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The location of the <a href="/wiki/Parish" title="Parish">parish</a> or other post during the moderator's year in office is listed in brackets. </p><p>Since 1714 the <a href="/wiki/General_Assembly_of_the_Church_of_Scotland" title="General Assembly of the Church of Scotland">General Assembly</a> has normally been held annually every May. Moderators-designate are nominated in the October of the previous year; a formal vote is taken at start of the General Assembly in May, then the new moderator takes the chair. They holds office for one year; their final act is to formally open the following year's General Assembly and preside over the formal election of a successor. </p><p>The moderator of the current year, while serving their term as moderator, is styled <i>"The <a href="/wiki/Right_Reverend" class="mw-redirect" title="Right Reverend">Right Reverend</a>"</i>, while past moderators are styled <i>"The <a href="/wiki/Very_Reverend" class="mw-redirect" title="Very Reverend">Very Reverend</a>"</i>.<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> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="16th_century">16th century</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_moderators_of_the_General_Assembly_of_the_Church_of_Scotland&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: 16th century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1562 <i>(June)</i> and 1568 <i>(Dec)</i> <a href="/wiki/John_Knox" title="John Knox">John Knox</a> (Edinburgh)</li> <li>1563 <i>(Dec.)</i>, 1564 <i>(June)</i> and 1568 <i>(July)</i> <a href="/wiki/John_Willock" title="John Willock">John Willock</a> (Superintendent of the West)</li> <li>1564 <i>(Dec.),</i> 1565 (<i>Dec.),</i> 1566 (<i>June and Dec)</i> and 1572 <i>(Aug)</i> <a href="/wiki/John_Erskine_of_Dun" title="John Erskine of Dun">John Erskine of Dun</a> (Superintendent of <a href="/wiki/Angus,_Scotland" title="Angus, Scotland">Angus</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kincardineshire" title="Kincardineshire">Mearns</a>)</li> <li>1567 <i>(June)</i> <a href="/wiki/George_Buchanan_(humanist)" class="mw-redirect" title="George Buchanan (humanist)">George Buchanan</a> (Principal, <a href="/wiki/St_Leonard%27s_College_(University_of_St_Andrews)" class="mw-redirect" title="St Leonard's College (University of St Andrews)">St Leonard's College</a>, <a href="/wiki/University_of_St_Andrews" title="University of St Andrews">University of St Andrews</a>)</li> <li>1567 <i>(July and Dec.),</i> 1576 <i>(April),</i> 1578 <i>(June)</i> <a href="/wiki/John_Row_(reformer)" title="John Row (reformer)">John Row</a> (<a href="/wiki/Perth,_Scotland" title="Perth, Scotland">St Johnstoun</a>)</li> <li>1569 <i>(Feb.)</i>, 1577 <i>(Oct.)</i>, 1582 <i>(October)</i>, 1586 <i>(May)</i>, 1593 <i>(April)</i> and 1597 <i>(March)</i> <a href="/wiki/David_Lindsay_(bishop_of_Ross)" title="David Lindsay (bishop of Ross)">David Lindsay</a> (<a href="/wiki/Leith" title="Leith">Leith</a>)</li> <li>1569 <i>(July)</i> <a href="/wiki/William_Christison" title="William Christison">William Christison</a> (St Mary's Church, <a href="/wiki/Dundee" title="Dundee">Dundee</a>)</li> <li>1570 <i>(March)</i>, 1576 <i>(October)</i>, 1581 <i>(October)</i> <a href="/wiki/John_Craig_(minister)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Craig (minister)">John Craig</a> (<a href="/wiki/Edinburgh" title="Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a>)</li> <li>1570 <i>(July)</i>, 1575 (August), 1581 <i>(April)</i>, 1583 <i>(October)</i>, 1595 <i>(March)</i> and 1597 <i>(April)</i> <a href="/wiki/Robert_Pont" title="Robert Pont">Robert Pont</a> (Edinburgh: <a href="/wiki/The_Parish_Church_of_St_Cuthbert" class="mw-redirect" title="The Parish Church of St Cuthbert">St Cuthbert's</a>)</li> <li>1571 <i>(March)</i> <a href="/wiki/George_Hay_(minister)" title="George Hay (minister)">George Hay</a> (<a href="/wiki/Rathven" title="Rathven">Rathven</a>)</li> <li>1571 <i>(August)</i> <a href="/wiki/Gilbert_Garden" title="Gilbert Garden">Gilbert Garden</a> (<a href="/wiki/Fordyce,_Banffshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Fordyce, Banffshire">Fordyce</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-PP_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PP-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1572 <i>(March)</i> <a href="/wiki/Robert_Hamilton_(1572_moderator)" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Hamilton (1572 moderator)">Robert Hamilton</a> (<a href="/wiki/St_Andrews" title="St Andrews">St Andrews</a>) (note: Scott says March 1571)</li> <li>1573 <i>(March)</i> and 1578 <i>(October)</i> <a href="/wiki/David_Ferguson_(reformer)" title="David Ferguson (reformer)">David Ferguson</a> (<a href="/wiki/Dunfermline" title="Dunfermline">Dunfermline</a>)</li> <li>1573 <i>(August)</i> and 1577 <i>(April)</i> <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Arbuthnot_(poet)" title="Alexander Arbuthnot (poet)">Alexander Arbuthnot</a> (Principal of <a href="/wiki/King%27s_College,_Aberdeen" title="King's College, Aberdeen">King's College, Aberdeen</a>)</li> <li>1574 <i>(March)</i> and 1580 <i>(October)</i> <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Hay_(moderator)" title="Andrew Hay (moderator)">Andrew Hay</a> (<a href="/wiki/Renfrew" title="Renfrew">Renfrew</a>)</li> <li>1574 <i>(August)</i> <a href="/wiki/John_Duncanson_(clergyman)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Duncanson (clergyman)">John Duncanson</a> (Minister at the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Stuart" title="House of Stuart">King's House</a>)</li> <li>1575 <i>(March)</i> <a href="/wiki/James_Boyd_of_Trochrig" title="James Boyd of Trochrig">James Boyd of Trochrig</a> (<a href="/wiki/Archbishop_of_Glasgow" title="Archbishop of Glasgow">Archbishop of Glasgow</a>)</li> <li>1578 <i>(April),</i> 1582 <i>(April and June),</i> 1587 and 1594 <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Melville" title="Andrew Melville">Andrew Melville</a> (Principal of <a href="/wiki/The_College,_Glasgow" class="mw-redirect" title="The College, Glasgow">the College, Glasgow</a>)</li> <li>1579 <i>(July)</i> and 1583 <i>(April)</i> <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Smeton" title="Thomas Smeton">Thomas Smeton</a> (Minister at <a href="/wiki/Paisley,_Renfrewshire" title="Paisley, Renfrewshire">Paisley</a>, later <a href="/wiki/Principal_of_the_University_of_Glasgow" title="Principal of the University of Glasgow">Principal of the University of Glasgow</a>)</li> <li>1580 <i>(July)</i> <a href="/wiki/James_Lawson_(minister)" title="James Lawson (minister)">James Lawson</a> (Edinburgh)</li> <li>1588 <i>(Feb.)