| 词条 | George Wishart (moderator) |
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Very Rev Dr George Wishart DD (1703-1785) was a Scottish minister who was The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1748.[1] He was also chaplain in ordinary to the King of England and dean of the Chapel Royal. LifeHe was born in Edinburgh’s Old Town in 1703, the son of Very Rev Prof William Wishart, the Principal of Edinburgh University and minister of the Tron Kirk on the Royal Mile.[2] His father in turn had been Rev William Wishart (1621–1692), minister of Kinneil, the grandson of Sir John Wishart (1570-1607) and Jean (Douglas) Wishart, the daughter of William Douglas, 9th Earl of Angus and his wife, Agnes Keith, daughter of William Keith, 3rd Earl Marischal. His mother was Janet Murray (died 1744), daughter of Major William Murray of Touchadam, the son of Sir William Murray of Touchadam and Polmaise, and of Janet, daughter of Sir William Nisbet of Dean (1569-1639).[3] His uncles included Admiral Sir James Wishart and Sir George Wishart 1st baronet of Cliftonhall. His brother William Wishart (secundus), like his father, also became the Principal of the University of Edinburgh. He studied divinity at Edinburgh University, graduating MA in 1719, while his father was Principal of the university, and subsequently attaining a doctorate.[4] He was ordained in 1726 and took over at his father’s church at the Tron in 1730. He was elected moderator in 1748 whilst minister of Tron Kirk. He died on 12 June 1785. FamilyIn December 1727 he was married to Ann Campbell, daughter of John Campbell, (both a grandson of Sir James Campbell and of Sir Robert Campbell, grandson of Robert Sempill, 3rd Lord Sempill and John Stewart, 4th Earl of Atholl). Their children included Jeanie Wishart (1742–1811) (grandmother of Jenny von Westphalen, wife of Karl Marx), four other daughters, and one son. Publications
References1. ^https://www.geni.com/projects/Moderators-of-the-General-Assembly-of-the-Church-of-Scotland/15939 {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Wishart, George}}{{Scotland-reli-bio-stub}}2. ^https://www.geni.com/people/George-Wishart-Min-of-Tron-Parish-Edinburgh/6000000019292519666 3. ^http://www.wishartconnections.org/index.php/notablewisharts/william-wishart-minister/ 4. ^http://www.wishartconnections.org/index.php/notablewisharts/william-wishart-minister/ 5 : 1703 births|1785 deaths|Ministers of the Church of Scotland|Academics of the University of Edinburgh|Moderators of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland |
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