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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above n" style="font-size:125%;color: #202122; background-color: #DFB0DF;"><div class="honorific-prefix" style="font-size: 77%; font-weight: normal;display:inline;"><a href="/wiki/The_Very_Reverend" title="The Very Reverend">The Very Reverend</a> <a href="/wiki/Professor" title="Professor">Professor</a></div><br /><div style="display:inline" class="fn">James Pitt-Watson</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader role"><a href="/wiki/Moderator_of_the_General_Assembly_of_the_Church_of_Scotland" title="Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland">Moderator of the General Assembly</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Church</th><td class="infobox-data org"><a href="/wiki/Church_of_Scotland" title="Church of Scotland">Church of Scotland</a></td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">In office</th><td class="infobox-data">1953 to 1954</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Predecessor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/George_Johnstone_Jeffrey" title="George Johnstone Jeffrey">George Johnstone Jeffrey</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Successor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ernest_David_Jarvis" title="Ernest David Jarvis">Ernest David Jarvis</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background-color:#DDDDDD;">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">9 November 1893</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">25 December 1962<span style="display:none">(1962-12-25)</span> (aged 69)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data category">Scottish</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Denomination</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Presbyterianism" title="Presbyterianism">Presbyterianism</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data">Church minister and academic</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>James Pitt-Watson</b> (9 November 1893 – 25 December 1962) was a Scottish minister and academic. He was Professor of <a href="/wiki/Practical_Theology" class="mw-redirect" title="Practical Theology">Practical Theology</a> at <a href="/wiki/Glasgow_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Glasgow University">Glasgow University</a> and served as <a href="/wiki/Moderator_of_the_General_Assembly_of_the_Church_of_Scotland" title="Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland">Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland</a> in 1953.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has been described as an "ecclesiastical politician".<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Life">Life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Pitt-Watson&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:St._Mungo%27s_Parish_Church_Alloa_(2).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/St._Mungo%27s_Parish_Church_Alloa_%282%29.jpg/220px-St._Mungo%27s_Parish_Church_Alloa_%282%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="329" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/St._Mungo%27s_Parish_Church_Alloa_%282%29.jpg/330px-St._Mungo%27s_Parish_Church_Alloa_%282%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/St._Mungo%27s_Parish_Church_Alloa_%282%29.jpg/440px-St._Mungo%27s_Parish_Church_Alloa_%282%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="3872" /></a><figcaption>St Mungo's in Alloa</figcaption></figure> <p>James Pitt-Watson was born on 9 November 1893. He was educated at <a href="/wiki/George_Heriot%27s_School" title="George Heriot's School">George Heriot's School</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Private_schools_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Private schools in the United Kingdom">private school</a> in <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh" title="Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a>, Scotland. He studied and trained for ministry at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Edinburgh" title="University of Edinburgh">University of Edinburgh</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-WWW_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WWW-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Pitt-Watson was ordained for the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_Scotland" title="Church of Scotland">Church of Scotland</a> in 1920.<sup id="cite_ref-WWW_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WWW-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was minister of <a href="/wiki/St._Mungo%27s_Parish_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Mungo's Parish Church">St. Mungo's Parish Church</a> in <a href="/wiki/Alloa" title="Alloa">Alloa</a> church in central Scotland from 1929 to 1946.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During his time as Moderator he presented a Bible to Queen <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_II" title="Elizabeth II">Elizabeth II</a> at <a href="/wiki/Coronation_of_Elizabeth_II" title="Coronation of Elizabeth II">her coronation</a>, saying, "Here is wisdom, this is the royal law, these are the lively Oracles of God."<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other duties as Moderator included opening the new church at Colinton Mains in south-west Edinburgh<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He died on Christmas Day, 25 December 1962. His obituary was written by the Very Rev A C Craig.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Family">Family</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Pitt-Watson&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He was father to Rev Prof Ian Pitt-Watson (1923-1995).<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Through his son Ian, he is grandfather to the Scottish businessman, <a href="/wiki/David_Pitt-Watson" title="David Pitt-Watson">David Pitt-Watson</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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