</i> and 1592 <a href="/wiki/Robert_Bruce_(moderator)" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Bruce (moderator)">Robert Bruce</a> (Edinburgh)</li> <li>1588 <i>(Aug.)</i> <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Buchanan_(moderator)" title="Thomas Buchanan (moderator)">Thomas Buchanan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ceres,_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="Ceres, Scotland">Ceres</a>)</li> <li>1589 <i>(June)</i> and 1590 <i>(March)</i> <a href="/wiki/James_Melville_(1556-1614)" class="mw-redirect" title="James Melville (1556-1614)">James Melville</a> (<a href="/wiki/Anstruther" title="Anstruther">Anstruther</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fife" title="Fife">Fife</a>)</li> <li>1590 <i>(August)</i> and 1602 <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Galloway" title="Patrick Galloway">Patrick Galloway</a> (Minister at the King's House)</li> <li>1591 <a href="/wiki/Nicol_Dalgleish" title="Nicol Dalgleish">Nicol Dalgleish</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pittenweem" title="Pittenweem">Pittenweem</a>)</li> <li>1595 and 1606 <a href="/wiki/James_Nicolson_(bishop)" title="James Nicolson (bishop)">James Nicolson</a> (<a href="/wiki/Meigle" title="Meigle">Meigle</a>, later <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Dunkeld" title="Bishop of Dunkeld">Bishop of Dunkeld</a>)</li> <li>1597 <i>(March)</i> <a href="/wiki/Peter_Blackburn_(bishop)" title="Peter Blackburn (bishop)">Peter Blackburn</a> (<a href="/wiki/Aberdeen" title="Aberdeen">Aberdeen</a>, later <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Aberdeen" title="Bishop of Aberdeen">Bishop of Aberdeen</a>)</li> <li>1597 <i>(May)</i> <a href="/wiki/Robert_Rollock" title="Robert Rollock">Robert Rollock</a> (Principal of <a href="/wiki/The_College_of_Edinburgh" class="mw-redirect" title="The College of Edinburgh">the College of Edinburgh</a>)</li> <li>1600 <a href="/wiki/Robert_Wilkie_(moderator)" title="Robert Wilkie (moderator)">Robert Wilkie</a> (Principal of <a href="/wiki/St_Leonard%27s_College,_St_Andrews" title="St Leonard's College, St Andrews">St Leonard's College, St Andrews</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="17th_century">17th century</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_moderators_of_the_General_Assembly_of_the_Church_of_Scotland&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 17th century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1601 <a href="/wiki/John_Hall_(minister)" title="John Hall (minister)">John Hall</a> (<a href="/wiki/St_Giles_Cathedral" class="mw-redirect" title="St Giles Cathedral">St Giles, Edinburgh</a>)</li> <li>1602,1604 and 1607 <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Hume" title="Alexander Hume">Alexander Hume</a> (<a href="/wiki/Logie_Kirk" title="Logie Kirk">Logie Kirk</a>)</li> <li>1605 <a href="/wiki/John_Forbes_(died_1634)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Forbes (died 1634)">John Forbes</a> (<a href="/wiki/Alford,_Aberdeenshire" title="Alford, Aberdeenshire">Alford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aberdeenshire" title="Aberdeenshire">Aberdeenshire</a>) – and <a href="/wiki/David_Rait" title="David Rait">David Rait</a> Moderator of Synod at Aberdeen Assembly</li> <li>1606 <a href="/wiki/James_Nicolson_(bishop)" title="James Nicolson (bishop)">James Nicolson</a> (<a href="/wiki/Meigle" title="Meigle">Meigle</a>, later Bishop of Dunkeld) elected as "Constant Moderator" in election against <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Simson" title="Patrick Simson">Patrick Simson</a> but the concept was dropped<sup id="cite_ref-fasti_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fasti-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1608 <a href="/wiki/James_Law" title="James Law">James Law</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Orkney" title="Bishop of Orkney">Bishop of Orkney</a>, later <a href="/wiki/Archbishop_of_Glasgow" title="Archbishop of Glasgow">Archbishop of Glasgow</a>)</li> <li>1610, 1616, 1617 and 1618 <a href="/wiki/John_Spottiswood" class="mw-redirect" title="John Spottiswood">John Spottiswood</a> (Archbishop of Glasgow, later <a href="/wiki/Archbishop_of_St_Andrews" title="Archbishop of St Andrews">Archbishop of St Andrews</a>)</li> <li>1613 <a href="/wiki/Robert_Roche_(minister)" title="Robert Roche (minister)">Robert Roche</a> (<a href="/wiki/Inverkeithing" title="Inverkeithing">Inverkeithing</a>)</li> <li>1615 James Saitonne or Seytoun (Logie Kirk) (Note- Scott has no record of this)</li> <li>1615 to 1627 <a href="/wiki/John_Hay_(Constant_Moderator)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Hay (Constant Moderator)">John Hay</a> (<a href="/wiki/Renfrew" title="Renfrew">Renfrew</a>) as the first "constant Moderator"</li></ul> <p>No General Assembly until 1638 </p> <ul><li>1638, 1641 and 1643 <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Henderson_(theologian)" title="Alexander Henderson (theologian)">Alexander Henderson</a> (<a href="/wiki/Leuchars" title="Leuchars">Leuchars</a>, later Edinburgh)</li> <li>1639, 1652 and (?)1653 <a href="/wiki/David_Dickson_(minister)" title="David Dickson (minister)">David Dickson</a> (<a href="/wiki/Irvine,_North_Ayrshire" title="Irvine, North Ayrshire">Irvine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ayrshire" title="Ayrshire">Ayrshire</a>)</li> <li>1640 <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Ramsay_(minister)" title="Andrew Ramsay (minister)">Andrew Ramsay</a> (Edinburgh)</li> <li>1642, 1645, 1647, 1649, 1651 <a href="/wiki/Robert_Douglas_(minister,_1594%E2%80%931674)" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Douglas (minister, 1594–1674)">Robert Douglas</a> (Edinburgh)</li> <li>1644 <a href="/wiki/James_Bonar_(moderator)" title="James Bonar (moderator)">James Bonar</a> (<a href="/wiki/Maybole" title="Maybole">Maybole</a>, Ayrshire)</li> <li>1646 <a href="/wiki/Robert_Blair_(moderator)" title="Robert Blair (moderator)">Robert Blair</a> (St Andrews)</li> <li>1647 <a href="/wiki/Robert_Douglas_(minister)" title="Robert Douglas (minister)">Robert Douglas</a> (Edinburgh)</li> <li>1648 <a href="/wiki/George_Gillespie" title="George Gillespie">George Gillespie</a> (Edinburgh)</li> <li>1650 <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Cant_(minister)" title="Andrew Cant (minister)">Andrew Cant</a> (Aberdeen)</li> <li>1651 <a href="/wiki/Robert_Douglas_(minister)" title="Robert Douglas (minister)">Robert Douglas</a></li> <li>1652 <a href="/wiki/Gabriel_Cunningham_(moderator)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gabriel Cunningham (moderator)">Gabriel Cunningham</a> (<a href="/wiki/Dunlop,_East_Ayrshire" title="Dunlop, East Ayrshire">Dunlop</a>, Irvine) (or David Dickson?<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>)</li></ul> <p>No General Assembly after 1653 until the restoration of <a href="/wiki/Presbyterianism" title="Presbyterianism">Presbyterianism</a> in 1690. From 1662 to 1673 <a href="/wiki/Walter_Bruce_(Constant_Moderator)" title="Walter Bruce (Constant Moderator)">Walter Bruce</a> of Inverkeithing was "Constant Moderator.<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> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Patrick_Sympson&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Patrick Sympson (page does not exist)">Patrick Sympson</a> was Constant Moderator from an unknown date to Spring 1690.<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> Gabriel Cunningham acted as Interim Moderator in 1690 (as though there had been no gap) until Kennedie was chosen to succeed him. </p> <ul><li>1690 <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Kennedie" title="Hugh Kennedie">Hugh Kennedie</a> (Edinburgh: <a href="/wiki/Trinity_College_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Trinity College Church">Trinity College Church</a>)</li> <li>1692 and 1697 <a href="/wiki/William_Crichton_(minister)" title="William Crichton (minister)">William Crichton</a> (Edinburgh: <a href="/wiki/Tron_Kirk" title="Tron Kirk">Tron Church</a>)</li> <li>1694 <a href="/wiki/John_Law_(minister)" title="John Law (minister)">John Law</a> (Edinburgh: <a href="/wiki/High_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="High Church">High Church</a>)</li> <li>1695 <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Simson_(moderator)" class="mw-redirect" title="Patrick Simson (moderator)">Patrick Simson</a> (Renfrew)</li> <li>1698 and 1703 <a href="/wiki/George_Meldrum" title="George Meldrum">George Meldrum</a> (Edinburgh: Tron Church and Professor of <a href="/wiki/Divinity" title="Divinity">Divinity</a>, Edinburgh)</li> <li>1699 <a href="/wiki/George_Hamilton_(1699_moderator)" title="George Hamilton (1699 moderator)">George Hamilton</a> (Edinburgh: High Church)</li> <li>1700 <a href="/wiki/David_Blair_(moderator)" title="David Blair (moderator)">David Blair</a> (Edinburgh: Old Church)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="18th_century">18th century</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_moderators_of_the_General_Assembly_of_the_Church_of_Scotland&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 18th century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1701 and 1704 <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Wilkie" title="Thomas Wilkie">Thomas Wilkie</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kirk_of_the_Canongate" class="mw-redirect" title="Kirk of the Canongate">Edinburgh: Canongate</a>)</li> <li>1702 <a href="/wiki/David_Williamson_(minister)" title="David Williamson (minister)">David Williamson</a> (Edinburgh: St Cuthbert's) aka "<a href="/wiki/Dainty_Davie" title="Dainty Davie">Dainty Davie</a>"</li> <li>1703 <a href="/wiki/George_Meldrum" title="George Meldrum">George Meldrum</a>, (Tron, Edinburgh)</li> <li>1705, 1708, 1711 and 1715 <a href="/wiki/William_Carstares" title="William Carstares">William Carstares</a> (Principal of the College of Edinburgh)</li> <li>1706, 1713, 1718, 1724 and 1728 <a href="/wiki/William_Wishart_(primus)" title="William Wishart (primus)">William Wishart</a> (South Leith, later <a href="/wiki/Principals_of_the_University_of_Edinburgh" class="mw-redirect" title="Principals of the University of Edinburgh">Principal</a> of the College of Edinburgh)</li> <li>1707 <a href="/wiki/John_Stirling_(principal)" title="John Stirling (principal)">John Stirling</a> (<a href="/wiki/Principal_of_the_University_of_Glasgow" title="Principal of the University of Glasgow">Principal of the University of Glasgow</a>)</li> <li>1709 <a href="/wiki/John_Currie_(moderator)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Currie (moderator)">John Currie</a> (<a href="/wiki/Haddington,_East_Lothian" title="Haddington, East Lothian">Haddington</a>)<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><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></li> <li>1710, 1714, 1717, 1722 and 1726 <a href="/wiki/William_Mitchell_(moderator)" title="William Mitchell (moderator)">William Mitchell</a> (Edinburgh: High Church)- the first Second Charge to become Moderator</li> <li>1712, 1716, 1720, 1727 and 1730 <a href="/wiki/William_Hamilton_(educator)" class="mw-redirect" title="William Hamilton (educator)">William Hamilton</a> (Professor of Divinity, later <a href="/wiki/List_of_Principals_of_the_University_of_Edinburgh" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Principals of the University of Edinburgh">Principal of the University of Edinburgh</a>)</li> <li>1719 <a href="/wiki/James_Grierson_(minister,_born_1662)" title="James Grierson (minister, born 1662)">James Grierson</a> (Second Charge in Edinburgh: Trinity College Church)</li> <li>1721 <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Black_(moderator)" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas Black (moderator)">Thomas Black</a> (St John's Church, Perth)</li> <li>1723 and 1731 <a href="/wiki/James_Smith_(educator)" class="mw-redirect" title="James