah  Ann  Stirling 
was  born  at  Kenmure,  17th  August,  1816,  and  died  at  Carlsbad,  18th 
July,  1843.  By  her  brother  she  is  celebrated  in  these  lines : — 

"  Sister,  these  woods  have  seen  ten  summers  fade 
Since  thy  dear  dust  in  yonder  church  was  laid  ; 
A  few  more  winters,  and  this  heart,  the  shrine 
Of  thy  fair  memory,  shall  be  cold  like  thine. 
Yet  may  some  stranger,  lingering  in  these  ways, 
Bestow  a  tear  on  grief  of  other  days. 
For  if  he  too  have  wept  o'er  grace  and  youth, 
Goodness  and  wisdom,  faith  and  love  and  truth, 
Untinged  with  worldly  guile  or  selfish  stain, 
And  ne'er  hath  looked  upon  the  like  again, 
Then  imaged  in  his  sorrow  he  may  see 
All  that  I  loved  and  lost  and  mourn  in  thee." 


PARISH    OF   MEIGLE.  173 


PARISH  OF  LITTLE  DUNKELD. 

In  the  parish  church  a  marble  tablet  commemorates  Neil  Gow, 
the  celebrated  composer  and  violinist,  whose  remains  are  interred 
in  the  churchyard.  Gow  died  in  the  hamlet  of  Inver,  of  which  he 
was  a  native,  on  the  1st  March,  1807,  aged  eighty.  Retained  by 
the  Athole  family  as  their  musician,  he  lived  amidst  his  native 
solitudes.  As  a  player  of  reels  and  strathspeys  he  was  unsurpassed. 
About  one  hundred  tunes  which  he  composed  have  been  preserved 
and  published. 


PARISH  OF  MEIGLE. 

In  the  park  of  Belmont,  a  tumulus  called  Belliduff  is  asso- 
ciated with  the  tradition  that  here  Macduff  slew  Macbeth,  while  a 
whinstone  nodule  of  twenty  tons  weight,  about  a  mile  distant,  is 
known  as  Macbeth's  Stone.  According  to  history  Macbeth  was 
slain  at  Lumphanan,  in  Kincardineshire. 

In  the  parish  churchyard  are  several  ancient  sepulchral  stones, 
variously  sculptured.  One  represents  a  huge  serpent  fastened  to  a 
bull's  mouth,  another  two  wild  beasts  tearing  a  human  body,  and 
a  third  a  body  attached  to  chariot  wheels.  A  tradition,  evidently 
fabulous,  associates  these  sculptures  with  Vanora,  the  supposed 
queen  of  King  Arthur,  in  the  sixth  century,  who  on  account  of 
her  infidelity  was,  by  her  husband's  order,  torn  to  pieces  by 
wild  beasts. 

In  the  north  aisle  of  the  church,  Robert  Cranston,  Bishop  of  Dun- 
keld,  is  thus  commemorated  : — 

"  Heir  lyeth  the  body  of  ane  honest  and  discreet  gentleman,  Robert 
Cranston,  descended  of  the  family  of  Cranston,  who  after  several 
yeirs  travelling  and  serving  in  the  warrs  in  Germanie  and  Poland 
returned  to  his  native  countrie,  and  having  for  some  yiers  faith- 
fully served  Lord  Bishope  of  Dunkele,  died  at  Meigle,  May,  1685, 
and  of  his  age  47." 


174  PERTHSHIRE. 

Tombstones   in  Meigle  churchyard  present   these  metrical  in- 
scriptions : — 

"  Under  this  stone  here  lys  ane  vertous  one, 
Ane  friend  to  all,  ane  enemie  to  none ; 
If  literature  had  polished  what  nature  did  bestow, 
So  short  ane  epitaph  justice  wald  not  alow." 


"  0  happy  sovl,  Thy  after  labours     .     . 
To  heauins  Eternal  mansions     .     . 
T'  enjoy  the  pleasures  of  eternal  rest 
With  triumph  mongst  angels  be  blest. 
Happy  who,  after  so  uncertain  chance, 
Can  safly  to  the  heauen  of  heauens  advance." 


"  While  old  grey  heads  escape  the  rage 

Of  cruel  death,  sometime 
Young  ones,  alas  !  may  quit  the  stage, 

Ev'n  in  their  very  prime. 
Oh,  death,  how  fierce  thy  fiery  blows, 

No  forester  like  thee ; 
Cuts  down  the  cedar  while  it  grows, 

And  spares  the  withered  tree." 


"  In  her  who  under  this  stone 

Many  brave  virtues  shone  ; 
For  every  day  it  was  her  care 

To  help  each  needy  one. 
And  thus  we  trust  her  soul  at  rest, 

Doth  now  remain  above ; 
With  the  triumphant  pious  ones, 

Who  their  .Redeemer  love." 


"  Here  is  interr'd,  believe  you  may, 

This  monument  that  views, 
The  kindest  neighbour  ever  was, 

Friend,  father,  and  a  spouse. 
Beloved,  and  loving,  still  averse 

To  every  sordid  art ; 
Without  deceit  he  plainly  spoke 

The  language  of  his  heart. 


PARISH   OF   MONIVAIUD.  175 

Untainted  was  his  character, 

The  paths  of  peace  he  trode, 
For  which  we  hope  he  glorious  shines 

In  heaven  now  with  God." 


PARISH  OF  METHVEK 

A  spot  enclosed  by  a  railing  on  the  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  romantic  spot  on  the  Led- 
nock 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 
damsels  sickened  and  died.  Their  remains  were  deposited  in  the 
same  grave.  The  original  ballad  commemorating  the  tragedy  has 
these  lines : — 

"  They  wadna  lie  in  Methven  kirkyard, 

Amang  their  gentle  kin  ; 
But  they  wa'd  lie  on  Dronach  Haugh, 
To  beak  foment  the  sun." 


PARISH  OF  MONIVAIRD. 

On  the  hill  of  Tom-a-chastel  a  handsome  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,  1757. 
Entering  the  army  as  ensign  in  the  2nd  Foot,  he  joined  his 
regiment  at  Gibraltar  in  1773.  Returning  to  Britain  in  1776,  he 
was  two  years  thereafter  appointed  Captain  of  the  Grenadiers  in 


176  rKKTHSHIRE. 

the  73rd  Regiment,  then  raised  by  Jjord  Macleod.  Proceeding  to 
India  in  1790,  Captain  Baird  bore  a  distinguished  part  in  the  battle 
of  Perimbancum,  when  after  a  protracted  and  desperate  encounter 
between  the  troops  of  Hyder  Ali  and  a  portion  of  the  British 
Indian  army,  commanded  by  Colonel  Baillie,  the  latter  experienced 
defeat.  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  hostilities,  in  .March,  1784,  he  was  released,  when  he 
rejoined  his  regiment  at  Madras.  The  number  of  the  regiment 
was  changed  to  the  71st,  and  Captain  Baird  was,  in  1790,  appointed 
its  lieutenant-colonel.  After  some  other  important  services  he  was, 
in  1798,  appointed  major-general.  On  the  4th  May,  1799,  he 
commanded  the  storming  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  1806  he 
wrested  Cape  Colony  from  the  Dutch ;  in  18*07  he  took  part  in  the 
siege  of  Copenhagen,  and  in  1803  commanded  the  first  division 
at  Corunna,  and  succeeded  to  the  first  command  on  the  death  of 
Sir  John  Moore.  He  was  created  a  baronet,  and  for  the  fourth 
time  received  the  thanks  of  Parliament.  In  1820  he  was  appointed 
commander  of  the  forces  in  Ireland,  and  in  1828  he  became 
Governor  of  Fort  George.  He  died  on  the  18th  August,  1829.  Sir 
David  married,  in  August,  1810,  Miss  Campbell  Preston,  of  Fern- 
tower,  Perthshire,  who  survived  him. 

On  the  site  of  the  old  parish  church  stands  the  mausoleum  of 
the  ancient  House  of  Murray  of  Ochtertyre.  The  church  was,  in 
1511,  the  scene  of  a  terrible  tragedy  connected  with  a  feud  between 
the  Hurrays  and  the  Drummonds,  the  particulars  of  which  are 
related  by  Sir  Walter  Scott,  in  his  introduction  to  "  The  Legend  of 
Montrose." 


PARISH   OF   MONZIE.  177 


PARISH  OF  MONZIE. 

In  the  Small  Glen,  the  upper  portion  of  the  vale  of  Glenalmond, 
a  large  stone,  eight  feet  in  height,  and  nearly  cubical  in  form,  is 
traditionally  reported  to  mark  the  grave  of  Ossian,  the  great  Cale- 
donian bard.  It  is  known  as  Clack  Ossian,  or  Ossian's  stone. 
When  General  Wade  was  constructing  the  military  road  through 
the  Glen  in  1746,  some  of  his  men  removed  Clach  Ossian  from  its 
ancient  bed.  They  found  beneath  it  a  small  sepulchral  chamber  2 
feet  long,  1|  feet  broad,  and  2  feet  deep,  containing  bones  and 
some  pieces  of  coin.  The  bones  were  re-interred.  In  allusion  to 
the  burial-place  of  the  Caledonian  bard,  the  poet  Wordsworth  has 
these  lines : — 

"  In  this  still  place,  remote  from  men 
Sleeps  Ossian,  in  the  Narrow  Glen ; 
In  this  still  place,  where  murmurs  on, 
But  one  meek  streamlet,  only  one  : 
He  sang  of  battles,  and  the  breath 
Of  stormy  war,  and  violent  death, 
And  should,  methinks,  when  all  was  past. 
Have  rightfully  been  laid  at  last, 
Where  rocks  were  rudely  heaped  and  rent 
As  by  a  spirit  turbulent ; 

Where  sights  were  rough  and  sounds  were  wild, 
And  everything  unreconciled, 
In  some  complaining  dim  retreat, 
For  fear  and  melancholy  meet ; 
But  this  is  calm,  there  cannot  be 
A  more  entire  tranquillity. 
Does  then  the  bard  sleep  here  indeed  ? 
Or  is  it  but  a  groundless  creed  ? 
What  matters  it  ?     I  blame  them  not 
Whose  fancy  in  this  lonely  spot 
Was  moved ;  and  in  such  way  expressed 
Their  notion  of  its  perfect  rest. 
A  convent  even,  or  hermit's  cell, 
Would  break  the  silence  of  this  dell ; 
It  is  not  quiet,  it  is  not  ease, 
But  something  deeper  far  than  these 
VOL.   II.  N 


178  PERTHSHIRE. 

The  separation  that  is  here 
Is  of  the  grave ;  and  of  austere 
Yet  happy  feelings  of  the  dead  ; 
And,  therefore,  was  it  rightly  said 
That  Ossian,  last  of  all  his  race, . 
Lies  buried  in  this  lonely  place." 


PARISH  OF  MUCKHART. 

In  the  churchyard,  a  tombstone  is  thus  inscribed:  "Jacobus 
Paton  de  Middle  Ballilisk  quondam  episcopus  de  Dunkeld,  qui 
obiit  20  Julii  1596."  Paton  was  appointed  minister  of  Muckhart  in 
1567,  and  in  1572  was  promoted  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  on  his  estate. 


PARISH  OF  PERTH. 

At  the  foot  of  High  Street  is  an  elegant  monumental  statue  of 
Sir  Walter  Scott,  supported  on  a  suitable  pedestal.  The  illustrious 
author  is  represented  in  a  standing  attitude  with  his  favourite  grey- 
hound at  his  feet. 

An  elegant  structure,  used  as  a  Library  and  Museum,  com- 
memorates a  late  chief  magistrate,  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   OF   PERTH.  179 

Prince.  He  is  uncovered,  and  the  mild  character  of  his  features  is 
admirably  portrayed.  Over  a  court  costume,  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  on  the  belt  of  his  dress,  while  in  his 
right  hand  he  holds  the  design  of  the  Crystal  Palace,  which  he 
seems  in  the  act  of  explaining.  The  monument,  which  is  sup- 
ported on  an  appropriate  pedestal,  was  reared  at  the  cost  of  £560  ; 
it  was  inaugurated  on  the  30th  August,  1864,  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- 
thusian Monastery,  founded  by  James  I.  and  his  Queen,  in  1429. 
Here  were  interred  James  I.  and  his  Queen,  and  Margaret  Tudor 
Queen  of  James  IV.  James  I.  was  slain  in  the  Blackfriars  Monas- 
tery of  Perth  on  the  20th  February,  1437,  by  Sir  Robert  Graham 
and  other  conspirators.  An  accomplished  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  married  the  lady  Jane  Beaufort, 
daughter  of  the  Duke  of  Somerset,  of  the  blood-royal  of  England. 
Her  remains  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, 
James  IV.,  she  afterwards  espoused  Archibald  Douglas,  Earl  of 
Angus,  whom  she  divorced ;  she  latterly  married  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 
entombed  the  remains  of  Elizabeth  Mure,  first  Queen  of  Robert 
II.  Daughter  of  Sir  Adam  Mure,  of  Eowallan,  she  was  celebrated 
for  her  personal  charms  and  amiable  qualities.  The  reality  of  her 
marriage  with  the  king  was  long  a,  matter  of  doubt,  but  it  was 
conclusively  determined  in  the  affirmative  by  the  discovery  in 


180  PERTHSHIRE. 

1789  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  memo- 
rial tablet  thus  commemorates  Robert  Mylne,  master  mason  to 
James  VI.  It  is  inscribed  as  follows : — 

"  Near  this  spot  lies  John  Mylne,  master  mason  to  James  VI., 
who  about  two  centuries  ago,  rebuilt  the  ancient  Bridge  over  the 
Tay,  opposite  the  High  Street,  which  a  dreadful  inundation  swept 
away,  xiv.  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  time  for  skill 
In  architecture ;  his  learned  art  did  lay 
The  spacious  arches  of  the  Bridge  of  Tay, 
Which  as  demolished  by  a  mighty  spate, 
So  was  his  fabric  by  the  course  of  fate. 
Six  histres  since,  and  more  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  chamber  and  for  hall 
To  Master  Mill,  whose  squrbuile*  brain 
Could  ten  Escurialls  well  containe, 
Whill  he  breath'd  life,  yet  in  his  sonne 
And  sonn's  sonne,  he  lives  two  for  one, 
Who  to  advance  Mitts  art  and  fame, 
Make  stocks  and  stones  speak  out  his  name." 

*  Ingenious. 


PARISH   OF   PERTH.  181 

From  the  reign  of  James  III.  till  that  of  Charles  II.  the  office  of 
Royal  Master  Mason  was  hereditary  in  the  family  of  Mylne.  The 
son  and  successor  of  John  Mylne  here  commemorated  was  M.P. 
for  the  city  of  Edinburgh.  He  and  one  of  his  descendants,  the 
last  who  held  the  hereditary  office  of  Master  Mason  to  the  king, 
were  interred  in  Greyfriars  churchyard,  Edinburgh  (Vol.  I.  27,  28). 
Eobert  Mylne,  described  on  the  tablet  as  having  caused  it  to  be 
erected  to  the  memory  of  his  ancestors  was  the  most  celebrated 
architect  of  his  House.  Born  at  Edinburgh  on  the  4th  January, 
1734,  he  studied  architecture  at  Rome  and  other  continental 
schools.  Having  fixed  his  residence  in  London,  his  design  for  the 
erection  of  the  bridge  at  Blackfriars  on  the  Thames  was  selected  at 
a  public  competition,  and  he  was  entrusted  with  the  erection  of  the 
work.  He  was  afterwards  appointed  surveyor  of  St.  Paul's 
Cathedral,  and  Clerk  of  Works  to  Greenwich  Hospital.  He  died  on 
the  5th  May,  1811. 

A  tombstone,  with  inscription  effaced,  commemorates  Mrs. 
Catherine  Buchanan,  wife  (as  is  supposed)  of  Henry  Adamson, 
author  of  the  "  Muses'  Threnodie,"  a  poem,  containing  an  account 
of  the  Gowrie  conspiracy,  a  description  of  Perth,  &c.  Adamson 
was  son  of  James  Adamson,  Lord  Provost  of  Perth  in  1610,  and 
brother  of  Principal  Adamson  of  the  University  of  Edinburgh. 
He  died  in  J639.  According  to  some  accounts  he  was  unmarried. 

A  plain  tombstone  commemorates  the  Rev.  William  Wilson,  one 
of  the  founders  of  the  Secession  Church,  who  died  in  1741, 
aged  fifty-one.  With  a  short  Latin  inscription,  it  contains  these 
verses :  — 

"  More  brave  than  David's  mighty  men, 

This  champion  fought  it  fair 
In  truth's  defence,  both  by  the  pen, 
The  pulpit  and  the  chair. 

"  He  stood  with  his  associates  true 

To  Scotland's  solemn  oath, 
And  taught  to  render  homage  due 
To  God  and  Csesar  both. 


182  I'EKTHSHIRE. 

"  Earth  raging,  from  his  sacred  post 

Debarr'd  the  worthy  sage ; 
Heaven  frowning,  sent  a  furious  host 
To  avenge  the  sacrilege. 

"  Mourn,  your  Elijah's  gone, 
And  wafted  to  the  skies  ; 
Mourn  till  his  fiery  car  bring  down 
A  soul  of  equal  size." 

Mr.  Wilson  was  son  of  Gilbert  Wilson,  proprietor  of  a  small 
estate  near  East  Kilbride,  which  he  forfeited  for  his  attachment  to 
the  Presbyterian  cause  ;  he  went  to  Holland,  and  returning  at  the 
Eevolution,  was  appointed  Comptroller  of  Customs  at  Greenock. 
His  son  was  born  at  Glasgow,  19th  November,  1690,  and  was 
named  after  William  III.  Having  studied  at  the  University  of 
Glasgow  and  obtained  license,  he  was  ordained  minister  of  the 
West  Church,  Perth,  in  November,  1716.  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.  41),  for  which  they  suffered  deposition  by  the  General 
Assembly.  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,  1741.  The  English  verses  on 
his  tombstone  were  composed  by  the  Eev.  Ralph  Erskine  of  Dun- 
fermline,  who  likewise  inscribed  these  lines  on  the  tombstone  of 
Colin  Brown,  Chief  Magistrate  of  Perth,  who  died  17th  October, 
1744,  aged  seventy-one: — 

"  Friend,  do  not,  careless  on  thy  road, 

O'erlook  this  humble  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  homely  strains  at  Jesus'  feet 
He  wrestled  daily  there. 


PAHISH   OF  PERTH.  183 

"  He  to  the  city  was  a  guide, 

And  to  the  church  a  fence, 
Nor  could  within  the  camp  abide 
When  truth  was  banished  thence. 


"  His  life  and  death  did  both  express 
What  strength  of  grace  was  given, 
His  life  a  lamp  of  holiness. 
His  death  a  dawn  of  heaven." 


In  the  churchyard,  tombstones  commemorate  Eev.  Robert  Kay, 
minister  of  the  West  Church,  died  15th  October,  1819 ;  John 
Young,  of  Bell  wood,  died  6th  June,  1819 ;  Rev.  Henry  Sangster, 
minister  of  Humbie,  died  5th  April,  1820 ;  Rev.  Adam  Peebles, 
minister  of  the  English  Episcopal  church,  Perth,  died  18th  Decem- 
ber, 1804;  Rev.  Samuel  George  Kennedy,  minister  of  the  West 
Church,  died  30th  December,  1835;  Dr.  Alexander  Robertson, 
Deputy  Inspector  of  Army  Hospitals,  died  1st  September,  1830 ; 
Major-General  Sir  John  Ross,  K.C.B.,  died  21st  April,  1835 ;  Major- 
General  William  Farquhar,  died  llth  May,  1839  ;  Rev.  Alexander 
Pringle,  D.D.,  died  12th  May,  1839  ;  Rev.  Forest  Frew,  Minister  of 
the  first  Relief  Church,  Perth,  died  6th  February,  1842  ;  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  December,  1846 ;  Andrew  Heiton, 
architect,  died  8th  August,  1858  ;  Sir  John  Bisset,  K.C.B.,  Com- 
missary-General, died  3rd  April,  1854;  Rev.  Andrew  Gray,  Minister 
of  the  Free  West  Church,  Perth,  died  15th  March,  1861;  and 
Rev.  William  A.  Thomson,  Minister  of  the  Middle  Church,  Perth, 
died  17th  March,  1863. 

Perth  parochial  churchyard  exhibits  a  due  proportion  of  metrical 
epitaphs  ;  one  of  the  oldest  tombstones  is  thus  inscribed  : 


"  Here   lyes  ane   worthie  man,  John  Conqueror,  who   died   a 
Bailie  of  Perth,  the  first  day  of  September,  1653. 


184  PERTHSHIRE. 

"O'er  death  a  conqueror  he  now  lyes  whose  soule, 
Freed  from  this  dust,  triumphes  above  the  pole. 
One  less  than  twyce  twelve  children  by  one  wife 
He  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, 
Eobbed  him  of  life,  Perth  of  a  Magistrate. 

"  This  trophee,  Margaret  Jack,  his  spouse,  did  raise 
O'er  her  dear  husband,  to  her  lasting  praise ; 
Through  his  respectful  care,  his  memory 
Shall  be  deryved  of  posterity." 

On  the  tombstone  of  John  Gow,  hammerman,  is  this  couplet : — 

"  Till  God  has  wrought  us  to  his  will, 
The  hammer  we  must  suffer  still." 

On  the  tombstone  of  John  R  Gow,  teacher,  who  died  in  1857, 
are  these  lines  : — 

"Eeader,  one  moment 

Stop  and  think, 
That  I  am  in  eternity 
And  you  are  on  the  brink." 

John  Knox  has  thus  inscribed  a  tombstone  in  memory  of  his 
wife : — 

"  Though  greedy  worms  devour  my  skin, 

And  gnaw  my  wasting  flesh, 
Yet  God  shall  build  my  bones  again, 
And  clothe  them  all  afresh." 

From  the  tombstone  of  David  Taylor,  mason,  who  died  21st 
September,  1816,  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. 


PARISH    OF   PERTH.  185 

Remember  as  thou  steppest  upon 
Life  ceased  :  such  dust  thou'lt  be  anon. 
Then  as  thou  would'st  thine  own  to  rest, 
Now  lightly  let  this  dust  be  press'd." 

James  Galloway,  a  shipwrecked  mariner,  who  died  in  1852,  is 
commemorated  thus : — 

"Who  go  to  ships  and  in 

Great  waters  trading  be, 
Within  the  deep  those  men  God's  works 

And  his  great  wonders  see ; 
For  He  commands,  and  forth  in  haste 

The  stormy  tempest  flies, 
Which  makes  the  sea  with  rolling  waves 

Aloft  to  swell  and  rise." 

Robert  Clark  has  thus  inscribed  his  wife's  tombstone : — 

"  Lo,  where  the  silent  marble  weeps, 
A  friend,  a  wife,  a  mother  sleeps, 
A  heart  within  whose  sacred  cell 
The  peaceful  virtues  loved  to  dwell." 

On  the  tombstone  of  James  Hunter,  surgeon,  who  died  in  1774, 
are  these  lines  : — 

"  Short  was  the  space  allotted  him  to  run — 
Just  entered  on  the  lists  he  gained  the  crown  ; 
His  prayer  scarce  ended  ere  his  praise  begun." 

The  Rev.  Donald  Fraser  thus  celebrates  his  wife,  Aim  Dalgarnie, 
who  died  2nd  March,  1822,  aged  thirty  :• — 

"  She  had  a  grace  which  stole  upon  the  heart, 
Smiling  as  childhood,  and  as  void  of  art ; 
A  look  that  spoke  the  friendly  feeling  breast ; 
A  voice  to  soothe  the  troubled  soul  to  rest ; 
A  temper  gentle  as  the  vernal  breeze, 
Which  ever  pleased  without  a  thought  to  please ; 
Virtues  that  time  and  change  and  sorrow  brave, 
Unfading  charms  which  triumph  o'er  the  grave ; 
Yet  shall  her  mouldering  form  more  lovely  rise, 
For  brighter  beauties  dawn  in  other  skies. 
A  form  celestial  the  pure  soul  enshrines, 
And  virtue  in  its  native  lustre  shines." 


186  PERTHSHIRE. 

Within  the  new  cemetery,  memorial  stones  denote  the  graves 
of  Donald  Sinclair  Maclagan,  of  Glenquiech,  died  5th  July, 
1858  ;  John  Marshall,  of  Eosemount,  died  23rd  July,  1862 ;  Flora, 
wife  of  General  Sir  Alexander  Lindsay,  K.C.B.,  died  25th  July, 
1863,  and  Isabella  Menzies,  wife  of  Sir  John  Ross,  died  18th 
March,  1807. 

On  the  gravestone  of  his  wife  and  children,  Robert  Duncan  has 
inscribed  these  lines  : — 

"  Their  names  are  graven  on  this  stone, 

Their  bones  are  in  the  clay, 
And  very  soon  we  will  be  gone, 
And  lying  low  as  they." 

In  memory  of  his  children,  Peter  Anderson  has  engraved  the 
following : — 

"  Farewell  thou  vase  of  splendour, 

I  need  thy  light  no  more, 

No  brilliance  dost  thou  render 

The  world  to  which  I  soar. 

"  Nor  sun  nor  moonbeam  brightens 

Those  regions  with  a  ray ; 
But  God  himself  enlightens 
Their  one  eternal  day. 

"  Farewell  each  dearest  union 

That  blest  my  earthly  hours, 
We  yet  shall  hold  communion 
In  amaranthine  bowers. 

"  The  love  that  seems  forsaken 

When  friends  in  death  depart, 
In  heaven  again  shall  wakeu, 
And  repossess  the  heart. 

"  The  harps  of  heav'n  steal  o'er  me, 

I  see  the  jasper  wall, 
Jesus  who  pass'd  before  me, 
And  God  the  Judge  of  all" 

"  So  sung  the  parting  spirit, 

While  round  flow'd  many  a  tear, 
Then  spread  her  wings  t'  inherit 
The  throne  in  yonder  sphere." 


PAltlSII    OF   PORT    OF   MENTEITH.  187 

Within  the  interior  of  the  East  Church,  a  monumental  tablet, 
representing  two  figures,  is  supposed  to  have  been  erected  in  com- 
memoration of  the  three  Earls  of  Gowrie : — 

A  marble  monument,  in  the  East  Church,  is  thus  inscribed : — 

"  In  memory  of  their  comrades  who  fell  during  the  Crimean  War, 
1854 — 55,  and  as  a  tribute  to  their  gallantry,  this  monument  is 
erected  by  the  officers  of  Her  Majesty's  90th  Light  Infantry, 
Perthshire  Volunteers,  A.D.  1857." 

In  the  cathedral  of  the  episcopal  church  rest  the  remains  of  the 
Eight  Eeverend  Patrick  Torry,  D.D.,  Bishop  of  St.  Andrews, 
Dunkeld  and  Dunblane,  and  who  is  also  commemorated  by  a 
monument.  This  eminent  divine  was  born  in  the  parish  of  King 
Edward,  Aberdeenshire,  on  the  27th  December,  1763.  After  a 
respectable  education  at  various  country  schools,  Mr.  Torry  was, 
in  1782,  admitted  to  deacon's  orders  by  Bishop  Kilgour,  of  Aber- 
deen. For  seven  years  he  conducted  episcopal  service  at  Arradoul, 
Banffshire ;  he  subsequently  became  assistant  to  Bishop  Kilgour, 
in  the  episcopal  church  at  Peterhead.  There  he  laboured  for  the 
long  period  of  sixty  years.  In  1808  he  was  consecrated  bishop. 
After  a  long  episcopate,  marked  by  affectionate  faithfulness  and 
sterling  efficiency,  he  was  called  to  his  rest  on  the  3rd  October, 
1852,  in  his  89th  year." 

In  the  Sheriff  Court  Eoom,  marble  tablets  commemorate  Patrick 
Murray,  sheriff-clerk  of  Perthshire,  who  died  5th  September,  1731, 
and  James  Paton,  of  Glenalmond,  Sheriff-clerk  of  Perthshire,  who 
died  in  1850. 


PAEISH  OF  POET  OF  MENTEITH. 

On  the  island  of  Inchmachome,  in  the  Lake  of  Menteith,  are 
the  remains  of  a  famous  Priory,  founded  in  1238  by  Walter 
Comyn,  Earl  of  Menteith.  Near  the  centre  of  the  choir,  a  recum- 
bent monument,  contains  two  figures,  supposed  to  represent 


188  PEimisiiiitK. 

Walter  Stewart,  Earl  of  Menteith,  sou-in-law  of  the  founder,  and 
his  countess.  In  the  choir  another  monument  of  inferior  work- 
manship celebrates  Sir  John  de  Drummond,  son-in-law  of  the 
preceding  earl. 

Surmounting  part  of  the  church  and  dormitory  a  mausoleum, 
consisting  of  a  vault  and  apartment  above  it,  was  constructed  to 
receive  the  remains  of  Lord  Kilpont,  son  of  William,  eighth  Earl  of 
Menteith,  who  was  killed  by  James  Stewart,  of  Ardvoirlich,  in  Mon- 
trose's  camp,  at  Collace,  in  1644  The  event  of  Lord  Kilpont's  death 
is  embodied  with  fictitious  colouring  by  Sir  Walter  Scott,  in  the 
"  Legend  of  Montrose."  In  the  introduction  to  that  romance  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 
Linlithgowshire. 


PAEISH  OF  EEDGOKTON. 

On  the  banks  of  the  Tay,  about  two  miles  above  the  mouth  of 
the  Almond,  two  upright  stones  denote  the  scene  of  the  famous 
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  mouth  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  on  the  field  of 
Luucarty  attacked  by  the  royal  forces,  who  would  have  sustained 
defeat  but  for  the  timely  intervention  of  Hay,  a  farmer,  and  his 
two  sons.  These  persons,  armed  with  some  ploughing  utensils, 
encouraged  their  worsted  countrymen,  and  so  renewed  the  conflict 
with  the  invaders.  The  result  was  a  complete  victory  over  the 
Danes,  whose  king  was  slain  at  the  spot  denoted  by  the  larger 
memorial  stone.  Hay  was  invited  to  Court,  and  obtained  a  large 


PARISH   OF   ST.    MADGES.  189 

grant  of  land  in  the  vicinity,  which  is  still  in  the  possession  of  his 
descendants.  He  is  held  as  a  progenitor  by  the  Marquess  of  Tweed- 
dale  and  the  Earls  of  Kinnoull  and  Erroll. 


PARISH  OF  ST.  MADGES. 

After  the  battle  of  Luncarty,  Farmer  Hay  had  from  his  sovereign 
the  choice  of  a  portion  of  territory  equal  to  a  hound's  race  or  a 
falcon's  flight.  Having  chosen  the  latter,  the  bird  being  let  loose 
pursued  her  flight  for  many  miles,  and  at  length  lighted  on  a  stone 
in  this  parish,  which  in  memorial  of  the  occurrence  is  named  the 
Hawk's  Stone. 

A  Eunic  cross  in  the  churchyard  is  thus  described  in  the  new 
Statistical  Account : 

"  The  St.  Madoes  stone  is  about  seven  feet  in  length,  and  in  width 
about  three  at  bottom,  and  two  and  a  half  at  top.  Its  thickness 
is  eight  inches.  It  is  composed  of  grey  sandstone,  similar  to  that 
which  is  found  at  Murray's  Hall,  full  six-  miles  off.  On  the  one 
side  the  sculpture  is  divided  into  five  compartments,  right  under 
each  other  and  nearly  equal  in  size.  Each  of  the  uppermost  three 
is  occupied  by  the  figure  of  a  man  on  horseback,  the  horse  and 
rider  being  of  the  most  grotesque  form  and  unseemly  proportions. 
The  bridle,  reins,  bit,  rings,  and  buckles,  are  minutely,  though 
rudely  cut,  and  are  in  perfect  preservation.  The  rider  wears  a 
cloak  or  mantle,  somewhat  like  the  short  waterproof  cloaks  of  our 
time,  but  with  a  flat  crowned  head-piece,  which  leaves  only  a  small 
portion  of  the  face  to  be  seen.  In  the  fourth  compartment  is  a  ser- 
pent shaped  figure,  with  fretted  ornaments,  and  something  like  a 
double-headed  broken  sceptre,  both  of  which  ornaments  are  to  be 
found  on  most  stones  of  the  same  class.  Still  lower  down  is  the 
figure  of  a  goat,  a  good  deal  defaced,  and  adjoining  this,  various 
sculptures  almost  obliterated.  This  side  of  the  stone,  though 
minutely  carved,  does  not  seem  to  have  been  squared  or  dressed 
beforehand.  It  bears  no  tool  marks,  and  has  several  warts,  as  if 
just  newly  taken  from  the  quarry.  The  side  opposite  is  by  far 
the  richer  and  more  beautiful.  Its  lines  are  as  clear  as  if  just 


1 90  PERTHSHIRE. 

from  the  hands  of  the  artist.  The  principal  figure  is  that  of  a 
cross,  the  upright  portion  of  which  occupies  the  whole  length  of 
the  stones.  The  shaft  and  transept  are  beautifully  enriched  with 
very  complicated  tracery  ;  both  round  the  point  where  they  cross 
are  wreathed  with  a  carved  circle  or  halo.  On  each  side  of  the 
shaft  of  the  cross  beneath  its  transept  is  a  monstrous  lizard-like 
figure,  apparently  in  the  agonies  of  death,  from  being  crushed 
through  at  the  loins  by  a  savage-looking  creature,  with  a  head  like 
a  wolf,  body  like  a  dog,  and  thick  curled  tail.  The  two  compart- 
ments adjoining  the  top  of  the  cross  are  occupied  by  nondescripts, 
with  monstrous  and  diminutive  bodies,  apparently  gnawing  their 
own  backs.  On  the  top,  equally  visible  from  both  sides  of  the  stone, 
are  lizard  figures  couchant  facing  each  other." 


PARISH  OF  SCONE. 

An  upright  pillar,  thirteen  feet  high,  slightly  ornamented  at  the 
top  and  standing  on  a  pedestal,  denotes  the  site  of  the  old  village 
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  many  stone  coffins  have  been  dug  up,  but 
generally  without  inscription  or  emblem. 

In  the  aisle  of  the  old  church  a  magnificent  monument  comme- 
morates Viscount  Stormont,  Lord  Scone.  Executed  in  marble  and 
alabaster,  it  bears  a  figure  of  his  Lordship  in  armour,  supported  by 
two  other  figures,  supposed  to  represent  the  Marquis  of  Tullibardine 
and  the  Earl  Marischal.  Lord  Stormont,  so  created  in  1621,  was 
formerly  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  James  VI.  who  in  1598 
appointed  him  comptroller  of  the  royal  revenues.  He  accompanied 
the  king  to  Perth  on  the  5th  August,  1600,  when  the  Gowrie  con- 
spiracy was  enacted,  and  afterwards  obtained  the  barony  of  Euth- 
ven,  and  other  lands  which  had  belonged  to  the  Earl  of  Gowrie.  In 
1603  he  accompanied  James  to  London,  and  was  afterwards 


PARISH   OF   TIBBERMUIK.  191 

appointed  a  commissioner  for  the  projected  union  of  the  kingdoms. 
As  High  Commissioner  to  the  General  Assembly,  he  sought  to 
gratify  the  royal  wishes  by  introducing  episcopal  innovations  and 
crushing  freedom  of  debate.  At  a  Synod  held  at  Perth  in  April, 
1607,  he  insulted  the  Moderator  during  prayer,  and  afterwards 
locked  the  doors  of  the  building  against  the  admission  of  the 
members.  For  his  zeal  in  obtruding  on  the  church  the  four  articles 
adopted  at  Perth  in  1618,  and  other  services,  he  was  raised  to  the 
Peerage.  He  died  without  issue,  27th  August,  1631. 


PAEISH  OF  TIBBEEMUIE. 

In  the  parish  churchyard  were  interred  upwards  of  three  hun- 
dred Covenanters  who  fell  at  the  battle  of  Tibbermuir  on  the  1st 
September,  1644.  The  Covenanters,  who  numbered  about  6,000 
horse  and  foot,  were  attacked  by  Montrose,  and  decisively  routed. 

Within  the  church,  a  tombstone  presents,  in  raised  letters,  the 
following  inscription : — 

"  This  memorial  erectet  be  Sir  lames  Mvrrey  of  Tibbermvir, 
Knicht,  anno  Dom.  1631,  wharin  lyis  the  bodyis  of  ISBELL 
EVTHVEN,  his  grandmother,  Captane  DAVID  and  EOSINA  MVRRAYIS, 
two  of  hir  brither  .  .  IOHNE  FENTONE,  sone  to  Eosina.  Item, 
IOHN  MVRRAY,  father  to  Sir  IAMES  and  HELEN  SCRIMGEOR  his  last 
spovs,  and  MERIORIE  COLVIL,  first  spovs  to  Sir  lames,  and  GEILS 
and  PATRIK  MVRRAYIS,  tvo  of  hir  bearnis  to  him,  and  ELISBET  and 
IOHNE  MVRRAYIS  with  his  ...  ." 

The  Murrays  of  Tibbermuir  were  descended  from  Alexander,  5th 
son  of  Sir  David  Murray,  of  Gask,  who  died  in  1446, — an  ancestor 
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 
Tulliallan. 

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  bom  in  1747.  In  his  sixteenth 
year  he  entered  the  navy  as  midshipman,  under  Captain  Jervis, 
afterwards  Earl  St.  Vincent.  Devoting  himself  to  his  profession 
he  speedily  rose  in  the  service.  During  the  war  on  the  American 
coast  he  honourably  acquitted  himself,  and  when  Europe  was  the 
theatre  of  war  from  1793  till  the  battle  of  Waterloo  he  gained  a 
series  of  splendid  victories.  In  1815,  as  commander  of  the  Channel 
Fleet  he  had  the  honour  to  prevent  the  escape  of  Napoleon.  He 
was  created  Viscount  Keith  in  1814.  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  monument  of  curious  and 
varied  sculpture  commemorates  by  a  latin  inscription  Sir  Alexander 
Menzies,  of  Castle  Menzies,  and  his  wife  Marjory,  daughter  of  Sir 
John  Campbell,  of  Gleuorchy.  Sir  Alexander  was  created  a 
Baronet  of  Nova  Scotia,  2nd  September,  1665. 


193 


FOBFARSHIRE. 


PARISH  OF  ABERLEMNO. 

IN  the  parish  churchyard  a  sculptured  stone  presents  on  one  side 
a  cross,  surrounded  with  floral  decorations  ;  on  the  other  are  figures 
of  men  on  horseback,  engaged  in  warfare.  A  few  hundred  yards  to 
the  north  of  the  church,  a  stone  eight  feet  in  height  bears  on  one 
side  a  richly  carved  cross,  with  two  female  figures  in  the  act  of 
weeping ;  while  on  the  other  side  are  figures  of  men,  some  on 
horseback,  others  on  foot,  intermingled  with  dogs.  These  stones 
are  believed  to  commemorate  the  defeat  of  a  party  of  Danes  by 
Malcolm  II.  in  the  year  1012.  In  honour  of  his  victory  Malcolm 
founded  a  monastery  at  Brechin,  which  he  dedicated  to  the  Virgin. 

In  the  old  chapel  of  Auldbar,  and  also  in  the  interior  of  the  parish 
church,  tablets  of  brass  and  marble  celebrate  certain  members  of 
the  House  of  Chalmers.  In  Aberlemno  church  William  Chalmers 
of  Auldbar,  and  his  wife,  are  commemorated  thus  : — 

"Hie  conduntur  reliquiae  Gulielmi  Chalmers  de  Aldbar,  qui 
vixit  annos-65,  ob.  7  Id.  Jul.  1765  ;  et  Csecilia?  Elphinston  conjugis 
adamatae  qua3  vixit  annos  58,  ob.  Non.  Mart.  1761.  Sacrum 
memorise  parentum  bene  merentum  hoc  marmor  films  posuit." 

Mr.  Chalmers  belonged  to  the  family  of  Hazelhead.  Aberdeen- 
shire.  Obtaining  a  fortune  as  a  trader  in  Spain,  he  purchased  the 
estate  of  Auldbar  in  1753.  He  was  succeeded  by  his  son  Patrick, 
who  became  sheriff  of  the  county.  In  Aberlemno  church  he  is 
on  a  monumental  tablet,  thus  celebrated  : — 

"Patrick  Chalmers,  Esq.,  of  Auldbar,  advocate,  died  on  the  loth 
February,  1824,  aged  87. 

VOL.  II.  0 


194  FORFARSHIRE. 

Virtuous  and  learned,  polished  and  refined, 

Of  pleasing  manners  and  enlightened  inind  ; 

Beloved  in  life,  lamented  in  his  end, 

Here  sleeps  the  sire,  the  grandsire,  and  the  friend." 

In  Auldbar  chapel,  two  monumental  brasses  have  these  inscrip- 
tions : — 

"  In  memory  of  Patrick  Chalmers,  Esquire,  of  Aldbar,  for  many 
years  a  merchant  in  London.  He  was  born  at  Aldbar,  A.D.  1777, 
and  died  there  on  the  8th  day  of  December,  1826.  Also  of  Frances 
Inglis,  his  wife,  who  died  at  Aldbar  on  the  10th  day  of  February, 
1848,  in  the  70th  year  of  her  age." 

"  Outside  the  walls  of  this  chapel  are  interred  the  mortal  remains 
of  Patrick  Chalmers,  Esquire,  of  Aldbar,  late  Captain  in  H.M.'s  3rd 
Dragoon  Guards,  sometime  Member  of  Parliament  for  the  Montrose 
District  of  Burghs,  Author  of  the  Sculptured  Monuments  of  Angus. 
He  re-edified  this  chapel  in  the  year  1853.  Died  at  Rome,  on 
June  the  23rd,  1854." 

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  sculptured  stones  of  Forfarshire  is  much  valued. 

From  tombstones  in  Aberlemno  churchyard  we  have  these 
rhymes  : — 

"  In  hopes  in  peace  his  Lord  to  meet, 

Here  lies  interred  in  dust, 
One  in  his  temper  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  decree 

Recalled  his  life  again." 


"  Here  lies  the  man,  who  peace  did  still  pursue, 
And  to  each  one  did  render  what  was  due  ; 
With  meek  submission  he  resign'd  his  breath 
To  God,  the  sovereign  Lord  of  life  and  death. 
Here  different  ages  do  promiscuous  lie  ; 
The  old  man  must,  the  young  may  die." 


PAKISH   OF   AIRLIE.  195 

"  Man's  life  on  earth,  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  bones  ; 
A  Lodging  place  beyond  the  grave 
To  rest,  and  Hallelujah  sing 
Eternally  to  Heaven's  King." 

The  gravestone  of  John  Nicol,  weaver,  who  died  in  1728,  is 
inscribed  thus  : — 

"  Tho'  this  fine  Art  with  skilful  hand 
Brings  Foreign  Eiches  to  our  Land  ; 
Adorns  our  Eich  and  shields  our  Poor, 
From  cold  our  bodies  doth  secure : 
Yet  neither  Art  nor  Skill  e'er  can 
Exempt  us  from  the  lot  of  man." 

On  a  tombstone  belonging  to  the  family  of  Spence,  who  resided 
in  the  parish  for  nearly  four  centuries,  are  these  lines  : — 

"  Here  lye  an  honest  old  race 
Who  in  Balgavies  land  had  a  place 
Of  residence,  as  may  be  seen, 
Full  years  three  hundred  and  eighteen." 


PAEISH  OF  AIELIE. 

In  the  churchyard  a  coffin-slab  commemorates  a  member  of  the 
family  of  Eoger.*  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  Eoman  characters  the  following  legend  : — 

"  Lyis  .  heir — Eoger  .  and  .  Yofan  .  Eolok  .  qva  .  died  .  in  . 
Eidie  .  1640." 

*  See  "  The  Scottish  Branch  of  the  Norman  House  of  Eoger,"  Edin- 
burgh, 1872,  p.  20. 


196  FOKFARSHIRE. 

These  rhymes  are  from  different  gravestones  in  Airlie  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  time, 
We  dare  not  to  reflect  that  we  so  soon  did  part, 
For  it  was  his  latter  will 
That  he  God's  counsel  should  fulfil." 

"  While  nature  shrinks  to  be  dissolved, 

Eelentless  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  ?  No, 

Submission  gives  relief.  " 

"  This  worthy  pair,  both  free  of  fraud, 

Made  Truth  their  constant  aim ; 
You  might  depended  on  their  word, 

For  still  it  was  the  same. 
They  loved  to  live  with  all  around 

In  unity  and  peace  ; 
And  with  a  spotless  character 

They  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. 
With  winged  flight  her  soul  did  speed  away 
E'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  parochial  manse  is  preserved  a  sepulchral  stone  which 
was  discovered  in  the  foundation  of  the  old  parish  church.     It  is 


PARISH   OF  ARBROATH.  197 

5^  feet  in  height  and  2£  feet  in  breadth,  and  is  sculptured  with 
two  crosses,  two  open  books,  and  a  small  circle.  The  old  church 
was  dedicated  to  Saint  Ninian. 


PAEISH   OF   ARBROATH. 

The  parochial  churchyard  includes  the  area  and  precincts  of  the 
ancient  abbey.  This  magnificent  structure  was  founded  by  William 
the  Lion  in  1178,  and  dedicated  to  the  memory  of  Thomas  a 
Becket.  It  was  planted  with  monks  of  the  Benedictine  order,  and 
the  abbot  was  privileged  to  exercise  episcopal  functions,  and  to  sit 
in  Parliament  as  a  spiritual  peer.  The  fabric  was  dilapidated  at 
the  Reformation,  when  the  lands  and  other  endowments  belonging 
to  the  institution  were  converted  into  a  temporal  lordship. 

Prior  to  his  death  William  the  Lion  selected  the  abbey  as  his 
place  of  sepulture,  and  therein  he  was  buried  before  the  high  altar 
on  the  4th  December,  1214,  in  presence  of  his  successor  and  a 
vast  assemblage  of  the  nobles.  After  the  neglect  of  centuries,  a 
party  of  workmen  who  were  cleaning  the  area  of  the  church  dis- 
covered op  the  20th  March,  1811,  the  tomb  of  the  founder.  The 
stone  coffin  contained  a  portion  of  the  monarch's  bones.  These 
represented  a  man  of  goodly  stature.  The  coffin-lid  is  of  madrepore, 
a  dark  spotted  marble  ;  it  bears  the  effigies  of  the  king,  in  a  robe 
simply  draped, — the  waist  girt  with  a  narrow  belt  to  which  is 
attached  a  purse.  The  head  is  gone ;  and  the  feet  rest  on  the 
figure  of  a  lion.  Small  figures  surround  the  king,  and  are  in  the  act 
of  arranging  his  dress. 

Within  the  abbey  a  monument  with  an  inscription  round  the 
sides  represents  the  full-length  figure  of  a  monk,  but  his  name  is 
effaced. 

In  the  chancel  is  preserved  the  front  of  a  mural  tombstone,  which 
was  found  near  the  high  altar.  Divided  into  four  compartments, 


108  FORFARSHIRE. 

each  contains  a  figure  carved  in  bold  relief.  In  the  first  an  angel 
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 
Paniter,  or  Panter,  who  was  abbot  of  the  institution  for  many  years 
prior  to  1443,  when  he  resigned  office. 

On  modern  tombstones  in  Arbroath  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  sinful  world 
We  will  be  sorrowful  no  more." 


"  Jean  and  Agnes  are  gone  to  a  world  of  love, 

Where  sorrow  are  known  no  more  ; 
They  have  gone  to  inherit  a  land  of  bliss 
On  Canaan's  happy  shore." 

'  By  him  whose  conquests  through  the  world  are  known 
I  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  proclaims, 

That  are  in  Jesus  dead  ! 
Sweet  is  the  savour  of  their  name, 

And  soft  their  silent  bed. 
Far  from  this  world's  toil  and  strife, 

And  ever  with  the  Lord, 
The  sufferings  of  this  mortal  life 

End  in  a  rich  reward." 


Now  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   OF  AUCHTERHOUSE.  199 

Eotting  in  dark  and  silent  dust, 
Prepare  for  death,  for  die  thou  must ; 
Life  is  uncertain — death  is  sure ; 
Sin  is  the  wound,  Christ  is  the  cure." 


Go,  blessed  spirits,  mount  where  cherubs  sing 

Sublime  hosannahs  to  the  Saviour  King ; 

Go  soon  triumphant  from  earth's  drear  domain, 

The  seat  of  sin,  of  misery,  and  of  pain. 

The  stars  will  light  you  on  the  way 

To  realms  of  glory  and  eternal  day  ; 

Then  let  your  eyes  behold  the  bright  abode 

Prepared  for  you  by  an  indulgent  God/' 


PARISH  OF  AUCHTERHOUSE. 

In  an  aisle  attached  to  the  parish  church  rest  the  remains  of 
the  members  of  the  noble  families  of  Airlie,  Buchan,  and  Strathmore. 
In  the  churchyard  a  tombstone  is  thus  inscribed  : — 

"  Heir  lyes  ane  godly  and  vertous  man  lames  Christie  of  Bal- 
buchlie,  who  departed  ye  20  of  Decern  :  1651,  and  his  age  97  : — 

Dulce  fuit,  quondam  inihi  vivere  ;  non  quia  vixi; 

Sed  quoniam,  ut  vivam,  tune  moriturus  eram. 
— Once  it  vas  svet  to  me  to  leive,  not  that  I  leived,  bvt  I  leived 
to  die." 

James  Stewart,  who  had  been  a  soldier  in  his  youth,  is  thus 
commemorated  : — 

"  In  foreign  lands  where  men  with  war  engage, 
He  was  sarvising  at  many  a  bloody  saige ; 
And  was  preserved  wnhurt,  yet  gathered  to  his  rest 
In  good  old  age — who  trusts  in  God  is  blest." 


200  FORFARSHIRE. 


PARISH  OF  BARRY. 

On  the  floor  of  the  parish  church  a  gravestone  commemorates 
Martha  Forrester,  "  spouse  to  Uinqvhile  Thomas  Mavle."  The 
date  is  partially  defaced,  but  the  stone  seems  to  belong  to  the  early 
part  of  the  seventeenth  century.  Forrester  as  a  family  name  was 
formerly  common  in  the  district. 

In  the  north  wall  of  the  church  a  monumental  tablet  bears  the 
following  inscription : — 

"  »i<  Griselis  .  Dirhamia  .  sponsa .  Davidis  .  Alexander  .  de  .  Pits 
kellie  .  obiit  .  6  .  mensis  .  Ivnii .  1664  .  aetatis  .  svse  .  34. 

anagr  . 

Griselis  .  Dirhamia  .  ardeo  .  regiam  .  elisi  .  elisivm  .  vere  .  mea 
delectatio  :  qvando  .  in  .  vivis  .  eivs  .  svmmvs  .  et  .  ardor  .  erat 
elisivm  .  qvoniam  .  mea  .  delectatio  :  sola  .  nvuc  .  frvor  .  elisio 
perpetvoqve  .  frvar  .  vivet : 

post .  fvnera  .  virtvs." 

David  Alexander  was  served  heir  to  his  father  James,  in  the  lands 
of  Balskellie,  now  Pitskellie,  in  December,  1676.  This  family  had 
long  previously  possessed  the  adjoining  property  of  Ravensby. 

Several  tombstones  commemorate  members  of  the  family  of  Sim 
of  Greenlawhill,  including  the  Rev.  David  Sim,  minister  of  the 
parish,  who  died  on  the  1st  October,  1823,  in  his  seventieth  year 
and  the  forty-seventh  of  his  ministry. 

A  mortuary  enclosure  has  on  the  gate  the  following  inscription  : — 

Major  Thomas  Hunter,  of  the  104th  Regt.,  died  19th  March,  1840, 
aged  59  years." 

The  following  inscription  is  from  the  gravestone  of  Robert 
Ci;i\\  Curd,  who  died  in  1707  : — 

"  Mors  tuo,  more  Christi,  fraus  mundi,  gloria  Cceli, 
Et  dolor  Inferni,  sunt  meditanda  tibi. 

Thy  death  the  death  of  Christ, 

The  world's  vexation ; 
Heaven's  glory,  Hell's  horror, 

Make  thv  meditation." 


PARISH   OF   BARRY.  201 

.From  different  tombstones  we  have  these  metrical  epitaphs  : — 

"  As  we  be,  so  shall  ye. 
To  speak  the  truth  let  this  suffice, 
She  was  a  woman  virtuous  and  wise, 
Not  in  the  least  to  any  vice  mclin'd, 
Such  was  her  prudent,  civilized  mind ; 
Her  rest  from  worldly  cares  doth  pleasant  prove, 
While  her  immortal  soul  triumphs  above." 


'  Here  lies  the  dust  that  once  enshrin'd 
A  sober,  honest,  friendly  mind ; 
The  heavenly  part  hath  wing'd  its  flight 
To  regions  of  eternal  light. 
The  body  too  which  breathless  lies, 
Redeem'd  from  death  shall  shortly  rise, 
And  join  its  kindred  soul  again, 
Fit  to  adorn  its  Maker's  train." 


"  Decreed  by  God  in  mercy  to  mankind, 
Our  troubles  are  to  this  short  life  confined ; 
Want,  weakness,  pain,  disease,  and  sorrow  have 
Their  general  quietus  in  the  grave. 
The  living  never  should  the  dead  lament ; 
Death's  our  reward,  and  not  our  punishment ; 
Keep  death  and  judgment  always  in  your  eye — 
None's  fit  to  live,  but  who  is  fit  to  die. 
Make  use  of  present  time  because  you  must 
Take  up  your  lodging  shortly  in  the  dust ; 
'Tis  dreadful  to  behold  the  setting  sun, 
And  night  approaching  ere  your  work  is  done." 


'  How  frail  is  man  !  in  how  short  a  time 
He  fades  like  roses  which  have  pass'd  their  prime  ! 
So  wrinkled  age  the  fairest  face  will  plow, 
And  cast  deep  furrows  on  the  smoothest  brow. 
Then  where's  that  lovely,  tempting  face  ?  alas  ! 
Yourselves  would  blush  to  view  it  in  a  glass. 
I  stand  to  mark  this  good  man's  place ; 
Upon  this  earth  he  lived  in  peace  ; 
He  with  his  wife  and  family 
Still  had  the  praise  for  honesty. 


202  FORFARSHIRE. 


While  on  this  earth  he  did  remain, 
There  was  no  mortal  could  him  stain ; 
When  things  sublimer  did  him  tire, 
He  long'd  to  meet  the  heaven's  empire. 
Then  Jesus  came  and  bade  him  rise, 
His  soul  with  Him  to  pierce  the  skies  ; 
Ever  to  court  the  King  of  kings 
With  those  that  hallelujah  sings." 


PAEISH  OF  BRECHIK 

The  cathedral  of  Brechin  was  founded  by  David  I.  about  the 
year  1150.  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.  William 
Guthrie,  minister  of  Fen  wick,  an  eminent  sufferer  in  the  cause  of 
Presbyterianism. '  Eldest  son  of  the  Laird  of  Pitforthie  in  this 
parish,  he  was  born  in  1620,  and  prosecuted  his  studies  at  the 
University  of  St.  Andrews.  Licensed  to  preach  in  1642,  he  was, 
after  being  sometime  employed  as  a  tutor,  ordained  minister  of 
Mauchline,  in  November,  1644.  Refusing  to  submit  to  Episcopacy 
he  was  deprived  by  Archbishop  Burnet,  of  Glasgow,  in  1634.  He 
died  at  Brechin  on  the  10th  October,  1665,  in  the  forty-fifth  year  of 
his  age  and  twenty-first  of  his  ministry.  A  powerful  and  eloquent 
divine,  multitudes  flocked  to  his  ministrations.  His  work  "  The 
Christian's  Great  Interest,"  has  obtained  wide  acceptance,  and  has 
been  translated  into  French,  German,  and  other  languages. 

In  the  churchyard  a  tombstone  commemorates  six  hundred  per- 
sons who  died  of  the  pestilence  in  1647.  It  is  inscribed  thus  :— 

"  Luna  quater  crescens 
Sexcentos  peste  peremptos, 
Disce  mori !  vidit, 
Pulvis  et  umbra  sumus." 

The  burial-place  of  William  Ramsay  Maule,  Baron  Paninure,  is 


PARISH   OF  CARESTON.  203 

denoted  by  a  lofty  granite  obelisk.  At  the  base  of  the  column  is 
the  following  inscription.  Erected  by  the  people  to  the  memory  of 
the  Eight  Honourable  William,  Baron  Panmure,  of  Brechin  and 
Navar, — born  27th  October,  1771,  died  13th  April,  1852,  whose 
motto  and  action  was  "  Live  and  let  live." 

The  Honourable  William  Eamsay  Maule,  afterwards  Baron 
Panmure,  was  second  son  of  George,  eighth  Earl  of  Dalhousie. 
Consequent  on  the  settlement  of  his  grand-uncle,  he  obtained  pos- 
session of  the  Panmure  estates  on  the  demise  of  his  father,  which 
took  place  in  1787.  He  entered  the  House  of  Commons  in  1796, 
and  continued  to  represent  the  county  of  Forfar,  till  1831,  when 
he  was  called  to  the  Upper  House  as  Baron  Panmure.  Succeeding 
to  a  princely  inheritance  when  he  was  young,  and  at  a  period 
when  social  festivities  were  conducted  in  a  manner  now  happily 
unknown,  Mr.  Maule  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  munificent  benefactor  and 
patron  of  county  institutions. 

A  small  tombstone  commemorates  Alexander  Laing,  author  of 
"  Wayside  Flowers,"  a  volume  of  interesting  poetry.  Laing  died 
at  Brechin,  on  the  14th  October,  1857,  in  his  seventieth  year. 
Several  of  his  songs  have  obtained  an  honoured  place  in  the 
national  minstrelsy. 


PAEISH  OF  CAEESTON. 

In  the  churchyard  a  tombstone  commemorates  the  Eev.  John 
Gillies,  who  died  minister  of  the  parish,  on  the  1st  March,  1853, 
aged  seventy-two.  He  was  grandfather  of  Adam  Gillies,  a  Senator 
of  the  College  of  Justice,  and  of  Dr.  John  Gillies,  author  of  "  The 
History  of  Greece." 

Within  a  mortuary  enclosure,  a  memorial  stone  denotes  the 
resting-place  of  the  Eev.  David  Lyell,  minister  of  the  parish,  who 


-'»t  FORFARSHIRE. 

died  loth  July,  1854,  aged  eighty-six,  and  of  that  of  his  wife,  the 
Hon.  Catherine,  daughter  of  John,  seventh  Viscount  Arbuthnot, 
who  died  16th  December,  1853,  aged  sixty-five. 

From  tombstones  in  the  churchyard  we  have  these  rhymes : — 

"As  our  shorter  day  of  light, 

Our  day  of  life  posts  on  ; 
Both  show  a  long  course  to  the  night, 

But  both  are  quickly  run. 
Both  have  their  night,  and  when  that  spreads 

Its  black  wing  o'er  the  day, 
There's  no  more  work,  all  take  their  beds, 

Of  feathers  or  of  clay. 
Chuse  then  before  it  be  too  late, 

For  choice  with  life  will  end ; 
Eemember  on  thy  choice  thy  fate, 

Thy  good  or  ill  depends." 


"  This  stone  doth  hold  these  corps  of  mine, 

While  I  ly  buried  here  ; 
None  shall  molest  nor  wrong  this  stone, 

Except  my  friends  that's  near. 
My  flesh  and  bones  lyes  in  Earth's  womb, 

Until  Judgment  do  appear  ; 

And  then  I  shall  be  raised  again, 

To  meet  my  Saviour  dear." 


PAEISH  OF  CAEMYLLIE. 

On  the  south  wall  of  the  parish  church  a  marble  tablet  in 
memory  of  the  Eev.  Patrick  Bryce  and  his  wife  is  thus  inscribed  : — 

"  In  memory  of  the  Eevd.  Patrick  Bryce,  45  years  minister  df 
this  parish,  a  sincere  Christian,  a  faithful  pastor,  devout,  charitable, 
and  upright.  He  recommended  that  religion  which  he  taught,  by 
a  peculiar  mildness  and  simplicity  of  manner.  Conscientious  in 
the  discharge  of  every  relative  duty,  beloved,  honoured,  and  univer- 
sally respected,  he  died  in  the  humble  hope  of  afar  nobler  inheri- 


PARISH   OF   CARMYLLIE.  205 

tance  beyond  the  grave,  21  June  1816,  in  his  eighty-fourth  year. 
Also  Mary  Aitken,  his  wife,  who  closed  a  well-spent  life  in  the 
same  hopes  of  a  blessed  immortality,  19  Sep.  1801,  aged  seventy- 
two.  A  tribute  of  filial  love  and  respect  from  their  only  child  and 
affectionate  daughter." 

These  metrical  inscriptions  are  from  different  tombstones  : — 

"  When  death's  darts  did  approach  so  near, 
We  parted  with  our  children  dear ; 
And  for  them  we  had  this  respect—- 
This monument  we  did  erect." 


"  Now  cruel  death  hath  us  all  -three 

Eight  soon  his  captives  made  ; 
And  by  his  mighty  arm  you  see, 
Down  in  the  grave  hath  laid." 


"  He  who  was  sober,  just,  and  good, 

And  fam'd  for  piety, 
No  panygeric  now  doth  need, 

His  praise  to  amplify. 
His  memory  on  earth  is  blest, 

His  soul  with  glory  crown'd ; 
His  body  here  shall  rest  in  peace 

Till  the  last  trumpet  sound." 

"  Let  marble  monuments  record 
Their  fame,  who  distant  lands  explore, 
This  humble  stone  points  out  the  place 
Where  sleeps  a  virtuous,  ancient  race. 
Their  sire  possess'd  ye  neighbouring  plain, 
Before  Columbus  cross'd  the  main ; 
And  tho'  ye  world  may  deem  it  strange, 
His  son,  contented,  seeks  no  change, 
Convinc'd  wherever  man  may  roam, 
He  travels  only  to  the  Tomb." 

"  Here,  gentle  reader,  o'er  this  dust 
We  crave  a  tear,  for  here  doth  rest 
A  Father,  Husband,  and  a  Friend, 
In  him  those  three  did  finely  blend. 


206  FORFARSHIRE. 

Worn  by  disease,  and  rack'd  with  pain, 
Physicians'  aid  was  all  in  vain, 
Till  God,  in  his  great  love,  saw  meet 
To  free  him  from  his  sorrows  great. 
How  wonderful,  how  vast  his  love, 
Who  left  the  shining  realms  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  Ail-lie.  Several  marble  tablets  are  thus  inscribed  • — 

"  Erected  by  David,  Seventh  Earl  of  Airlie,  in  kind  and  dutiful 
remembrance  of  his  Parents,  Brother,  and  Uncle: — 

"  In  memory  of  David,  Fifth  Earl  of  Airlie,  who  died  at  Cortachy 
Castle  3d  March,  1803,  aged  seventy-eight.  His  Lordship,  in  the 
generous  enthusiasm  of  youth,  joined  the  Chevalier  at  Edinburgh  in 
October,  1745,  with  a  regiment  of  six  hundred  men,  and  continued 
loyal  and  true  to  his  cause.  He  afterwards  entered  the  French 
service,  in  which  he  obtained  the  rank  of  Lieutenant-GeneraL  In 
1 778  His  Majesty,  George  the  Third,  was  pleased  to  restore  him  to 
his  country  and  estates,  where  his  true  nobleness  and  kindness  of 
disposition  will  long  be  held  in  respectful  and  affectionate 
remembrance." 


"  In  memory  of  Walter,  Sixth  Earl  of  Airlie,  a  most  respected 
and  venerable  nobleman,  who  died  at  Cortachy  Castle  on  the  10th 
of  April,  1819,  in  the  eighty-sixth  year  of  his  age.  And  of  Jane, 
his  Countess,  a  worthy  and  beneficent  lady,  who  died  on  the  llth 
of  June,  1818,  aged  fifty-six." 

"  In  memory  of  Captain  John  Ogilvy,  of  the  First  Regiment  of 
Foot,  a  brave  and  promising  officer,  who  died  at  Berbice  on  the 
24th  August,  1809,  in  the  twenty-sixth  year  of  his  age,  greatly 
beloved  and  lamented." 


PARISH   OF   CORTACHY.  207 

"  In  memory  of  Clementina,  Countess  of  Airlie,  who  died  in 
London  on  the  1st  of  September,  1835,  in  the  forty-first  year  of  her 
age,  and  whose  mortal  remains  are  here  interred.  As  a  most  dutiful 
and  affectionate  wife,  and  a  mother,  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 
example  of  devout  resignation  to  the  Divine  will  under  many  and 
long  protracted  sufferings,  she  departed  this  life  in  the  faith  of  a 
crucified  and  risen  Redeemer,  universally  beloved,  honoured,  and 
lamented.  Erected  by  her  bereaved,  sorrowful,  and  devoted 
husband,  David,  Earl  of  Airlie." 


"  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  Margaret  Bruce,  Countess  of  Airlie, 
who  departed  this  life  at  Brighton,  Sussex,  on  the  18th  of  June, 
1S45,  aged  thirty-nine,  having  given  birth  to  twin  sons  on  the  16th 
of  the  same  month.  The  Countess  left  four  sons  to  her  attached 
husband,  David,  Earl  of  Airlie,  by  whom  this  tablet  is  erected  in 
grateful  memory  of  an  affectionate  wife.  Interred  here  9th  of 
July,  1845." 


"By  David  Graham  Drummond,  Eighth  Earl  of  Airlie,  this 
tablet  is  erected,  in  grateful  and  dutiful  remembrance  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  those 
among  whom  he  lived,  and  a  place  in  the  hearts  of  his  people, 
whose  welfare  was  his  chief  object.  He  died  20th  August,  1849,  in 
the  sixty-fifth  year  of  his  age,  after  a  long  and  painful  illness, 
which  he  bore  with  Christian  patience  and  fortitude." 


"  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  Maria,  wife  of  the  Hon.  Donald 
Ogilvy  of  Clova,  who  departed  this  life,  at  Leamington  Priors,  on 
the  9th  of  April,  1843,  aged  fifty-two  years." 


"  In  memoriam  David  Ogilvv,  nat,  10th  April  A.D.  1826 ;  ob. 
20th  July  A.D.  1857." 


208  FORFARSIIIKE. 


PARISH  OF  CRAIG. 

Within  the  parish  church,  a  handsome  mural  cenotaph  comme- 
morates David  Scott,  Esq.,  of  Dunninald.  It  is  thus  inscribed  : — 

"  In  memory  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  the 
sphere  of  his  benevolence  led  him  to  forego  the  ease  of  indepen- 
dence, and  those  social  enjoyments  for  which  the  sensibility  of  his 
heart  was  peculiarly  formed,  and  to  embrace  the  more  arduous 
cares  of  public  life.  His  native  county  experienced  the  full 
bene6t  of  his  unwearied  services  as  one  of  her  representatives  in 
successive  Parliaments,  and  the  records  of  the  East  India  Company 
amply  attest  the  zeal,  talent,  and  integrity  with  which,  for  many 
years,  he  directed  the  affairs  of  that  great  commercial  body.  After 
a  severe  and  lingering  illness,  bonje  with  manly  fortitude  and 
Christian  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  memory  of  their  parental  affection,  their  mutual  attach- 
ment and  congenial  virtues,  this  monument  is  erected  by  their 
afflicted  son.'" 

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  assumed  the  name  of  Sibbald  The  son  of  this  gentle- 
man, Sir  James  Sibbald  David  Scott,  Bart,  is  the  present  owner  of 
the  estate. 

In  the  interior  of  the  church  a  memorial  tablet  commemorates 
Peter  Arkley,  Esq.,  of  Dunninald,  born  September,  16th,  1786,  and 
died  31st  December,  1825.  Mr.  Arkley  was  a  zealous  promoter  of 
agriculture,  and  was  held  in  high  esteem  for  his  patriotic 
enterprise. 

Near  the  pulpit  a  monument  commemorates  Hercules  Ross,  Esq, 
of  Rossie,  who  died  24th  December,  1816,  aged  seventy-two,  and 
Henrietta  Parish,  his  wife,  who  died  14th  June,  1811,  aged  forty- 
three;  also  several  members  of  their  family.  The  Ross  family 
burial-place  is  on  the  north  side  of  the  church. 


PAKISH   OF   DUN.  209 

Memorial  slabs  commemorate  Lieutenant-General  Daniel  Colqu- 
houn,  who  died  17th  November,  1848;  also  other  members  of  the 
House  of  Luss. 

By  a  plain  tablet  is  commemorated  John  Turnbull,  of  Stracathro 
and  Smithiehill,  who  died  10th  October,  1693,  aged  sixty-three; 
he  made  a  bequest  for  behoof  of  the  poor. 

In  the  picturesque  churchyard  of  St.  Skeoch  rest  the  remains  of 
James  Brewster,  Rector  of  the  Grammar  School  of  Jedburgh ; 
father  of  Sir  David  Brewster,  the  distinguished  philosopher 
(Vol.  I.,  246). 


PARISH  OF  DUN. 

The  old  parish  church  constitutes  the  burial-place  of  the  family 
of  Erskine,  of  Dun.  Sir  John  Erskine,  of  Dun,  Superintendent  of 
Angus,  and  a  zealous  promoter  of  the  Reformation,  died  at  Dun, 
but  his  place  of  sepulture  is  unmarked.  The  estate  of  Dun  came 
into  the  noble  family  of  Kennedy  by  the  marriage  in  1793  of 
Archibald,  first  Marquis  of  Ailsa,  with  Margaret,  second  daughter 
of  John  Erskine,  of  Dun.  The  Marquis  is  buried  in  the  family 
aisle  ;  he  died  8th  September,  1846,  aged  seventy-six.  The  Mar- 
chioness, who  died  in  1848,  rests  in  the  same  vault. 

From  tombstones  in  Dun  parish  churchyard  we  have  the  fol- 
lowing rhymes : — 

"  Within  this  grave  I  do  both  lie  and  rest, 
Because  the  Lord  perfumed  ye  grave  at  first ; 
May  when  I  rise  unto  me  Christ  grant  this, 
To  be  with  him  in  his  eternal  bliss." 


"  Under  this  stone  do  sweetly  rest 
A  woman  pious,  virtuous,  and  chaste  ; 
Who  in  her  life  performed  two  duties  great, 
A  careful  Mother  and  a  Loving  Mate." 

VOL.  II.  P 


210  KOKKAKSIIIKE. 

"  This  woman  here  in  hope  doth  rest, 
Again  to  rise  and  be  for  ever  blest ; 
After  this  life  we  purpose  here  to  lie, 
And  rise  and  reign  with  her  eternally. 


"  Under  this  stone  three  mortals  do  remain, 
Till  Christ  shall  come  and  raise  them  up  again  ; 
Altho"  by  death  they  be  in  Prison  cast, 
The  Prince  of  Life  will  raise  them  up  at  last, 
And  give  them  life,  which  no  more  will  decay, 
And  habitation  which  wasteth  not  away." 


"  Whoever  him  bethought 
Seriously  and  oft, 
What  it  were  to  flit 
From  his  death-bed  to  the  pit ; 
There  to  suffer  pain 
Never  to  cease  again  ; 
Would  not  commit  one  sin, 
The  whole  world  to  win." 


"  When  silver  bands  of  nature  burst, 

And  let  the  building  fall, 
The  blest  goes  down  to  mix  with  dust, 

Its  first  original. 
The  tyrant  death  he  triumphs  here, 

His  trophies  spread  around  ; 
And  heaps  of  dust  and  bones  appear 

Through  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  thereafter 
raised  against  the  walls. 


PARISH   OF   DUNDEE.  211 

Among  the  gravestone  inscriptions  iu  the  Howff,  many  of  which 
are  no  longer  traceable,  were  the  following  : — 

"  Heir  restis  ane  honorabile  Baronne,  Jhone  Kynneir  of  yat  ilk, 
quha  departit  out  of  this  mortal  lyf  at  Dundee,  the  21st  day  of  June, 
1584,  and  of  his  age  the  63  year." 

"Monumentum  sepulturse,  viri  amplissimo  honore,  prgeclara  erudi- 
tione,  et  multis  in  vita  eximiis  virtutibus  ornati,  D.  Davidis  Kin- 
loch  ab  Aberbrothie,  regum  Magnee  Britannise  et  Francise  inedici 
peritissiml ;  quorum  diplomatis  et  sigillis  gentis  suae  et  familise. 
Nobilitas  luculenter  testata  et  comprobata  est.  Obitt  decimo  Sep- 
tenibris,  anno  salutis  humanse  1617.  ^Etatis  suas  58." 

"  Kinnalochi  proavos  et  avitee  stemmata  gentis 
Clara  inter  proceres,  haec  monumenta  probant 
Magnus  ab  his  cui  surgit  honos :  sed  major  ab  arte 
Major  ab  ingenio  gloria  parta  venit." 

Across  one  of  the  central  walls  a  gravestone  is  inscribed  as  fol- 
lows : — 

"  Heir  lys  ane  godlie  and  honest  man,  Johne  Koche,  Braberier 
and  Bvrges  of  Dvndie,  qvha  departit  this  lyfe  the  10  of  Febrvar, 
1616  yeirs,  being  of  age  43  yeiris.  Vith  his  spovs  Evfiane  Pye, 
qva  hes  cavsit  this  to  be  made  in  rememberance  of  him.  And 
thair  14  bearnes." 

On  the  gravestone  of  Thomas  Simson,  dated  1579,  are  these 
lines : — 

"  Man  tak  hed  to  me  hov  thov  sal  be 

Qvhan  thov  art  dead 
Drye  as  a  trie,  verms  sal  eat  ye ; 

Thy  great  booti  sal  be  lik  lead. 
Ye  time  hath  bene  in  my  zoot  grene, 

That  I  ves  clene  of  bodie  as  ye  are, 
Byt  for  my  eyen,  nov  tvo  holes  bene, 

Of  me  is  sene,  but  -benes  bare." 

A  monument  is  thus  inscribed : — 

"  HIC  '  DORMIENTI  '  PIETATE  '  ET  '  V1RTVTE  '  1NSIGNI  '  VIKO  ' 
GEORGIO  '  ROGER  '  NAVCLERO  '  ET  '  CIVI  '  HVIV3  '  OPPIDI  '  QVI  '  OBIIT  ' 


212  KnKKAUSlIlKK. 

ANNO  '  1G1  1  '  OIK  i'KIMu  •  OCTOHKIS  '  /KTATIS  '  VEKO  '  SV/E  '  ANNO  ' 
33  '  HOC  '  FACIKNIiV.M  '  PROCVKAVJT  '  E1VS  '  CON1VNX  '  KLI/AMETI1A  ' 
LOCHMALOVNIK.  MI1II  '  HODIE  '  CRAS  '  TIBI." 

George  Roger  was  father  of  Bailie  William  Roger,  merchant,  who 
bequeathed,  in  1659,  one-half  of  his  real  and  personal  estate  for  the 
education  and  training  of  "seven  poor  male  children  "  within  the 
burgh.  His  widow,  Euphan  Man,  established  a  Merchants' Widows 
Fund  at  Dundee.* 

Walter  Coupar,  tailor,  who  died  25th  December,  1628,  aged  fifty- 
two,  is  thus  commemorated  : — 

"  Kynd  comorades  heir  Coupar's  corps  is  layd, 
Waltir  by  name,  a  tailzourto  his  trayde, 
Both  kynd  and  trew,  and  stvt  and  honest-heartit 
Condole  vith  me  that  he  so  soon  depairtit, 
For  I  avow  he  never  weyld  a  sheir 
Had  better  pairts  nor  he  that's  bvriet  heir." 

Mr.  Andrew  Scheppert,  minister  of  Benvie,  has  thus  celebrated 
his  father,  who  died  13th  November,  1641 : — 

"  Nathaniel's  heart,  Bezaleel's  hand, 

If  ever  any  had ; 
Then  boldly  may  ye  say,  had  he 
Who  lieth  in  this  bed." 

Captain  Alexander  Baxter  has  in  the  following  stanzas  commemo- 
rated his  daughter  Katharine,  who  died  20th  March,  1632,  aged 
seventeen : — 

"  Stay,  passenger — no  more  for  marvels  seek, 
Among  their  many  monuments  of  death, 

For  here  a  demi-Scot,  a  demi-Greek 

Doth  lie,  to  whom  the  Cretan  Isle  gave  breath ; 

And  is  not  (this)  a  wonder,  is  it  not  ? 

