Ewen MacRury
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Ewen MacRury (1891–1986) was a Free Church of Scotland minister who served as Moderator of the General Assembly in 1944.
Life[]
He was born in 1891 one of eight children to John Little (Ewan Beag) MacRury (b.1843) and his wife, Betsy MacDonald, crofters from North Uist.[1]
He graduated MA from Glasgow University in 1915.[2]
He first appears as minister of the Free Church in Shiskine.[3]
He was minister of Glen Urquhart from at least 1931.[4]
He was a member of the alongside Provost Alexander MacEwen.[5]
In May 1944 he was elected Moderator of the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland. He was succeeded in 1945 by Roderick A. Finlayson.[6]
Family[]
He was married to Christina (Kirsty).
Publications[]
- A Hebridean Parish (1950)
References[]
- ^ "Bio". www.myheritage.com. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
- ^ "University of Glasgow :: Story :: Biography of Ewen MacRury". www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk.
- ^ "THE PRINCIPAL ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE Free Church of Scotland" (PDF). freechurch.org. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
- ^ "Free Presbyterian magazine" (PDF). archive.fpchurch.org.uk. 1931. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
- ^ "History 2". Gaelic Society of Inverness.
- ^ Proceedings of the Free Church of Scotland 1940 to 1949
Categories:
- 1891 births
- 1986 deaths
- Alumni of the University of Glasgow
- 20th-century Ministers of the Free Church of Scotland