Smith (educator)">James Smith</a> (Cramond; later <a href="/wiki/List_of_Principals_of_the_University_of_Edinburgh" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Principals of the University of Edinburgh">Principal of the University of Edinburgh</a>)</li> <li>1725 and 1729 <a href="/wiki/James_Alston" title="James Alston">James Alston</a> (<a href="/wiki/Dirleton" title="Dirleton">Dirleton</a>)</li> <li>1732 and 1737 <a href="/wiki/Neil_Campbell_(minister)" title="Neil Campbell (minister)">Neil Campbell</a> (<a href="/wiki/Principal_of_the_University_of_Glasgow" title="Principal of the University of Glasgow">Principal of the University of Glasgow</a>)</li> <li>1733 <a href="/wiki/John_Gowdie" title="John Gowdie">John Gowdie</a> (Edinburgh: New North, also <a href="/wiki/List_of_Principals_of_the_University_of_Edinburgh" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Principals of the University of Edinburgh">Principal of the University of Edinburgh</a>)</li> <li>1734 <a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Gordon_(moderator)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="James Gordon (moderator) (page does not exist)">James Gordon</a> (<a href="/wiki/Alford,_Aberdeenshire" title="Alford, Aberdeenshire">Alford</a>)</li> <li>1735 <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Anderson_(minister)" title="Alexander Anderson (minister)">Alexander Anderson</a> (St Andrews)</li> <li>1738 and 1741 <a href="/wiki/James_Ramsay_(moderator)" class="mw-redirect" title="James Ramsay (moderator)">James Ramsay</a> (Kelso)</li> <li>1739 <a href="/wiki/James_Bannatine" title="James Bannatine">James Bannatine</a> (Edinburgh: Trinity College Church)</li> <li>1740 <a href="/wiki/George_Logan_(minister)" title="George Logan (minister)">George Logan</a> (Edinburgh: Trinity College Church)</li> <li>1742 <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Tullideph" title="Thomas Tullideph">Thomas Tullideph</a> (Principal, St Leonard's College, St Andrews)</li> <li>1743 <a href="/wiki/Robert_Wallace_(minister)" title="Robert Wallace (minister)">Robert Wallace</a> (Edinburgh: New North)</li> <li>1744 <a href="/wiki/John_Adams_(moderator)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Adams (moderator)">John Adams</a> (<a href="/wiki/Falkirk" title="Falkirk">Falkirk</a>)</li> <li>1745 <a href="/wiki/William_Wishart_(secundus)" title="William Wishart (secundus)">William Wishart</a> (Principal (Secundus) of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Edinburgh" title="University of Edinburgh">University of Edinburgh</a>)</li> <li>1746 <a href="/wiki/John_Lumsden_of_Auchinleck" title="John Lumsden of Auchinleck">John Lumsden of Auchinleck</a> (Professor of Divinity, <a href="/wiki/King%27s_College,_Aberdeen" title="King's College, Aberdeen">King's College, Aberdeen</a>)</li> <li>1747 <a href="/wiki/Robert_Kinloch_(minister)" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Kinloch (minister)">Robert Kinloch</a> (Edinburgh: High Church)</li> <li>1748 <a href="/wiki/George_Wishart_(moderator)" title="George Wishart (moderator)">George Wishart</a> (Edinburgh: Tron Church)</li> <li>1749, 1752 and 1756 <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Cumin" title="Patrick Cumin">Patrick Cumin</a> (Edinburgh: Old Church, also Professor of Church History)</li> <li>1750 <a href="/wiki/Robert_Patoun" title="Robert Patoun">Robert Patoun</a> (Renfrew)</li> <li>1751 <a href="/wiki/James_Mackie_(moderator)" title="James Mackie (moderator)">James Mackie</a> (St Ninians, Stirling)</li> <li>1753 <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Webster" title="Alexander Webster">Alexander Webster</a> (Edinburgh: Tolbooth)</li> <li>1754 and 1760 <a href="/wiki/Robert_Hamilton_(moderator,_died_1787)" title="Robert Hamilton (moderator, died 1787)">Robert Hamilton</a> (Professor of Divinity, Edinburgh) and minister of Old <a href="/wiki/Greyfriars_Kirk" title="Greyfriars Kirk">Greyfriars Kirk</a></li> <li>1755 <a href="/wiki/George_Reid_(moderator)" title="George Reid (moderator)">George Reid</a> (St Quivox)</li> <li>1757 <a href="/wiki/William_Leechman" title="William Leechman">William Leechman</a> (Professor of Divinity, later Principal of the University of Glasgow)</li> <li>1758 <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Turnbull_(moderator)" title="Thomas Turnbull (moderator)">Thomas Turnbull</a> (Borthwick)</li> <li>1760 <a href="/wiki/George_Kay_(minister)" title="George Kay (minister)">George Kay</a> (<a href="/wiki/Greyfriars_Kirk,_Edinburgh" class="mw-redirect" title="Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh">Edinburgh: Old Greyfriars'</a>)</li> <li>1761 <a href="/wiki/John_Hyndman" title="John Hyndman">John Hyndman</a> (<a href="/wiki/Lady_Yester%27s_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Lady Yester's Church">Lady Yester's Church</a>) note – Scott does not record this moderatorship<sup id="cite_ref-fasti_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fasti-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1762 <a href="/wiki/Robert_Trail_(moderator)" title="Robert Trail (moderator)">Robert Trail</a> (Professor of Divinity, University of Glasgow)</li> <li>1763 <a href="/wiki/William_Robertson_(historian)" title="William Robertson (historian)">William Robertson</a> (<a href="/wiki/Greyfriars_Kirk,_Edinburgh" class="mw-redirect" title="Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh">Edinburgh: Old Greyfriars</a>, also <a href="/wiki/List_of_Principals_of_the_University_of_Edinburgh" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Principals of the University of Edinburgh">Principal of the University of Edinburgh</a>)</li> <li>1764 <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Gerard" title="Alexander Gerard">Alexander Gerard</a> (Professor of Theology, <a href="/wiki/Marischal_College,_Aberdeen" class="mw-redirect" title="Marischal College, Aberdeen">Marischal College, Aberdeen</a>)</li> <li>1765 <a href="/wiki/James_Oswald_(moderator)" title="James Oswald (moderator)">James Oswald</a> (Methven)</li> <li>1766 <a href="/wiki/John_Hamilton_(moderator)" title="John Hamilton (moderator)">John Hamilton</a> (Glasgow: St Mungo's High Church)</li> <li>1767 <a href="/wiki/James_Murison_(moderator)" title="James Murison (moderator)">James Murison</a> (Principal of the New College, University of St Andrews)</li> <li>1768 <a href="/wiki/Gilbert_Hamilton_(minister)" title="Gilbert Hamilton (minister)">Gilbert Hamilton</a> (<a href="/wiki/Cramond" title="Cramond">Cramond</a>, near Edinburgh)</li> <li>1769 <a href="/wiki/James_MacKnight" title="James MacKnight">James MacKnight</a> (Maybole)</li> <li>1770 <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Carlyle" title="Alexander Carlyle">Alexander Carlyle</a> (<a href="/wiki/Inveresk" title="Inveresk">Inveresk</a>)</li> <li>1771 <a href="/wiki/Robert_Walker_(moderator)" title="Robert Walker (moderator)">Robert Walker</a> (Edinburgh: The High Kirk)</li> <li>1772 <a href="/wiki/Adam_Fergusson_(moderator)" class="mw-redirect" title="Adam Fergusson (moderator)">Adam Fergusson</a> (<a href="/wiki/Moulin,_Scotland" title="Moulin, Scotland">Moulin</a>)</li> <li>1773 and 1784 <a href="/wiki/John_Drysdale_(moderator)" title="John Drysdale (moderator)">John Drysdale</a> <a href="/wiki/FRSE" class="mw-redirect" title="FRSE">FRSE</a> (Edinburgh: Tron)</li> <li>1774 <a href="/wiki/Robert_Henry_(minister)" title="Robert Henry (minister)">Robert Henry</a> (<a href="/wiki/Greyfriars_Kirk,_Edinburgh" class="mw-redirect" title="Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh">Edinburgh: New Greyfriars'</a>)</li> <li>1775 <a href="/wiki/David_Shaw_(moderator)" class="mw-redirect" title="David Shaw (moderator)">David Shaw</a> (Coylton)</li> <li>1776 <a href="/wiki/John_Ker_(moderator)" title="John Ker (moderator)">John Ker</a> (<a href="/wiki/Forfar" title="Forfar">Forfar</a>)</li> <li>1777 <a href="/wiki/James_Brown_(moderator)" title="James Brown (moderator)">James Brown</a> (Edinburgh: New (West) Kirk, St Giles)</li> <li>1778 <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Grant_(moderator)" title="Patrick Grant (moderator)">Patrick Grant</a> (<a href="/wiki/Urray" title="Urray">Urray</a>)</li> <li>1779 <a href="/wiki/James_Gillespie_(minister)" title="James Gillespie (minister)">James Gillespie</a> (St Andrews)</li> <li>1780 <a href="/wiki/Harry_Spens" title="Harry Spens">Harry Spens</a> (<a href="/wiki/East_Wemyss" title="East Wemyss">East Wemyss</a>)</li> <li>1781 <a href="/wiki/William_Dalrymple_(moderator)" title="William Dalrymple (moderator)">William Dalrymple</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ayr" title="Ayr">Ayr</a>)</li> <li>1782 <a href="/wiki/Joseph_McCormick_(minister)" title="Joseph McCormick (minister)">Joseph McCormick</a> (<a href="/wiki/Prestonpans" title="Prestonpans">Prestonpans</a>, later Principal of St Leonard's College, University of St Andrews)</li> <li>1783 <a href="/wiki/Henry_Grieve" title="Henry Grieve">Henry Grieve</a> (<a href="/wiki/Dalkeith" title="Dalkeith">Dalkeith</a>)</li> <li>1785 <a href="/wiki/Henry_Moncrieff-Wellwood_(moderator)" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry Moncrieff-Wellwood (moderator)">Henry Moncrieff-Wellwood</a>, Bart., (Edinburgh: West)</li> <li>1786 <a href="/wiki/Duncan_Shaw_(minister,_born_1727)" title="Duncan Shaw (minister, born 1727)">Duncan Shaw</a> (Aberdeen North)</li> <li>1787 <a href="/wiki/Robert_Liston_(minister)" title="Robert Liston (minister)">Robert Liston</a> (<a href="/wiki/Aberdour" title="Aberdour">Aberdour</a>) (last to be elected without DD)</li> <li>1788 <a href="/wiki/Archibald_Davidson" title="Archibald Davidson">Archibald Davidson</a> (Principal of the University of Glasgow)</li> <li>1789 <a href="/wiki/George_Hill_(minister)" title="George Hill (minister)">George Hill</a> (Professor of Divinity, University of St Andrews)</li> <li>1790 <a href="/wiki/John_Walker_(naturalist)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Walker (naturalist)">John Walker</a> (Professor of Natural History, Edinburgh)</li> <li>1791 <a href="/wiki/Robert_Small_(minister)" title="Robert Small (minister)">Robert Small</a> (Dundee, St Mary's), Mathematician and Astronomer</li> <li>1792 <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Hunter_(minister)" title="Andrew Hunter (minister)">Andrew Hunter</a> (Professor of Divinity, University of Edinburgh])</li> <li>1793 <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Hardy_(Minister)" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas Hardy (Minister)">Thomas Hardy</a> (Professor of Church History, University of Edinburgh)</li> <li>1794 <a href="/wiki/Robert_Arnot" title="Robert Arnot">Robert Arnot</a> (Professor of Divinity, University of St Andrews)</li> <li>1795 <a href="/wiki/James_Meek_(minister)" title="James Meek (minister)">James Meek</a> (<a href="/wiki/Cambuslang#History" title="Cambuslang">Cambuslang</a>), Historian and Meteorologist</li> <li>1796 <a href="/wiki/William_Greenfield_(Minister)" class="mw-redirect" title="William Greenfield (Minister)">William Greenfield</a> (Edinburgh: High Church, also Professor of Rhetoric at the University of Edinburgh)</li> <li>1797 <a href="/wiki/John_Adamson_(minister)" title="John Adamson (minister)">John Adamson</a> (St Andrews) Professor of Civil History in the <a href="/wiki/United_College,_St_Andrews" title="United College, St Andrews">United College, University of St Andrews</a></li> <li>1798 <a href="/wiki/William_Taylor_(Scottish_minister)" title="William Taylor (Scottish minister)">William Taylor</a> (Glasgow: High, also Principal of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Glasgow" title="University of Glasgow">University of Glasgow</a>)</li> <li>1799 <a href="/wiki/William_Moodie" title="William Moodie">William Moodie</a> (Edinburgh: St Andrew's, also Professor of Hebrew at the University of Edinburgh)</li> <li>1800 <a href="/wiki/George_Husband_Baird" class="mw-redirect" title="George Husband Baird">George Baird</a> (Principal, University of Edinburgh)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="19th_century">19th century</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_moderators_of_the_General_Assembly_of_the_Church_of_Scotland&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 19th century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1801 <a href="/wiki/William_Ritchie_(moderator)" title="William Ritchie (moderator)">William