Her  birth  and  burial  to  be  so  remote. 

"  So  falls  by  winter  blasts  a  virgin  rose  ; 

For  blotlees,  spotless,  blameless  did  she  die ; 
As  many  virtues  nature  did  disclose 
In  her,  as  oft  in  greatest  age  we  see. 

*  See  "Scottish  Branch  of  the  Houhe  of  Eoger,"  p.  23. 


PARISH    OF    PUXDEF.  213 

Ne'er  Jason  glori'd  more  in  the  golden  fleece 
Than  her  brave  sire  in  bringing  her  from  Greece." 

A  tombstone  without  date  in  memory  of  Thomas  Maule  was 
inscribed  thus  : — 

"  Desideratissimo  suo  per  annos  2G  in  matrimonio  compari,  magis- 
tro  Thomae  Maule,  doctori  medico,  insigniter  felice ;  de  sum  mis 
juxta  ac  infirmis  in  hac  urbe  et  tota  ejus  vicina,  etiam  de  compluri- 
bus  vitae  nobilitatis  viris,  optime  merito;  latine,  graece,  gallice 
sciente,  astronomiae  preceptis  haud  leviter  imbuto;  pietatis  in  Deum, 
justitiae  in  proxiinum  eximio  cultori." 

The  monument  of  James  Fraser  bears  the  following  epitaph  : — 

"  Jacobus  Fraserius,  vir  domi  forisque  clarus,  et  de  popularibus 
optime  meritus,  parentibus  et  affinibus,  pro  reconditorio  suo,  hoc 
erigendum  curavit. 

"  Jacobi  Fraserii,  viri  clarissimi,  elogium 
Annosam  inatrem  cura  qui  perpete  fovit ; 
Defuncto  hunc  patri  constituit  tumuluiu  ; 
Germanos  opibus  juvit,  charasque  sorores; 
Anchora  cognatis,  portus  et  aura  suis 
Qui  captivorum  sortem  miseratus  iniquam 
Eripuit  duro  languida  colla  jugo. 
Christicolas  inter  Turcasque  interpres  amicus 
Quern  pietas  coluit,  barbaries  timuit 
Usu  multiplici  rerum,  virtute  et  honore, 
Divitiis,  priscos  nobilitavit  avos." 

Bailie  George  Brown,  mortally  wounded  at  the  siege  of  the  town 
by  General  Monk  in  1651,  is  commemorated  thus  : — 

"  Monumentum  Georgii  Brouni,  Deidonani  praetoris  meritissimi  ; 
qui  hoc  praeturae  munere  per  decennium  feliciter  defunctus,  undi- 
que  pugnando  lethaliter  ab  hostibus  vulneratus  :  quibus  vulneribus 
per  martem  languidus,  mortem  naturae  debitum,  pro  civitate  et 
patria,  reddidit  2do  nona  Octobris,  anno  Dom.  1651.  ^Etatis  sexa- 
gesimo." 

The  merits  of  Alexandro  Milne,  magistrate,  are  thus  described 
by  his  son  : — 

"  Patri  optimo  Alexandro  Milne,  saepius  in  hac  urbe  praetura 
cum  laude  defuncto,  tandem  anno  aetatis  siue  (J8,  Bom.  1651.  Vita 


214  FOKFAKSHIKE. 

f'uncto,  monumentum  hoc  magister  Alexander  Milne  filius  erigen- 
duni  curavit. 

"  Kelligio,  nivei  mores,  pruclentia,  candor 
In  Milno  radiis  enituere  suis  : 
Consule  quo,  i'elix  republica ;  judice,  felix 
Curia,  et  sedili  res  sucra  semper  erat." 

The  monument  of  Alexander  Wedderburn  of  Easter- Powrie, 
Provost  and  member  of  Parliament,  was  thus  inscribed  :— 

"  Conditur  hoc  tumulo  Alexander  Wedderburn,  dominus  de 
Easter  Pourie,  familise  suse  princeps  ;  nuperrime  huic  urbi  pnefec- 
tus  ;  ejusdem,  ad  Parliameutum  primum  suDremi  Domini  nostri 
regis  Caroli  2di  delegatus.  Obiit  9  die  Aprilis,  anno  Dom.  1683, 
oatatis  68.  Hie  etiam  conquiescunt  ossa  Elisabeths  Ramsay,  illius 
prinii  amoris  uxoris,  filiae  unicae  Joannis  Ramsay,  fratris  domini 
de  Murie,  hujusque  urbis  olim  prsetoris  quae  obiit  2  die  mensis 
Aprilis,  1643.  ^Etatis  22. 

The  following  epitaph  adorns  the  monument  of  Andrew  Arch- 
bald,  a  noted  surgeon  : — 

"Monumentum  Andrese  Archbald,  lithotomi  insignis  qui  obiit 
pridie  Septembris,  anno  salutis  humanse  1662,  aetatis  suae  67. 
Ejusdem  itidem  conjugis  Catherine  Pourese  amantissimse. 

"  Hie  situs  Andreas  Archbaldus,  candidus,  arte 
Lithotomus,  gratis  qui  tulit  almus  opem 
Pauperibus  ;  sacri  verbi  memor  usque  tonantis 
Qui  panem  gelidis  mittere  mandat  aquis. 
Lithotomi  multi,  tentantes  tollere  morbuni 
Huic  pro  uno  incolumi,  mille  dedere  neci. 
Dum  vixi,  studui  morbum  quam  calculi  acerbum 
Tollere  ;  sic  summus  sensit  et  imus  opem. 
Hie  jacet  Archbaldus,  cautus  qui  et  usque  peritus 
Sanavit  multos  ;  nullaque  causa  necis 
Haec  conjunx,  cui  liquit  opes,  monumenta  marito 
Erigit  hie,  scriptis  quae  super  ossa  notis 
Nomina  forte  rogas,  lector ;  Catherina  Puraea 
Dicitur  ;  hsec  veie  pura  quod  usque  fuit. 
M  Mors  solet,  innumeris,  Morbis,  corrumpere  vitam  M 
O    Omnia  mors  rostro  0  devorat  usque  suo  :  0 

R  Rex, princeps,sapiensseRvus,stultus,  miser,  aeger    R 
S    Sis  quicunque  veliS,  pulvis  et  umbra  sumus.          S." 


PARISH    OF    DUNDEE.  215 

David  Yeman,  merchant,  and  his  wife,  Margaret  Pourie,  had  their 
monument  thus  inscribed  : — 

"  Pareutibus  delectissimis,  Davidi  Yeman  mercatori,  notae  integ- 
ritatis  viro ;  necnon  Margaretae  Purae,  uxori  amantissimae ;  Patri- 
cius  Yeman  mercator,  filius,  hoc  monumentum  cadendum  curavit 
parentavitque.  Pater  decessit  die  4  mensis  Maii,  anno  1654. 
^Etatis  suas  48,  mater  vero  31  Decembris  1669. 

"  Davidus  est  tumulus  Yemani ;  ubi  sede  quiescit 
Hac  placide,  et  charse  conjugis  ossa  jacent; 
Sobrius  ut  prudens,  dictis  jucundus  amaenis, 
Innocuus,  nota  est  intaminata  fides. 
Vita  Deoque  placens  ;  uxoris  maxima  cura, 
Usque  viri  cupiens  stringere  signa  pedum  ; 
Nunc  ccelo  gaudent ;  animos  ubi  nulla  fatigat 
Cura,  sed  est  lux,  pax,  gloria,  plena,  quies." 

Patrick  Gourlay,  Town  Clerk,  was  commemorated  thus  : — 

"  Monumentum  probi  acspectatse  integritatis  viri,  magistri  Patricii 
Gourlay,  scribae  publici  curiae  Taoduni ;  hac  in  arte  a  negotiis  ridelis- 
simi;  qui  laxato  vinculo  corporeo  humanitus  naturae  cessit  17  cal. 
Januarii,  anno  domini  1667.  ^Etatis  suae  47.  Ejusdem  itidem 
Marjoriae  Anderson,  conjugis  amantissimae. 

"  Hie  animo  tranquillus  erat  librarius  omni 
Notus  ut  ingenuua,  sic  probitatis  amans  ; 
In  vita,  hoc  semper  signis  testatus  apertis 
Ulterius  calamum  dum  manus  segra  negat ; 
Sedulus  arte  sua,  prudens,  mitisque  fidelis ; 
Sic  fragilis  vitae  munere  functus  obit 
Conjunx  cui  et  natus,  cupiens  insistere  patris 
Vestigiis,  curant  haec  monuinenta  strui." 

By  his  widow  Marjory  Watson,  Bailie  Andrew  Forrester  is  cele- 
brated as  follows : — 

"  Monumentum  hoc  sepulchrale  marmoreum  mauceolum  Andreae 
Forresteri  Taoduni  praetoris  praeclari,  que  in  officio  praeturae  Diem 
obiit  July  8,  1671.  ^Etatis  34.  In  amoris  testimonium,  unica  et 
selecta  conjunx  Marjoria  Watson  superstes  caedendum  curavit. 

"  Transmisi  ad  superos  animam ;  sed  putre  cadaver, 

Quod  vides  inglorium  ; 

Tale  Christus  reddet  vindex,  quale  extulit  orcu 
Ad  co3lites  denuo  redux." 


21G  FORFARSIIIKF. 

These  lines  commemorate  George  Forrester,  Dean  of  Guild,  who 
died  3rd  January,  1673: — 

"  Forrestmis  consul  Taoduni,  flore  juventa? 
Surreptus  subito,  conditur  hoc  tumulo ; 
Integer,  exornans  Spartam,  pietatis  amator, 
Pneluxit  cunctis  et  decus  urbis  erat  : 
Exemplar  vitae  nobis  insigne  reliquit 
Exemplar,  lector,  nobile  clisce  sequi." 

The  monument  of  Provost  Scrymgeour  was  inscribed  thus  : — 

"  Memoriae  spectatissimi  patris  Joannis  Scrymsouri,  mercatoris 
ac  consulis  Taodunensis  ;  qui  vitam  cum  morte  commutavit  mensis 
Augusti,  anno  Dom.  1657.  ^Etatis  suaj  46.  Et  dilectissimi  fratris 
magistri  Gulielmi  Scryinsouri,  verbi  divini  praeconis ;  qui  obiit  14 
Septembris,  anno  aerae  Christiana;  1666.  JEtatis  suse  25.  Necnoii 
charisissimi  matris  Katberinae  Wrighteae,  adhuc  superstitis,  univer- 
saeque  nostrae  prosapiae,  hoc  mausoleum  exsculpi  curavit,  parentavit- 
que  filius,  Joannes  Scrymsourus,  junior. 

"  Hie  situs  est  consul  Scrymsourus,  lux  Taoduni, 
Consule  quo  poterat  Eorna  vetusta  regi ; 
Filius  hie  primus,  Gulielmus,  pneco  fidelis 
Divini  verbi,  contumulatur  humi. 
Consors  chara  tori  vivens,  natusque  superstes 
Corpora  post  mortem  sic  tumulanda  rogant. 

"  Obiit  pientissima  ac  charissima  mater  Catharina  Wright,  Maii 
30,  1675.  Starts  suae  62." 

Henry  Craufurd  of  Seatoun,  merchant  and  magistrate,  is  thus 
commemorated : — 

"  Sub  hoc  cippo,  contumulantur  ossa  et  cineres  spectatissimi  viri, 
D.  Henrici  Crauford  a  Seatoun,  mercatoris  peritissimi,  praetoriaque 
dignitate  inclytae  civitatis  Taodunensis  merito  condecorati ;  qui 
curriculi  vitae  32  annos,  cum  conjuge  dilectissima  Margareta  Dun- 
muire,  feliciter  transegit :  tandemque  niagno  omnium  bonorum 
maerori  9  die  mensis  Julii,  anno  aerse  Christianas  1684.  vEtatisque 
suae  56.  Fatis  concessit. 

"  Optimus  ille  patrum,  jacet  hac  sub  mole  sepultus; 
Secula  cui  similem  vix  peperere  virum. 
Singula  si  penses,  nil  non  mirabile  cernes 
Nam  blando  charites  hue  aluere  sinu ; 
Huic  Deus  attribuit  quo3cunque  dat  omnibus  imi : 
Et  tandem  meritis  praemia  digna  tulit 


PARISH    OF    DUNDEE.  217 

Nempe  adamavit,  habet,  crompressit,  protulit,  intrat, 
Virtutem,  pacem,  murmura,  vera,  poluin." 

The  monument  of  James  Balfour,  bailie,  was  inscribed  as 
follows : — 

"  Jacobum  Balfurium,  praetorem  Deidonanum  aequissimum,  pru- 
dentia,  vitae  integritate  illustrein,  sub  hoc  cippo,  sepeliri  nosces. 
Ad  annum  73  vixit,  mense  Decembris  decessib  1686.  Jonetam 
Kinneries  dilectam  conjugem,  virtute  summa  et  probitate  insignem 
hie  contumulari  cernes ;  quae  obiit  mense  Octob.  1685.  Anno 
fetatis  SUSB  74. 

"Praetorem  insignem  tumulari  hoc  marmore  nosces 

jEquurn  ac  ingenuum,  judicioque  gravem, 

Conjnge  cum  chara  ;  gravitasque  modestia  cujus 

Vitam  condecorat,  sobrietasque  decor. 

Spe,  meritis  Christi,  clauserunt  lurnina  morte 

In  ccelis,  queis  sunt  gaudia,  vera  quies." 

The  epitaph  of  Alexander  Wedderburn  of  Blackness,  Town 
Clerk,  is  brief  and  pointed  : — 

"  Hie  jacet  D.  Alexander  Wedderburn,  dominus  de  Blackness ; 
civitatis  Taodunanae  secretarius  dignissimus  ;  qui  obiit  18  Novem- 
bris,  1676,  setatis  suae  66." 

Robert  Davidson,  merchant  and  bailie,  who  fell  at  the  siege  of 
the  town  in  1651,  is,  with  his  wife,  Grizel  Man,  commemorated 
thus : — 

"  Monumentum  Eoberti  Davidson,  prcetoris  vigilantissirni ;  qui 
dum  fortitier  et  magnanimiter,  urbis  oppugnatione,  dimicabat, 
lethaliter  ab  hostibus  vuliieratus,  pro  civitate  et  suis  vitam  reddidit. 
Cal.  Septembris,  anno  salutis  humanas  M  D  C  L  I.  Ejusdem  itidem 
conjugis  amantissimae  Grissellae  Mannae,  quse  obiit  MDCLXIIIT. 
sexagesimo  secundo. 

"  Praetor  Davidides,  hac  qui  requiescit  in  urna 
Turn  virtute  potens,  turn  fuit  urbis  honos ; 
Pro  qua  non  timuit  cum  sanguine  fundere  vitam  : 
Urbe  etenim  capta  nil  nisi  dulce  mori. 
Urbis  honos,  genitor ;  sic  filius  urbis  et  orbis 
Gloria,  marmoreum  qui  dedit  hunc  tuinulum. 

Aliud  in  eundem. 


218  FOHFAESHIRE. 

Pro  patria  Codrus  qui  se  dedit,  anni  beatus 
Dicitur  ?  et  merito  nemo  negare  queat. 
Praetor  Davidides  igitur  num  jure  beatus  ? 
Pro  urbe  etenim  moriens,  fama  perennis  erit." 

The  monument  of  Robert  Davidson,  younger,  of  Balgay,  has  this 
epitaph : — 

"Roberto  Davidsono,  j union,  Balgaiae  comarcho  et  mercatore ; 
viro  integritate  vitae,  prudentia  industriaque  inter  Deidonauos 
concives,  adinodum  conspicuo :  qui  saepe  praeturain,  surnmo  cum 
amore  et  lands  gessit.  Obiit  calendas  Augusti  1665.  ^Etatis  suae 
50.  Cui  dilecta  uxor  Grisselis  Broun  superstes  adhuc,  hie  con- 
tumulanda,  hoc  caedendum  curavit,  anno  1672. 

"Davididem  eernes  celebrem  recubrare  comarchum 
Marmoreo  hoc  tumulo  ;  munia  celsa  tulit 
Praetoris  clari  qui  summa  laude  suorum 
Decessit,  prudens,  sobrius,  innocuus  ; 
Mente  sagax,  alacer  vultu,  venerabile  morum 
Exemplar  dormit,  jussa  timore  colens  ; 
Cui  conjunx  dilecta  sibi  vult  carmina  coedi 
Hac  fossa  ut  secum  contumuletur  humL" 

These  lines  celebrate  Margaret  Ramsay,  spouse  of  Andrew 
Mureson,  who  died  26th  May,  1666  : — 

"  Stay  trav'ller ;  notice,  who  entomb'd  here  lyes, 
One  that  was  virt'ous,  chaste,  and  very  wise. 
Good  to  the  poor  ;  still  liv'd  a  godly  life, 
Both  first  and  last  since  she  became  a  wife. 
To  quarrel  death,  for  her  change,  were  but  vain, 
For  death  spares  neither  godly  nor  profane ; 
To  say  she's  chaug'd  were  but  a  foolish  story, 
If  not  to  live  eternally  in  glory." 

On  tombstones  in  the  Howff  are  the  following  rhymes : — 

"  Farewell,  dear  babe,  thy  little  sun 
Has  soon  indeed  its  circle  run ; 
Serene  and  bright  it  fled  away, 
A  short  but  yet  a  cloudless  day." 

"  The  child  of  youth,  the  man  of  age,    . 

Here  undi.stiugui.shed  lie, 
We  plainly  see  by  Heaven's  decree 
That  every  age  must  die." 


PARISH    OF   DUNDEE.  219 

"  From  earth  we'll  turn  our  longing  eyes, 
To  regions  far  beyond  the  skies ; 
Oh  fit  us  for  that  West  abode, 
Where  dwells  our  Father  and  our  God." 


"  Free  from  this  dream  of  life,  this  maze  of  care, 
The  tender  mother  rests  and  friend  sincere ; 
She  followed  virtue  as  her  truest  guide, 
Liv'd  like  a  Christian — like  a  Christian  died." 


"  Faith  without  works  is  dead,  the  Scripture  saith ; 
Show  me  thy  works,  and  thou  wilt  show  thy  faith 
Both  faith  and  works  in  this  blest  saint  did  tryst,  ' 
And  show  unto  the  world  his  right  in  Christ." 


"  When  death  doth  come  in  its  full  rage, 

It  spares  not  young  nor  old, 
But  cuts  them  down  at  every  age ; 

It  will  not  bribe  with  gold. 
Take  warning  then  all  ye 

Who  read  this  passing  by, 
And  learn  to  live  so  that  ye 

Be  not  afraid  to  die." 

Within  the  fabric  of  the  four  churches  a  tablet  formerly  com- 
memorated James  Halyburton,  of  the  family  of  Pitcur,  Provost  of 
the  burgh.  It  was  inscribed  as  follows : — 

"  Hie  situs  est  Jacobus  Halyburtonus,  patruns  nobilis  virir 
Georgii  Halyburton  de  Pitcur,  militis,  qui  praefecturam  Deidoni 
urbanam  fauciter  annos  33  gessit.  Obiit  anno  Dom.  1588. 
suse  70. 


(  Alecti 
(  Prsefectus 


Patrise      j     Pupilli 
Vindex     {    Tutor 


Ecclesise  lesu 


Alumnus  Fuit, 


isu    1 

ruit.  J 


Provost  Halyburton  was  a  zealous  upholder  of  the  Reformation. 
His  father,  who  was  also  chief  magistrate  of  Dundee,  was  one  of 
the  first  to  join  the  Protestant  Assembly  held  at  St.  Andrews  in 
June,  1559.  In  attempting,  along  with  the  Earl  of  Arran  and  Lord 
James  Stewart,  afterwards  the  Regent  Moray,  to  rout  a  party  of 


220  FORFARSIIIKE. 

Frenchmen  at  Leith,  he  fell  mortally  wounded.  Provost  Haly- 
burton's  monument  was  effaced  in  1841,  when  the  churches  \\(  it- 
destroyed  by  fire. 

In  the  cemetery  a  suitable  memorial  stone  denotes  the  resting- 
place  of  William  Thorn,  the  Inverury  poet.  This  ingenious  but 
unfortunate  person  was  born  at  Aberdeen  in  1789.  Bred  as  a 
handloom  weaver  he  often  suffered  from  stagnation  in  trade,  but 
more  frequently  from  his  own  unsteadiness.  For  a  period  he 
carried  a  pack ;  he  at  other  times  derived  a  precarious  subsistence 
as  an  itinerant  flute-player.  His  poetical  abilities  at  length  found 
him  a  patron;  he  was  brought  to  London,  and  introduced  to 
important  literary  circles.  Pecuniary  tributes  to  his  genius 
came  from  all  quarters.  But  the  poet's  habits  were  unsuited 
to  his  new  sphere.  He  returned  to  Scotland  and  settled  at  Dundee, 
in  a  condition  of  penury.  He  died  on  the  29th  February,  1848  ; 
his  tombstone  was  reared  by  the  admirers  of  his  genius. 

In  the  cemetery  rest  the  remains  of  Thomas  Dick,  LL.D.,  author 
of  "  The  Christian  Philosopher."  This  estimable  gentleman  was 
born  in  Dundee  on  the  24th  November,  1774.  Studying  at  the 
University  of  Edinburgh,  he  became  a  probationer  of  the  Secession 
Church,  and  for  some  time  ministered  at  Stirling.  He  afterwards 
conducted  an  educational  establishment  in  the  city  of  Perth.  In 
his  63rd  year  he  retired  from  his  scholastic  duties,  and  erected  a 
villa  and  observatory  at  Broughty  Ferry.  There  he  continued  to 
reside  till  his  death,  which  took  place  on  the  29th  July,  1857,  in 
his  83rd  year.  Dr.  Dick's  philosophical  works,  eminently  adapted 
for  general  circulation,  obtained  wide  acceptance,  both  in  Britain 
and  America ;  yet,  from  his  arrangements  with  his  publishers,  he 
failed  to  realize  a  corresponding  profit.  Latterly  he  enjoyed  a 
pension  on  the  Civil  List. 

Tombstones  in  the  cemetery  exhibit  the  following  rhymes  : — 

"  They  arras-like  came  forth  in  bloom, 

But  soon  they  did  decay  ; 
For  (lot!  in  his  appointed  time 
Did  take  them  all  awav.' 


PARISH    OF   EASSIE   AND    NEVAY.  221 

"  The  grave,  whatever  thy  degree, 
Thy  final  resting-place  must  be, 
What  matters  it,  if  few  or  more, 
The  years  which  our  frail  nature  bore." 

"  I  pass  with  melancholy  state, 
By  all  these  solemn  heaps  of  fate ; 
And  think  as  soft  and  sad  I  tread 

Above  the  venerable  dead, 
Time  was,  like  me  they  life  possessed, 
And  time  will  be,  when  I  shall  rest." 

In  St.  Peter's  churchyard  a  monument  denotes  the  resting-place 
of  the  Eev.  Robert  Murray  McCheyne,  minister  of  St.  Peter's 
church.  This  earnest  evangelist  was  born  at  Edinburgh,  on  the 
21st  May,  1813.  Licensed  to  preach  in  1835,  he  was  in  November 
of  the  following  year  ordained  to  the  pastorate  of  St.  Peter's 
church.  Through  the  fervour  of  his  public  services  crowds  were 
attracted  to  his  ministry.  In  1839  he  proceeded  to  Palestine,  on 
a  deputation  from  the  General  Assembly.  He  died,  after  a  short 
illness,  on  the  25th  March,  1843.  His  memoirs  and  literary 
remains  have  obtained  wide  acceptance. 

In  Baxter  Park,  an  elegant  statue  of  Sir  David  Baxter,  Bart., 
has  been  reared  by  the  contributions  of  17,000  persons.  Sir  David 
is  represented  in  a  standing  posture,  with  a  plan  of  the  Park  in  his 
hands,  as  if  in  the  act  of  presenting  it  to  the  town. 


PAPJSH   OF  EASSIE   AND   NEVAY. 

A  sculptured  cross  near  Eassie  old  church  was  recovered  from 
the  channel  of  a  neighbouring  stream.  The  cross  is  covered  with 
circles,  and  on  one  side  is  a  procession  of  figures  in  priestly  vest- 
ments, with  animals  wreathed  and  consecrated  as  if  for  sacrifice. 


222  FOKFAKSHIKK. 

Within  the  walls  of  the  old  church  a  mutilated  tombstone, 
bearing  the  arms  of  L'Amy  and  Forbes,  is  inscribed  thus  : — 

....  IOANNIS  .  .  AMMEE,  qvondam  de  Dvnkennie,  qvi  obiit  26 
die  mensis  Septembar D.L  :  1603  :  C.  F. 

The  estate  of  Dunkenny  has  belonged  to  the  family  of  L'Amy 
for  three  centuries. 

In  the  area  of  Nevay  old  church  a  mutilated  tombstone  com- 
memorates theTyries,  of  Nevay,  an  ancient  House,  which  possessed 
the  estate  of  Drumkilb.o. 

Lieutenant  David  Barren,  K.N.,  has  in  Nevay  churchyard  thus 
celebrated  his  wife  and  sons  : — 

"Oft  shall  sorrow  heave  my  breast, 
Whilst  my  dear  Margaret  lies  at  rest ; 
Oft  shall  reflection  bring  to  view, 
The  happy  days  I've  spent  with  you." 

"  Jlere  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  may  hope, 

They're  gone  beyond  the  sky, 
To  sing  and  spend,  without  an  end, 

A  sweet  Eternity." 

In  Eassie  churchyard  the  tombstone  of  Thomas  White,  who  died 
in  1665,  bears  this  couplet. 

"  We  are  bvt  earth,  and  earth  is  bvt  fvme; 
We  are  bvt  novght,  as  novght  we  do  consvme." 

A  couplet  not  more  classical  in  its  construction  is  engraven  on  the 
tombstone  of  the  Rev.  Adam  Davidson,  minister  of  the  parish,  who 
died  in  1720  :— 

•'His  soul  still  breathed  upward,  and  at  last, 
Arrived  above — the  mantle's  here  downcast." 


PARISH    OF   EDZELL.  223 

These  rhymes  are  from  different  tombstones  in  Eassie  church- 
yard :— 

"  Kemember  man,  that  against  Death 
There  is  not  an  antidote  ; 
Be  rich  or  poor,  or  what  you  may, 
You'll  die  and  be  forgot." 

"  This  man  and  his  wife  were  diligent, 
And  in  their  dealings  just ; 
Whose  every  way  was  excellent, 
But  now  they  ly  in  dust. 
Waiting  till  Christ  come  in  the  skies, 
With  angels  all  around, 
Commanding  them  straight  to  rise 
And  be  with  glory  crown'd." 


"  She  honoured  as  she  bore  the  Christian  name, 
Her  closet  nourish'd  her  celestial  flame; 
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  blameless  virgin,  and  the  faithful  wife ; 
Long  she  endur'd  affliction's  sharpest  pain, 
But  turn'd  her  crosses  into  heavenly  gain. 
All  this  her  husband,   and  her   son   who    witnessed   this 

express'd, — 
Go,  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,  members  of  the  noble  house  of  Craw- 
ford. The  fragments  of  a  tombstone  bear  the  Lindsay  arms,  and 
are  the  only  traceable  memorials  of  the  family. 

An  altar  tombstone  commemorates  James  Duncan,  and  his  wife 
Jean  Michie,  the  parents  of  Jonathan  Duncan,  Esq.,  Governor  of 
Bombay.  The  former  died  in  \  792;  and  the  latter  in  1795. 


224  FOKFAKSUIRK. 

These  rhymes  are  from  tombstones  in  Edzell  churchyard:— 

"  Remember,  man,  as  you  pass  by, 
That  grave  stone  under  which  I  ly, 
Read,  and  remember  what  I  tell, 
That  in  the  cold  grave  thou  must  dwell, 
The  worms  to  be  your  company, 
Till  the  last  trumpet  set  you  free." 

"  Reader,  cease  thy  pace  and  stay, 
Hearken  unto  what  we  say ; 
As  you  are  such  once  were  we  ; 
As  we  are  such  shall  you  be. 
Then  provide  whilst  time  you  have, 
To  come  godly  unto  your  grave." 


PARISH  OF  FARXELL. 

A  short  distance  to  the  south  of  Kiunaird  Castle  is  the  burial 
vault  of  the  noble  House  of  Southesk.  It  contains  a  marble  monu- 
ment to  the  memory  of  Sir  James  Carnegie,  father  of  the  present 
Earl  of  Southesk,  who  died  30th  January,  1849,  and  several  inscrip- 
tions commemorative  of  members  of  the  family. 

In  the  churchyard  a  marble  tablet  celebrates  "  Dame  Christian 
Doig,  relict  of  Sir  James  Carnegie,  Bart.,  of  Southesk,  who  died 
4th  November,  1820,  aged  91  years."  This  gentlewoman  was 
daughter  of  David  Doig,  of  Cookston,  near  Brechin,  by  his  wife 
the  heiress  of  Symers  of  Balzeordie. 

In  the  old  Parish  Church  a  monument  commemorates  David 
Carnegy  of  Craigo,  Dean  of  Brechin,  with  his  wife  and  children  ; 
it  is  thus  inscribed : 

"  Sepulchrum  Mstri  DAVIDIS  CARNEGY  de  Craigo  decani  Brichinen, 
rectoris  hujus  ecclesia*  qui  primo  fuit  ecclesiastes  Brechinen  annos 
2,  postea  hujus  ecclesia-  ]>;ist.>r  liiU-lisimus  annos  36,  qui  placide 
ac  pie  in  Domino  obdormivit  anno  Dom.  1H72,  jetatis  siue  77. 


PARISH    OF   FARNELL.  225 

In  hac  urna  simul  cum  eo  recubant  prior  ejus  uxor  HELENA  LINDE- 
SAY,  ac  decem  eorum  liberi.  Placuit  hie  inscribere  anagramma 
a  seipso  cornpositum. 

"  Magistro  DAVIDI  CARNEGY 

anagramma. 
Grandis  lesu,  due  me  Gratia 

distichon 

Dum  digo  in  terris  expectans  Gaudia  cceli, 
Me  ducat  semper  tua  Gratia,  Grandis  lesu." 

The  lineal  representative  of  Dean  Carnegy,  of  Craigo,  was  in 
1856  succeeded  in  the  family  estate  by  his  cousin,  a  son  of  Sir 
George  McPherson  Grant  of  Ballindalloch. 

By  a  granite  monument  is  celebrated  Robert  Lyall,  factor  on  the 
Southesk  estates  from  1817  to  1850  ;  he  was  born  27th  November, 
1778,  and  died  13th  January,  1863.  From  an  ancestor  of  this 
gentleman,  who  rented  the  farm  of  Carcary,  in  Farnell  Parish,  is 
descended  Sir  Charles  Lyell,  Bart.,  of  Kinnordy,  the  celebrated 
geologist.  The  grandfather  of  Sir  Charles  was  originally  a  trader  in 
Montrose,  and  afterwards  a  purser  in  the  navy;  he  purchased 
Kinnordy  about  the  year  1780. 

From  tombstones  in  Farnell  church  we  have  the  following 
rhymes : — 

"  'Tis  here  the  fool,  the  wise,  the  low,  the  high, 
In  mixed  disorder,  and  in  silence  lie  ; 
No  more  beneath  life's  weighty  load  he  goes, 
But  in  this  chamber  finds  a  quiet  repose. 
0  humbling  thought,  Pride  must  be  thus  disgrac'd, 
And  all  distinctions  here  at  last  effac'd." 


"  When  death  doth  come  in  his  full  rage, 

He  spares  not  young  nor  old  ; 
But  cuts  men  down  of  any  age — 

He'U  not  be  brib'd  by  Gold. 
Take  warning  then  ye  that  may  see, 

And  read  this  passing  by ; 
And  learn  so  to  live  as  ye 

May  not  be  fear'd  to  die." 

VOL.    II.  Q 


226  FORFARSHIRE. 

"  My  bones  in  grave  lie  here  below, 
A  resting  place  have  found,  yet  know, 
God  hath  a  time  when  he'll  me  raise 
Eternally  to  sing  his  praise. 
Espoused  I  was  to  a  husband  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, 
It's  just  to  all,  spares  neither  rich  nor  low  ; 
If  all  the  virtues  could  have  made  it  stand, 
Then  here  lies  he  who  never  one  could  brand 
With  any  vice  or  yet  perjury  : 
But  it's  ordained  that  all  men  once  must  die. 
As  he  lived  Godly  so  he  died  in  peace ; 
His  fame  survives  an  honour  to  his  race." 


1  Here  rest  in  hope  of  a  most  glorious  life, 
A  frugal  husband  and  a  faithful  wife, 
Whose  hearts  were  so  united  with  divine  love 
That  death  could  not  those  sacred  bonds  remove. 
As  rich  perfumes  broke  up,  as  blown  by  wind, 
Do  leave  a  lasting  fragrant  smell  behind, 
So  these  blest  souls  now  purg'd  of  earthly  dross, 
Who  on  eternal  love  themselves  repose, 
Have  left  on  earth  an  obelisk  of  fame, 
A  dear  remembrance  of  their  precious  name." 


"  Under  this  monument  of  stone, 
Lie  both  the  father  and  the  son  ; 
Our  nature's  frail,  we  are  made  of  dust, 
And  to  the  earth  return  we  must ; 
One  part  of  man  in  ground  doth  ly, 
The  other  mounts  above  the  sky. 

The  immortal  soul  to  God  resigned, 
A  happy  union  the  rest  to  be, 
Even  to  all  eternity. 

Remember  man  thou'rt  made  of  nought ; 
Thou  sold  thyself,  Christ  hath  thee  bought, 
And  ransom'd  thee  from  death,  the  grave, 
Which  to  obtain  his  life  He  gave. 


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PARISH  OF  FORFAR. 

Within  the  parish  church  marble  cenotaphs  celebrate  several 
deceased  persons  of  local  eminence.  Two  tablets  commemorate 
members  of  the  family  of  Carnegie  of  Lower.  The  inscriptions  are 
as  follow  : 

"  H.  M.  H.  S.— Sacrum  memorise  PATRICII  CARNEGY,  armigeri  de 
Lower,  pronepotis  Davidis,  secundi  Comitis  de  Northesk,  qui  iii. 
Id.  Novem.  MDCCXX.  natus,  Prid.  Id.  Novem.  MDCCXCIX.  obiit; 
et  qui  bonis  et  honestis  rationibus  rem  familiarem,  profusione  ma- 
jor um  pene  perditain,  suis  posteris  restituit." 

"  H.  M.  H.  S. — Sacrum  memoriae  PATRICII  CARNEGY,  armigeri  de 
Lower,  qui  vi.  Kal.  Mart.  MDCCLVII.  natus  est,  et  morte  patris 
Prid.  Id.  Novem.  MDCCXCIX.  paternam  hsereditatem  adiit. 
MARGARETAM,  filiam  Alexandri  Bower,  armigeri  de  Kincaldrum, 
duxit,  quam  cum  octo  filiis  et  quatuor  filiabus  ad  mortem  deplor- 
andam  reliquit. 

"  Positum  a  Patricio  Carnegy,  armigero  de  Lower,  xiii.  Kal.  Sept. 
MDCCCXX." 

The  wife  of  Patrick  Carnegy,  younger,  was  descended  from  a 
family  of  opulent  merchants  in  Dundee.  Patrick  Carnegy  of  Lower, 
on  succeeding  in  1828  to  the  estates  of  Turin  and  Drimmie,  assumed 
the  name  of  Watson.  In  the  churchyard  he  and  his  wife  and  son 
are  thus  commemorated  : — 

"  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  PATRICK  WATSON  CARNEGY,  Esq.,  of 
Lower  and  Turin,  who  died  at  Lower,  3  Sept.  1838,  aged  46  ;  of  Mrs. 
RACHEL  ANNE  FORBES,  or  CARNEGY  his  widow,  who  died  at  Edin- 
burgh, 16  Nov.  1852,  aged  50,  whose  remains  are  interred  here. 
And  of  JAMES-FORBES  CARNEGY,  who  died  at  Hertsmonceaux, 
1  May,  1855,  aged  17  years,  whose  remains  are  also  interred  here." 

By  a  marble  tablet  in  the  south-west  of  the  church  is  commemo- 
rated Elizabeth  Ross,  only  child  of  Francis  Ross,  of  Auchlossan, 
and  his  wife  Anne  Carnegy.  It  is  inscribed  thus  : — 

"D.  0.  M.  S.,  et  memoriae    ELIZABETHS   Ross,  virginis  forma 


'228  FORFARSHIRE. 

venustse,  at  pietate  et  prudentia  venustioris,  Franc :  Ross  ah  Auch- 
lossan  et  Annas  Carnegy  ex  Alex.  Carnegy  et  Ann  Blair  de  Kin- 
fauns  projenitae,  gratae,  unicae,  quae  2  Octob.,  an.  1^05,  vitammorta- 
lem  ingressa  7  Decemb.,  1732,  ad  immortalem  recepta  est.  Marmor 
hoc  mater  et  vitricus,  Gul :  Lyon  a  Carse,  maerentes  posuere." 

The  following  rhymes  are  from  different  tombstones  in  Forfar 
churchyard : — 

"  There  is  a  time  for  all  things : 
'Twill  be  yours. 

To  weep,  to  tremble,  to  turn  pale — 
To  die!" 


"  Here  lies  my  wife,  when  that  she  died, 
She  left  her  husband  most  aggriev'd ; 
Her  children  sore  do  her  lament, 
Grant  that  all  mankind  may  repent." 


"  The  sting  of  death  hath  cut  the  breath, 

And  rid  the  soul  from  pain, 
In  heaven  with  Christ  that  we  may  rest, 
But  not  on  earth  again." 


"  To  wain  the  heart  from  unsubstantial  gain, 
How  long  shall  sage  experience  preach  in  vain  ? 
How  false,  how  frail,  how  fleeting  all  below ! 
Shall  thoughtless  man  learn  wisdom  but  in  woe  ? " 


"  She  left  us  young — she  died  in  early  life ! 
The  loving  daughter,  the  endearing  wife — 
With  all  a  mother's  cherish'd  hope  she  gave 
Birth  to  her  child ;  but  found  herself  a  grave  ; 
Yet  trusting  the  power  of  Sovereign  grace, 
To  sanctify  and  save — she  died  in  peace." 


"  Here  lies  a  true  and  honest  man, 
Through  labouring  gained  his  bread, 
And  in  beneath  this  monument 
His  friends  they  laid  his  head. 


PARISH    OF   FOKFAR.  229 

Besides  some  of  his  children  died, 
And  all  the  rest  shall  come 
Unto  their  true  and  quiet  rest 
Till  Christ  shall  call  them  home." 

In  St.  John's  Episcopal  Church  a  monumental  brass  commemo- 
rates the  Eev.  John  Skinner,  Dean  of  Dunkeld,  and  minister  of  the 
church  for  forty-four  years ;  he  was  born  20th  August,  1767,  and 
died  2nd  September,  1841.  Dean  Skinner  was  grandson  of  the 
Kev.  John  Skinner  author  of  "  Tullochgorum."  His  first  wife, 
Elizabeth  Ure,  daughter  of  Provost  Ure,  died  12th  May,  1820, 
aged  forty-four;  her  remains  were  interred  in  the  parish 
churchyard,  where  she  is  commemorated  by  a  tombstone,  erected 
by  her  husband  and  children. 

An  elegant  monument  of  white  marble  on  the  east  wall  of 
St.  John's  church  celebrates  Colonel  Sir  William  Douglas,  a 
descendant  of  the  family  of  Douglas,  of  Glenbervie.  It  is  thus 
inscribed : — 

"  In  memory  of  Col.  Sir  WILLIAM  DOUGLAS,  K.C.B.,  this  monu- 
ment is  erected  by  his  brother  officers  of  the  91st,  or  Argyllshire 
Kegiment,  as  a  tribute  of  their  respect  and  esteem  for  his  distin- 
guished services  in  the  field,  and  amiable  qualities  in  private  life. 
He  fell  an  early  victim  to  the  duties  of  his  profession  at  Valen- 
ciennes in  France,  on  the  23rd  of  Aug.  1818,  aged  forty-two  years, 
universally  regretted  by  the  Army  and  all  who  knew  him." 

The  following  epitaph  is  inscribed  on  the  tombstone  of  Colonel 
Balfour-Ogilvie. 

"  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  Colonel  BALFOUR-OGILVY,  who  died 
at  Balaclava,  12th  July,  1855,  aged  44.  He  earned  well-merited 
distinction  by  his  gallant  conduct  oh  the  Danube  and  in  the  Crimea. 
A  monument  erected  in  the  Valley  of  the  Tchernaya,  bears  witness 
to  the  respect  and  affection  felt  towards  him  by  his  brother 
officers. 

"  Deus  tuorum  militum  sors,  et  corona  praemium." 

Colonel  Ogilvy  was  a  cadet  of  the  House  of  Balfour  in  Orkney ; 
he  married  the  heiress  of  Ogilvy  of  Tannadice. 


-30  FORFARSHIRK. 

In  the  ruins  of  the  Priory  of  Restennet  were  deposited  the  re- 
mains of  John,  son  of  King  Robert  the  Bruce.  The  chancel,  which 
remains  entire,  is  used  as  a  burial-place  by  the  families  of  Dempster 
of  Dunnichen  and  Hunter  of  Burnside.  In  the  west  of  the  chancel 
rest  the  remains  of  George  Dempster,  of  Dunnichen,  M.P.,  the  cele- 
brated patriot  and  statesman.  He  was  born  about  1735.  Having 
studied  philosophy  and  law  at  the  universities  of  St.  Andrews  and 
Edinburgh,  he  became  a  member  of  the  Scottish  bar.  By  the  ex- 
penditure of  £10,000  he  succeeded  in  being  returned  member  for 
the  Fife  and  Forfar  burghs.  He  retained  his  Parliamentary  honours 
from  1762  to  1790.  In  the  House  of  Commons  he  opposed  the 
conflict  with  the  American  colonies,  and  as  a  director  of  the  East 
India  Company  advocated  a  renunciation  of  all  Sovereign  rights  in 
Hindostan.  He  obtained  a  special  act  for  the  protection  and  en- 
couragement of  the  Scottish  Fisheries.  On  his  retirement  from 
Parliament  he  largely  devoted  himself  to  the  improvement  of  hus- 
bandry. He  associated  with  the  more  distinguished  of  his  literary 
contemporaries.  He  died  at  Dunnichen,  on  the  13th  February, 
1818,  aged  86.  In  the  estate  of  Dunnichen  he  is  now  represented 
by  the  descendant  of  his  only  sister. 

A  cemetery  at  Forfar  was  opened  in  1849 ;  it  occupies  a  portion 
of  rising  ground,  on  the  highest  point  of  which  stands  an  elegant 
monument  in  honour  of  the  late  Sir  Robert  Peel.  Reared  in  Greek 
architecture,  it  contains  a  bust  of  the  great  statesman.  On  a  panel 
at  the  western  base  is  the  following  inscription : — 

•  "  Erected  by  the  inhabitants  of  Forfar  in  memory  of  SIR  ROBERT 
PEEL,  Baronet,  Prime  Minister  of  Great  Britain,  and  in  testimony 
of  their  gratitude  for  his  exertions  in  obtaining  the  repeal  of  the 
Corn  Laws.— MDCCCLI." 

In  the  cemetery  a  monument  reared  "  by  an  attached  and  mourn- 
ing flock  "  commemorates  the  Rev.  William  Clugston,  A.M., 
minister  of  the  parish,  and  subsequently  of  the  Free  Church, 
Forfar.  This  excellent  clergyman  was  born  2nd  July,  1793,  and 
died  3rd  March,  1857. 


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PAKISH  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  commemorates  John, 
16th  Lord  Gray,  who  died  31st  January,  1867,  aged  sixty-nine. 

Robert  Begg,  parochial  schoolmaster,  thus  celebrates  his  departed 
wife ;  she  died  in  1766,  aged  sixty-three. 

"  When  nature  first  my  slender  body  fram'd, 
Within  a  living  grave  of  dust  enchain'd, 
She  destined  me  that  I  at  last  should  have, 
And  change  this  mortal  for  a  living  grave. 
But  tho'  my  body  in  this  urn  doth  rest, 
In  small  and  scatter'd  particles  disperst ; 
My  soul,  that  heavenly  substance  and  divine, 
Hath  soar'd  aloft  into  its  native  clime. 
Which  afterwards  shall  with  me  reunite, 
And  make  our  union  lasting  and  complete. 
For  ever  then  employed  in  singing  glore 
To  the  eternal  three  in  one  for  ever  more." 


PARISH  OF  GLAMMIS. 

In  front  of  the  parish  manse  stands  a  sculptured  stone,  tradition- 
ally regarded  as  the  monument  of  Malcolm  II.  On  one  side  are 
figures  of  two  men,  a  lion  and  a  centaur,  on  the  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  whcra 
Malcolm  was  mortally  wounded  by  the  adherents  of  Kenneth  V. 
The  obelisk  is  sculptured  with  emblems  resembling  those  on  the 
monument.  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  mile  north-east  of  Glammis  castle  stands  an  ancient 
erection,  known  as  St.  Orland's  Stone.  On  one  side  it  bears  the 


232  FOUFAKSHIKF. 

representation  of  a  cross  rudely  flowered  and  chequered,  while  on  the 
other,are  figures  of  four  men  on  horseback,  one  of  whom  is  trampling 
a  wild  boar  under  his  horses'  hoofs.  The  stone  probably  represents 
the  vengeance  which  overtook  King  Malcolm's  murderers. 

The  burial  aisle  of  the  Earl  of  Strathmore  was  originally  the 
south  transept  of  the  parish  church.  In  the  pavement  are  some 
ancient  monumental  fragments,  and  by  a  plain  altar-shaped  tomb 
are  commemorated  Sir  Patrick  Lyon,  Lord  of  Glammis,  who  died 
21st  March,  1459,  and  his  wife  Isabel  Ogilvy,  who  died  12th 
January,  1484. 

In  the  parish  church  a  marble  tablet  commemorates  the  Eev. 
James  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'Amy,  who  died  14th  Sep- 
tember, 1840,  aged  seventy-eight.  Mrs.  Lyon  composed  the  words 
of  Neil  Gow's  "  Farewell  to  Whisky,"  and  other  poems  and  songs. 

In  the  churchyard  the  widow  of  Professor  Andrew  Alexander 
of  St.  Andrews,  has  on  a  granite  slab,  commemorated  the  members 
of  her  family.  The  inscription  proceeds  thus  : — 

"  Erected  by  Esther  Proctor  Alexander,  in  memory  of  her  father 
Patrick  Proctor,  who  died  here  in  July,  1819,  aged  75  years,  during 
50  of  which  he  was  Factor  on  the  Glammis  Estate.  And  of  her 
brothers,  John,  farmer,  Mains  of  Glammis  ;  Eobert  W.S.  Edinburgh  ; 
George,  Bengal  Medical  Staff;  Thomas,  Bombay  Army;  William- 
David,  who  died  here,  3rd  December,  1860,  aged  74  years,  during 
40  of  which  he  also  was  Factor  on  the  Glammis  Estate.  David, 
H.E.I. C.  Home  Service ;  Patrick,  Royal  Navy  ;  and  of  her  sister, 
Jane,  who  died  at  St.  Andrews,  18th  April,  1865." 

A  retainer  of  the  House  of  Strathuiore,  James  Bruce,  who  died 
in  16. 80,  is  on  his  tombstone  celebrated  by  the  following  acrostic  : — 

"  I  am  now  inter'd  beneath  this  stone 
Ah,  Death's  propitious  to  none  ; 
My  name  was  James,  my  surname  Bruce, 
Exasperate  against  each  abuse  ; 
Sure  sanctity  my  life  decor'd, 
Bent  to  obey  my  Noble  Lord. 


PARISH   OF   GLAMMIS.  233 

Rest,  0  my  soul,  in  sacred  peace, 
Whereas  from  sin  I  find  releace. 

C read  and  praise, 

Each  providential  act  thou  sees." 

Also  by  an  acrostic  is  commemorated  David  Kid,  an  elder  of  the 
parish  : — 

"  Dear  pilgrims,  read  this  elegy, 
And  spiritualize  mortality ; 
Vice  1  declin'd,  i.ny  life  was  just, 
In  tillage  I  betrayed  not  trust. 
David  by  name,  surnamed  Kid  ;  • 
Kind  to  the  poor,  now  dignified 
In  blissed  state,  triumphant  high, 
Death's  sting  pluckt  out,  sin's  source  is  dry. 
Eternal  praise  to  Christ  my  king, 
Lord  of  all  lords,  who  makes  me  sing, 
Delightful  songs  with  angels  bright, 
Enjoying  day  that's  void  of  night ; 
Read  gravely,  pilgrim,  mind  thy  doom — 
God  wraps  me  up  from  ill  to  come." 

On  the  tombstone  of  James  Chalmers,  musician  to  the  House 
of  Strathmore,  who  died  3rd  March,  1770,  are  engraved  these 
lines : — 

"  When  minstrels  from  each  place  around, 

To  meetings  did  repair  ; 
This  man  was  still  distinguished 

By  a  refined  air. 
His  powerful  and  his  charming  notes 

So  sweetly  did  constrain, 
That  to  resist,  and  not  to  dance 

Was  labour  all  in  vain. 
He  played  with  such  dexterity, 

By  all  it  is  contest, 
That  in  this  grave  interred  is 

Of  Violinists  the  best." 

William  Cruikshank,  a  tailor,  who  died  in  1718,  is  thus  com- 
memorated : — 

"  Rare  William,  who  will  not  thy  name 
And  memory  still  love  ; 


234  FORFARSIIIUP:. 

Since  you  the  IVade  did  all  around, 

So  wond'rously  improve  ? 
Our  Tradesmen  justly  did  to  thee 

Pre-eminence  allow. 
Being  taught  the  rudiments  of  Art, 

Or  else  refin'd  by  you, 
That  skill  of  yours  did  on  them  all 

An  ornament  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. 

"  0,  dear  John  Dalgety  !  who  can 

Thy  praises  all  express  ? 
A  most  expert  artificer 

In  iron  and  in  brass. 
Discreet  was't  thou  to  ev'ry  one, 

Obliging,  just,  and  kind  ; 
And  still  thy  tongue  ingenuous  spoke 

The  language  of  thy  mind. 
Such  was  thy  life,  that  now  we  hope 

Thy  soul  above  doth  shine  ; 
For  thy  skill,  we  dedicate, 

This  Crown  as  justly  thine." 

From  other  tombstones  in  Glammis  churchyard  we  have  the 
following  : — 

"  This  stone  is  set  to  celebrate 

This  worthy  woman's  praise ; 
Whose  equal  you  will  hardly  find 

For  candour  now-a-days. 
She  sober,  grave,  and  virtuous  was, 

Belov'd  by  all  around ; 
She  lived  in  the  fear  of  God, 

Now  is  with  glory  crown'd." 

"  Lo,  here  lies  one  who  never  did 
An  injury  to  man  ; 


PARISH    OF   GLENISLA.  235 

Of  whom  we  cannot  say  enough, 

Let  us  say  what  we  can  : — 
Her  actions  all  were  genuine, 

Her  words  without  disguise  ; 
Kind  was  her  heart,  her  generous  hands 

Could  not  the  poor  despise, 
She  liv'd  at  home,  and  walk'd  abroad, 

Still  like  a  harmless  dove." 

Here  lies  a  sweet  and  loving  child, 

Ah,  cover'd  o'er  with  mud  ; 
Kesembling  well  the  lily  fair, 

Cropt  in  the  very  bud. 
But  blessed  is  that  happy  babe, 

That  doth  thus  early  die ; 
Not  pleas'd  to  dwell  with  sinners  here, 

But  with  the  saints  on  high. 
This  charming  €hild  but  just  did  peep 

Into  this  world,  and  then, 
Not  liking  it,  he  fell  asleep, 

And  hastened  out  again." 

•"  Below  this  monument,  a  jewel 

Of  womankind  doth  lie 
Who  night  and  day  was  exercis'd 

In  acts  of  piety. 
No  neighbour,  mother,  nor  a  spouse, 

More  worthy  was  :  Her  aim 
Was  to  speak  truth,  and  that  her  word 

Should  always  be  the  same. 
She  long'd  to  leave  this  sinful  earth, 

And  this  poor  frail  abode ; 
Her  home  was  heaven,  where  now  she  sings 

The  praises  of  her  God." 


PARISH   OF   GLENISLA. 
From  tombstones  in  the  churchyard  we  have  these  rhymes  : — 

"  Death  is  a  debt  to  nature  due 
We've  paid  that  debt  and  so  must  you." 


236  FOKFARSIIIKK. 

"  Short  is  the  space  allowed  to  man  below, 
Replete  with  care  and  crowded  thick  with  woe 
Death  is  the  horizon  when  our  sun  is  set, 
AYhich  will  thro'  Christ  a  resurrection  get." 


"  Life  is  a  journey  and  the  silent  Tomb, 
To  every  traveller  is  the  appointed  Home." 


"  Live  well  and  fear  no  sudden  fate  ; 
When  God  calls  virtue  to  the  grave, 
Alike  'tis  justice  soon  or  late, 
Mercy  alike  to  kill  or  save. 
Virtue  unmoved  can  hear  the  call, 
And  meet  the  flash  that  melts  the  ball." 


"  Reader,  you  see  by  heaven's  decree 
Since  time  at  first  began, 
That  man  he  must  return  to  dust, 
And  who  reverse  it  can  ? 
Should  we  not,  then,  while  we  remain, 
Here  in  this  mortal  state, 
Be  on  our  guard  for  death  prepared, 
In  case  it  prove  too  late  ? " 


PARISH   OF   GUTHRIE. 

In  1774,  Robert  Spenee,  a  parishioner,  reared  in  the  church- 
yard a  monument  to  his  family,  with  the  following  quaint  in- 
scription : — 

"  Beside  this  stone  lye  many  Spences, 
\Vlio  in  their  life  did  no  offences, 
And  where  they  liv'd,  of  that  ye  speir 
In  Outline's  ground  four  hundred  year." 


PARISH   OF   INVERKEILLOR.  237 


PARISH  OF  INVERKEILLOR 

At  the  east  end  of  the  parish  church  is  the  burial-vault  of  the 
noble  family  of  Northesk.  Within  the  church  a  marble  tablet  thus 
commemorates  the  sixth  Earl  of  Northesk  and  his  countess  : — 

Sacred  to  the  memory  of  George,  Sixth  Earl  of  Northesk, 
Admiral  of  the  White  Squadron  of  His  Majesty's  Fleet :  born  2nd 
Aug.  1716,  o.s.,  and  died  22nd  January  1792.  And  Ann  Leslie, 
Countess  of  Northesk:  born  22nd  Feb.  1730,  o.s.,  and  died  llth 
Nov.  1779. 

In  the  front  wall  of  the  church  a  slab  presents  the  armorial 
escutcheon  of  the  Stewarts  of  Lome,  denoting  that  the  family  had 
anciently  buried  in  the  fabric.  The  Stewarts  of  Lome  and  Red- 
castle  are  represented  by  the  Ducal  House  of  Argyll. 

Within  the  church  a  marble  tablet  bears  the  following  in- 
scription : — 

"Sacred  to  the  memory  of  John  Mudie  of  Arbikie,  Esq.,  who 
died  -June,  1728,  aged  -  -  years.  And  of  his  wife,  Magdalen 
Carnegy,  daughter  of  James  Carnegy  of  Craigo,  who  died  27th 
December,  1771,  aged  eighty-nine  years  ;  and  of  their  family  and 
descendants.  Of  their  family,  which  consisted  of  six  sons  and 
eight  daughters,  three .  daughters  only  came  to  maturity,  viz.  1st, 
Elizabeth,  married  to  Robert  Smith,  of  Forret,  Esq.,  who  left  an 
only  son,  William  Smith,  of  Forret,  Esq.,  married  to  his  cousin- 
german,  29th  April  1784,  the  after  mentioned  Magdalen  Hay:  He 
died  2nd  February  1785,  leaving  no  issue.  2nd  Agnes,  married  to 
James  Hay,  of  Cocklaw,  Esq.,  who  left  two  sons  and  a  daughter. 
Their  eldest  son,  Charles  Hay,  Esq.,  advocate,  afterwards  Lord 
Newton,  one  of  the  Senators  of  the  College  of  Justice,  a  man  of 
distinguished  talents,  and  inflexible  integrity,  died  October  1811, 
aged  sixty-four  years.  Their  youngest  son,  James  Hay,  Esq., 
died  at  Edinburgh,  6th  June,  1787,  and  was  interred  there.  3rd, 
Anne,  married  to  Robert  Stephen  of  Letham,  Esq.,  left  an  only 
daughter  Anne,  who  died  November  1806.  Magdalen  Hay,  only 
daughter  of  James  Hay,  Esq.,  and  Agnes  Mudie,  and  relict  of 
William  Smith  of  Forret,  Esq.,  the  last  survivor  of  the  family,  has 
erected  this  monument  as  a  tribute  of  respect  to  the  memory  of  her 
relations  who  lie  buried  here.  And  it  is  her  desire  to  be  interred 


238  FORFARSHIRE. 

in  the  spot  which   contains   the   ashes  of    her  husband  and  of 
her  grandmother,    and    mother,  Magdalen    Carnegy,  and   Agnes 
Mudie,  parents,  with  whom  she  was  long  united  in  the  ci 
bonds  of  love  and  affection,  whose  virtues  she  reveres  and  whose 
example  she  most  earnestly  wishes  to  follow.     1818. 

Mrs.  Hay  Mudie,  who  erected  the  monument,  died  in  1823. 

A  mortuary  enclosure  in  the  churchyard  denotes  the  burial  place 
of  the  family  of  Gardyne,  of  Middleton.  From  its  several  tablets 
we  select  the  following  inscriptions  : — 

"  David  Gardyne  of  Lawton,  marrd  Janet  Lindsay  of  Edzell, 
1603.  Their  only  issue,  John,  marrd  Elizh.,  daughr.  of  Sir  John 
Arbuthnott  of  that  ilk,  1643,  who  had  issue  4  sons  and  20  daugh- 
ters. Robert,  their  heir  marrd  Grizel  daughr.  of  Alexr.  Watson, 
of  Barry,  1676,  their  issue,  David,  William,  Eliza.,  who  marrd 
1st  Scott,  of  Hedderwick,  2nd  Barclay,  of  Johnstone ;  Grizel,  who 
marrd  1st  Wedderburn  of  that  ilk,  and  2nd  David  Graham  of  Dun- 
trune.  David,  heir  to  .Robert  of  Lawton,  marrd  Ann  Graham  of 
Fintray,  1706.  Their  issue,  Eliza.,  who  marrd  James  Guthrie, 
of  Craigie,  1733. 


Amelia,  who  married  Alexr.  Hunter  of  Balskelly,  1741  ;  David 
fought  under  Prince  Charles  at  Culloden,  and  died  at  Newport,  in 
Flanders,  1749.  James,  who  married  Mary  Wallace,  1741 ;  Cle- 
mentina, who  marrd  Alex.  Graham  of  Duntrune,  1751." 


"  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  Alexander  and  James  Greenhill, 
sons  of  Charles  Greenhill,  Esquire  of  Fearn,  and  Clementina  Gar- 
dyne.  Alexander  died  22nd  May,  1832, aged  forty-four  years ;  James 
died  25th  June,  1817,  aged  twenty-six  years. 


"  William  Bruce-Gardyn,  Esq,  of  Middleton,  Major  37th 
Regiment,  born  1777,  died  15th  June,  1846.  Also  their  children, 
Anne,  born  1826,  died  loth  May  1831 ;  James  Macpherson, 
born  1828,  died  23rd  April,  1828;  Agnes-Mnry,  born  1835,  died 
25th  March  1847." 


PARISH    OF    KINGOLDRUM.  239 


PAEISH  OF  KINGOLDEUM. 

In  the  front  of  the  parish  church,  a  handsome  mausoleum  de- 
notes the  burial-place  of  the  Farquharsons,  formerly  of  Baldovie. 
On  a  marble  tablet  is  this  inscription  : — 

"  The  sepulchre  of  John  Farquharson  and  Elizabeth  Eamsay, 
of  Baldovie ;  and  of  their  children.  Elizabeth,  born  4th  January, 
1768 ;  died  18th  June,  1855.  Agnes,  born  26  March,  1769,  died 
in  infancy.  Thomas,  a  magistrate  and  deputy-lieutenant  of  Forfar- 
shire,  born  3rd  October,  1770  ;  died  21st  November,  1860.  He  was 
last  male  representative  of  the  Farquharsons  of  Brockdearg,  in 
lineal  descent  from  the  Chieftain  Findla  More,  the  Eoyal  Standard 
Bearer,  who  fell  in  defence  of  his  country,  on  the  field  of  Pinkey, 
10th  September,  1547,  and  was  interred  in  the  neighbouring  ceme- 
tery of  Inveresk.  E.  B.  I.  P. 

Captain  Mitchell,  cousin  and  heir  of  Thomas  Farquharson  of  Bal- 
dovie, bequeathed  £50,000  for  the  support  of  aged  priests  of  the 
Catholic  church.  On  his  death  in  1865  the  estate  of  Baldovie  was 
purchased  by  Sir  Thomas  Munro,  Bart.,  of  Lindertis. 

These  rhymes  are  from  tombstones  in  Kingoldrum  churchyard  : — 

"  Eeader,  repent  ere  time  is  spent, 

Think  on  a  future  state  ; 
Do  not  delay  another  day, 
In  case  it  prove  too  late." 

"  Below  this  stone  are  here  reposed 

The  ruins  of  a  Tent, 
Where  divine  virtue  deign'd  to  dwell, 

But,  ah  !  how  soon  were  spent 
Her  mortal  years  ;  the  tyrant,  Death, 

Eesistless  gives  the  thrust ; 
The  virtuous  wife  and  virtuous  Tent, 

Strikes  down  into  the  dust." 

"  What  havoc  makes  impartial  death 

On  all  the  human  kind  ; 
Gainst  him  a  virtuous  life's  no  guard, 
Nor  yet  the  purest  mind. 


240  niKKAKSHIRK. 

And  most  all  clay — yes,  it  is  destin'd 
For  every  sack  and  age, 

The  old  and  bow'd,  and  young  robust, 
And  infants  quit  the  stage." 


PARISH  OF  KINNETTLES. 

In  the  churchyard  a  monument  commemorates  Colonel  William 
Patterson,  a  native  of  the  parish,  who  became  Governor  of  New 
South  Wales,  and  attained  distinction  as  a  naturalist.  Colonel 
Patterson  died  21st  June,  1810,  aged  fifty-five. 


PAEISH  OF  KIRKDEN. 

In  the  parish  churchyard  a  marble  tablet  within  an  enclosure 
commemorates  Alexander  Lyell,  Esq.,  of  Gardyne,  who  died  in 
1852,  aged  sixty-eight,  and  among  other  members  of  his  family 
"  Dr.  Robert  who  unfortunately  lost  his  life  on  the  night  of  the 
3rd  July,  1857,  in  the  thirty-second  year  of  his  age,  while  quelling 
the  insurrection  at  Patna  during  the  rebellion  in  India,  and  whose 
remains  lie  there." 

From  tombstones  in  Kirkden  churchyard  we  have  the  following 
legends  : — 

"  Let  none  suppose  the  Relics  of  the  Just, 
Are  here  wrapt  up  to  perish  in  the  Dust ! 
No.     Like  last  fruits  her  time  she  fully  stood, 
Till  being  grown  in  Faith,  and  ripe  in  good — 
With  steadfast  Hope  that  she  another  day 
Should  rise  with  Christ — with  Death  here  down  she  lay. 
The  Poor  her  alms  ;  the  World  her  praise  ; 
The  Heavens  her  soul ;  and  the  Grave  her  body  has. 


PARISH  OF  LETHNOT  AND  NAVAR.  241 

"  Here  lyes  a  child,  of  sons  the  last, 
Wherewith  this  family  was  blest ; 
He  like  a  morning  flower  appear'd, 
By  him  his  parents'  hearts  were  cheer'd. 
But  what  are  children  but  a  loan — 
When  God  calls  back,  are  we  to  groan  ? 
He's  gone  to  heav'n  and  got  the  start : 
Long  to  be  there,  you'll  no  more  part." 

"  The  penetrating  art  of  man 
Unfold  this  secret  never  can, 
How  long  men  shall  live  on  the  earth, 
And  how,  or  where  give  up  their  breath. 
The  person  of  whom  this  I  write, 
Ah  !  dy'd  by  a  mournful  fate  ; 
An  old  clay  chimney  that  downfall 
Kill'd  both  his  servant  and  himsel, 
Which  should  alarm  men  everywhere 
For  their  last  hour  well  to  prepare, 
That  death  may  never  them  surprise  ; 
For  as  the  tree  falls,  so  it  lies." 


PAEISH  OF  LETHNOT  AND  NAVAE. 

On  the  tombstone  of  two  young  men  who  perished  while 
crossing  the  West  Water  in  1753  is  the  following  inscription, 
composed  by  Dr.  Beattie  . — 

"  0  thou  whose  reverential  footsteps  tread 
These  low  dominions  of  the  silent  dead, 
On  this  sad  stone  a  pious  look  bestow, 
Nor  uninstructed  read  this  tale  of  woe ; 
And  while  the  sigh  of  sorrow  heaves  thy  breast, 
Let  each  rebellious  murmur  be  suppressed. 
Heaven's  hidden  ways  to  trace  for  thee  how  vain ! 
Heaven's  just  decrees  how  impious  to  arraign  ! 
Pure  from  the  stains  of  a  polluted  age, 
In  early  bloom  of  life  they  left  this  stage ; 

VOL.  II.  R 


242  FORFAKSHIKE. 

Not  doomed  in  ling'ring  war  to  waste  their  breath, 
One  moment  snatched  them  from  the  power  of  death ; 
They  lived  united  and  united  died, 
Happy  the  friends  whom  death  cannot  divide." 

On  the  gravestone  of  his  wife,  erected  in  1741,  James  Black 
moralizes  thus  : — 

"  Ah  sin,  hence  momentary  life,  hence  breath, 
Sighs  for  y6  silent  grave  and  pants  for  death, 
What  means  y6  warning  of  ye  passing  bell  ? 
A  soul  just  gone  to  paradise  or  hell ; 
To  darkness  tends  ye  broad  but  slippery  way — 
O  frightful  gloom,  deny'd  each  cheering  ray  ; 
While  such  as  walk  in  paths  divinely  bright 
Shall  shine  within  ye  courts  of  endless  light." 

In  Navar  churchyard,  Margaret  Fyfe,  spouse  to  James  Molison, 
is  thus  commemorated ;  she  died  in  1712  : — 

"  A  pearl  precious  here  doth  lie, 

As  signifies  her  name ; 
Still  shining  to  posterity 

By  her  deserved  fame. 
Death  battered  down  those  walls  of  clay 

To  let  her  soul  go  free, 
And  soar  aloft  to  praise  for  aye 

The  Triune  Deity." 

"Sleep,  thou  frail  dust,  within  thy  closest  urn 
Till  the  morning  of  the  resurrection  dawn, 
When  thou  shalt  wake,  the  heaven  and  earth  shall  burn, 
And  be  rejoined  to  thy  immortal  pawn." 


PARISH  OF  LIFF  AND  BENVIE. 

In  the  church  of  Liff,  monumental  tablets  commemorate  Major 
Alexander  Watt,  K.H.  of  the  27th  Eegiment,  Bengal  Native 
Infantry,  who  died  at  Edinburgh,  18th  April,  1851, aged  forty-six; 


PARISH   OF   LIFF   AND   BENVIK.  243 

Isaac  Watt,  Esq.,  of  Logie,  who  died  llth  July,  1823,  aged  fifty- 
one  ;  and  other  members  of  the  family. 

A  monument  in  Liff  churchyard  celebrates  James  Webster,  Esq. 
of  Balruddery,  who  died  17th  May,  1827,  aged  sixty-two;  also, 
the  members  of  his  family. 

On  a  flat  tombstone  Mrs.  Agnes  Gray,  who  died  in  1707,  is  thus 
commemorated  : — 

"  With  husbands  two  I  children 

had  eleven, 
With  two  of  odds  I  Lived 

Sixty-even  ; 
My  Body  sleeps  in  hope, 

My  soul  I  gave, 
To  Him  Who  suffered 

death,  the  same  to  save." 

William  Waddell,  who  died  in  1765,  aged  fifty-eight,  has  the 
following  epitaph  : — 

"Here  lys  beneath  these  sordid  stones, 

A  father  to  the  poor ; 
To  orphans  and  distressed  ones 

He  kept  an  open  door. 
Fair  honesty  and  virtue  pure 

Did  strive  in  him  for  place  ; 
Of  charity  a  public  store 

Was  lost  at  his  decease. 
Now  though  his  body  here  doth  ly 

To  moulder  in  the  dust ; 
His  generous  soul,  the  nobler  part, 

In  Christ  alone  doth  rest." 

A  monument  of  Aberdeen  granite  denotes  the  resting-place  and 
records  the  worth  of  the  Rev.  George  Addison,  D.D.,  for  thirty-four 
years  minister  of  the  parish,  who  died  4th  January,  1852,  aged 
seventy-four. 

The  churchyard  of  Benvie  contains  an  old  sculptured  stone,  and  a 
stone  bearing  the  arms  of  Scrimgeour,  second  Viscount  of  Dundee, 
impaled  with  those  of  his  wife,  Isobel  Ker,  daughter  of  the  first  Earl 


244  FORFAKSHIRK. 

of  Roxburgh,  with  the  date  1643.  The  Scrimgeours  of  Dudhope 
held  the  lands  of  Benvie  till  1654,  when  they  were  alienated. 

In  the  churchyard  of  Logie  is  the  burial-place  of  Edward  Baxter, 
Esq.,  of  Kincaldrum,  father  of  William  Edward  Baxter,  Esq.,  M.P.  for 
the  Montrose  burghs.  On  a  freestone  monument  are  recorded  the 
names  of  Euphemia  Watson,  first  wife  of  Edward  Baxter,  who  died 
22nd  August,  1833  ;  and  of  his  second  wife,  Elisabeth  Jobson,  who 
died  2nd  July,  1842. 

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-mark  of  the  Tay, 
are  associated  with  a  prediction  of  Thomas  the  Rhymer  contained 
in  the  following  couplet : — 

"  When  the  Goors  o'  Gowrie  come  to  land, 
The  day  of  judgment  is  at  hand." 


PARISH  OF  LINTRATHEN. 

In  the  parish  churchyard  a  tombstone  reared  in  1857  by  Mr. 
John  Fenton,  of  Scrushloch,  bears  the  names  of  his  children  and 
other  relatives.  To  account  for  several  blanks  in  connection  with 
their  births  and  deaths,  Mr.  Fenton  has  added  the  following 
rhymes : — 

The  above  will  show  to  all  that  pass 

How  thoughtless  I  have  been ; 
In  younger  dais  and  aged  years 

How  careless  I  have  been. 

"  When  friends  departed  to  the  dust, 

Their  age  by  me  not  known, 
And  infants'  births  by  me  not  kept 
In  registration. 

"  My  friends  and  relatives  will  learn, 

By  these  few  lines  of  mine, 
To  keep  a  date  of  registers 
When  they  are  in  their  prime." 


PARISH    OF   LOCHLEE.  245 

From    tombstones   in  Lintrathen    churchyard    we   have  these 
rhymes  : — 

"  A  deep  and  rapid  stream  divides — 

Death  is  the  name  it  bears ; 
But  o'er  it  Christ  has  laid  a  bridge, 
For  heavenly  passengers." 

"  All  Time  relations  here  below, 

Tho'  knit  with  strongest  bands, 
Death  soon  dissolves ;  when  Time  is  spent, 

No  bond  his  power  withstands. 
He  snatched  off  the  virtuous  wife, 

The  husband  fond  doth  mourn  ; 
But  death  his  days  it  soon  did  cut — 

Here  he's  beside  her  urn." 

"  Below  this  tomb  are  laid  the  bones 

Of  a  good  virtuous  pair ; 
Both  scholars  pious  and  discreet, 

Accomplishments  most  rare, 
Whose  knowledge  served  not  to  puff  up, 

But  for  a  nobler  end ; 
That  lowliness  might  them  prepare 

A  glorious  life  to  spend." 


PAKISH  OF  LOCHLEE. 

A  gravestone  denotes  the  resting-place  of  Alexander  Eoss,  author 
of  "  The  Fortunate  Shepherdess,"  a  pastoral  poem,  formerly  popular. 
Ross  was  schoolmaster  of  the  parish.  He  was  a  native  of  Kincar- 
dine O'Neil,  and  died  at  Lochlee  on  the  20th  May,  1784,  aged 
eighty-five.  "  The  Rock  and  the  Wee  pickle  Tow,"  "  To  the  begging 
we  will  go,"  "Woo'd  and  Married  and  a',"  "The  Bride's  Breast 
Knot,"  and  other  favourite  songs,  proceeded  from  his  pen. 


KOKFAKSIIIRK. 


PARISH  OF  LOUIE  PERT. 

On  the  north  of  the  parish  church  a  burial  aisle  contains  a 
marble  tablet,  celebrating  Jaines  Macdonald,  Esq.,  sheriff-substitute 
of  the  county,  who  died  23rd  August,  1809,  aged  eighty-three  ;  also 
his  wife  Alary,  daughter  of  James  Allardice,  Esq.,  of  that  ilk ;  she 
died  4th  January,  1801,  aged  seventy-five.  Mrs.  Macdonald  was 
aunt  of  Sarah  Anne  Allardice,  who  in  December,  1776,  married 
Robert  Barclay  of  Ury,  and  who  in  1785  was  served  heir  portioner 
of  William,  last  Earl  of  Airth  and  Menteith,  brother  of  her  great- 
great-grandmother.  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  1854,  and  the 
claim  has  been  renewed  by  his  only  child,  Mrs.  Margaret  Barclay 
Allardice,  who  is  seventeenth  in  lineal  descent  from  David,  Earl  of 
Strathearn,  eldest  son  of  the  second  marriage  of  Robert  II. 

The  old  church  of  Logic  is  now  the  burial-place  of  the  Carnegys 
of  Craigo.  Marble  tablets  commemorate  Thomas  Carnegy  of 
Craigo,  who  died  9th  June,  1793,  aged  sixty-four,  and  his  wife, 
Mary  Carnegy,  who  died  20th  November,  1815 ;  David  Carnegy  of 
Craigo,  born  9th  March,  1776,  died  10th  November,  1845  ;  and 
Thomas  Carnegy  of  Craigo,  born  9th  March,  1804,  died  12th  June, 
1856. 

These  metrical  legends  are  from  tombstones  in  Logic  church- 
yard : — 

"  My  friends  in  Christ  that  are  above, 

Them  will  I  go  and  see ; 
And  thou  my  friends  in  Christ  below 
Will  soon  come  after  me." 


"  Faith  makes  us  sons  and  heirs  to  the  Most  High, 
Faith  leads  to  glorious  immortality  ; 
By  faith  the  power  of  Satan  we  defy, 
If  on  Christ's  merits  we  by  faith  rely ; 
And  if  true  faith  unto  the  end  endure, 
Your  evidence  for  heaven  is  £ood  and  sure." 


PARISH    OF   LUNDIE   AND    FOWLIS.  247 

"  All  who  pass  by,  behold,  survey, 

Think  on  this  awful  shrine ; 
Here  musty  bones  and  broken  skulls, 

And  graves  all  over  green. 
But  where  the  souls,  those  deathless  things, 

That  left  these  bodies  here  ? 
Is  not  give  answer,  but  refer 

Till  Christ  our  Lord  appear." 


PAEISH  OF  LUNAN. 

Within  the  parish  church  a  monument  celebrates  Walter  Mill, 
the  last  martyr  who  suffered  at  St.  Andrews  before  the  Eeforma- 
tion.  He  was  parish  priest  of  Lunan.  Eeported  to  Archbishop 
Hamilton,  of  St.  Andrews,  as  a  favourer  of  Protestant  doctrines,  he 
was  subjected  to  trial  and  condemned.  Upwards  of  eighty  years 
old,  he  was  unable  to  walk  to  the  place  of  execution.  His  martyr- 
dom roused  the  populace  to  frenzy,  and  the  fall  of  the  Eomish 
Church  became  certain.  Mill  was  martyred  in  1558,  and  the 
doctrines  of  the  Reformation  were  publicly  sanctioned  in  1560. 


PAEISH  OF  LUNDIE  AND  FOWLIS. 

In  Lundie  churchyard,  within  a  sepulchral  enclosure,  rest  the 
remains  of  Adam  Viscount  Duncan.  Second  son  of  Alexander 
Duncan,  Esq.,  of  Lundie,  this  distinguished  commander  was  born  at 
Dundee  on  the  14th  July,  1731.  His  mother  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  Shoreham  frigate  to  prosecute  naval  studies 
under  his  relative,  Captain  Eobert  Haldane.  Three  years  afterwards 
he  joined  the  Mediterranean  fleet  as  midshipman  in  the  Centurion. 


248  FOKFAKSI11UK. 

Removed  to  the  ship  of  Captain,  afterwards  Lord  Keppel,  he  was 
promoted  as  post-captain  in  1763.  Having  distinguished  himself  at 
the  Havannah  and  at  Cape  St.  Vincent,  and  under  Lord  Howe  in 
1782,  in  the  Blenheim,  he  was  in  1787  promoted  as  Eear- Admiral 
of  the  Blue.  Appointed  to  the  command  of  the  North  Sea  fleet  in 
1795,  he  displayed  extraordinary  tact  and  intrepidity  during  the 
mutiny  at  the  Nore.  He  maintained  a  strict  blockade  of  the  Dutch 
ports,  watching  the  movements  of  the  hostile  fleet  in  the  harbour 
of  Texel,  and  on  the  llth  October,  1797,  he  brought  them  to  close 
action  off  Camperdown,  when  De  Winter,  the  Dutch  Admiral, 
suffered  total  defeat.  For  this  eminent  service  he  was  created 
a  viscount,  and  received  a  pension  of  £2,000.  In  1800  he  retired 
into  private  life.  He  died  suddenly  on  the  4th  August,  1804. 
His  grave  is  denoted  by  a  plain  marble  slab,  with  this  inscription, 
partly  prepared  by  himself : — "Adam,  first  Viscount  Duncan,  Admiral 
of  the  White  Squadron  of  his  Majesty  King  George  the  Third's 
fleet,  born  14th  July,  1731,  and  died  4th  August,  1804."  His 
widow,  Viscountess  Duncan,  died  in  1822,  and  was  interred  in  the 
Canongate  churchyard,  Edinburgh  (Vol.  I.,  p.  90).  Their  son  Eobert 
second  Viscount  Duncan,  was  at  the  coronation  of  William  IV, 
created  Earl  of  Camperdown. 

In  a  handsome  mausoleum  in  Lundie  churchyard  are  interred 
Sir  William  Duncan,  Bart.,  M.D.,  and  his  wife,  Lady  Mary  Tufton, 
daughter  of  Sackville,  Earl  of  Thanet.  Sir  William  realized  a  large 
fortune  in  India,  and  afterwards  became  Honorary  Physician  to  the 
King.  He  died  in  1769,  and  was  survived  by  his  lady,  who  caused 
this  mausoleum  to  be  reared  in  honour  of  his  memory. 


PAEISH  OF  MAINS  AND  STRATHMAKTIN. 

Within  the  parish  church  of  Mains  a  monumental  tablet  is  thus 
inscribed : — 

"Sacred  to  the  memory  of  Charlotte,  Lady  Ogilvie,  sole  pro- 


PARISH   OF   MAINS   AND    STRATHMARTIN.  249 

prietor  of  the  estate  of  Bank,  in  the  parish  of  Strath  martin,  eldest 
daughter  of  Walter  Tullideph,  Esq.,  of  the  island  of  Antigua,  and 
relict  of  Sir  John  Ogilvy,  Bart.,  of  Inverquharity,  late  of  the  Scots 
Grays,  &c.,  who  died  at  the  age  of  seventy-two." 

Charlotte,  Lady  Ogilvy,  was  descended  from  the  family  which 
produced  the  celebrated  Principal  Tullideph  of  St.  Andrews.  The 
estate  of  Tullideph,  now  called  Baldovan,  of  which  she  was  owner, 
is  the  principal  inheritance  of  her  grandson,  Sir  John  Ogilvy, 
Bart.,  M.P.  The  ancient  burial-place  of  this  branch  of  the  House 
of  Ogilvy  was  in  the  parish  church  of  Kirriemuir,  but  the  family 
ordinarily  inter  in  the  old  church  of  Strathmartin.  Therein  a  tablet 
commemorates  Lady  Jane,  second  wife  of  Sir  John  Ogilvy,  Bart.,  and 
daughter  of  Thomas,  Earl  of  Suffolk.  This  excellent  gentlewoman 
founded  the  Asylum  for  Imbecile  Children  at  Baldovan,  and  "  The 
Home  "  at  Dundee.  She  died  28th  July,  1861. 

In  Strathmartin  churchyard  a  mortuary  enclosure  protects  the 
remains  of  Admiral  Laird  of  Strathmartin,  who  died  in  1811. 

In  Mains  old  churchyard  a  gravestone  commemorates  Charles 
Peebles,  parish  schoolmaster,  and  his  wife  Anne  Crabb,  who  both 
died  in  1801 ;  it  bears  these  lines  : — 

"  How  useful  they  in  training  youth, 
When  thoughtless  of  the  paths  of  truth 

They  need  the  guiding  reins  ; 
The  east  and  west,  the  south  and  north, 
Doth  testify  from  proved  worth 

Of  youth  spent  at  the  Mains." 

A  miller,  who  died  in  1655,  is  thus  commemorated  in  Mains 
churchyard  : — 

"  Wnder  this  stone  interrd  lies  he 
Who  40  two  years  living  was, 
At  milu  and  kiln  right  honestlie, 
And  with  his  neighbours  dealt  he  thvs ; 
Bvt  death,  in  Apryl  55, 
From  off  the  staae  did  him  remove." 


250 

From  other  tombstones  in  Mains  churchyard  we  have  these 
epitaphs : — 

"  He  who  with  abundance  did  ine  bless, 

With  riches,  life,  and  breath, 
Me  from  these  three  did  take  away 
By  sickness  and  by  death." 


"  This  charming  child  most  comely  was, 

And  pleasant  once  a  day  ; 
But  now,  alas !  he  lowly  lies 
Here  in  this  bed  of  clay." 


"  Among  the  rest  of  Adam's  race, 

That  in  this  world  liv'd  ; 
There's  one  confin'd  within  this  tomb 

Who  upright  was  and  pious. 
He  while  in  life  was  very  just, 

Gave  every  man  his  due ; 
But  now  he  is  exalted  high, 

In  Heaven  we  hope  he's  now." 

In  Strathmartin  churchyard,  Thomas  Low,  who  died  in  1752,  is 
thus  commemorated : — 

"  Thy  name  aye, 

Thy  fame  aye, 
Shall  never  be  cut  off; 

Thy  grave  aye 

Shall  have  aye 
Thy  honest  epitaph." 

On  other  gravestones   in   fcitrathmartin   churchyard   are   these 
rhymes  : — 

"  From  dust  1  came,  and  thither  do  return, 
Who  here  abide  till  tribes  of  earth  shall  mourn  ; 
Till  heaven  and  earth  wrapt  in  a  scroll  shall  be, 
And  Christ  with  saints  coming  in  clouds  I'll  see, 
Wrhen  soul  and  body  united  shall  again 
Be  lifted  up  to  Christ  for  to  remain." 


PARISH    OF   MAINS   AND   STKATHMAKTIN.  251 

"  Heir  lies  a  godly  honest  man, 

All  men  that  knew  him  said — 
He  was  an  elder  of  the  church, 

And  a  weaver  to  his  trade. 
These  words  gave  comfort  unto  him 

When  God's  word  he  did  read — 
If  that  the  Son  did  make  him  free, 

He  should  be  free  indeed." 


"  Both  in  one  grave  until  the  time  accord 
That  they  shall  hear  the  archangel  of  the  Lord  : 
Our  soul  doth  bend  our  bodies  straight  and  even, 
As  with  itself  it  would  them  raise  to  Heaven ; 
But  all  in  vain  it  undergoes  such  toil, 
The  body  will  not  leave  its  native  soil. 
Age  pulls  it  down,  and  makes  it  stoop  full  low, 
Till  Death  doth  give  his  fatal  overthrow ; 
Then  through  the  bodies  breach  the  soul  doth  rise, 
And  like  a  conqueror  mount  the  skies, 
To  its  eternal  rest  from  whence  it  came, 
As  is  their  bodies  in  tomb  here  lies." 


"  I  lived  almost  eighty  years, 

Within  this  vale  of  tears  ; 
At  last  cold  death  on  me  laid  hands, 

Whom  every  mortal  fears, 
And  hath  my  body  here  enclosed 

Within  this  grave  of  earth ; 
When  Christ's  last  trumpet  gives  the  call 

I  shall  come  forth  in  mirth. 
When  to  his  heaven  He  shall  me  bring, 

With  songs  of  melody, 
I  shall  His  praises  ever  sing, 

To  all  eternity." 

At  Kirktown  and  Ballutheron,  in  Strathmaitin  parish,  several 
sculptured  stones  present  figures  of  serpents  and  nondescript 
animals.  They  belong  to  the  pre-historic  period. 


-•"•-  FOUFAKSHIKK. 


PARISH  OF  MARYTON. 

Within  the  parish  church  a  handsome  monument,  adorned  with 
the  Lindsay  arms,  presents  the  following  inscription  : — 

"  Sub  hoc  marinore  reconditus  jacet  Reverendus  vir,  David 
Lyndesius  (ex  prisca  Lyndesiorum  familia  de  Dowhill),  oriuudus 
ecclesiae  de  Marytown,  per  33  annos  pastor  vigilantissimus,  vir 
singular!  literarum,  coguitione  et  sumina  rerum  peritia  ornatus 
pietati  in  Deum,  fide  in  Regem,  reverentia  in  Episcopcs,  et  humani- 
tate  erga  onmes  insignis,  obiit  16  Septembris  1706,  aetatis  suae  62. 
Hie  etiam  siti  sunt  duo  filii  inipuberes  Gulielmus,  et  Alexander,  et 
Katharine  filia,  cujus  eximiam  formse  venustatem  omnes  virgine 
digna?  virtutes  facile  sequabant." 

Mr.  Lindsay  was  son  of  Mr.  David  Lindsay,  minister  of  Rescobie. 
His  ancestors,  the  Lindsays  of  Dowhill,  were  descended  from  Sir 
William  Lindsay,  of  Rossy,  Fifeshire,  son  of  Sir  Alexander  Lindsay, 
of  Glenesk,  by  his  second  wife,  a  niece  of  Robert  II. 

On  the  tombstone  of  Alexander  Greig,  farmer,  bearing  date  1755, 
are  these  Latin  lines  : — 

"  Primo  Deus  ferro  morales  vetere  terrain  instituit. 
Agricola  incuruo  terram  dimouit  aratro  ; 
Hinc  anni  labor,  hinc  patriam  panics'  nepotes  sustinet." 

A  child  of  three  years,  drowned  in  a  well,  is  thus  commemo- 
rated : — 

"  Doth  Infant's  pain  and  death  proclaim 

That  Adam  did  Rebel  ? 
His  destiny  declares  the  same, 

Being  drowned  in  a  Well. 
Let  all  who  mourn  his  early  death, 

Hate  sin  the  fatal  cause, 
And  flee  to  Jesus  Christ  by  faith 

Who  saves  from  Satan's  jaws." 


PARISH    OF   MONIFIETII.  253 


PARISH  OF  MENMU1E. 

Attached  to  the  parish  church,  a  mortuary  enclosure  forms  the 
family  burial-place  of  the  old  family  of  Carnegy,  of  Balnamoon. 

On  a  tablet  commemorating  a  person  named  Guthrie,  and 
bearing  date  1793,  are  the  following  lines  : — 

"  All  passengers,  as  you  go  by, 

And  chance  to  near  this  stone, 
To  mind  you  of  Mortality, 

Behold  the  skull  and  bone  : 
Likewise  the  dart  that  wounds  the  heart. 

And  scythe  that  cuts  the  thread 
Of  life,  and  coffin  for  to  hold 

The  body  when  it's  dead." 

In  Menmuir  churchyard  are  two  Roman  crosses,  which  were 
formerly  built  in  the  churchyard  wall ;  one  displays  an  equestrian 
figure,  the  other  is  sculptured  with  two  mounted  warriors  and 
other  emblems. 


PARISH  OF  MONIFIETH. 

Within  the  old  parish  church  a  monument  commemorated  a 
member  of  the  house  of  Durham  of  Grange,  now  represented  by 
Dundas-Durham  of  Largo.  The  monument  was  taken  down  on 
the  removal  of  the  church. 

In  the  churchyard  a  monumental  tablet,  within  an  enclosure, 
celebrates  David  Hunter,  fourth  son  of  General  Hunter,  of  Burn- 
side,  born  20th  April,  1801,  died  16th  August,  1854 

Within  another  enclosure  a  marble  tablet  bears  the  following 
legend  : — 

"  Here  lyes  interred  the  body  of  James  Erskine,  of  Linlathen, 
who  departed  this  life  on  the  26th  of  Aug.,  1816,  at  Broadstairs, 
Isle  of  Thanet,  county  of  Kent,  aged  twenty-eight." 


254  FORFARSIIIKK. 

David  Erskine,  advocate,  father  of  James  Erskine,  purchased  tlie 
estate  of  Linlathen  from  Graham  of  Fintray,  about  1805 ;  he 
married  Aime,  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  handsome  monument  in  Monifieth  churchyard  commemorates 
Thomas  Kerr  of  Grange,  of  Monifieth,  who  died  22nd  December, 
1811;  David  Kerr  of  Grange,  who  died  5th  October,  1843;  and 
other  members  of  the  family. 

A  plain  tombstone  denotes  the  grave  of  David  Kennie,  farmer, 
Mill  of  Omachie,  who  died  3rd  March,  1857,  aged  102. 

From  the  gravestone  of  Alexander  Scott,  who  died  in  1841,  we 
have  the  following  couplet : — 

"  Life  is  uncertain — death  is  sure, 
Sin  made  the  wound,  and  Christ  the  cure." 

The  tomb  of  Sylvester  Steven,  who  died  in  -1734,  is  inscribed 
thus  : — 

"  Life's  everlasting  gdtes 

For  ever  had  been  shut 
Had  not  the  death  of  Christ 

Them  pulled  up." 

Alexander  Paterson,  who  died  in  1786,  is  by  his  widow  thus 
celebrated  : — 

"  All  men  live  in  the  same  death  power 
Who  seized  my  beloved  in  an  hour, 
One  word  to  me  he  could  not  speak, 

Though  floods  of  tears  ran  down  my  cheek." 

These  rhymes  are  from  the  tombstone  of  Henry  Gordon,  who 
died  in  1815  :— 

"  Since  our  good  friends  are  gone  to  rest 

Within  the  silent  grave, 
I  hope  their  souls  among  the  blest 
O'er  fruitless  sorrows  wave  ; 


PARISH   OF  MONIFIETH.  255 

Our  loss  is  DOW  their  greatest  gain, 

Let  no  rude  hand  annoy  ; 
Their  dust  now  sleeps  exempt  from  pain, 
In  hopes  of  future  joy." 

These  hortatory  lines  form  the  epitaph  of  John  Barrie,  in  1738  : — 

"  In  this  cold  bed  Christ's  dearest  friends  must  ly 
Till  they  be  wakened  by  the  Angel's  cry. 
The  bed  is  cold,  this  dust  lys  here  consumed, 
But  Christ  in  grave  did  ly,  and  He  the  bed  perfumed. 
Their  souls  dislodg'd  to  mansions  bright  do  soar, 
"Where  Christ  is  gone  to  keep  an  open  door. 
The  dog  of  earth  must  stay  awhile  behind, 
No  guest  of  Christ  till  thus  it  be  refined. 
All  who  behold  this  monument, 
On  Christ  your  trust  repose, 
And  of  your  sins  pray  now  repent, 
Lest  heaven  and  earth  you  lose." 

From   other    rhymes    in  Monifieth    churchyard  we    select  the 
following  : — 

"  Beside  this  mournful  monument 

There  lies  my  mother's  dust. 
A  loving  wife's  also  there  is, 

And  daughter  young  doth  rest. 
Bemoan  us  not,  surviving  friends, 

For  this  is  God's  decree, 
But  seek  for  everlasting  rest 

Where  God's  enthroned  on  high." 

"  A  woman  wise  and  diligent, 

And  in  her  dealings  just, 
Tho'  every  way  most  excellent, 

Lies  in  this  bed  of  dust. 
Waiting  till  Christ  come  through  the  skies, 

With  angels  all  around. 
And  then  she  shall  triumphant  rise, 

With  glory  to  be  crown'd." 


"  I  in  my  young  and  tender  years 

By  death  am  call'd  away 
To  rest  from  sin  in  bed  of  earth, 
Where  thousands  more  do  lie  ; 


250  FORFARSIIIKK. 


Yet  on  the  Resurrection  Day, 
When  waken'd  from  my  sleep, 

Expect  to  join  the  blessed  band, 
Whom  Christ  doth  call  His  sheep." 


"  Here  lies  the  dust  that  once  inshrin'd 
A  sober,  honest,  friendly  mind. 
The  heavenly  part  hath  wing'd  its  flight 
To  regions  of  eternal  light. 
The  body  too  which  breathless  lies, 
Redeem'd  from  death  shall  shortly  rise 
And  join  its  kindred  soul  again, 
Fit  to  adorn  its  Maker's  train." 


At  Broughty  Ferry,  an  obelisk  of  Peterhead  granite  commemo- 
rates Thomas  Dick,  LL.D.,  author  of  "  The  Christian  Philosopher  " 
(see  supra,  p.  220). 

In  Broughty  Ferry  old  churchyard,  Margaret  Ross,  wife  of  John 
Kid,  shipmaster,  is  commended  thus  : — 

"  Now  she  for  whom  this  gravestone's  placed 

WTas  in  virtue  ever  steady  ; 
When  asked  a  reason  of  her  hope, 

Had  aye  an  answer  ready. 
Though  silent  and  forgotten  here 

She  moulders  with  the  clod, 
The  day  will  dawn,  a  voice  she'll  hear 

Say,  Come  and  meet  your  God." 


John  Kid  is  personally  celebrated  in  these  lines : — 

"  This  life  he  steer'd  by  land  and  sea 

With  honesty  and  skill, 
And  calmly  suffer'd  blast  and  storm 

Unconscious  of  ill. 
This  voyage  now  finish'd,  he's  unrigg'd, 

And  laid  in  dry-dock  Urn  ; 
Preparing  for  the  grand  fleet-trip, 
And  Commodore's  return." 


PARISH   OF  MONIKIE.  257 

The  following  verses  commemorate  Janet  Webster,  wife  of  D. 
Liddell,  shipmaster,  who  died  in  1801 : — 

"  Justice  and  truth,  even  from  youth, 

Adorn'd  her  deportment ; 
Never  revenging^  nor  exchanging 

Evil  for  evil  treatment. 
Tender  dealing,  without  failing, 

Was  everly  her  aim ; 
Even  to  those,  who  were  her  foes, 

Beneficent  and  plain. 
She  had  to  give,  while  she  did  live, 

The  sample  of  a  mind  ; 
Ever  rejecting,  but  never  respecting, 

Resentment  of  any  kind." 


PARISH  OF  MONIKIE. 

On  Camustane  Hill  stands  a  Runic  Cross,  which  is  believed  to- 
mark  the  spot  where  Camus,  a  Danish  General  perished  in  battle. 
According  to  the  narrative,  the  Scots  had  defeated  an  important 
section  of  the  Danish  forces,  and  slain  the  generals  Eneck  and 
Clave.  Sueno,  the  Danish  leader,  sought  revenge,  and  so  despatched 
his  puissant  general,  Camus,  to  make  a  terrible  reparation. 
Camus  landed  an  army  at  the  Redhead,  near  Arbroath,  and  marched 
eastward.  At  Camustane  Hill  his  troops  were  engaged  by  the 
Scottish  army  under  Malcolm  II.  After  a  protracted  and  fierce 
conflict  the  invaders  were  routed  and  their  general  wounded  mor- 
tally. The  engagement  took  place  in  the  year  1020  ;  it  terminated 
the  last  Danish  incursion  on  the  eastern  coast. 

On  the  highest  point  of  the  Downie  hills  stands  a  large  and 
handsome  monument  in  honour  of  the  late  William  Ramsay  Maule, 
Baron  Panmure,  (see  supra,  p.  202).  The  monument  was  reared  in 
1839,  at  the  expense  of  the  tenants  on  his  Lordship's  estate.  It  is 
a  cylindrical  column,  resting  on  a  double  basement,  and  sur- 
mounted by  a  memorial  vase.  The  lower  basement  is  of  rustic 

s 


258  FORFAKSHIRE. 

work;  it  is  surmounted  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  Pan  mure  is  placed  in  the  interior  of  the  monument. 

From   gravestones   in   the   parish   churchyard   we   have  these 
rhymes : — 

"  Seeds  die  and  rot  and  then  most  fresh  appear 
Sancts  bodies  rise  more  orient  than  they  were." 

"  To  lifeless  dust  and  mouldering  bones 
In  vain  we  pour  our  tears  and  groans, 

In  vain  we  raise  our  cries  ; 
Till  a  divine  immortal  breath 
Descending  on  the  vale  of  death 
Shall  make  the  ruins  rise." 


"  The  hours  of  my  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  my  sweating  brow, 
With  sweat  I  gained  my  bread, 
To  dust  I  am  returned  now." 


PARISH  OF  MONTROSE. 

In  the  principal  street  of  this  royal  burgh  stands  a  monumental 
statue  of  Joseph  Hume,  elegantly  sculptured  by  William  Calder 
Marshall,  R.A.,  and  erected  in  1859.  Hume  was  born  at  Montrose 
in  January,  1777.  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  market  place.  Joseph 
was  educated  as  a  surgeon ;  in  1797  he  proceeded  to  India  in  the 
marine  service  of  the  East  India  Company.  Obtaining  a  succes- 
sion of  lucrative  appointments  he  returned  to  Britain  in  1807  with 
a  fortune  of  £40,000.  In  1812  he  entered  the  House  of  Com- 


PARISH   OF   MONTROSE.  259 

raons  as  member  for  Weymouth.  He  was  in  1818  elected  M.P. 
for  the  Aberdeen  burghs,  which  included  Montrose,  his  native  town. 
IK)  afterwards  sat  for  Middlesex  and  Kilkenny.  In  1842  he  was- 
clected  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  reformer  of  public  abuses,  and  a  zealous 
advocate  of  financial  retrenchment  in  all  departments  of  the  state, 
Joseph  Hume  is  entitled  to  honourable  remembrance. 

In  the  parish  churchyard  Eobert  Keith,  of  Polburri,  a  magis- 
trate of  the  burgh,  is  on  his  tombstone  thus  commemorated  : — 

Sacrum  memoriae  perillustris  viri  Roberti  Keith,  domini  terra- 
ruin  de  Polburne,  etc.  Prsetoris  hujus  urbis  dignissimi,  ejusque 
conjujis  ac  liberorum,  extruetum  anno  Dom.  1641.  R.K.  L.G. 

"  Hie  situs  est  praeclarus  vir  Robertus  Keith,  dominus  de  Pol- 
burne, etc.  praetor  hujus  urbis  dignissimus,  qui  summo  omnium 
maerore,  obiit  anno  salutis  humanae,  1640.  ^Etatis  vero  suo3  56. 

"  Nobilis  hsec  Kethi  praetoris  saxea  moles 

Ossa  tegit  famam  non  tege't  ulla  dies. 

Praetorem  civemve  alium  Ketho  mage  dignum 

Urbs  habuit  nunquam,  vix  habitura  parem. 

Lex  haec  firma  marient  niorieiiduui  esse  omnibus  ;  ergo 

Mors  metuenda  minus,  morsque  dolenda  minus. 

Principium  vitae  mors  est,  sic  itur  ad  astra, 

Felix  qui  vivit,  qui  moriturque  Deo. 

Conditus  hoc  tumulo  sic  vixit  niortuus  et  sic, 

Quare  O  felicem  terque  quarterque  virum." 

James  Scott  of  Logie,  Bailie  of  Montrose,  and  his  wife,  Jean 
Taylor,  are  celebrated  thus  : — 

"  Sacrum  memoriae  illustrissimi  viri,  Jacobi  Scoti  terrarum  de 
Logie,  de  Domini,  civitatis  Montisroseae  praetoris  dignissimi,  qui 
obiit  cal.  Novembris  anno  Dom.  1658.  ^Etatis  suae  65.  Ejusque 

pientisssiuias  Joannae  Tailzor,  quas  obiit anno   aetatis 

suae 

"  Hoc  tegitur  corpus  praetoris  marmore  Scoti 
Sed  tegitur  nullo  vivida  fama  loco ; 
Nempe  reformaudas,  vitas  melioris  in  usum 
Hie  veteres  posuit  Loggius  exuvias  ; 


260  FORFARSHIRE. 

Fortunatus  erat,  dum  vixit ;  sed  mage  felix, 
Post  mortem,  Domini  certus  amore  frui. 

"Hunc  lapidem  sepulchralem,  novissimum  pietatis  officium, 
erigendum  curarunt  ejus  filii,  qui  hie  quoque  siti  sunt.  Anno 
1659." 

In  the  following  epitaph  Bailie  Eobert  Arbuthnot  commemorates 
his  wife  and  children : — 

"  Saxeum  hoc  monumentum  egregium  Robertus  Arbuthnetus 
urbis  Montisrosanae  civis  et  subinde  praetor  in  memoriam  pise  juxta 
ac  dilectae  conjugis  Joannas  Beatie,  erigendum  curavit;  quae  post- 
quam  felix  ac  placidum  cummarito  conjugium  per  aliquot  coluisset 
annos,  ex  hac  vita  migravit,  idibus  circiter  Novemb.  anno  Dom. 
1682.  ^Etatis  vero  suae  41.  Quaeque  una  cum  liberis  5  in  hoc 
dormitorio  sepulta  jam  quiescit. 

"  Corporis  exuviae  tumulo  conduntur  et  ossa, 
Spiritus  in  Christi  vivit  at  eatque  sinu. 
Est  ita ;  nam  supera,  quamvis  moriantur,  in  arce, 
Cum  Christo  vivuut,  qui  coluere  Deum. 

"  Sub  hoc  etiam  cippo,  si  Deus  annuerit,  sepulti  jacebunt,  ubi 
suo  quisque  fato  concesserit,  maritus  ipse  ej  usque  liberi  adhuc 
superstites." 

Professor  James  Wishart  (Wise-heart)  is  thus  commemorated  by 
his  widow  : — 

"  Lapidem  hunc  sepulchralem,  conjugalis  sui  amoris  indicium, 
extrui  curavit  Helena  Beatie,  in  memoriam  pii  ac  dilectissimi  sui 
mariti,  Jacobi  Sophocardii,  urbis  Montisrosanae  civis  philologias 
professoris,  qui  obiit  pridie  idus  Octobris,  1683.  vEtatis  suae  60. 

"  Disce  mori,  quicunque  legi   mea  scripta,  viator, 
Omnes  aequa  manent  funera,  disce  mori. 
Disce  mori,  frater ;  discat  cum  praesule  clerus 
Cum  juniore  senex,  cum  sapiente  rudis." 

Three  persons  named  Duncan  have  on  their  common  gravestone 
these  lines  :— 

"  As  everything  a  centre  hath  to  which  it  doth  incline, 
So  all  men  being  made  of  earth,  to  earth  return  in  time ; 


PARISH   OF  MONTROSE.  261 

Those  who  do  here  from  labours  rest  more  lines  stretch  from  a 

centre, 
Some  short,  some  long,  as  he  thought  best  who  is  the  divine 

painter ; 

To  write  elogies  of  those  dead,  I  find  it's  not  my  strain 
If  men  be  honest  and  fear  God,  they're  free  from  future  pain." 

On   the  gravestone   of  Anna  Ochterlony,  spouse   of    Thomas 
Cloudslie,  merchant,  who  died  in  1695,  are  these  verses  : — 

"  A  pious,  prudent,  modest  wife 
And  loving,  frugal,  without  strife 
Hath  left  this  momentary  life 

And  made  choice  of  a  better. 

"  Friends,  neighbours,  children  mourn  their  loss, 
Her  husband  bears  it  as  his  cross, 
But  death  who  came  on  his  pale  horse, 
Would  not  away  without  her. 

"  She's  now  above  the  reach  of  fate, 
Of  change  or  chance  whatever, 
As  being  in  that  happy  state 

Of  bliss  which  changeth  never." 

A  husband  thus  laments  his  affectionate  partner : — 

"  Enclos'd  within  this  coffin  here  doth  lie, 
Exeem'd  from  cares  and  from  all  troubles  free, 
A  woman,  whose  great  virtues  were  such  that 
None  can  them  well  express,  less  imitate. 
Lo,  here's  a  proof  that  death  doth  oft  arrest, 
In  this  sad  instance  not  the  worst,  but  best ; 
Not  much  unlike  those  worms  that  almost  still 
Do  mar  the  fairest  flow'rs,  but  spare  the  ill. 
Now  cease,  dull  muse,  and  silently  deplore 
A  matchless  loss,  and  if  I  could  say  more." 


A  deceased  wife  is  on  her  tombstone  thus  emphatically  com- 
mended : — 

"  She  was,  but  words  are  wanting  to  say  what ; 
Think  what  a  wife  should  be,  and  she  was  that." 


262  FORFAKSIIIUE. 

A  widow  bemoans  her  husband  and  child  in  these  lines  : — 

"  Traveller,  attend,  beneath  the  dust  lies  here 
A  loving  husband  and  a  child  held  dear. 
A  childless  widowed  wife  bemoans  their  early  i'ate, 
And  sad  laments  her  hard,  untoward  state  ; 
Bow'd  down  with  grief,  although  in  years  but  young, 
Silent  the  husband,  and  child's  lisping  tongue. 
Death  cross'd  the  child,  the  lather  nought  could  save, 
One  day,  one  hour,  consign'd  both  to  one  grave." 

Parents  thus  lament  their  departed  children  :  — 

"  Beneath  this  turf  our  children  ly 
And  wait  Christ's  advent  in  the  sky, 
When  every  grave  shall  open  wide 
They'll  climb  to  Heaven,  and  there  reside. 
Death's  lost  his  sting ;  Christ,  rising  from  the  dead, 
Draws  all  the  members  to  attend  the  head." 

.Robert  Adam  has,  on  a  tombstone  bearing  date   1670,  thus 
commemorated  his  four  children  : — 

"  Oh  cruel  Death  !  Oh  furious  Death  !  what  fury  makes  thee  rage, 
Thus  to  cut  down  young,  pleasant  plants,  and  pass  by  crooked 

age? 

But  yet  these  plants,  in  spite  of  tin's,  shall  yet  revive  and  bloom, 
When  thou,  oh  Death,  with  thine  old  scythe,  art  withering  in  the 

tomb." 


PAKISH  OF  MTJKEOES. 

Adjoining  the  parish  church  is  the  burial  vault  of  Fotheringham 
of  Powrie. 

In  the  churchyard  tombstones  commemorate  David  Millar  of 
Ballumby,  who  died  19th  July,  1825,  aged  seventy-one;  David 
Arkley  of  Clepington,  who  died  2nd  August,  1822,  aged  seventy- 
four;  and  the  Uev.  Alexander  Jmlach,  minister  of  the  parish,  who 
died  6th  November,  1808,  in  the  eighty-first  year  of  his.  age  and  the 
forty-seventh  of  his  ministry. 


PARISH    OF   NEWTYLE.  '  263 

PAEISH  OF  NEWTYLE. 

In  the  parish  churchyard  a  mural  monument  is  thus  inscribed  : — 

"  Hie  requiescit  vir  prudens  ac  gravis  generosa  de  Balgillo  familia 
ortus,  Magister  GULIELMUS  BLAIRUS,  qui  placide  ac  pie,  obiit  16 
Novem.  an.  Dom.  1656,  setat.  suae  58.  In  cujus  memoriam  conjunx 
ejus  amantissima  Euphana  Pattullo,  hunc  tumulum  extruxit  juxta 
eum,  ex  quo  filiam  habet  octennem  sepelienda. 

"  Vivit  post  funera  virtus. 
Cujus  hie  tumulum  cernis  nunc  incola  cceli  est, 
Corporis  exubias  quam  premis  abdit  humus." 

The  families  of  Blair  and  Pattullo  have  for  several  centuries  been 
connected  with  the  district. 

In  the  south  wall  of  the  church  the  following  Latin  inscription 
on  a  monumental  tablet  commemorates  James  Alison,  a  progenitor 
of  the  late  Sir  Archibald  Alison,  Bart. : — 

"  Post  mortem  vita.  Infra  conditur  quod  reliquum  est  JACOBI 
ALISON,  hujus  parochise  quondam  incolse  et  decoris  :  nisi  quod  viri 
.  praestantissimi  supersunt  et  vigent  virtutes  hoc  marmore  peren- 
niores :  rara  sci  prudentia  intarninata  fides,  et  pietas  nescia  fraudis. 
Paterfuit  facillimus,  conjux  charissimus,  et  certus  amicus;  omni- 
bus sequus,  benevolus,  et  charus,  et  ut  csetera  complectar,  eximi 
probus.  Itaq.  cum  honesto,  humili,  forti,  sanctoq.  animo,  ho  minibus, 
maritis,  sociis  omnibus  exernplum  consecrasset  integerrimum,  terris 
animo  major,  ad  similes  evolavit  superos.  Natus  erat  .... 
denatus  4  Feb.  1737.  - 

"  Mors  certa  est,  incerta  dies,  incertior  hora  ; 
Consulat  ergo  animo  qui  sapit,  usq  suo." 

Mr.  Alison  was  factor  on  the  estate  of  Belmont ;  he  was  succeeded 
in  his  office  by  his  son,  Patrick,  who  became  proprietor  of  Newhall 
in  Kettins. 

A  tombstone  celebrates  George  Watson,  Esq.,  Bannatyne  House, 
a  county  magistrate,  who  died  in  1813.  His  representative,  Hugh 
Watson,  who  rented  the  farms  of  Keillor  and  Auchterless,  was 
famed  as  an  agriculturist ;  he  died  in  1865,  aged  seventy-seven. 


264  FORFARSIIIHE. 

Several  old  tombstones  commemorate  members  of  the  family  of 
Jobson,  described  as  "  iudwellers  in  the  Haltown  of  Newtyle."  Of 
these  the  first  named,  James,  son  of  James  Jobson  and  Barbara 
Scott,  died  in  July,  1660,  aged  nine  years.  The  family  became 
merchants  in  Dundee,  and  attained  considerable  opulence.  A 
member  of  the  house,  Jane  Jobson,  heiress  of  Lochore,  married  the 
eldest  son  of  Sir  Walter  Scott,  Bart.,  and  is  now  Lady  Scott  of 
Abbotsford  (Vol.  I.  p.  61). 

Eobert  Small,  farmer  Boghead,  (died  1771)  is  on  his  tombstone 
thus  quaintly  commemorated  : — 

"  Here  lies  the  dust  of  Kobert  Small, 
Who,  when  in  life,  was  thick,  not  tall  ; 
But  what's  of  greater  consequence, 
He  was  endowed  with  good  sense, 
O  how  joyful  the  day  in  which 

Death's  pris'ner  shall  be  free, 
And  in  triumph  o'er  all  his  foes 

His  God  in  mercy  see." 


A  tombstone  bearing  date  1675,  celebrates  Gilbert  Mille,  whose 
name  is  made  to  form  an  acrostic.  Mille  attained  his  hundredth 
year.  His  epitaph  proceeds  thus  : — 

"  G  reat  are  the  Wonders  God  hath  Worked 
I  n  Heaven,  and  Earth,  and  Sea ; 
L  ykways  he  many  mercies  hath, 
B  estowed  upon  Me. 
E  uen  in  this  World,  an  Hundred  Years, 
K  emain'd  I  honestly ; 
T  uo  Wedded  Wives  the  tyme  I  had ; 
M  uch  Comfort  were  to  Me. 
I  n  Wedlock's  Band  we  Procreat 
L  awfully  Ws  Betwix  ; 
L  oues  Pledges,  Whos  Eight  number  were 
E  uen  tuo  tymes  ten  and  six. 

My  Spritt  to  God,  I  do  committ, 

My  Body  to  the  Grave ; 

When  Christ  shall  come  and  judge  shall  sitt, 

Shall  them  both  Recave. 


PAKISH   OF  OATHLAW.  265 

From  other  tombstones  in  Newtyle  churchyard  we   have  the 
following  rhymes  : — 

"  This  honest  man  is  from  us  gone, 

Whose  body  lyes  Within  this  Tomb ; 
His  honest  Eeputation  Shall 

Kemain  To  Generations  all ; 
His  Blessed  Soul  for  Ever  more, 
Doth  magnify  the  King  of  Glore." 

"  0  that  men  in  this  world  would  live,  said  I, 
As  not  to  be  ashamed  to  live,  nor  afraid  to  die  ; 
For  all  our  friends  and  neighbours  to  us  dear, 
Unto  our  lives  can't  add  a  single  year. 
The  righteous  need  not  fear  the  sting, 
For  Christ  will  them  to  heaven  bring." 

"  Vnder  this  stone  interred  doth  ly 

This  man  of  honest  fame  ; 
And  of  his  virtues  while  he  liv'd 

His  name  doth  fresh  remain. 
Who  to  his  wife  and  parents  both 

A  help  and  comfort  was  ; 
But  now  the  Lord  hath  crowned  him 

With  joy  in  heavenly  bliss." 


PAEISH  OF  OATHLAW. 

In  Oathlaw  churchyard  a  tombstone  commemorates  the  Eev. 
Thomas  Eaiker,  minister  of  the  parish,  who  died  20th  June,  1803, 
in  his  ninety-second  year  and  the  sixty-third  of  his  ministry.  On 
his  tombstone  are  engraved  these  lines : — 

"  Eests  before  this  stone,  the  mortal  clay 
Of  Thomas  Eaiker,  till  that  awful  day, 
When  Christ  will  send  his  angel  thro'  the  skies 
And  to  the  dead  proclaim — ye  sleepers  rise. 
Then  may  the  Saviour  to  this  servant  say — 
Enjoy  a  Crown  thro'  an  eternal  day." 


206  FOKFAKSHIRE. 

In  the  old  chapel  of  Finhaven  were  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  Panmure  ;  it  is  attached  to 
the  parish  church.  To  the  aisle  were  committed  the  remains 
of  Colonel  the  Honourable  Lauderdale  Maule,  second  son 
of  William,  Lord  Panmure,  who  died  at  Varna,  on  the  1st  August, 
1854.  A  monumental  tablet  has  been  erected  to  his  memory  in  the 
parish  church.  (Vol.  I.  p.  139). 

Gravestones  in  Panbride  churchyard  present  these  rhymes : — 

"  In  memory  of  Jacob's  love, 
Unto  his  Rachel,  now  above ; 
A  pillar  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  me  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  sail 

Our  Admiral  CHRIST  to  meet." 


PARISH  OF  RESCOBIK 

Two  upright  stones  at  Pitscandly  are  supposed  to  denote  the 
spot  where,  about  the  year  831,  Feredeth,  king  of  the  Picts,  fell 
while  contending  in  battle  with  Alpin,  king  of  the  Scots. 


PARISH   OF   KESCOBIE.  267 

In  the  burial-ground  at  Chapelyard,  have  interred  for  many  gen- 
erations the  Piersons  of  Balmadies,  now  of  The  Guynd.  Many  of 
the  tombstones  remain  entire.  The  tombstone  of  Mary,  daughter 
of  Eobert  Pierson,  of  Balmadies,  who  died  10th  November,  1771, 
presents  the  following  lines  : — 

"  Mildness  of  temper,  innocence  of  mind, 
And  softest  manners  \vere  in  her  couibin'd ; 
Sincere  and  open,  undisguis'd  by  art, 
She  form'd  no  wish  but  what  she  might  impart. 
Easy  and  social,  cheerful  and  resigned, 
Harmless  thro'  life,  the  sister  and  the  friend. 
In  early  age,  call'd  to  resign  her  breath, 
Patient  in  sickness,  undismay'd  at  death, 
A  sister's  grief  ('tis  friendship's  sacred  claim), 
Pays  this  small  tribute  to  a  sister's  name." 

A  monument,  enclosed  by  a  railing,  is  thus  inscribed  : — 

"  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  Margaret  Ouchterlony,  second 
daughter  of  John  Ouchterlony,  Esq.  of  The  Guynd,  and  widow  of 
James  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  thee  ; 
One  thought  shall  check  the  starting  tear, 

It  is — that  thou  art  free  ! 
And  thus  shall  Faith's  consoling  power 

The  tears  of  Love  restrain — 
Oh  !  who  that  saw  thy  parting  hour 

Could  wish  thee  here  again  ?" 

On  tombstones  in  Piescobie  churchyard  are  these  metrical 
inscriptions : — 

"  My  husband's  here,  and  daughter  dear, 
Also  a  son  of  mine  ; 
In  dust  do  lie ;  but  yet  on  high 
I  hope  their  souls  do  shine. 
I've  other  five  this  date  survive, 
Two  daughters,  and  three  sons  ; 
May  they  with  grace,  pursue  their  race 
Till  once  their  srlass  is  run." 


268  FOKFARSHII;E. 

"  Inconstant  eaith,  why  do  not  mortals  cease 
To  build  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  smiles,  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  like  within  the  deep, 
Or  like  the  moon  or  stars  in  day, 
Lie  hid  and  languish  quite  away ; 
Even  as  the  grave  the  dead  receives, 
Man  being  dead  he  death  deceives. 
The  seed  springs,  and  Lazarus  stands, 
Tabitha  wakes,  and  Jonas  lands ; 
The  moon  appears,  and  stars  remain, 
So  man  being  dead  shall  live  again." 


PARISH  OF  ST.  VIGEANS. 

A  Roman  cross  in  St.  Vigeans  churchyard  presents  the  usual  em- 
blems. A  portion  of  another  ancient  cross  is  built  in  the  wall  of 
the  church. 

A  vault  under  the  church  contains  the  remains  of  Sir  Peter  Young 
one  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 
government  he  appointed  Young  his  royal  almoner.  Acquiring  the 
lands  of  Easter  Seaton  in  St.  Vigeans  parish  he  there  established 
his  residence.  He  died  at  Easter  Seaton  on  the  7th  January 
1628. 


PARISH   OF  ST.   VIGEANS.  269 

On  tombstones  in  St.  Vigeans   churchyard  are  the  following 
rhymes  : — 

"  Death  rides  on  every  passing  breeze, 

He  lurks  in  every  flower, 
Each  season  has  its  own  disease 
Its  peril  every  hour." 

"  Ye  who  with  careless  footsteps  tread 
The  hallowed  mansions  of  the  dead, 
Let  every  grave  that  meets  your  eye 
Eemind  you  man  was  born  to  die  ! 
But  know  he  has  not  liv'd  in  vain, 
Who  dies  prepar'd  to  live  again." 


"  Short  was  our  life  but  long  our  rest  may  be 
Cut  off  in  youth,  as  you  may  plainly  see  ; 
Nursed  up  with  care  for  parents  dear  had  we, 
Which  loved  us  well  but  grieve  to  see  us  die. 
Dear  parents  weep  no  more  but  be  content, 
For  unto  you  alas  we  were  but  lent." 

"  Think,  vain  fond  heart,  when  on  the  day 
Of  that  tremendous  awful  deep 
Eternity  in  sad  suspense  I  stood ; 
How  all  my  trifling  hopes  and  fears 
My  senseless  joys  and  idle  tears 
Vanish'd  at  prospect  of  the  frightful  flood." 

"  1'hat  tear  I  pay,  with  my  last  breath, 

In  death  I  heard  thee  sing, 
Short  was  thy  song  but  how  sublime, 
Oh  death,  where  is  thy  sting  ! 

"  Our  sun  was  nipt  in  early  bloom, 
He  left  this  scene  of  idle  care, 
He's  reached  his  Father's  house  in  peace, 
We  mourn,  but  there's  no  mourning  there." 


"  Ah,  who  of  to-morrow  can  boast  ? 
What  mortal  on  earth  is  secure  ? 


270  FOKFARSIIIRE. 

To-morrow  may  vanquish  a  host ; 

To-niorrow  a  monarch  be  poor  ! 
A  day  and  our  joys  they  are  fled, 

An  hour  and  we're  laid  with  the  dead, 
A  moment  and  we  are  no  more." 


How  frail,  how  short's  the  life  of  man  ! 
Less  than  a  hand  breadth  or  a  span, 
Death's  arrows  thick  about  us  II  y, 
The  slain  on  every  hand  doth  lye, 
Some  young,  some  old  go  off  the  stage, 
Death  spares  not  them  of  smallest  age, 
God  plucks  his  flowers  at  any  time, 
He  knows  what's  best,  let  none  repine." 


"  Here  lies  a  wife,  a  wife  most  dear, 
A  tender  mother's  dust  lies  here ; 
She  liv'd  belov'd  and  mourn'd  she  died. 
Her  life  was  asked,  but  God  the  gift  denied ; 
Under  the  stroke  of  death's  unsparing  rod 
She  calmly  yielded  up  her  fleeting  breath, 
But  with  a  hope  that  firmly  cleav'd  to  God, 
She  felt  not  what  is  terrible  in  death." 


"  Frail  mortal  who  dost  read  these  lines, 

This  truth  fix  in  thy  breast, 
That  in  the  course  of  rapid  time 

Thou  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  another  day 

Make  up  thy  peace  with  God, 
And  in  the  vale  of  death  he  will 

Support  thee  with  his  rod." 


PARISH   OF  BANCiiOUY-DEVENICK.  271 


KINCARDINESHIRE. 


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  promoter  of  the  Reformation.  Within  the  aisle  is 
the  recumbent  effigy  of  Hugo  de  Arbuthnot,  an  early  member  of 
the  House,  who  flourished  in  the  thirteenth  century.  He  married 
a  .daughter  of  the  House  of  Moreville,  and  his  wife's  arms  and  his 
own  are  sculptured  on  his  monument. 


PARISH  OF  BANCHORY-DEVENICK. 

In  the  parish  churchyard  a  monument  to  the  memory  of  the  Rev. 
Dr.  Morrison  and  his  wife  is  thus  inscribed  : 

"  Erected  by  George  Morrison,  D.D.,  minister  of  this  parish,  as  a 
tribute  to  the  many  virtues  of  his  deceased  wife  Margaret  Jaffray, 
who  died  llth  June,  1837,  in  her  80th  year.  In  the  same  grave 
are  deposited  the  remains  of  her  husband,  Dr.  Morrison  of  Elsick 
and  Disblair,  the  revered  pastor,  and  munificent  benefactor  of  this 
parish  during  sixty  years,  who,  on  the  llth  July,  1845,  died 
Father  of  the  Church  of  Scotlaud,  in  the  88th  year  of  his  age,  and 
63rd  of  his  ministry." 

Within  the  church  a  marble  tablet  celebrates  Agnes  Fordyce  of 
the  family  of  Fordyce  of  Ardo;  she  died  20th  of  November,  1834, 
a^ed  76. 


272  KINCARDINESHIRE. 

Tombstones  commemorate  members  of  the  family  of  Corbet  of 
Beildside. 

On  Cotcraig  Rock  a  granite  obelisk  commemorates  the  late  Prince 
Consort ;  it  was  reared  by  Alexander  Thomson,  Esq.,  of  Banchory, 
and  is  thus  inscribed  : 

"  In  remembrance  of  the  visit  of  H.R.H.  Albert,  Prince  Consort, 
to  this  spot,  15th  September,  1859." 


PARISH  OF  BANCHORY-TERNAN. 

On  Scultie-hill  a  monument  erected  by  his  tenantry  and  neigh- 
bours commemorates  the  late  General  William  Burnett  of  Ban- 
chory Lodge.  He  was  born  19th  February,  1702,  and  died  7lh 
February,  1839. 

In  the  parish  churchyard  a  mortuary  enclosure  contains  three 
tablets  thus  inscribed  : — 

"  In  memory  of  Thomas  Ramsay,  second  son  of  Sir  Alexr.  Ram- 
say of  Balmain,  Bart.,  and  of  his  wife  Dame  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
Sir  Alexr.  Bannerman,  Bart.  He  was  a  Captain  in  H.B.M.'s  Army, 
served  in  the  Peninsula  and  at  Waterloo  :  born  24th  Feb.,  1786, 
died  18th  Deer.  1857,  aged  71.  And  also  of  Thomas  Ramsay,  R.N., 
second  son  of  the  above  Capt.  T.  Ramsay,  and  of  Margaret,  daughter 
of  Sir  Robert  Burnett  of  Leys,  Bart.,  his  second  wife,  born  13th  of 
Jany.  1828,  died  17th  of  Jany.  1856,  aged  28." 

"  Catherine  Ramsay,  second  daughter  of  Capt.  T.  Ramsay,  and 
Jane  Cruikshank,  born  April  16th,  1822,  died  Aug.  21,  1843, 
aged  21. 

"  William  Burnett-Ramsay  of  Banchory  Lodge,  late  Captain  in 
H.M's.  Rifle  Brigade,  and  Lieutenant-Colonel  of  the  Forfar  ami 
Kincardineshire  Militia  Artillery,  born  llth  April,  1821,  died  6th 
Nov.  1865. 

In  honour  of  Captain  T.  Ramsay  a  memorial  fountain  has  been 
raised  in  the  village  of  Bauchory. 


PARISH   OF   BANCHORY-TERNAN.  273 

In  the  Tilwhilly  aisle  of  the  old  church  monuments  celebrate 
John  Douglas  of  Tilwhilly,  who  died  6th  March,  1773,  aged 
thirty-six ;  Mrs.  Hannah  Douglas,  widow  of  John  Douglas,  of  Til- 
whilly, and  daughter  of  Sir  G.  L.  A.  Colquhoun,  of  Tillyquharn, 
Bart.,  who  died  16th  April,  1835,  aged  eighty-three;  John  Doug- 
las, of  Tilwhilly,  who  died  6th  July,  1812,  aged  forty ;  George  Lewis 
Augustus  Douglas,  sheriff  of  Kincardineshire,  died  30th  October, 
1847,  aged  seventy-six ;  and  John  Douglas  of  Tilquhillie  and 
Talkenhorst,  Austria,  died  llth  October,  1870.  The  learned  John 
Douglas,  D.D.,  Bishop  of  Salisbury,  was  son  of  the  youngest  brother 
of  the  proprietor  of  Tilwhilly. 

A  marble  tablet  is  thus  inscribed  : — 

"  Hie  jacent  Reverendi  Magistri  Jacobus  Reid,  a  familia  de  Pit- 
fodels  oriundus,  Banchoriensis  Ecclesise  Pastor,  a  Reformatione 
primus;  Robertus  Reid  dicti  Jacobi  films,  et  Robertus  Reid, 
Roberti  dicti  nepos,  uterque  Ecclesise  ejusdem  Pastores.  Hie  jacent 
Magister  Thomas  Reid,  qui  obijt  in  Eslie,  anno  setatis  76  ;  et 
Joanna  Buruet,  ejus  conjux,  quse  obiit  anno  setatis  90.  Necnon 
Thomas  Reid,  quondam  in  Pitenkirie,  qui  monumentum  hoc  erigi 
curavit,  et  obiit  31  Januarii  1733,  setatis  suse  76,  et  Agnes  Fergu- 
son, ejus  conjux,  quse  obiit  21  die  Decembris,  1728,  aetatis  70.  Pet- 
rus  Reid  et  Catherina  Reid,  eorum  liberi." 

Thomas  Reid,  first-named  in  the  inscription,  was  classical 
secretary  to  James  VI. ;  he  composed  latin,  verses,  and  made  valu- 
able additions  to  the  library  of  Marischal  College.  Robert  Reid 
(grandson  of  Robert)  was  great-grandfather  of  Professor  Thomas 
Reid,  the  eminent  metaphysician. 

Tombstones  commemorate  George  Read,  M.D.,  physician  in  Lon- 
don, who  died  in  1754,  aged  eighty-seven;  Rev.  Robert  Burnet  of 
Sauchine,  minister  of  the  parish,  who  died  18th  June,  1701,  aged 
fifty-three ;  Duncan  Davidson  of  Tilliechetly,  and  Inchmarlo,  who 
died  8th  December,  1849,  aged  76  ;  Rev.  Francis  Dauney,  minis- 
ter of  the  parish  who  died  2nd  April,  1800,  aged  82  ;  and  the  Rev. 
James  Gregory,  minister  of  the  parish,  who  died  8th  September, 
1829,  aged  eighty-three. 

A  granite  obelisk  at  Bellfield  thus  commemorates  the  learned  and 
ingenious  Dr.  Francis  Adams  : — 

VOL.  II.  T 


274  KINC.\i;l>INFSHIKF. 

"In  memoriam  Francisci  Adams,  M.D.,  LL.D.,  medicortim 
omnium  quotquot  Scotia  tolit,  literarum  thesauris  necnon  scientia- 
rum  opibus  eruditissimi.  Diu  in  hac  valle  reducta,  ab  aula  et  aca- 
demia  procul,  medicinse  simul  et  musis,  vir  vere  Appollinaris,  fi de- 
liter  inserviit.  Natus  Lumphanani  III.  Id.  Mart.  MDCCXCVI. 
Mortuus  Banchorise  IV.  Kal.  Mart.  MDCCCLXI.  Carissimi  capi- 
tis  desiderio  ainici  posuere. 


PARISH  OF  BENHOLME. 

A  monument,  built  in  the  wall  of  the  church,  being  recovered 
from  the  aisle  of  the  older  structure,  is  inscribed  as  follows  : — 

"  Hie  .  jacet  .  Domina  .  Maria  .  Keyth  .  charissima  .  filia  . 
nobilissimi  .  commitis  .  illustrissimique  .  Domini .  Georgii  .  comitis 
.  Marescalli  .  Domini  .  Keyth  .  et  .  Altrie  .  &c.  .  et  .  nobilissimse  . 
clarissimseque  .  Dominae  .  Dnae  .  Margar  .  Ogilvy  .  Marescalli  . 
comitissse  .  quae  .  fselix  .  in  .  Domino  .  obiit  .  14  .  Octob  .  Anno 
Domini  .  1620  .  ^Etatis  .  suse  .  5o." 

"  Vix  lustrum  vixit  .  mirabere  plurima  vixit 
Longaeva  ilia  mihi .  quae  bene  vixit  .  erit 
Fselix  vita  obitus  fselicior  .  ultima  vox  hsec 
Cum  Christo  ut  vivam  .  nunc  mihi  dulce  mori 
Vera  igitur  Maria  es.     Marthae  mundana  relinquis 
Cum  Maria  semper  vive  .  fruare  Deo." 

Lady  Margaret  Ogilvy,  daughter  of  James,  Lord  Ogilvy,  ancestor 
of  the  Earls  of  Airlie,  was  second  wife  of  George,  fifth  Earl 
Marischal,  the  munificent  founder  of  Marischal  College,  Aberdeen. 

The  Scotts  of  Benholm,  interred  in  the  churchyard.  Their 
burial-place  is  denoted  by  a  tombstone  thus  inscribed  : — 

"Pise  memoriae  justisque  meritis  patris  et  mariti  optimi,  Robert! 
Scott  a  Benholm  qui  mortalitatis  caeno  relicto,  in  immortalitatis 
sedem  sublatus  est,  aetatis  suse  anno  LXIV.  Salutis  vero  huraanse 
MDCXC.  X.  kal.  Feb  mausoleum  hoc  quale  quale  sacrum  voluit 
superstes  sua  soboles  et  vidua  Dna  Catharina  Ellis." 

"  Tumulus  seu  defunctus 
Ne  gemitu  somnum,  ne  turbes  gaudia  luctu 


PARISH   OF   DUNNOTTAR.  275 

Ne  laurum  lachrymis  pollue  quisquis  ades. 
Certavi  hanc  vitae  pugnam,  victoria  parta  est 
Et  membris  fessis  obtigit  alma  quies 
Explevi  numerum  vitse  ;  terraque  relicta 
Carpo  ccelestis  gaudia  Jerusalem." 


PAEISH  OF  BEEVIE. 

In  the  parish  churchyard  a  tombstone  commemorates  George 
Small,  a  respected  philanthropist.  Born  at  Edinburgh,  on  the 
26th  May,  1782,  he  served  some  years  as  an  officer  in  a  regi- 
ment of  fencibles.  He  subsequently  became  a  partner  in  the  firm 
of  Muir,  Wood  &  Co.,  music- sellers,  Edinburgh.  When  a  magis- 
trate of  Edinburgh,  in  1832,  he  established  the  House  of  Eefuge 
in  that  city ;  he  subsequently  originated  the  Lock  Hospital,  and 
other  benevolent  institutions.  In  1848  he  retired  from  business. 
He  latterly  resided  in  Bervie,  where  he  died,  llth  July,  1861. 

A  monument  denotes  the  resting-place  of  Alexander  Aberdein, 
late  Deputy  Commissary  of  Ordnance,  Bengal ;  he  died  in  December, 
1810,  aged  fifty-three. 


PAEISH  OF  DUNNOTTAE. 

In  the  parish  churchyard  the  burial-aisle  of  the  Earls  Marischal 
forms  a  conspicuous  object ;  according  to  a  date  above  the  door- 
way it  was  built  in  1582,  by  George,  fifth  Earl  Marischal,  the 
founder  of  Marischal  College.  His  lordship  died  in  1623,  and 
was  buried  in  the  aisle.  Within  the  railing  beside  the  aisle, 
a  tombstone  commemorates  the  parents  of  Sir  George  Ogilvy, 
Governor  of  Dunnottar  Castle.  It  is  inscribed  thus : — 

"  Here  lyes  a  famovs  and  worthy  gentillman,  William  Ogilvy,  of 
Lumger,  and  Catharin  Straqvhan,  his  spovs,  he  being  seventy  - 
six  years  of  age,  departed  this  lyef  the  28  of  Feb.  1651." 


27(5  KINCARDINESHIRE. 

Mr.  Ogilvy  was  a  cadet  of  the  House  of  Inverquharity,  and  his 
wife  was  a  niece  of  the  Baronet  of  Thornton. 

According  to  Wodrow,  167  persons  were,  in  1635,  brought  from 
the  west  of  Scotland  and  imprisoned  in  Dunnottar  Castle  for  sup- 
porting the  covenant.  Of  these  nine  died  at  Dunnottar,  and  to 
their  memory  some  of  the  survivors,  after  the  Kevolution,  erected 
a  tombstone,  thus  inscribed : — 

"  Here  lyes  John  Stot,  James  Atchison,  James  Russell,  and 
William  Broun,  and  one  whose  name  wee  have  not  gotten,  and  two 
women  whose  names  also  wee  know  not,  and  two  who  perished 
comeing  doune  the  Eock,  one  whose  name  was  James  Watson, 
the  other  not  known,  who  all  died  prisoners  at  Dunnottar  Castle, 
anno  1685,  for  their  adherence  to  the  Word  of  God  and  Scotland's 
Covenanted  work  of  Reformation.  Rev.  11  ch.  1£  verse." 

On  the  gravestone  of  David  Rannie,  who  died  in  1802,  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  human  pride." 


PARISH  OF  FETTERCAIRN. 

In  the  parish  churchyard  are  mortuary  enclosures  belonging  to 
the  proprietors  of  Fasque,  Fettercairn,  and  Arnhall.  Fasque  estate 
formerly  belonged  to  the  Ramsays,  Baronets  of  Balmain ;  it  is  now 
in  the  possession  of  Sir  Thomas  Gladstone,  Bart. 

A  monument  of  white  marble,  in  the  interior  of  St.  Andrew's 
Episcopal  Church,  commemorates  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  llth  December,  1764,  died  7th  December, 


PARISH   OF  FETTERCAIRN.  277 

1851.     And  of  his  wife,  Ann  Robertson,  born  4  Aug.,  1772  ;  died 
23  Sept.,  1835." 

Son  of  Thomas  Gladstone,  shopkeeper  in  Leith,  Sir  John  Glad- 
stone was  there  born  in  1764.  In  his  twenty-second  year  he 
proceeded  to  Liverpool,  as  clerk  to  a  firm  of  corn-merchants ;  he 
subsequently  became  a  partner  in  the  concern.  Possessed  of  re- 
markable forethought  and  great  commercial  enterprise,  he  amassed 
a  large  fortune  and  entered  Parliament.  On  retiring  from  busi- 
ness he  purchased  the  estate  of  Fasque.  He  was  created  a  baronet 
in  1846.  Ann  Robertson,  his  second  wife,  was  daughter  of  the 
Sheriff  of  Dingwall. 

In  the  same  church  a  monumental  cross  celebrates  Captain 
Gladstone,  R.N. ;  it  is  engraved  thus : — 

"In  gloriam  honoremque  Dei  et  in  memoriam  dilectissimam 
Johannis-Neilson  Gladstone,  in  Classe  Regali  Xavarchi,  qui  obiit 
A.D.  1863,  hunc  cancellum  ecclesise  Sti.  Andrese  adstrui  curavit 
frater  mserens,  T.  G.,  A.D.  1867. 

Captain  Gladstone  was  third  son  of  the  late  Sir  John  Gladstone, 
Bart. ;  he  was  sometime  M.P.  for  Walsall. 

Memorial  windows  in  St.  Andrew's  Church  celebrate  Ann 
M'Kenzie  Gladstone,  born  1802,  died  1829;  and  Robert  Gladstone, 
who  died  in  1835 ;  sister  and  brother  of  the  present  baronet. 

A  stained  window  in  St. .  Andrew's  Church,  and  a  memorial 
fountain  in  Fettercairn  village,  commemorate  Sir  John  Hepburn 
Stuart-Forbes,  Bart.,  born  September  25,  1804,  died  28th  May, 
1866.  Sir  John  was  much  esteemed  as  a  social  reformer  and  a 
promoter  of  agriculture. 

In  Fettercairn  churchyard  a  tombstone  is  thus  inscribed : — 

"  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  George  Kinloch,  Esq.,  Deputy  Judge 
Advocate  and  Master  in  Chancery,  in  the  island  of  Jamaica,  who  died 
at  Stonehaven,22  April,  1802,  aged  60,  and  of  Mrs.  Susannah  Wiggles- 
worth,  his  spouse,  who  died  at  Edinburgh,  7  May,  1841,  aged  81. 
Their  surviving  children,  Alexander,  George  Ritchie,  Lydia,  and  Maria 
Kinloch,  have  erected  this  stqne  as  a  mark  of  their  filial  affection, ' 

George  Ritchie  Kinloch,  named  in  the  inscription,  edited,  in 
1827,  a  volume  of  "  Ancient  Scottish  Ballads." 


278  KINCARDINESHIKK. 

These  rhymes  are  from  tombstones  in  Fettercairn  churchyard 

"  The  tyrant  death  spares  neither  age  nor  sex, 
The  gayest  mark  he  haughtily  affects  ; 
I 'iii-cuts  from  children,  husbands  from  their  wives, 
He  often  tears  when  most  they  wish  their  lives  ; 
Learn  then  to  fix  on  nothing  here  below, 
But  on  thy  God, — he'll  Heaven  on  thee  bestow." 

"  He  as  a  rock  among  vast  billows  stood  ; 
Scorning  loud  winds  and  raging  of  the  flood; 
And  fix'd  remaining  all  the  force  defies, 
Muster'd  from  threat'ning  seas,  and  thundering  skies, 
To  keep  amen  his  end  still  to  observe, 
And  from  the  laws  of  nature  neer  to  swerve." 


"  Under  this  stone  the  man  and  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, 
Will  from  one  dust  all  the  three  bodies  rise, 
Which,  winged  to  the  celestial  joys  above, 
Shall  never  cease  to  sing  their  praise  and  love." 


PARISH  OF  FETTEKESSO. 

The  interior  of  the  old  cliuich  is  used  as  a  place  of  interment. 
At  the  east  end  is  the  burial  place  of  Duff,  of  Fetteresso ;  it  con- 
tains an  elegant  marble  monument  in  memory  of  Colonel  Robert 
W.  Duff,  and  his  wife,  Mary  Morrison,  grand-daughter  of  General 
Abercrombie  of  Glassaugh,  M.P.  The  aisle  is  used  by  the 
families  of  Hepburn  of  Rickarton  and  Gordon  of  Newhall.  On 
the  north  side,  beside  the  aisle  a  stone,  dated  1610,  commemorates 
Francis  Hay,  "  son  to  the  Laird  of  Wry." 

A  tombstone  celebrates,  in  a  latin  inscription,  the  Rev.  Andrew 
Milne,  minister  of  the  parish,  who  died  12th  October,  1640.  His 


PARISH   OF   FETTERESSO.  279 

father,  who  bore  the  same  Christian  name,  was  originally  master  of 
the  grammar  school  of  Montrose,  where  he  taught  the  celebrated 
James  Melville,  who  has  commemorated  him  in  his  Diary. 

A  monument,  erected  by  the  members  of  his  congregation,  com- 
memorates the  Eev.  John  Ballantyne,  of  the  United  Presbyterian 
church,  Stonehaven,  who  died  oth  December,  1830,  in  the  fifty- 
first  year  of  his  age,  and  the  twenty-fourth  of  his  ministry.  Mr. 
Ballantyue  composed  a  philosophical  work,  entitled  "  An  Examina- 
tion of  the  Human  Mind." 

In  the  church  a  monument  commemorates  John  Fullarton,  who 
died  10th  July,  1620,  aged  seventy-nine ;  he  is  supposed  to  have 
been  one  of  the  Fullartons  of  Cowie. 

A  plain  stone  denotes  the  grave  of  Eobert  Duthie,  an  ingenious 
poet.  Born  at  Stonehaven  on  the  2nd  of  February,  1826,  he  was 
in  his  14th  year  apprenticed  to  his  father  in  the  baking  trade.  He 
afterwards  taught  a  school,  but  on  the  death  of  his  father  in  1847, 
he  resumed  his  trade,  with  the  view  of  supporting  his  mother  and 
her  young  family.  During  his  hours  of  leisure  he  composed  verses. 
His  "  Song  of  the  Old  Eover "  and  "  Boatman's  Song "  have 
obtained  considerable  popularity.  After  a  period  of  declining  health 
Mr.  Duthie  died,  on  the  4th  January,  1865.  His  poems  and  songs> 
accompanied  with  a  memoir,  were  published  posthumously; 

Within  the  ruin  of  the  old  chapel  at  Cowie,  is  the  burial  vault 
of  Innes  of  Cowie.  Tombstones  commemorate  John  Innes 
"  formerly  of  Leuchars,  and  for  many  years  sheriff  substitute  of  the 
county,  who  died  10th  July,  1827,  in  his  eightieth  year  ;  "  also  "  Jean 
Innes,  who  died  26th  June,  1831,  aged  eighty -two."  Mr.  Iniies  was 
a  cadet  of  the  ancient  "  House  of  Cowie ; "  his  son  is  Professor 
Cosmo  Innes,  the  eminent  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  1741  conditum  auspicio  Eoberti  Barclay  de  Ury,  .sump- 
tibus  autem  fratris  sui  Davidis  Barclay,  mercatoris  Londonensis, 
ad  majorum  cineres  tegendos,  iiernpe  Avi  Colonelli  Davidis  Barclay 


280  KJNCARDLNESHIRE. 

de  Ury,  filii  et  hseredis  Davidis  Barclay  de  Matheris ;  Patris  Robert! 
Barclay  de  Ury,  Apologise  Auctoris ;  nee  non  Matris,  lectissiinae  ob 
vitse  sanctimoniam'  et  raram  beneficentiam  qua  miseris  et  aegris, 
quotidie  opitulabatur  exemplum  lucidum  posteris  indicatum  est 
moribus  ingenio  candore,  et  sanguine  clari  cultores  verse  religionis 
erant." 

David  Barclay,  at  whose  cost  the  aisle  was  constructed,  was  an 
opulent  merchant  in  London ;  he  had  the  honour  of  entertaining 
Queen  Anne  and  the  first  three  Georges  during  their  state  visits 
to  the  city. 

A  monument  in  the  aisle  presents  the  following  pedigree  of  the 
Barclay  family : — 

"1.  Theobald  de  Berkeley,  born  A.D.  1110,  lived  in  the  time  of 
Alexander  the  First  and  David  the  First,  Kings  of  Scotland.  2. 
Humphrey  his  sou,  cousiu  of  Walter  de  Berkeley,  Great  Chamber- 
lain of  the  kingdom,  became  owner  of  a  large  domain  in  this  county 
and  from  the  lands  of  Balfeith,  Monboddo,  Glenfarquhar,  and  other 
portions  of  it  granted  to  the  monks  of  Aberbrothwick,  donations 
that  wrere  confirmed  by  William  the  Lion.  3.  Richenda,  his  only 
child,  renewed  and  made  additions  to  these  donations,  and  her  grants 
were  confirmed  by  K.  Alexander  the  Second.  4.  Dying  with- 
out issue,  she  was  succeeded  by  John  de  Berkeley,  brother  of  Hum- 
phrey, who  dispossessed  the  monks  of  all  these  donations,  but  was 
obliged  to  compromise  and  give  them  instead  a  portion  of  his  lands 
of  Conveth,  and  that  transaction  was  confirmed  by  K.  Alexander 
the  Second.  5.  Robert  de  Berkeley,  son  of  John,  had  concurred  in  his 
father's  compromise  with  the  monks.  6.  Hugh  de  Berkeley,  son  of 
Robert,  obtained  from  King  Robert  Bruce  a  charter  over  the  lands  of 
Westerton  and  Conveth.  7.  Alexander  de  Berkeley,  son  and  suc- 
cessor of  Hugh,  married  Catherine,  sister  of  William  de  Keith, 
Marischal  of  Scotland,  A.D.  1351,  and  by  that  marriage  added  to 
the  paternal  estates  the  then  extensive  domain  of  Mathers,  con- 
veyed by  charter  from  the  Marischal  confirmed  by  King  David 
Bruce.  8.  David  de  Berkeley,  2nd  of  Mathers,  married  the  daughter 
of  John  de  Seton.  9.  His  son  Alexander  de  Berkeley,  3rd  of 
Mathers,  married  Helen,  daughter  of  Grahame  of  Morphie.  10. 
Their  son  David  de  Berkeley,  4th  of  Mathers,  who  built  an  im- 
pregnable castle  called  the  Kaira  of  Mathers,  and  according  to 
tradition,  there  took  refuge  on  account  of  his  concern  in  the  mur- 
der of  Melville,  the  sheriff ;  married  the  daughter  of  Strachan  of 
Thornton.  11.  His  son  Alexander,  5th  of  Mathers,  married  the 


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daughter  of  Wisliart  of  Pitarrow ;  he  changed  the  spelling  of  the 
family  name  to  Barclay.  12.  His  son  David  Barclay,  6th  of  Mathers 
married  Janet,  daughter  of  Irvine  of  Drum.  13.  Alexander  Bar- 
clay, 7th  of  Mathers,  son  of  David,  married  the  daughter  of  Auch- 
inlech  of  Glenbervie,  and  anno  1497,  sold  the  lands  of  Slains  and 
Falside  to  Moncur  of  Knapp.  14.  George  Barclay,  8th  of  Mathers, 
his  son,  married  the  daughter  of  Sir  James  Auchterlony,  of  Auch- 
terlony  and  Kelly.  15.  His  son  David  Barclay,  9th  of  Mathers, 
married,  first  the  daughter  of  Rait  of  Hallgreen,  by  whom  he  had  a 
son  George ;  and  second,  Catherine  Home,  and  to  John,  his  son  by 
her  he  gave  the  lands  of  Johnston.  16.  George  Barclay,  10th  of 
Mathers,  elder  son  of  David,  married  first,  the  daughter  of  Sir 
Thomas  Erskine  of  Brechin,  Secretary  to  James  V.  of  Scotland;  second 
the  daughter  of  Wood  of  Bonnington,  to  his  son  by  her  he  gave  the 
lands  of  Bridgetonand  Jackston.  17.  Thomas  Barclay,  llth  of  Mathers, 
elder  son  of  George,  married  the  daughter  of  Straiton  of  Lauriston. 
18.  David  Barclay,  12th  of  Mathers,  son  of  Thomas,  was  born 
anno  1580  :  polite  and  accomplished,  he  lived  much  at  Court, 
incurring  extravagant  expenses,  to  the  great  impairment  of  his 
fortune,  whereby  he  was  obliged  to  sell  five  valuable  estates ;  he 
married  first,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Livingston  of  Dunnipace,  by 
whom  he  had  five  sons  and  a  daughter ;  second,  Margaret  Keith, 
granddaughter  of  Earl  Marischal.  To  his  daughter  he  gave  a 
handsome  fortune,  to  his  sons  a  liberal  education ;  the  two  eldest 
died  young.  David,  the  third,  became  eminently  conspicuous; 
Eobert,  the  fourth,  was  rector  of  the  Scots  College  at  Paris  ;  James, 
the  youngest,  a  Captain  of  Horse,  fell  gloriously  at  the  Battle  of 
Philiphaugh.  19.  Colonel  David  Barclay,  the  first  of  Ury,  third 
son  of  David,  12th  of  Mathers,  was  born  anno  1610,  at  Kirktonhill, 
the  ancient  seat  of  the  family.  Instructed  in  every  accomplishment 
of  the  age,  he  entered  as  a  volunteer  the  service  of  Gustavus  Adol- 
phus  of  Sweden,  in  which  he  so  distinguished  himself  as  'to  gain 
the  favour  of  that  Monarch ;  but  called  home  by  the  Civil  Wars 
which  distracted  Scotland,  he  was,  anno  1646,  placed  in  the 
Colonelcy  of  a  Eoyal  Regiment  of  Horse,  and  was  repeatedly  en- 
trusted with  the  command  of  an  army,  and  the  military  government 
of  considerable  portions  of  the  kingdom,  in  all  which  positions  he 
acquitted  himself  with  skill  and  bravery,  and  rendered  important 
service  to  his  country.  In  1647,  he  married  Catherine,  daughter 
of  Sir  Eobert  Gordon  of  Gordonston,  who  \y  as  second  son  of  the 
Earl  of  Sutherland  by  Jane,  daughter  of  the  Marquis  of  Huntly, 
and  was  also  cousin  to  King  James  the  Sixth  of  Scotland.  The 
estates  of  the  Barclays  of  Mathers  having  been  nearly  all  disposed 
of  by  his  father,  the  Colonel  acquired,  by  purchase  from  Earl 
Marisghal,  the  barony  of  Ury,  and  there  fixed  the  residence  of  his 


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family.  He  sat  in  the  Scots  Parliament  as  representative  succes- 
sively for  Sutherlandshire  and  the  counties  of  Angus  and  Meurns. 
See  his  gravestone  adjacent  hereto. 

Tablets  and  monuments  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,  daughter  of  Livingston, 
of  Duuipace.  He  was  born  anno  1610 ;  bought  the  barony  of 
Urie,  1648  ;  having  religiously  abdicated  the  world  in  1666,  he 
joined  the  Quakers,  and  died  12  of  October  1686." 

"The  grave  of  Robert  Barclay,  of  Urie,  Author  of  the  "  Apologie 
for  the  Quakers,"  son  and  heir  of  Colonel  David  Barclay,  of  Urie, 
and  Katherine,  daughter  of  the  first  Sir  Robert  Gordon,  of  Gordon- 
ston.  He  was  born  Deer.  23,  1648,  and  died  Octr.  3,  16'JO. 
Also  of  his  wife,  Christian,  daughter  of  Gilbert  Mollison,  Merchant 
in  Aberdeen.  She  was  born  Anno  1647,  and  died  Febry.  14, 
1723." 


"  The  grave  of  Robert  Barclay,  of  Ury,  son  and  heir  of  Robert 
Barclay,  of  Ury,  and  of  Christian,  daughter  of  Gilbert  Mollison, 
merchant  in  Aberdeen,  and  eldest  son  of  Thomas  Mollison,  of 
Lauchintully.  He  was  born  March  the  25th,  1672,  and  died 
March  the  27th,  1747." 

s 

"The  grave  of  Robert  Barclay,  of  Ury,  and  Elizabeth  O'Brian, 
daughter  of  James  O'Brian,  Esq.,  of  London,  and  sou  of  Colonel 
O'Brian,  of  the  Kingdom  of  Ireland.  He  was  grandson  to  Robert 
Barclay,  of  Ury,  Author  of  the  "Apology  for  the  Quakers;"  was 
born  20th  July,  1699,  and  died  10th  October,  1760." 

