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Rev. Robert Horne Stevenson DD (27 October 1812 – 15 November 1886) was a Scottish minister. LifeThe son of John Stevenson of Gartclash, farmer, and Margaret, daughter of Robert Horne of Braziets, he was born at Netherinch, Campsie. He was educated at Campsie School and the Universities of Edinburgh and Glasgow. He was licensed by Presbytery of Dumbarton on 23 October 1832, and was tutor to A. J. Dennistoun-Brown of Balloch, with whom he travelled extensively on the continent of Europe. He served as missionary in the Second Charge, Kilmarnock, and was assistant at Crieff from 1839, being ordained there 6 May 1840. He was clerk to the Presbytery of Auchterarder from April 1843. He moved to St George's Church, Edinburgh on 28 September 1843, on the departure of Robert Smith Candlish to establish Free St George's, and continued to serve there until his retirement on 25 June 1879. He was Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1871, and appointed a D.D. by Edinburgh University in the same year. He died on 15 November 1886 and is buried near the centre of the northern 19th-century extension of Dean Cemetery in western Edinburgh. He is buried with his wife and his son-in-law, the artist Alexander Garden Sinclair ARSA (1859–1930). FamilyHe married Frances Cadell, daughter and coheiress of Robert Cadell of Ratho, on 26 January 1853. Their children were-
PublicationsHis publications include "Several Funeral Sermons" and a "Farewell Letter to the Congregation of St George’s" (Edinburgh, 1879). SourcesFasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Volume I, by the Rev. Hew Scott, D.D., 1915 {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Stevenson, Robert Horne}}{{UK-Christian-clergy-stub}} 3 : 1812 births|1886 deaths|Moderators of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland |
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