Ritchie</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kilwinning" title="Kilwinning">Kilwinning</a>)</li> <li>1802 <a href="/wiki/James_Finlayson_(minister)" title="James Finlayson (minister)">James Finlayson</a> (Edinburgh: High Church, also Professor of Logic at the University of Edinburgh)</li> <li>1803 <a href="/wiki/Gilbert_Gerard_(theological_writer)" title="Gilbert Gerard (theological writer)">Gilbert Gerard</a> (Professor of Divinity, University of Aberdeen)</li> <li>1804 <a href="/wiki/John_Inglis_(moderator)" title="John Inglis (moderator)">John Inglis</a> (Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh)</li> <li>1805 <a href="/wiki/George_Hamilton_(1805_moderator)" title="George Hamilton (1805 moderator)">George Hamilton</a> (Gladsmuir) Following <a href="/wiki/William_McQuhae" title="William McQuhae">William McQuhae</a>'s rejection of the role<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-fasti_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fasti-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1806 <a href="/wiki/William_Taylor_(moderator)" title="William Taylor (moderator)">William Taylor</a> (St Enoch's, Glasgow)</li> <li>1807 <a href="/wiki/James_Sherriffs" title="James Sherriffs">James Sherriffs</a> (Aberdeen)</li> <li>1808 <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Grant_(minister)" title="Andrew Grant (minister)">Andrew Grant</a> (Kilmarnock)</li> <li>1809 <a href="/wiki/Francis_Nicoll" title="Francis Nicoll">Francis Nicoll</a> (<a href="/wiki/Strathmartine" title="Strathmartine">Mains and Strathmartine</a> east of <a href="/wiki/Dundee" title="Dundee">Dundee</a> – later Principal of <a href="/wiki/St_Leonard%27s_College,_St_Andrews" title="St Leonard's College, St Andrews">St Leonard's College, St Andrews</a>)</li> <li>1810 <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Meiklejohn" title="Hugh Meiklejohn">Hugh Meiklejohn</a> (Abercorn, also Professor of Church History at the University of Edinburgh)</li> <li>1811 <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Ranken_(moderator)" class="mw-redirect" title="Alexander Ranken (moderator)">Alexander Ranken</a> (St David's (Ramshorn) Church, Glasgow)</li> <li>1812 <a href="/wiki/William_MacMorine" title="William MacMorine">William MacMorine</a> (Caerlaverock) instead of Robert Dickson of <a href="/wiki/South_Leith_Parish_Church" title="South Leith Parish Church">South Leith Parish Church</a> who declined Moderatorship<sup id="cite_ref-fasti_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fasti-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1813 <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Brown_(minister)" title="Andrew Brown (minister)">Andrew Brown</a> (Edinburgh: Old Church, also Professor of Rhetoric at the University of Edinburgh)</li> <li>1814 <a href="/wiki/David_Ritchie_(moderator)" title="David Ritchie (moderator)">David Ritchie</a> <a href="/wiki/FRSE" class="mw-redirect" title="FRSE">FRSE</a> (Edinburgh: St Andrew's, also Professor of Logic at the University of Edinburgh)</li> <li>1815 <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Gordon_(minister)" title="Lewis Gordon (minister)">Lewis Gordon</a> (Drainie)</li> <li>1816 <a href="/wiki/John_Cook_(moderator_1816)" title="John Cook (moderator 1816)">John Cook</a> (of Kilmany then Professor of Hebrew, then Biblical Criticism at St Andrews)</li> <li>1817 <a href="/wiki/Gavin_Gibb" title="Gavin Gibb">Gavin Gibb</a> (Glasgow: St Andrew's, also Professor of Hebrew, University of Glasgow)</li> <li>1818 <a href="/wiki/John_Campbell_(moderator)" title="John Campbell (moderator)">John Campbell</a> (Tolbooth parish, Edinburgh)</li> <li>1819 and 1843 <a href="/wiki/Duncan_Macfarlan" title="Duncan Macfarlan">Duncan Macfarlan</a> (Drymen, later Principal of the University of Glasgow)</li> <li>1820 <a href="/wiki/Thomas_MacKnight_(minister)" title="Thomas MacKnight (minister)">Thomas MacKnight</a> <a href="/wiki/FRSE" class="mw-redirect" title="FRSE">FRSE</a> (Edinburgh: Old Church)</li> <li>1821 <a href="/wiki/Duncan_Mearns" title="Duncan Mearns">Duncan Mearns</a> (Professor of Divinity, <a href="/wiki/University_of_Aberdeen" title="University of Aberdeen">University of Aberdeen</a>)</li> <li>1822 <a href="/wiki/David_Lamont_(moderator)" title="David Lamont (moderator)">David Lamont</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kirkpatrick_Durham" title="Kirkpatrick Durham">Kirkpatrick Durham</a>)</li> <li>1823 <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Brunton" title="Alexander Brunton">Alexander Brunton</a> (Edinburgh: Tron Kirk, also Professor of Oriental Languages, University of Edinburgh)</li> <li>1824 <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Duncan_(moderator)" class="mw-redirect" title="Andrew Duncan (moderator)">Andrew Duncan</a> (Ratho)</li> <li>1825 <a href="/wiki/George_Cook_(Scottish_minister)" class="mw-redirect" title="George Cook (Scottish minister)">George Cook</a> <a href="/wiki/FRSE" class="mw-redirect" title="FRSE">FRSE</a> (Laurencekirk)</li> <li>1826 <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Taylor_(moderator)" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas Taylor (moderator)">Thomas Taylor</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tibbermore" title="Tibbermore">Tibbermore</a>)</li> <li>1827 <a href="/wiki/Robert_Haldane_(mathematician)" title="Robert Haldane (mathematician)">Robert Haldane</a> (Principal, St Mary's College, University of St Andrews)</li> <li>1828 <a href="/wiki/Stevenson_McGill" title="Stevenson McGill">Stevenson McGill</a> (Professor of Divinity, University of Glasgow)</li> <li>1829 <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Forbes_(minister)" title="Patrick Forbes (minister)">Patrick Forbes</a> (Oldmachar)</li> <li>1830 <a href="/wiki/William_Singer_(minister)" title="William Singer (minister)">William Singer</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kirkpatrick-Juxta" title="Kirkpatrick-Juxta">Kirkpatrick-Juxta</a>)</li> <li>1831 <a href="/wiki/James_Wallace_(moderator)" title="James Wallace (moderator)">James Wallace</a> (<a href="/wiki/Whitekirk" title="Whitekirk">Whitekirk</a>)</li> <li>1832 <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Chalmers" title="Thomas