"  The  grave  of  Une  Cameron,  wife  of  Robert  Barclay,  of  Ury, 
and  daughter  of  Sir  Evan  Cameron,  of  Lochiel.  She  was  bora 
March,  1701,  and  died  March,  1762.  Also  of  Jane  Barclay,  her 
daughter,  who  was  born  in  1726,  and  died  in  August,  1750." 

"The  grave  of  Anne  Barclay,  the  eldest  daughter  of  Robert 
Barclay,  of  Ury,  great-grandson  of  Robert  Barclay,  of  Ury,  Author 


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of  the  "  Apology  for  the  Quakers ;  "  arid  Sarah  Anne  Allardice,  of 
Allardice,  daughter  and  heiress  of  James  Allardice  of  Allardice. 
She  was  born  13  September,  1777,  and  died  29th  October,  1782." 


"To  the  memory  of  Eobert  Barclay,  of  Allardice,  Esquire,  5th 
of  Ury,  great-grandson  of  the  Apologist,  who  was  born  at  Ury  in 
1731 ;  and  having  acquired  by  marriage  the  estate  of  Allardice, 
thereupon  assumed  that  additional  surname.  Inheriting  from  his 
father,  Robert  the  Strong,  symmetry  of  form  and  great  muscular 
power,  he  excelled  in  all  the  athletic  exercises.  Succeeding  to 
Ury  on  his  father's  death,  in  1760,  while  it  was  yet  in  the  rudest 
condition,  he  zealously  devoted  towards  its  improvement  the 
energies  of  a  vigorous  mind,  stored  with  a  thorough  knowledge  of 
agriculture,  attained  by  assiduous  study  of  its  theory  and  practice, 
in  the  best  districts  of  England.  Accordingly,  he  brought  into 
high  cultivation  about  2000  arable  acres,  planted  1500  acres  of 
wood,  and  executed  the  manifold  operations  connected  with  such 
works  in  a  manner  so  unexampled  and  successful,  that  his  practice 
became  the  conventional  standard  over  an  extensive  district,  and 
placed  him  in  the  foremost  rank  among  Scottish  agriculturists. 
By  the  grant  of  feu-rights  on  his  estate  of  Arduthie,  he  laid  the 
foundation  of  the  New  Town  of  Stonehaven,  and  lived  to  see  it 
become  a  populous  and  thriving  community.  By  unanimous 
election,  he  represented  his  ,  native  county  in  three  successive 
Parliaments.  Distinguished  by  his  loyalty  and  patriotism,  and 
honoured  with  the  intimate  friendship  of  the  great  William  Pitt, 
and  other  eminent  statesmen  of  the  time,  he  died  at  Ury,  the  7th 
of  April,  1797." 


"  To  the  memory  of  Une  Cameron,  wife  of  John  Innes,  Esquire, 
of  Cowie,  who  was  born  in  1778,  and  died  at  Cowie,  in  September, 
1809.  Mary,  born  in  1780,  who  died  in  1799.  James  Allardice, 
born  in  1784,  who  died,  in  the  island  of  Ceylon,  in  1803.  David, 
Major  of  the  28th  Regiment  of  Foot,  who  was  born  in  1786,  and 
died  at  Otranto,  in  Italy,  in  1826.  Rodney,  born  in  1782,  who 
died  in  1853,  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  memory  of  Robert  Barclay  Allardice,  Esquire,  of  Ury  and 
Allardice,  heir  of  line  of  the  Earls  of  Airth  and  Menteith,  born 


284  K1NCAKD1NESHIHE. 

August  25th,  1779,  died  cm  the  1st  of  May,   1854,  in  the  75th 
year  of  his  age." 


"Robert  Barclay  Allardice,  of  Ury,born  25th  August  1779,  died 
1st  May,  1854." 


Robert  Barclay,  of  Allardice  and  Ury,  who  died  in  1797,  con- 
tributed to  "  Archgeologica  Scotica"  a  paper  on  the  site  of  the 
battle  of  Mons  Grampius.  Robert  Barclay  Allardice,  who  died 
in  1854,  was  renowned  for  his  pedestrian  feats.  He  exercised  a 
profuse  hospitality,  and  was  a  zealous  agriculturist.  With  reference 
to  the  claims  of  the  House  on  the  earldom  of  Airth  and  Menteith, 
see  supra,  p.  246. 

In  the  Barclay  aisle  are  deposited  the  remains  of  Alexander 
Baird,  of  Ury,  who  died  in  1862.  By  this  gentleman,  a  member 
of  the  Gartsherrie  family,  the  aisle  was  repaired  and  renovated. 

The  following  rhymes  are  from  gravestones  in  Fetteresso  church- 
yard : — 

"  Our  lyefe  is  short,  and  'tis 

Fulle  of  sorrowe, 
We're  here  to-day,  and  straight 
Are  gone  to-morrow." 


"  Pain  was  my  portion  ; 

Physic  was  my  food  ; 
Sighs  were  my  devotion  ; 
Drugs  did  me  no  good  ; 
Till  Christ  my  Redeemer, 

'  Who  knows  what  is  best, 
To  ease  me  of  my  pain 
Has  taken  me  to  rest." 


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PAKISH  OF  FORDOUN. 

A  sculptured  stone  at  St.  Palladius'  Chapel  is  supposed  to 
commemorate  the  death  of  Kenneth  III.,  in  994.  According  to 
the  narrative,  he  was  slain  by  two  assassins  employed  by 
Finella,  a  royal  princess,  in  revenge  for  his  having  caused  her 
son  to  be  put  to  death.  The  stone  presents  three  figures  on  horse- 
back, each  provided  with  a  spear — the  first  and  third  being  evidently 
of  inferior  rank.  At  the  feet  of  the  central  horseman  lies  a  sceptre 
or  decorated  weapon.  The  stone  was  discovered  under  the  pulpit 
of  the  old  church.  Kenneth  III.  occupied  the  castle  of  Kincardine, 
a  royal  structure  in  which  John  Baliol  resigned  the  crown  to  the 
haughty  Edward.  It  is  now  a  ruin. 

A  vault  of  the  old  church  was  the  burial-place  of  the  Falconers, 
of  Glenfarquhar,  now  represented  by  the  Earl  of  Kintore.  A 
tombstone  in  the  vault  is  thus  inscribed : — 

"  1668. — In  spem  beatse  resvrrectionis  hie  veluti  svffitvs  thalamo 
svaviter  in  Domino  obdormit  dux  Eobertvs  Irvin,  a  Monboddo, 
Dominvs,  qui  pie  fatis  cessit  (3  Ivlii,  anno  salvtis  hvmanse  1652,  et 
setatis  svse  anno  80  : — 

"  Conjvge  progenie  felix  ;  virtvtis,  honesti 
Cvltor,  et  antiqvis  exorivndvs  avis, 
Hoc  cvbat  Irvinvs  monvmento.     Caetera  norvnt 
Musa  et  vitiferis  Seqvana  clarvs  aqvis." 

Captain  Robert  Irvine  was  ancestor  of  the  celebrated  James 
Burnett,  Lord  Mouboddo. 

In  the  vestibule  of  the  new  parish  church  a  marble  tablet  com- 
memorates Alexander  Crombie,  of  Phesdo,  who  died  21st  November, 
1832,  aged  sixty-six.  He  was  in  his  estate  succeeded  by  his  first 
cousin,  Alexander  Crombie,  LL.D.,  author  of  various  works  on 
philosophy  and  grammar. 

A  granite  pillar,  reared  in  1850,  commemorates  George  Wishart, 
the  celebrated  Martyr ;  it  is  thus  inscribed : — 

"  This  monument  is  erected  to  the  memory  of  one  of  Scotland's 


28H  KIKCARDINESHIUE. 

first  and  most  illustrious  martyrs,  George  Wishart,  of  Pitarrow,  in 
this  parish  ;  and  as  a  testimony  of  gratitude  to  the  great  Head  of 
the  Church,  for  the  work  of  the  Reformation,  on  behalf  of  which 
his  servant  suffered.  He  was  born  in  1513,  and  was  burned  at 
St.  Andrews,  1st  March,  1546.  'The  righteous  shall  be  in  ever- 
lasting remembrance.' " 


The  estate  of  Pitarrow  remained  in  the  family  of  Wishart  from 
the  beginning  of  the  thirteenth  till  the  commencement  of  the 
seventeenth  century. 

The  three  following  inscriptions  are  from  tombstones  belonging 
to  the  families  of  Leith  and  Arnott : — 

"  Under  the  flat  stone.  5  feet  south  from  this  wall,  lies  the  body 
of  James  Leith,  of  Whiteriggs,  who  died  20th  Feb.,  1788,  aged  63. 
And  on  the  south  side  of  that  stone  lies  the  body  of  Margaret 
Young,  his  wife,  who  died  6  April,  1783,  aged  58.  The  virtue 
of  their  lives  made  their  deaths  lamented,  and  this  stone  is  in 
gratitude  erected  to  their  memories  by  their  children.  Here  are 
also  interred  the  body  of  Margaret  Hacket,  his  mother,  who  died  in 
April,  1765,  aged  56.  And  Doctor  Charles  Leith,  his  brother,  who 
died  6  of  May,  1731,  aged  56.  And  also  of  two  of  his  children, 
Piamsay  Leith,  and Leith,  who  died  in  infancy." 


"Sacred  to  the  memory  of  James  Arnott,  Esq.,  who  died  at 
Arbikie,  in  Forfarshire,  3  Dec.,  1799  ;  and  of  his  wife,  Janet  Leith, 
who  died  at  Edinburgh,  29  Aug.,  1827  ;  and  of  their  two  younger 
sons,  Charles  Arnott,  Esq.,  formerly  solicitor  in  London,  who  died 
at  Leithfield  Cottage,  in  this  parish,  21  Sept.,  1841,  and  whose 
body  is  here  interred.  And  David  Leith  Arnott,  Esq.,  a  Major  in 
the  East  India  Company's  service,  who  died  in  India,  19th  Oct., 
1840.  And  of  their  youngest  daughter,  Helen  Arnott,  who  died 
in  Montrose,  21  Feb.,  1807.  James  Leith  Arnott,  grandson  of 
said  James  Arnott  and  Janet  Leith,  died  at  Edinburgh,  10  Novr., 
1818,  aged  2  years." 


"  James  Leith,  of  Whiteriggs  or  Leithfield,  and  Margaret  Young, 
spouses,  whose  names  are  mentioned  on  a  tablet  erected  near 
this  stone,  left  six  children,  viz.  Alexander  Leith,  died  at  sea  in 
Jan.,  1805,  aged  53.  John  Leith,  died  at  Surinam  in  1805,  surgeon 


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of  the  16th  regiment  of  Foot,  aged  49.  James  Leith,  died  at 
Madras,  12th  Nov.,  1829,  a  Major-General  in  the  service  of  the 
East  India  Company,  aged  65.  Janet  Leith,  or  Arnott,  wife  of 
James  Arnott,  mentioned  on'  the  other  side,  died  at  Edinburgh, 
aged  73,  leaving  a  family — Margaret  Leith,  died  at  Edinburgh, 
March  13,  1835,  aged  77.  Elizabeth  Leith,  died  at  Edinburgh, 
29  April,  1841,  aged  81.  Erected  by  the  three  surviving  children 
of  the  said  James  Arnott  and  Janet  Leith." 

An  altar-stone  denotes  the  resting-place  of  Dr.  James  Badenoch, 
of  Whiteriggs,  who  died  21st  December,  1797,  aged  fifty-four;  he  was 
grandfather  of  the  late  J.  Badenoch-Mcholson,  Esq.,  of  Glenbervie. 

Within  a  mortuary  enclosure,  a  tombstone  commemorates  James 
Gammell,  Esq.,  of  Drumtochty,  who  died  loth  September,  1825, 
aged  eighty-nine.  His  son,  Lieutenant- General  Andrew  Gammell,  is 
interred  in  Westminster  Abbey. 

On  tombstones  in  the  parish  churchyard  are  these  rhymes  : — 

"  This  dust  which  now  obscurely  lies, 
Once  animated  was  by  one 
Whose  amiable  qualities 
Seldom,  if  ever,  were  outshone." 


"  This  dust  which  here  doth  rest  in  sacred  peace, 
Once  lodg'd  a  soul  eurich'd  with  every  grace ; 
A  safe  companion,  and  a  friend  approv'd 
In  death  regretted  and  in  life  belov'd. 
Well  pleased,  Heaven  crown'd  his  virtues  with  success, 
And  soon  receiv'd  him  to  the  seats  of  bliss  ; 
At  Life's  mid  age  he  gained  that  happy  shore, 
Where  friends  unite,  and  death  can  part  no  more." 


"  Love  conjvgal  in  this  lyfe  keeps  amity, 
Bvt  death  doth  come  and  break  society ; 
Yet  here  is  love  come  to  behold  and  see, 
That  with  death  strove  and  got  the  victory. 
Together  they  did  live,  together  dy, 
Together  wer  both  bvried  in  one  day  ; 
Together  they  within  this  grave  do  ly, 
Together  they  shall  reign  with  Christ  for  aye." 


288  KINCARUINESHIRE. 

PARISH  OF  GARVOCK. 
A  gravestone  in  Garvock  churchyard  presents  these  lines  :— 

"  Each  letter'd  stone  some  lesson  reads, 

And  bids  you  stop  your  pace ; 
Each  warning  you  in  solemn  tone, 

Where  ends  your  mortal  race. 
Soon  will  your  own  a  lecture  read, 

In  every  caviller's  ear  ; 
And  bid  the  passing  stranger  halt, 

And  shed  a  pitying  tear. 
Let  thy  mortality  be  grav'd, 

Deep  on  thy  faithful  mind  ; 
Before  the  journey er  o'er  thy  tomb, 

Memento  mori  find." 


PARISH  OF  GLENBERVIE. 

In  the  Douglas  aisle  a  monument  commemorates  Sir  William 
Douglas,  of  Glenbervie,  ninth  Earl  of  Angus,  and  his  wife,  Egedia, 
daughter  of  Sir  Robert  Graham,  of  Morphie.  From  James  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  mural  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,  formerly  interred  in  the  churchyard. 
On  the  ruin  of  the  old  church  a  brass  plate  presents  a  list  of  the 
lairds  of  Inchbreck,  from  1550  downwards. 

A  tombstone  commemorates  James  Burnes,  farmer,  Brawlinmuir, 
who  died  in  1743,  and  his  wife  Margaret  Falconer.  They  were 
great-grand  parents  of  the  poet  Burns. 


PARISH    OF   KINNEFF.  289 

PARISH  OF  KINNEFF. 

In  Kinnetf  churchyard  are  commemorated  four  persons,  whose 
enterprise  and   patriotism    form   an    interesting  episode   in   the 
national  history.     When   Scotland   was   overrun  hy   an   English 
army  under  Cromwell,  the  Estates  determined  (June,  1651)  that 
for  greater  safety  the  Scottish  Eegalia  should  be  removed  to  Dun- 
nottar  Castle,  a  fortress  belonging  to  the  Earl  Marischal,  and  which 
was  then  garrisoned  by  George  Ogilvie,  of  Barras,  the  Lieutenant- 
Governor.     Ogilvie  received  the  precious  insignia,  and  resolved  at 
all  hazards  to  preserve  them  from  the  enemy.      To  Dunnottar 
Castle   was  laid   a   close   siege,  and  an  early  surrender  became 
inevitable.     In  March,  1652,  Mrs.  Grainger,  wife  of  the  minister 
of  Kinneff,  attended  by  her  maid,  both  on  horseback,  requested 
permission  from  the  English  commander  to  enter  the  castle  to  visit 
her  friend  Mrs.  Ogilvie,  who,  with  the  governor,  belonged  to  Kin- 
neff parish.     Leave  was  granted,   and   after  a  short  visit,  Mrs. 
Grainger  and  her  maid  returned  from  the  castle.     The  latter  carried 
in  a  bag  of  lint,  the  sword  and  sceptre,  while  Mrs.  Grainger  bore 
the  crown  in  a  small  bundle  on  her  arm.     The  English  general, 
unsuspecting  a  plot,  helped  Mrs.  Grainger  to  her  horse.    That  night 
Mr.  Grainger  made  a  hole  under  a  pavement  stone  in  front  of  his 
pulpit,  and    therein    placed    the   crown  and  sceptre  wrapped  in 
linen.     The  sword  of  state  he  deposited  in  the  soil  under  a  pew  in 
another  portion  of  the  edifice.     Subsequently  the  regal  symbols 
were  kept  in  the  manse  in  a  double-bottomed  bed. 

Dunnottar  Castle  surrendered,  and  the  governor  was  called  on  to 
deliver  up  the  royal  insignia.  He  protested  that  they  were  not  in 
his  keeping,  and  was  in  consequence  subjected  to  some  severity. 
At  the  Eestoration,  Mrs.  Grainger  restored  to  him  the  precious 
symbols,  and  on  his  delivering  them  up  to  the  proper  custodier 
he  was  rewarded  with  a  baronetcy.  His  monument,  which  rests 
upon  the  south  wall  of  the  church,  is  thus  inscribed  : — 

"  ^Eternse  memorise  sacrum  D.  Georgii  Ogilvie  de  Barras,  Equitis 

VOL.  II.  U 


290  KINCARDINESHIRE. 

Baroneti,  qui  Arci  Dunotriensi  praefectus  strenue  earn  per  aliquod 
tempus  adversus  paricidarum  Angloram  copias  tutatus,  earn  tandem 
dedere  est  coactus.  Non  ante  tamen  quam  ipsius  conjugisque  suae 
D.  Elizabethae  Douglassiae  opera  Imperil  Scotici  Insignia,  Corona, 
sciz :  Sceptrum  et  Gladius,  ibi  reposita,  clatn  inde  avecta  atque  in 
hac  Kinneffi  aede  sacra  in  tuto  essent  collocata.  Ob  egregia  haec 
viri  in  Patriam  merita  constantemque  et  illibatam  in  Regiam 
Familiain  fidem  Equitis  Baroneti  honorem  per  literas  patentes  III. 
Non :  Mart :  anno  MDCLX.  a  Rege  datas,  est  consecutus :  auctis 
ejus  Paternis  Insignibus  gentilibus  quibus  in  hunc  usque  diem 
familia  sua  utitur.  Eegio  porro  diplomate  Magno  Scotiae  Sigillo 
munito  ei  concessum  est  terrarum  suarum  possidendarum  jus  a 
tenura  quam  vulgo  Wardam  Simplicem  appellant,  in  Albam  quae 
dicitur  tenuram  commutaretur.  In  utroque  hoc  instrumento  Regio 
summa  ejus  in  principes  suos  fidelitas  atque  egregia  merita  maximo 
cum  delogia  commemorabantur.  David  Ogilvie,  F,ques  Baronetu's 
supra  dicti  pronepos  obiit  JSTon  :  Decem :  MDCCXCIX.  annos 
natus  LXX.  Domina  Ogilvie  hujus  conjux  obiit  XIV.  Kal :  Ian  : 
anno  MDCCC.  annos  nata  LIII.  Ambo  in  hac  aede  sepulti." 

To  Mrs.  Grainger  Parliament  voted  2,000  merks.  For  her  hus- 
band was  reserved  a  gravestone,  with  these  commendatory  lines 
of  Latin  verse  — 

"  Scotia  Grangeri  cui  Insignia  Regia  debet 
Servata  hie  cineres  reliquiaeq'  jacent. 
Abstulit  obsesso  paene  hsec  captiva  Dunotro, 
Coudidit  et  sacra  qva  tvmvlator  hvmo. 
Proemia  dant  superi ;  patrii  servator  honoris 
Sceptra  rotat  superos  inter  athleta  chor  .  . " 

Mr.  Grainger  died  in  1663,  aged  about  fifty-seven.  His  widow, 
whose  maiden  name  was  Christian  Fletcher,  married  a  landowner 
in  the  district,  named  Abercrombie.  In  the  parochial  charge  Mr. 
Grainger  was  succeeded  by  the  Rev.  James  Honyman,  sou  of  David 
Honyman,  baker  in  St.  Andrews,  and  who  was  sometime  assistant 
to  Mr.  James.  Sharp,  minister  of  Crail,  the  future  archbishop.  A 
tombstone  commemorates  Mr.  Honyman  and  his  descendants, 
three  of  whom  were  in  succession  ministers  of  the  parish.  It  is 
inscribed  thus : — 

"  In  memory  of  Mr.  James  Honyman,  brother  of  Andre\v,  Bishop 


PARISH   OF   KINNEFF.  291 

of  Orkney,  and  Robert,  Archdean  of  St.  Andrews,  who  was  settled 
minister  of  this  parish  of  Kinneff,  30th  Sept.  1663,  and  died  2nd 
May,  1693,  and  is  here  interred.  And  of  Mr.  Andrew  Honyman, 
his  eldest  son,  who  succeeded  in  the  charge,  and  died  30th  Dec. 
1732;  and,  together  with  his  wife,  Helen  Eait,  of  the  family  of 
Finlawston,  is  here  interred.  And  of  Mr'  James  Honyman,  his 
eldest  son,  and  successor  in  this  charge,  who  died  16th  Jan.  1780, 
aged  seventy-seven  years,  and  is  interred  here,  with  his  wife 
Katherine  Allardyce,  daughter  of  Provost  Allardyce  in  Aberdeen. 
And  of  Mr.  James  Honyman,  his  eldest  son,  who  succeeded  him 
in  this  charge,  and  died  5th  Aug.  1781,  aged  thirty-six  years,  and 
is  here  interred.  This  monument  is  erected  by  Mr.  John,  a  dis- 
senting clergyman  in  England,  Dr.  Eobert,  a  physician  in  Virginia, 
and  Helen,  the  wife  of  Eobert  Edward,  in  Harvieston,  brothers  and 
sister  of  the  last  deceased/' 

Mr.  James  Honyman,  minister  of  Kinneff,  grandson  of  the  suc- 
cessor of  Mr.  Grainger,  composed  the  popular  song,  "  Hie,  bonnie 
lassie,  blink  over  the  burn,"  and  other  verses. 

A  member  of  the  family  of  Graham,  of  Morphie,  is  on  an 
ancient  gravestone  thus  commemorated : — 

"  Hoc  .  tvmvlo  .  conditvs  .  est  .  vir  .  pivs  .  et  gerosvs  .  Eobert  . 
Grahame  .  de  .  largie  .  Domini  a  .  Morfe  .  fl'  .  terti'  .  qyi.  et  . 
sancte  .  in  .  doio  obdormiit  .  Anno  .  Christi .  1597  .  anno  .  aetatis 

SV83  .  37." 

An  altar  tombstone  celebrates  by  the  following  inscription, 
several  yeomen  descendants  of  the  noble  house  of  Lindsay  : — 

"Andreas  Lindsay,  teneno  de  Whisleberry  films  Joannis  et 
nepos  alij  Joaimis  Lindsays,  diet,  prsedij  tenen.,  pronepos  Jacobi 
Lindsay,  tenen.  de  Brigend,  et  abnepos  Eogeri  Lindsay,  tenen.  de 
Barras,  ab  illustri  et  antiqua  familia  Lindseorum,  primo  de 
Glenesque,  et  postea  de  Edzel  designat.,  orti,  diversarum  nobilium 
familiarum  ancestorum,  tribus  ult.  ment.  apud  Caterline  sepultis, 
hoc  posuit  memorise  diet,  sui  Patris,  qui  obijt  20  De.  1724,  setatis 
57  ;  Joannae  Napier,  ejus  Matris,  quse  fatis  concessit  30  No.  1743, 
setatis  56  ;  (sepultae  apud  Bervy)  ;  Catharinae  Christy,  ejus  uxoris, 
quse  decessit  25  Ap.  1743,  setatis  38 ;  et  Catharines  Lindsay,  suse 
filise,  quse  obijt  in  pueritia.  Obijt  ille  Andreas  Lindsay  2do  Julii 
1761,  setatis  vero  57,  hie  q  sepultus.  Ejus  liberi  superstiies  fuere, 


292  KINCARDIXESHIRE. 

Joannis  (patris  successor  in  Whislebeny),  Hugo  (scriba  in  Aber- 
deen) Joanna  (uxor  Gulielnii  Cruickshank,  civis  Aberdonensis), 
Helena  et  Anna  (adhuc  innupta) ;  Jacobo,  filio  primogenito  (apud 
Cork,  in  Hibernia,  in  Classa  Eegia),  mortuo  mense  Febraarii  1759, 
setatis  30.  Joannes  Lindsay,  qui  patri  successit  in  Whistlebeny, 
obijt  14  Jul.  1809,  an.  set.  74,  et  hujus  uxor,  Christian  Walker, 
decessit  14  Aug.  1830,  an.  set.  94.  Ambo  hie  sepulti.  Alexander 
Lindsay,  horum  filius  teneno  de  Whistleberry,  obiit  6  Nov.  1831, 
an.  set.  68 ;  cujus  filia  natu  maxima,  Margaret,  innupta  decessit  7 
Nov.  1831,  an.  aet.  22.  In  hoc  sepulchro  una  contumulati." 

A  tombstone  inscribed  as  follows,  celebrates  John  Young,  of 
Stank,  sheriff  of  the  county,  and  his  son  William  Young,  M.D.,  of 
Fawsyde,  with  the  members  of  his  family : — 

"  Memorise  Joannis  Young  de  Stank,  vicecomitis  de  Kincardine, 
qui  obijt  quarto  die  Martij,  anno  1750,  aetatis  52.  Gulielmus 
Young,  M.D.,  filius  hoc  marmor  posuit." 

"In  memory  of  William  Young,  M.D.,  of  Fawsyde,  who  died 
9  March  1850 ;  and  of  his  wife,  Mary  Logic,  who  died  18  Nov. 
1838.  Also  of  their  only  child  Jane  Young,  who  died  2  March 
1834," 


PARISH  OF  LAUEENCEKIEK. 
In  the  churchyard  a  memorial  slab  is  thus  inscribed  : — 

"  HER  .  LYIS  .  MASTER  .  PATRICK  .  BELLIE  .  SCHOLLE  .  MASTER .  WHO 
DEPARTED  .  THIS  .  LYFE  .  FEBRUARY  .  THE  .  10  .  1695.  OF.  AGE  .  20  . 
YEIRS  .  5  MONETHS  .  AND .  16  .  DAYES." 

As  parochial  schoolmaster  Mr.  Belbie  was  succeeded  by  the  cele- 
brated Thomas  Buddiman,  who  held  the  office  four  years. 

On  an  altar  stone,  Bishop  Watson,  of  the  Episcopal  Church,  is 
celebrated  thus : — 

"Viro  admodum  Reverendo  Jonathan  Watson,  in  Ecclesia 
Scotise  Episcopo,  pietatis  aliarumque  virtu  turn  vere  evangelicarum 
emulo ;  in  bonis  literis  inque  theologia  exercitato ;  animo  firmo ; 


PARISH    OF   LAURENCEKIRK.  293 

filio,  patri,  conjugi  amantissimo.  Sui  omnibus  officii  sacri  mune- 
ribus  per  17  annos  apud  Laurencekirk  fideliter  functus,  multum 
defletus  obiit  28  die  Janu.,  1808,  annum  46  agens.  Vidua  et  mater 
marentes  H.M.P." 


In  1792  Mr.  Watson  was  consecrated  Bishop  of  Dunkeld,  but  he 
continued  to  minister  at  Laurencekirk  till  the  period  of  his  death. 
By  his  marriage  with  Miss  Edgar,  of  Keithock,  he  left  a  daughter, 
who  resides  in  Edinburgh,  unmarried. 

Tombstones  commemorate  the  Eev.  William  Milne  of  the  Epis- 
copal church,  Laurencekirk,  who  died  in  1817,  aged  42,  and  the 
Eev.  Eobert  Spark,  also  Episcopal  clergyman  at  Laurencekirk,  who 
died  3rd  May,  1839,  in  the  eighty-first  year  of  his  age,  and  the 
fifty-ninth  of  his  ministry. 

Alexander  Beattie,  who  died  in  1778,  aged  twenty-six,  has  on  his 
tombstone  these  lines,  composed  by  his  relative,  Dr.  Beattie,  author 
of  "  The  Minstrel "  :— 

"  Ah !  early  lost !  ah !  life !  thou  empty  name, 
A  noontide  shadow,  and  a  midnight  dream  ; 
Death  might  have  satisfied  his  craving  rage, 
And  mow'd  down  all  the  vices  of  the  age, 
But  Heav'n  who  saw,  offended  with  our  crimes, 
Begrudg'd  thy  virtues  to  the  abandoned  times ; 
By  his  cold  hand  transplanted  thee  on  high, 
To  live  and  flourish  thro'  eternity." 

On  the  gravestone  of  Alexander  Forbes,  blacksmith,  Dr.  Beattie 
has  also  inscribed  a  poetical  epitaph.  Forbes  was  father  of  the 
Eev.  David  Forbes,  minister  of  the  parish;  he  died  7th  August 
1768  :- 

"  Shall  venal  flattery  prostitute  the  muse, 
To  senseless  titles  spurious  honours  pay, 
And  yet  to  rural  worth  such  lays  refuse, 
Which  Truth  may  banish  with  her  brightest  ray. 
Forbid  it  Equity  !     The  task  be  mine 
To  yield  his  memory  all  the  praise  I  can ; 
The  whole's  compris'd  in  this  conclusive  line, 
God's  noblest  work  (here  lyes)  an  Honest  man." 


294  KINCARDINKSHIUi:. 

A  tombstone  is  thus  inscribed : — 

"  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  Alexander  Shank  of  Castlerig,  some- 
time minister  of  the  Gospel  at  St.  Cyrus,  who  died  at  Laurencekirk 
on  the  5th  Jany.  3814,  aged  75  years: — Also,  Diana,  his  wife, 
daughter  of  the  late  Robert  Scott  of  Dunninald,  parish  of  Craig, 
who  died  here  on  the  24th  Feby.  1825,  aged  84  years: — and 
Jane,  their  youngest  daughter,  who  died  at  her  house  in  Lau- 
rencekirk, on  the  23d  of  Nov.  1840  : — Also,  in  memory  of  Henry 
Shank,  of  Castlerig  and  Gleniston,  Esq.,  last  surviving  son  of  the 
above  Alexander  and  Diana  Shank,  who  died  January  4,  1860, 
aged  81. 

The  Rev.  Alexander  Shank,  son  of  the  minister  of  Arbutlmot,  was 
admitted  to  the  pastoral  charge  of  St.  Cyrus  in  1759.  He  resigned 
the  living  in  1781,  on  succeeding  to  the  estate  of  Castlerig,  Fifeshire, 
and  thereafter  established  his  residence  at  Laurencekirk.  His  son 
mentioned  in  the  epitaph  became  a  Director  of  the  East  India 
Company,  and  his  daughter,  Diana,  married  the  Rev.  George 
Cook,  D.D.,  minister  of  Laurencekirk,  and  subsequently  Professor 
of  Moral  Philosophy  at  St.  Andrews. 

In  the  church  a  marble  tablet  thus  commemorates  Dr.  Duirs,  an 
eminent  army  surgeon,  born  in  the  parish. 

"In  memory  of  William  Duirs,  M.A.,  M.D.,  Deputy  Inspector- 
General  of  Hospital  and  Fleets,  a  native  of  this  parish,  who  fell  a 
victim  to  yellow  fever,  contracted  in  the  execution  of  his  duty  at 
the  Royal  Naval  Hospital,  Jamaica,  8  June  1867,  aged  47  years. 
This  tablet  is  erected  by  sixty-two  of  his  brother  medical  officers 
as  a  testimony  of  their  high  appreciation  of  his  sterling  worth,  kind- 
ness of  heart,  and  professional  abilities. ' 

A  plain  tombstone  celebrates  Charles  Stevens,  the  original  manu- 
facturer of  the  Laurencekirk  snuff  boxes ;  he  died  6th  August 
1821,  aged  sixty-eight. 


PAKISH    OF   MAUYCULTEi;.  295 

PARISH  OF  MARYCULTER, 

Among  the  ruins  of  the  old  church  are  two  recumbent  figures 
believed  to  represent  Menzies,  of  Maryculter,  and  his  lady,  who 
nourished  in  the  fifteenth  century.  The  family  obtained  by 
marriage  the  estate  of  Pitfoddles.  John  Menzies,  of  Pitfoddles, 
who  died  in  1849,  bequeathed  his  lands  and  mansion-house  for  a 
Catholic  College.  The  mansion,  much  enlarged,  is  now  known  as 
Blair's  College ;  it  contains  an  excellent  library  and  some  valuable 
portraits. 

A  granite  monument  on  the  hill  of  Auchlec  celebrates  John 
Irvine-Boswell,  of  Balmuto  and  Kingcausie,  son  of  Claude  Boswell, 
Lord  Balmuto.  The  monument  is  inscribed  thus  : — 

"  In  memory  of  John  Irviue-Boswell,  of  Balmuto  and  Kingcausie. 
born  28th  December,  1785  ;  died  23rd  December,  1860.  A  man 
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 
name  of  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ."  In  early  life  he  joined  the  Cold- 
stream  Guards,  and  carried  their  Colours  in  the  battle  of  Talavera. 
Retiring  from  the  army  he  settled  at  Kingcausie,  and  lived  to 
transform  the  natural  barrenness  of  the  Estate  into  luxuriant 
fertility.  He  will  long  be  remembered  in  the  district  for  the 
enlightened  zeal  he  displayed  in  the  introduction  of  all  the  im- 
provements of  modern  agriculture  ;  and  he  did  not  confine  his 
attention  to  his  own  Estates,  his  knowledge  and  experience  being 
ever  at  the  service  of  his  neighbours,  rich  and  poor  alike.  In 
every  position  and  relation  of  life  he  maintained,  with  rare  fidelity, 
the  character  of  a  Christian  Gentleman ;  and  he  died  in  peace, 
trusting  simply  in  the  merits  of  his  Saviour  for  acceptance 
with  his  God.  His  sorrowing  widow,  Margaret  Irvine-Boswell, 
erected  this  monument  as  a  solace  in, her  bitter  bereavement, 
A.D.  M.DCCCLXII." 

Members  of  the  family  of  Gordon,  of  Ellon,  are  interred  in  the 
churchyard. 

A  tombstone  with  an  inscription  commemorates  Dr.  John 
Glennie,  minister  of  the  parish,  who  died  in  1801,  aged  eighty-one. 
Dr.  Glennie's  youngest  son,  George,  was  minister  of  the  West 
Church,  Aberdeen,  and  Professor  of  Moral  Philosophy  in  Marischal 
College. 


290  KINCARDINESHIKE. 

PARISH  OF  MARYKIRK. 

In  the  churchyard  an  aisle,  which  formed  the  transept  of  the 
old  church,  is  the  burial  place  of  Strachan,  of  Thornton.  The  ceiling 
is  adorned  with  heraldic  devices.  A  marble  tablet  bears  the  fol- 
lowing inscription : — 

"  Epicedium  thrcenodicum  .  .  memoriam  fseminge  lectissimse, 
Dominse  Elizabethae  Forbesee,  Dominse  a  Thornton,  seternitutis 
candidatse,  .  .  .  meritorum  .  .  .  nissima,  puerpera,  im- 
mature fato  .  .  .  repta  est,  dum  annum  tetatis  vigesimum 

quintum    agebat,    die    decimo   lanuarij     .     . 

61 :  Cujus  fragrantissimse  memorise,  licet  .  .  .  .  de  monu- 
mentis  omni  sere  perennioribus  abunde  satis  litatum  sit,  hoc  tain 
.  .  magnifico  mausoleo,  parentau'  dum  curavit  conjunx  ipsius 
pullatus,  D.  lacobus  Strahanus  a  Thorntonse,  eques  auratus. 

"  Siste,  viator,  habes  summi  monumenta     .... 
Virtutis  tumulum,  pieridumq'  vid     .     . 
Omnis  una  fuit  brevis  haec  quam  con     .... 
Lux  nuper  patrise     .     .     levis  umb     .     .     . 
Aurea  si  tautas  fudere  crepuscula    .     .     . 

Luxisset,  quanto  sidere 

Quanta  fuit  pietas  quam  stemmatis 

Enthea  mens  roseus  quam  sine  sente  sinus. 
Quantus  et  oris  honos ;  Phoenix  vixitq'  caditq', 
Qualem  non  poterant  reddere     .     .     .     decem, 
At  mutura  polio  cecidit  Christoq' ;  quid     .     .     . 
Ignavi  ssecla  numerant,  facta  boni. 
Mors  ipsa  non  separadit." 

Lady  Strachan  was  third  daughter  of  Forbes,  of  Waterton,  Aber- 
deenshire  ;  about  the  close  of  the  seventeenth  century  the  estate  of 
Thornton  became  the  possession  of  this  house.  It  now  belongs  to 
Mr.  Crombie,  of  Pitarrow.  The  baronetcy  is  dormant. 

A  mortuary  enclosure  belongs  to  the  family  of  Taylor,  of  Kirk- 
ton  Hill,  cadets  of  the  old  house  of  Taylor,  of  Borrowfield. 

A  plain  tombstone  commemorates  Margaret  Low,  wife  of  John 
Herd,  tenant  in  Muirton,  and  mother  of  David  Herd,  the  eminent 
collector  of  Scottish  ballads;  she  died  14th  December,  1751,  in 
her  sixtieth  year.  (Vol.  I.,  p.  83.) 


PARISH   OF   MAUYKIHK.  297 

On  a  tombstone,  sculptured  with  his  instruments  of  trade,  is  com- 
memorated Adam  Glyge,  blacksmith,  who  died  4th  March,  1698, 
aged  eighty-six.  His  near  relative,  a  blacksmith  in  Arbuthnot 
parish,  was  father  of  the  Eight  Eeverend  Bishop  Gleig,  of  Stirling, 
and  grandfather  of  the  Eev.  George  Eobert  Gleig,  Chaplain- 
General. 

Within  the  parish  church  a  marble  tablet  is  thus  inscribed : — 

"  The  Eev.  James  Shand,  A.M.,  minister  of  this  parish  from  1805 
to  1837,  and  previously  of  the  College  Church,  Aberdeen,  son  of 
James  Shand,  Esq.,  merchant  there,  born  18th  Aug.  1757,  died  5th 
January,  1837.  Margaret  Farquhar,  his  wife,  born  llth  Aug., 
1767,  died  llth  January,  1840,  daughter  of  Alexander  Farquhar, 
Esq.,  of  Kintore,  by  his  wife  Elizabeth  Harvey,  great  grand-daugh- 
ter of  James  Harvey,  of  Kilmundy.  and  his  wife,  Margaret  Baird, 
of  Auchmedden.  He  was  an  accomplished  scholar,  a  kind 
husband  and  father,  and  a  devoted  pastor.  In  all  the  relations  of 
life  she  was  equally  examplary — both  were  united  in  that  faith  and 
hope  which  vanquish  death,  and  realise  the  rest  which  remain eth 
to  the  people  of  God.  This  tablet  is  affectionately  dedicated  by 
their  surviving  sons  to  the  memory  of  the  best  of  parents." 

The  third  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Shand,  Sir  Charles  Farquhar 
Shand,  is  Chief  Justice  of  the  Mauritius. 

On  gravestones  in  Marykirk  bury  ing-ground  are  these 
rhymes : — 

"  Thou  hast  the  promise  of  eternal  truth, 

Those  who  live  well,  and  pious  paths  pursue, 
To  man  and  to  their  Maker  true, 
Let  'em  expire  in  age  or  youth, 
Can  never  miss 
Their  way  to  everlasting  bliss." 

"  Death's  shade  is  made  the  hiding-place, 
When  worldly  troubles  do  increase ; 
When  converts  young  are  called  home, 
Before  these  troublous  days  do  come, 
It  warning  gives  to  older  sort 
To  fly  to  Christ  their  chief  support, 
Though  ye  be  young  as  well  as  I, 
Yet  faith  will  learn  you  how  to  dy." 


KIN<  Ai:iiiM:sim;K. 

"  Oh,  tluit  it  were  with  me, 
As  in  the  days  of  old, 
"With  children  about  me, 
In  number  manifold! 
But  here  mine  only  son, 
In  this  dark  grave  is  laid, 
And  hindered  not  his  father 
To  sleep  into  his  bed; 
Because  that  the  oppressor, 
Upon  his  side  had  power, 
And  none  to  comfort  me, 
Altho'  I  mourned  sore." 


"  He'll  order  Death,  that  porter  rude, 

To  open  the  gates  of  brass  ; 
For,  lo,  with  characters  of  blood 

Thy  husband  wrote  thy  pass. 
At  Jordan  deep  then  be  not  feared, 

Tho'  dismal-like  and  broad  ; 
Thy  sun  will  guide,  thy  shield  will  guard  - 

Thy  husband  paved  the  road. 
He'll  lead  thee  safe,  and  bring  thee  Home, 

So  still  let  blessings  fall 
Of  grace  while  here  till  glory  come  — 

Thy  husband's  bound  for  all." 


PARISH  OF  ST.  CYEUS. 
A  massive  monument  is  thus  inscribed  : — 

"  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  Sir  Joseph  Straton,  of  Kirkside,  Com- 
panion of  the  Bath  ;  Knight  of  the  Guelphic  Order  of  Hanover, 
and  of  the  Order  of  St.  Waldemar  of  Russia  ;  Lieut.-General  of  the 
British  Army ;  youngest  son  of  William  Muter,  Esq.,  of  Annfield, 
Fifeshire,  and  Mrs.  Janet  Straton,  of  Kirkside,  Kincardineshire. — 
This  brave  and  accomplished  officer  entered  the  army  in  early  life, 
and  served  with  distinguished  honor  in  the  Peninsular  War  and 
at  Waterloo,  under  Field  Marshal  the  Duke  of  Wellington.  He 
commanded  his  own  regiment  of  the  6th  Dragoons  until  the  fall 
of  the  gallant  Ponsonby,  to  whose  brigade  he  belonged,  when  the 
command  of  the  brigade  devolved  upon  him.  Towards  the  close 


PARISH   OF   ST.  CYIIUS.  299 

of  the  action  Sir  Joseph  Straton  was  wounded,  and  upon  the 
termination  of  the  war,  as  a  reward  for  his  services,  he  had  various 
military  honours  conferred  upon  him.  He  died  Colonel  of  the 
Enniskillen  Dragoons,  at  London,  23d  Oct.,  1840,  in  the  63d  year 
of  his  age,  and  is  interred  here  by  his  own  desire." 

Sir  Joseph  Straton  succeeded  Joseph  Straton,  his  maternal  uncle, 
in  the  lands  of  Kirkside,  a  family  representing  the  older  and  dis- 
tinguished House  of  Straton,  of  Lauriston.  Alexander  de  Straton  fell, 
with  several  of  his  sons,  at  the  Battle  of  Harlaw,  in  1411.  George 
Straton,  of  Lauriston,  was  one  of  the  first  persons  of  rank  who 
supported  the  Reformed  doctrines.  His  son,  Sir  Alexander  Straton, 
was  in  1603  Lord  High  Commissioner  to  the  General  Assembly. 

A  burial-aisle  belonging  to  the  Grahams  of  Morphie,  has  lately 
been  restored  by  Barron  Graham,  Esq.,  of  Morphie,  the  present 
representative  of  that  House. 

Within  a  mortuary  enclosure,  a  monument  celebrates  George 
Beattie,  an  ingenious  and  short-lived  poet ;  it  is  thus  inscribed : — 

"To  the  memory  of  George  Beattie,  writer  in  Montrose,  who 
died  29th  Sept.,  1823,  in  the  38th  year  of  his  age,  this  monument 
was  erected  by  the  friends  who  loved  him  in  life  and  lamented  him 
in  death.  In  his  disposition,  he  was  just,  charitable  and  benevo- 
lent ;  in  his  principles,  firm  and  independent ;  in  his  genius,  forcible 
and  pathetic ;  and  in  his  manners,  plain  and  social.  His  virtues 
are  deeply  engraved  in  the  hearts  of  those  who  knew  him,  and  his 
literary  productions  will  be  admired  while  taste  for  original  humour 
and  vigorous  expression  remain." 

Beattie  was  a  native  of  the  parish.     A  writer  of  verses  from  his 

youth,  he  is  best  known  as  the  author  of  "  John  o'  Arnha,"  a  poem 

in  the  manner  of  Burns's  "  Tarn  o'  Shanter."     Possessed  of  a  morbid 

.  sensitiveness,  he  was  led,  through  disappointed  affection,  to  take  his 

own  life.    He  perished  in  his  38th  year. 

On  tombstones  in  the  churchyard  are  these  rhymes  : — 

"  If  honour  wait  on  pedigree, 

And  ancient  blood  we  boast ; 
I  claim  descent  from  Adarn, 
Who  of  mankind  was  first. 


300  KINCARDINESHIIIK. 

From  Noah  next  my  line  I  have, 

Through  Cambria's  hardy  sons, 
To  Scotia's  bleak,  but  friendly  clime, 

In  earth  to  lay  my  bones." 

"  When  first  I  drew  the  breath  of  life 

I  nothing  knew  at  all ; 
Yet  long  before  my  death  I  knew 

That  I  with  Adam  fell. 
My  body  lays  near  to  this  stone, 

Waiting  the  morning  call ; 
When  Christ  will  take  me  by  the  hand. 

He  is  my  all  and  all." 

"  Low  here  his  mouldering  body's  laid, 
Now  wrapt  in  death's  oblivious  shade ; 
I  trust  his  soul  dwells  with  the  blest, 
In  mansions  of  eternal  rest. 
Let  every  one  who  reads  his  fate, 
Reflect  on  life's  uncertain  date ; 
And  learn  to  run  their  worldly  race 
That  they  through  Christ  may  die  in  peace. 
His  parents  hope  to  meet  again 
Their  son,  beyond  the  reach  of  pain, 
And  sin,  and  death,  when  saints  shall  rise, 
To  reign  immortal  in  the  skies." 

An  obelisk  on  the  estate  of  Morphie,  thirteen  feet  in  height,  is 
supposed  to  commemorate  a  son  of  Camus  and  some  other  Danish 
chief,  who  fell  in  battle  at  the  spot.  According  to  tradition;  the 
Danes,  after  their  defeat  at  Panbride,  retreated  northwards,  and 
here  were  again  attacked  by  the  Scots,  and  again  signally  routed. 


PARISH  OF  STRACHAN. 

In  the  parish  churchyard  a  marble  monument  commemorates 
Colin  Campbell,  Esq.,  of  Kilmartin  and  Blackball,  who  died  27th 
April,  1861,  aged  thirty-three. 


PARISH   OF   STRACHAN.  301 

A  tombstone  celebrates  Joseph  Grant,  an  ingenious  writer  ;  it  is 
thus  inscribed : — 

"  In  memory  of  Joseph  Grant,  author  of  "  Tales  of  the  Glens," 
and  other  pieces  in  prose  and  verse,  who  died  April  14,  1835,  aged 
30  years.  Erected  by  his  father  and  mother,  Eobert  and  Isobel 
Grant,  Affrosk,  Banchory-Ternan. 

"  Though  young  in  years,  and  not  unknown  to  fame  ; 
Though  worth  and  genius  both  had  told  his  name  ; 
Though  hope  was  high  and  certain  honour  near, 
He  left  the  world  without  a  sigh  or  tear  ; — 
Yes  !  trusting  in  the  Saviour's  power  to  save, 
No  sting  had  death,  no  terror  had  the  grave  ; 
His  parting  words,  in  prospect  of  the  tomb, 
Were,  '  Dearest  Mother,  I  am  going  home  ! ' ' 

Grant  was  born  in  the  parish  of  Banchory-Ternan  on  the  26th 
May,  1805.  He  received  an  ordinary  education  at  the  parish  school, 
and  was  thereafter  employed  in  desultory  work  about  his  father's 
farm.  After  some  changes  he  became  clerk  in  the  office  of  a 
solicitor.  In  1828  he  published  his  "  Juvenile  Lays,"  and  in  1830 
"  Kincardineshire  Traditions,"  a  small  volume  of  ballads.  To 
Chambers's  Edinburgh  Journal  he  furnished  a  series  of  tales  and 
sketches,  and  in  1834  committed  to  the  press  his  best  work, "  Tales 
of  the  Glens,"  which  was  published  posthumously.  Of  a  fine 
genius  and  amiable  disposition,  Grant  afforded  promise  of  attaining 
literary  eminence.  He  was  cut  off  by  a  pulmonary  ailment. 


302  ARKi;i>KKNsim;K. 


ABEEDEENSHIRE. 


PAEISH  OF  ABERDEEN. 

In  the  chapel  of  King's  College  (founded  by  Bishop  Elphinston 
in  1494)  a  monument  celebrates  Henry  Scougal,  Professor,  first 
of  Philosophy  and  afterwards  of  Theology  in  that  institution.  The 
inscription  is  as  follows  : — 

"  Memorise  sacrum  Henricus  Scougal  reverendi  in  Christo  patris, 
Patricii  episcopi  Abredonensis  films  ;  philosophise,  in  hoc  academia 
regia  per  quadrenuium  totidemque  annis  ibidem  theologiie  pro- 
fessor, ecclesise  in  Auchterless  uno  anno  interstite  pastor ;  multa 
in  tarn  brevis  vita?  curriculo,  didicit,  praestitit,  docuit :  cceli  avidus 
et  ccelo,  maturus  obiit  anno  Dom.  1678.  JEtatis  suse  28  et  hie 
exuvias  mortalitatis  posuit." 

Second  son  of  Bishop  Patrick  Scougal,  the  subject  of  the  preceding 
epitaph  was  born  in  June,  1650.  Educated  at  King's  College,  he 
there  so  greatly  distinguished  himself  that  in  his  nineteenth  year 
he  was  appointed  regent  of  philosophy.  He  was  one  of  the  first 
Scottish  professors  who  taught  the  philosophy  of  Bacon.  After 
ministering  for  a  year  in  the  parish  of  Auchterless,  he  was  pro- 
moted to  the  Professorship  of  Theology  in  King's  College.  He 
died  on  the  27th  June,  1678,  at  the  early  age  of  twenty-eight. 
He  composed  an  able  work,  entitled  "  The  Life  of  God  in  the  Soul 
of  Man,"  and  left  several  treatises  in  MS.  To  the  library  of  King's 
College  he  bequeathed  his  collection  of  books,  with  5000  marks  to 
increase  the  salary  of  the  Professor  of  Theology. 

St.  Nicholas  Church,  an  imposing  ecclesiastical  structure,  w:is 
removed  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  : — 


PAUISII    OF   ABERDEEN.  30.3 

"  Kobert  Davidson,  provost  of  Aberdeen,  was  killed  at  the  battle 
of  Harlaw  in  the  year  1411. 

In  St.  Nicholas  church  was  commemorated  Sir  Paul  Menzies  of 
Kilmundy,  and  his  wife  Barbara  Gordon.  Menzies,  was  on  twelve 
occasions  elected  chief  magistrate.  His  monument  was  thus  in- 
scribed : — 

D.  0.  M.  S. 

"  Et  memoriae  Pauli  Minesii  a  Kinmundy,  equestris  ordinis  viri , 
qui  nobili  farnilia  editus  hie  vitam  egit,  duodecies  concord,  civium 
suffrag.  electus  praefectus  urbis.  tot  ann.  tenuit;  mitiingenio.  comi- 
tate  morum  omnibus  charus;  unico  eoque  concordi  conjugio  felix 
jam  octuagenarius  in  spem  beatse  resurrectionis,  mortalit  exuv. 
deposuit  mense  Decembris  M.  D.  C.  L.  I.  Alexander  films  et  haeres 
optimo  parenti  F.  C.  Sub  hoc  etiam  saxo  quiescunt  ossa  Bar- 
barae  Gordonae  ejusdem  Alexandris  conjugis,  quae  vita  abiit  4 
Cal.  Novembris  anno  MDCLVII." 

A  monumental  brass  in  St.  Nicholas  church  bore  this  legend  : — 

"  Sub  spe  beatse  resurrectionis,  hie  quiescit  D.  Duncanus  Liddelus, 
doctor  medicus,  Joannis  Liddeli,  civis  Abredonensis  filius.  Obiit 
xvii.  Decembris  Anno  Dom  MDCXIII.  ^Etatis  suie  LIT." 

"  ^Eternae  memoriae  D.  Duncani  Liddeli  doct.  medici,  quern  virtus 
nascentem  excepit ;  recondita  in  medicina  ac  omnibus  philosophise 
et  matheseos  partibus  peritia  natum  excoluit ;  liberalitas  supra 
cequales  extulit ;  cui  annum  stipendium  debet  publicus  matheseos  in 
academiae  Abredonensi  professor,  victumque  ejusdem  academiae  sex 
aluumi,  fama  posthuma  meritorum  perpetua  testis  M.  H.  D.  C.  Q." 

Dr.  Liddel  was  born  at  Aberdeen  in  1561,  and  was  educated 
first,  at  King's  College,  and  afterwards  in  Germany.  He  was  ap- 
pointed first  physician  at  the  Court  of  Brunswick,  and  professor  of 
mathematics  in  the  university  of  Helmstadt.  He  subsequently 
settled  in  his  native  city,  and  at  his  death,  which  took  place  in 
1613,  established  a  mathematical  chair  in  Marischal  College.  Of 
his  several  works,  the  best  known  is  that  entitled  "  The  Art  of 
Preserving  Health." 

In  St.  Nicholas  church  Gilbert  Menzies  of  Pitfoddels,  and  his 
spouse  Marjory  Liddel,  are  thus  celebrated  : — 

"  Tumulus    honorabilis  viri  Gilbert!  Mengzeis   de   Pitfoddels 


304  AKERDEEXSIIIRE. 

quondam   pra;positi  burgi  de  Aberdeen  et    Marjorue  Liddel,  ejus 
conjugis  qui  (Jiibertus  obiit  1439." 

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  : — 

"Hie  sub  esta  sepultura  jacet  honorabilis  et  famosus  miles 
Dominus  Alexander  de  Irvyne  secundus,  quondam  Domiuus  de 
Droum,  Dachynder  et  Foreglen  qui  obit  .  .  .  die  mensis  .  .  . 
anno  Domini  MCCCC." 

"  Hie  etiam  jacet  nobilis  domina,  Domina  Elizabeth  de  Kyth, 
filia  quondam  dbmini  Roberti  de  Kyth  militis,  Marescalli  Scotise, 
uxor  quondam  dicti  domini  Alexandri  de  Irvyne,  quas. obiit  .  .  . 
die  mensis  ....  anno  Dom.  MCCCC." 

Sir  Alexander  Irvine  was  son  of  Sir  William  de  Irwin,  who  re- 
ceived from  Robert  the  Bruce  a  grant  '"•f  the  forest  of  Drum. 
Sir  Alexander's  son,  who  bore  the  same  Christian  name,  held  a 
command  in  the  Lowland  army  at  the  battle  of  Harlaw.  He 
fought  hand  to  hand  with  Maclean  of  Dowart,  and  fell  along  with 
his  combatant.  In  the  ballad  entitled  "  The  Battle  of  Harlaw," 
he  is  celebrated  thus  : — 

"  Gude  Sir  Alexander  Irving 
The  much  renownit  Laird  of  Drum, 
Nane  in  his  days  was  bettir  sene 
Quhen  they  war  'semblit  all  and  sum  ; 
To  prais  him  we  sould  not  be  dumm, 
For  valour,  wit,  and  worthyness 
To  end  his  Days  he  ther  did  cum 
Quhois  ransom  is  remeidyless." 

The  "  Drum  aisle  "  contained  the  remains  of  Sir  Alexander  Irvine 
of  Drum,  an  attached  supporter  of  Charles  I.  He  was  excommuni- 
cated by  the  Covenanters,  and  falling  into  their  hands,  was  sen- 
tenced to  death.  The  defeat  of  his  opponents  at  Kilsyth  in  1645 
led  to  his  preservation.  On  the  Restoration  he  was  offered  the 

*  "  Scottish  Ballads,"  edited  by  James  Maidment.  Edin.  J868.  Vol.  I. 
p.  208. 


PARISH  OF  ABERDEEN.  305 

earldom  of  Aberdeen,  but  he  preferred  to  retain  his  original  desig- 
nation.    He  died  in  1687. 

In  St.  Nicholas  churchyard,  Principal  Guild  of  Marischal  College, 
and  his  wife  Katharine  Eolland,  are  thus  celebrated : — 

"Sanctiss.  et  individ.  Trinitati  S.  et  pise  memorise  Gulielmi 
Guild,  qui  in  hac  urbe  natus  et  institutus  sacrisque  studiis  a  teneris 
innutritus  primum  curse  ecclesise  de  Kinedwar  admotus,  eaque  per 
XXIII.  annos  administrata,  a  municibus  suis  in  hanc  urbem  vocatus, 
jam  S.  S.,  theologies  doctor  et  Carolo  regi  a  sacris,  per  decennium  hie 
ecelesiastis  munere  functus ;  inde  translatus  ad  collegium  regale 
ubi  primarii  onus  ad  decennium  sustinuit  donee  rebus  apud  nos 
turbatis  integritas  ejus  livorem  temporum  non  effugit :  inde  igitur 
digressus,  hie,  ubi  canabula,  nidum  senectutis  posuit.  Non 
tamen  inerti  otio  deditus,  sed  voce,  calamo  et  inculpata  vita  aliis 
exemplum  fuit.  Amplum  et  innocenter  partum  patrimoniuni  multo 
maximam  partem  piis  usibus  legavit.  Conjunx  quoque  quee  sua 
erant  iisdem  usibus  addixit.  Vixit  annos  Ixxi.  et  ad  vii.  cal. 
Augusti  anni,  MDCLVII.  in  spem  optassimse  resurrectionis,  mor- 
talitatem  explevit. 

"  Cathariua  Kowen  superstes  vidua,  dilectissimo  marito,  cumquo 
concorditer  xlvii.  plenos  annos  vixit  H.M.L.M.F.C.  hoc  monu- 
mentum  lugens  mosstusque  fieri  curavit.  Nee  ccepisse,  nee  fecisse, 
virtutis  est,  sed  perfecisse/' 

Dr.  William  Guild  was  son  of  a  prosperous  armourer  in  the  city. 
Born  in  1586,  he  was  educated  at  Marischal  College,  and  in  1609 
was  admitted  minister  of  King  Edward,  in  the  Presbytery  of  Turriff. 
From  King  Edward  he  was,  in  1631,  translated  to  the  second  charge 
of  St.  Nicholas'  church,  and  in  1640  was  promoted  to  the  principal- 
ship  of  King's  College,  Of  this  office  he  was  deprived  in  1651  by 
a  military  commission  under  General  Monk.  He  died  in  1657. 
Abounding  in  benevolence,  he  endowed  an  hospital  for  decayed  work- 
men, and  otherwise  devoted  an  ample  fortune  to  charitable  uses. 
His  ecclesiastical  opinions  were  unfixed ;  he  at  first  inclined  to- 
wards Episcopacy,  latterly  he  subscribed  the  Covenant,  and  up- 
held Presbytery.  He  composed  numerous  theological  works,  some 
of  which  have  been  reprinted.  His  portrait  is  preserved  in  Trinity 
Hall,  Aberdeen.  His  widow  left  endowments  for  six  bursars  in 

VOL.  II.  X 


306  ABERDEENSHIKE. 

philosophy  and  two  bursars  in  theology,  and  made  some  other  im- 
portant bequests. 

As  a  minister  of  Aberdeen  Dr.  Guild  was  succeeded  by  the  cele- 
brated Andrew  Cant,  whose  monument  in  St.  Nicholas  church- 
yard is  thus  inscribed  : — 


"  Sub  hoc  marmore,  quiescit  Dei  servus,  D.  Andraaas  Cantaeus,  vir 
suo  seculo  summus,  qui  orbi  huic  et  urbi  ecclesiastes  voce  et  vita 
inclinatam  religionem  sustinuit,  degeneres  mundi  mores  refinxit, 
ardens  et  amans  Boanerges  et  Barnabas,  magnes  et  adamas,  acade- 
miae  rector  labantem  rem  literariam  levavit  intemeratas  pietatis,  illi- 
batfe  constantiaa,  invicti  animi ;  quern  tot  annos  cum  Deo  purum  pro- 
basset  hoc  sevo  virtutum  efi'ceto  atque  summam  hujus  vitreae  felici- 
tatis  videns  in  vanitati  sistentem,  veram  earn,  qua?  nee  temporum 
metis,  neque  voluptatis  modis  circumscribitur,  propiore  spe  et  augu- 
rio  praecepisset,  animam  Christo  suo  placide  reddidit  XLIX.  annis 
sui  ministerii  prius  emensis,  nee  paucioribus  auspiciatissimi  fcederis 
cum  Margareta  Irvina,  muliere  lectissima,  anno  nat.  Dom. 
ClQlQCLXIIL,  pridie  calendas  Maii.  ^Etatis  suae  LXXIX.  qui 
mortuus  adhuc  loquitur,  vale." 


Mr.  Cant  was  a  native  of  Haddingtonshire.  From  the  office  of 
Regent  of  Humanity,  in  King's  College,  he  was  admitted  to  the 
ministry  at  Alford  about  the  year  1616,  and  in  1633  was  preferred 
to  the  newly  erected  parish  of  Pitsligo.  He  was  known  as  one  of 
the  apostles  of  the  Covenant,  from  his  zeal  in  procuring  signatures 
to  that  document.  In  1638  he  was  translated  to  Newbattle,  and 
from  thence  to  the  first  charge  of  Aberdeen  in  1641.  He  was  chosen 
Moderator  of  the  General  Assembly  in  1650 ;  he  joined  the  Pro- 
testers in  1651,  and  being  accused  of  publishing  the  sentiments  set 
forth  in  Eutherford's  "Lex  Rex,"  he,  in  1660,  demitted  his  charge. 
He  died  on  the  30th  April,  1663,  a^ed  seventy-nine.  An  unbending 
advocate  for  the  clerical  prerogative,  he  for  a  time  compelled  both 
his  congregation  and  the  magistracy  to  submit  to  his  ministerial 
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   OF  ABERDEEN.  307 

thus  commemorated  Dr.  Patrick  Sibbald,  a  native  of  the  city,  and 
latterly  Professor  of  Theology  in  Marischal  College : — 

"  Patricius  Sibbald,  S.S.T.D.  a  primis  annis,  Deo,  religioni  et  literis 
consecratus,  ad  aniinarum  curam,  hac  in  urbe  natali,  anno  1666  et  ad 
SS.T.  professionem  in  academia  Mariscalle,  anno  1685  vocatus ; 
vir  solidse  eruditionis,  sincerse  pietatis,  illibati  candoris,  in  praedi- 
cando  et  docendo  facundus,  felix,  veritatis  et  pacis  cultor  assiduus  ; 
in  vita  munificus ;  pietatem  in  dictam  academiam  templa  egentes 
testatus,  obiit  14  Novembris  anno  Dom  1697,  setatis  suae  57.  Et 
hie,  eurn  parentibus  ac  pia  conjuge  Joanna  Scougal,  reverendi  patris 
episcopi  Abredonensis  filia,  mortalitatis  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  fuit,  hie  jacet ;  quod  est  si  requiras,  cselum  specta. 

"Hie  beatam  praestolatur  resurrectionem,  magister  Jacobus 
Mowat  de  Logic,  Autiquissimas  Mowatorum  gentis  secundus;  pietate 
vero  et  omnigena  virtute,  paucis  aut  nemini  secundus,  qui  obiit 
5  Maii  1662.  Necnon  Margareta  Mowat  conjunx  ejus  dilectissima, 
eadem  familia  oriunda,  qu83  monumentum  hoc  a  majoribus  con- 
ditum,  denuo  instaurandum,  et  pecunia  civitati  huic  legata  per- 
petuo  conservandum  curavit,  et  fatis  concessit  septimo  martii  die 
anno  1700. 

"  Debita  naturae  solvis,  Isetare  triumpha 
Corporis  0  tandem  carcere  liber  abis." 

In  St.  Nicholas  churchyard  John  Jaffray,  of  Dilspro,  Provost 
of  Aberdeen,  with  his  wife,  Janeta  Forrest,  and  Thomas  Jaffray, 
of  Dilspro,  with  his  wife,  Margaret  Gordon  of  Aberzeldie,  are  thus 
commemorated : — 

"  Hie  jacet  vir  nobilissimus,  Joannes  Jaffray,  de  Dilspro,  Abre- 
donise,  qui  obiit  10  Junii,  1684.  Necnon  rnagister  Thomas  Jaffray, 
de  Dilspro,  ejus  filius,  qui  obiit  19  Septembris,  1695.  Hie  in 
Christo  requiescit  Joneta  Forrest,  illustrissimi  D.  Joannis  Jaffray, 
quondam  Abredoniarum,  Praefecti,  conjunx  pientissima ;  quad 
divinis  animi,  virtutis  et  gratiae  dobitus,  supra  astatis  sortem  et 
seculi  genium  evecta,  molestae  exuviis  mortalitatis  libera,  ccelum  ac 


308  A.BERDEENSHIRE. 

immortalitatem  induit  4  March,  Anno  Dom.  1656.  Necnon  et 
Margareta  Gordon  ab  Aberzeldie,  excultissiuia  ejusdem  conjunx 
quae  fato  cessit  Octob.  11,  Anno  Dom.  1678." 

The  following  Latin  epitaph  adorns  the  monument  of  Professor 
John  Menzies : — 

"  Hie  situs  est  D.  Joannes  Menesius,  Presbyter  et  S.  S.  theologiae 
professor  in  academia  Abredonensi,  34,  annis  ;  illustri  familia  ortus 
sublimis  ingenio  et  eloquentia  aeque  clarus ;  in  scholis  disputator, 
subtilis  acer  et  eruditus ;  in  verbo  divino  prasdicando  praapotens 
facundus  et  frequens ;  orthodoxae  religion  is  propugnator  invictus; 
vera  pietate,  vitae  innocentia,  morum  suavitati  omnibus  charus ;  tan- 
dem laboribus  officii  fractus :  in  spem  beatae  resurrectionis,  mortalis 
exuvias  deposuit,  February  1,  1684,  aetatis  60. 

"  Hie  etiam  requiescunt  cineres  filii  ejusdem  magistri  Joannis 
Menesii,  A.M.  optimse  spei  juvenis,  qui  obiit  20  Augusti,  1682, 
aetatis  18.  Poni  curavit  msestissima  conjunx  et  mater  Margareta 
Forbes." 

In  1649,  Mr.  Menzies  was  promoted  from  the  second  charge  of 
St.  Nicholas  parish  to  Greyfriars'  church.  He  joined  the  Pro- 
testers in  1651,  and  at  the  call  of  Cromwell  proceeded  to  London  in 
1654  to  deliberate  respecting  ecclesiastical  affairs.  After  the 
Eestoration  he  inclined  towards  episcopacy,  and  was  supposed  to 
desire  the  office  of  a  bishop.  In  1679  he  obtained  his  professorship 
in  King's  College.  Before  his  death  he  expressed  his  firm  adherence 
to  the  cause  of  Presbytery.  His  wife,  who  is  named  on  his  tomb- 
stone, was  eldest  daughter  of  Sir  William  Forbes,  of  Craigievar. 

-  George  Davidson,  of  Pettens,  a  builder  and  endower  of  churches, 
has  the  following  epitaph  : — 

"^Eternae  memoriae  Georgia  Davidsone,  de  Pettens,  viri  vitae 
integritate,  ac  profusae  in  egenos  largitate  et  in  Deum  pietate,  vere 
insignis,  de  ecclesia  universaque  republica  et  hac  civitate  Abre- 
donensi quam  optime  ineriti.  Hie  praeter  plurimas  donationes  in 
perpetuum  pauperum  subsidium  ac  usus  publicos,  pontem  de 
Inche  reparandum,  pontemque  haud  inelegante  structura  de  Brux- 
burne  construendum  curavit.  Terras  de  Pettens  et  Bogfairlie,  cum 
quibusdam  pecuniarum  summis,  ecclesiae  Abredonensi  donavit,  in 
perpetuum  usum  diviiii  ibidem  verbi  praeconis  ;  templuni  etiam  de 
Newhills  aedificari  fecit,  ac  pro  majore  regni  Dei  incremento,  in  sus- 


PARISH  OF  ABERDEEN.  309 

tentationem  prsedicatorum  evangelii  ibidem,  dictas  etiam  terras  de 
Newhills,  raro  exemplo  dicavit.   Denatus  est  anno  M.  D.  C.  LXIII." 

In  St.  Nicholas  churchyard  the  following  classical  inscription, 
composed  by  Dr.  James  Gregory,  of  Edinburgh,  adorns  the  tomb- 
stone of  Dr.  Beattie,  author  of  "  The  Minstrel " : — 

"  Memorise  Sacrum  Jacobi  Beattie,  LL.D.,  ethices  in  academia 
Marescallana  hujus  urbis  per  XLIII.  annos  Professoris  mere- 
tissimi  viri,  pietate,  probitate,  ingenio  atque  doctrina  praestantis, 
scriptoris,  elegantissimi  poetae  suavissimi  Philosophi  vere  Christiani. 
Natus  est  V.  Nov.  anno  MDCCXXXV.  Obiit  XVIII.  Aug., 
MDCCCIII.  Omnibus  liberis  orbus  quorum  natu  maximus  Jacobus 
Hay  Beattie,  vel  a  puerilibus  aunis,  patrio,  vigens  ingeiiio.  No- 
vumque  decus  jam  addens  paterno  suis  carissimus  patriae  flebilis, 
lenta  tabe  consumptus  periit,  anno  aetatis  XXIII.,  Geo.  et  Mar. 
Glennie,  N.  M.  P." 

Dr.  Beattie  was  born  at  Laurencekirk,  where  his  father  kept  a 
small  shop.  Educated  at  Marischal  College,  he  was  in  his  eighteenth 
year  appointed  parish  schoolmaster  of  Fordoun.  In  1753  he  was 
elected  usher  in  the  grammar  school  of  Aberdeen  ;  and,  his  abilities 
becoming  known,  he  was  in  1760  preferred  to  the  chair  of  Moral 
Philosophy  in  Marischal  College.  Ten  years  afterwards  appeared 
his  "  Essay  on  Truth,"  an  answer  to  the  sceptical  tenets  of  David 
Hume.  This  work  obtained  unprecedented  favour,  and  the  author 
was  introduced  to  George  III.  and  had  conferred  on  him  a  Civil 
List  pension  of  £200  a  year.  In  1771  Dr.  Beattie  produced  the 
first  part  of  the  "  Minstrel;  "  the  second  part  was  added  in  1774. 
This  delightful  poem  entirely  justifies  its  author's  fame ;  it  retains 
its  place  as  a  British  classic.  Dr.  Beattie  suffered  a  severe  trial  in 
the  death  of  his  son,  James  Hay  Beattie,  a  young  man  of  remarkable 
attainments,  and  who  had  been  appointed  his  assistant  and  suc- 
cessor in  his  professorial  chair.  The  mental  aberration  of  his 
amiable  wife,  was  another  trial  which  bore  heavily  on  his  sensitive 
nature.  He  died  in  1803,  in  his  sixty-eighth  year. 

In  St.  Nicholas  churchyard,  monuments  commemorate  Principals 
Blaokwell,  Osborne,  Campbell,  and  Brown,  and  Professors  Stuart 
and  Kidd,  all  of  Marischal  College. 


310  ABERDEENSHIRE. 

Monumental  tablets  in  the  West  Church  celebrate  Mrs.  Allardyce 
of  Dunnottar,  Captain  Cushnie,  a  public  benefactor,  and  Dr.  Cop- 
land, Professor  of  Natural  Philosophy  in  Marischal  College.  In 
the  East  Church  are  commemorated  the  Rev.  Adam  Heriot,  first 
Protestant  minister  of  St.  Nicholas  Church,  and  his  wife  "  E(femie 
Schevis,"  a  native  of  Fifeshire.  Mr.  Heriot  died  on  the  28th 
August,  1574. 

In  Drum's  aisle  a  monumental  statue  commemorates  James 
Blaikie,  Provost  of  Aberdeen.  Executed  by  Mr.  Steell,  it  was 
erected  in  1844. 

A  statue  of  the  Prince  Consort,  executed  by  Baron  Marochetti, 
was  erected  at  Aberdeen  in  October,  1863.  The  Prince  is  seated, 
dressed  as  a  field-marshal. 

In  September,  1866,  a  statue  of  Her  Majesty  the  Queen  was 
placed  at  the  corner  of  St.  Nicholas  Street,  opposite  the  top  of 
Market  Street.  Raised  at  the  cost  of  £1,000,  subscribed  by  working 
men,  it  was  sculptured  by  Alexander  Brodie,  a  local  artist.  The 
figure,  composed  of  Sicilian  marble,  is  eight  feet  six  inches  in 
height,  and  rests  on  a  richly  polished  pedestal  of  Aberdeen  granite. 
The  Queen  is  represented  standing,  bearing  a  sceptre  in  her  right 
hand,  and  clasping  in  her  left  the  folds  of  a  Scottish  plaid. 


PARISH  OF  ABERPOUR. 

Within  the  nave  of  the  old  church  is  the  burial-place  of  the 
Bairds,  of  Auchmedden.  The  first  of  the  House  commemorated  is 
George  Baird,  of  Auchmedden,  who  died  29th  May,  1593.  The 
estate  was  acquired  by  Andrew  Baird,  in  1534  ;  it  was  sold  to  Lord 
Haddo  in  1750.  The  BairJs  of  Newbyth  and  Saughtonhall, 
baronets,  are  descended  from  this  House. 

The  family  of  Leslie  of  Coburty  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  AUCHTERLESS.  311 


PAEISH  OF  ABOYNE. 

In  the  parish  churchyard  a  tombstone  thus  commemorates  the 
wife  of  the  Eev.  James  Gordon,  for  some  years  minister  of  the 
parish  : — 

"Within  this  isle,  interred  behind  these  stones, 
Are  pious,  wise,  good  Mary  Forbes'  bones, 
To  Balfling  daughter,  and  of  blameless  life, 
To  Mr.  Gordon,  pastor  here,  the  wife." 

Mrs.  Gordon  was  daughter  of  Mr.  Forbes,  of  Balfling ;  she  died 
27th  April,  1738,  aged  46.  Her  husband  was  translated  to  Alloa 
in  1736.  He  was  moderator  of  the  General  Assembly  in  1734, 
and  died  6th  August,  1749. 

A  gravestone  is  inscribed  thus : — 

"  Here  lys  below  these  stones 
Pious,  virtuous  Jean  Wishart's  bones, 

Wife  to  John  Bain  ; 

Sometimes  in  Bridgend,  of  Knockandock. 
All  that  was  decent  and  discreet 
Did  in  her  parts  and  in  her  person  meet ; 
She  made  appear  in  her  unblemished  life 
The  tender  mother  and  the  loving  wife." 


PARISH  OF  AUCHTEELESS. 

The  family  mausoleum  of  Duff  of  Hatton,  contains  several 
monumental  tablets.  These  commemorate  Alexander  Duff,  Esq., 
of  Hatton,  who  died  7th  December,  1753;  Gordon  William  Duff, 
of  Hatton,  who  died  17th  September,  1866,  and  other  members  of 
the  House. 

An  altar-stone  is  thus  inscribed  : — 

"James  Cruikshank,  in  Toukshill,  died  13  Jan.,  1814,  aged  71. 
His  mother,  Margaret  Topp,  died  1769,  aged  64.  He  endowed  a 


312  ABERDEENSHIRE. 

bursary  at  King's  College,  another  at  Marischal  College,  each  of 
£20  a  year,  and  astricted  to  the  names  of  Cruikshank  and  Tapp  or 
Topp,  or  otherwise  to  accumulate ;  and  left  handsome  charities  in 
legacies  to  his  friends.  Inscribed  in  testimony  of  respect  to  the 
said  James  Cruikshank  in  Toukskill,  New  Deer,  by  Alex.  Cruik- 
shank, in  Middlehill,  his  nephew,  1818." 

