Thomas Liddell
Thomas Liddell | |
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 Queen's Founder Rev. Dr. Thomas Liddell | |
| Born | October 18, 1800 St. Ninians, Stirlingshire, Scotland |
| Died | June 11, 1880 (aged 79) Edinburgh, Scotland |
Thomas Liddell (October 18, 1800 – June 11, 1880) was the first Principal of Queen's University, then Queen's College.
Life[]
Liddell was born in St Nininin Stirlingshire in Scotland in 1800 the son of John Liddell and his wife Janet Martin. He studied at both Edinburgh University and Glasgow University.[1]
He moved from Montrose Chapel of Ease to Lady Glenorchy's Church in Edinburgh in December 1831. He worked alongside the elderly Rev Thomas Snell Jones.[2] His senior elder James Bonar WS was at this time organising the physical relocation of the church due to the known coming of Waverley Railway Station. 4dinburgh University gave him an honorary Doctor of Divinty in 1841.[3]
He left Edinburgh (and Scotland) in 1841 to sail to Canada where he was appointed the first Principal of Queen's College, Kingston. Here he worked with only one other member of staff: . Due to issues arising from the Disruption of 1843 in Scotland, funding dried up. Liddell resigned in 1846 and returned to Scotland.[4]
He was minister of Lochmaben in Dumfries and Galloway from 1850 to 1880. He died in Edinburgh on 11 June 1880 and is buried in Lochmaben New Cemetery.[5]
Family[]
He was married to Susan Ann Jane Stewart of Fincastle House near Pitlochry (b.1795) widow of Duncan Robertson. Their daughter Susan died in Bournemouth in 1884.[6]
Recognition[]
A street in Kingston, Ontario is named for him.
References[]
- ^ https://www.queensu.ca/encyclopedia/l/liddell-rev-thomas
- ^ Fasti Fcclesiastae Scoticana by Hew Scott
- ^ http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/liddell_thomas_10E.html
- ^ https://www.queensu.ca/encyclopedia/l/liddell-rev-thomas
- ^ https://billiongraves.com/grave/Thomas-Liddell/37046309
- ^ https://billiongraves.com/grave/Thomas-Liddell/37046309
- "The Rev Thomas Liddell". Archived from the original on November 23, 2002. Retrieved May 19, 2006.
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- 19th-century Ministers of the Church of Scotland
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