Chalmers">Thomas Chalmers</a> (Professor of Divinity, University of Edinburgh)</li> <li>1833 <a href="/wiki/John_Stirling_(moderator)" title="John Stirling (moderator)">John Stirling</a> (<a href="/wiki/Craigie,_South_Ayrshire" title="Craigie, South Ayrshire">Craigie, South Ayrshire</a>)</li> <li>1834 <a href="/wiki/Patrick_MacFarlan" title="Patrick MacFarlan">Patrick MacFarlan</a> (West Kirk <a href="/wiki/Greenock" title="Greenock">Greenock</a>)</li> <li>1835 <a href="/wiki/William_Aird_Thomson" title="William Aird Thomson">William Aird Thomson</a> (Perth)</li> <li>1836 <a href="/wiki/Norman_Macleod_(The_Highlanders%27_Friend)" class="mw-redirect" title="Norman Macleod (The Highlanders' Friend)">Norman Macleod (The Highlanders' Friend)</a> (<a href="/wiki/St_Columba_Church_of_Scotland,_Glasgow" title="St Columba Church of Scotland, Glasgow">Glasgow: St Columba</a>)</li> <li>1837 <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Gardiner_(minister)" title="Matthew Gardiner (minister)">Matthew Gardiner</a> (Bothwell)</li> <li>1838 <a href="/wiki/William_Muir_(divine)" title="William Muir (divine)">William Muir</a> (<a href="/wiki/St_Stephen%27s_Church,_Edinburgh" title="St Stephen's Church, Edinburgh">Edinburgh: St Stephen's</a>)</li> <li>1839 <a href="/wiki/Henry_Duncan_(minister)" title="Henry Duncan (minister)">Henry Duncan</a> (Ruthwell)</li> <li>1840 <a href="/wiki/Angus_Makellar" title="Angus Makellar">Angus Makellar</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pencaitland" title="Pencaitland">Pencaitland</a>)</li> <li>1841 <a href="/wiki/Robert_Gordon_(minister)" title="Robert Gordon (minister)">Robert Gordon</a> (Edinburgh: High Church)</li> <li>1842 <a href="/wiki/David_Welsh" title="David Welsh">David Welsh</a> (Professor of Church History, University of Edinburgh)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Post_Disruption">Post Disruption</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_moderators_of_the_General_Assembly_of_the_Church_of_Scotland&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Post Disruption"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The "<a href="/wiki/Disruption_of_1843" title="Disruption of 1843">Disruption</a>" in the Church of Scotland took place in 1843, with approximately one-third of the ministers leaving to form the <a href="/wiki/Free_Church_of_Scotland_(1843%E2%80%931900)" title="Free Church of Scotland (1843–1900)">Free Church of Scotland</a>. The Moderator in this critical year was <a href="/wiki/Duncan_Macfarlan" title="Duncan Macfarlan">Duncan Macfarlan</a> (High Church of Glasgow) </p> <ul><li>1844 <a href="/wiki/John_Lee_(University_Principal)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Lee (University Principal)">John Lee</a> (Principal, University of Edinburgh)</li> <li>1845 <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Hill_(minister)" title="Alexander Hill (minister)">Alexander Hill</a> (Professor of Divinity, University of Glasgow)</li> <li>1846 <a href="/wiki/James_Paull_(moderator)" title="James Paull (moderator)">James Paull</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tullynessle" title="Tullynessle">Tullynessle</a>)</li> <li>1847 <a href="/wiki/John_Paul_(minister)" title="John Paul (minister)">John Paul</a> (Edinburgh: West Kirk)</li> <li>1848 <a href="/wiki/George_Buist_(minister)" title="George Buist (minister)">George Buist</a> (Professor of Church History, University of St Andrews)</li> <li>1849 <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Lockhart_Simpson" title="Alexander Lockhart Simpson">Alexander Lockhart Simpson</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kirknewton,_West_Lothian" title="Kirknewton, West Lothian">Kirknewton</a>)</li> <li>1850 <a href="/wiki/John_Graham_of_Balfunning" title="John Graham of Balfunning">John Graham of Balfunning</a> (<a href="/wiki/Killearn" title="Killearn">Killearn</a>)</li> <li>1851 John Macleod (<a href="/wiki/Morvern" title="Morvern">Morvern</a>)</li> <li>1852 <a href="/wiki/Lewis_William_Forbes" title="Lewis William Forbes">Lewis William Forbes</a> (<a href="/wiki/Boharm" title="Boharm">Boharm</a>)</li> <li>1853 <a href="/wiki/James_Barr_(moderator)" title="James Barr (moderator)">James Barr</a> (Glasgow: St Enoch's)</li> <li>1854 <a href="/wiki/James_Grant_(minister)" title="James Grant (minister)">James Grant</a> (Edinburgh: St Mary's)</li> <li>1855 <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Bell_(moderator)" title="Andrew Bell (moderator)">Andrew Bell</a> (<a href="/wiki/Linlithgow" title="Linlithgow">Linlithgow</a>)</li> <li>1856 <a href="/wiki/John_Crombie_(minister)" title="John Crombie (minister)">John Crombie</a> (Scone)</li> <li>1857 <a href="/wiki/James_Robertson_(moderator)" title="James Robertson (moderator)">James Robertson</a> <a href="/wiki/FRSE" class="mw-redirect" title="FRSE">FRSE</a> (Professor of Church History, University of Edinburgh)</li> <li>1858 <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Leishman" title="Matthew Leishman">Matthew Leishman</a> (<a href="/wiki/Govan" title="Govan">Govan</a>)</li> <li>1859 <a href="/wiki/John_Cook_(moderator_1859)" title="John Cook (moderator 1859)">Prof John Cook</a> (Professor of Church History, University of St Andrews)</li> <li>1860 <a href="/wiki/James_Maitland_(minister)" title="James Maitland (minister)">James Maitland</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kells,_Dumfries_and_Galloway" title="Kells, Dumfries and Galloway">Kells, Dumfries and Galloway</a>)</li> <li>1861 <a href="/wiki/Colin_Smith_(minister)" title="Colin Smith (minister)">Colin Smith</a> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=Glenaray&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Glenaray (page does not exist)">Glenaray</a> near <a href="/wiki/Inveraray" title="Inveraray">Inveraray</a>)</li> <li>1862 <a href="/wiki/James_Bisset_(moderator)" class="mw-redirect" title="James Bisset (moderator)">James Bisset</a> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=Bourtie&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bourtie (page does not exist)">Bourtie</a>)</li> <li>1863 <a href="/wiki/James_Craik_(moderator)" title="James Craik (moderator)">James Craik</a> (Glasgow: St