A  monument  celebrates  several  members  of  the  family  of 
Chalmers,  "  in  Kirktown."  Three  of  those  commemorated  are  James 
Chalmers,  died  1846 ;  Alexander  Chalmers,  died  1848 ;  and  George 
Chalmers,  died  1852.  The  last  founded  and  endowed  an  Infant 
School  at  Turriff. 


PARISH  OF  BELHELVIK 

A  funeral  vault,  now  disused,  belonged  to  the  Earls  of  Panmure. 
Gilbert  Innes,  of  Eora,  progenitor  of  Innes  of  Stow,  is  interred 
in  the  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  whilst  salvation  is  brought  nigh, 
To  Christ  the  Friend  of  sinners  fly." 

"  0  trifle  not  your  time  away, 

Though  youth  be  in  its  bloom ; 
Prepare  now  to  follow  me 
And  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  mine  must  be  as  they." 


PAKISH  OF  CHAPEL  OF  GAKIOCH.  313 


PAEISH  OF  BOUKTIE. 

At  the  east  end  of  the  church  the  stone  effigies  of  a  knight  in 
armour  and  his  lady  are  supposed  to  belong  to  the  House  of 
Meldrum,  formerly  potent  in  the  district. 

Within  a  mortuary  enclosure  an  altar  tomb  is  thus  inscribed : — 

"  Here  lie  the  remains  of  John  Leith,  of  Kingudie,  Esq.,  who 
died  in  1764 ;  and  of  his  spouse  Helen  Simpson,  who  died  in 
1753 ;  and  of  John  Grant,  of  Rothmaise,  Esq.,  who  died  in  January, 
1800,  aged  86 ;  and  of  Ann  Leith,  his  spouse,  liferentrix  of 
Kingudie,  who  died  3  April,  1807,  aged  84;  and  of  Lieut.  P.  Grant, 
their  son,  who  died  in  Sept.,  1810;  and  also  of  Miss  Jean  Grant, 
their  daughter,  who  died  in  April,  1815,  aged  57. 


PAEISH  OF  CHAPEL  OF  GAEIOCH. 

About  Jialf  a  mile  north-west  of  the  parish  church  an  upright 
stone  commemorates  a  daughter  of  the  laird  of  Balquharn,  who 
was  killed  in  a  scuffle  consequent  on  her  attempt  to  elope  with  the 
son  of  a  neighbouring  landowner,  who  was  obnoxious  to  his  family. 

In  this  parish  was  fought  the  battle  of  Harlaw,  on  the  24th 
July,  1411,  the  combatants  being  the  Earl  of  Mar,  with  the 
Scottish  army,  and  Donald,  Lord  of  the  Isles,  and  his  followers. 
In  the  field  stone  coffins  and  human  remains  are  frequently  found. 
Two  mounds  are  known  as  Dennis'  Cairn  and  Maclean's  Grave ; 
the  former  denotes  the  burial-place  of  Irvine,  of  Drum,  the  latter 
that  of  the  chief  of  Maclean,  both  of  whom  perished  in  battle. 


314  ABERDEENSHIRE. 


PARISH  OF  CRATHIE  AND  BRAEMAR. 

On  the  south  bank  of  the  Dee,  half  a  mile  east  of  Balmoral,  a 
monumental  statue  commemorates  H.R.H.  the  Prince  Consort. 
The  Prince  is  represented  in  bronze  as  a  Highland  chief  in  full 
costume.  The  pedestal,  a  rough  natural  cairn  of  huge  granite 
boulders,  is  ten  and  a  half  feet  high  ;  it  is  surmounted  by  the  figure, 
which  is  in  height  thirteen  and  a  half  feet.  The  left  leg  is  slightly 
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  Majesty  Queen  Victoria,  and  Lord  of  the  Castle  and  lands  of 
Balmoral,  this  tablet  is  dedicated,  in  deep  sorrow  for  his  early 
death,  and  in  pious  remembrance  of  his  beneficent  gift  of  the  site 
whereon  this  church  is  erected,  by  those  who  worship  under  its 
roof." 

In  the  churchyard  a  burial-aisle  belongs  to  the  old  family  of 
Farquharson,  of  Monaltrie  and  Balnabodach.  It  presents  the 
following  inscriptions : — 

"  1699.  "Within  these  walls  lie  the  remains  of  Alexander  Farqu- 
harson, of  Monaltrie;  John  and  Francis,  both  of  Monaltrie,  his 
sons  ;  Robert,  his  youngest  son,  and  several  other  children,  who  died 
in  infancy.  Here  also  are  interred  Anne  Farquharson,  the  wife  of 
Alexander,  Anne  Ogilvie,  the  wife  of  John ;  and  Isobel  Keith  and 
Helen  Baird,  the  wives  of  Robert.  As  also  Amelia,  Francis,  aud 
James,  the  children  of  Robert  and  Helen  Baird.  For  their  memory 
this  stone  is  erected,  with  the  warmest  filial  and  fraternal  affection, 
by  William  Farquharson,  of  Monaltria  1808." 

"Erected  A.D.  1824,  by  James  Farquharson,  Esq.,  Balnabodach. 
Sacred  to  the  memory  of  James  Farquharson,  of  Tullochcoy,  who 
died  in  1760 ;  and  his  spouse  May  Farquharson,  died  1729 ;  Peter 
Farquharson,  of  Tullochcoy,  born  1733,  died  1801 ;  Isabella  Forbes, 
his  spouse,  born  1733,  died  1780.  George,  Francis,  and  Donald, 


PARISH   OF  CRATHIE  AND   BRAEMAR.  315 

their  sons,  the  former  died  1787,  the  two  latter  in  their  infancy, 
James  and  Katherine,  son  and  daughter  of  James  Farquharson, 
Balnabodach,  and  Tullochcoy.  The  son  died  in  1805,  the  daughter 
in  1807.  Ann,  daughter  of  James  Farquharson,  of  Balnabodach, 
and  wife  of  Dr.  Kobertson,  who  died  at  Indego,  31  August,  1842, 
aged  3-1." 

"  In  memory  of  James  Farquharson,  of  Balnabodach,  who  died 
at  Ballater,  10th  October,  1843,  aged  85  years;  and  Isabella 
McHardy,  his  wife,  who  died  at  Baluabodach,  9th  September,  1827, 
aged  64  years.  This  tablet  is  erected  as  a  mark  of  filial  respect 
and  affection  by  their  three  sons,  Peter,  John,  and  Alexander 
Farquharson,  1844.  Also  of  their  younger  brother,  George  Farqu- 
harson, who  died  at  Balnabodach,  26th  December,  184],  aged  38 
years." 

In  Braemar  churchyard  a  burial-aisle  belonging  to  the  Farqu- 
harsons,  of  Invercauld,  occupies  the  site  of  the  old  church.  On 
marble  tablets  are  these  epitaphs : — 

"Sacred  to  the  memory  of  John  Farquharson,  of  Invercauld, 
who  was  born  in  1750.  Sacred  also  to  the  memory  of  James 
Farquharson,  of  Invercauld,  his  son,  who  died  24  June,  1805, 
aged  83  ;  and  Amelia,  Lady  Sinclair,  his  spouse  (daughter  of  Lord 
George  Murray),  who  died  in  1779.  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  with 
their  parents  in  the  ground  adjoining ;  Charlotte,  at  Arnhill ;  Fanny, 
at  Lisbon  ;  and  Amelia,  Margaret,  and  Ann,  in  the  burying  ground 
of  North  Leith." 

"  To  the  memory  of  Catherine,  youngest  daughter  and  heiress  of 
James  Farquharson,  of  Invercauld,  born  4  May,  1774,  died  27  Feb., 
1845.  To  the  memory  of  James  Eoss-Farquharson,  her  husband, 
Capt.  E.N.,  (2d  son  of  Sir  John  Lockhart-Eoss,  of  Balnagowan, 
baronet),  who  died  at  Edinburgh,  5  Feb.,  1809,  aged  38  years. 
This  tablet  was  erected  after  his  mother's  death,  by  her  affectionate 
son,  Aug.,  1845." 

"  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  James  Farquharson,  Esq.  of  Inver- 
cauld. Born  April  25,  1808 ;  died  Nov.  20,  1862.  This  tablet  is 
erected  in  affectionate  remembrance,  by  his  eldest  son,  Lieut.-Col. 
Farquharson,  of  the  Scots  Fusilier  Guards." 

On  the  north  bank  of  the  Dee,  opposite  Braemar  Castle,  a  granite 


316  ABERDEENSHIRE. 

obelisk  has  been  reared  to  the  memory  of  the  late  Mr.  Farquharson. 
It  is  thus  inscribed  : — 

"  In  memory  of  James  Farquharson,  Esq.,  of  Invercauld,  by  his 
tenantry  and  servants,  to  whom  he  was  greatly  attached.  Born 
25th  April,  1808 ;  died  20th  Nov.,  1862.  '  The  righteous  shall  be 
in  everlasting  remembrance/ — Psalm  cxii.  6. 

In  Braemar  churchyard  a  plain  gravestone  commemorates  Peter 
Grant,  farmer,  who  died  at  Auchendryne,  llth  February,  1824, 
aged  one  hundred  and  ten  years.  „  Grant  was  a  sergeant-major  in 
the  army  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  life. 


PAEISH  OF  CEIMOND. 

Near  the  mill  of  Haddo  a  spot  called  "  Battle  fauld  "  denotes  the 
grave  of  Sir  James  the  Eose,  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 
Eose." 


PAEISH  OF  CEUDEN. 

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  1695,  aged  seventy-six.  In  a  mortuary 
enclosure  a  granite  monument  is  thus  inscribed  : — 

"  In  memory  of  Lady  Florence- Alice  Hay,  infant  daughter  of 


PARISH   OF  CRUDEN.  317 

the  Earl  and  Countess  of  Errol ;  born  May  28th,  1858,  died  May 
15th,  1859.     (Jer.  31.  3 ;  Mai.  3.  17.) 

Within  an  enclosure,  a  flat  gravestone  celebrates  Charles  Gordon 
of  Auchlenchries,  who  died  9th  June,  1777,  aged  seventy-three. 

An  altar-stone  commemorates  Peter  Smith,  of  Aldie,  physician, 
who  died  22nd  November,  1813,  aged  seventy-two ;  also  his  wife 
and  two  of  their  children. 

A  gravestone  commemorates  the  Eev.  J.  Duncan,  minister  of 
Dunrossness,  who  was  lost  in  the  schooner  '  Doris  '  opposite  Slains 
Castle,  during  a  gale  on  the  22nd  February,  1813. 

On  a  flat  tombstone,  the  Eev.  Alexander  Keith  is  celebrated 
thus : — 

"  S.  M.  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Alexander  Keith,  whose  probity  of  heart, 
sanctity  of  manners,  earnestness  of  conversation,  and  unwearied 
attention  to  all  the  duties  of  his  office  as  a  minister  of  the  Church 
of  Scotland,  under  the  many  trying  events  of  8  and  40  years, 
rendered  his  life  valuable,  his  death  lamentable,  and  his  memory 
precious.  Ob.  Oct.  27,  1763,  set.  68  :— 

Ultime  Scotorum  in  Crudenanis,  Kethe,  Sacerdos, 
Fratribus  et  plebi  diu  memorande,  vale, 
Posuit  unici  nati  pietas." 

Son  of  the  Eev.  George  Keith,  minister  of  Deer,  the  subject  of 
the  preceding  epitaph  was  born  on  the  22nd  May,  1695.  He 
became  Episcopal  clergyman  at  Cruden,  where  he  officiated  till  the 
period  of  his  death.  His  epitaph  was  composed  by  the  Eev.  John 
Skinner,  author  of  "  TulloQ.hgorum."  Mr.  Keith  was  author  of  "  A 
View  of  the  Diocese  of  Aberdeen,"  which,  under  the  editorial  care 
of  the  late  Dr.  Joseph  Eobertson,  has  been  printed  for  the  Spalding 
Club. 

The  following  rhymes  are  from  tombstones  in  Cruden  church- 
yard : — 

"  After  the  cares  of  former  life, 
And  many  labours  past ; 
Here  is  the  harbour  of  old  age — 
Its  safeguard  now  at  last." 


318  ABERDEENSHIRE. 

"  When  mortal  man  resigns  this  transient  breath, 
The  body  only  I  give  o'er  to  i^eath ; 
The  part  dissolv'd  and  broken  frame  I  mourn, 
What  came  from  earth,  I  see  to  earth  return." 


"  Here  lys  intomb'd  under  this  mould'ring  dust, 
A  man  whose  soul  was  truly  virtuous : 
A  woman,  too,  who  baseness  did  despise, 
And  they  both  rest,  in  hopes  again  to  rise 
To  happiness  ;  thou,  reader,  drop  a  tear, 
And  virtue's  path  to  follow,  learn  here." 


"  Here  in  one  grave  two  lovely  virgins  ly, 
Two  sisters  dear,  destined  in  youth  to  dy ; 
Their  persons  beauty,  grace  their  souls  adorn'd, 
No  wonder  then  their  death  is  deeply  mourn'd. 
In  glory  they  shall  rise  and  bless  their  doom, 
Then  shall  they  have  an  everlasting  bloom — 
Learn  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 
obiit  25  lanvarii  16  .  .,  et  aetatis  svae  anno  73  :  Aetatem  ornavit 
primam  mihi  vivida  virtvs  et  prisca  at  lapsu  sovs  rediviva  donivs 
famam  terra  sol  ...  perennem  indigetvin  regviem  posthvma  vita 
dedit." 

"  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  Maurice-George  Bisset,  Esq.,  of 
Lessendrurn,  who  died  at  Lessendrum,  on  the  16  of  Dec.,  1821,  in 
the  64th  year  of  his  age.  This  tablet  is  jointly  inscribed  by  Harriet 
his  affectionate  and  mournful  widow,  and  his  brother  and  imme- 
diate successor,  William,  Lord  Bishop  of  Raphoe,  in  honour  of  his 


PAEISH  OF  ECHT.  319 

name,  and  in  grateful  recollection  of  the  many  virtues  that  adorned 
his  endearing  character." 

"  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  William  Bisset,  D.D.,  late  Lord  Bishop 
of  Eaphoe,  and  proprietor  of  Lessendrum,  who  died  on  the  4th 
Sept.,  A.D.  1834,  aged  75  years." 

Tombstones  commemorate  the  Rev.  George  Abel,  minister  of  the 
parish,  died  14th  September,  1794  ;  Eev.  Robert  Gordon,  minister 
of  the  parish,  died  27th  November,  1820,  aged  seventy;  Major- 
General  John  Gordon,  R.  A.,  died  1861;  and  George  Macpherson, 
factor  on  the  Huntly  estates,  died  1864. 

These  rhymes  are  from  tombstones  in  Drumblade  churchyard: — 

"  Mourn  not,  my  friends,  for  me  in  vain ; 
This  silent  tomb  cures  all  my  pain — 
For  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  join, 
Millions  shall  wish  their  days  below 

Had  been  as  short  as  thine." 


PARISH  OF  ECHT. 

In  the  churchyard  a  tombstone  commemorates  John  Elphinston, 
of  Bellabeg,  died  10th  October,  1742,  aged  seventy  ;  Rev.  Alexander 
Henderson,  minister  of  the  parish,  died  30th  May,  18 13,  aged  fifty- 
seven  ;  and  the  Rev.  William  Ingram,  minister  of  the  parish,  died 
16th  May,  1848,  aged  seventy-nine. 


320  ABERDEENSHIRE. 

PARISH  OF  ELLON. 

Within  the  parish  church  a  marble  tablet  is  thus  inscribed  : — 

"  John  Leith-Ross  of  Arnage,  died  15  May  1839,  aged  63  :  Eliza- 
beth Young,  his  spouse,  co-heiress  of  Bourtie,  died  9  June,  1852, 
aged  7Q:  their  third  son  William  Ross,  M.D.,  died  28  Sep.  1834, 
aged  22  ;  George,  their  fourth  son,  and  Frederick,  their  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  commemorate  members  of  the  old 
family  of  Annand  : — 

"Monumentum  marmoreum  honorabilis  Alexandri  Annand, 
baronis  quondam  de  Ochterellon,  qui  obiit  ix.  Julii,  A.D.  1601 ; 
ej  usque  pise  conjugis,  Margaretse  Fraser,  filise  quondam  Do  de 
Philorth  quse  obiit  Aug.,  A.D.  1602. — Salus  per  Christum." 

"  Sub -hoc  quoque  tumulo  resurrectionem  expectant  corpora  Alex- 
andri Annand  de  Ochterellon,  filii  dicti  Alexandri,  qui  obiit , 

et  carse  suse  conjugis,  Margaretae  Cheyne,  filiae  D5  de  Esselmont, 
quse  obiit 

A  burial  aisle  belongs  to  the  family  of  Forbes,  of  Waterton. 
Within  an  enclosure  a  monumental  tablet  is  thus  inscribed : — 

"  To  the  memory  of  Keith  Turner  of  Turnerhall,  this  stone  is 
erected  by  his  sorrowing  widow.  He  was  born  January  20,  1768  ; 
departed  this  life  Oct.  20,  1808,  and  was,  by  his  own  desire,  laid 
into  the  grave  of  his  beloved  mother,  Elizabeth  Urquhart  of  Mel- 
drum,  born  July  10,  1735  ;  died  Feb.  28,  1786.  Also  to  the 
memory  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 
Napier  Gordon,  of  Erlemont,  and  three  of  his  sisters,  children  of 
George  Gordon,  of  Hallhead,  nephew  of  George,  Earl  of  Aberdeen. 


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PAEISH  OF  FOVEEAN. 

An  ancient  burying-ground  belongs  to  the  family  of  Udny,  of 
Udny. 

These  monumental  inscriptions  are  from  the  parish  church- 
yard : — 

"  Some  kindly  friend  will  drop  his  Tear 
On  our  dry  bones  and  say 
These  once  were  strong  as  mine  appear 
And  mine  must  be  as  they." 


"  My  flesh  which  all  consumed  is 
The  very  same  shall  rise 
Yea  I  shall  see  Christ's  lovely  face 
With  these  my  very  eyes." 


"  We  have  their  names  here  but  themselves  are  gone,  they  have 
the  crown  indeed  but  we  have  the  cross,  they  find  the  gain  but  we 
the  loss.  Death  broke  the  cage,  he  let  the  sparrows  flee,  who  now 
have  found  a  nest  on  high,  even  God's  own  altar  to  Eternity/' 


PAEISH  OF  FYVIE. 

In  the  parish  churchyard  is  the  old  burial-place  of  the  Gordons 
of  Gight,  maternal  ancestors  of  Lord  Byron.  A  gravestone  denotes 
the  grave  of  Agnes  Smyth,  the  heroine  of  "  Tiftie's  Bonnie  Annie," 
a  pathetic  Scottish  ballad. 


PAEISH  OF  GLENMUICK,  TULLICH  AND  GLENGAIEN. 

In  Glenmuick  churchyard  is  the  burying-place  of  the  Gordons 
of  Abergeldie,  cadets  of  the  noble  house  of  Huntly.  Monuments 
belonging  to  the  family  are  thus  inscribed  : — 

VOL.  IL  Y 


322  ABERDEENSHIRE. 

"  James  Gordon,  1754.  Alexander  Gordon  his  son,  and  Agnes 
Mawer  Gordon,  1766,  died  Dec.  1798,  aged  48. 

"To  the  memory  of  Charles  Gordon,  Esq.,  of  Abergeldie,  who 
died  March  1796,  and  of  Alison  Hunter,  his  spouse,  of  the  family 
of  Burnside,  who  died  March  1800.  They  lived  together  nearly 
half  a  century  on  this  part  of  Deeside ;  the  best  of  parents,  giving 
good  example  in  every  way,  and  serving  to  the  utmost  of  their 
power  all  who  stood  in  need." 

"  Here  lies  interred  the  remains  of  the  late  Peter  Gordon,  Esq., 
of  Abergeldie,  eldest  son  of  Charles  Gordon,  Esq.  He  succeeded 
his  father  in  1769,  and  died  the  6th  of  Dec.,  1819,  aged  68." 

Within  the  ruin  of  the  old  church  of  Tullich  is  a  burial-place  of 
the  Farquharsons  of  Whitehouse,  a  branch  of  the  Invercauld  family. 
Two  of  the  monuments  present  these  legends  : — 

"These  walls  inclose  the  burial-ground  of  the  family  of  Far- 
quharson  of  Whitehouse  and  Shiels ;  where  are  interred  the  remains 
of  James  Farquharson  of  Whitehouse,  brother  of  Colonel  Donald 
Farquharson  of  Monaltrie  (called  Donald  Og),  who  died  in  1666, 
and  Harry  his  son,  who  died  in  1716,  and  Margaret  his  grand- 
daughter. Also  the  remains  of  Francis  Farquharson  of  Shiels,  the 
eldest  son  of  Harry,  who  died  in  1733 ;  and  Harry,  the  son 
of  Francis,  and  his  wife  Jean  Eose,  who  both  died  in  1760,  and 
their  sons  Hugh  and  Donald,  who  died  in  early  youth.  This 
memorial  has  been  erected  by  their  surviving  descendants,  1826. — 
Eequiescant  in  pace." 

"  Margaret  Garden,  wife  of  William  Farquharson  of  Monaltrie, 
died  at  Aberdeen,  January  25,  1857,  aged  83." 

At  a  short  distance  from  Tullich  churchyard  an  obelisk  on  the 
top  of  a  knoll  is  inscribed  thus  : — 

"  In  memory  of  William  Farquharson  of  Monaltrie,  who  died  at 
Vevay,  in  Switzerland,  20  Nov.  1828,  aged  75  years.  Erected  by 
his  affectionate  widow,  Margaret  Garden,  in  1836.  She  died  Jan. 
1857,  and  was  buried  at  Tullich. 


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PAEISH  OF  INSCH. 

Two  flat  stones  commemorate  James  Jopp,  farmer,  who  died  in 
1672,  and  Andrew  Jopp,  merchant,  progenitors  of  Provost  Jopp  of 
Aberdeen,  who  conveyed  to  Dr.  Samuel  Johnson  the  freedom  of 
that  city. 

Tombstones  denote  the  graves  of  the  Rev.  Alexander  Mearns, 
minister  of  the  parish,  who  died  4th  October,  1789,  aged  eighty- 
nine,  and  the  Eev.  George  Daun,  minister  of  the  parish,  who  died 
21st  May,  1821,  aged  seventy. 

From  tombstones  in  Insch  churchyard  we  have  these  rhymes: — 

"  Here  with  the  aged  lies  a  lovely  boy, 
His  father's  darling  and  his  mother's  joy; 
Yet  Death,  regardless  of  the  parents'  tears, 
Snatch'd  him  away  while  in  the  bloom  of  years." 


"  Nipt  by  the  wind's  untimely  blast, 
Scorch'd  by  the  sun's  directer  ray  ; 
The  momentary  glories  waste, 
The  short-liv'd  beauties  die  away. 
Yet  these,  new  rising  from  the  tomb, 
With  lustre  brighter  far  shall  shine  ; 
Reviv'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  in  Artones,  vha  depairtit  the  27  day  of 
Ivnii  1616  zeiris ;  and  Meriorie  Elphinstovne,  his  spovs,  vha 
depairtit  the  15  day  of  November  1622  zeiris." 

A  monument  enclosed  by  a  railing  bears  the  following  legend  : — 

"  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  James  Anderson,  depute-clerk  of 
Justiciary,  who  died  at  Edinburgh,  2  Jan.  1833,  aged  66.  By  his 


324  ABERDEENSHIRE. 

own  unaided  merit  he  raised  himself  to  a  situation  of  great  trust 
and  responsibility,  which  for  the  long  period  of  45  .years  he  filled 
with  the  greatest  credit,  and  concluded  a  life  spent  in  the  public 
service  regretted  by  all  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  bearing  the 
following  inscriptions : — 

"  In  memory  of  Anthony- Adrian,  eighth  Earl  of  Kintore,  who 
was  born  20th  April,  1794,  and  died  at  Keith-hall,  llth  July, 
1844,  in  the  51st  year  of  his  age.  >J<  And  also  of  his  son  William- 
Adrian,  Lord  Inverury,  who  was  born  2d  Sept,  1822,  and  died  Dec. 
17th,  1843,  aged  21  years." 

"  Erected  by  Lord  Kintore  to  the  memory  of  his  beloved  Aunt 
the  Lady  Mary  Keith,  daughter  of  William,  7th  Earl  of  Kintore, 
who  died  at  Bath,  July  5,  1864,  aged  69  years." 

The  Eev.  George  Skene  Keith,  D.D.,  is  on  his  monument  cele- 
brated thus : — 

"  Near  this  wall  are  interred  the  mortal  remains  of  the  Rev.  Dr. 
George-Skene  Keith,  minister  of  the  parish  of  Keithhall  for  44 
years,  and  of  Tulliallan  in  Perthshire  for  8  months.  Born  at 
Auquhorsh,  Nov.  6,  1752,  he  died  at  Tulliallan  House,  March  7, , 
1823.  Distinguished  and  beloved  as  the  clergyman  of  a  parish, 
remarkable  in  a  wide  sphere  for  his  learning  and  science,  of  great 
mental  and  bodily  activity,  he  preserved  in  age  the  same  vivacity 
and  cheerfulness,  the  same  love  of  knowledge,  warmth  of  feeling, 
and  untiring  Christian  benevolence  which  characterised  his  youth 
and  manhood.  Some  gentlemen  of  this  county,  who  had  intended 
to  present  him  with  a  memorial  of  their  high  respect  for  his 
character,  but  were  prevented  by  his  death,  have  erected  this 
monument  to  his  memory." 

Dr.  Keith  represented  the  family  of  Keith  of  Auquhorsk.     Inde- 


PARISH   OF  KILDRUMMY.  325 

fatigable  in  the  discharge  of  parochial  duty,  and  an  eloquent 
preacher,  he  composed  a  "Life  of  Principal  George  Campbell," 
"  A  View  of  Great  Britain,"  and  other  works.  His  eldest  son,  Dr. 
Alexander  Keith,  minister,  of  St.  Cyrus,  is  author  of  a  valuable 
work  on  Scripture  Prophecy,  and  other  esteemed  publications. 

Within  the  old  church  of  Kinkell  a  pavement  slab  bears  on 
one  side  the  incised  effigy  of  a  warrior  in  mail  armour,  with  the 
following  marginal  inscription : — 

"Hie  .  iacet  .  nobilis   .   armiger  .  Gilbertus  .  de  .  Grie  .  .  . 
anno  .  .  om  .  m  .  cccc  .  xi" 

A  shield  on  each  side  of  the  helmet  indicates  that  the  person 
commemorated  belonged  to  the  House  of  Greenlaw  of  that  Ilk, 
Berwickshire.  On  the  reverse  of  the  stone,  is  the  Forbes  arms 
with  the  following  legend : — 

"  Hie  iacet  honore  illustris  et  sancta  morum  pietate  ornat' 
Joannes  Forbes  d'  Ardmurd'  ej'  cognois  haeres  4  qui  anno  aetatis 
suse  :  66  :  8  iulii  A.D.  1592  obiit." 

John  Forbes,  of  Ardmurdo,  thus  commemorated,  was  father  of 
Alexander  Forbes,  Bishop  of  Aberdeen. 

In  the  Balbithan  aisle  at  Kinkell,  a  tablet  is  inscribed — 

"  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  Benjamin  Abernethie-Gordon,  Esquire, 
the  last  Heir  of  Entail  of  Balbithan.  Born  22nd  May,  1782,  died 
at  Strand  Villa,  Hyde,  Isle  of  Wight,  4th  February,  1864." 

Balbithan  estate  now  belongs  to  the  Earl  of  Kintore. 


PARISH  OF  KILDRUMMY. 

A  portion  of  the  old  church  forms  the  burial-aisle  of  the  noble 
family  of  Elphinstone. 

In  the  aisle  are  the  following  fragmentary  inscriptions : — 

VILL1AM   .  PATRICK  .   AND   .  DAVID   .   ELPHINSTOVN  . 

ALEXANDER    .    LORD    .    ELPHINSTOVN TIT  . 

YIS   .   LYF." 


326  ABERDEENSHIRE. 

"  *fc  HEIR  .   LYIS  .  AXE MAN  .  MASTER   .   LO   .   .   .   ELPHYN- 

8TOVN  .  ALEXANDER  .  LORD  .  ELPHINSTOVN  .  QVHA  .  DEPARTIT 
.  FRA  .  YIS  .  LYF  .  YE  .  F  .  RST  .  OF  .  MAII  .  1616  .  BEING  .  OF 
.  YE  .  AGE  .  OF  .  XXX  .  ZEIRIS." 

" R  .   OF   .  THIS   .   COVE 

MEMBRIT   .   EVER  .   ON  .   DEATH 

THE   .   MOST   .    GLORISLY   .   MAY   .   RINGE 

AND   .   WITH  .   HIS  .   SAVLS   .   REDIMER 

IN  .   .   .   NE   .   OF  .   BARNS." 

Within  a  recess  tomb  in  the  old  church,  which  represents  an 
armed  knight  and  his  lady,  is  the  following  fragmentary  inscrip- 
tion : — 

"  Hie  .  iacet  .  alexr  .  de  .  forbes  .  quondam  .  dns  .  de 
burchus  .  et  .  marjora 155  .  .  ." 

Alexander  Forbes  was  great  grandson  of  Alister  Cam  ;  his  wife 
was  Marjory,  third  daughter  of  the  sixth  Lord  Forbes. 

Several  tombstones  commemorate  members  of  the  House  of  Reid 
of  Newmills,  a  family  now  extinct. 

A  mortuary  enclosure  forms  the  burial-place  of  the  Lumsdens, 
of  Auchendor  and  Clova.  It  contains  these  legends  : — 

"  Before  this  ston  lyes  Eobert  Lumsden,  of  Cushuay,  and  John 
Lumsden  of  Auchendor,  his  second  son,  and  Agnes  Gordon,  his 
spous ;  and  also  Charles  and  Marjorie  Lumsdens,  laufvll  son  and 
daughter  to  John  Lumsden  and  Agnes  Gordon.  John  Lumsden 
dyed  Janure  8,  1716,  and  of  age  71  years,  1724 : 

"  Hoc,  lector,  tumulo  tres  contumulantur  in  uno, 

"  Cognati,  Mater,  Filius,  atque  Pater. 

"  Mors  Janua  vitse." 

"D.O.M.  H.L. :  KG.  Befor  this  stone  lyes  Kathrin  Gordon, 
daughter  to  the  Laird  of  Buckie,  and  spouse  to  Hary  Lumsden  of 
Cushnie,  and  five  of  her  children  ;  and  she  depr.  this  life  August 
the  22nd,  1733,  aged  31.  Also  the  said  Hary  Lumsden  of  Cushnie 
died  the  8  day  of  June  1754,  in  the  69th  year  of  his  age. 

"  Befor  this  stone  lyes  James  Lumsden,  eldest  lawfull  son  to 
William  Lumsden  in  Titaboutie,  who  depr.  this  life  in  Nov.  1730, 
aged  40  years." 


PAEISH  OF  KINCARDINE   0*  NEIL.  327 

"  In  this  ground  are  deposited  the  remains  of  John  Lumsden  of 
Cushnie,  who  died  12th  June,  1795,  aged  68 ;  and  Mrs.  Anne 
Forbes,  his  spouse,  daughter  of  John  Forbes  of  New,  who  died  11 
Nov.  1811,  aged  76.  In  testimony  of  warm  affection  for  their 
memory,  this  tablet  is  erected  by  their  son  John  Lumsden,  now  of 
Cushnie,  1814." 

"The  grave  of  William  Lumsden  of  Harlaw,  who  died  at  Mid 
Clova,  Feb.  1758.  Rachel  Lumsden,  his  spouse,  daughter  of  Chas. 
Lumsden,  2d  son  of  John  Lumsden  of  Auchindoir  :  she  died  at  East 
Clova,  Feb.  11,  1788,  aged  77.  Katharine,  his  daughter,  spouse  to 
John  Leith,  died  at  West  Hills,  Feb.  2,  1792;  and  of  Harry 
Lumsden  of  Auchindoir,  who  died  in  April  1796.  Margaret  Ran nie, 
widow  of  Dr.  Jas.  Young,  R.N.,  died  at  Mid  Clova,  6  June  1841, 
aged  76.  Also  Harry  Leith-Lumsden  of  Auchindoir,  youngest  son 
of  John  Leith  and  Katherine  Lumsden,  who  died  at  Aberdeen, 
27  March  1844,  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.  1861,  aged  73, 
and  was  interred  here,  16th  of  same  month." 

An  altar  stone  on  the  grave  of  the  Rev.  James  Me. William, 
minister  of  the  parish,  who  died  6th  April,  1771,  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  Home,  a  Faithful  serv1.,  lov'd 
Of  his  Great  Master,  and  by  him  approv'd, 
Poses*,  of  joys  eternal,  and  above, 
He  Sings,  he  Shines,  he  Reigns,  where  all  is  love. 
No  pain  is  yr.,  no  tears  flow  from  his  eyes, 
His  Master  purchas'd,  he  enjoys  the  prize." 


PARISH  OF  KINCARDINE  0'  NEIL. 

Within  the  chancel  of  the  old  church  is  a  burial  place  belonging 
to  the  Frasers  of  Findrack.     It  presents  these  legends  : — 

"HERE   .   LYES    .    FRANCIS    .    FRAZER    .   OF    .    PITMVRCHIE    .    VHO    . 


328  ABERDEENSHIRE. 

D  .  .  .  RTED  .   THIS   .   LIFE   .   .  .  RIL  .    29   .    1718   .   IN   .   THE   .   69TH    . 
YEAR  .   OF  .   HIS   .   AGE." 

"  Near  this  stone,  with  the  remains  of  many  of  his  ancestors,  is 
interred  the  body  of  Francis  Fraser,  Esquire  of  Findrack,  a  Com- 
mander in  the  British,  and  Post  Captain  in  the  Portuguese  Navy, 
eldest  son  of  Francis  Fraser  of  Findrack,  and  Henrietta,  daughter 
of  William  Baird  of  Auchmedden.  He  served  his  country  -with 
distinction  for  a  long  series  of  years,  and  was  present  at  many 
remarkable  engagements.  Born  22d  August  1762,  died  24th  April 
1824." 

At  Tornaveen  an  obelisk,  reared  by  "William  N.  Fraser,  Esq.,  of 
Tornaveen,  brother  of  the  proprietor  of  Findrack,  is  thus  inscribed : — 

"  Colonel  Eobert  Winchester,  K.H.,  Born  A.D.  1783  :  Died  A.D. 
1846.  During  37  years  of  active  service  with  a  spirit  which  shunned 
no  danger,  he  accompanied  in  sieges  and  in  many  marches  and 
battles  the  92nd  Eegt.,  Gordon  Highlanders.  Lieut.-General  the 
Honourable  Sir  William  Stewart,  G.C.B.,  thus  records  his  merits : — 
'  Many  memorable  services  were  rendered  to  the  division  of  the 
Army  under  my  command  during  the  arduous  campaigns  of  the 
years  1813-14,  in  the  Peninsula  and  South  of  France  by  him,  and 
the  gallant  Light  Infantry  under  his  orders.  I  should  be  truly 
ungrateful  if  I  were  ever  to  forget  the  valuable  aid  that  I  received 
from  him  on  that  25th  of  July,  when  we  so  nearly  lost  the  Eock 
and  Pass  of  Maya.  But  his  and  his  noble  corps'  conduct  on  that 
and  on  every  occasion  where  valour  and  self-devotion  were  eminently 
called  for  during  these  campaigns,  and  in  the  decisive  conflict  of 
Waterloo,  are  on  record,  and  ever  will  be  so,  in  the  military  annals 
of  those  days.'  To  whom  this  memorial  is  erected  by  his  nephew, 
William  N.  Fraser,  Esquire,  1865." 


PARISH  OF  KING  EDWAED. 

In  Craigston's  aisle  of  the  parish  church  a  monument  comme- 
morates John  Urquhart,  tutor  of  Cromarty,  and  other  members  of 
the  family. 

A  mural  monument  is  thus  inscribed  : — 

"  Joannes  Urquhart,  hoc  in  honorem  Dei,  et  matris  suae  Beatricis 
Innes,  dominae  a  Cromertie  memoriam  erexit  opus,  anno  1599." 


PARISH    OF   LOGIE-BUCHAN.  329 


In  Leochel  churchyard  a  burial  aisle  belongs  to  the  family  of 
Forbes,  of  Craigievar.  Here  was  interred,  in  1668,  John  Forbes, 
son  of  the  Bishop  of  Caithness.  Dr.  John  Forbes,  Professor  of 
Divinity  in  King's  College,  Aberdeen,  son  of  Bishop  Patrick  Forbes, 
was  buried  at  Leochel  in  1648. 

A  plain  tombstone  celebrates  the  parents  of  the  late  Dr.  Joseph 
Eobertson,  the  eminent  antiquary  (vol.  i.,  p.  141)  ;  it  is  thus 
inscribed : — 

"  In  memory  of  Joseph  Robertson,  late  merchant  in  Aberdeen, 
who  departed  this  life  18th  Feb.  1817,  aged  42  years;  and  of 
Christian  Leslie,  his  spouse,  who  died  llth  March,  1859,  aged  83 
years." 

A  plain  slab  bears  the  following  lines : — 

"  Here  lyes  Peter  Milner,  a  sober  man, 
Who  neither  used  to  curse  nor  ban ; 
Elizabeth  Smith,  she  was  his  wife, 
He  had  no  other  all  his  life. 
He  died  in  July  1784, 
Aged  77,  or  little  more, 
And  she  in  July  1779, 
Years  55,  was  her  lifetime. 
With  Eobert  and  Jean,  their  children  dear, 
Elizabeth  Milner,  and  Janet  Eraser, 
Their  grand-children. 
In  Rumlie  they  lived  just  near  by 
And  in  this  place  their  dust  doth  ly." 


PARISH    OF   LOGIE-BUCHAK 

The  Buchans  of  Auchmacoy  formerly  interred  in  the  parish 
church.  At  their  burial  place  two  marble  tablets  bear  the 
following  inscriptions  : — 

"  As  a  mark  of  affection  and  regard  for  the  memory  of  Robert 
Buchan,  third  son  of  Thomas  Buchan,  Esq.,  of  Auchmacoy,  assistant- 


330  ABERDEENSHIRE. 

surgeon,  H.E.I. C.S.,  who  died  at  Cawnpore,  4  Sep.  1825,  in  tho 
24th  year  of  his  age.  His  brother  John  died  in  London,  4  Feb. 
1829,  aged  22  years,  and  is  interred  in  the  bury  ing-ground  belonging 
to  the  Church  of  St.  John,  Waterloo  Road,  London.  Also,  in 
memory  of  Euphemia  Turner,  widow  of  the  late  Thomas  Buchan, 
Esq.,  of  Auchmacoy,  who  died  at  Edinburgh,  22  Dec.,  1832,  and 
whose  remains  are  interred  here." 


"  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  Thomas  Buchan,  Esq.,  of  Auchmacoy, 
who  died  on  the  12  Aug.  1819,  and  was  interred  in  the  family 
buiying-ground  within  this  church.  Also,  in  remembrance  of  his 
eldest  son  Thomas,  who  died  at  Marseilles,  in  France,  3  Dec.  1818, 
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  churchman. 

A  tombstone  commemorates  the  Rev.  Andrew  Tawse,  minister 
of  Greyfriars  Church,  Aberdeen,  who  died  while  in  the  act  of 
performing  Divine  service  on  the  15th  December,  1833,  in  his 
forty-seventh  year. 

On  the  altar  stone  is  the  following  legend  : — 

"  To  the  memory  of  Mr.  George  Forbes,  Master  in  the  R.N.,  who 
served  many  years  in  that  rank,  and  gained  high  praise  for  his 
courage  and  conduct  in  many  engagements,  particularly  in  the 
memorable  battle  of  Trafalgar,  where  Lord  Nelson  fell.  On  retiring 
from  the  Service,  he  became  tacksman  of  Kinord,  where  he  died 
11  July  1821,  aged  62.  His  wife  Margaret  Forbes,  died  7  Oct. 
1847,  aged  74." 

In  the  Logic  churchyard  a  mortuary  enclosure  constituted  the 
burying-place  of  the  Gordons  of  Blelack,  of  whom  the  last  male 
representative  was  an  adherent  of  Prince  Charles  Edward. 


PARISH   OF  LONGSIDE.  331 

Tombstones  at  Logie  bears  these  rhymes : — 

"  Unmark'd  by  trophies  of  the  great  and  vain 
Here  sleeps  in  silent  tombs  an  honest  train ; 
No  folly  wasted  their  paternal  store, 
No  guilt,  no  sordid  avarice,  made  it  more ; 
With  honest  fame,  and  sober  plenty  crown'd 
They  liv'd  and  spread  their  cheering  influence  round." 


"  Altho'  this  tomb  no  boasted  titles  keep 
Yet  silent  here  the  private  virtues  sleep  ; 
Truth,  candour,  justice,  altogether  ran 
And  form'd  a  plain  upright,  honest  man. 
No  courts  he  saw,  nor  mixt  in  publick  rage, 
Stranger  to  all  the  vices  of  the  age  ; 
No  lie,  nor  slander  did  his  tongue  defile — 
A  plain  old  Briton  free  from  pride  and  guile. 
Near  five-score  years  he  numbered  ere  he  died, 
And  every  year  he  number'd  he  enjoy'd. 
This  modest  stone  which  few  proud  Marbles  can, 
May  truly  say  Here  lies  an  honest  man  ; 
Ye  great  whose  heads  are  laid  as  low, 
Rise  higher  if  you  can." 


PAKISH  OF  LONGSIDE. 

Within  a  mortuary  enclosure  monuments  commemorate  the  Eev. 
John  Skinner,  author  of  "  Tullochgorum,"  and  his  wife,  Grizel 
Hunter.  The  inscriptions  follow : — 

"  Glory  to  God  above.  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  the  Eevd  John 
Skinner,  for  64  years  and  upwards  Episcopal  clergyman  in  this 
parish,  whose  attainments  as  a  Scholar,  and  Scriptural  research  as 
a  Divine,  of  which  many  written  documents  remain,  acquired  him 
a  name,  never  to  be  forgotten  in  the  church  in  which  he  exercised 
his  ministry,  while  his  Pastoral  Labours  in  the  charge  committed 
to  him  endeared  him  almost  beyond  example  to  the  sorrowing  flock, 
by  whom,  in  testimony  of  their  heartfelt  regard,  this  monument  is 
erected.  "  On  the  16th  day  of  June  1807,  aged  86  years,  he  slept 


332  ABERDEENSHIRE. 

the  sleep  of  death  in  the  arms  of  the  Right  Rev.  John  Skinner, 
Bishop  of  the  diocese  of  Aberdeen,  his  only  surviving  son,  who,  with 
his  family,  and  other  numerous  descendants,  shall  never  cease 
to  feel  the  most  devout  and  lively  veneration  for  the  talents,  the 
acquirements,  and  character  of  a  progenitor,  who  lived  so  justly 
respected,  and  died  so  sincerely  lamented." 

"In  the  same  grave  over  which  the  adjoining  monument  is 
placed  to  the  memory  of  her  venerable  husband,  lie  the  remains 
of  his  beloved  wife  Grizel  Hunter,  who  died  on  the  21st  day  of 
Sept.  1799,  in  the  80th  year  of  her  age,  having  shewn  herself 
through  life  the  humble  Christian,  and,  for  nearly  58  years,  a 
partner  of  every  conjugal  virtue. 

"  When  such  friends  part — 'tis  the  survivor  dies." 

Mr.  Skinner  was  born  on  the  3rd  October,  1721,  at  Balfour, 
parish  of  Birse,  Aberdeenshire.  His  father,  who  was  parochial 
schoolmaster,  had  as  his  first  wife  Jean  Gillanders,  widow  of  Donald 
Farquharson,  of  Balfour.  The  future  poet  was  the  only  issue  of 
this  marriage.  Having  studied  four  sessions  at  Marischal  College, 
he  became  assistant  in  the  schools  of  Kenmay  and  Monymusk. 
By  the  persuasion  of  the  non-juring  clergyman  at  Monymusk,  he 
was  induced  to  join  the  episcopal  church.  Obtaining  the  appoint- 
ment of  private  tutor,  he  proceeded  to  Zetland,  where  he  formed 
the  intimacy  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Hunter,  a  non-juring  clergyman, 
whose  eldest  daughter  he  married.  Returning  to  Aberdeenshire,  he 
was  in  1742  ordained  as  episcopal  clergyman  at  Longside.  In 
1746  his  chapel  was  destroyed  by  the  soldiers  of  the  Duke  of 
Cumberland,  and  in  1753  he  suffered  six  months'  imprisonment 
at  Aberdeen  for  preaching  to  more  than  four  persons  without 
accepting  the  oath  of  allegiance.  He  lived  in  a  small  thatched 
cottage,  and  satisfied  with  his  lot  declined  all  offers  of  preferment. 
He  composed  poetry  in  his  youth ;  his  songs  were  written  at 
different  periods  for  the  amusement  of  his  children.  With  the  poet 
Burns,  whose  genius  he  early  recognised,  he  maintained  a  friendly 
correspondence.  A  powerful  theologian  and  general  scholar,  he 
published  commentaries  on  different  portions  of  Scripture,  a  Church 
History  of  Scotland,  and  other  works.  After  the  long  incumbency 


PARISH   OF   LONGSIDE. 

of  nearly  sixty-five  years  at  Longside,  he  removed  to  Aberdeen,  at 
the  invitation  of  his  son,  Bishop  Skinner ;  he  survived  the  change 
only  a  few  days.  Besides  "  Tullochgorum,"  Mr.  Skinner  composed 
the  songs  "  John  o'  Badenyon,"  "  The  Ewie  wi'  the  Crookit  Horn," 
and  "  Lizzy  Liberty." 

On  a  plain  tombstone  a  latin  epitaph,  composed  by  the  Rev. 
John  Skinner,  celebrates  William  Tait,  joiner,  and  his  wife,  Agnes 
Clerk,  and  the  members  of  their  family.  It  proceeds  thus : — 

"  Sub  hoc  lapide  cineres  Gulielmi  Tait,  carpentarii  in  Ludquharn, 
et  Agnetis  Clerk,  ejus  conjugis ;  ille,  humanse  salutis,  1725,  setatis 
suse  57 ;  ilia,  1739,  setatis  70  annos,  obierunt ;  necnon  Joannis, 
Gulielmi,  alterus  Gulielmi,  et  Agnetis  Tait,  sobolis  eorum  qui  prse- 
decesserunt,  sepulti  sunt.  Hie  quoque  conduntur  exuviae  Thomse 
Tait  in  Thunderton,  filii  S.  D.  Gulielmi  et  Agnetis  natu  maximi 
qui  in  arte  lapidaria  dum  potuit,  gnavis,  in  alenda  familia  fselix, 
morbus  probus,  animo  aequus,  vicimis  amicus,  tandem,  annoram 
satur,  fideque  et  spe  fultus,  ad  patres  rnigravit  anno  1770,  set.  79. 
R.  I.  P. 

Thomas  Tait,  mason  at  Thuuderton,  eldest  son  of  William  Tait, 
joiner,  both  named  in  the  preceding  epitaph,  was  father  of  John 
Tait,  who  settled  in  Edinburgh.  A  son  of  this  person,  Crawfurd 
Tait,  acquired  the  estate  of  Harviestoun,  Clackmannanshire  (see 
supra,  p.  62),  and  in  1797  married  Susan,  daughter  of  Sir  Islay 
Campbell,  Bart.,  Lord  President  of  the  Court  of  Session.  Their 
youngest  son,  the  Most  Reverend  Archibald  Campbell  Tait,  D.C.L. 
is  at  present  Archbishop  of  Canterbury  and  Primate. 

On  a  plain  tombstone  a  grand-uncle  of  Archbishop  Tait  is,  with 
his  wife,  commemorated  thus  : — 

"'To  the  memory  of  George  Tait  in  Eedbog,  who,  after  having 
liv'd  48  years  in  the  fear  of  God,  and  love  of  all  good  men,  was, 
upon  the  30th  of  May,  1758,  killed  by  the  fall  of  a  stack  of  timber 
at  Peterhead,  justly  lamented  by  his  friends,  and  sincerely  regretted 
by  all  who  knew  him  : — 

"  Stay,  reader,  and  let  fall  a  tear, 

On  looking  at  this  stone ; 
But  call  not  anything  severe 
That  Providence  has  done. 


334  ABERDEENSHIRE. 

"  Expecting  death,  the  good  man  lives 

Prepared  from  day  to  day ; 
And  when  God's  will  the  summons  gives 

He's  ready  to  obey. 
"  This  good  man  lived  by  all  beloved 

And  dy'd  by  all  deplor'd  ; 
Dwelt  here  awhile,  and  then  removed 
To  dwell  with  Christ  the  Lord." 

"Ann  Mundie,  spouse  of  George  Tait,  died  14  Sep.  1772,  aged 
59," 

George,  eldest  son  of  George  Tait  in  Eedbog,  held  office  as  sti- 
pendiary magistrate  at  Edinburgh.  His  treatise  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  monument  thus  commemo- 
rates the  late  Mr.  Bruce  of  Longside,  who  left  £40,000  for  charitable 
purposes. 

"  Erected  in  memory  of  James  Bruce,  Esquire,  of  Innerquhomery 
and  Longside,  second  son  of  James  Bruce,  late  farmer,  Middleton 
of  Innerquhomery,  and  Barbara  Gray,  his  spouse  :  Born  at  Middle- 
ton  3d  June  1787,  he  died  there  16  May  1862." 

These  rhymes  are  from  different  tombstones  : — 

"  Happy  the  man  whose  God,  who  reigns  on  high, 
Hath  taught  to  live,  and  hath  prepared  to  die  ; 
His  warfare  o'er,  and  run  his  Christian  race, 
Ev'n  Death  becomes  the  Messenger  of  peace — 
Dispells  his  woes,  then  wafts  his  soul  away 
To  endless  glory  in  eternal  day." 

"  Here  lies,  consigned  a  while  to  promis'd  rest, 
In  hope  to  rise  again  among  the  blest, 
The  precious  dust  of  one  whose  course  of  life 
Knew  neither  fraud,  hypocrisy,  nor  strife. 
A  Husband  loving,  and  of  gentle  mind, 
A  Father  careful,  provident,  and  kind, 
A  Farmer  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   OF   MIDMAR.  335 

Belov'd  by  neighbours,  honour'd  by  his  own  ; 
Liv'd  without  spot,  and  dy'd  without  a  groan. 
Long  may  his  humble  virtues  be  rever'd  ; 
Long  be  his  name  remembered  with  regard ; 
And  long  may  Agriculture's  school  produce 
Such  honest  men  as  Alexander  Bruce." 


"  And,  is  she  gone,  the  once  so  lovely  maid  ? 

Gone  hence, dear  departed  shade ! 

Call'd  from  this  world  in  early  dawn  of  life, 
When  but  beginning  to  be  called  a  wife  ? 
Ye  virgin  tribe,  whom  chance  may  lead  this  way, 
When  brightest  beauty  moulders  in  the  clay, 
Behold  this  stone,  nor  be  asham'd  to  mourn 
A  while  o'er  Margaret  Alexander's  urn — 
Then  pause  a  little,  while  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  now  : 
One  week  beheld  her  a  young  blooming  bride, 
In  marriage  pomp,  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  husbands  arms, 
Could  stamp  the  least  impression  on  her  mind, 
Or  fix  to  earth  the  soul  for  heaven  design'd ; 
Calmly  she  left  the  scene  so  lately  try'd, 
Heav'n  call'd  her  home,  with  pleasure  she  comply'd, 
Embrac'd  her  sorrowing  friends,  then  smil'd,  and  dy'd." 


PARISH  OF  LUMPHANAN. 

The  usurper  Macbeth  was  slain  at  Lumphanan ;  a  heap  of  stones 
denotes  his  grave. 


PARISH  OF  MIDMAR. 

Six  tombstones  on  the  south  side  of  the  church  commemorate 
members  of  the  family  of  Tytler,  who  for  three  centuries  have 


336  ABERDEENSH1RE. 

farmed  land  at  Corsindae  in  this  parish.     From  this  family  de- 
scended the  Tytlers  of  Woodhouselee  (Vol.  I.  p.  43). 


PAEISH  OF  MONQUHITTER 

Within  the  old  parish  church  a  tomb  commemorates  William 
Coming  of  Achry,  who,  among  other  benevolent  works,  reared  the 
fabric  of  the  church  at  his  own  expense.  His  epitaph  is  as 
follows : — 

"  Memorise  viri  optimi,  Gulielmi  Coming  ab  Achry  et  Pittuly, 
Elgin  quondam  consolis,  qui  ptochotrophium  quatuor  inopum 
mercatorum  ibidem  mortificavit,  ac  postea  templum  hoc  impensis 
suis  hie  condidit,  ac  29  Octob.  A.D.  1707,  setat.  an.  74,  pie  obiit, 
monumentum  hoc  posuit  uxor  ejus  dilectissima,  Christiana  Guthry. 
Observa  integrum,  et  aspice  rectum ;  finein  illius  viri  esse  pacem. 
Ps.  37,  v.  37.  Vive  inemor  lethi ;  fugit  hora," 

William  Coming  was  related  to  the  house  Of  Gumming  of  Altyre. 
From  his  descendant,  Archibald  Gumming,  the  principal  portion  of 
the  estate  of  Auchry  was  in  1830  purchased  by  James  Lumsden, 
Esq. 

In  the  churchyard  an  altar-stone  is  thus  inscribed : — 

"  Erected  by  Francis  Garden-Campbell,  Esq.  of  Troup  and 
Glenlyon,  to  the  memory  of  Alexander  Garden,  natural  son  of  Col. 
Garden  of  Johnston  ;  and  Eobert  Gordon,  son  of  James  Gordon  in 
Newbyth.  Alexander  Gordon  was  drowned  in  the  Canal  of 
Auchry,  2  July  1806,  by  adventuring  out  of  his  depth  :  Robert 
Gordon  gallantly  strove  to  save  his  life,  and  shared  the  same  fate. 
Reader,  take  warning  from  the  awful  fate  of  these  two  youths  ! 
Shun  unavailing  danger ;  Be  ever  prepared  for  Death. 

From  a  tombstone  in  this  churchyard  we  have  the  following 
quaint  epitaph : — 

"  To  keep  in  memory  the  burying-place  of  the  family  of  James 
Faith,  part  of  whom  lies  under,  and  on  each  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  gone 
to  my  place.  If  I  have  lived  in  the  fear  of  God,  and  goodwill  to 
man,  think  of  my  happiness ;  but  if  I  have  done  evil — Beware." 


PARISH   OF   OLD   MACHAR.  337 


PAEISH  OF  OLD  MACHAE. 

The  cathedral  of  St.  Machar,  the  nave  of  which  forms  the  parish 
church,  was  founded  in  1357,  and  completed  in  1522.  At  the 
Eeformation  it  was  stripped  of  its  leaden  roof  and  considerably 
dilapidated ;  the  chancel  was  in  1654  demolished  by  Cromwell's 
soldiers.  The  nave  was  remodelled  in  1832. 

The  south  transept  of  the  cathedral  was  constructed  by  Bishop 
Gavin  Dunbar,  and  in  its  interior  lies  his  effigies  on  an  altar  placed 
under  a  flowered  arch,  on  which  is  engraved  his  escutcheon.  Bishop 
Dunbar  was  son  of  Sir  James  Dunbar  of  Cumnock,  by  his  wife, 
Jane,  eldest  daughter  of  the  Earl  of  Sutherland.  His  nephew  was 
Gavin  Dunbar,  Archbishop  of  Glasgow.  After  various  preferments 
he  was  appointed  Bishop  of  Aberdeen  in  1518.  He  induced 
Hector  Boece  to  prepare  his  "  History,"  constructed  a  bridge 
across  the  Dee,  and  endowed  an  hospital.  He  died  on  the  9th 
March,  1532. 

A  handsome  monument  in  St.  Machar's  cathedral  commemorates 
Patrick  Forbes  of  Corse,  bishop  of  the  diocese.  It  is  inscribed 
thus : — 

"Hie  requiescit  vir  incomparabilis,  fulgentissimum  quondam 
Scotiae  sidus,  Patricius  Forbes,  episcopus  Abredonensis,  pruden- 
tissimus  pastor,  fidelissimus  prsedicator,  eximius  scriptor,  egregius 
consilavius  regius,  studii  generalis  Abredonensis  instaurator  et 
cancell arius,  et  nova?  professions  theologicse  in  eodem  fundator, 
Baro  de  Oneil  ac  Dominus  a  Corse  qui  placicle  ac  pie  obiit, 
pridie  Paschatis  28  Martii,  anno  Dom.  1635.  ^Etatis  suse  71." 

"  Apocalyps  >J<  6  Grace. 

"  Csetus  stella  sacri,  pastorum  gemma,  regentum  gloria,  cura  poli 
Deliciae  Corsse. 

"  Salus  per  Christum.    Nemo  tollat  qui  Deum  timet." 

Eldest  son  of  William  Forbes,  of  Corse,  the  subject  of  the  pre- 
ceding epitaph,  was  born  in  1564.  Studying  at  the  universities  of 
Glasgow  and  St.  Andrews,  he  became  a  licentiate  of  the  church. 
He  declined  ordination  till  his  forty- eighth  year,  when  he  was 

VOL.   II.  Z 


338  ABERDEENSIIIRE. 

admitted  minister  of  Keith.  In  1617  he  was  elected  one  of  the 
ministers  of  Edinburgh ;  and  in  the  following  year  was  consecrated 
Bishop  of  Aberdeen.  In  the  discharge  of  his  episcopal  duties  he 
exhibited  a  sound  judgment  and  becoming  zeaL  He  married  a 
daughter  of  David  Spence  of  Wormeston,  Fifeshire;  his  eldest 
son,  John,  became  Professor  of  Divinity  in  King's  College.  He 
composed  a  Commentary  on  the  Book  of  Eevelation,  and  other 
works. 

In  the  cathedral  a  plain  monument,  with  the  following  legend, 
celebrates  Bishop  Patrick  Scougal : — 

"  Hie  in  Christo  requiescit  E.  P.  Patricius  episcopus  Abredo- 
nensis  D.  Joannis  Scougalli  de  eodem  filius ;  ivri  omni  elogio  dignus : 
utpote  pie  pacificus,  modeste  prudens,  eruditse  probitatis  decus  et 
exemplar.  Nee  morose  gravis  nee  superbe  doctus ;  egenis,  dum 
viveret,  proesens  asylum :  basilicam  Sancti  Macharii  bibliothecam 
Collegii  regii,  necnon  hospitium  publicum  veteris  Abredonise,  pro- 
pensse  munificentise  indiciis  haud  spernendis  ditavit.  Ad  episcopale 
inunus  consecratus,  die  Paschatis  (Aprilis  10)  anno  Dom.  1664. 
Fatis  cessit  Feb.  16  anno  salutis  1682.  Episcopatus  18  aetatis  vero 
suae  75.  Hoc  monumentum  qualequale  piaa  memoriae  charissimi 
parentis  sacravit  magister  Jacobus  Scougal,  commissarius  dioceseos 
Abredonensis. 


Patrick  Scougal  was  successively  minister  of  Dairsie  and  Leuchars 
in  Fife;  he  was  in  1658  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  monument,  was  latterly  commissary  of  Edinburgh.  His 
son  Henry  is  commemorated  in  the  chapel  of  King's  College, 
Aberdeen  (see  supra,  p.  302). 


PARISH  OF  PETERCULTER.  339 


PAEISH   OF  PETERCULTER 

A  tablet  in  the  church  wall  is  thus  inscribed : — 

"  Close  to  this  wall,  in  front  of  this  tablet,  lie  the  remains  of  Sir 
Alexander  Cuniing  of  Culter,  Baronet,  and  his  lady,  Elizabeth 
Dennis,  co-heiress  of  Pucklechurch  in  Glostershire.  Where  they 
now  lie  was  formerly  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  memory  of  Patrick  Duff  of  Culter,  Esq.  He  was  born 
November  the  16,  1692.  He  died  October  20, 1763.  He  examined 
Christianity,  and  believed  it  firmly,  and  loved  it  warmly.  From 
Christian  principles  he  performed  social  virtues ;  in  relieving  distress 
and  promoting  useful  arts  he  delighted.  The  affection  of  his 
Widow  raises  this  monument." 

From  tombstones  in  the  churchyard  we  have  these  rhymes  : — 

"  While  manly  beauty  in  meridian  bloom, 
Untimely  hastening  to  the  ghastly  tomb, 
Calls  from  the  eye  the  sympathetic  tear ; 
Pause,  Friend,  and  shed  the  mournful  tribute  here. 
If  social  manners,  with  a  taste  refined  ; 
If  sterling  worth,  with  unassuming  mind ; 
If  filial  tenderness  possess  a  charm ; 
If  steady  friendship  can  your  bosom  warm ; 
Then,  reader,  imitate,  applaud,  revere, 
What  triumph'd  in  the  man  that's  buried  here." 

"  Within  this  narrow  house  of  clay, 
The  bones  of  William  Martin  ly ; 
He  was  an  honest  man  and  just, 
All  honest  men  might  well  him  trust. 
By  sweat  of  brow  his  bread  he  won, 
He  liv'd  and  dy'd  an  honest  man. 

0  Lord,  said  he,  thy  strength  and  grace 

1  ever  will  admire ; 

For  by  Thy  sending  me  relief, 
Thou'st  taught  me  to  aspire. 


340  ABERDEENSHIRE. 

The  heavens  Thou  hast  open  set, 
And  rent  the  vail  that  I 
May  upward  look,  and  Thy  dear  Son, 
With  glory  grand  espy." 


PAEISH  OF  P1TSLIGO. 

Within  the  parish  church  a  marble  tablet  commemorates  the  Rev. 
James  Robertson,  D.D.,  Professor  of  Church  History  in  the  Uni- 
versity of  Edinburgh.  This  accomplished  and  eminent  divine  was 
son  of  a  farmer  in  this  parish.  He  was  born  on  the  2nd  January, 
1803,  and  in  his  twelfth  year  was  enrolled  as  a  student  of  Maris- 
chal  College.  In  1825  he  was  elected  schoolmaster  of  this 
parish,  and  in  other  three  years  was  preferred  to  the  head-master- 
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  Conservative  section  of  the  Church.  At  the  Disruption  in  1843 
he  was  promoted  to  the  Professorship  of  Church  History  at  Edin- 
burgh, and  was  appointed  Secretary  to  the  Bible  Board.  He  under- 
took the  Convenership  of  the  Endowment  Committee  of  the  Church, 
dedicating  to  the  duties  his  chief  energies  and  the  whole  of  his 
leisure.  His  success  in  raising  money  was  unprecedented,  and  he 
was  privileged  to  secure  the  endowment  of  many  important  chapels. 
But  his  labours  proved  entirely  overwhelming.  He  was  seized  with 
an  illness,  to  which  he  succumbed  on  the  2nd  December,  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  stone 
A  pious,  wise,  meek,  upright  one, 


PARISH   OF  RATHEN.  341 

Who  'midst  this  daily  toil  and  care 
By  saving  truths  his  life  did  square." 

"A.  wit  is  a  feather,     • 
A  chief  is  a  rod, 

But  an  honest  man 
Is  the  noblest  work  of  God, 
His  path  is  straight, 
His  end  is  peace." 

"  One  joy  we  joy'd,  one  grief  we  grieved, 
One  love  we  loved,  one  life  we  lived, 
One  was  the  hand,  one  was  the  word, 
That  did  his  death,  her  death  afford, 
As  all  they  rest,  so  now  the  stone 
That  tombs  them  two,  is  justly  one." 

"  John  Eenny  ly's  under  this  stone, 
O'ercome  by  death,  that  spareth  none, 
Take  heed  and  read  and  you  shall  see 
As  I  am  now  so  must  you  be, 
Eotting  in  dark  and  silent  dust, 
Prepare  for  death,  for  die  you  must." 


PAEISH  OF  EATHEK 

Within  a  vault  of  the  old  church  a  monument  celebrates 
Christian  Frazer,  younger  daughter  of  Sir  Alexander  Frazer,  first 
knight  of  Philorth.  She  was  wife  of  William  Hay,  of  Fedderat, 
and  grandmother  of  Alexander  Crawfurd,  of  Eathen. 

A  monument  in  the  old  church  is  thus  inscribed  — 

"  Erected  by  Miss  Elizabeth  Frazer  to  mark  the  Burial  ground 
of  the  family  of  Memsie,  which  extends  8  feet  10  inches  from  the 
arch  within  the  aisle.  The  remains  of  her  Father,  Mother,  and 
Aunt  are  deposited  in  the  following  order  from  the  arch.  1st., 


342  ABERDEENSHIRE. 

Mrs.  Sarah  Frazer,  of  Memsie,  died  3d  April,  1807,  aged  74 ;  2d, 
William  Frazer,  Esquire,  of  Memsie,  died  13th  Sept.,  1813,  aged 
74;  3d,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Abernethy,  died  23d  January,  1816, 
aged  74." 

An  ornamental  granite  cross  in  the  churchyard  commemorates 
John  Gordon,  of  Cairnbulg,  who  died  18th  September,  1861,  aged 
seventy-five. 


PARISH  OF  RAYNE. 

On  the  tombstone  of  the  Rev.  John  Middleton,  minister ,  of  the 
parish,  are  sculptured  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  you  told." 

Mr.  Middleton  died  4th  August,  1653,  aged  forty-four.  He  was 
a  zealous  supporter  of  the  Covenant,  and  joined  the  Protesters 
in 


PARISH  OF  ST.  FERGUS. 

In  the  churchyard  a  tombstone  commemorates  Robert  Arbuthnot, 
of  Scotsmill,  grandfather  of  the  celebrated  John  Arbuthnot,  M.D., 
physician  to  Queen  Anne.  On  the  tombstone  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.  79),  a  descendant  of  the  House. 


PAEISH   OF  STRATHDON.  343 

PAEISH   OF  SKENE. 

Within  the  church  a  marble  tablet  is  thus  inscribed : — 

"  Near  the  southern  -wall  of  this  church  are  interred  the  mortal 
remains  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  on  the  XXIX.  day  of  April  MDCCCXXV." 

The  lands  of  Skene  were  conveyed  to  the  family  by  King  Eobert 
the  Bruce  in  1317.  The  male  line  is  extinct,  the  House  being 
now  represented  by  the  Earl  of  Fife. 

In  the  churchyard  a  tombstone  commemorates  James  Davidson, 
Esq.,  of  Kinmundy,  who  died  3rd  November,  1827,  aged  seventy- 
two. 

An  altar  stone  is  thus  inscribed : — 

"  Within  this  enclosure  are  interred  the  remains  of  Katherine- 
Ann-Buchan  Forbes,  the  wife  of  William  McCombie  of  Easter 
Skene  and  Lynturk,  and  daughter  of  Major  Alexander  Forbes  of 
Inverernan,  who  died  on  the  16th  day  of  April  1835,  in  the  26th 
year  of  her  age.  And  of  their  son,  Thomas,  who  died  on  the 
15th  day  of  September  1841,  in  the  10th  year  of  his  age." 

The  mother  of  Mr.  McCombie  was  daughter  of  Duncan  Forbes- 
Mitchell,  Esq.,  of  Thanestone,  second  son  of  Sir  Arthur  Forbes,  of 
Craigievar. 

A  tombstone  commemorates  Catherine  Henderson,  relict  of  the 
Eev.  Dr.  Walter  Ireland,  minister  of  North  Leith,  who  died  22nd 
January,  1853,  aged  eighty.  (Vol.  I,  p.  123.) 


PAEISH   OF   STEATHDON. 

Separated  by  a  railing  from  the  nave  of  the  church  is  the 
burial-place  of  Forbes  of  Newe.  Here  a  freestone  monument 
commemorates  "  William  Forbes,  of  Newe,"  who  died  10th  January 


344  ABERDEENSHIRE. 

1698,  aged  seventy-six.     On  a  marble  monument  is  the  following 
inscription : — 

"  To  the  memory  of  John  Forbes,  Esquire,  of  Newe  (formerly 
of  Bombay),  second  son  of  John  Forbes,  Esquire,  of  Bellabeg. 
Born  there  the  19th  September  1743,  died  in  Fitzroy  Square, 
London,  20th  June,  1821,  and  buried  in  this  church.  A  dutiful 
son,  an  affectionate  brother,  a  warm  and  steady  friend,  his  amiable 
manners  and  goodness  of  heart  endeared  him  to  all  who  knew 
him — his  active  benevolence  was  extended  to  all  who  stood  in 
need  of  assistance.  But,  the  '  widow  and  fatherless,'  in  India 
and  in  Britain,  were  the  special  objects  of  his  protection.  This 
monument  was  erected  by  his  nephew,  Sir  Charles  Forbes,  Baronet 
of  Newe  and  Edinglassie,  1837.  Altius  ibunt  qui  ad  summa 
nituntur." 


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  on  Lonach  hill 
a  cairn  celebrating  the  event.  It  is  inscribed  thus  : — 

"  The  tenantry  of  the  lands  of  Newe,  Ediuglassie,  Bellabeg,  and 
Skellater,  in  testimony  of  their  affection  and  gratitude,  have  erected 
this  pile  to  their  highly  distinguished  and  beloved  landlord,  Sir 
Charles  Forbes,  Bart.,  M.P.,  on  his  elevation  to  the  dignity  of  a 
Baronet  of  the  United  Kingdom  by  his  Majestv  George  IV.,  in 
1823." 

Sir  Charles  Forbes  died  at  London  on  the  20th  September,  1849, 
aged  seventy-six. 

In  the  south  wall  of  the  church  a  monumental  tablet  comme- 
morates Charles  Forbes,  Esq.,  of  Auchernach,  keeper  of  the  castle 
of  Corgarff,  who  died  5th  May,  1794,  aged  sixty-four;  Major-General 
David  Forbes,  C.-B.,  of  the  78th  Regiment,  son  of  the  preceding, 
who  died  29th  March,  1849,  aged  seventy-seven,  and  Lieutenant- 
General  Nathaniel  Forbes,  of  Auchernach  and  Dunnottar,  eldest 
son  of  Charles  Forbes  of  Auchernach^  who  died  16th  August,  1851, 
aged  eighty-six. 


PARISH   OF   STRATHDON.  345 

Mural  tablets  celebrate  Captain  Alexander  Forbes  of  Inverernan, 
who  died  5th  June,  1819,  aged  seventy-five,  and  Major  Alexander 
Forbes  of  Inverernan,  who  died  20th  July,  1830,  aged  fifty-five. 

Tlie"?lev.  Dr.  George  Forbes  of  Blelach  and  Inverernan,  is  com- 
memorated by  an  appropriate  monument.  Born  on  the  8th  April 
1778,  he  studied  at  Marischal  College,  and  was  ordained  minister 
of  Strathdon  in  1804.  He  demitted  his  charge  in  1829,  and  died 
suddenly  on  the  16th  February,  1834.  Dr.  Forbes  was  a  keen  pro- 
moter of  agriculture,  and  was  highly  esteemed  for  his  beneficence. 

Tombstones  commemorate  Alexander  Anderson,  of  Candacraig, 
died  13th  March,  1817,  aged  sixty-five ;  Major  John  Anderson  of 
Candacraig,  died  24th  December,  1845,  aged  forty-five ;  Robert 
Farquharson  of  Allerg,  died  31st  January,  1771,  aged  seventy- 
seven;  Eobert  Farquharson  of  Allargue  and  Breda,  died  14th  Feb- 
ruary, 1863 ;  Alexander  Stuart,  Esq.,  writer  to  the  signet,  died  19th 
September,  1787,  aged  eighty-seven,  and  Lieutenant  Hugh  Eobert 
Meiklejohn,  son  of  the  Rev.  Robert  Meiklejohn,  minister  of  Strath- 
don, who  was  killed  at  Jhansi,  in  Central  India,  3rd  April,  1858, 
aged  twenty-two. 

These  metrical  inscriptions  are  from  various  gravestones , — 

"  Moulder'd  we  with  our  fathers  lie, 

In  earth  and  common  dust ; 
Bring  down,  O  man  thy  lofty  eye, 
As  we  died  so  thou  must." 

"A  watchman  faithful,  honest,  just 
Who  ne'er  betrayed  his  sacred  trust, 
"Whose  love  to  Christ  and  to  his  flock, 
Breath'd  in  all  that  e'er  he  spoke." 

"  Weep  not  for  us  ye  parents  dear, 
Blest  was  the  time  that  we  came  here, 
For  tho'  we  can't  return  to  you 
And  you  yourselves  to  death  must  bow, 
Yet  if  ye  fear  and  serve  your  God 
You'll  meet  us  in  his  blest  abode." 


346  ABERDEENSHIRE. 


PARISH  OF  STRICKEN. 

In  the  churchyard  a  tombstone  commemorates  the  Rev.  William 
Anderson,  minister  of  the  parish,  who  died  17th  July,  1806,  aged 
forty-nine.  His  son  Alexander  Anderson  became  Lord  Provost  of 
Aberdeen,  and  was  knighted  by  Her  Majesty  when  a  statue  of  the 
Prince  Consort  was  inaugurated  in  that  city  in  1863. 

Tombstones  in  the  churchyard  present  these  rhymes  : — 

"  In  hope  to  sing  without  a  sob 

The  anthem  ever  new, 
I  gladly  bid  the  dusty  globe 
And  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  commemorates 
one  of  the  Barclays  of  Towie : — 

Anno     ?'    **•     1636. 
A.    D. 

"Barclaivs  jacet  hie  tovase  gloria  gentis  saecvla  cvi  priscvm 
qvina  dedere  decvs  calcvlvs  hvncjvvenem  poster  tria  Ivstra  peremit 
nee  medicse  qvidqvam  profvit  artis  opvs  ossa  tegit  tellvs  animain 
cselestis  origo  fvit  setherise  limina  sedis  habent." 


PAKISH  OF  BOTKIPHNIE.  347 


BANFFSHIKE. 


PARISH  OF  BOINDIE. 

Near  the  ruin  of  the  old  church  is  a  burial  vault,  formerly  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,  formerly  of  Ordens,  this  being 
the  burial-place  of  that  family  for  many  ages  this  stone  is  placed 
by  the  Eev.  James  Stuart,  one  of  their  descendants,  late  Rector  of 
George  Town  Parish,  South  Carolina,  and  Chaplain  to  the  King's 
Eangers  in  North  America,  1785." 

A  mortuary  enclosure  contains  several  gravestones  commemo- 
rating descendants  of  Milne  of  Kirstare.  A  marble  tablet,  erected 
by  his  friends,  celebrates  John  Milue,  Esq.,  surgeon  in  Banff,  who 
died  by  a  fall  from  his  horse,  20th  May,  1833,  aged  twenty-six. 


PAEISH  OF  BOTRIPHNIE. 

Within  an  enclosure  a  monument  thus  commemorates  several 
members  of  the  House  of  Cubin  and  Drumuir : — 

"  Near  this  spot  lie  interred  the  remains  of  Major  Alexander 
Duff,  younger  of  Cubin,  who  died  at  Davidston,  in  the  year  1777. 
Also  of  his  son,  Admiral  Archibald  Duff,  of  Drumuir,  who  departed 
this  life  at  Braemorriston,  near  Elgin,  the  9th  day  of  Feb.,  1858, 
aged  84.  Frances  Jones,  widow  of  Admiral  Duff,  died  21  Dec., 
1861,  aged  74." 


348  BANFFSHIRE. 

The  Ardbrach  aisle  has  a  monument  thus  inscribed : — 

"  Memoriae  sacrum.  Hie  subtus  siti  sunt  cineres  Annse  Gordon 
et  Katharinse  Leslie,  loannis  et  lacobi  Andersonorum  ab  Ardbrake 
conjugum  dilectarum,  una  cum  liberis  exutraque  susceptis,  quarum 
haec,  annos  nata  39,  7  Id.  Mart.  A.  M.  C.  1667,  fatis  succubuit,  ilia 
vero  .  .  annorum  matrona,  13  Kal.  Decembr,  A,D.  1670,  lumina 
clausit ;  inquarum  decus  et  perennem  famam,  quippe  qua3  fuerint 
claris  editse  natalibus,  eximiis  que  excultae  virtutibus,  pro  summo 
in  demortuas  affectu  et  observantia  monumentum  hoc  superstruen- 
dum  curavunt  loannes  et  lacobus  Andersoni,  pater  et  filius. 

