James Paull (moderator)
James Paull 1782–1858) was a minister of the Church of Scotland who served as Moderator of the General Assembly in 1846, the highest position in the Scottish church. From 1852 he was also Chaplain in Ordinary to Queen Victoria in Scotland.
Life[]
He was born in 1782 the son of John Paull, schoolmaster of Drumoak near Aberdeen. He studied at Marischal College in Aberdeen graduating MA in March 1798. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Kincardine O'Neil in April 1804.[1]
In August 1805 he was ordained as minister of College Chapel in Aberdeen. In November 1812, under the patronage of the trustees of James, Earl of Fife he was presented to the congregation of Tullynessle and formally translated to that parish in March 1813. In 1844 St Andrews University awarded him an honorary Doctor of Divinity.[2]
In his capacity as an amateur astronomer he corresponded with James Farquharson.[3]
In 1846 he succeeded the Alexander Hill as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland the highest position in the Scottish Church. He was succeeded in turn by John Paul.[4]
In 1852 he was chosen as Chaplain in Ordinary to Queen Victoria. He was also Convenor of the Supplementary Orphans Fund in Scotland.[5]
He died in Tullynessle on 21 October 1858.[6]
Family[]
In March 1822 he married Eliza Lumsden Forbes, daughter of Alexander Forbes of Jamaica. They had several children:
- James Paull (1823-1901) an Aberdeen advocate
- Eliza Ann Paull (1824-1905)
- Mary Burnett Paul (1826-1885)
- John Alexander Forbes Paull (1828-1860) died in India
- Jane Paull (b.1830) married Rev William Adam Smith of Midmar
- Margaret (b.1831) died ininfancy
- Catherine (1833-1924) married Major Nicholas Gosselin
- Robert (b.1834) died in infancy
- Rev William Paull (1836-1905) minister of Tullynessle in his father's footsteps
- Barbara Simpson Paul (b.1840) married Rev George Ross of
- Alexander Paull (1842-1915) died in Edinburgh
- Patrick Paull (1844-1883)
- Andrew (b.1845) died in infancy
Publications[]
- Account of the Parish of Tullynessle (1845)
References[]
- ^ Fasti Ecclesiastae Scoticana by Hew Scott
- ^ Fasti Ecclesiastae Scoticana by Hew Scott
- ^ Brewster, David (1815). "On the Production of Regular Double Refraction in the Molecules of Bodies by Simple Pressure; with Observations on the Origin of the Doubly Refracting Structure. [Abstract]". Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. 2: 389–391. JSTOR 110217.
- ^ "Moderators of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland genealogy project".
- ^ Fasti Ecclesiastae Scoticana by Hew Scott
- ^ Fasti Ecclesiastae Scoticana by Hew Scott
- 1782 births
- 1858 deaths
- People from Aberdeenshire
- Alumni of the University of Aberdeen
- Moderators of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland