William Mair (moderator)
William Mair (1830–1920) was a Scottish minister who served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1897/98.[1][2]
Life[]
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Earlston Parish Church
He spent most of his life as minister of Earlston Church in the Scottish Borders.
In 1897 he was elected Moderator. He was succeeded in 1898 by Rev Thomas Leishman.
Publications[]
- My Life (1911) autobiography
References[]
- ^ "Moderators of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland genealogy project". geni_family_tree.
- ^ Ritchie, Lionel Alexander. "Mair, William". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/34835. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
Categories:
- 1830 births
- 1920 deaths
- 19th-century Ministers of the Church of Scotland
- Moderators of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
- 20th-century Ministers of the Church of Scotland
- Scottish religious biography stubs