A  mural  slab  bears  the  following  : — 


o 


"  1760 :  This  monument  is  erected  by  John  Stuart  in  Rosarie, 
in  memory  of  his  grandfather,  William,  and  his  father,  Thomas, 
who  both  lived  and  died  at  Bodinfmnich,  and  of  his  uncle  Hendry, 
who  sometime  lived  and  died  in  Rosarie.  John,  William,  Alexander, 
George,  Hendry,  Mary,  and  Beatrix,  Hendry 's  children,  also  lie 
here.  It  is  to  be  observed  that  this  has  been  the  burial  place  of 
the  said  Stuarts  long  before,  and  ever  since  the  Reformation." 


PARISH  OF  CABRACH. 

A  tombstone  commemorates  John  Gordon,  sometime  farmer  in 
Drumferg,  who  died  21st  July,  1759,  aged  fifty-one.  His  son, 
Lieut.-Colonel  John  Gordon,  of  the  92nd  Regiment,  died  at  Coy- 
nochie,  27th  March,  1827,  aged  seventy-five. 

On  the  tombstone  of  Patrick  Gordon,  are  these  lines  : — 

"  Death  of  all  men  is  the  total  sum, 
The  period  unto  which  we  all  must  come  ; 
He  lives  but  a  short  life  that  lives  the  longest, 
And  he  is  weak  in  death  that  in  life  was  strongest." 


PARISH  OF  CULLEN.  349 


PARISH  OF  CULLEN. 

The  parish  church  was  for  several  centuries  the  burial-place  of 
the  Houses  of  Findlater  and  Seafield.     A  monument,  reared  in 
1554,  to  the  memory  of  Alexander  Ogilvie,  Baron  Findlater,  and 
his  wife,  Elizabeth  Uordon,  is  thus  described  by  Mr.  Cordiner,  in 
his  "  Remarkable  Ruins  of  North  Britain  "  : — "  The  splendid  en- 
richments that  crown  the  pyramidal  columns  have  a  very  elegant 
and  beautiful  effect.    The  bas-reliefs  are  well  raised  and  minutely 
finished.     The  figures  of  the  entombed,  in  devotional  attitudes,  are 
well  rounded  and  correctly  drawn.     The  sculptures  of  the  central 
and  interior  part,  according  to  the  ideas  of  early  ages,  have  most 
learned  and  sublime  allusion.    Two  angels  guarding  an  altar-piece, 
on  which  the  virtues  of  the  deceased  are  inscribed,  seem  to  call  the 
dead,  represented  by  a  skeleton  laid  under  the  altar,  to  appear 
before  the  tribunal  of  the  Most  High,  expressed  by  a  hieroglyphic 
above.     '  The  Ancient  of  Days  sat  on  the  clouds  of  heaven,  and 
they  came  near  before  him  to  judgment,'  was  the  bold  imagery  by 
which  the  prophet  Daniel  pointed  out  the  things  that  must  be 
hereafter.     The  well  known  symbol  here  on  the  tomb  of  this  one, 
upholding  the  globe  in  his  arm,  implies  the  intellectual  power  and 
wisdom  which  is  the  origin  and  support  of  creation.     The  attitude 
of  Benediction  and  the  Triple  Crown,  though  seemingly  of  more 
modern  allusion,  yet,  in  the  Egyptian  wisdom,  refer  to  the  three  great 
attributes  of  Deity,  and  the  Supreme  pronouncing  a  blessing  on 
his  works.    The  pillars  of  heaven,  expressed  by  columns  supporting 
an  arch,  rest  on  the  cloud  and  a  circumambient  vine.     From  that 
arch  diverging  rays  are  spread,  in  which  a  dove  is  descending,  and 
they  beam  on  the  cross  that  rises  over  the  globe — the  most  ancient 
and  venerable  symbols  of  the  universal  benignity  of  the  Uncreated 
Light  of  the  World  manifesting  the  Divine  favour  to  man." 

Another  superb  monument,  formerly  in  the  church,  represented 
the  figure  of  an  armed  warrior  recumbent ;  it  celebrated  John  Duff, 


350  BANFFSIIIRE. 

of  Muldavat,  a  reputed  ancestor  of  the  Earl  of  Fife,  who  died  in 
1404.  This  monument  was  in  1790  placed  in  the  mausoleum  of 
Duff  House  Park. 


PAEISH  OF  GAMRIE. 

A  decorated  monument  in  the  wall  of  the  church  is  thus  in- 
scribed : — 

"patricius  .  brlay  .  Z  .  hoc  .  me  .  fiere  .  fecit, 
hie  .  iacet  .  honorabilis  .  vir  .  patricius  .  barclay  .  dns  .  de  . 

tolly  .  qui  .  obiit  —  die  .  mencs  ano  .  Dni  .   m°  .  qmo  . 

et  .  ioneta  .  ogiuy  .  eius  .  sponca  .  qui  .  obiit  .   cexto  .  die  . 
mencs  .  ianuarii  .  ano  .  dm  .  m°  .  qvi°  .  quadrage0  .  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  male  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  "  Victorias 
Limes,"  is  on  the  margin  thus  inscribed  : — 

"  Heir  lyis  the  rycht  honorabil  Alexander  Keyth  of  Trvp,  de- 
pairtit  yis  lyf  the  xxv  of  Marche  1605." 

Sir  Robert  Keith  the  Marischal  acquired  the  barony  of  Troup  by 
marrying  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  1628. 

On  a  flagstone  are  these  words : — 

"Bessy  Strachan,  and  Mrs.  Bathia Forbes,  ladies  of  Troup,  1781." 


PARISH  OF  GRANGE.  351 

Major  Gordon,  son  of  the  proprietor  of  Banchory,  served  in  the 
army  of  Gustavus  Adolphus.  Eeturning  to  Scotland  in  1654,  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  1793.  In  the  old  church  a 
monumental  frame  has  been  erected  to  his  memory. 

An  altar  tombstone  of  white  marble  commemorates  Alexander 
Chalmers,  Esq.,  of  Clunie,  who  died  llth  August,  1835,  aged  seventy. 
This  benevolent  gentleman  bequeathed  £70,000  for  the  erection  and 
endowment  of  an  hospital  and  free  dispensary  at  Banff.  The  insti- 
tution is  designated  the  "  Chalmers'  Hospital." 


PAEISH  OF  GEANGE. 

In  an  aisle  of  the  old  church  Alexander  Duff  of  Braco,  who  died 
in  1705,  was  interred.  A  handsome  monument  reared  over  his 
remains  has  long  disappeared. 

A  burial  aisle  belonging  to  the  family  of  Innes  of  Edingight 
presents  a  mural  tablet,  with  the  following  legend : — 

"  This  monument  is  erected  by  John  Innes  of  Mwiryfold  to  the 
memory  of  Thomas  Innes,  of  Mwiryfold,  his  father,  who  lyes  here 
interred.  He  died  the  12  of  Sept.,  1754,  aged  73  years." 

Thomas  Innes  was  son  of  the  proprietor  of  Edingight,  and  was 
factor  to  the  Earl  of  Fife.  The  family  is  represented  by  Sir  James 
Milne  Innes,  Bart.,  of  Balveny  and  Edingight. 

A  monument,  with  a  latin  inscription,  commemorates  George 
Wilson,  father-in-law  of  James  Ferguson,  the  self-educated  astro- 
nomer ;  he  died  22nd  March,  1742,  aged  sixty-four. 

Tombstones  celebrate  the  Eev.  Alexander  Kerr,  minister  of  the 
parish,  who  died  in  1693 ;  the  Eev.  Archibald  Campbell,  minister 
of  the  parish,  who  died  16th  October,  1774;  Eev.  Andrew  Young, 


352  RANFFSHIRE. 

minister  of  the  Associate  church,  died  21st  May,  1788;  Rev. 
John  Primrose,  of  the  Associate  church,  died  28th  February,  1832 ; 
and  the  Rev.  William  Duff,  minister  of  the  parish,  who  died  23rd 
September,  1844,  in  his  fifty-third  year  and  the  twenty- third  of  his 
ministry.  A  son  of  the  last,  who  has  assumed  as  a  cognomen  his 
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,  1815,  in  the  63d  year  of  his  age,  with  the  concur- 
rence of  Penuel  Cameron,  his  spouse,  who  died  7  May,  1&18,  in  the 
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  be 
A  joyful  rising  unto  me." 


PARISH  OF  KEITH. 

Within  the  ruin  of  the  old  church  a  monument  commemorates 
the  first  wife  of  the  Rev.  James  Strachan,  minister  of  the  parish, 
who  succeeded  to  the  baronetcy  of  Thornton.  It  is  thus  inscribed : — 

"  Sub  scamno  Dd.  Kinnminnitie  cineres  lectissima?  feminse  D. 
Kath.  Rossae  D.  de  Thorntone,  cuius  etiamsi  fragrantissimae  memorise 
monumentis  omni  sere  pereimiorib,  abunde  satis  litatum  sit  hoc 
tamen  mauseoleo  parentandum  duxit  coniimx  ipsius  pula  ...  I), 
lac.  Strachanus  de  Thornt. :  huius  ecclesiae  pastor.  OI)iit  puer- 
pera  6th  Apr.  anno  1689  ....  quiescunt  et  hie  Gul.,  Rob.,  et 
Joshue  Strachanus  lilii  eorum." 


'      PARISH  OF   KEITH.  353 

Mr.  Straclian  was  educated  at  King's  College,  Aberdeen,  and  was 
ordained  minister  of  Keith  in  1665.  On  his  succeeding  to  the 
family  honours  he  was  locally  celebrated  in  these  lines : — 

"  The  beltit  knicht  o'  Thornton, 

An'  laird  o'  Pittendreich, 
An'  Maister  James  Strachnn, 
The  Minister  o'  Keith." 

He  was  deprived,  7th  November,  1689,  for  having  in  prayer 
entreated  the  restoration  of  James  VII.  He  continued  to  minister 
at  Keith  in  an  Episcopal  meeting-house.  He  died  at  Inverness 
in  1715,  about  the  age  of  seventy-four.  As  stated  in  the  pre- 
ceding inscription,  he  married  Katharine  Eoss,  who  died  in 
childbed,  6th  April,  1689.  His  sons  by  this  marriage, — William, 
Bobert,  and  Joshua, — predeceased  their  father.  It  is  believed 
that  Mr.  Strachan  married  secondly  a  daughter  of  Forbes  of 
Waterton.  To  his  eldest  son  James,  he  presented  the  family 
estate.  He  fell  in  the  rebellion  of  1715,  and  the  succession 
devolved  on  his  brother  Francis,  who  became  a  Jesuit  and 
resided  abroad.  Hugh  a  younger  brother,  also  a  Jesuit,  afterwards 
succeeded  to  the  baronetcy;  he  died  at  Douay  in  1745. 

Within  a  mortuary  enclosure  a  monumental  tablet  celebrates 
"  James  Thurburn,"  of  Smailholm,  Berwickshire,  only  son  of  the 
Kev.  John  Thurburn,  minister  of  Kirknewton,  who  died  at  Drum, 
near  Keith,  9th  May,  1798,  aged  fifty-nine. 

A  monument  commemorates  James  Milne,  of  Kinstair,  who  died 
9th  May,  1771,  aged  eighty-three ;  it  bears  the  names  of  his 
children  and  some  of  his  progenitors. 

A  tombstone  denotes  the  resting-place  of  the  Eev.  James  McLean, 
sometime  minister  of  the  parish,  who  died  14th  November,  1840, 
aged  eighty-two.  His  son  George,  born  in  1801,  was  husband  of 
Letitia  Elizabeth  Landon,  the  celebrated  authoress ;  he  was  governor 
of  Cape  Coast  Castle,  and  died  in  1847. 

A  plain  tombstone  marks  the  grave  of  James  Jamieson,  late 
Master  in  the  Eoyal  Navy,  who  died  18th  July,  1817,  aged  eighty- 

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354  BANFFSHIRE. 

two.  He  was  master  of  the  Boreas  frigate,  and  is  mentioned  as 
Jamie  Jamieson  in  Lord  Nelson's  dispatches. 

A  tombstone  embellished  with  a  floral  cross  commemorates  the 
Rev.  John  Murdoch,  Episcopal  clergyman,  who  died  29th  April 
1850,  aged  eighty-three.  His  son-in-law,  the  Eev.  J.  F.  S.  Gor- 
don, D.D.,  has  published  several  works  relating  to  Scottish  anti- 
quities. 

A  gravestone  denotes  the  grave  of  Elizabeth  Anderson,  daughter 
of  the  Eev.  James  Anderson,  sometime  minister  of  Keith,  and  wife 
of  James  Glashan,  writer;  she  died  10th  July,  1773.  aged  twenty- 
two.  Jean,  his  eldest  daughter,  married  Robert  Stuart  of  Aucharme; 
their  son  John  Stuart,  LL.D.,  is  the  distinguished  antiquary. 

On  the  tombstone  of  John  Giles,  whs  died  in  1787,  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  modest  pattern  of  Religion  pure, 
In  Keith's  wide  precincts  we  too  seldom  find. 
His  hands  industrious  and  his  heart  sincere, 
Of  worldly  wise  men,  he  disdained  the  wiles  ; 
Go,  Passenger  !  make  haste  thy  God  to  know, 
And  in  thy  actions  imitate  John  Giles." 


PARISH  OF  KIRKMICHAEL. 

Within  the  church  a  freestone  monument  is  thus  inscribed : — 

"  Here  lies  the  body  of  Ann  Lindsay,  spouse  of  John  Gordon  of 
Glenbucket,  and  daughter  of  the  Right  Hon.  Sir  Alexander  Lind- 
say of  Evelack,  who  departed  this  life  on  the  9th  day  of  June,  1750, 
aged  fifty  years.  Also  Helen  Reid,  spouse  of  William  Gordon,  Esq. 
of  Glenbucket,  and  daughter  of  the  Right.  Hon.  Sir  John  Reid  of 
Barra,  who  died  on  the  5th  May,  1766,  aged  52  years  ;  and  Lilias 


PARISH   OF  KIRKMICHAEL.  355 

McHardy,  spouse  of  John  Gordon,  Esq.,  of  Glenbucket,  and  daughter 
of  William  McHardy,  late  in  Delnilat,  who  died  May  30th,  1829, 
aged  78  years.  And  of  Elspet  Stewart,  spouse  of  Charles  Gordon, 
Esq.,  St.  Bridget,  and  daughter  of  William  Stewart,  Esq.,  Ballen- 
trewan,  who  died  2nd  February,  1856,  aged  63  years." 

The  Gordons  of  Glenbucket  sprung  from  the  House  of  Eothie- 
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  William  Alexander  Gordon,  C.B.,  colonel  of 
the  54th  Eegiment ;  he  died  at  Nairn,  10th  August,  1856,  aged 
eighty-seven. 

On  an  altar  tombstone  is  the  following  legend  : — 

"  To  preserve  this  burying-ground,  and  in  pious  regard  to  the 
memory  of  Einlay  Farquharson  of  Auchriachan,  who  possessed 
this  place  since  1569,  son  to  Findlay  Farquharson,  Esq.,  of  Inver- 
cauld  ;  likewise  William  Farquharson,  who  died  anno  1719  aged 
80  years,  who  was  the  ninth  man  of  that  family  who  possessed 
Auchriachan,  and  Janet  Grant  his  spouse,  who  died  anno  1720, 
aged  78.  Also  William  Farquharson,  son  of  Invercauld  .... 
who  died  anno  1723,  aged  30,  and  Elizabeth  Farquharson  his 
spouse  who  died  anno  1720,  aged  78.  Also  Sophia  McGrigor,  who 
died  15th  May,  1769,  aged  59,  spouse  to  Eobert  Farquharson  in 
Auchriachan,  who  erected  this  monument,  1789. 

"  The  said  Eobert  Farquharson  died  in  179 — .  William  his  son 
died  in  April,  1811,  and  Alexander  the  last  in  the  male  line,  died 
llth  Nov.  1835,  aged  78.  Janet  Farquharson,  Eobert's  eldest 
daughter,  married  James  Cameron,  Ballenlish,  and  this  tablet  is  re- 
newed by  their  son  Angus  Cameron,  of  Firhall,  1851. 

"  These  bodies  low  lie  here  consign'd  to  rest, 
With  hopes  withal  to  rise  among  the  blest : 
Sweet  be  their  sleep,  and  blessed  their  wakening, 
Eeader !  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  Eichmond. 

In  the  south  wall  of  the  church,  a  marble  tablet  commemorates 


356  BANFFSHIRK. 

Patrick  Grant,  Esq.,  of  Glenlochy,  formerly  of  Stocktown,  who  died 
15th  April,  1783,  aged  seventy-four,  and  his  wife  Beatrice,  daughter 
of  Donald  Grant,  of  Inverlochy,  who  died  24th  January,  1780,  aged 
sixty-nine.  Their  elder  son,  John  Grant,  (Vol.  I.,  p.  59)  purchased 
Kilgraston,  in  Perthshire,  and  was  succeeded  in  that  estate  by  his 
brother  Francis,  who  married,  in  1795,  Anne,  eldest  daughter  of 
Robert  Oliphant,  Esq.,  of  Eossie,  and  died  in  1819.  Sir  Francis 
Grant,  fourth  son  of  Francis  Grant  of  Kilgraston,  is  president  of 
the  Royal  Academy.  The  fifth  son,  Sir  James  Hope  Grant,  G.C.B., 
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,  1780;  James  Rose 
Innes,  died  4th  August,  1814,  aged  forty,  and  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Mary 
Rose  Innes,  of  Netherdale,  died  17th  January,  1851,  aged  seventy- 
three  ;  James  Rose  Innes,  died  10th  June,  1845,  aged  forty-four ; 
also  other  members  of  the  family. 

In  the  churchyard  tombstones  commemorate  the  Rev.  Dr.  George 
Meldrum,  proprietor  of  Crombie  in  this  parish,  who  died  in  1692, 
aged  seventy-six ;  John  Gordon,  Esq.,  of  Avochie  and  Mayne,  who 
died  27th  of  November,  1857,  aged  sixty ;  and  the  Rev.  Hugh 
Chalmers,  minister  of  the  parish,  who  died  5th  June,  1707,  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  turnulo,  reliquiae  Alexandri  Duff  de  Keithmore 
et  Helenas  Grant,  uxoris  suae  charissimae :  Qui  quadraginta  annos 
et  ultra,  felici  et  fsecundo  connubiojuncti,  vixerunt.  Uterq.  quidem 


PARISH   OF  M011TLACH.  357 

ingenue  natus.  Ille  ex  nobilissimis  Fifee  Thanis  per  vetustam 
familiam  de  Craighead,  paulo  abhinc  superstitem,  proxime  et  legi- 
time  oriundus :  Ilia  ex  splendida  et  potent!  Grantseorum  familia, 
eodem  quoq.  modo  originem  trahens.  Ortu  non  obscuri,  suis  tamen 
virtutibus  illustriores ;  opibus  affluxerunt,  et  liberis  ingenue  educa- 
tis,  floruere  pie,  juste  et  sobrie  vixerunt ;  et  sic  in  Domino  mortem 
obiere;  Ilia  anno  Domini  1694,  setatis  suae  sexagesimo." 


Alexander  Duff  served  under  the  Marquis  of  Montrose,  and  was 
some  time  imprisoned  by  the  Covenanters.  He  died  in  the  year 
1700,  at  the  age  of  seventy-six.  Along  with  four  daughters  he  left 
three  sons,  who  were  respectively  designated  of  Braco,  Dipple,  and 
Craigston.  William  Duff,  eldest  son  of  the  proprietor  of  Dipple, 
represented  some  years  the  county  of  Banff  in  Parliament,  and 
was  in  1735  raised  to  the  peerage  as  Baron  Braco,  of  Kilbryde.  In 
1759  he  was  created  Viscount  Macduff,  and  Earl  of  Fife.  The 
present  Earl  of  Fife  is  his  lineal  descendant. 

In  the  north  wall  of  the  church  a  stone  effigy  in  armour  is  sup- 
posed to  represent  Alexander  Leslie,  first  baron  of  Kininvie ;  he 
died  about  1549.  The  grandson  of  his  third  son,  George,  who  received 
the  lands  of  Drummine,  was  the  celebrated  General  Alexander 
Leslie,  afterwards  Lord  Balgonie,  and  Earl  of  Leven.  Isobel  Leslie, 
eldest  daughter  of  the  fifth  baron  of  Kininvie,  was  mother  of  Arch- 
bishop Sharp.  In  the  churchyard  John  Leslie  of  Kininvie  (uncle  of 
the  Archbishop)  commemorates  his  wife  Helen  Grant,  who  lived 
with  her  husband  sixty  years  and  departed  llth  May,  1712,  in  the 
eighty-second  year  of  her  age.  The  family  of  Kininvie  is  now  re- 
presented by  George  A.  Young  Leslie,  Esq.,  the  present  proprietor. 

A  marble  tablet  in  the  church  is  thus  inscribed. 

"  M.O.V.S. :  Mri.  Hugonis  Innes,  filij  honorabilis  viri  Joannis 
Innes  de  Leichnet,  qui,  cum  aniios  triginta  quatuor,  sacra  in  hoc 
templo  peregisset,  obijt  anno  Christi  MDCCXXXII.,  natus  annos 
LXVIII.  Posuit  hoc  monumentum  pia  ac  dilectissima  conjux 
Eliz.  Abernethie  filia  domini  de  Mayeii." 

Mr.  Innes  was  celebrated  for  his   bodily  strength.     His  family, 


358  BANFFSHIRE. 

Innes  of  lichnett  sprung  from  Sir  Robert  Innes  of  that  ilk.     His 
wife  was  descended  from  Abernethy  of  that  ilk  in  Perthshire. 

Major  Cameron,  a  distinguished  Indian  officer  is  by  a  memorial 
tablet  celebrated  thus : — 

"To  the  memory  of  Major  John  Cameron,  C.B.,  KI.C.  Native 
Infantry,  on  the  establishment  of  St.  George,  who  after  serving  his 
country  in  India  for  thirty-two  years,  both  in  civil  and  military 
capacity,  and  particularly  in  most  of  the  principal  events  during 
that  period,  died  on  the  15th  June,  1838  while  officiating  as  Resi- 
dent at  the  Court  of  Hyderabad,  aged  47  years.  This  tablet  has 
been  erected  to  his  memory,  and  placed  in  the  church  of  his  native 
parish,  by  a  few  of  his  friends  in  India,  as  a  mark  of  esteem  and 
affection  for  his  public  and  private  character." 

In  the  churchyard  a  tombstone  bearing  the  Farquharson  arms 
has,  with  the  date  1417,  the  following  legend  : — • 

"  Hie  iacet  honorabilis  vir  Robertvs  Farquharson  de  Lauchtitvany 
qui  obiit  mar  de  quint0  meri  anno  dni.  m°  quo.  xi°  sexto  cum  sua 
pro  piqiet." 

A  tombstone  commemorates  Alexander  Sturm,  merchant,  Duff- 
town,  who  died  in  April,  1848.  His  son  James  Sturm,  who  died 
at  Hampstead,  7th  May,  1869,  bequeathed,  among  other  legacies 
for  charitable  purposes,  £3000  to  Mortlach  parish. 

A  sculptured  stone  in  the  haugh  of  the  Dullan  is  believed  to 
have  been  erected  by  King  Malcolm,  to  celebrate  the  overthrow  of 
an  army  of  Danes. 

On  Mortlach  hill  a  monument  has  lately  been  erected  in  honour 
of  Charles,  tenth  Marquess  of  Huntly,  who  died  18th  September, 
1863.  The  monument  is  sixty  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. 


PAEISH   OF  RATHVEN.  359 


PAEISH  OF  EATHVEN. 

The  aisle  of  the  old  church  forms  the  burial  place  of  the  Hays 
of  Eannes ;  on  the  entrance  it  is  thus  inscribed : — 

"  IN  .  DEI  .  HONOREM  .  EGOLESS  .  VSM  .  ET  .  IA  .  HATE  .  DE  .  RANNES 
KA  .  DVNBAR  .  El'  .  CONIVGIS  .  EORV  .  POSTERIORY  .  GRAT1AM  .  FIT  .  ILEC 
AVSTVALIOR  .  ^EDIOLA  .  AN  .  DNI  1612." 

Within  the  aisle  a  marble  monument  presents  the  following 
pedigree : — 

"To  the  memory  of  the  Hays  of  Eannes  and  Lenplum.  1421, 
Sir  William  Hay  of  Locharat  was  ancestor  of  the  noble  family  of 
Tweeddale ;  1474,  he  married  a  second  wife  Alicia,  daughter  of  Sir 
Win.  Hay  of  Errol,  by  whom  he  had  Sir  Edmund  Hay  of  Lenplum, 
and  Moram,  who  married  Margaret  Kerr,  and  had  Dugald  Hay  of 
Lenplum,  who  married  Helen  Cockburn  of  Newhall.  Their  children 
were,  1520  (l.)  Edmund  Hay  of  Lenplum;  (n.)  George  Hay  of 
Eannes;  (in.)  William  Hay  of  Edderston;  (iv.)  Andrew  Hay  of 
Eanfield.  1562,  The  above  George  Hay  was  Superintendent  of 
Glasgow  and  Aberdeen,  Secretary  to  the  Privy  Council  in  the  year 
1567,  and  Eector  of  Eathven.  He  added  the  lands  of  Faskin  and 
Findachy  to  his  patrimonial  inheritance.  He  also  acquired  the 
lands  of  Edderston,  which  he  bestowed  on  his  brother  William,  and 
the  lands  of  Eanfield,  which  he  gave  to  his  brother  Andrew.  1567, 
The  above  George  Hay  married  Marriot,  daughter  of  Henderson  of 
Fordel,  of  whom  there  were  (i.)  George,  who  died  unmarried  in  the 
year  1586.  1603  (n.)  James  Hay  of  Eannes  and  Lenplum,  who 
married  Katherine,  daughter  of  Dunbar  of  Grange.  Their  children 
were  (i.)  George  Hay  of  Eannes ;  (n.)  James  Hay  of  Muldavit ; 
(in.)  John  Hay  of  Langshed;  (iv.)  Andrew;  (v.)  William;  (vi.) 
Katherine;  (vn.)  Anne.  The  above  James  Hay  of  Eannes  suc- 
ceeded to  the  estate  of  Lenplum  in  consequence  of  the  failure  of 
heirs-male  of  William  Hay  of  Lenplum,  as  is  instructed  by  a  deed 
recorded  in  the  books  of  Session,  28th  of  May  1599 ;  but  afterwards 
sold  this  property  to  Sir  William  Hay,  a  younger  son  of  the  family 
of  Tweeddale.  1630,  In  the  estate  of  Eannes  he  was  succeeded  by 
his  eldest  son  George,  who  married  Agnes,  daughter  of  Guthrie  of 
Guthrie,  Bishop  of  Murray,  and  had,  1645,  James  Hay  of  Eannes, 
who  married  Margaret,  daughter  of  Gordon  of  Park.  Their  children 
were  (i.)  James  Hay  of  Eannes ;  (n.)  Andrew  Hay  of  Mountblairy, 
of  whom  the  Hays  of  Cocklaw  and  Faichfield  are  descended.  1684, 
The  above  James  Hay  of  Eannes  married  Margaret,  daughter  of 


360  BANFFSHIRE. 

Gordon  of  Glengerrack.  Their  children  were  (i.)  Charles  Hay  of 
Rannes,  born  1688,  and  died  in  London  in  1751 ;  (n.)  James  Hay, 
who  married  Helen  Lauder,  dowager  Lady  Banff,  of  whom  were 
James,  Charles,  and  William  Hay.  1710,  The  above  Charles  Hay 
of  Rannes  married  Helen,  only  child  of  Dr.  Andrew  Fraser,  Inver- 
ness. Their  children  were  (I.)  Andrew  Hay  of  Rannes ;  (n.)  Alex- 
ander Hay,  died  1771,  aged  47 ;  (in.)  Mary,  married  to  Leitb  of 
Leithall ;  (iv.)  Katherine,  married  to  Gordon  of  Sheilagreen ;  (v.) 
Clementina,  married  to  Duff,  of  Whitehill ;  (vr.)  Margaret,  married 
to  Russell  of  Montcoffer ;  (vn.)  Jane,  unmarried. 

"1789,  The  above  Andrew  Hay  died,  unmarried,  the  29th  of 
August  1789,  aged  76,  and  his  remains  are  deposited  in  this  aisle. 
Mr.  Hay  was  distinguished  for  those  qualities  which  add  grace  and 
dignity  to  human  nature.  Possessed  of  true  piety,  he  was  an  affec- 
tionate kinsman,  a  steady  friend,  a  pleasant  companion,  and  an 
honest  man.  The  urbanity  of  his  manners,  and  the  kindness  of  his 
disposition,  were  universally  felt  and  acknowledged.  He  made  use 
of  his  fortune  with  that  happy  prudence  which  enabled  him,  while 
alive,  to  share  enjoyment  with  his  friends,  and  to  leave  to  his  suc- 
cessor an  ample  and  independent  inheritance.  Rev.  xiv.  13." 

The  estate  of  Rannes  now  belongs  to  the  Earl  of  Seafield. 
Within  a  mortuary  enclosure  are  the  following  inscriptions : — 

"  Memorise  charissimse  suse  conjugis  Elizabeths  Gordon,  quae 
Jecessit  die  decimo  quinto  Januarij  calendas,  1725,  setatis  suas  31. 
Monurnentum  hoc  extrui  curavit  maritus  superstes  Alexander 
Gordon  de  Cairnfield,  Signeto  Pagio  Scriba." 

"  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  James  Gordon,  second  son  of  Alex. 
Gordon  of  Cairnfield,  who  died  at  Banff  on  the  1  January  1815, 
aged  77;  and  Janet  Mercer,  his  spouse,  who  died  at  Nairn,  on 
the  24  May  1842,  aged  84.  This  tablet  is  placed  by  Adam-Garden 
Gordon,  their  youngest  son,  and  Francis  Gordon  of  Kincardine, 
1844." 

"  '  Bydand ' — To  the  memory  of  Adam  Gordon  of  Cairnfield,  who 
died  17th  March  1847,  aged  74.  Elizabeth  Cruickshank,  his  wife, 
eldest  daughter  of  the  late  Patrick  Cruickshank  of  Stracathro, 
Forfarshire,  died  29th  January  1847,  aged  67,  and  their  two  sons 
and  two  daughters,  who  predeceased  them.  Erected  as  a  tribute 
of  respect  and  affection  by  their  surviving  sons — John  Gordon  of 
Cairnfield ;  Patrick,  Major,  H.E.I.S. ;  George,  merchant,  U.S.,  Ame- 
rica; James  C.  Duff,  and  William,  Lieutenant,  H.E.I.C.S." 


PARISH   OF  RATHVEN.  361 

By  the  first  inscription  is  commemorated  Elizabeth  Gordon, 
heiress  of  Cairnfield,  and  first  wife  of  Alexander  Gordon,  writer  to 
the  signet,  a  cadet  of  the  Gordons  of  Dykeside,  Moray  shire.  James 
Gordon,  commemorated  in  the  second  inscription,  was  son  of  Alex- 
ander Gordon  by  a  second  wife. 

A  marble  slab  thus  commemorates  the  Stewarts  of  Tanochy : — 

"  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  the  late  family  of  Stewart  of  Tanochy, 
all  of  whom,  but  two,  lie  interred  here.  Patrick  Stewart  of  Tanochy, 
died  31  Dec.  1779,  aged  50 ;  Elizabeth,  his  wife,  died  4  April  1804, 
aged  60.  Their  three  sons,  George  Stewart  of  Tanochy,  W.S.,  died 
Oct.  1814,  aged  45  ;  Alexander,  Major  75tlj  regt.,  killed  in  Calabria, 

April  1813,  aged  40  ;  Andrew  died  in  the  Island  of  Jamaica, . 

Their  two  daughters, — Harriet-Mary,  died  19  July  1864,  in  the  93 
year  of  her  age ;  Elizabeth-Margaret,  died  24  July  1858,  aged  82. 

Within  the  Catholic  chapel  at  Buckie  two  mural  tablets  are  thus 
inscribed : — 

"  Pray  for  the  Soul  of  Sir  William  Gordon,  Baronet,  of  Gordon- 
stone  and  Letterfourie.  Born  26th  December  1804  ;  deceased  5th 
Deer.  1861,  whose  remains  are  interred  in  this  church.  May  he 
rest  in  peace." 

"  Pray  for  the  Souls  of  Sir  James  Gordon,  Baronet  of  Gordon 
stown  and  Letterfourie,  born  in  the  year  1779  ;  deceased  on  the  24th 
December  1843.  And  of  his  spouse,  Mary  Glendonwin  of  Glen- 
donwin,  born  in  the  year  1783-,  deceased  on  the  18th  May  1845'; 
whose  remains  are  interred  within  this  church.  May  they  rest  in 
peace.  Amen." 

The  first  Gordon  of  Letterfourie  was  James,  fourth  son  of  George, 
second  Earl  of  Huntly;  he  was  in  1513  appointed  admiral  of 
Scotland.  The  Hon.  Eobert  Gordon  of  Gordonstone  was  created  a 
baronet  of  Nova  Scotia  on  the  28th  May,  1625 ;  he  was  the  first 
who  attained  this  honour.  He  held  various  public  offices. 

In  Chapelford  burial-ground  an  altar  tombstone  celebrates  Thomas 
Mcolson,  Bishop  of  Peristachium  and  Vicax  Apostolic  in  Scotland. 
It  is  thus  inscribed : — 

"  D.O.M.  Reuenus  D.  Thomas  Nicolson,  Epis.  Peristach.  Vic.  Ap. 


362  BANFFSIIIRE. 

in  Scotia,  hie  iacet.  Vir  fuit  primseva  pietate,  insignis  candore  et 
simplicitate  Christiana,  admirandus  integritate,  et  morum  innocentia 
eximius,  ingenio  acutus,  doctrina  et  eruditione  clarus,  prudentia  et 
sapientia  singularis,  zelo  et  charitate  fidelibus  charissimus,  benefi- 
centia  comitate  et  liberalitate  etiam  iis  qui  foris  sunt  venerabilis. 
Abi,  viator,  et  bene  precare.  Vixit  annos  circiter  76,  obiit  quarto 
Idus  Octobris  anno  repate  salutis  1718." 

Bishop  Nicolson  was  a  younger  son  of  Thomas  Nicolson  of 
Kemnay,  by  his  wife,  a  daughter  of  Abercromby  of  Birkenbog. 
Born  a  Protestant,  he  adopted  the  Eomish  faith. 


PARISH  OF  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  just  love 
Relieved  all  our  pain/' 

"  All  in  this  lonesome  house  of  rest 

I  lie  but  for  a  time, 
In  hopes  to  rise  as  Jesus  rose, 
And  spend  a  life  divine." 

"  The  world's  a  city 

Full  of  streets, 
And  death's  a  market 

That  every  one  meets ; 
But  if  life  were  a  thing 

That  money  could  buy, 
The  poor  could  not  live 

Aiid  the  rich  would  ne'er  die." 


PARISH  OF  BELLIE  OR  FOCHABERS. 

In  the  churchyard  a  tombstone  commemorates  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,  1833,  in  his  eighty-fifth  year. 
Four  of  his  sons  were  officers  in  the  army,  and  several  of  them 
acquired  distinction. 

An  altar  tombstone  denotes  the  grave  of  the  Rev.  John  Anderson, 
sometime  minister  of  the  parish,  who  died  22nd  April,  1839,  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  his  several  offices  he  was  thus  rhymed  upon  by  a  local 
poet. 

"  The  Rev.  John  Anderson, 

Factor  to  His  Grace, 
Minister  of  Fochabers, 
And  Justice  of  the  Peace." 

The  General  Assembly,  by  a  deliverance  in  1819  highly  disap- 
proved of  ministers  holding  secular  offices,  and  in  consequence  Mr. 
Anderson  resigned  his  charge. 

On  tombstones  in  the  churchyard  are  these  verses : 

"  Unknown  to  pomp,  and  bred  to  rural  toil, 

To  him  the  Christian's  faith  and  hope  were  given; 
Unskilled  in  art,  nor  trained  in  courtly  guile, 
He  lived  to  God,  and  died—  to  wake  in  heaven." 

"  It  was  in  the  bloom  of  manhood's  prime, 

When  death  to  me  was  sent ; 
All  you  that  have  a  longer  time, 
Be  careful  and  repent." 

"  0,  the  grave,  whilst  it  covers  each  fault,  each  defect — 

Leaves  untarnish'd  the  worth  of  the  Just ; 
His  memory  we'll  cherish  with  tender  respect, 
Whilst  bis  body  consumes  in  the  dust." 


PARISH   OF   DUTHIL.  365 


PAEISH  OF  DALLAS. 

In  the  church  a  marble  monument  commemorates  "  Helen  Cum- 
ing  Campbell,  daughter  of  Alexander  Cuming  of  Craigmill,  and 
Elizabeth  Tulloh,  died  14th  November,  1800.".  The  estate  of  Craig- 
mill  now  belongs  to  Grant  of  Elchies. 


PAEISH  OF  DUFFUS. 

On  a  tombstone  in  the  parish  churchyard  is  the  following  quaint 
epitaph : — 

"  Eeader,  would  you  wish  to  hear 
Who  took  and  placed  me  here  ? 
Well,  as  you  seem  to  be  at  leisure, 
I  was  placed  here  by  Sandy  Fraser. 
Tis  here  John  Eraser's  ashes  ly, 
As  soon  as  born  he  began  to  die. 
In  figure  and  feature  and  powers  of  mind, 

As  perfect  as  most  of  his  peers 
As  gratefully  held,  as  serenely  resigned 

Life's  lease,  which  was  eighty-four  years. 
With  low  and  with  lofty  frank  candid  and  fair, 

Soon  bargained  and  counted  and  cleared  ; 
On  folly  and  vice  and  imposture  severe, 

Yet  neither  was  hated  nor  feared." 


PAEISH  OF  DUTHIL. 

Adjoining  the  church  is  a  mausoleum  belonging  to  the  Earl  of 
Seafield.  Here  the  Grants  of  Castle  Grant,  now  represented  by 
the  Earl  of  Seafield,  interred  for  three  hundred  years. 

In  the  church  a  marble  tablet  is  thus  inscribed  . — 

"Captain  William  Grant,  27th  Eegt.,  Bengal  N.I.,  Assistant- 
Adjutant-General  of  A  ffganistan,  eldest  son  of  the  late  Major  Grant 


366  ELGINSHIRE. 

Auchterblair,  was  killed  in  the  action  at  Gundermuck,  during  the 
disastrous  retreat  of  the  British  Army  from  Cabool,  on  the  13th 
of  January,  1842,  aged  38  years.  Erected  by  his  bereaved  widow." 

Within  a  mortuary  enclosure  are  commemorated  Colonel  Sir 
Maxwell  Grant,  who  died  22nd  October,  1823,  and  other  members 
of  the  families  of  Grant  of  Tullochgorm  and  Tullickgriban. 


PARISH  OF  DYKE  AND  MOY. 

In  Dyke  churchyard  a  mortuary  enclosure  bears  the  following 
inscription : 

"Valter  :  Kinnaird  :  Elizabeth  :  Innes,  :  1613. 

"  The  :  Bvildars  :  Of  :  This  :  Bed :  Of  :  Stane  : 

Ar  :  Laird  .  And  :  Ladie  :  Of  :  Covbine  : 
Qvhilk  :  Tua  :  And  :  Thars  :  Qvhane  :  Braithe  :  Is  :  Gane  : 
Pleis  :  God  :  Vil  :  Sleip  :  This  :  Bed  :  Vithin  :" 


PAEISH  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  supra,  p.  159),  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  consisted  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  marble  denotes  the  resting- 
place  of  Bishop  Andrew  de  Moravia,  the  munificent  founder.  The 
bishop  died  in  1242,  after  an  episcopate  of  about  twenty  years. 

In  St.  Mary's   aisle    a   monument    commemorates    Alexander 


PARISH  OF  ELGIN.  367 

Seton,  who  in  1449  was  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  1760. 

In  the  south  transept  were  interred  the  remains  of  Alexander 
Stewart,  Duke  of  Albany,  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  Eoxburghe,  made  use  of  the  south  transept.  It  con- 
tains a  full  length  figure  of  Eobert  Innes,  of  Innesmarkie,  who  died 
in  1482.  In  the  cathedral  churchyard  a  monument  commemorates 
Eobert  Innes  of  that  Ilk  and  his  wife  Elizabeth  Elphinstone.  It 
is  thus  inscribed : — 

"  Eequiescunt  hie  Eobertus  Innes  ab  eodem,  et  Elizabetha  Elphin- 
stone, ejus  conjux,  qui  fatis  concesserunt  25  Septemb.  et  26  Febr. 
anno  sal.  hum.  1597  et  1610.  Ideoque;  in  piam  gratamque;  memo- 
riam  charissimorum  parentum,  hoc  monumentum  extruendum  cura- 
vit  Eobertus  films." 

In  the  aisle  (styled  of  St.  Peter  and  St.  Paul)  is  the  burial-ground 
of  the  D  unbars  of  Grange,  an  ancient  house  in  Morayshire.  A 
monument  erected  by  Eobert  Dunbar  of  Grange  Hall,  chief  of  Clan 
Durris,  in  memory  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 
Informed  her  children  with  the  love  and  fear 
Of  God  and  virtuous  acts.     Who  can  express, 
Alone  reader  by  a  volume  from  the  press." 

In  the  nave  these  lines  formerly  commemorated  Eobert  Leslie, 
younger  son  of  George,  fourth  Earl  of  Eothes,  and  his  wife,  a  daugh- 
ter of  the  House  of  Elphinstone." 

"  Eobertus  Lesly,  comitis  qui  filius  olim, 
Eothusie  fuerat,  simul  et  suavissima  conjux, 


3('».S  ELGINSHIRE. 

Elpstonii  soholes  herois,  conduntur  in  antro 
Hoc  licet  obscure  celebres  pietate  supersunt. 
Hos  quondam  binos  Hymenseus  junxit  in  unum, 
Corpus,  et  his  vivis  semper  suis  una  voluntas, 
Unus  amor,  domus  una  fuit ;  nunc  lumine  cassos 
Una  duos  iterum  condit  libitina  sepultos." 

In  the  Apprentice  aisle  a  monument  commemorates  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,  dominus  Robertus  Lang- 
lands  fulgentissimum  quondam  ecclesise  sidus  mellifluus  verbi  prseco, 
fidelis  mysteriorum  Dei  ceconomus  ecclesise  Glascuensis  per  annos 
aliquot  pastor  vigilantissimus;  et  ad  Elginum,  paulo  ante  obitum 
generalis  hujus  ecclesue  synodi  decreto  translatus,  ubi  pie  ac  placide 
obiit  pridie  idus  Augusti,  anno  Dom.  1696.  In  cujus  memoriam 
monumentum  hoc  extruendum  curarunt  amici  et  reverendus  collega, 
dominus  Jacobus  Thomson. 

"  Hac  situs  est  humili  clams  Langlandius  urna, 
Flebilis  heu  cunctis  occidit  ille  probis, 
Prgeco  pius  reserans  sacri  mysteria  verbi 
Et  docuit  populum  sedulus  usque;  suum 
Doctrinae  laudes  varies,  prudentia  rerum, 
Ornabant  animum  consiliumque ;   sagax ; 
Et  licet  Elginum  teneat  quein  Glascua  quondam, 
Dilexit,  proprium  vendicat  ipse  polus." 

In  the  Apprentice  aisle  the  Rev.  James  Thomson,  of  Newton, 
Fifeshire,  minister  of  the  second  charge,  has  thus  celebrated 
Elizabeth  Paterson,  his  first  wife,  who  died  12th  August,  1698, 
aged  thirty-six : — 

"•Elizabeth  here  lyes,  who  led  her  life 
Unstained  while  virgin  and  twice  married  wife. 
She  was  her  parents'  image — her  did  grace 
All  the  illustrious  honours  of  the  face ; 
With  eminent  piety  and  complaisance — 
All  the  decorements  of  exalted  sense. 
David's  swan  song  much  in  her  mouth,  she  had 
More  in  her  heart  on  it  established. 


PARISH    OF   ELGIN.  369 

Departed  hence,  it  being  her  desire, 
All  and  delight,  just  when  she  did  expire ; 
By  all  bewailed  she  in  the  flower  of  age, 
As  Jacob's  Rachel,  was  turned  off  the  stage ; 
One  only  child  beside,  death,  by  his  sting, 
Unto  this  urn  within  three  days  did  bring." 

By  the  subscriptions  of  opulent  persons  in  the  town  and  district 
a  monument  has  recently  been  placed  in  the  cathedral,  on  the  site 
of  the  great  altar,  in  honour  of  the  Eev.  Lachlan  Shaw,  one  of  the 
collegiate  ministers  of  the  parish,  and  author  of  the  "  History  of  the 
Province  of  Moray."  Son  of  a  respectable  farmer  at  Eothiemurchus, 
Mr.  Shaw  studied  at  King's  College  and  the  University  of  Edin- 
burgh, and  in  1716  received  licence  as  a  probationer.  During  the 
same  year  he  was  admitted  to  the  pastoral  charge  of  Kingussie ;  he 
was  in  1719  translated  to  Cawdor,  and  in  1734  was  preferred  to 
the  second  charge  of  Elgin.  An  accurate  scholar  and  accomplished 
antiquary,  his  friendship  was  cultivated  by  his  learned  contem- 
poraries. He  demitted  his  charge  in  1774,  and  died  23rd  February, 
1777,  in  his  eighty-fifth  year  and  the  sixty-first  of  his  ministry. 
Besides  his  valuable  provincial  history  he  composed  a  description  of 
Elgin,  continued  Rose's  "  Genealogy  of  the  Family  of  Kilravock," 
and  edited  the  Rev.  Dr.  Macpherson's  "  Critical  Dissertations."  His 
great-granddaughter  was  second  wife  of  the  celebrated  Francis 
Jeffrey. 

From  the  area  of  the  cathedral  and  the  surrounding  churchyard 
we  have  the  following  rhymes  : — 

"  Stay,  passenger,  consider  well 

That  thou  ere  long  in  dust 

Must  dwell.     Endeavour  then 

While  thou  hast  breath 

Still  to  avoid  the  second  death 

For  on  tymes  minute 

Doth  depend  torments 

And  joy  without  an  end. 
Therefore  consider  what  you  read, 
For  the  best  advice  is  from  the  dead." 

2  B 


370  ELGINSHIRE. 

"  This  world  is  a  city 
Full  of  streets  ; 
Death  is  the  mercat 
That  all  men  meets. 
If  lyfe  were  a  thing 
That  monie  could  buy 
The  poor  could  not  live 
And  the  rich  would  not  die." 

"  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  this  dying  clay ! 
My  Thoughts  now  stretch  out  all  your  Wings 

And  trace  eternity. 
There  we  shall  swim  in  heavenly  Bliss, 

Or  sink  in  flaming  Waves ; 
While  the  pale  carcass  thoughtless  lies, 

Amongst  the  silent  Graves. 
Some  hearty  Friend  shall  drop  a  Tear 

On  our  dry  Bones,  and  say 
These  once  were  strong  as  mine  appear, 

And  mine  must  be  as  they. 
Thus  shall  our  mouldering  Members  teach, 

What  now  our  Senses  learn, 
For  Dust  and  Ashes  loudest  preach 

Men's  infinite  Concern." 


PAEISH  OF  FORRES. 

In  the  churchyard  Emilia  Dunbar  has  commemorated  her  husband 
thus  — 

"  A  Loving  Husband  &  a  Father  dear 
.  A  Faithful  trusty  Friend  lies  buried  here 
He  was  the  man  that  ne'er  oppressed  the  poor 
Nor  sent  the  stranger  hungry  from  his  door. 


PARISH   OF   KNOCKANDO.  371 

Death  can't  disjoin  whom  Christian  Love  has  joined 
Nor  raze  his  memry  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  comes  this  heartfelt  verse 
Emilia  Dunbar's  griefs  shall  never  cease." 

On  the  gravestone  of  the  Rev.  Joseph  Brodie,  minister  of  the 
parish,  his  nephew,  Alexander  Brodie  of  Brodie,  inscribed  these 
lines : — 

"  Why  choosest,  thou  man,  when  fallen  asleep, 

This  place  of  rest  ?     Even  still  my  flock  to  keep, 

As  living  dying  preached  I,  so  my  grave, 

Tomb,  dust,  these  bones,  dead  walls,  and  porch  shall  have 

A  voice  to  witness,  teach,  cry,  call  to  mind 

The  good  word  preached,  which  true  ere  long  they'll  find." 

Fourth  son  of  the  David  Brodie  of  Brodie,  the  subject  of  the 
preceding  epitaph  was  admitted  minister  of  Keith  in  1631.  He 
was  translated  to  Torres  in  1646,  where  he  ministered  till  his  death, 
which  took  place  on  the  27th  October,  1656.  He  married  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  James 
William  Grant,  Esq.,  of  Elchies,  who  died  17th  December,  1865, 
aged  seventy-seven.  Mr.  Grant  held  a  civil  appointment  in  India, 
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 


372  ELGINSHIRE. 

the  army  and  zealous  patriot,  who  died  4th  March,  1715,  aged  fifty- 
six.  His  son  Patrick,  who  reared  the  monument  to  his  memory, 
passed  advocate  in  1712,  and  was  raised  to  the  bench  as  Lord 
Elchies  in  1732.  A  profound  and  industrious  lawyer,  he  impaired 
his  popularity  both  as  an  advocate  and  judge  by  an  impatient 
manner.  He  collected  the  "  Decisions  of  the  Court  of  Session  from 
1733  to  1757,"  and  prepared  "Annotations  on  Lord  Stair's  Insti- 
tutes," which  were  both  published  posthumously.  Lord  Elchies 
died  on  the  27th  July,  1754. 

These  metrical  epitaphs  are  from  Knockando  churchyard  : — 

"  Stay,  passenger,  consider  well, 

Whilst  thou  art  on  this  stage, 
When  Death  with  his  commission  comes, 

He  will  not  ask  thine  age. 
Here  lies  a  blossom  quickly  pulled, 

Ere  it  came  to  its  prime ; 
Therefore,  I  say,  improve  it  well 

Whilst  thou  hast  precious  time." 

"  To  Death's  despotic  sceptre  all  must  bend, 
He  spares  not  parent,  child,  nor  weeping  friend ; 
Not  manhood's  bloom,  nor  youth's  fair  tender  flower, 
Can  move  his  pity  or  resist  his  power. 
Meagre  consumption  here  a  FATHER  laid, 

And  BURNING  FEVER  slew  his  LOVELY  MAID. 

'Twas  sin  that  gave  tyrannic  pow'r  to  Death, 
And,  at  his  summons,  these  resigned  their  breath, 
Until  their  Saviour  calls  them  from  the  grave, 
Destroys  grim  Death,  and  shows  his  pow'r  to  save." 


PARISH  OF  ROTHES. 

In  t&e  churchyard  a  tombstone  commemorates  the  Rev.  James 
Leslie,  first  Presbyterian  minister  of  the  parish;  it  is  thus  in- 
scribed : — 

"  Here  lies  ane  noble  man,  Mr.  James  Leslie,  Parson  of  Rothes, 
Brother  German  of  George,  uniquhile  Earl  of  the  same,  who  departed 
in  the  Lord  13th  October,  1575." 


PARISH    OF   ST.    ANDREWS   LIIANBRYDE.  373 


PARISH  OF  ST.  ANDREWS  LHAN13RYDE. 

An  enclosure  attached  to  the  parish  church  is  known  as  the 
Leuchars  aisle.  Therein  two  tablets  commemorate  Alexander  Innes 
Matthie  Mill,  who  died  1st  November,  1636,  and  Alexander  Innes, 
who  died  1688.  The  former  was  brother  of  John  Innes,  proprietor 
of  Leuchars. 

The  family  of  Innes  of  Coxton  interred  in  the  choir  of  Lhanbryde 
church.  Within  the  choir  a  recess  tomb  presents  the  effigies  of  an 
armed  knight,  with  a  freestone  tablet  at  the  side  thus  inscribed  : — 

"HIC  .  REQVIESCIT  .  IN  .  DNO  .  ALEX  .  INNES  .  COKSTOVNS  .  EX  .  ILLVSTRI . 
FAMILIA .  INNERMARKIE  .  ORIVNDVS  .  QVI  .  FATIS  .  CONCESSIT  .  6  .  OCTOB  . 
-612  .  SV.E  .  VERO  .  .ETATIS  .  80." 

Another  slab  presents  the  following : — 

"  HIC  .  REQVIESCIT  .  MARIA  .  GORDON  .  FILIA EQVITIS  .  DE  . 

GIGHT  .  QV^E  .  FATIS  .  CONCESSIT  .  20  .  AVGVSTI  .  ANO  .  .  .  164?  ....  IN  . 
PIAM  .  .  .  MEMORIAM  .  HOC  .  MONVMENTVM  .  CONSTRVENDVM  .  ALEXANDR  . 
INNES  .  DE  .  COXTON .  MARITVS  .  CVRAVIT." 


374  NAIRNSHIUK. 


NAIRNSHIRE. 


PAEISH  OF  CAWDOR 

In  the  old  churchyard  a  plain  tombstone  thus  commemorates  a 
granduncle  of  the  celebrated  Lord  Macaulay : — 

"  Under  this  are  interred  the  Eemains  of  the  Eevd.  Kenneth 
Macaulay,  Minister  of  Calder,  who  died  2nd  March  MDCCLXXIX. 
in  the  56  year  of  his  age  and  in  the  32ud  of  his  ministry. 
'  Notus  in  fratris  animi  paterni.'  " 

Mr.  Macaulay  published  a  "  History  of  St.  Kilda,"  which  was 
carefully  revised  by  Dr.  John  McPherson,  minister  of  Sleat.  He 
was  visited  by  Dr.  Samuel  Johnson,  who  held  a  low  estimate  of  his 
abilities. 


PARISH  OF  NAIEK 

In  the  parish  church  two  monuments,  belonging  to  the  House  of 
Eose  of  Kilravock,  have  these  inscriptions : — 

"  Mors  Christi  mors  mortis.  Sic  itur  ad  astra.  Positum  Davidi 
Eose  de  Earlesmill,  filio  Gulielmo  Eose  et  Liliae  Hay,  Domini  et 
Dominse  de  Kilravock,  qui  obiit  30  Mail  1669.  ^Etatis  76.  Necnon 
conjugi,  Christines  Cuthbert,  filise  Jacobi  Cuthbert  de  Drakie,  quae 
obiit  8  Septemb  1658.  In  memoriam  parentum  et  fratum  Jacobi, 
Gulielmi  et  Alexandri  et  Gulielmi  Eose,  adornandum  curavit 
Magister  Hugo  Eose,  divini  verbi  Minister  apud  Nairn,  1667." 

"  Joannes  Eose  de  Broadley,  filius  Gulielmi  Eose  et  Lilise  Hay, 
Domini  et  Dominse  de  Kilravock,  obiit  19  April,  1662.  ^Etatis  72. 
Anna  Chisholme  ipsius  conjunx  filia  Domini  de  Cromlix,  obiit  29 
Maii,  1658.  Filii  et  conjugis  .  .  .  Joannes  primogenitus,  1,  Joanna 
Ky nnaird,  filia  Domini  deCoulbine;  2,  Christina  Fraser,  filia  .  .  .  . 


PARISH   OF   NAIRN.  375 

Fraser  de  Strouie.  Jacobus  secundo  genitus,  tribunus  militum  in 
Gallia,  1641.  Gulielmus  tertiogenitus  Lilias  Grant,  soror  Joannis 
Grant  de  Moynes.  Hugo  quartogenitus,  Margareta  McCulloch,  filia 
Andreae  McCulloch  de  Glastalich.  Alexander  quintogenitus  obiit 
1661.  Henricus  sextogenitus,  Joanna  Eoss,  filia  magistri  Thomse 
Ross  de  Morenge.  Filise  et  conjugis  Anna  primogenita,  Alexander 
Dunbar  de  Boath.  Maria  secundogenita,  magister  Joannes  Dallas 
de  Budzett  decanus  Eossen.  Joanna  tertiogenita,  magister  Jacobus 
McKenzie,  divini  verbi  minister  apud  Nigg,  1670." 

The  family  of  Eose  settled  in  Nairnshire  in  the  reign  of  David  I., 
they  were  first  designated  of  Geddes.  The  House  is  now  repre- 
sented by  Major  James  Eose,  the  twenty- third  laird  of  Kilravock. 


376  IXVFRXESS-SHIUK. 


INVERNESS-SHIRE. 


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  Simon,  Lord  Fraser  of  Lovat,  in 
honour  of  Lord  Thomas  his  father,  a  Peer  of  Scotland,  and  Chief  of 
the  great  and  ancient  Clan  of  the  Frasers.  Being  attacked  for  his 
birthright  by  the  family  of  Atholl,  then  in  power  and  favour  with 
King  William,  yet  by  the  valour  and  fidelity  of  his  clan,  and  the 
assistance  of  the  Campbells,  the  old  friends  and  allies  of  his  family, 
he  defended  his  birthright  with  such  greatness  and  firmety  of  soul, 
and  such  valour  and  activity,  that  he  was  an  honour  to  his  name, 
and  a  good  pattern  to  all  brave  chiefs  of  clans.  He  died  in  the 
month  of  May,  1699,  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  Simon,  Lord  Fraser,  and  several  other 
children.  And,  for  the  great  love  he  bore  to  the  family  of  MacLeod 
he  desired  to  be  buried  near  his  wife's  relations,  in  the  place  where 
two  of  her  uncles  lay.  And  his  son,  Lord  Simon,  to  show  to  posterity 
his  great  affection  for  his  mother's  kindred,  the  brave  MacLeods, 
chooses  rather  to  leave  his  father's  bones  with  them  than  carry 
them  to  his  own  burial-place,  near  Lovat." 

Thomas  Fraser  of  Beaufort,  commemorated  in  the  above  inscrip- 
tion, did  not  obtain  legal  recognition  of  his  family  honours.  His 
claim  to  the  title  and  estates  of  Lovat  was  disputed  by  Amelia 
Fraser,  eldest  daughter  of  Hugh,  tenth  Lord  Lovat,  and  his  wife 
Amelia  Murray,  daughter  of  John,  Marquis  of  Athole.  After  a  period 
the  opposition  was  withdrawn,  and  Simon  Fraser  of  Beaufort,  son 
of  Thomas,  was  served  heir  to  the  title  and  estates.  His  career 
forms  a  curious  episode  in  the  national  history.  He  was  beheaded 
on  Tower  Hill,  London,  9th  April,  1747. 

In  the  churchyard  at  Trumpan,   at  "\Yaternish,  were  secretly 


PARISH    OF   HAUKIS.  377 

entombed  the  remains  of  the  ill-fated  Lady  Grange.  Daughter  of 
John  Chiesley  of  Dairy,  who  murdered  Sir  George  Lochhart, 
Lord  President  of  the  Court  of  Session,  this  unhappy  gentlewoman 
was  subject  to  fierce  ebullitions  of  temper.  Married  to  Mr. 
James  Erskine,  a  judge  in  the  Court  of  Session,  by  the  title  of  Lord 
Grange,  and  younger  brother  of  the  Earl  of  Mar,  who  promoted  the 
rebellion  of  1715,  she  became  cognizant  of  her  husband's  disaffec- 
tion. She  threatened  him  with  exposure,  which  implied  deprivation 
of  office,  and  probably  death  upon  the  scaffold.  With  the  approval 
of  his  children,  Lord  Grange  negotiated  her  abduction.  A  report 
of  her  death  was  circulated,  and  a  mock  funeral  enacted,  while  the 
unhappy  woman  was  by  devious  routes  carried  to  the  isle  of  Skye  ; 
she  was  afterwards  sent  to  Uist,  and  subsequently  to  St.  Kilda, 
where  she  remained  seven  years.  Again  she  was  removed  to  Uist, 
and  from  thence  to  Skye.  By  concealing  a  letter  in  a  clue  of  yarn 
sent  to  Inverness  market,  she  contrived  to  inform  her  relatives  of 
her  detention.  These  applied  to  the  authorities  on  her  behalf,  and 
a  ship-of-war  was  dispatched  to  her  rescue.  But  a  strict  watch 
was  maintained,  and  she  was  not  discovered.  Latterly  she  was 
kept  at  Waternish,  where  she  died  in  May,  1745,  after  a  captivity 
of  thirteen  years. 


PARISH  OF  HARRIS. 

Within  the  old  church  of  Scarista,  island  of  Lewis,  are  deposited 
the  remains  of  the  Rev.  Aulay  Macaulay,  minister  of  Harris.  This 
reverend  gentleman  was  son  of  "  The  Man  of  Brenish,"  celebrated 
in  song  and  legend,  for  his  feats  of  strength.  His  grandfather  Donald 
Macaulay  of  Lewis  distinguished  himself  on  the  patriotic  side  in  the 
troubles  which  arose  first  with  the  Fifeshire  colonists  at  Stornoway, 
and  afterwards  with  the  Mackenzies.  Barn  in  1773,  Aulay 
Macaulay  took  his  degree  at  the  University  of  Edinburgh,  in  1693, 
and  afterwards  studied  theology  in  the  college  of  Glasgow.  In 
1704  he  was  admitted  minister  of  Tiree,  where  he  endured  many 


378  INVERNESS-SHIUE. 

privations  till  his  translation  to  Kilmalie  in  1712.  In  the  following 
year  he  was  preferred  to  Harris,  where  he  ministered  till  his  death, 
which  took  place  on  the  20th  April,  1758.  In  his  Will  he  stipulated 
that  his  remains  should  be  interred  at  the  threshold  of  the  Church, 
so  that  every  Sunday  his  people  might  tread  upon  his  grave.  His 
desire  was  not  fully  complied  with,  for  his  remains  were  deposited 
within  the  church,  and  on  the  right  side  of  the  passage.  The  coffin, 
according  to  the  practice  of  the  island,  was  placed  only  a  few  inches 
under  the  surface.  Many  years  after,  as  the  church  officer  was 
scooping  the  earthen  floor  of  the  church,  he  partially  exposed  a 
human  skull,  which  he  dug  up.  It  was  that  of  Mr.  Macaulay. 

Mr.  Macaulay  married  Margaret  Morison,  and  left  three  sons, 
-/Eneas,  John,  and  Kenneth.  The  last  died  minister  of  Cawdor  (see 
supra,  p.  374).  John,  the  second  son,  was  born  in  1720,  and  studied 
at  King's  College,  Aberdeen.  Having  obtained  licence,  he  was,  in 
1745,  admitted  minister  of  South  Uist.  In  1755  he  was  translated 
to  Lismore,  and  thence  in  1765  to  the  second  charge  of  Inverary.  In 
1774  he  was  preferred  to  the  parish  of  Cardross,  where  he  ministered 
till  his  death,  which  took  place  on  the  31st  March,  1789.  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. 


PAEISH  OF  INVERNESS. 

In  the  old  church,  a  monument  reared  by  his  son-in-law,  John 
Cuthbert,  of  Castle-hill,  Inverness,  celebrates  William  Hay,  D.D., 
Bishop  of  Moray,  who  died  19th  March,  1707,  aged  sixty-one.  It 
is  inscribed  thus : 

P.  M.  S. 
"  Reverendi  admodum  in  Christo  patris  Gulielmi  Hay,  S.T.P. 


PARISH   OF  INVERNESS.  379 

episcopi  Moraviensis  meritissirni,  qni  priniievae  pietatis  et  suinmae 
eloquentise  prsesul,  constans  ubique  ecclesite  et  majestatis  regue 
assertor,  nee  magis  florentis  utriusque  quam  atfiictee;  episcopales 
infulas  pietate  ornavit  vitae  integritate,  morum  suavitate  decoravit ; 
tandem,  studiis  et  paralysi  vicennali  exhausto,  vitam  integerrimam 
beatissima  secuta  est  uiors ;  Martii  19,  1707.  -<Etatis  suse  60. 
Hoc  monumentum,  qualequale  est,  qui  ejus  duxerat  Joannes  Cuth- 
bert,  A.E.M.  posuit,  ejus  filiam  duxerat  Joannes  Cuthbert,  A.K.M. 
posuit." 


Bishop  Hay  was  a  pious  and  exemplary  prelate.  On  the  aboli- 
tion of  episcopacy  in  1690,  he  retired  to  Inverness.  Of  mild  dispo- 
sition he  abhorred  persecution,  and  exhorted  his  clergy  to  ministerial 
earnestness  and  brotherly  love. 

In  the  chapel  bury  ing-ground  a  monument  celebrates  the  Hon. 
Sybella  Mackay,  daughter  of  John,  second  Lord  Eeay,  and  wife  of 
Alexander  Eose,  bailie  of  Inverness.  It  is  inscribed  thus  : — 


"Hicjacet  corpus  mulieris  non  tantum  natalium  splendore,  sed 
etiam  propriis  virtutibus  illustris,  Dominse  Sibyllse  M'Kay,  filue 
legitimse  nobilis  quondam  et  potentis  Domini,  Joannis  reguli  a 
Eeay  et  Dom.  Barbarse  M'Kay  Alexandri  Eose,  prsetoris  Inner- 
nessensis  sponsee,  quse  obiit  16  cal.  Novemb.  anno  serse  Christi 
1691.  ^Etatis  autem  suse  27." 


On  the  tombstone  of  John  Cuthbert,  of  Drakies,  Provost  of  Inver- 
ness, who  died  21st  November,  1711,  is  the  following  couplet : — 

"  In  death  no  difference  is  made 
Betwixt  the  sceptre  and  the  spade." 

On  tombstones  at  Inverness  are  these  rhymes : — 

"  The  life  of  man's  a  rolling  stone, 
Mov'd  to  and  fro  and  quickly  gone." 


"  Here  we  lie  asleep,  till  Christ  the  world  surround, 
This  sepulchre  will  keep  until  the  trumpet  sound." 


380  INVERNESS-SHIUE. 

"  Asks  thou  who  lies  within  this  place  so  narrow, 
I'm  here  to-day,  thou  may'st  be  here  to-morrow, 
Dust  must  return  to  dust,  our  mother, 
The  soul  returns  to  God  our  father." 

"  Here  lies  my  friend,  yet  he'll  no  longer  lie 
Than  death  is  swallow'd  up  in  victory ; 
We  parted  were  when  he  resigned  his  breath 
He'll  make  us  meet  again  who  conquer'd  death." 

"  Beholder, 

Take  time  while  time  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-morrow  brings." 


PAEISH  OF  KILMALIE. 

The  following  inscription  on  an  obelisk  commemorates  a 
hero : — 

"  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  Colonel  John  Cameron,  eldest  son  of 
Sir  Ewen  Cameron  of  Fassfern,  Baronet,  whose  mortal  remains, 
transported  from  the  field  of  glory,  where  he  died  rest  here  with 
those  of  his  forefathers.  During  twenty  years  of  active  military 
service,  with  a  spirit  that  knew  no  fear,  and  shunned  no  danger,  he 
accompanied  or  led,  in  marches,  sieges,  and  battles,  the  gallant  92nd 
Eegiment  of  Scottish  Highlanders,  always  to  honour,  almost  always 
to  victory ;  and  at  length  in  the  42nd  year  of  his  age,  upon  the 
memorable  16th  day  of  June,  A.D.  1815,  was  slain  in  the  command  of 
that  corps,  while  actively  contributing  to  achieve  the  decisive  victory 
of  Waterloo,  which  gave  peace  to  Europe.  Thus  closing  his  military 
career  with  the  long  and  eventful  struggle  in  which  his  services 
has  been  so  often  distinguished,  he  died  lamented  by  that  unrivalled 
general  to  whose  long  train  of  success  he  had  so  often  contributed ; 
by  his  country  from  whom  he  had  repeatedly  received  marks  of  the 
highest  consideration,  and  by  his  sovereign,  who  graced  his  surviv- 
ing family  with  those  marks  of  honour  which  could  not  follow  to 
this  place,  him  whose  merits  they  were  designed  to  commemorate. 
Reader,  call  not  his  fate  untimely  who  thus  honoured  and  lamented 
closed  a  life  of  fame  by  a  death  of  glory." 


PARISH   OF   KILMUIR.  381 

PAEISH  OF  KILMTJIK. 

In  the  churchyard  of  Kilmuir,  Isle  of  Skye,  a  monument  has 
lately  been  reared  at  the  grave  of  Flora  Macdonald.  Composed 
of  grey  granite  it  presents  the  form  of  an  lona  Cross,  rising  with 
the  basement  to  the  height  of  nearly  thirty  feet.  The  site  is 
elevated,  and  the  monument  is  conspicuous  over  a  wide  area. 

As  the  dauntless  protector  of  an  unfortunate  prince,  Flora  Mac- 
Donald  possesses  no  uncertain  claim  to  honourable  commemora- 
tion. Daughter  of  a  gentleman  who  occupied  a  farm  in  the  isle 
of  Uist,  she  lost  her  father  in  early  childhood,  and  her 
upbringing  not  long  after  devolved  on  her  kinsman,  Macdonald 
of  Armadale  in  Skye,  whom  her  mother  accepted  as  her 
second  husband.  Armadale  commanded  a  company  of  Militia 
in  the  service  of  the  government ;  but  Flora  was  like  the  majority 
of  highland  gentlewomen,  deeply  interested  in  the  cause  of  the 
Chevalier.  Introduced  to  the  Prince  after  the  battle  of  Culloden, 
she  conducted  him  in  disguise  as  her  waiting  maid  from  the  Long 
Island  to  Monkstadt.  Discovered  to  have  been  privy  to  his  escape 
she  was  seized,  carried  to  London  and  committed  to  the  Tower. 
Her  heroic  conduct  made  her  an  object  of  general  concern.  She 
was  visited  by  the  Prince  of  Wales,  who  graciously  procured  her 
liberation.  At  the  residence  of  Lady  Primrose,  she  received  visits 
from  many  of  the  nobility,  who  warmly  commended  her  generosity. 
Eeturning  to  Scotland,  she  married  in  November,  1750,  Allan  Mac- 
donald, younger  of  Kingsburgh.  She  accompanied  her  husband  to 
North  Carolina,  where  he  took  part  in  the  War  of  Independence. 
Having  endured  many  privations  and  hardships,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Macdonald  returned  to  Skye.  Their  children  who  attained  maturity 
were  five  sons  and  two  daughters.  The  sons  joined  the  army  and 
the  daughters  became  officers'  wives.  One  of  the  sons  Lieutenant- 
Colonel  John  Macdonald,  F.K.S.,  was  a  distinguished  officer,  and 
possessed  some  celebrity  for  his  scientific  attainments.  He  died 
in  1831.  Mrs.  Flora  Macdonald  died  at  Kingsburgh  on  the  5th 
March,  1790.  Her  funeral  was  attended  by  three  thousand  persons. 


382  INVERNESS-SHIRE. 

About  two  years  afterwards  the  remains  of  her  husband  were  laid 
by  her  side  within  the  mortuary  enclosure  of  the  House  of  Kings- 


burgh. 


In  Kilmuir  churchyard  a  gravestone  denotes  the  resting-place 
of  the  Rev.  Donald  Macqueen,  minister  of  the  parish,  who  died  1st 
February,  1785.  By  Dr.  Samuel  Johnson  he  was  commended  for 
his  learning. 


PARISH  OF  PETTY. 

Since  the  year  1606,  when  Lachlan,  third  of  that  name,  and 
sixteenth  Laird  of  Mackintosh  was  buried  at  Petty,  it  has  been 
the  family  burial-ground  of  the  Chiefs  of  clan  Chattan.  Four 
chiefs  and  two  of  their  ladies  are  laid  in  the  family  vault ;  the 
other  members  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  distinguished  philosopher. 

The  chief  of  the  Macgillivrays,  who  was  killed  at  Cullodeu, 
was  interred  in  the  churchyard. 


PARISH  OF  SLEAT. 

In  the  churchyard  an  elegant  monument,  executed  at  Rome, 
commemorates  Sir  James  Macdouald,  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  1741. 
At  Eton  he  greatly  distinguished  himself  by  his  attainments, 
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   CLENMORISTON,  383 

"  To  the  memoiy  of  Sir  James  Macdonald,  Bart.,  who  in  the  flower 
of  his  youth  had  attained  to  so  eminent  a  degree  of  knowledge  in 
Mathematics,  Philosophy,  Languages,  and  in  every  other  branch  of 
useful  and  polite  learning,  as  few  have  acquired  in  a  long  life 
wholly  devoted  to  study ;  yet  to  this  erudition  he  joined  what  can 
rarely  be  found  with  it,  great  talents  for  business,  great  propriety  of 
behaviour,  great  politeness  of  manners  !  His  eloquence  was  sweet, 
correct  and  flowing  ;  his  memory  vast  and  exact  ;  his  judgment 
strong  and  acute ;  all  which  endowments,  united  with  the  most 
amiable  temper  and  every  private  virtue,  procured  him,  not  only  in 
his  own  country,  but  also  from  foreign  nations,  the  highest  marks 
of  esteem.  In  the  year  of  our  Lord  1766,  in  the  25th  of  his  life, 
after  a  long  and  extremely  painful  illness,  which  he  supported  with 
admirable  patience  and  fortitude,  he  died  at  Eome,  where  notwith- 
standing the  difference  in  religion,  such  extraordinary  honours  were 
paid  to  his  memory  as  had  never  graced  that  of  any  other  British 
subject,  since  the  death  of  Sir  Philip  Sydney.  The  fame  he  left  be- 
hind him  is  the  best  consolation  to  his  afflicted  family,  and  to  his 
countrymen  in  this  isle,  for  whose  benefit  he  had  planned  many 
useful  improvements,  which  his  fruitful  genius  suggested,  and  his 
active  spirit  promoted  under  the  sober  direction  of  a  clear  and  en- 
lightened understanding.  Eeader,  bewail  our  loss,  and  that  of  all 
Britain.  In  testimony  of  her  love,  and  as  the  best  return  she  can 
make  to  her  departed  son  for  the  constant  tenderness  and  affection 
which,  even  to  his  last  moments,  he  showed  for  her,  his  much 
afflicted  mother,  the  Lady  Margaret  Macdonald,  daughter  to  the 
Earl  of  Eglintoune,  erected  this  monument  A.D.  1768." 

Sir  James  Macdonald's  younger  brother,  Alexander,  was  in  1776 
created  Baron  Macdonald  of  Sleat;  he  died  in  1795.  The  third 
brother,  Archibald,  studied  for  the  English  bar,  and  became  Lord 
Chief  Baron  ;  he  was  created  a  baronet  in  1813,  and  died  in  1826. 


PARISH  OF  UEQUHART  AND  GLENMOKISTOK 

Within  the  churchyard  of  St.  Columba  is  the  burial  enclosure  of 
the  Grants  of  Glenmoriston.  Two  tombstones  belonging  to  the 
family  are  thus  inscribed  : — 

"  This  stone  is  erected  here  in  memory  of  the  much  honoured 
John  Grant,  laird  of  Glenmoriston,  who  died  1730,  aged  79. 

"  A.D.  1840 :  Alexander  Grant,  son  of  John  Grant,  fifth  laird  of 


384  INVERNESS-SHIRE. 

Glenmoriston,  and  his  spouse  Janet  Mackenzie,  grand-daughter  of 
Captain  Alexander  Mackenzie  of  Gairloch,  ancestors  of  Captain 
George  Grant  of  the  Indian  Array,  has  erected  this  monument  as  a 
token  of  affection,  esteem,  and  regard,  with  which  he  cherishes 
their  memory.  They  died  at  Bre,  about  the  year  1730. — Deut.  32, 
7 ;  Prov.  10,  7. 

"  The  tomb  of  James  Grant  of  Burnhall,  W.S.,  2d  son  of  Patrick 
Grant  of  Glenmoriston,  by  Henrietta,  daughter  of  James  Grant  of 
Rothiemurchus,  died  1834,  aged  66  years.  His  family  James,  died 
at  Barbadoes,  1829,  aged  20  ;  Simon- Fraser  died  at  Edinburgh, 
1829,  aged  11 ;  John  Charles,  E.I.C.S.,  Bengal,  died  at  Singapore, 
1836,  aged  28,  at  whose  desire  this  tomb  of  his  father  and  family 
was  erected.  Helen,  spouse  of  Alexander  Macdonald  of  Berbice, 
died  at  Dawlish,  Devonshire,  1840,  aged  34.'' 


PARISH   OF   CONTIN.  385 


BOSS  AND  CROMARTY. 


PAEISH  OF  ALNESS. 

In  the  parish  churchyard  an  obelisk  reared  by  a  widow  in  memory 
of  her  departed  husband,  has  the  following  epitaph  : — 

"  Cold  is  that  breast  where  every  virtue  glow'd, 
Still  is  that  heart  whence  pure  affection  flow'd, 
Silent  that  tongue,  whose  mild  and  welcome  sound 
Sooth'd  all  my  cares  and  heal'd  my  every  wound. 
Thy  pure  affections  manly,  gentle,  kind, 
Eest  deep  engraved  on  thy  dear  partner's  mind  ; 
Nor  could  her  fruitless  tears,  her  heartfelt  grief 
In  worldly  consolation  find  relief, 
But  God  in  mercy  to  her  woes  hath  given 
The  cheering  hope  to  meet  again  in  heaven." 


PAEISH  OF  CONTIK 

In  Contin  churchyard,  under  the  shadow  of  the  elevated  Tor- 
Achilty,  a  simple  tombstone  denotes  the  grave  of  William  Laid- 
law.  This  intimate  friend  and  amanuensis  of  Sir  Walter  Scott  was 
born  in  Ettrick  Forest,  in  November,  1780.  Unsuccessful  in 
farming,  he  was  invited  by  Scott,  in  his  thirty-seventh  year,  to  act  as 
land-steward  at  Abbotsford.  There  he  remained  with  a  brief  interval, 
till  the  death  of  his  patron  in  1832.  He  was  now  appointed 
steward  on  the  Eoss-shire  property  of  Mrs.  Stewart  Mackenzie  of 
Seaforth ;  a  situation  which  he  subsequently  exchanged  for  the 
factorship  of  Sir  Charles  Lockhart  Eoss,  of  Balnagowan.  He 

2  c 


ROSS   AND   CROMARTY. 


latterly  resided  at  Contin,  where  he  died  on  the  18th  May,  1845. 
Laidlaw  became  known  to  Sir  Walter  Scott,  from  his  love  of 
Border  ballad.  He  composed  several  songs,  of  which  the  most 
popular  is  "  Lucy's  Flittin." 


PARISH  OF  CROMARTY. 

Near  the  Gaelic  Chapel,  a  monumental  statue  of  Hugh  Miller, 
executed  by  Handyside  Ritchie,  has  been  reared  by  public  sub- 
scription. (Vol.  I.,  p.  147.) 

In  front  of  the  Free  Church,  a  massive  monument  of  Aberdeen 
granite  commemorates  the  Rev.  Alexander  Stewart,  an  eminent 
minister  of  the  parish,  who  died  5th  November  1847,  aged  54.  In 
1843  Mr.  Stewart  adhered  to  the  Free  Church. 


PARISH  OF  DINGWALL. 

On  an  artificial  mound  near  the  parish  church  an  obelisk  fifty- 
seven  feet  in  height  was  erected  by  Sir  George  Mackenzie,  first  Earl 
of  Cromarty,  to  denote  the  spot  he  had  selected  as  a  place  of  sepul- 
ture. Son  of  Sir  John  Mackenzie,  who  was  created  a  baronet  in 
1628,  this  accomplished  statesman  supported  Charles  II.  by  military 
service,  and  on  the  Restoration  was  appointed  a  Lord  of  Session,  with 
a  seat  in  the  Privy  Council.  By  James  VII.  he  was  in  1685  created 
a  peer  with  the  title  of  Viscount  Tarbet.  At  the  Revolution, 
William  III.,  who  knew  his  abilities,  accepted  his  services  as  Lord 
Clerk  Register :  in  the  beginning  of  Queen  Anne's  reign  he  held 
office  as  Secretary  of  State.  In  January,  1703,  he  was  created 
Earl  of  Cromarty.  He  died  in  1714 ;  his  present  representative  is 
the  Countess  of  Cromarty,  Duchess  of  Sutherland. 


PARISH   OF   FEARN.  387 

PAEISH  OF  FEAEN. 

The  Abbey  of  Fearu  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  of 
Eoss.  Here  a  handsome  monument  with  a  Latin  inscription  cele- 
brates General  the  Honourable  Charles  Eoss,  a  distinguished 
member  of  the  sept.  Second  son  of  George,  eleventh  Lord  Eoss, 
he  was  born  on  the  8th  February,  1667.  As  an  officer  in  the  army 
he  countenanced  the  Eevolution,  but  afterwards  joined  Sir  James 
Montgomery  in  his  plot  for  restoring  the  exiled  House.  In  1695 
he  was  appointed  colonel  of  the  royal  regiment  of  Irish  dragoons,  and 
took  part  in  the  continental  war.  Elected  M.P.  for  Eoss-shire  in 
1707,  he  gave  an  active  support  to  the  Tory  administration.  In 
1712  he  attained  the  rank  of  general.  He  was  one  of  the  Secret 
Committee  to  enquire  into  the  conduct  of  the  South  Sea  Directors, 
and  in  this  capacity  distinguished  himself  by  his  activity  and 
candour.  He  died  at  Bath  on  the  5th  August,  1732,  and  his 
remains  were  conveyed  to  the  Abbey  of  Fearn,  and  there  laid  in 
a  sarcophagus. 

In  the  Eoss  aisle  were  interred  the  remains  of  Sir  John  Lock- 
hart  Eoss,  Bart.,  of  Batnagowan.  This  gentleman  was  fifth  son  of  the 
Honourable  Grizel  Eoss,  sister  of  General  Eoss,  and  her  husband  Sir 
James  Lockhart,  of  Carstairs.  Born  on  the  llth  November,  1721, 
he  entered  the  navy  in  his  fourteenth  year.  In  1756  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 
enemy's  ships.  In  1787  he  was  promoted  as  Vice  Admiral  of  the 
Blue.  By  the  death  of  his  brother  George,  in  July,  1778,  he  suc- 
ceeded to  the  family  baronetcy.  He  died  at  Balnagowan  on  the 
9th  June,  1790,  in  his  sixty-ninth  year.  He  was  eminently 
benevolent. 

In  Hiltoun  burying-ground  a  gravestone  now  removed  bore  these 
lines : — 

"  HE  .  THAT  .  LIVES  .  WEIL  .  DYES  .  WEIL  .  SAYS  .  SOLOMON  .  THE  .  WISE. 
HERE  .  LYES  .  ALEXANDER  .  DVFF  .  AND  .  HIS  .  THRIE  .  WIVES." 


ROSS   AND   CROMARTY. 


PARISH  OF  FODDERTY. 

Near  the  parish  church  two  upright  stones  are  traditionally  asso- 
ciated with  the  history  of  Fingal.  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 
engagement  which  took  place  between  the  Mackenzies  and  Mac- 
donalds  is  commemorated  by  a  group  of  monoliths. 


PARISH  OF  GAIRLOCH. 

In  the  churchyard  a  tombstone  commemorates  William  Ross,  the 
celebrated  Gaelic  bard.  Born  at  Broadford,  Isle  of  Skye,  in  1762, 
he  was  educated  at  the  school  of  Torres,  and  in  his  twenty-fourth 
year  was  appointed  schoolmaster  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  Loellin  who  died  of  his  wounds,  and  was  buried  at  the 
spot.  The  end  of  one  of  the  sides  bears  some  sculptures,  including  a 
man  on  horseback  throwing  a  spear,  and  the  figure  of  a  crown. 


PARISH  OF  NIGG. 

Attached  to  the  parish  church  is  an  ancient  Runic  cross ;  it  re- 
presents two  priestlike  figures  in  the  act  of  offering  sacrifice,  with 
other  emblems. 


PARISH   OF   KOSEMAKKIE.  389 

A  sculptured  stone  at  Shadwick  bears  on  one  side  the  figure  of  a 
cross,  wrought  into  an  intricate  species  of  fret-work,  while  inter- 
vening spaces  present  figures  of  different  kinds  of  animals. 
On  the  reverse  side  are  processions,  hunting  scenes,  and  other 
sculptures. 


PAEISH  OF  EOSEMAEKIE. 

The  ancient  church  of  Eosemarkie  was  founded  in  the 
seventh  or  eighth  century,  by  Boniface,  an  Italian  ecclesiastic. 
During  repairs  on  the  church  in  1735,  a  vault  was  discovered, 
which  contained  several  stone  coffins  of  rude  workmanship,  one  of 
which  may  have  belonged  to  the  venerable  founder. 

In  the  churchyard  are  deposited  the  remains  of  Andrew  Murray, 
Eegent  of  Scotland  in  the  reign  of  David  II.  Having  overcome  the 
English  in  many  battles,  aad  restored  peace  to  the  country,  he 
retired  to  his  estate  at  Eosemarkie,  where  he  died  in  1338. 

Near  the  town  of  Fortrose  stood  the  cathedral  church  of  Eoss, 
now  a  ruin.  It  was  reared  in  Middle  Pointed  Gothic,  about  the 
beginning  of  the  fourteenth  century,  and  was  unroofed  at  the  Eefor- 
mation.  Now  only  remain  the  south  aisle  to  the  chapter  and  nave, 
and  the  detached  chapter  house.  Under  the  remaining  arches  are 
the  fragments  of  several  tombs;  in  one  is  a  canopied  tomb  of  a  lady, 
said  to  have  been  the  Countess  of  Eoss.  A  canopied  tomb  in  the 
most  easterly  arch  was  opened  in  1854,  and  was  found  to  contain 
the  skeleton  of  a  full  grown  man,  enveloped  in  a  tunic  of  reddish 
silk.  A  small  piece  of  wood  was  found  on  the  left  side,  probably 
the  crosier  of  a  bishop. 

In  the  cathedral,  at  the  burial  place  of  the  Earls  of  Seaforth  a 
monument  commemorates  Dr.  George  Mackenzie,  author  of  the 
"  Lives  of  Scottish  Writers."  This  laborious  compiler  was  the  son 
of  the  Honourable  Colin  Mackenzie,  and  grandson  of  the  second  Earl 
of  Seaforth.  Born  on  the  10th  December,  16§9,  he  studied  medicine 
and  sought  practice  as  a  physician  at  Edinburgh.  His  work  is 
embraced  in  three  folio  volumes. 


390  ROSS   AND   CROMARTY. 

On  the  monument  of  Alexander  Mackenzie  of  Coul,  and  his  wife 
Christian  Munro,  are  these  Latin  verses : — 

"  Hoc  Mc'Kenzeus  pius  atque  sponsa 
Pulchrum  opus  cseli  domino  dicarunt 
Cui  suam  vitam  quoque  semetipsos 

Corde  dederunt. 

Una  mens  illis,  amor  unus,  unum 
Gaudium  vitae  ;  hie  rogus  unus,  in  quo 
Dormient  donee  veniet  supremi 

Judicis  hora." 

Alexander  Mackenzie,  of  Coul,  was  brother  of  Kenneth,  first 
Lord  Mackenzie  of  Kintail ;  his  son  Kenneth  was  created  a  baronet 
of  Nova  Scotia,  16th  October,  1673. 

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  immortality. 
Death,  nature,  time  adieu,  all  hail  eternity ; 
Man's  endless  state  must  be  or  happiness  or  woe. 
Tremendous  their  cause  who  strive  to  show 
Annihilation  as  a  safer  creed. 
And  mankind  a  muturn  pewis  breed, 
Were  not  a  hereafter  man's  predestined  lot. 
Man's  destiny  would  be  to  revel  and  to  rot 
Nature's  shame  and  foulest  blot." 

The  monument  of  Thomas  Urquhart  of  Kinundie,  who  died  in 
1633,  formerly  bore  these  lines, 

"  My  hope  shall  never  be  confounded, 
Because  on  Christ  my  hope  is  grounded, 
My  hope  on  Christ  is  rested  sure, 
Who  wounded  was  my  wounds  to  cure ; 
Grieve  not  when  friends  and  kinsfolk  die, 
They  gain  by  death  eternity." 

Bailie  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   OF   ROSEMARKIE.  391 

"  Sub  spe  beatse  resurrectionis  in  Domino,  hie  conduntur  cineres 
Thomae  Forbesii,  quondam  balivi  Fortrosensis,  mortui  21,  sepulti 
25,  Mail  1699.  Qui,  in  indicium  grati  erga  Deum  animi,  et 
charitatis  erga  homines,  1200  lib.  Scot,  ad  sustentandam  evangelii 
prsedicationem,  hac  in  urbe,  dicavit. 

"  Monumentum  hoc,  mariti  impensis,  extruendum  curavit  Hel- 
ena Stuarta,  relicta  conjunx,  hie  etiam  sepelienda  sperans." 

Jean  Grant,  daughter  of  Sir  James  Grant  of  Moynes,  who  died 
18th  August,  1688,  aged  twenty,  has  these  lines  upon  her  tomb  :— 

"  Under  this  stone  behold  is  laid, 
A  modest,  pious,  spotless  maid ; 
Whose  life  was  short,  but  yet  well  spent, 
Her  soul  was  still  heavenward  bent, 
Her  virt'ous  grace  and  innocence 
Against  all  vice  did  prove  a  fence, 
Although  her  body  lies  in  dust, 
Her  better  part  lives  with  the  just, 
Enjoying  the  dread  majesty 
Of  Trinity  in  Unity." 


392  SUTHERLANDSHIRE, 


SUTHERLANDSHIRE. 


PARISH  OF  ASSYNT. 

Near  the  parish  church  an  enclosure  forms  the  burial-place  of  the 
Macleods  of  Assynt,  a  branch  of  the  Macleods  of  Lewis.  Here 
several  members  of  the  House  have  been  interred.  The  lands  of 
Assynt  now  belong  to  the  Duke  of  Sutherland. 


PARISH  OF  DORNOCH. 

Within  the  church  a  handsome  monument  commemorates  William 
seventeenth  Earl  of  Sutherland  and  his  countess,  both  of  whom 
died  in  June,  1766,  and  were  interred  in  the  abbey  church  of  Holy- 
rood  (Vol.  I.,  p.  109).  A  monument  celebrates  George  Granville 
Leveson  Gower,  first  Duke  of  Sutherland,  who  died  at  Dunrobin 
Castle,  19th  July,  1833. 


PARISH  OF  GOLSPIE. 

The  old  churchyard  contains  the  remains  of  several  Earls  of 
Sutherland.  Their  only  memorial  is  a  stone  in  the  church  wall, 
inscribed  as  follows  : — 

"  In  hoc  diruto  csemeterio  Sutherlandise  plurimorum  comitum 
cineres  conquiescunt." 

Within  the  enclosures  of  Dunrobin  castle  a  monumental  statue 
celebrates  George  Granville,  second  Duke  of  Sutherland,  who  died 


PARISH   OF   LAIRG.  393 

28th  February,  1861,  aged  seventy-five.  Reared  at  the  cost  of  the 
tenantry  the  monument  was  inaugurated  on  the  25th  September,  18G6, 
in  presence  of  the  Prince  and  Princess  of  Wales.  It  consists  of  a 
bronze  figure  of  the  Duke  supported  on  a  massive  pedestal  of  grey 
granite.  The  statue,  ten  feet  in  height,  represents  the  Duke  stand- 
ing in  an  easy  attitude,  clad  in  modern  costume,  with  the  robe  of 
the  Garter  thrown  across  his  shoulder. 


PAEISH  OF  LAIRG. 

In  the  churchyard  a  square  monument,  with  tablets  on  its  four 
sides,  commemorates  the  Rev.  John  Mackay,  his  son  and  two 
grandsons,  all  connected  with  the  parish.  The  Rev  John  Mackay 
ministered  at  Lairg,  from  1714  to  1753.  He  found  the  people  in 
a  condition  of  ignorance  and  superstition,  and  addicted  to  disorderly 
practices,  but  by  his  wholesome  teaching  and  salutary  discipline 
he  effected  a  thorough  change.  He  died  23rd  February,  1753. 
aged  seventy-four.  In  his  ministerial  office  he  was  succeeded  by 
his  son  Thomas,  who  influenced  by  an  earnest  piety  discharged  the 
duties  of  the  pastoral  office  for  the  period  of  fifty-four  years.  He 
died  28th  August,  1803,  aged  eighty-seven.  Of  his  three  sons, 
Hugh  and  William  are  commemorated  on  the  monument.  Entering 
the  service  of  the  East  India  Company  in  1784,  Hugh  Mackay 
served  in  the  Madras  Native  Cavalry.  Obtaining  a  staff  appoint- 
ment under  General  Wellesley  he  became  exempted  from  regimental 
duty,  but  such  was  his  military  ardour  that  he  sought  and  obtained 
permission  to  join  his  regiment  at  the  battle  of  Assaye.  In  the 
brilliant  charge  of  cavalry,  which  gained  that  battle,  he  was  killed 
at  the  muzzle  of  the  enemy's  guns.  At  the  spot  where  he  fell  a 
monument  was  consecrated  to  his  memory. 

William,  youngest  son  of  the  Rev.  Thomas  Mackay  went  to  sea 
in  his  sixteenth  year,  and  early  acquired  distinction  by  his  nautical 
abilities.  In  1795,  he  was  as  second  officer  of  the  ship  Juno  of 


394  SUTHERLANDSHIRE. 

Calcutta  sent  to  the  coast  of  Pegu  for  a  cargo  of  teak-wood.  On 
the  coast  of  Arracan  the  vessel  sprang  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  thrilling  account  of  his 
sufferings  and  those  of  his  companions.  His  more  striking  details 
supplied  materials  to  Lord  Byron  for  his  description  of  a  shipwreck 
in  "  Don  Juan."  In  1801  he  was  by  the  Bengal  government  sent 
to  the  Eed  Sea  with  stores  and  provisions  for  the  armies  of  General 
Baird  and  Sir  Ealph  Abercrombie.  He  died  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  living,  whose  grati- 
tude will  attest  that  fraternal  affection  has  not  overcharged  this 
record  of  their  virtues/' 


A  monument,  reared  by  the  parishioners,  celebrates  the  Rev. 
William  Mackenzie,  minister  of  the  parish.  This  devoted  clergy- 
man was  admitted  to  the  charge  in  1769.  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  ministerial  fidelity  and  abundant  success.  He  died  on 
5th  January,  1834,  in  his  ninety-sixth  year  and  the  sixty-seventh 
of  his  ministry. 


PARISH   OF  LATIIERON.  395 


CAITHNESS-SHIEE. 


PAEISH  OF  HALKIEK. 

The  ruin  of  the  chapel  at  Spittal,  founded  in  the  twelfth 
century,  by  Eonald,  Count  of  Orkney,  was  long  the  burial-place  of 
the  clan  Gunn,  a  powerful  and  warlike  race  inhabiting  the  district. 
For  interment  in  the  chapel  at  Spittal  members  of  this  clan 
earned  their  dead,  especially  the  remains  of  their  chiefs,  from  long 
distances  amidst  the  utmost  inconveniences  of  travel. 


PAEISH  OF  LATHEEON. 

On  tombstones  in  the  parish  churchyard  these  quaint  epitaphs 
are  engraved : — 

"  If  nature's  charms  with  virtue  joined 
Could  stop  death's  fatal  blow, 
She  had  not  died  whose  body  lyes 
Interred  this  stone  below." 

"  Cormack  .  Cormack  .  and  .  Helen  .  Sotherland  . 

To  .  these  .  tuo  .  belongs  .  this  .  stone  . 

As .  a  .  memorandum  .  of .  them  .  when  .  gone  . 

Six  .  times  .  seven  .  years  .  they  .  lived  . 

A  .  happy  .  life  .  as  .  it .  becomes  .  to  .  man  .  and .  wife . 

A  .  stage  .  for  .  strangers  .  they  .  were  . 

Anon  .  her  .  fame  .  and  .  virtue  .  to  most .  were  .  seen . 

And  .  of  .  injury  .  none  .  could  .  her  .  blame  . 

To  .  death  .  all .  are  .  free  . 

But  .  yours  .  I  .  wish  .  not .  to  .  see  . 

Now  .  Passenger .  if .  thou  .  hast .  a  .  tear  . 

I .  pray  .  you  .  stay  .  and  ,  drop  .  it .  here  ." 


396  CAITHNESS-SHIUE. 

' 

PARISH  OF  EEAY. 

In  the  wall  of  the  old  chapel  at  Crosskirk,  a  freestone  tablet  is 

thus  inscribed  : — 

1778 

"  This  motiue  stone  is  put  here  by  me  Donald  Gunn,  son  of  the 
let  decest  Alexander  Gunn — this  Donald  Gunn  being  a  residenter 
in  Forss,  and  his  forfathers  befor  him  of  an  old  cleat  liued  in  the 
forsaid  pleac  whos  dust  lys  here.  He  scned  his  name  with  lohn 
Gunn  and  Alexr.  Gunn,  George  Gunn  and  lines  Gunn. " 


PARISH  OF  THURSO. 

Harold's  Tower,  situated  about  two  miles  east  of  the  town  of 
Tlmrso,  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  of  Caithness ;  he  fell  in  battle  in  1190,  while 
endeavouring  to  recover  his  estates  from  the  hands  of  a  usurper. 

In  the  parish  churchyard  a  monument,  reared  by  public  sub- 
scription, commemorates  Robert  Dick,  an  eminent  naturalist.  Mr. 
Dick  was  born  at  Tullibody,  Clackmannanshire ;  he  long  resided  at 
Thurso,  where  he  died  in  1866. 


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  Denmark.  The  vessel 
in  which  the  chief  was  bringing  home  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  entombed  ane  noble  and  worthie  man,  John  Master, 
of  Caithness,  who  departed  this  life  15  March,  1576,  aged  45  years." 

John  Master  of  Caithness,  thus  commemorated,  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 


PARISH   OF   STROMNESS.  397 


ORKNEY. 


PAEISH  OF  KIEKWALL. 

Kirkwall  Cathedral  was  founded  in  1138,  by  Eonald,  Count  of 
Orkney,  and  dedicated  to  the  memory  of  his  uncle  Magnus,  Earl  of 
Orkney,  who  was  canonised  for  his  piety.  It  was  spared  at  the 
Eeformation,  and  the  choir  has  long  been  used  as  the  parish 
church. 

Margaret,  the  Maiden  of  Norway,  grand-daughter  of  Alexander 
III.,  and  his  recognised  successor  on  the  Scottish  throne,  died 
at  Orkney  in  her  progress  from  Norway  to  Scotland  on  the 
7th  October,  1290;  her  remains  were  deposited  in  St.  Magnus 
cathedral. 

In  the  cathedral  rest  the  remains  of  Andrew  Hony man,  bishop  of 
Orkney,  who  died  in  February,  1676.  While  entering  the  carriage 
of  Archbishop  Sharp,  at  Edinburgh,  in  July,  1668,  he  received  in 
his  arm  a  poisoned  bullet,  shot  at  the  primate  by  one  Mitchell,  a 
covenanter.  From  the  shock  he  did  not  wholly  recover. 

In  the  cathedral  a  memorial  tablet  celebrates  Malcolm  Laing,  an 
ingenious  historian,  who  died  in  1818,  aged  56.  His  principal 
work,  a  "  History  of  Scotland  from  the  Union  of  the  Crowns  to  the 
Union  of  the  Kingdoms,"  appeared  in  1800,  in  four  volumes 
octavo. 


PARISH  OF  STEOMNESS. 

In  the  parish  churchyard  the  tombstone  of  a  shipmaster  is  thus 
inscribed : — 


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  in  the  grave, 
While  here  on  earth  did  stoutly  scorn  proud  Neptune's  raging 

wave, 

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  lines : — 

"  Insulting  death  puts  no 

Eespect  on  mortals  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  prevailing  rage ; 
But  God,  whom  she  on  earth  adorned, 

Took  her  up  to  above, 
Where  now,  we  hope,  she  sings  sweet  songs, 

Of  soul-redeeming  love." 


PAEISH  OF  WESTEAY. 

These  monumental  rhymes  are  from  Westray  churchyard 

"  Death's  but  a  servant  pale 

That  leads  the  little  flock 
Into  the  glorious  vaile." 

"  Death's  trophies  over  our  bodies  stand, 
Our  souls  above  at  Christ's  right  hand, 
And  Halelujas  still  doth  sing. 
Unto  the  Lamb  our  Heavenly  King." 


399 


APPENDIX- 


EDINBURGHSHIRE. 


GEEYFEIAE3  CHUECHYAED. 

P.  52  1.  21.  For  Alexander  Smellie,  read  William  Smellie  ;  his 
tombstone  is  thus  inscribed : — 

"  Infra  sepultse  sunt  reliquiae  GULIELMI  SMELLIE,  S.  S.  Eeg.  et 
Antiq.  Soc.,  qui  doctrinse  gloria  principatum  inter  sui  sseculi  Typo- 
graphos  tenebat.  Librum  ilium  eximium,  cui  titulus  '  The  Philo- 
sophy of  Natural  History,'  conscripsit  protulitque  in  lucem ;  et 
Gallico  in  Anglicum  sermonem  eel.  Buffonii  opera  vertit.  Annos 
natus  LIV.  e  vita  excessit,  die  xxiv.  Junij  M.DCC.XCV." 


THE  DEAN  CEMETEEY. 

P.  135  1.  17.  Thomas  Thomson,  commemorated  in  the  Dean 
Cemetery,  is  erroneously  described  as  the  distinguished  chemist  of 
that  name,  (see  Vol.  I.  485  and  posted.)  Thomas  Thomson  was  a 
principal  clerk  of  session,  and  well  known  antiquary.  Eldest  son 
of  the  Eev.  Thomas  Thomson,  minister  of  Dailly,  he  was  born  on 
the  10th  November,  1768.  Originally  intended  for  the  Church  he 
was  sometime  a  theological  student;  he  afterwards  attended  the 
law  classes  at  Edinburgh,  and  in  1793  passed  advocate.  Devoted 
to  historical  inquiries  he  edited  the  works  of  Lord  Hailes, 
and  proving  himself  efficient  as  an  examiner  of  records 
was  in  1806  appointed  deputy  clerk  register.  His  valu- 
able services  in  the  Eegister  House  were  acknowledged  by 


400  EDINBURGHSHIRE. 

his  being  appointed  in  1828  to  a  principal  clerkship  in  the  Court 
of  Session.  For  the  Bannatyne  club  he  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  Eev.  John  Thomson  of  Duddingston,  was 
a  celebrated  landscape  painter. 


PAEISH  OF  BOETHWICK. 

Lord  Borthwick,  whose  effigy  is  preserved  in  the  old  church  of 
Borthwick  (Vol  I.  p.  156)  was  son  of  Sir  William  Borthwick,  who 
sat  on  the  assize  of  the  Duke  of  Lennox,  and  constructed  a  castle  on 
the  lands  of  Loch  warret.  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  family  of  Borthwick  came  from  Hungary 
and  entered  Scotland  in  the  train  of  Margaret  the  Saxon  princess, 
afterwards  queen  of  Malcolm  Canmore.  They  first  obtained  lands 
in  Aberdeenshire,  and  proceeding  southwards  became  possessed  of 
extensive  territories  in  the  counties  of  Dumfries,  Selkirk,  Eoxburgh, 
and  Haddington. 


PAEISH  OF  NEWBATTLE. 

In  the  churchyard  a  tombstone,  elaborately  sculptured,  presents 
the  following  inscription : — 

"  Here  lys  Walter  Welsh  of  Lochquareat,  who  died  the  29th  of 
June,  1705,  and  Helen  Parkinson  his  spouse,  who  died  the  19th  of 
March,  1696,  and  Josias  Welsh,  their  son,  who  died  the  15th  of 
October,  1695,  and  Alexander  Welsh,  their  son,  who  died  the  llth 
of  July,  1717." 


PARISH  OF  NEWBATTLE.  401 

"  Wisdom  and  virtue  ly 

Beneath  this  stone, 
Which  rare  accomplishments 

Surpassing  many  one, 
Courageous  bold  with 

Meekness  mixt  together ; 
A  loving  husband,  parent, 

And  a  brother, 
A  courteous  wife,  sweet 

Children  here  doth  ly, 
Ane  emblem  clear  that 

We  must  surely  dy." 

The  descendants  of  Walter  Welsh  claim  descent  from  John  Knox. 
The  reformer's  youngest  daughter,  Elizabeth,  married  the  Eev.  John 
Welsh,  minister  of  Ayr ;  she  became  mother  of  four  sons  and  two 
daughters.  One  of  the  sons,  Josias,  was  Presbyterian  minister  at 
Temple  Patrick,  in  Ireland.  He  was  father  of  John  Welsh,  minister 
of  Kirkpatrick  Irongray,  a  sufferer  in  the  cause  of  Presbytery,  who 
died  at  London  in  1681,  aged  about  fifty-four.  Walter  Welsh,  of 
Lochquareat,  is  described  by  his  descendants  as  a  younger  brother 
of  the  minister  of  Irongray. 

A  tombstone,  the  oldest  in  the  churchyard,  is  thus  inscribed : — 

"  Vive  memor  lethi. 

"  Maria  delectu  pietatis  Martha  labore 
Pervigil  assiduo  quam  teget  urna  cava. 

"  Heir  godlines  vith 
Verteu  in  ane  Vombe, 
Marie  and  Martha 
Interrd  in  this  tombe. 

"  Hie  jacet  Isobella  Purves 
Roberti  Porteous  insignis 
Pietate  viri  quondam  conjux 
Quse  obiit  anno  aetatis 
Suse  52,  die  20  Octobris 
Anno  Domini  1620.    Tres  liberoa 
Reliquit  Prsedicto 
Eoberto.    Robertum  Guli- 
elmum  et  Isobellam." 

VOL.  n.  2  D 


402  EDINBURGHSHIRE. 

On  the  tombstone  of  a  son  of  James  Chirasyde,  bailie,  who  died 
in  1682,  aged  twelve,  are  these  lines,  intended  to  form  an  acrostic: — 

"In  this  frail  life  how  soon  cut  off  are  we  ! 
H  e  that  on  earth  do  breath  must  suerly  die, 
M  ount  up,  0  Soull,  to  that  seraphick  spheare, 
E  ternall  life  if  thou  wolds  have  a  share; 
S  ure  God  doth  for  the  blessed  it  prepare. 
C  selestiall  joy  what  can  compare  with  thee  ! 
H  ere  nothing  is  but  grif  and  vanitee, 
I  nvieous  death,  thou  could  not  hurt  the  soulle 
E  ipen'd  for  glory,  though  the  grave  did  moulle, 
N  atour  and  strenth,  yea,  youth  thou  soon  can  kill ; 
S  o  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  temity  with  God  above  to  sing." 

A  tombstone  bearing  the  Murray  shield  is  inscribed  thus  : — 

"  Heere  lyeth  Frances  Murray,  daughter  of  Sir  John  Murray,  one 
of  the  family  of  Black  Barronie,  who  deceest  the  4th  of  February, 
16  il,  setatis  SUSB  8." 

Sir  John  Murray  was  uncle  of  Sir  William  Kerr,  first  Earl  of 
Lothian,  being  his  mother's  brother. 


PARISH  OF   CASTLETON.  403 


ROXBURGHSHIRE. 


PARISH  OF  CASTLETON. 

A  decorated  obelisk,  sculptured  with  the  family  arms,  commemo- 
rates John  Armstrong,  M.D.,  physician  and  poet.  It  is  inscribed 
thus : — 

"  If  yet  thy  shade  delights  to  hover  near 

The  holy  ground  where  oft  thy  sire  hast  taught, 
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  vale  and  stream,  too  long  before  unknown, 
We  raise  this  stone  to  bear  thy  deathless  name, 

And  tell  the  world  that  Armstrong  was  our  own, 
To  learning  worth  and  genius  such  as  thine." 

Son  of  the  Eev.  Eobert  Armstrong,  minister  of  the  parish,  the 
subject  of  the  preceding  epitaph  was  born  in  1709.  Having  studied 
at  Edinburgh  University,  and  obtained  a  medical  degree,  he  began 
practice  as  a  physician  in  London.  In  1744  he  published  his  "  Art 
of  Preserving  Health,"  a  poem  in  blank  verse,  which  has  attained  a 
well-deserved  popularity.  For  some  time  he  attended  as  physician 
the  army  in  Germany.  He  associated  with  Dr.  Smollett  and  the 
poet  Thomson,  and  was  at  first  the  friend  and  afterwards  the  enemy 
of  Wilkes.  He  composed  a  work  on  medicine,  and  other  works 
chiefly  in  verse.  He  died  on  the  7th  September,  1779. 

Messrs.  Eobert  and  William  Armstrong,  both  ministers  of  the 
parish,  father  and  brother  of  Dr.  John  Armstrong,  are  commemo- 
rated by  tombstones.  The  former  died  16th  April,  1732 ;  the  latter 
10th  April,  1749. 

A  gravestone  denotes  the  resting-place  of  the  Eev.  Angus  Barton, 


404  ROXBURGHSHIRE. 

D.D.,  minister  of  the  parish,  who  died  19th  April,  1861,  in  the 
seventy-sixth  year  of  his  age,  and  thirty-ninth  of  his  ministry. 

Tombstones  commemorate  John  Elliot,  of  Thorlieshope,  who 
died  in  February,  1698,  aged  seventy-seven,  and  John  Elliot,  of 
Binks,  who  died  in  August,  1751,  aged  seventy-seven. 

The  tombstone  of  Daniel  Young  (died  April,  1774)  bears  these 
lines: — 

"  Oh,  reader,  stay  your  car,  and  stay 
And  read  what  I  have  here  to  say  ; 
You  walk  on  earth  as  once  did  I, 
Eemember  you  and  all  must  die. 

"  For  in  my  health  I  little  thought 

My  glass  was  run  so  near  ; 
But  now  the  hour  for  me  is  come 
No  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  on  the  surface.  On  the  cross  are  engraved 
the  letters  I.H.S.,  M.A.,  and  A.A ;  while  beneath,  on  the  shaft,  is 
sculptured  a  two-handed  sword  with  guard  curving  towards  the 
blade.  This  erection  is  supposed  to  denote  the  spot  where  the 
body  of  Armstrong  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  Ettleton  churchyard  a  large  tombstone  bears  on  the  margin 
these  words : — 

"  Heir  lyes  ane  worthie  person,  calit  William  Armstrang  of  Sark, 
who  died  the  18th  day  of  June,  1658,  aetatis  sua3  56." 

In  the  centre  is  the  following  legend  : — 

"  Jenet  Johnstoun,  Relek  to  the  sed  desised  persn  heth  put  up 
this  monamente  in  anno  Dom.  1660. 

"  Man  is  grass,  to  grave  he  flies, 
Grass  decays,  and  man  he  dies ; 
Grass  returns  and  man  does  rise, 
Yet  few    ....    the  prise." 


PARISH   OF  CASTLETON.  405 

Below  the  inscription,  on  a  panel,  are  shields  displaying  the  arms 
of  the  Houses  of  Armstrong  and  Johnstone. 

In  Ettleton  churchyard  a  massive  obelisk  is  inscribed  thus : — 

"  In  this  spot,  near  which  rest  the  ashes  of  his  forefathers,  is  in- 
terred William  Armstrong,  of  Sorbytrees,  who  to  the  great  grief  of 
the  neighbourhood  was  shot,  without  challenge  or  warning,  by  the 
Eev.  Joseph  Smith,  Incumbent  of  Walton,  Cumberland,  on  the  night 
of  Wednesday,  the  16th  April,  1851,  in  the  38th  year  of  his  age. 

"  In  affectionate  remembrance  this  monument  was  erected  by  a 
numerous  body  of  friends  on  both  sides  of  the  border,  as.  a  tribute  of 
their  respect  for  one  whose  manly,  straightforward,  and  generous 
disposition  gained  him  the  love  and  esteem  of  all  who  knew  him. 
MDCCCLII." 

For  causing  Mr.  Armstrong's  death,  Mr.  Smith  was  subjected  to 
an  assize,  and  was  acquitted.  It  appeared  that  Mr.  Armstrong  had 
rode  up  to  the  reverend  gentleman's  residence  late  of  a  dark  night, 
on  his  return  from  market.  Suspecting  danger,  Mr.  Smith  opened 
his  house  door,  and  without  uttering  a  word  fired  a  pistol  at  the 
supposed  intruder,  who  fell  mortally  wounded.  Mr.  Armstrong 
was  deeply  lamented  by  a  wide  and  attached  circle  of  friends 
and  neighbours. 


406  PUMFRIKSSIIIIiK. 


DUMFRIESSHIRE. 


PARISH  OF  CUMMERTREES. 

In  the  churchyard  a  tombstone  commemorates  the  Jolmstones 
of  Back-Kerr,  who  have  for  several  centuries  been  connected  with  the 
parish.  It  is  thus  inscribed  : — 

"  In  memory  of  John  Johnstone,  of  Back-Kerr,  who  died  on  the 
3rd  day  of  June,  1804,  aged  80  years. 

"  Also  of  Janet  Pool  (his  spouse),  who  died  at  Bryde-Kirk,  3rd 
September,  1828,  aged  83  years. 

"  Also  of  Jane  Coulthart,  spouse  to  Robert  Johnstone,  of  Back- 
Kerr,  who  died  12th  January,  1809,  aged  29  years. 

"  Also  of  Robert  Johnstone,  of  Back-Kerr,  who  died  on  the  15th 
December,  1847,  aged  77  years." 

An  older  tombstone,  belonging  to  the  Johnstones  of  Back-Kerr,  is 
undecipherable. 


PARISH  OF  DALTON. 

In  the  parish  churchyard  a  handsome  altar  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  esteemed  for  his  urbanity  and  public  ser- 
vices. Born  on  the  25th  January,  1732,  he  married,  15th  July, 
1763,  Margaret,  daughter  of  Alexander  Glendinning,  of  the  Isle  of 
Dalton,  by  whom  he  had  a  large  family.  His  present  representa- 
tive is  John  Ross  Coulthart,  of  Ashton-under-Lyne,  county  of  Lan- 
caster. The  following  inscriptions  are  on  the  tomb  :— 


PARISH    OF   KEIR.  407 

"In  memory  of  Margaret  Ross,  wife  of  John  Eoss,  of  New  House, 
in  Butterthwaite,  and  daughter  of  the  late  Alexander  Glen  dinning, 
and  Agnes  Johnstone  of  the  Isle  of  Dalton,  who  died  on  the  17th 
day  of  January,  1867,  in  the  64th  year  of  her  age. 

"  Here  also  rest  the  remains  of  John  Eoss,  husband  of  the  above 
Margaret,  who  died  on  the  6th  day  of  June,  1813,  in  the  81st  year 
of  his  age. 

"  Erected  to  their  memory  by  John  Eoss,  their  son,  of  Halifax, 
Yorkshire." 

In  the  churchyard,  tombstones  commemorate  Michael  Eoss,  of 
Aldgirth  and  Smallholmbank,  who  died  5th  April,  1807,  aged 
seventy,  and  his  wife  Agnes  Eae,  who  died  10th  April,  1807,  aged 
sixty-five;  also  James  Eoss,  of  Dormont,  who  died  27th  November, 
1815,  aged  eighty-two ;  and  Joseph  Eoss,  of  Wellingborough,  county 
of  Northampton,  who  died  30th  June,  1815,  aged  seventy-four. 
There  are  also  tombstones  and  inscriptions  to  the  memory  of  the 
Bosses  of  Bridekirk. 

An  altar  tomb  celebrates  Alexander  Glendinning  of  the  Isle,  and 
Agnes  his  wife,  daughter  of  John  Johnstone,  of  Graitney.  The 
Glendinning  family  were  long  connected  with  the  parish.  Their 
present  representative  is  Sidney  Glendinning,  late  of  Seedley,  near 
Manchester,  whose  father,  Alexander  Glendinning,  of  Ashgrove,  in 
the  county  of  Kent,  served  the  office  of  high  sheriff  of  that  county 
in  1854.  The  inscriptions  on  the  Glendinning  tomb  are — 

"  To  the  memory  of  Alexander  Glendinning,  in  Isle,  of  this  parish, 
who  departed  this  life  February  12th,  1785,  in  the  77th  year  of  his 
age. 

"  Also  Agnes  Johnstone,  his  spouse,  who  departed  this  life  on  the 
23rd  day  of  July,  1792,  aged  74  years." 


PAEISH  OF  KEIE. 

A  descendant  of  the  Eosses  of  Halkhead,  in  the  county  of  Een- 
frew,  is  on  his  tombstone  thus  commemorated  : — 


408  DUMFRIESSHIRE. 

"  To  the  memory  of  John  Ross,  tenant  of  the  farm  of  Barnden- 
noch,  in  this  parish,  who  died  on  the  25th  day  of  March,  1763, 
aged  63  years." 


PARISH  OF  KIRKPATRICK-FLEMING. 

In  the  parish  churchyard  members  of  the  House  of  Coulthart 
are  on  an  altar  tomb  celebrated  thus  : — 

"Gulielmus  Coulthart  de  Coulthart  et  Collyn  arm.  nominis 
gentisque  SUSB  facile  princeps  nat.  die  Januar.  vi.  M.DCC.XXXIX. 
denat.  die  Feb.  xv.  M.DCCC.VII." 

"In  hoc  tumulo  sepultus  est  Gulielmus  Coulthart  armiger 
gentilium  suorum  et  cognominum  primarius  Jacobi  Coulthart  de 
Coulthart  in  Comitatu  Wigtonise  et  de  Largmore  in  seneschalsia 
Kirkcudbright  ex  uxore  Griselda  Macturk  filius  idem  atque  heres 
qui  apud  Westdenbie  in  parochia  Dalton  Feb.  xv.  An.  M.DCCC.VII. 
^Etat.  LXVIII.  diem  obiit  supremum. 

"  Una  recondita  est  Jenetta  ejusdem  viri  conjux  et  vidua  Alex- 
andri  autem  Macnaught  de  Milton  Park  in  parochia  Dalreensi  filia 
nata  est  Janetta  Jan.  xxiv.  An.  M.DCC.XLI  obiit  apud  Collynhouse 
in  parochia  Torthorwald  Maii  xviii.  M.DCCC.XXXIL 

"  Intus  etiam  jacet  Alexander  Coulthart  supra  memorati  Gulielmi 
Coulthart  et  Janettse  filius  natus  Alexander  Junii  xxi  An. 
M.DCC.LXIX.  vixdum  annos  viginti  egressus  morte  immatura 
raptus  est  apud  Turfrigg  hujus  ipsius  parochiae  die  Julii  xix.  Anno 
M.DCC.LXXXIX." 

Of  these  inscriptions,  the  first  surrounds  the  cornice  of  the  tomb 
in  raised  letters,  and  the  three  others  are  cut  into  the  horizontal 
tablet.  The  panels  of  the  monument  on  the  sides  and  ends  are 
adorned  with  armorial  shields  of  the  Coulthart  family. 


PARISH  OF  MOUSWALD. 

In  the  churchyard  a  tombstone  commemorates  the  great-grand- 
father and  great-grandmother  of  John  Irving  of  Boreland,  in  the 


PARISH  OF  MOUSWALD.  409 

parish  of  Punscore,  a  collateral  descendant    of  the    Irvings    of 
Bonshaw.     It  is  inscribed  thus : — 

"Margaret  Charteris,  spouse  to  George  Irving,  died  1746." 

On  an  adjoining  tombstone  inscriptions  commemorate  the 
following  members  of  the  same  family,  viz. : — 

"  Christopher  Irving,  Buttertliwaite,  died  2nd  March,  1798,  aged 
83  years. 

"John  Irving,  his  son,  died  20th  March,  1782,  aged  21  years. 

"  Mary  Irving,  his  daughter,  died  20th  April,  1782,  aged  11 
years, 

"  Mary  Palmer,  his  spouse,  died  20th  December,  1807,  aged  81 
years." 


410  KIRKCUDBRIGHTSHIRE. 


KIRKCUDBRIGHTSHIRE. 


PARISH  OF  BUITTLE. 

In  the  churchyard  a  handsome  obelisk,  of  Craignair  granite,  com- 
memorates John  Tait,  master  of  the  grammar  school.  Son  of  John 
Tait  of  Miltown  Park,  parish  of  Dairy,  and  his  wife  Jane 
McNaught,  a  descendant  of  the  McNaughts  of  Kilquhanity,  Mr.  Tait 
was  celebrated  for  his  classical  and  mathematical  acquirements.  His 
monument  is  thus  inscribed : — 

"  Erected  to  the  memory  of  John  Tait,  43  years  parish  school- 
master of  Buittle,  by  old  pupils  and  friends,  in  testimony  of  his 
public  usefulness  and  private  worth. 

"  During  a  period  of  unexampled  progress  in  the  art  of  teaching, 
he  steadily  kept  pace  with  improvement  in  that  profession  which 
to  his  last  hour  he  adorned.  He  died  27th  January,  1857,  aged  66 
years." 


PARISH  OF  KELLS. 

A  tombstone  is  thus  inscribed :  — 

"  This  stone  is  erected  by  James  Coulthart,  in  memory  of  Grizel 
McTurk,  his  spouse,  who  died  14th  July,  1767,  aged  66  years. 

"  Also  of  James  Coulthart,  son  of  Andrew  Coulthart,  and  grand- 
son of  the  said  James  Coulthart,  who  died  10th  February,  1771, 
aged  6  years." 

On  the  tombstone  is  presented  a  curiously  sculptured  shield, 
bearing  the  arms  of  Coulthart  and  McTurk  impaled  thus: — On  the 
dexter  a  fesse  between  two  colts  in  chief,  and  one  in  base  courant, 
for  Coulthart;  and  on  the  sinister  a  hunting-horn  stringed,  for 
McTurk. 


PARISH    OF   KIKKPATIUCK-DUKIIAM.  411 


PAEISH  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  affliction  I  was  loved  by  God ; 
For  God  in  mercy  had  decreed  the  cup, 
Therefore  I  willingly  did  drink  it  up." 

Robert  McMillan  and  his  sister  Mary  have  on  their  tombstone 
these  lines : — 

"  Dear  is  the  spot  where  Christians  sleep, 

And  sweet  the  strains  that  angels  pour ; 
Oh  !  why  should  friends  in  anguish  weep  ? 
For  they're  not  lost,  but  gone  before." 

On  a  vertical  tombstone,  having  a  skull  and  cross-bones  carved 
on  one  side,  and  a  nearly  obliterated  inscription  on  the  other,  Mar- 
garet Heron  is  thus  commemorated  : — 

"  Here  lies  Margaret  Heron,  daughter  of  Patrick  Heron,  of  Heron, 
who  was  married  to  George  Gordon,  of  Troquhain,  Sept.  21,  1726, 
and  died  Aug.  13,  1742,  aged  44  years." 

The  Rev.  Dr.  Lamont,  an  eminent  minister  of  the  parish,  is  on 
a  handsome  monument  thus  commemorated  : — 

"  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  David  Lamont,  D.D.,  minister  of  this 
parish,  who  having  been  always  distinguished  by  talent  of  a  very 
high  order,  a  candid  and  charitable  disposition,  and  a  temper 
peculiarly  amiable,  died  on  the  7th  January,  1837,  in  the  84th  year 
of  his  age,  and  63rd  of  his  ministry." 


412  WIGTONSHIRE. 


WIGTONSHIRE. 


PAEISH  OF  WHITHOEK 

In  the  parish  churchyard  a  tombstone  belonging  to  Provost 
Broadfoot,  and  bearing  date  1783,  pf5sents  these  lines  : — 

"  The  tender  parent  with  the  child  here  laid, 
Their  sacred  dust  commingles  with  the  dead ; 
Immortal  souls  have  winged  the  shining  way 
To  the  pure  regions  of  eternal  day." 

On  his  wife's  tombstone,  Bailie    McKelvie  has  inscribed  the 
following : — 

"  While  dwelling  here  she  led  a  virtuous  life, 
By  rich  and  poor  esteemed  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,  1780,  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  morn  the  short  enduring  day ; 
Surprise  us  for  a  moment  with  delight, 
And  then  for  ever  vanish  from  our  sight." 

By  these  rhymes  James  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  here  ; 
The  spirit's  safe  above  the  skies." 


PARISH   OF   BOTHWELL.  413 


LANARKSHIRE. 


PAEISH  OF  BOTHWELL. 

The  collegiate  church  was  founded  in  1398  by  Archibald  the 
Grim,  Earl  of  Douglas.  Against  the  church  wall,  under  the  east 
window,  rests  a  fragment  of  a  large  double  incised  slab.  It  is  of 
Bothwell  stone,  about  four  feet  long  and  three  broad.  Divided  into 
two  compartments,  the  upper  presents  a  circle  enclosing  a  cross 
with  triangular  headed  limbs,  between  which  are  four  small  circles 
in  low  relief.  Of  the  lower  compartment  the  dexter  half  presents 
a  plain  surface ;  the  sinister  represents  a  rudely  incised  shield,  bear- 
ing the  Moray  stars,  and  its  lower  extremity  prolonged  into  a  two- 
handed  sword,  pointing  downward.  It  is  conjectured  that  the  stone 
celebrates  William  or  Walter  de  Moravia,  both  of  whom  flourished 
in  the  thirteenth  century. 

Within  the  church  two  large  monuments  in  floral  architecture 
commemorate  James,  Marquess  of  Hamilton,  and  Archibald 
Douglas,  Earl  of  Forfar.  The  latter  died  of  wounds  received  at  the 
battle  of  Sheriffmuir*  in  1715. 


PAEISH  OF  GLASGOW. 

P.  465,  1.  2.  John  Orr,  of  Barrowfield,  died  16th  December, 
1803. 

*  For  these  particulars  in  connexion  with  Bothwell  parish,  we  are 
indebted  to  a  Paper  contributed  by  Mr.  Joseph  Bain  to  the  Society  of 
Antiquaries  of  Scotland.  (Proceedings,  vol.  viii.,  pp.  395,  403.) 


414  FIFESHIRE. 

P.  465,  L  23.  For  Banner,  read  Banner ;  and  in  following  line  for 
Brevet-Major  John  Anstruther  read  Major  John  Anstmther  Mac- 
Gowan. 

P.  477, 1.  17.  Michael  Scott,  author  of  "  Tom  Cringle's  Log," 
was  a  native  of  Glasgow. 

P.  485, 1.  13.  For  life  of  Professor  Thomas  Thomson,  M.D.,  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. 


FIFESHIRE. 


PARISH  OF  FORGAN. 

At  St.  Fort  in  this  parish  is  the  ancient  burial-vault  of  the  old 
family  of  Nairne,  of  Sandford,  owners  of  the  estate  from  the  four- 
teenth century  till  about  the  year  1717.  The  founder  of  the  House 
was  Alexander  Nairne,  of  Sandford,  Lyon  King  of  Arms,  and 
Comptroller  of  the  Household  of  James  II.  At  the  entrance  of 
the  vault  a  freestone  slab,  dated  1647,  with  the  family  arms,  and 
the  initials  A.  N.,  has  the  following  inscription  : — 

"  Stvip  .  low  .  poore  .  sovle  .  and  .  mone  .  for  .  sinne  .  Cry  . 
vp  .  to  .  Christ  .  to  .  bring  .  the  .  in  That  .  vhen  .  the  . 
bodie  .  is  .  lovdged  .  heir  .  Thov  .  may  .  inioy  .  his  .  preasence  . 
deir  .  Vntil  .  the  .  day  .  of  .  the  .  gryte  .  cal  .  When  .  we  . 
mvst  .  rys  .  to  .  Jdgmente  .  al  .  Then  .  rewvnytit .  we  .  shal  . 
be  .  To  .  prais  .  the  .  glorivs  .  Trinitie." 

Alexander  Nairne,  thus  commemorated,  obtained  a  crown  charter 
27th  July,  1633.  His  son,  Sir  Thomas  Nairne  of  Sandford,  was 
Lieutenant-Colonel  of  Horse  and  member  of  the  Committee  of  War 


PARISH   OF   LAURENCEKIRK.  415 

in  1649.  On  the  Restoration  he  was  fined  £1,800.  The  estate  of 
Sandford,  or  St.  Fort,  is  now  the  property  of  John  Berry,  Esq.,  who 
in  1870  was  served  heir  of  line  to  Sir  Thomas  Nairne. 


KINCAEDINESHIRE. 


PARISH  OF  LAURENCEKIRK. 

In  this  churchyard  was  formerly  interred  the  family  of  Wyse  or 
Wise,  of  Mains  of  Thornton,  Kincardineshire,  and  now  of  Hillbank, 
Forfarshire.  On  the  tombstone  of  a  member  of  the  House  who 
died  in  1710  are  inscribed  these  lines  : — 

"  Here  lyes  a  person  while  alive 
His  worth  I  cannot  weall  describe, 
He  was  reliever  of  the  poor 
And  needy  called  at  his  door ; 
Therefor  I  hope  he  doth  not  miss 
For  his  reward,  eternall  bliss." 

The  individual  commemorated  was  a  near  relative  of  David 
Wise,  of  Mains  of  Thornton,  an  opulent  and  benevolent  gentleman, 
who  at  his  death  bequeathed  funds  for  behoof  of  the  poor  in  the 
parishes  of  Lunan,  Montrose,  St.  Cyrus,  and  Lauren cekirk.  He 
married  in  November,  1681,  Margaret,  daughter  of  Alexander 
Nairne,  of  Pitbuddo,  by  whom  he  had  two  sons  and  three  daughters. 

David,  the  eldest  son,  predeceased  his  father ;  he  died  in  Novem- 
ber, 1712,  aged  twenty-two.  A  square  stone  at  the  west  door  of  the 
church  denotes  his  place  of  sepulture.  The  family  of  Wise 
is  of  Norman  descent.  A  chief  of  the  House  commanded  the 
force  by  which  the  Lord  of  Lome  was  defeated  at  Brander-awe 
in  Argyllshire,  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- 


416  KINCARDINESHIRE. 

sentative  of  the  Kincardineshire  branch  was  Alexander  Wyse, 
or  Wise,  of  Mains  of  Thornton.  He  was  father  of  David  Wise 
formerly  named,  and  grandfather  of  Alexander  Wise,  of  Lunan, 
whose  second  wife,  Margaret  Strachan,  was  descended  from  the 
Strachans,  Baronets,  of  Thornton.  Their  grandson,  Thomas 
Alexander  Wise,  M.D.,  of  Hillbank,  is  the  present  representative 
of  the  family. 


INDEX    TO  VOL.    II. 


Abbey  Craig,  33. 
Abbotshall,  Parish  of,  65. 
Abercrombie,  Alexander,  59. 
Abercrombie,  of  Birkenbog,  362. 
Abercrombie, General,  of  Glasshaugh,  278. 
Abercrombie,  Parish  of,  67. 
Abercrombie,  Thomas,  of  that  Ilk,  67. 
Abercromby,  Baroness,  59. 
Abercromby,  Gen.  Sir  Ralph,  59. 
Abercromby,  George,  Baron,  60. 
Abercromby,  George  Ralph,  Baron,  61. 
Abercromby,  George,  of  Tullibody. 
Abercromby,  Sir  Alexander,  58. 
Abdie,  Parish  of,  66. 
Abel,  Rev.  George,  319. 
Aberdalgie,  Parish  of,  145. 
Aberdeen,  Parish  of  302,  310. 
Aberdeenshire,  302 — 346. 
Aberdein,  Alexander,  275. 
Aberdour,  Parish  of,  310. 
Aberdour,  Parish  of  Fife,  69. 
Aberfoyle,  Parish  of,  146. 
Aberlemno,  Parish  of,  193 — 195. 
Abernethy  of  that  Ilk,  358. 
Abernethy,  Parish  of,  363. 

Aberuthven,  Churchyard  of,  146. 

Aboyne,  Parish  of,  311. 

Adam,  George,  4. 

Adam,  Rev.  James,  I. 

Adam,  Right  Hon.  "William,  95. 

Adam,  Robert,  Architect,  4. 

Adam,  Robert.  262. 

Adamnan,  n. 

Adams,  Dr.  Francis,  273. 

Adamson,  Henry,  181. 

Adamson,  John,  48,  191. 

Adamson,  Provost  James,  181. 

Adamson,  Principal,  181. 
VOL.  II. 


Addison,  Rev.  George,  D.D.,  243. 

Adrian,  Bishop,  74. 

Ailsa,  Archibald,  1st  Marquis  of,  209. 

Airlie,  Clementina,  Countess  of,  207. 

Airlie,  David,  7th  Earl  of,  206. 

Airlie,  David,  8th  Earl  of,  207. 

Airlie,  Earls  of,  274. 

Airlie,  Margaret,  Countess  of,  207. 

Airlie,  Noble  Family  of,  199,  206. 

Airlie,  Parish  of,  195. 

Airlie,  Walter,  6th  Earl  of,  206. 

Airth,  Parish  of,  22. 

Albany,  Robert,  Duke  of,  92. 

Albert,  Prince,  178,  272,  310,  314,  346. 

Alexander  I.,  88. 

Alexander  III.,  89. 

Alexander,  Bishop  John,  54. 

Alexander,  Charles,  44. 

Alexander,  David,  of  Prtskellie,  200. 

Alexander,  Edward,  of  Powis,  47. 

Alexander,  Major,  of  Tauochy,  361. 

Alexander,  Margaret,  335. 

Alexander,  Mrs.  Esther,  232. 

Alexander,  Professor  Andrew,  232. 

Alexander,  Rev.  John,  54. 

Alexander,  Rev.  Roderick,  6. 

Alexander,  Sir  James  Edward,  47. 

Alexander,  Sir  William,  43. 

Alison,  James,  263. 

Alison,  Sir  Archibald,  Bart.,  35,  263. 

Alister,  Cam,  326. 

Allan,  John,  44. 

Allardice,  James,  246,  283. 

Allardice,  Robert  Barclay,  246,  283,  284. 

Allardice,  Sarah  Ann,  246,  283. 

Allardyce,  Mrs.,  of  Dunnottar,  310. 

Alloa,  Parish  of,  52—61. 

Alness,  Parish  of,  385. 
2  E 


418 


INUKX. 


Alpin,  Burial-place  of  Clan,  147. 
Alpin,  Kinu'.  266. 
Alva,  Parish  of,  23. 

Anderson,  Alexander,  of  Canducraig,  345. 
Andrew,  Bishop,  92. 
Anderson,  Elizabeth,  354. 
Anderson,  George,  Luscar,  109. 
Anderson,  George,  M.P.,  110. 
Anderson,  James,  Justiciary  Clerk,  323. 
Anderson,  Lord  Provost  Alexander,  346. 
Anderson,  Major  John,  of  Candacraig,345. 
Anderson,  Major  of  Montrave,  139. 
Anderson,  Matthew,  108. 
Anderson,  Peter,  186. 
Anderson,  Professor  Adam,  183. 
Anderson,  Rev.  James,  354. 
Anderson,  Rev.  John,  364. 
Anderson,  Rev.  William,  346. 
Andrew,  Major,  of  Tanochy,  361. 
Angus,  Archibald,  105. 
Angus,  gth  Earl  of,  288. 
Angus,  Mary,  Countess  of,  51. 
Annand,  Alexander,  320. 
Anstruther,  Easter,  71. 
Anstruther,  Gen.  Robert,  67. 
Anstruther,  Lieut.  Henry,  69. 
Anstruther,  Sir  Philip,  67. 
Anstruther,  Sir  Ralph  A.  67. 
Anstruther,  Wester,  73. 
Appin,  Parish  of,  14. 
Arbirlot,  Pariah  of,  196. 
Arbroath,  Parish  of,  197. 
Arbuthnot,  Alexander,  271. 
Arbuthnot,  Bailie  Robert,  260. 
Arbuthnot,  Hugo  de,  271. 
Arbuthnot,  John,  M.D.,  342. 
Arbuthnot,  Noble  House  of,  271. 
Aibuthnot,  Parish  of,  271. 
Arbuthnot,  Robert,  of  Scots  mill,  342. 
Arbuthnot,  Sir  William,  342. 
Arbuthnot,  Viscount,  204. 
Archibald,  Andrew,  214. 
Archibald,  John,  121. 
Ardchattan  Priory,  6. 
Areskine,  Rev.  Henry,  41,  96. 
Argyle,  Ducal  House  of,  9. 
Argyleshire,  6— 16. 
Argyll,  first  duke  of,  7. 


Argyll,  Marquis  of,  9. 

Arkley,  David,  of  Clepington,  262. 

Arkley,  Peter,  of  Dunninald,  208. 

Armstrong,  John,  M.  B. ,  403. 

Armstrong,  Mrs.  of  Sark,  404. 

Armstrong,  of  Mangerton,  404. 

Armstrong,  Rev.  Robert,  403. 

Armstrong,  Rev.  William,  403. 

Armstrong,  of  Sorbietrees,  405. 

Arnhall,  Proprietor  of,  276. 

Arnot,  Rev.  Robert,  D.D.,  107. 

Arnot,  Sir  John,  85. 

Arnott,  Charles,  286. 

Arnott,  David  Leith,  287. 

Arnott,  Ellen,  286. 

Arnott,  James,  286. 

Arnott,  James  Leith,  286. 

Arthur,  King,  173. 

Ascog,  Churchyard  of,  5. 

Assynt,  Parish  of,  392. 

Atchison,  James,  Martyr,  276. 

Atheist,  A  Professed,  98. 

Athole,  Dukes  of,  34,  150,  151,  160,  173. 

Athole,  John,  Marquis  of,  376. 

Auchterarder,  Parish  of,  146. 

Auchterhouse,  Parish  of,  199. 

Auchterlony,  Sir  James,  281. 

Auchterless,  Parish  of,  312. 

Auchtermuchty,  Parish  of,  74. 

Auldbar,  Chapel  of,  193. 


Badenoch,  Dr.  James,  of  Whiteriggs,  287. 

Badenocb,  Wolf  of,  159. 

Baillie,  Colonel,  176. 

Bain,  Joseph,  Esq.,  413. 

Pa'rd,  Alexander,  of  Ury,  284. 

Baird,  Andrew,  of  Auchmedden,  3101 

Baird,  George,  of  Auchmedden,  310. 

Baird,  Sir  David,  175. 

Bairds,  of  Newbyth,  310. 

Bairds,  of  Saughtonhall,  310, 

Bairds,  The  of  Auchmedden,  310. 

Bairds,  of  Ury,  279. 

Bald,  Alexander,  57. 

Bald,  Robert,  57. 

Balf our,  Bailie  James,  217. 

Balfour,  Catherine,  131. 


INDEX. 


419 


Balfour,  David,  131. 

Balfour,  Henry,  139. 

Balfour-Ogilvie,  Col.,  229. 

Bilfour,  Provost  David.  131. 

Balfour,  Eev.  Peter,  62. 

Baliol,  Edward,  160. 

Ballantyne,  Rev.  John,  279. 

Ballardie,  Thomas,  72. 

Ballingal,  Thomas  F.,  140. 

Ballutheron,  Sculptured  Stone  at,  251. 

Balgonie,  Lord,  114. 

Balmerino  Abbey,  75. 

Balmerino,  Parish  of,  75. 

Balmuto,  Lord,  295. 

Balquharn,  Laird,  of  313. 

Balquhidder,  Parish  of  147. 

Banchory  Devenick,  Parish  of,  271. 

Banchory  Ternan,  Parish  of,  272. 

Banffsbire,  347 — 362. 

Banner,  Major  Robert  M.,  414. 

Barclay,  Anne,  282. 

Barclay,  Colonel  David,  of  Ury,  281,  282, 

Barclay,  David,  of  London,  280. 

Barclay,  David,  of  Mathers,  281. 

Barclay,  David,  of  Tough,  108. 
Barclay,  George,  of  Mathers,  281. 
Barclay,  Robert,  Author  of  "Apology,"  282. 
Barclay,  Thomas,  of  Mathers,  281. 
Barclay  of  Tolly,  350. 

Barclays  of  Towie,  346. 

Barclays  of  Ury,  279,  284. 

Barclay,  "William,  350. 

Barnard,  John,  of  Ar dross,  101. 

Barrie,  John,  255. 

Barron,  Mrs.  of  Barren  Hall,  69. 

Barron,  Lieut.  David,  222. 

Barry,  Parish  of,  200. 

Barton,  Rev.  Angus,  D.  D.,  403. 

Baxter,  Captain  Alexander,  212. 

Baxter,  David,  no. 

Baxter,  Edward,  of  Kincaldrum,  244. 

Baxter,  James,  1 10. 

Baxter,  John,  346. 

Baxter,  Sir  David,  Bart.,  221. 

Baxter,  William  Edward,  M.P.,  244. 

Beat,  Rev.  William,  104. 

Beaton,  Archbishop  James,  93,  126. 

Beaton,  Cardinal  David,  103. 


Beaton,  Peter,  61. 

Beattie,  Alexander,  293. 

Beattie^George,  poet,  299. 

Beattie,  James,  Lit, D., 309. 

Beattie,  James  Hay,  309. 

Beaufort,  Lady  Jane,  179. 

Beaumont,  Richard  B.,  75. 

Begg,  Robert,  231. 

Bek,  an  English  Churchman,  36. 

Belhelvie,  Parish  of,  312. 

Bell,  Bessy,  175. 

Bell,  Henry,  19. 

Bell,  John,  Author  of  "  Travels,"  24. 

Bell,  Rev.  William,  163. 

Bell,  Thomas,  comedian,  164. 

Belliduff,  Tumulus  at,  173. 

Bellie,  Parish  of,  363. 

Bellie,  Patrick,  292. 

Benholme,  Parish  of,  274. 

Bennie,  Rev.  Dr.  Archibald,  42. 

Ben  vie,  Churchyard  of,  243. 

Berkeley,  Alexander  de,  280. 

Berkeley,  David  de,  280. 

Berkeley,  Theobald  de,  280. 

Berkeley,  Walter  de,  180. 

Berrill,  Anna,  no. 

Bervie,  Parish,  of  275. 

Bethune,  Alexander,  66. 

Bethune,  Gen.  Sir  Henry,  101. 

Bethune,  House  of,  103. 

Bethune,  James,  M.D. ,  84. 

Bethune,  John,  66. 

Bethune,  John,  of  Kilrenny,   103. 

Bethune,  Sir  John  L.,  Bart.,  101. 

Beton,  Dr.  John,  12. 

Betson,  James,  of  Kilrie,  105. 

Betson,  Wilson,  of  Glasmount,  105. 

Berry,  John,  of  St.  Fort,  415. 

Bisset,  George,  of  Lessendrum,  318. 

Bisset,  Mauiice  George,  of  Lessendrum, 

318- 

Bisset,  Sir  John,  183. 
Bisset,  Bishop  William,  319. 
Black,  Admiral  William,  71. 
Black,  Archibald,  5. 
Black,  Captain  James,  71. 
Black,  James,  242. 
Blackadder,  Col.  John,  45. 


420 


INDEX. 


Blackadder,  Family  of,  194. 

I  Hack  lord,  Parish  of  149. 

Blackwell,  Principal,  309. 

Blackwood,  Rev.  James,  140. 

Blaikie,  Provost  James,  310. 

Blair  Athole,  Parish  of,  150. 

Blair,  Dr.  Hugh,  134. 

Blair,  Rev.  Robert,  70. 

Blair,  William,  of  Balgillo,  263. 

Blair's  College,  295. 

Boindie,  Parish  of,  347. 

Borthwick,  Lord,  400. 

Borthwick,  Parish  of,  400. 

Borthwick,  Sir  John,  93. 

Borthwick,  Sir  William,  400. 

Boswell,  Alexander,  139. 

Boswell,  John  Irvine,  of  Balmuto,  295. 

Boswell,  Provost  Henry,  108. 

Both  well,  Earl  of,  101. 

Bothwell,  Patrick,  Earl  of,  396. 

Botriphnie,  Parish  of,  347. 

Bourtie,  Parish  of,  313. 

Bowie's  aisle,  Stirling,  43. 

Brechin,  Parish  of,  202. 

Brewster,  James,  209. 

Brewster,  Rev.  George,  D.D.,  140. 

Brewster,  Sir  David,  209. 

Bridge  of  Allan,  35. 

Broadfoot,  Provost,  412. 

Brodie,  Alexander,  sculptor,  3ia 

Brodie,  Alex.,  of  Brodie,  371. 

Brodie,  Andrew,  martyr,  164. 

Brodie,  David,  of  Brodie,  371. 

Brodie,  Rev.  Joseph,  371. 

Brotherston,  Rev.  Peter,  D.D.,  56. 

Brougham,  Lord,  95. 

Brown,  Bailie  George,  213. 

Brown,  C.  R.,  Esq  ,  34. 

Brown,  Charles,  113. 

Brown,  John,  112. 

Brown,  Principal,  309. 

Brown,  Rev.  James,  104. 
Brown,  Thomas,  martyr,  125. 
Brown,  William,  martyr,  276. 
Bruce,  Alexander,  of  Airth,  72. 
Bruce,  Alexander,  335. 
Bruce,  Alexander,  of  Rennet,  61. 
Bruce- Gardyne,  of  Middleton,  238. 


Bruce,  House  of,  61. 

Bruce,  James,  232. 

Bruce,  James  C.,  of  Balcrystie,  102. 

Bruce,  James,  The  Traveller,  32. 

Bruce,  James,  of  Innerquhomery,  334. 

Bruce,  John,  no. 

Bruce,  Michael,  143. 

Bruce,  Onesiphorus  Tyndal,  99. 

Bruce,  of  Longside,  334. 

Bruce,  Rev.  Alexander,  48. 

Bruce,  Rev.  Rohert,  31. 

Bruce,  Robert,  of  Kennet,  61. 

Bruce,  Sir  Alexander,  1 14. 

Bruce,  Sir  Robert,  23. 

Bruce,  Sir  William,  113. 

Bruce,  The  Hon.  Col.  Robert,  95. 

Bruce,  William,  of  Earlshall,  114. 

Bryce,  Rev.  Patrick,  204. 

Buchans,  of  Auchmacoy,  329. 

Buchan,  Earl  of,  159,  199. 

Buchan,    Thomas,   of  Auchmacoy,  329, 

330. 

Buchanan,  Dugald,  152. 
Buchanan,  George,  29. 
Buchanan,  of  Leny  and  Cambusmore,  151. 
Buchanan,  Mrs.  Catherine,  181. 
Buick,  William,  martyr,  24. 
Buittle,  Parish  of,  410. 
Burgh,  Aylmer  de,  92. 
Burleigh,  Baron,  62. 
Burnes,  James,  288. 
Burn,  John,  32. 
Burns,  Rev.  John,  98. 
Burns,  The  Poet,  63,  168,  288. 
Burntisland,  Parish  of,  77. 
Burnett,  Archbishop,  202. 
Burnett,  Gen.  William,  272. 
Burnet,  Rev.  Robert,  of  Sauchine,  273. 
Bute,  1st  Earl  of,  4. 
Bute,  Marquis,  of,  4. 
Bute,  3rd  Earl  of,  4. 
Buteshire,  1—5. 
Byron,  Lord,  321,  394 


Cabrach,  Parish  of,  348. 
Cairnie,  Monument  of,  102. 
Caithness,  Earls  of,  396. 


INDEX. 


421 


Callander,  Barons  of,  27. 

Callander,  Parish  of,  151. 

Callender,  Rev.  Richard,  28. 

Callender,  Rev.  Alexander,  28. 

Cambuskenneth  Abbey,  49. 

Cameron,  Angus,  of  Firhall,  355. 

Cameron,  Col.  John,  380. 

Cameron,  James,  of  Ballenlish,  355. 

Cameron,  Major  John,  C.B.,  358. 

Cameron,  Fennel,  352. 

Cameron,  Sir  Ewen  of  Fasfern,  380. 

Cameron,  Une,  282,  283. 

Campbell,  Baron,  85. 

Campbell,  Captain  of  Skipness,  8. 

Campbell,  of  Carradale,  15. 

Campbell,  Colin,  of  Invergregor,  378. 

Campbell,  Colin,  of  Kilmartin,  300. 

Campbell,  Francis  Garden  of  Troup,  336. 

Campbell,  Helen  Cuming,  365. 

Campbell,  Isabelle,  149. 

Campbell,  John,  of  Glenorchy,  192. 

Campbell,    Monument  to   Gentlemen  of 

name  of,  10. 

Campbell,  Patrick,  of  Inverzeldies,  6. 
Campbell,  Principal,  309. 
Campbell,  Rev.  Archibald,  351. 
Campbell,  Rev.  Colin,  7. 
Campbell,  Rev.  George,  D.D.,85. 
Campbell,  Sir  Colin,  149. 
Campbell,  Sir  Islay,  333. 
Campbell,   Sir  James,  Bart.,  of  Aberu- 

chill,  158. 

Campbells,  of  Dunstaffnage,  15. 
Campbelton,  Parish  of,  7. 
Camperdown,  Earls  of,  150. 
Campsie,  Parish  of,  24. 
Camustane,  Hill  Cross  at,  257. 
Cant,  Rev.  Andrew,  306. 
Cardney,  Bishop,  159. 
Careston,  Parish  of,  203. 
Carlyle,  Alexander,  134. 
Canny  Hie,  Parish  of,  204. 
Carnbee,  Parish  of,  77. 
Carnegie,  of  Lower,  227. 
Carnegie,  Lady  Jean,  150. 
Carnegy,  of  Balnamoon,  253. 
Carnegy,  of  Craigo,  246. 
Carnegy,  Dean  David,  224. 


Carnegy,  David,  of  Craigo,  246. 
Carnegy,  John,  de,  113. 
Carnegy,  Mary,  of  Craigo,  246. 
Carnegy,  Patrick,  of  Lower,  227. 
Carnegy,  Patrick,  "Watson,  227. 
Carnegy,  Sir  David,  113. 
Carnegy,  Sir  James,  of  Southesk,  224. 
Carnegy,  Sir  Robert,  113. 
Carnegy,  Thomas,  of  Craigo,  246. 
Carnock,  Parish  of,  78. 
Carrick,  Robert,  of  Kilders,  146. 
Carstairs,  James,  129. 
Carstairs,  John,  130. 
Carstairs,  of  New  Grange,  130. 
Carstairs,  Principal  William,   130. 
Carstairs,  Rev.    Dr.  Andrew,  107. 
Castletown,  Paiish  of,  403. 
Cathnic,  Robert,  127. 
Cawdor,  Parish  of,  374. 
Ceres,  Parish  of,  79. 
Chalmers,  Alexander,  72. 
Chalmers,  Alexander,  do.,  312. 
Chalmers,  Alexander,  of  Clunie,  351. 
Chalmers,  Barbara,  72. 
Chalmers,  Charles,  72. 
Chalmers,  Christian,  72. 
Chalmers,  Dr.  Thomas,  71,  136. 
Chalmers,  George,  do.,  132. 
Chalmers,  Rev.  James,  72. 
Chalmers,  of  Hazlehead,  193. 
Chalmers,  Rev.  Hugh,  356. 
Chalmers,  James,  233. 

Chalmers,  James,  do.,  312. 

Chalmers,  Jane,  72. 

Chalmers,  Jean,  72. 

Chalmers,  John,  71. 

Chalmers,  of  Kirktown,  312. 

Chalmers,  Patrick,  of  Auldbar,  194. 

Chalmers,  Patrick,  72. 

Chalmers,  William,  72. 

Chalmers,  William,  of  Auldbar,  193. 

Chambers,  Robert,  LL.D.,  138. 

Chapel  of  Garioch,  Parish  of,  313. 

Chapman,  Robert,  no. 

Charteris,  Family  of,  168. 

Charteris,  Margaret,  409. 

Chattan,  clan,  382. 

Chiesley,  John,  of  Dairy,  35. 


422 


INDEX 


Chirnsydf,  Bailie  Jam<s,  402. 
Christie,  James,  Balbuchlie,  199. 
Christina,  Princess,  92. 
Clackmannan,  Parish  of,  61. 
Clackmannanshire,  52 — 64. 
Clark,  Robert,  185. 
Cleghorn,  Dr.  llugh,  98. 
Cleghorn,  Hugh,  of  Stravithie,  97. 
Cleland,  Col.  William,  161. 
Cleland,  John,  162. 
Cleland,  "William.  Jan.,  162. 

Clerk,  John,  of  Eldin,  95. 

Clifford,  Sir  Robert,  50. 

Clugston,  Rev.  William,  230.' 

Clyde,  John,  Martyr,  125. 

Cochrane,  Jean,  30. 

Cochrane,  Lord,  30. 

Collace,  Parish  of,  152. 

Qollessie,  Parish  of,  79. 

Colonsay,  Parish  of,  8. 

Colquhoun,  Gen.  Dauiel,  209; 

Colquhoun,  Sir  G.  L.  A.,  of  Tillyquharn, 

273- 

Colquhoun,  Sir  James,  21. 
Columba,  10,  u. 
Combe,  George,  91. 
Coming,  William,  of  Achry,  336. 
Comrie,  Parish  of,  152. 
Corny n,  Walter,  187. 
Conolly,  Erskine,  74. 
Conqueror,  John,  183. 
Con  tin,  Parish  of,  385. 
Cook,  David,  of  Carphin,  82. 
Cook,  1'rofessor  George,    D.D.,  136,  294. 
Cook,  Rev.  John,  D.D.,  138. 
Cooper,  Family  of,  69. 
Cooper,  Rev.  John,  117. 
Copland,  Professor,  310. 
Corbet,  Family  of,  272. 
Cordiner,  Mr.  349. 
Corstorphine,  Family  of,  106. 
Cortachy,  Parish  of,  206. 
Coulthart,  Alexander,  408. 
Coulthart,  Andrew,  410. 
Coulthart,  of  Coulthart,  408. 
Coulthart,  James,  410. 
Coulthart,  Jane,  406. 
Coulthart,  John  Ross,  406. 


Coupar-Angus,  Parish  of,  153. 

Coupar,  Walter,  212. 

Coutts,  Eppie,  141. 

Cowan,  John,  Hospital  Founder,  44. 

Cowie,  Housiof,    279. 

Cowper,  The  Poet,  68. 

Crabb,  Anne,  249. 

Craig,  Parish  of,  208. 

Craig,  Rev.  Robert,  5. 

Craigengelt,  of  that  Ilk,  43. 

Craignish,  Parish  of,  8. 

Crail,  Parish  of,  80. 

Cranston,  Bishop  Robert,  173. 

Crathie  and  Braemar,  Parish  of,  314. 

Craw,  Paul,  Martyr,  126, 

Crawford,  Earls  of,  266. 

Crawford,  Henry,  ofSeatoun,  216. 

Crawford,  John,  2Oth  Earl  of,  79. 

Crawford,  Noble  House  of,  82. 

Crawford,  Robert,  200. 

Crawford,  Sir  Raynald,35,  36. 

Crawfurd,  Alexander,  of  Rathen,  341. 

Creich,  Parish  of,  81. 

Cressingham,  Hugh,  36. 

Crichton,  David    Maitland    Makgill,  of 

Rankeilour,  85,  115. 
Crieff,  Parish  of,  155. 
Crimond,  Parish  of,  316. 
Crombie,  Alexander,  LL.D.,  285. 
Crombie,  Alexander,  of  Phesdo,  285. 
Cromarty,  Countess  of,  386. 
Crornarty,  Earl  of,  386. 
Cromarty,  Parish  of,  386. 
Crombie,  John,  86. 
Cruden,  Parish  of,  316. 
Cruikshank,   Elizabeth,  360. 
Cruikshank,  James,  of  Toukshill,  311. 
Cruikshank,  Jane,  272. 
Cruikshank,  Patrick,  of  Stracathro,  360. 
Cruikshank,  William,  233. 
Cullen,  Parish  of,  349. 
Cults,  Parish  of,  82. 
Cuming,  Sir  Alexander,  of  Coulter,  339. 
Curning,  Alexander,  of  Craigmill,  365 . 
Cummertrees,  Parish  of, '406. 
Gumming,  of  Altyre,  336. 
Gumming,  Archibald,  of  Auchry,  336. 
Cumbray,  Parish  of,  i. 


INDEX. 


423 


Cupar,  Parish  of,  82—86. 
Cushnie,  Captain,  310. 
Cuthbert,  John,  of  Castlehill,  378. 
Cuthbert,  John,  of  Drakies,  379. 


Dalgety,  John,  234. 

Dalgety,  Parish  of,  86. 

Dalhousie,  Earls  of,  203. 

Dallas,  Parish  of,  365. 

Dalton,  Parish  of,  406. 

Dalzel,  Mary  Craig,  142. 

Daun,  Rev.  George,  323. 

Dauney,  Rev.  Francis,  273. 

David  I.,  49." 

Davidson,  Bailie  Robert,  217. 

Davidson,  Duncan,  of  Tilliechetly,  273. 

Davidson,  George,  of  Pettens,  308. 

Davidson,  Provost  Robert,  303. 

Davidson,  Rev.  Adam,  222. 

Davidson,  Rev.  Thomas,  47, 

Davidson,  Robert,  yr,  of  Balgay,  218. 

Dean  Cemetery,  399. 

Dempster,  George,  of  Dunnichen,  230. 

Dennis  cairn,  313. 

Denny,  "William,  19. 

Dermock,  Bishop  Finlay,  156. 

Dick,  Robert,  Naturalist,  396. 

Dick,  Sir  Robert,  of  Tullymett,  162. 

Dick,  Thomas,  LL.D.,  220,  256. 
"Dickson,  David,  ofWesthall,  85. 

Dickson,  William,  of  Bellwood,  171. 

Dingwall,  Parish  of,  386. 

Doig,  Dr.  David,  45. 

Doig,  Dame  Christian,  224. 

Dollar,  Parish  of,  62. 

Donaldson,  Robert,  of  Rosebank,  76. 

Dornoch,  Parish  of,  392. 

Douglas,  Bishop  John,  273. 

Douglas,  Charles  Irvine,  97. 

Douglas,  Elizabeth  Irvine,  97. 

Douglas,  Euphemia,  116. 

Douglas,  George  L.  A.,  273. 

Douglas,  James,  Earl  of,  116. 

Douglas,  John,  81. 

Douglas,  John,  Talkenhorst,  273. 

Douglas,  John,  of  Tilwhilly,  273. 

Douglas,  Lord  W.  R.  K.,  97. 


Douglas,  Mrs.  Hannah,  273. 

Douglas,  Sir  James,  90. 

Douglas,  Sir  William,  229. 

Douglas,  Sir  William,  of  Glenbervie,  288. 

Drimree,  8. 

Dron,  Parish  of,  155. 

Drummond,  Agatha,  167. 

Drummond,  Bishop  James,  D.D.,  316. 

Drummond,  Dean,  Sir  William,  157. 

Drummond,  Euphemia,  156. 

Drummond,  George,  of  Blair  Drummond, 

167. 

Drummond,  George  Home,  168. 
Drummond,  James,  Milnab,  15$. 
Drummond,  John  Lord,  156. 
Drummond,  Margaret,  156. 
Drumblade,  Parish  of,  318. 
Drummond,  Queen  Annabella,  92,  157. 
Drummond,  Sybella,  156. 
Drummond,  William  of  Stirling,  41,  42. 
Drymen,  Parish  of,  25. 
Duddingstone,  Rear- Admiral,  102. 
Duirinish,  Parish  of,  376. 
Duirs,  William,  M.D.,  294. 
Duff,   Admiral  Archibald,  of  Drumuir, 

347- 

Duff,  Alexander,  387. 
Duff,  Alexander,  of  Braco,  351. 
Duff,  Alexander,  of  Hatton,  311. 
Duff,  Alexander,  of  Keithmore,  356. 
Duff,  Colonel  Robert  W.,  278.  | 
Duff,  of  Fetteresso,  278. 
Duff,  George,  of  Hatton,  511. 
Duff,  of  Hatton,  311. 
Duff,  Major  Alex,  of  Cupin,  347-. 
Duff,  Patrick,  of  Coulter,  339. 
Duff,  William,  of  Dipple,  357. 
Duffus,  Parish  of,  365. 
Dumbarton,  Parish  of,  18. 
Dumbartonshire,  17—21. 
Dumfriesshire,  406—409, 
Dun,  Parish  of,  209. 
Dunaverty,  Siege  of,  8. 
Dunbar,  Archbishop  Gavin,  337. 
Dunbar,  Emilia,  370. 
Dunbar,  of  Grange,  367. 
Dunbar,  Sir  James,  of  Cumnock,  337. 
Dunblane,  Parish  of,  156. 


424 


INDEX. 


Duncan  I.,  n. 

Duncan,  Adam,  Viscount,  247 

Duncan,  Alexander,  100. 

Duncan,  Elizabeth,  of  Eden  Grove,  102. 

Duncan,  James,  223. 

Duncan,  Jonathan,  223. 

Duncan  of  Lundie,  247. 

Duncan,  person  so  named,  260. 

Duncan,  llev.  J.,  of  Dunrossuess,  317. 

Duncan,  Rev.  Joseph,  104. 

Duncan,  Sir  "William,  M.D.,  248. 

Dundas,  House  of,  27. 

Duudas,  Sir  James,  24. 

Dundee,  Parish  of,  210,  221. 

Dundee,   Viscount,    30,    243.    87,    150, 
162. 

Dundonald,  Earls  of,  30. 

Dunfermline,   Burial  Place  of  Kings  at, 
12. 

Dunfermline,  Earls  of,  86. 

Dunfermline,  Parish  of,  88,  97. 

Dunino,  Parish  of,  97. 
Dunglass  Castle,  19. 
Dunkeld,  Parish  of,  159. 
Dunmore,  George,  5th  Earl  of,  22. 
Dunnottar,  Parish  of,  275. 
Dunoon,  Parish  of,  9. 
Dunstaffnage,  15. 
Durham,  Family  of,  in. 
Durham  of  Grange,  253. 
Durris,  the  Clan,  367. 
Dury,  Abbot  George,  93. 
Dury,  John  of  Dury,  93. 
Duthie,  Robert,  Poet,  279. 
Duthil,  Parish  of,  365. 
Dyke  and  Moy,  Parish  of,  366. 
Dykes,  Rev.  John,  71. 
Dysart,  Parish  of,  98. 


Eassie  and  Nevay,  Parish  of,  221. 
Echline,  John,  Pittadrow,  132. 
Echt,  Parish  of,  319. 
Edinburghshire,  399 — 402. 
Edgar,  Miss,  293. 
Ldmonstons,  Sir  Archibald,  30. 
Edmonstone,  Archibald,  51. 
Edmonstone,  Sir  William,  51. 


Edmund,  Prince,  89. 
Edward  I,  37. 
Edward,  Prince,  88. 
Edward,  Robert,  291. 
Edzell,  Parish  of,  223. 
Elchies,  Lord,  372. 
Elgin,  Charles,  5th  Earl  of,  94. 
Elgin,  Noble  House  of,  94. 
Elgin,  Parish  of  366. 
Elginshire,  363— 373. 
Elioly,  Canon  James,  127. 

Elizabeth,  Queen  of  Robert  the  Bruce, 
92. 

Elliot,  John,  of  Binks,  404. 

Elliot,  John,  of  Thorlieahope,  404. 

Ellon,  Parish  of,  320. 

Elphinstone,  Admiral  George  K.,  192. 

Elphinstone,  John,  of  Bellabeg,  319. 

Elphinstone,  the  Lords,  22,  325,  326. 

Ermengarde,  Queen,  75. 

Errol,  Earls  of,  153,  316. 

Errol,  Parish  of,  163. 

Erskiue,  Charles,  24. 

Erskine,  Sir  Charles,  Bart,  24. 

Erskine,   Sir  Charles,   Bart.,  of  Cambo, 

106. 

Erskine,  David,  106. 
Erskiue,  David,  Advocate,  254. 
Erskine,  of  Dun,  209. 
Erskine,  James,  of  Linlathen,  253,  254. 
Erskine,  James,  of  Grange,  377. 
Erskiue,  Penelope,  106. 
Erskine,  Rev.  Ralph,  96,  182. 
Erskine,  Thomas,  106. 
Erskine,    Rev.  Ebenezer,   40,   41,    142, 

182. 

Erskine,  Thomas,  of  Linlathen,  254. 
Erskine,  Sir  William,  43,  44. 
Ethelred,  Prince,  89. 
Ettleton,  Churchyard  of,  404. 


Fairfowl,  Bishop  Andrew,  74. 
Fairfull,  Rev.  John,  74. 
Falconer,  Bailie  David,  131. 
Falconer,  of  Glenfarquhar,  285. 
Falconer,  Margaret,  288. 
Falkirk,  Parish  of,  26. 


INDEX. 


425 


Falkland,  Parish  of,  99. 
Farmer,  Alexander,  98. 
Farnell,  Parish  of,  224. 
Farquhar,  Gen.  William,  183. 
Farquharson,    Alexander,    of  Monaltrie, 

314. 

Farquharson,  Anne,  314. 
Farquharson,  of  Auchriachan,  355. 
Farquharson,  of  Baldovie,  239. 
Farquharson,  of  Brockdearg,  239. 
Farquharson,  Catherine,  315. 
Farquharson,  Donald,  of  Balfour,  332. 
Farquharson,  Donald,  of  Monaltrie,  322. 
Farquharson,  Finlay,  of  Auchriachan,  355. 
Farquharson,  Finlay,  of  Invercauld,  355. 
Farquharson,  Frances,  of  Shields,  322. 
Farquharson,  Francis,  314. 
Farquharson,  James,  Baluabodach,  314. 
Farquharson,  James  of  Bdlnabodach,  aud 

Tullochcoy,  315. 

Farquharson,  James,  of  Invercauld,  315. 
Farquharson,  James  Ross,  315. 
Farquharson,  James,  of  Tullochcoy,  314. 
Farquharson,  John,  314. 
Farquharson,  John,  of  Invercauld,  315. 

Farquharson,  Lieut-Col.,  315. 
Farquharson,  Peter,  of  Tullochcoy,  314. 
Farquharson,  Peter,  315. 
Farquharson,  Robert,  of  Allerg,  345. 
Farquharson,  Robert,  of  Breda,  345. 
Farquharson,  of  Whitehouse,  322. 
Farquharson,  William,  of  Monaltrie,  322. 

Farquharson,  William,  314. 

Fearn,  Abbey  of,  387. 

Fearn,  Parish  of,  387. 

Fenton,  John ,  of  Scrushloch,  244. 

Ferguson,  Colonel  Robert  M.,  66. 

Ferguson,  Gen.  Sir  Ronald,  66. 

Ferguson,  James,  the  Astronomer^  351. 

Ferguson,  Professor  Adam,  134. 

Fergusson,  Rev.  David,  95. 

Ferguson,  Robert,  of  Raith,  65. 

Ferrie,  William,  D.D.,  102. 

Ferrier,  Miss,  47. 

Ferrier,  Professor  James  S.,  137. 

Ferry,  David,  74. 

Ferry-Port-on-Craig,  Parish  of,  99. 

Fettercairn,  Parish  of,  276. 


Fettercairn,  Proprietors  of,  276. 

Fetteresso,  Parhh  of,  278. 

Fife,  Earls  of,  350,  351,  357. 

Fifeshire,  65—141,  414. 

Findlater,  Alex  Ogilvy,  Baron,  349. 

Findlater,  House  of,  349. 

Findlay,  Rev.  John,  D.D.,  183. 

Finella,  The  Princess,  285. 

Fingal,  388. 

Finhaven,  Chapel  of,  266. 

Finlayson,  Professor  James,  157. 

Fion,  Walter,  2. 

Fleming,  Rev.  Robert,  31. 

Flisk,  Parish  of,  101. 

Fodderty,  Parish  of,  388. 

Forbes,  Bailie  Thomas,  390. 

Forbes,  Bishop  Alexander,  325. 

Forbes,  Captain  Alexander,  of  luverer- 

nan,  345.- 

Forbes,  Charles,  of  Auchernach,  344. 
Forbes,  of  Craigievar,  329. 
Forbes,  Gen.  David,  C.B.,  344. 
Forbes,  Gen.  Nathaniel,  of  Aucheruach 

344- 

Forbes,  George,  R.  N.,  330. 
Forbes,  John,  of  Ardmurdo,  325. 
Forbes,  John,  of  Bellabeg,  344. 
Forbes,  John,  of  Newe,  344. 
Forbes,  Lord,  226. 
Forbes,  Major  Alexander,  of  Invereruan, 

343.  345- 

Forbes,  Mrs.  Bathia,  350. 
Forbes,  Patrick,  of  Corse,  337. 
Forbes,  Professor  John,  329. 
Forbes,  Rev.  Dr.  George,  345. 
Forbes,  Sir  Charles,  of  Newe,  344. 
Forbes,  Sir  John  H.  S.,  Bart.,  277. 
Forbes,  Sir  William,  of  Craigievar,  308. 
Forbes,  of  Waterton,  296,  320. 
Forbes,  William,  of  Callauder,  27. 
Forbes,  William,  of  Corse,  337. 
Fordoun,  Parish  of,  285. 
Fordyce,  of  Ardo,  271. 
Forfar,  Douglas,  Earl  of,  413. 
Forfar,  Parish  of,  227. 
Forfarshire,  193 — 270. 
Forgan,  Parish  of,  415. 
Forgaudenny,  Parish  of,  164. 


•120 


JNDKX. 


Forres,  Parish  of,  370. 

Forrest,  Henry,  martyr,  126. 

Forret,  David,  84. 

Forret,  of  that  Ilk,  84. 

Forret,  Thomas,  martyr,  84. 

Forrest,  Janet,  307. 

Forrester,  George,  216. 

Forrester,  Martha,  200. 

Forman,  Archbishop  Andrew,  92. 

Forman,  Bailie  Robert,  58. 

Forty,  James,  2. 

Forty-Second  Regiment,  monument  to 
162. 

Foveran,  Parish  of,  321. 

Fowlis  Easter,  Parish  of,  231. 

Fowlis  Wester,  Parish  of,  164. 

Fraser,  Dr.  Andrew,  360. 

Frasers,  of  Findrack,  327. 

Fraser,  James,  213. 

Fraser,  Janet,  329. 

Fraser,  Rev.  Donald,  185. 

Fraser,  Rev.  William,  56. 

Fraser,  Simon,  of  Beaufort,  376. 

Fraser,  Thomas,  of  Beaufort,  376. 

Fraser,  William  N.,  of  Tornaveen,  328. 

Frazer,  Christian,  341. 

Frazer,  Elizabeth,  341. 

Frazer,  Sarah,  of  Memsie,  342. 

Frazer,  Sir  Alexander,  of  Philorth,  341. 

Frazer,  William,  of  Memsie,  342. 

Frendraught,  Viscount,  86. 

Frew,  Rev.  Forest,  183. 

Fullarton,  of  Cowie,  279. 

Fullerton,  John,  3,  29. 

Fyfe,  Margaret,  242. 

Fyvie,  Parish  of,  321. 

Fyvie,  Lord,  87. 

Gairloch,  Parish  of,  388. 
Galloway,  James,  185. 
Gammel,  Gen.  Andrew,  287. 
Gammel,  James,  of  Drumtochty,  287. 
Gamrie,  Parish  of,  350. 
Garden,  Margaret,  322. 
Gardyne,  David,  of  Lawtoun,  238. 
Gardyne,  of  Middleton,  238. 
Gartshore,  of  that  Ilk,  20. 
(Jarvock,  Parish  of,  288. 


Gask,  Parish  of,  164. 

Glides,  Emilia,  99. 

Gibbon,  Margaret,  78. 

Gibson,  Col.  Thomas,  139. 

Gibson,  Sir  Alexander,  139. 

Gillanders,  Jean,  332. 

Giles,  John,  354. 

Gillies,  Adam,  203. 

Gillies,  Dr.  John,  203. 

Gillies,  Rev.  John,  203. 

Gillespie,  Dr.  Thomas,  135. 

Gillespie,  Principal  James,  77. 

Gillespie,  Rev.  Thomas,  95. 

Gladstone,  Anne  M'Kenzie,  277. 

Gladstone,  Capt.  John  JkL,  277. 

Gladstone,  Robert,  277. 

Gladstone,  Sir  John,  Bart.,  276. 

Gladstone,  Thomas,  277. 

Glammis,  Parish  of,  231. 

Glasgow,  Parish  of,  413. 

Glashan,  James,  354. 

Gledinning,  Alex.,  of  Ashgrove,  407. 

Gleig,  Bishop,  46,  297. 

Gleig,  Rev.  George  Robert,  297. 

Glen,  Christian,  of  Cultra,  76. 

Glen,  Robert,  105. 
Glenalmond,  Vale  of,  177. 
Glenbervie,  Barons  of,  288. 
Glenbervie,  Parish  of,  288. 
Glendinning,  Alex,  of  the  Isle  of  Dalton, 

406,  407. 

Glendinning,  Sidney,  of  Seedley,  407 
Glendonwin,  Mary,  361. 
Glenisla,  Parish  of,  235. 
Glennie,  Dr.  John,  295. 
Glennie,  Professor  George,  295. 
Glenorchay,  Parish  of,  9. 
Glenmuick,     Tullich,     and     Glengairn, 

Parish  of,  321. 
Glyge,  Adam,  287. 
Golspie,  Parish  of,  392. 
Gordon,  Adam,  of  Cairn  field,  360. 
Gordon,  Alex.  W.  S.,  361. 

ordon,  Alexander,  of  Cairnfield,  360. 

ordon,  Anne,  348. 
jrordon,  Barbara,  303. 
Gordon,  Benjamin  Aburnethie,  of  Balbi- 

than,  325. 


INDEX. 


427 


Gordon,  Charles,  of  Abergeldie.  322. 

Gordon,  Charles,  Auehlenchries,  317. 

Gordon,  Charles  N.,  of  Erlemont,  320. 

Gordon,  Charles  St.  Bridget,  355. 

Gordon,  Elizabeth,  of  Cairnfield,  361. 

Gordon,  of  Ellon,  295. 

Gordon,  George,  of  Hallhead,  320. 

Gordon,  George,  merchant,  360. 

Gordon,  George,  of  Troquhain,  411. 

Gordon,  Gen.  John,  R. A.,  3 19. 

Gordon,  Gen.  Wm.  A.,  C.B.,  355. 

Gordon,  Hon.  Robert,  ofGordotiston,  361. 

Gordon,  John,  of  Avochie,  386. 

Gordon,  John,  Dumferg,  348. 

Gordon,  John,  of  Gleiibucket,  354. 

Gordon,  Lieut-Col.  John,  348. 

Gordon,  Major,  351. 

Gordon,  Major  Patrick,  360. 

Gordon,  of  .New  Hall,  278. 

Gordon,  Peter,  of  Abergeldie,  322. 

Gordon,  Rev.  J.  F.  S.,  D.D.,  354. 

Gordon,  Rev.  James,  311. 

Gordon,  Rev.  Robert,  319. 

Gordon,  Sir  James,  of  Gordonstone,  361. 

Gordon,  £ir  Robert,  of  Gordonstoue,  281. 

Gordon,  Sir  Wm.,  of  Gordonstone,  361. 

Gordon,  "Wil  iam,  of  Glenbucket,  354. 

Gordons  of  Aberdour,  310. 

Gordons,  of  Abergeldie,  321. 

Gordons  of  Gight,  321. 

Gourlay,  Patrick,  215. 

Gourlay,  "William,  of  Kincraig,  102. 

Gow,  John,  184. 

Gow,  John  R.,  184. 

Gow,  Neil,  173. 

Gowrie,  James,  Earl  of,   180. 

Graham,  Archbishop  Patrick,  51. 

Graham,  Mrs.  Agnes,  243. 

Graham,  of  Airth,  254. 

Graham,  Barren,  of  Morphie,  299. 

Graham,  of  Fintray,  254. 

Graham,  Gen.  Sir  Thomas,  170. 

Graham,  Lieut-Gen.,  46. 

Graham,  of  Morphie,  299. 

Grahatn,  Rev.  James,  29. 

Graham,  Sir  John  de,  26. 

Graham,  Sir  Robert,  of  Morphie,  288. 

Grainger,  Mrs.,  289. 


Grant,  Captain  John,  ofElchies,  371. 

Grant,  Captain  "William,  365. 

Grant,  Capt.  George,  384. 

Grant,  of  Castle'Grant,  365. 

Grant,  Col.  Sir  Maxwell,  366. 

Grant,  Donald,  of  Inverlochy,  356. 

Grant,  Ellen,  357. 

Grant,  Francis,  of  Kilgraston,  356. 

Grant,  James,  of  Burahall,  384. 

Grant,  James,  of  Rothiemurchus,  384. 

Grant,  James  "W.,  of  Elchies,  365,  371. 

Grant,  Jean,  313,  391. 

Grant,  John  Charles,  384. 

Grant,  John,  of  Glenmoriston,  383. 

Grant,  John,  of  Kilgraston,  356. 

Grant,  John,  of  Rothmaise,  318. 

Grant,  Joseph,  poet,  301. 

Grant,  Major,  Auchterblair,  365. 

Grant,  Patrick,  of  Glenlochy,  356. 

Grant,  Patrick,  of  Glenmoriston,  384. 

Grant,  Simon  Fraser,  384. 

Grant,  Sir  Francis,  356. 

Grant,  Sir  George  Macpherson,  225. 

Grant,  Sir  Jas.  H.,  K.C.B.,  356. 

Grant,  Sir  James,  of  Mojnes,  391. 

Grant,  of  Tullochgorum,  366. 

Grange,  Lady,  377. 

Grange,  Parish  of,  351. 

Gray,  Captain  Charles,  106. 

Gray,  Captain  Thomas,  106. 

Gray,  David,  poet,  20. 

Gray,  Graham,  of  Claverhouse,  150. 

Gray,  House  of,  127,  231. 

Gray,  James,  of  Auchingiech,  21. 

Gray,  John,  of  Condarot,  21. 

Gray,  Mary,  175. 

Gray,  Rev.  Andrew,  183. 

Gray,  tiev.  John,  64. 

Gray,  "William,  98. 

Gregory,  Dr.  James,  309. 

Greig,  Alexander,  252. 

Greenhill,  Alexander,  238. 

Greenhill,  Charles,  of  Fearn,  238. 

Greenhill,  James,  238. 

Greenlaw,  of  that  Ilk,  325. 

Guild,  Principal  William,  305. 

Guillan,  Andrew,  125. 

Guthrie,  of  Guthrie,  359. 


428 


INDEX. 


Guthrie,  Parish  of,  236. 
Guthrie,  Person  ot  the  name,  753. 
Guthrie,  Rev.  James,  40. 
Guthrie,  llev.  William,  202. 
Gunn,  Alex.,  396. 
Gunn,  the  Clan,  395,  396. 
Gunn,  Donald,  396. 


Haldane,  Friar,  74. 
Haldane,  of  Gleueagles,  150. 
Halkett,  llev.  John,  154. 
Halkett,  Samuel,  154. 
Halkett,  Sir  Charles,  94. 
Halliday,  Andrew,  352. 
Halkirk,  Parish  of,  395. 
Halyburtou,  James  of  Pitcur,  219. 
Hamilton,  Dukes  of,  22. 
Hamilton,  James,  Marquis  of,  413. 
Hamilton,  Patrick,  93,  126. 
Hamilton,  Rev.  George,  116. 
Harlaw,  Battle  of,  304. 
Harold,  Earl,  396. 
Harold's  Tower,  396. 
Harris,  Parish  of,  377. 
Harvey,  George,  50. 

Harvey,  Sir  George,  50. 

Hay,  Andrew,  of  Mountblairy,  359. 

Hay,  Andrew  of  Ranfield,  359. 

Hay,  Andrew,  of  Rannes,  360. 

Hay,  Charles,  of  Rannes,  360. 

Hay,  Charles,  237, 

Hay,  of  Errol,  153. 

Hay,  Bishop  William,  D.D.,  378. 

Hay,  Farmer,  189. 

Hay,  Francis,  276. 

Hay,  George  of  .Rannes,  359. 

Hay,  Gilbert  de,  153. 

Hay,  James  of  Muldavit,  359. 

Hay,  John,  of  Langshed,  359. 

Hay,  Lawrence,  martyr,  84. 

Hay,  of  Meggincb,  170. 

Hay,  of  Rannes,  359. 

Hay,  Sir  Edmund,  of  Lenplum,  359. 

Hay,  Sir  George,  170. 

Hay,  Sir  James,  Kingask,  1 70. 

Hay,  Sir  William,  of  Errol,  359. 

Hay,  Sir  William,  of  Locharat,  359. 


Hay,  William,  of  Edderston,  359. 

Hawks-stone,  The,  189. 

Haxton,  David,  Rathillet,  84,  123,  125. 

Heiton,  Andrew,  183. 

Henderson,  of  Fordel,  359, 

Henderson,  George,  1 1 7. 

Henderson,  Katherine,  343. 

Henderson,  Margaret,  76. 

Henderson,  Robert,  116. 

Henderson,  Sir  Thomas,  31. 

Henderson,  Rev.  Alexander,  37,  319. 

Hendrie,  John,  352. 

Henryson,  Robert,  92. 

Hepburn,  Prior  John,  120. 

Hepburn,  of  Rickarton,  278. 

Herd,  David,  296. 

Herd,  John,  296. 

Heriot,  Rev.  Adam,  310. 

Heron,  Margaret,  411. 

Heron,  Patrick,  of  Heron,  411. 

Hill,  Captain,  141. 

Hill,  Dr.  George,  134. 

Hogg,  Sir  Roger,  28. 

Home  George,  of  Kames,  167. 

Home,  John,  author  of  Douglas,'  4,  134. 

Honyman,  Bishop  Andrew,  397. 

Honyman,  David,  290. 

Honyman,  Rev.  Andrew,  291. 

Honyman,  Rev.  James,  290. 

Hopetoun,  Earl  of,  114. 

Horsburgh,  of  Firth,  1 1 7. 

Hume,  Joseph,  M.P.,  258. 

Hunt,  William,  of  Pitteucrieff,  94. 

Hunter,  Alexander,  of  Balskelly,  238. 

Hunter,  Alison,  322. 

Hunter,  of  Burnside,  230,  253. 

Hunter,  Dr.  John,  135. 

Hunter,  James,  185. 

Hunter,  Major  Thomas,  200. 

Huntingdon,  David,  Earl  of,  115. 

Huntly,  Charles,  10th  Marquis  of,  358. 

Huntly,  Earls  of,  157,  367 

Huntly,  Marquis  of,  281. 

Hutchison,  David,  100. 


Imlach,  Rev.  Alexander,  262. 
Inchcolm,  Monastery  of,  71. 


INDEX. 


429 


Inglis  Robert,  of  Kirkraay,  81. 

Ingram,  Rev.  William,  319. 

Innes,  Alexander,  Matthie  Mill  373. 

limes,  of  Coxton,  373. 

Innes,  of  Cowie,  279,  283. 

Innes,  of  Edingight,  351. 

Innes,  Mrs.  Elizabeth,  M.  R.,  of  Xether- 

dale,  356. 

Innes,  Gilbert,  of  Rora,  312. 
Innes,  Hugh,  of  Leichnet,  357. 
Innes,  James  Rose,  356. 
Innes,  John,  of  Muryfold,  351,  356. 
Innes,  Sir  James  M.,  of  Balveny,  351. 
Innes,  Sir  R.,  of  that  Ilk,  358. 
Innes,  Professor  Cosmo,  279. 
Innes,  of  Stow,  312. 
limes,  Thomas,  of  ditto,  351. 

Innes,  Walter,  Artones,  323. 

Insch,  Parish  of,  323. 

Inverary,  Parish  of,  9, 

Inveraven,  Parish  of,  352. 

Inverkeillor,  Parish  of,  237. 

Inverness,  Parish  of,  378. 

Inverness-shire,  376 — 384. 

Inverury,  Parish  of,  323. 

lona,  Abbey  church  of,  13. 

lona  Club,  The,  13. 

lona,  Parish  of,  10 — 14. 

Ireland,  Alexander,  68. 

Ireland,  Rev.  Dr.  Walter,  343. 

Irvine,  Captain  Robert,  285. 

Irvine,  of  Drum,  281,  304,  313, 

Irvine,  Sir  Alexander,  304. 

Irving,  of  Bonshaw,  409. 

Irving,  Christopher,  409. 

Irving,  John,  of  Boreland,  408. 

Irving,  Mary,  409. 

Irwin,  Sir  William  de,  304. 

Jaffray,  Provost  John,  of  Dilspro,  307. 

Jaffray,  Thomas,  of  ditto,  307. 

James  I.,  179. 

James  III.,  monument  of,  49. 

James  IV.,  179. 

Jeffrey,  Francis,  369. 

Jobson,  Elizabeth,  244. 

Jobson,  Family  of,  264. 

Jobson,  Jane,  264.  . 


Johnson,  Dr.  Samuel,  323,  417. 
Johnston,  Robert,  54. 
Johnstone,  of  Alva,  24. 
Johnstone,  Andrew,  M.P.,  104. 
Johnstone,  Janet,  404. 
Johnstone,  John,  of  Graitney,  407. 
Johnstone,  of  Pitkerrie,  104. 
Johnstone,  Robert,  of  Bick-Kerr,  406. 
Johnstoun,  Agnes,  407. 
Jones,  Frances,  346. 
Jopp,  James,  323. 
Jopp,  Provost,  323. 


Kames,  Lord,  167. 

Keir,  Parish  of,  407. 

Keith,  Alexander,  of  Troup,  350. 

Keith,  of  Auquhorsh,  324. 

Keith,  Dr.  Alexander,  325. 

Keith  Hall  and  Kinkell,  Parish  of,  324. 

Keith,  Mary,  274. 

Keith,  Parish  of,  352. 

Keith,  Rev.  Alexander,  317. 

Keith,  Rev.  George,  317. 

Keith,  Rev.  George,  S.,  D.D.,  324. 

Keith,  Robert,  of  Polburn,  259. 

Keith,  Sir  Robert,  350. 

Keith,  Sir  William,  90. 

Keith,  Viscount,  192. 

Kellie,  Earls  of,  53. 

Kells,  Parish  of,  410. 

Kelly,  Charles,  8th  Earl  of,  106. 

Kennedy,  Bishop  James,  51,  117 — 119. 

Kennedy,  Rev.  Samuel  G.,  183. 

Kenneth  III.,  188,  285. 

Ker,  Isobel,  243. 

Kerr,  David,  of  Grange,  254. 

Kerr,  Family  of,  3. 

Kerr,  Rev.  Alexander,  351. 

Kerr,  Robert,  3. 

Kerr,  Thomas,  of  Grange,  254. 

Kessog,  Saint,  21. 

Kettle,  Alexander,  W.  S.,  114. 

Kettle,  Rev.  Thomas,  114. 

Kid,  David,  232. 

Kid,  John,  256. 

Kidd,  Professor,  309. 

Kilbryde,  Parish  of,  2. 


430 


INDEX. 


Kilconquhar,  Parish  of,  101. 
Kild rummy,  Parish  of,  325. 
Killean,  Parish  of,  14. 
Killearn,  Parish  of,  29. 
Killiecrankie,  Battle  of,  151. 
Kilmadock,  Parish  of,  166. 
Kilmalie,  Parish  of,  380. 
Kilmany,  Parish  of,  102. 
Kilmichael,  Estate  of,  3. 
Kilmorie,  Parish  of,  3. 
Kilmory,  Chapel  of,  15. 
Kilmuir,  Parish  of,  381. 
Kilpatrick,  Parish  of  Old,  19. 
Kilpont,  Lord,  188. 
Kilrenny,  Parish  of,  103. 
Kilsyth,  Parish  of,  30. 
Kincardine-in-Menteith,  Parish  of,  166. 
Kincardineshire,  271—301,  415. 
Kincardine  O'Neil,  Parish  of,  327. 
Kincardine,  Parish  of,  388. 
Kinfauns,  Parish  of,  168. 
King  Edward,  Parish  of,  328. 
Kinghorn,  Parish  of,  105. 
Kingoldrnm,  Parish  of,  239, 
Kingsbarns,  Parish  of,  106. 
Kinkaid,  of  that  Ilk,  24. 
Kinloch,  David,  of  Aberbrothie,  211. 
Kinloch,  George,  277. 
Kinloch,  George  Ritchie,  277. 
Kinneff,  Parish  of,  289. 
Kinnettles,  Parish  of,  240. 
Kiimaird,  Parish  of,  169. 
Kinnoull,  House  of,  1 70. 
Kinnoull,  Parish  of,  1 70. 
Kinnoull,  Thomas,  Earl  of,  52. 
Kinross,  Parish  of,  142. 
Kinross-shire,  142—144. 
Kintore,  Earls  of,  285,  324. 
Kirk,  Rev.  James,  146. 
Kirk,  Rev.  Robert,  146. 
Kirkcaldy,  Parish  of,  107—111. 
Kirkcudbrightshire,  410. 
Kirkmiehael,  Parish  of,  355. 
Kirk-Patrick  Durham,  Parish  of,  411. 
Kirk-Patrick  Fleming,  Parish  or,  408. 
Kirkden,  Parish  of,  240. 
Kirkintilloch,  Parish  of,  20. 
Kirkwall,  Parish  of,  397. 


Knapdale,  Parish  of  South,  15. 

Knockaudo,  Parish  of,  371. 

Knox,  James,  37,  79. 

Knox,  John,  37,  184. 

Knox,  William,  of  Common,  105. 

Kynneir,  of  that  Ilk,  211. 

L'Atny,  of  Dankenny,  Family  of,  222, 

232. 

Laidlaw,  William,  poet,  385. 
Laing,  Alexander,  poet,  203. 
Laing,  Malcolm,  397. 
Laird,  Admiral,  of  Strathmartin,  249. 
Lairg,  Parish  of,  393. 
Lamlash,  3. 

Lamont,  Rev.  David,  D.D.,  411. 
Lanarkshire,  413. 
Landon,  Letitia  E.,  353. 
Langlands,  Rev.  Robert,  368. 
Larbert,  Parish  of,  31. 
Largo,  Parish  of,  in. 
Latheron,  Parish  of,  395. 
Latto,  Alexander,  107. 
Laurencekirk,  Parish  of,  292,  415. 
Law,  Alexander,  no. 
Lecropt,  Parish  of,  172. 
Leith,  Ann,  313. 
Leith,  Dr.  Charles,  286. 
Leith,  Elizabeth,  287. 
Leith,  James,  of  Whiteriggs,  286. 
Leith,  Janet,  287. 
Leith,  John,  of  Kingudie,  313. 
Leith,  Margaret,  287. 
Lennox,  Hon.  C.  S.  B.  H.  K.,  24. 
Lennox,  the  Regent,  120. 
Leochel,  Parish  of,  329. 
Leslie,  Alex.,  of  Kininvie,  357. 
Leslie,  of  Coburty,  310. 
Leslie,  General  Alexander,  357. 
Leslie,  General  David,  69. 
Leslie,  George,  A.Y.,  of  Kininvie,  357. 
Leslie,  George,  of  Druinrnine,  357. 
Leslie,  Isabel,  357. 
Leslie,  John,  of  Kininvie,  357. 
Leslie,  Parish  of,  in. 
Leslie,  Rev.  James,  372. 
Lethnot  and  Navar,  Parish  of  241. 
Lenchars,  Parish  of,  113. 


INDEX 


431 


Leven    and    Melville,     Earls    of,    114, 

357- 

Liddel,  Marjory,  303. 
Liddell,  Duncan,  M.D.,  303. 
Liddell,  D.,2S7. 
Liddesdale,  Lord  of,  404. 
Liff  and  Benvie,  Parish  of,  242. 
Lindores,  Abbey  of,  115. 
Lindsay,  Andrew,  of  Whisleberry,  291. 
Lindsay,  Ann,  354. 
Lindsay  of  Edzell,  223. 
Lindsay,  General  Sir  Alexander,  186. 
Lindsay,  Kev.  Davis,  62,  252. 
Lindsay,  Roger,  291. 
Lindsay,    Sir  Alex.,    of    Evelack,    354, 

355- 

Lindsay,  Sir  Walter,  of  Edzell,  355. 
Lindsay,  Sir  "William,  of  Glenesk,  252. 
Lindsay,  Sir  William,  of  Rossy,  252. 
Linlithgow,  Earls  of,  27. 
Lintrathan,  Parish  of,  244. 
Lismore,  Parish  of,  14. 
Little  Dunkeld,  173. 
Livingstone,  family  of,  27,  30. 
Lochlee,  Parish  of,  245. 
Lockhart,  Sir  George,  377. 
Lockhart,  Sir  James,  of  Carstairs,  387. 
Logan,  Rev.  James,  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,  109.     * 
Longside,  Parish  of,  331. 
Longueville,  Sir  Thomas  de,  1 68. 
Lovat,  Lords,  376. 
Low,  Bishop,  1 1 6. 
Low,  Margaret,  296. 
Low,  Thomas,  250. 
Lumphanan,  Parish  of,  335. 
Lumsdaine,  of  Airdrie,  81. 
Lumsdaine,  of  Innergellie,  104. 
Lumsdaine,  Sir  James,  104. 
Lumsdaine,  of  Lathallan,  102. 
Lumsden,  Charles,  327. 
Lumsdens,  of  Clova,  326. 


Lumsden,  Harry,  of  Cushnie,  326. 
Lumsden,  Harry  Leith,  of  Auchindoir, 

Lumsden,  James,  326. 
Lumsden,  John,  of  Cushnie,  327. 
Lumsden,  John,  of  Auchendor,  326. 
Lumsden,  Katherine,  327. 
Lumsden,  Robert,  of  Cushnay,  326. 
Lumsden,  William,  of  Harlaw,  327. 
Lumsden,  William,  Titaboutie,  326. 
Lunan,  Parish  of,  247. 
Lundie  and  Fowlis,  Parish  of,  247. 
Ltindin,  upright  stones  at,  in. 
Lyall,  Robert,  225. 
Lyall,  Sir  Charles,  of  Kinnordy,  225. 
Lyell,  Alexander,  of  Gardyne,  240. 
Lyell,  Rev.  David,  203. 
Lyndesay,  Dame  Agnes,  1 14. 
Lynedoch,  Lord,  170. 
Lyon,  Rev.  C.  J.,  118. 
Lyon,  Rev.  James,  D.D.,  232. 


Macalister,  Colonel  Norman,  14. 
Macaulay,  Donald,  of  Lewis,  377. 
Macaulay,  Lord,  374,  378. 
Macaulay,  Rev.  Aulay,  377. 
Macaulay,  Rev.  John,  378. 
Macaulay,  Rev.  Kenneth,  374. 
Macaulay,  Zachary,  378. 
Macbeth,  n,  173.335- 
Macdonald,  Allan,  of  Kingsburgh,  381. 
Macdonald,  of  Armadale,  381. 
Macdonald,  Baron,  383. 
Macdonald,    Chief     Baron    Archibald, 

383. 

Macdonald,  Col.  John,  F.  R.  S.,  381. 
Macdonald,  Flora,  381, 
Macdonald,  Sheriff  James,  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. 
Macduff,  Cross  of,  115. 
Macduff,  the  Thane,  173. 
Macduff,  The  Clan,  8. 
Macduff,  Viscount,  357. 


432 


INDEX. 


Macfarlan,  Principal,  25. 

Macfarlan,  Rev.  Duncan,  25. 

McGashan,  Rev.  John.  23. 

McGibbon,  John,  45. 

Macgillivrays,  Chief  of,  382. 

MacGowan,  Major  John  A.,  414. 

Macgregor,  Colonel,  148. 

Macgregor,  Donald,  148. 

Macgregor,  Rob  Roy,  148. 

McGuflbg,  John,  412. 

McHaffie,  John,  2. 

McHardy,  William,  355. 

McCheyne,  Hev  Robert  M.,  221. 

McCombie,  Rev.  William,  Easter  Skean, 

343- 

McCulloch,  Andrew,  of  Glastalich,  375. 
McCulloch,  Margaret,  375. 
Mclndoe,  Archibald,  5. 
Macintyre,  Duncan  Ban,  9. 
Mclsack,  James,  57. 
Mackay,  a  warrior,  15. 
Mackay,  Hugh,  393. 
Mackay,  Rev.  John,  393. 
Mackay,  Rev.  Thomas,  393. 
Mackay,  The  Hon.  Sybella,  379. 
Mackay,  William,  393. 
McKelvie,  Bailie,  412. 
Mackenzie,  Abbot,  Kenneth,  14. 
Mackenzie,  Alex.,  of  Coul,    390. 
Mackenzie,  Dr.  George,  389. 
Mackenzie,  Hon.  Colin,  389. 
Mackenzie,  Lord,  of  Kintail.  390. 
Mackenzies.  ofSeaforth,  388. 
Mackenzie,  Rev.  James,  375. 
Mackenzie,  Rev.  James,  96. 
Mackenzie,  Sir  George,  386. 
Mackenzie,  Rev.  William,  394. 
Mackenzie,  Sir  John,  386. 
Mackintosh,  Capt.   John,  of  Ktllachie, 

382. 

MacKinnon's  Cross,  13. 
Mackintosh,  Laird  ef,  382. 
Mackintosh,  Sir  James.  382. 
Maclagan,  Donald  S.,  of  Glenquiech,  186. 
Maclaren,  James,  102. 
McLea,  Rev.  Archibald,  D.D.,  5. 
Maclean,  Chief  of,  313. 
McLean  of  Coll,  12. 


Maclean,  of  Dowart,  12,  304, 

Maclean's  Grave,  313. 

McLean,  of  Gruliu,  13. 

McLean,  of  Loch  Buy,  12. 

McLean,  Rev.  James,  353. 

Maclean,  of  Ross,  14. 

MacLeod,  Lord,  176. 

Macleod,  of  Macleod,  14. 

Macleods,  of  As»yut,  392. 

Macleods,  of  Lewis,  392. 

Maclean's  Cross,  n. 

MacMullen,  The  sept,  16. 

Macmillan  Cross,  The,  15. 

Macmillan,  Rev.  John,  48. 

McMillan,  Robert,  411. 

McNaught,  Jane,  410. 

McPherson,  Dr.  John,  374. 

Macpherson,  George,  319. 

McQuarrie,  of  Ulva,  13. 

MacQueen,  Donald,  382. 

McTurk,  Grizel,  410. 

Macvicar,  Provost  Archibald,  153. 

Mac  William,  Rev.  James,  327. 

Magus,  Muir,  124. 

Maiden's  Stone,  The,  61. 

Mains    and    Strathmartin,     Parish    of, 

249. 

Malcolm  Canmore,  88. 
Malcolm  II.,  293,  231. 
Malcolm  IV.,  89,  153. 
Mar,  John  Francis,  15th  Earl  of,  52. 
Mar,  noble  Family  of,  52. 
Maces,  silver,  118. 
March,  Robert,  Earl  of,  120. 
Margaret,  (Tudor),  Queen,  179. 
Marishal,  Earls,  120,  274,  275,  280,  350. 
Marnoch,  Parish  of,  356. 
Marochetti,  Baron,  310. 
Marshal,  Lord  Provost,  178. 
Marshall,  John,  of  Rosemount,  186. 
Marshall,  William,  373. 
Marshall,  William  Calder,  258. 
Martin,  James,  99. 
Martin,  Thomas,  117. 
Martin,  William,  339. 
Martin's,  St.,  Cross,  n. 
Martyr's  Monument,  126. 
Maryculter,  Parish  of,  295. 


INDEX. 


433 


Marykirk,  Parish  of,  297. 

Mary  ton,  Parish  of,  252. 

Matildas,  Princess,  92. 

Mathew,  Alexander,  76. 

Mathers,  Thomas,  poet,  69. 

Mather,  John,  152. 

Maule,  Col.  the  Hon.  Lauderdale,  266. 

Maule,  Thomas,  200,  213. 

Maule,  William  Ramsay,  202. 

Maxton,  Rev.  James,  56. 

Maxwell,  of  Glenlee,  155. 

Maxwell,  of  the  Grove,  155. 

Maxwell,  of  Munches,  155. 

Maxwell,  Sir  "William  Stirling,  172. 

Mearns,  Rev.  Alexander,  323. 

Meigle,  Parish  of,  173. 

Meiklejohn,  Lieut.  Hugh,  18,  345. 

Meiklejohn,  Rev.  Jehn,  345. 

Meldrum,  House  of,  313. 

Meldrum,  Rev.  Dr.  George,  356. 

Melvill,  John,  of  Raith,  109. 

Melville,  Sir  James,  of  Hallhill,  79. 

Melville,  Henry  Viscount,  152. 

Melville,  Rev.  Andrew,  39. 

Menzies,  Gilbert  of  Pitfoddles,  303. 

Menzies,  Isabella,  186 

Menzies,  John,  of  Fern  Tower,  59. 

Menzies,  John,  of  Pitfoddles,  295. 

Menzies,  Professor  John,  308. 

Menzies,  of  Maryculter,  295. 

Menzies,      Sir     Alexander,     of     Castle 

Menzies,  192. 

Menzies,  Sir  Paul,  of  Kilmundy,  303. 
Menmuir,  Parish  0^,253. 
Menteith,  Earls  of,  187,  188,  283. 
Mercer,  of  Aldie,  180. 
Methven,  Lord,  179. 
Methven,  Parish  of,  175. 
Midmar,  Parish  of,  335. 
Middleton,  Rev.  John,  342, 
Mill,  Walter,  martyr,  247. 
Mille,  Gilbert,  264. 
Miller,  Hugh,  386. 
Milne,  Alexander,  213. 
Milne,  of  Kirstare,  347,  353. 
Milne,  John,  Surgeon,  347. 
Milne,  Rev.  William,  293. 

VOL.   II.  2 


Milner,  Peter,  329. 

Milport,  Churchyard  of,  5. 

Mitchell,  Duncan  Forbes,  of  Thanestone, 

343- 

Moir,  of  Leckie,  46. 
Molio,  St.,  3. 
Mollison,  Gilbert,  282. 
Molison,  James,  242. 
Monan,  St.,  68. 
Monboddo,  Lord,  285. 
Moncreiff,  Rev,  Archibald,  149. 
Moncrieff,  Rev.  William,  55. 
MoncreifF,  Sir  Hugh,  149. 
Moncrieff,  Sir  William,  149. 
Moncrieff,  William,  of  that  Ilk,  150. 
Monfichet,  Richard  de,  153. 
Monifieth,  Parish  of,  253. 
Monimail,  Parish  of,  114. 
Monikie,  Parish  of,  257. 
Monivaird,  Parish  of,  1 75. 
Monro,  Dean,  n. 
Monro,   Sir  Robert,  Bart,  26. 
Monquhitter,  Parish  of,  336. 
Monypenny,  David,  of  Pitmilly,  ro6. 
Monypenny,  W.  T.,  of  Pitmilly,  106. 
Montford,  Earls  of,  166. 
Montgomery,  Henry,  107. 
Montgomery,  Sir  James,  387. 
Montrose,  Ducal  House  of,  146. 
Montrose,  James,  2nd  Marquis  of,  149. 
Montrose,  James,  3rd  Duke  of,  146. 
Montrose,  Parish  of,  258. 
Monzie,  Parish  of,  177. 
Moodie,  John  of  Arbikie,  237. 
Moodie,  Rev,  Robert,  D.D.,  62. 
Moore,  Sir  John,  67. 
Moravia,  Andrew  de,  366. 
Moravia,  Walter  de,  413. 
Moray,  Francis,  9th  Earl  of,  166. 
Moreville,  House  of,  271. 
Morison,  Margaret,  378. 
Morison,  Major  James,  of  Greenfield,  54. 
Morrison,  Bethune,  J.   W.,   of  Falfield 

102: 

Morrison,  Family  of,  76. 
Morrison,  Mary,  278. 
Mortlach,  Parish  of,  356. 


4:H 


INDEX. 


Morton,  Betty,  93. 

Morton,  Earls  of,  69. 

Morton,  James,  Earl  of,  70. 

Moaswald,  Parish  of,  408. 

Mowat,  James,  of  Airdo,  307. 

Mowat,  James,  of  Logie,  307. 

Moyes,  Robert,  70.  • 

Muckhart,  Parish  of,  1 78. 

Muckersie.  Rev.  James,  55. 

Muckersie,  Rev.  John,  55. 

Mudie,  Mrs.  Hay,  238. 

Mugdrum,  Cross  of,  115. 

Mundy,  Ann,  334. 

Mann,  Provost,  Dugald,  5. 

Munro,  Christian,  390. 

Munro,  Clan  of,  388. 

Munro,  Major  Alexander,  47. 

Munro,  Sir  Thomas,  of  Lindertis,  239. 

Murray,  Earl  of,  50. 

Murray,  Frances,  402. 
Murray,  of  Ochtertyre,  176. 
Murray,  Patrick,  186,  187,. 
Murray,  Regent  Andrew,  389. 
Murray,  Sir  Andrew,  of  Arngask,  190. 
Murray,  Sir  David,  of  Gospertie,  190. 
Murray,  Sir  James,  of  Tibbermuir,  191. 
Murray,  Sir  David,  of  Cask,  i. 
Murray,  Sir  John,  of  Black  Barronie,  402. 
Murray,  Thomas  Randolph,  Earl  of,  92. 
Murdoch,  Rev.  John,  354. 
Mure,  Queen  Elizabeth,  179. 
Mure,  Sir  Adam,  179. 
Mureson,  Andrew,  218. 
Murroes,  Parish  of,  262. 
Muschet,  House  of,  153,  166,  167. 
Muschet,  John,  S.,M.D.,of,  Birkhill,i67. 
Mylne,  Rev.  Andrew,  D.D.,  64. 
Mylne,  John,  M.P.,  181. 
Mylne,  Robert,  180. 
Myreton,  Helen,  131. 


Nairn,  Parish  of,  374. 
Nairn,  Rev.  Dr.  James,  117. 
Nairne,  Alexander,  of  Sandford,  414. 
Nairne,  Baroness,  164. 
Nairne,  Sir  Thomas,  414. 
Nairnshire,  374,  375. 


Napier,  Gordon  Charles,  of  Erlemont,  320. 

Napier,  Robert,  of  Shandon,  19. 

Newark,  Barons  of,  68. 

Newbattle,  Parish  of,  400. 

Nowburgh,  Parish  of,  115. 

Newton,  Lord,  237. 

Newton,  Sir  Isaac,  7. 

Newtyle,  Parish  of,  263. 

Nicol,  John,  195. 

Nicol,  Robert,  68. 

Nicolson,  Bishop,  361,362. 

Nicolson,  Thomas,  of  Kemnay,  362. 

Nigg,  Parish  of,  388. 

Northesk,  Noble  House  of,  237. 


Oathlaw,  Parish  of,  265. 

O'Brian,  James,  282. 

Ochterlony,  Hannah,  261. 

Ochiltree,  Michael,  156. 

Ogilvie,  Charlotte,  Lady,  248. 

Ogilvie,  George,  of  Barras,  289. 

Ogilvie,  Lady  Margaret,  274. 

Ogilvy,  Ann,  314. 

Ogilvy,  of  Boyne,  347. 

Ogilvy,  Captain  John,  206. 

Ogilvy,  Col.  Balfour,  229. 

Ogilvy,  David,  207. 

Ogilvy,  Hon.  Donald,  of  Clova,  207. 

Ogilvy,  House  of,  347. 

Ogilvy,  Isabel,  232. 
Ogilvy,  James  Lord,  274. 
Ogilvy,  Lady  Jane,  249, 
Ogilvy,  Sir  George,  275. 
Ogilvy,  of  Tannadice,  229. 
Olave,  a  Dane,  8. 
Old  Machar,  Parish  of,  337. 
Oliphant,  Carolina,  164. 
Oliphant,  James  Blair,  145. 
Oliphant,  of  Newton,  145. 
Oliphant,  Sir  Walter,  145. 
Oliphant,  Sir  William,  145. 
Oliphant,  T.  L.  Kington,  Esq.,  145. 
Oram,  St.  8,  ir,  13. 
Orkney,  397,  398. 
Orkney,  Ronald,  Count  of,  395. 
Orlands,  St.,  Stone,  231. 
Oronsay,  Island  of,  8. 


INDEX. 


435 


Orr,  John,  of  Barrowfield,  413. 
Osborne,  Principal,  309. 
Ossian's  Stone,  177. 
Ouchterlony,  of  the  Guynd,  267. 
Ouchterlony,  Margaret,  267. 


Palmer,  Mary,  409. 

Panmure,  Baron,  203,  257,  266. 

Panmure,  Earls  of,  266,  312. 

Panbride,  Parish  of,  266. 

Panter,  "Walter,  198. 

Parish,  Henrietta,  208. 

Park,  Eev.  John,  D.D.,  138. 

Paton,  Col.  Robert,  68. 

Paton,  James,  of  Glenalmond,  171. 

Paton,  James,  Jun.,  of  Glenalmond,  187. 

Paterson,  Alexander,  254. 

Patterson,  Col.  William,  240. 

Patterson,  Eev.  John  B.,  27. 

Pattullo,  Family  of,  263. 

Peebles,  Rev.  Adam,  183. 

Peebles,  Charles,  249. 

Peel,  Sir  Robert,  230. 

Perth,  Earls  of,  153. 

Perth,  Parish  of,  178,  187. 

Perthshire,  145,  182. 

Peterculter,  Parish  of,  339. 

Petty,  Parish  of,  382. 

Philp,  Robert,  109. 

Pierson,  of  Balmadies,  267. 

Pitcairn,  Dr.  Alexander,  129. 

Pitcairn,  Robert,  Sec  of  State,  92. 

Pitsligo,  Parish  of,  340. 

Pittenweem,  Parish  of,  116. 

Pitulloch,  Andrew,  84. 

Playfair,  Col.  Sir  Hugh  L.,  120,  139. 

Play  fair,  Lieut.  William  D.,  120. 

Playfair,  Rev.  James,  D.D.,  137. 

Pool,  Janet,  406. 

Portmoak,  Parish  of,  142. 

Port-of-Monteith,  Parish  of,  187. 

Preston,  Sir  John,  133. 

Preston,  William,  133. 

Primrose,  Lady,  381. 

Primrose,  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,  Thomas,  232. 

Proctor,  William  David,  232. 

Purvis,  Alexander,  of  Kinaldy,  98. 


Raiker,  Rev.  Thomas,  265. 

Rait,  of  Hallgreen,  281. 

Ramsay,  Captain  Thomas,  R.M.,  272. 

Ramsay,  Captain  William  Burnett,  272. 

Ramsay,  Elizabeth,  of  Baldovy,  239. 

Ramsay,  George,  76. 

Ramsay,  John,  of  Ochtertyre,  17,  168. 

Ramsay,  Margaret,  218. 

Ramsay,  Rev.  Andrew,  65. 

Ramsay,  Sir  Andrew,  65. 

Ramsay,  Sir  Alexander,  of  Balmain,  272. 

Randall,  Rev.  Thomas,  47. 

Rankine,  James,  of  Coldun,  142. 

Rannie,  David,  276. 

Rathen,  Parish  of,  341. 

Rathven,  Parish,  of,  359. 

Rayne,  Parish  of,  342. 

Reay,  Parish  of,  396. 

Reay,  John,  Lord,  379. 

Redgorton,  Parish  of,  188. 

Reid,  Dr.  John,  136. 

Reid,  Hellen,  354. 

Reid,  of  Newmills,  326. 

Reid,  Professor  Thomas,  273. 

Reid,  Rev.  James,  273. 

Reid,  Rev.  Robert,  273. 

Reid,  Rt.  Hon.  Sir  John,  of  Barra,  354. 

Reid,  Thomas,  of  Pitfoddles,  273, 

Rennie,  David,  254. 

Renny,  John,  341. 

Renwick,  James,  martyr,  40. 

Resby,  John,  martyr,  126. 

Rescobie,  Parish  of,  266. 

Restennet,  Priory  of,  230. 

Richard,  of  Inverkeithing,  71. 

Richardson,  Sir  Andrew,  75. 

Richmond,  Duke  of,  355. 

Robb,  Rev.  John,  163, 

Robert  II.,  4. 


436 


INDEX. 


Robert  III.,  116. 

Robert  the  Bruce,  4,  15,  50,  90 — 92, 169. 

Robertson,  Ann,  227. 

Robertson,  Deacon  Andrew,  96. 

Robertson,  Dr.  Alexander,  183. 

Robertson,  Dr.  Joseph,  317,  329. 

Robertson,  Dr.  Robert,  154. 

Robertson,  Janet,  133. 

Robertson,  Joseph,  329. 

Robertson,  Rev.  Professor  James,  D.D., 

340- 

Robertson,  Rev.  John,  D.D.,  137. 
Roche,  John,  211. 
Rochead,  J.  T.,  34. 
Rodger,  John,  St.  Monance,  68, 
Roger,  Bailie  "William,  212. 
Roger,  Family  of,  195. 
Roger,  George,  212. 
Roger,  Janet,  47. 
Roger,  Rev.  James,  98. 
Rollanl,  Adam,  of  Cask,  94. 
Rollo,  James,  Lord,  102. 
Rose,  Bailie  Alexander,  379. 
Rose,  David,  of  Earls'  millv  374. 
Rose,  John,  of  Broadley,  374. 
Rose,  of  Kilravock,  369,  374. 
Rose,  Major  James,  of  Kilravock,  375. 
Rose,  Sir  James,  316. 
Rosemarkie,  Parish  of,  389. 
Ross,  Alexander,  Poet,  245. 
Ross,  and  Cromarty,  Shires  of,  385 — 391. 
Ross,  Elizabeth,  227. 
Ross,  Francis,  of  Auchlossan,  22?. 
Ross,  Gen.  the  Hon.  Charles,  387. 
Ross,  General  Sir  John,  183. 
ROBS,  George,  Lord,  387. 
Ross,  Hercules,  of  Rossie,  208. 
Ross,  Hon.  Grizel,  387. 
Ross,  House  of,  387 . 
Ross,  John  Leith,  of  Arnage,  320. 
Ross,  Katharine,  353. 
Ross,  Margaret,  256. 
Ross,  Professor  John,  363. 
Ross,  Sir   George    Lockhart,  of  Balna- 

gowan,  387. 
Ross,  Sir  John,  1 86. 
Ross,  Sir  John  Lockhart,  of  Balnagowan, 


Ross,  Thomas,  of  Morenge,  375. 
Ross,  William,  M.D.,  320. 
Ross,  "Win.  Poet,  388. 
Rothes,  George,  4th  Earl  of,  367. 
Rothes,  John,  Duke  of,  in. 
Rothes,  Parish  of,  372. 
Rothesay,  Duke  of,  116. 
Rothesay,  Parish  of,  3. 
Rothes,  Earls  of,  101,  112. 
Row,  Rev.  John,  78,  95. 
Rowland,  Katharine,  305. 
Roxburghe,  Duke  of,  367. 
Roxburghshire,  403 — 405. 
Ruddiman,  Thomas,  292. 
Ruglyn,  William,  121. 
Russell,  James,  martyr,  275,  276. 
Russel,  Rev.  John,  47. 
Russell,  Mary,  63. 
Rutherford,  Samuel,  128. 
Rymour,  William,  86. 


Saddell,  Parish  of,  15. 

Sandford,  Sir  Daniel  K.,  5. 

Sangster,  Rev.  Henry,  183. 

Schaw,  William,  93. 

Scheppart,  Rev.  Andrew,  212. 

Scone,  Parish  of,  190. 

Scoonie,  Parish  of,  139. 

Scot,  David,  of  Scotstarvet,  104. 

Scott,  Alexander,  254. 

Scott,  David,  of  Dunninald,  208. 

Scott,  Gen.,  of  Balcomie,  81,  104. 

Scott,  James,  of  Logic,  259. 

Scott,  Michael,  414. 

Scott,  Rev.  William,  82. 

Scott,  Robert,  Mylnedene,  83. 

Scot,  Sir  John,  of  Scotstarvet,  104. 

Scott,  Sir  Walter,  68,  115,  178,  264. 

Scotts,  of  Benholm,  274. 

Scougal,  Professor  Henry,  302. 

Scrogie,  Bishop  William,  18. 

Scougal,  Bishop  Patrick,  302,  308. 

Scrimgeour,    Wedderburn,    of   Birkhill, 

76. 

Scrymgeour,  Provost  John,  216. 
Scrymgeours,  of  Dudhope,  244. 
Scrymgeour,  Hugh,  of  Balrymont,  132. 


INDEX. 


437 


Seafield,  Earls  of,  360,  365,  371. 

Seton,  Alexander,  86,  367. 

Seton,  George,  Lord,  86. 

Seton,  George,  of  Potterhill,  171. 

Shadwell,  sculptured  stone  at,  389. 

Shand,  Sir  Charles  Farquhar,  297. 

Shand,  Rev.  James,  297. 

Shank,  Henry,  of  Castlerig,  294. 

Sharp,  Andrew,  171. 

Sharp,  Archbishop,   122,    124,  129,  290, 

338,  397- 

Shaw,  Rev.  Lachlan,  369. 
Shevez,  Archbishop  William,  126. 
Shisken,  clachan,  of,  3. 
Sibbald,  Dr.  Patrick,  307. 
Sibbald,  Sir  James,  Bart.,  208. 
Sim,  of  Greenlawhill,  200. 
Sim,  Rev.  David,  200. 
Simson,  Thomas,  211. 
Sinclair,  Bishop,  I6o. 
Sinclair,  Lady  Amelia,  315. 
Sinclair,  Sir  John,  Bart.,  396. 
Skene,  Dr.  Alexander,  118. 
Skene,  George,  of  Skene,  342. 
Skene,  Parish  of,  343. 
Skinner,  Bishop,  333. 
Skinner,  Rev.  John,  poet,  331. 
Sleat,  Parish  of,  382. 
Small,  George,  275. 
Small,  Rev.  Alexander,  D.D.,  48,  101. 
Small,  Robert,  264. 
Smellie,  Alexander,  399. 
Smellie,  William,  399. 
Smith,  Elizabeth,  329. 
Smith,  Peter,  of  Aldie,  317. 
Smith,  Rev.  Joseph,  405. 
Smith,  Robert  G.,  of  Gibliston,  77. 
Smith,  William,  of  Forret,  237. 
Smollett,  Tobias,  M.D.,  17,  18. 
Smyth,  Agnes,  321. 
Somerled,  4. 

Somerville,  Rev.  James,  D.D.,  48. 
Southesk,  House  of,  224. 
Spalding,  Professor  William,  136. 
Spark,  Rev.  Robert,  293. 
Spens,  Dr.  Hugh,  119. 
Spens,  Nathaniel,  of  Sanquhar,  86. 
Spence,  Family  of,  195. 


Spence,  Robert,  236. 
Spence,  of  Wormiston,  115,  338. 
Spittal,  Robert,  44. 
Stanley,  Montague,  5. 
Stark,  Family  of,  76. 
St.  Andrews  Lhlanbryde,  373. 
St.  Andrews,  Parish  of,  117—139. 
St.  Cyrus,  Parish  of,  298. 
St.  Fergus,  Parish  of,  342. 
St.  Madoes,  Parish  of,  189. 
St.  Ninians,  Parish  of,  50. 
St.  Skeoch,  Churchyard  of,  209. 
St.  Vigeans,  Parish  of,  268. 
Steell,  John,  sculptor,  151,  162,  310. 
Stephen,  Sylvester,  254. 
Stevens,  Charles,  294. 
Steward,  The  High,  4. 
Stewart,  Alex.,  Duke  of  Albany,  367. 
Stewart,  Alexander,  159. 
Stewart,  Archbishop  James,  126. 
Stewart,  George,  of  Tanochy,  361. 
Stewart,  Mrs.  Cochrane,  114. 
Stewart,  Patrick,  of  Tanochy,  361. 
Stewart,  Professor,  309. 
Stewart,  Sir  John,  26. 
Stewart,  Sir  John,  Bart.,  114. 
Stewart,  William,  5. 
Stewart,  James,  199. 
Stewarts,  of  Inchbreck,  288. 
Stewarts,  of  Invernahyle,  15. 
Stewarts,  of  Lome,  -237. 
Stirling,  Archibald,  of  Keir,  172. 
Stirling  Bridge,  Battle  of,  35. 
Stirling,  Earl  of,  43. 
Stirling,  Elizabeth,  172. 
Stirling,  Hannah, '172. 
Stirling,  John,  of  Kippendavie,  158. 
Stirling,  of  Keir,  156. 
Stirling,  Parish  of,  37 — 50. 
Stirling,  Patrick,  158. 
Stirling,  Rev.  Robert,  158. 
Stirlingshire,  22 — 51. 
Strathearn,  Earls  of,  156. 
Strathblane,  Parish  of,  51. 
Strathmiglo,  Parish  of,  140. 
Strathmore,  Earls  of,  199,  232. 
Strachan,  Baronets  of  Thornton,  280,  296, 
416. 


438 


INDEX. 


Strachan,  Bessie,  350. 

Strachan,  Catherine,  275. 

Strachan,  Parish  of,  300. 

Strachan,  Eev.  James,  352. 

Strachan,  Sir  Francis,  353. 

Strachan,  Sir  Hugh,  353. 

Strachan,  Lady,  296. 

Strathdon,  Parish  of,  343. 

Straton,  Alexander  de,  299. 

Straton,  Alexander,  299. 

Straton,  Joseph,  ofKirkside,  299. 

Straton,  of  Laurieston,  281,  299. 

Straton,  Mrs.  Janet,  of  Kirkside,  298. 

Straton,  Sir  Joseph,  298. 

Strichen,  Parish  of,  346. 

Stromness,  Parish  of,  397. 

Strong,  John,  of  Rennyhill,  104. 

Stobie,  Adam,  of  Luscar,  78. 

Stot,  John,  martyr,  276. 

Stuart,  Alexander,  W.  S.,  345. 

Stuart,  of  Aucharme,  354. 

Stuart,  Elspet,  355. 

Stuart,  John,  LL.D.,  354. 

Stuart,  John,  Rosarie,  348. 

Stuart,  Mary,  51. 

Stuart,  of  Orden,  347. 

Stuart,  Eev.  James,  347. 

Stuart,  William,  Ballentrewan,  355. 

Sturm,  Alexander,  358. 

Sturm,  James,  358. 

Sutherland,  Cormack,  395. 

Sutherland,  Earl  of,  27. 

Sutherland,  Earls  of,  337,  392. 

Sutherland,  George,  ist  Duke  of,  392. 

Sutherland,  George,  2nd  Duke  of,  392. 

Sutherlandshire,  392 — 396. 

Swan,  Rev.  David,  D.D.,  140. 

Swan,  Rev.  Robert,  68. 

Sword,  Andrew,  martyr,  125. 

Sword,  John,  132. 

Sword,  Provost  James,  132. 

S}  mere,  of  Balzeordie,  224. 

Symson,  Rev.  James,  109. 


Tait,  Archbishop  Campbell,  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  Miltown  Park,  410. 

Tait,  Thomas,  333. 

Tait,  William,  333. 

Taylor,  of  Borrowfield,  296. 

Taylor,  David,  182. 

Taylor,  of  Kirkton  Mill,  296. 

Tawse,  Rev.  Andrew,  330. 

Tennant,  Captain  John,  1 10. 

Tennant,  Professor  William.  72. 

Thorn,  William,  poet,  220. 

Thomas,  James,  171. 

Thomson,  Alexander,  ofBanchory,  272. 

Thomson,     Professor    Thomas,     M.D., 

414. 

Thomson,  Rev.  William  A.,  183. 
Thomson,  Rev.  James,  of  Newton,  368. 
Thomson,  Rev.  Thomas,  399. 
Thomson,  Rev.  John,  of  Duddingston, 

400. 

Thomson,  Thomas,  399. 
Thomson,  William,  74. 
Thurburn,  James,  of  Smailholm,  353. 
Thurso,  Parish  of,  396. 
Thurburn,  Rev,  John,  353. 
Tibbermuir,  Parish  of,  191. 
Tongue,  Parish  of,  394. 
Topp,  Margaret,  311. 
Torrens,  Gen.  Sir  Henry,  68. 
Tony,  Bishop,  187. 
Torryburn,  Parish  of,  141. 
Trail,  Family  of,  131. 
Trotter,  Alison,  98. 
Tufton,  Lady  Mary,  248. 
Tulliallan,  Parish  of,  192. 
Tullideph,  Walter,  249. 
Tulloh,  Elizabeth,  365. 
Turnbull,  John,  of  Stracathro,  209. 
Turner,  Euphemia,  330. 
Turpie,  Alison,  142. 
Turriff,  Parish  of,  346. 
Tyries,  of  Nevay,  222. 
Tytler,  Family  of,  335. 
Tytler,  of  Woodhouselee,  336. 


TNDEX. 


439 


Udny,  of  UJtiy,  321. 

Ugadale,  Lands  of,  15- 

Ulrich,  a  Dane,  8. 

Ure  Provost,  229. 

Urquhart,  Elizabeth,  of  Meldrum,  319. 

Urquhart,  John,  Tutor  of  Cromarty,  328. 

Urquhart,  Parish  of,  383. 

Urquhart,  Thomas,  of  Kinundie,  390. 

"Waddel,  John,  martyr,  125. 

Waddell,  William,  243. 

Wallace,  National  Monument  to,  33. 

Wallace,  Sir  William,  26,  33—37. 

Wallace,   Statue  of,  37. 

Walter,  the  High  Steward,  4. 

Wan,  John,  76. 

Waters,  Rev.  Thomas,  56. 

Watson,  George,  363. 

Watson,  Hugh,  Keillor,  263. 

Watson,  James,  martyr,  276. 

Watson,  Marjory,  215. 

Watson,  Rev.  John,  64. 

Watson,  Robert,  411. 

Watt,  Isaac,  of  Logie,    243. 

Watt,  Major  Alexander,  242. 

Watt,  Janet,  55. 

Wardlaw,  Lady,  94. 

Wardlaw,  Sir  Henry,  94. 

Webster,  James,  of  Balruddery,  243. 

Wedderburn,    Alexander,  of  Blackness, 

217. 

Wedderburn,  Alexander,  of  Powrie,  214. 
Wedderburn,  Rev.  James,  83. 
Weem,  Parish  of,  192. 
Wellington,  Duke  of,  26. 
Well  wood,  Rev.  Sir  Henry  Moncreiff}ii5o. 
Welsh,  Alexander,  400. 
Welsh,  Josias,  400. 
Welsh,  Rev.  John,  400. 
Welsh,  Walter,  of  Lochquareat,  400. 
Wei  wood,  Rev.  James,  155. 
Wemyss,  James,  of  Bogie,  107. 
Westray,  Parish  of,  398. 
White,  Thomas,  222. 
Whi  thorn,  Parish  of,  412. 
Whyte,  Robert,  of  Pouran,  108. 
Wick,  Parish  of,  396. 
"Wigtonshire,  412. 
Wilkie,  Principal  Robert,  323. 


Wilkie,  Principal  James,  323. 
Wilkie,  Professor  William,  133. 
Wilkie,  Rev.  David,  82,  134. 
Wilkie,  Sir  David,  82,  134. 
William  the  Lion,  197. 
Williamson,  Provost  John,  108. 
Wilson,  Bishop,  LL.D.,  333. 
Wilson,  David,  of  Inchyre,  117. 
Wilson,  George,  351. 
Wilson,  Gilbert,  182. 
Wilson,  John,  133. 
Wilson,  Major  David,  94. 
Wilson,  Margaret,  martyr,  40 — 42. 
Wilson,  Rev.  John,  D.D.,  48. 
Wilson,  Rev.  David,  337 
Wilson,  Rev.  Williaw,  55,  181. 
Wishart,  George,  martyr,  121,  126,  285. 
Wishart,  Jean,  311. 
Wishart,  Laird  of  Myre ton,  61. 
Wishart,  of  Pitarrow,  286. 
Wishart,  Professor  James,  260. 
Wise,  Alex.,  of  Lunan,  416. 
Wise,  of  Mains  of  Thornton,  416. 
Wise,  Thomas  Alex.  M.D.,  of  Hillbank, 

416. 

Wolf,  of  Badenoch,  366. 
Wood,  of  Bonnington;  281. 
Wood,  James,  2. 
Wood,  Professor  James,  128. 
Wood,  Sir  Andrew,  in. 
Wood,  William,  131. 
Wright,  James,  of  Loss,  44. 
Wright,  Rev.  George,  D.D.,  48. 
Wyllie,  Sir  James,  62. 
Wyllie,  William,  62. 
Wyllie,  John,  76. 
Wynram,  John,  121. 
Wyse,  Alex.,  of  Mains,  416. 
Wyse,  Family,  of,  416. 

Yeman,  David,  215. 

Young,  Emmanuel,  121. 

Young,  John,  of  Bellwood,  183. 

Young.  John,  of  Stank,   292. 

Young,  Nathaniel,  100. 

Young,  Sir  Peter,  268. 

Young,  William,  of  Fawsyde,  292. 

Zetland,  Earls  of,  27. 


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