George's)</li> <li>1864 <a href="/wiki/William_Robinson_Pirie" title="William Robinson Pirie">William Robinson Pirie</a> (Principal, <a href="/wiki/University_of_Aberdeen" title="University of Aberdeen">University of Aberdeen</a>)</li> <li>1865 <a href="/wiki/James_Macfarlane_(moderator)" title="James Macfarlane (moderator)">James Macfarlane</a> <a href="/wiki/FRSE" class="mw-redirect" title="FRSE">FRSE</a> (Duddingston, near Edinburgh)</li> <li>1866 <a href="/wiki/John_Cook_(Haddington)" title="John Cook (Haddington)">John Cook</a> (Haddington)</li> <li>1867 <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jackson_Crawford" title="Thomas Jackson Crawford">Thomas Jackson Crawford</a> <a href="/wiki/FRSE" class="mw-redirect" title="FRSE">FRSE</a>, (Professor of Divinity, University of Edinburgh)</li> <li>1868 <a href="/wiki/James_S._Barty" title="James S. Barty">James Strachan Barty</a> (Bendochy)</li> <li>1869 <a href="/wiki/Norman_Macleod_(1812-1872)" class="mw-redirect" title="Norman Macleod (1812-1872)">Norman MacLeod</a> (Glasgow: The Barony)</li> <li>1870 <a href="/wiki/George_Ritchie_(moderator)" title="George Ritchie (moderator)">George Ritchie</a> (<a href="/wiki/Jedburgh" title="Jedburgh">Jedburgh</a>)</li> <li>1871 <a href="/wiki/Robert_Horne_Stevenson" title="Robert Horne Stevenson">Robert Horne Stevenson</a> (Edinburgh: St George's)</li> <li>1872 <a href="/wiki/Robert_Jamieson_(moderator)" title="Robert Jamieson (moderator)">Robert Jamieson</a> (Glasgow: St Paul's)</li> <li>1873 <a href="/wiki/Robert_Gillan" title="Robert Gillan">Robert Gillan</a> (Inchinnan)</li> <li>1874 <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Trail" title="Samuel Trail">Samuel Trail</a> (Professor of Divinity, University of Aberdeen)</li> <li>1875 <a href="/wiki/James_Sellar_(minister)" title="James Sellar (minister)">James Sellar</a> (Aberlour)</li> <li>1876 <a href="/wiki/George_Cook_(moderator_1876)" title="George Cook (moderator 1876)">George Cook</a> (<a href="/wiki/Borgue,_Dumfries_and_Galloway" title="Borgue, Dumfries and Galloway">Borgue</a>)</li> <li>1877 <a href="/wiki/K._M._Phin" title="K. M. Phin">Kenneth Macleay Phin</a> (Convener of the Home Mission Committee)</li> <li>1878 <a href="/wiki/John_Tulloch" title="John Tulloch">John Tulloch</a> (Principal, St Mary's College, University of St Andrews)</li> <li>1879 <a href="/wiki/James_Crystal" class="mw-redirect" title="James Crystal">James Crystal</a> (<a href="/wiki/Auchinleck" title="Auchinleck">Auchinleck</a>)</li> <li>1880 <a href="/wiki/Archibald_Watson_(moderator)" title="Archibald Watson (moderator)">Archibald Watson</a> (<a href="/wiki/Dundee_Parish_Church_(St_Mary%27s)" title="Dundee Parish Church (St Mary's)">St Mary's, Dundee</a>)</li> <li>1881 <a href="/wiki/James_Smith_(moderator)" title="James Smith (moderator)">James Smith</a> (<a href="/wiki/Cathcart" title="Cathcart">Cathcart</a>)</li> <li>1882 <a href="/wiki/William_Milligan" title="William Milligan">William Milligan</a> (Professor of Biblical Criticism, University of Aberdeen)</li> <li>1883 <a href="/wiki/John_Rankine_(moderator)" title="John Rankine (moderator)">John Rankine</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sorn,_East_Ayrshire" title="Sorn, East Ayrshire">Sorn</a>)</li> <li>1884 Peter MacKenzie (Urquhart in Presbytery of <a href="/wiki/Dingwall" title="Dingwall">Dingwall</a>)</li> <li>1885 <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Ferrier_Mitchell" title="Alexander Ferrier Mitchell">Alexander Ferrier Mitchell</a> (Professor of Church History, University of UniversSt Andrews)</li> <li>1886 <a href="/wiki/John_Cunningham_(moderator)" title="John Cunningham (moderator)">John Cunningham</a> (Principal, St Mary's College, University of St Andrews)</li> <li>1887 <a href="/wiki/George_Hutchison_(moderator)" title="George Hutchison (moderator)">George Hutchison</a> (<a href="/wiki/Banchory" title="Banchory">Banchory</a>-Ternan)</li> <li>1888 <a href="/wiki/William_Henry_Gray" title="William Henry Gray">William Henry Gray</a> (Liberton)</li> <li>1889 <a href="/wiki/Paton_James_Gloag" title="Paton James Gloag">Paton James Gloag</a> (Galashiels)</li> <li>1890 <a href="/wiki/A._K._H._Boyd" class="mw-redirect" title="A. K. H. Boyd">A. K. H. Boyd</a> (St Andrews)</li> <li>1891 <a href="/wiki/James_MacGregor_(moderator)" title="James MacGregor (moderator)">James MacGregor</a> (Edinburgh: St Cuthbert's)</li> <li>1892 <a href="/wiki/Archibald_Charteris" title="Archibald Charteris">Archibald Charteris</a> (University of Edinburgh)</li> <li>1893 <a href="/wiki/Marshall_Lang_(father)" class="mw-redirect" title="Marshall Lang (father)">J. Marshall Lang</a> (Glasgow: The Barony)</li> <li>1894 <a href="/wiki/Robert_Herbert_Story" title="Robert Herbert Story">Robert Herbert Story</a> (Principal of the University of Glasgow)</li> <li>1895 Donald Macleod (Glasgow: Park Church) after post declined by <a href="/wiki/Robert_Flint_(theologian)" title="Robert Flint (theologian)">Robert Flint</a><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1896 <a href="/wiki/Archibald_Scott_(moderator)" title="Archibald Scott (moderator)">Archibald Scott</a> (Edinburgh: St George's)</li> <li>1897 <a href="/wiki/William_Mair_(moderator)" title="William Mair (moderator)">William Mair</a> (<a href="/wiki/Earlston" title="Earlston">Earlston</a>)</li> <li>1898 <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Leishman" title="Thomas Leishman">Thomas Leishman</a> (Linton)</li> <li>1899 <a href="/wiki/John_Pagan" title="John Pagan">John Pagan</a> (Bothwell)</li> <li>1900 <a href="/wiki/Norman_Macleod_(moderator)" title="Norman Macleod (moderator)">Norman Macleod</a> <a href="/wiki/FRSE" class="mw-redirect" title="FRSE">FRSE</a> (<a href="/wiki/Inverness" title="Inverness">Inverness</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="20th_century">20th century</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_moderators_of_the_General_Assembly_of_the_Church_of_Scotland&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 20th century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1901 <a href="/wiki/James_Mitchell_(Scottish_minister)" title="James Mitchell (Scottish minister)">James Mitchell</a> (<a href="/wiki/Leith" title="Leith">South Leith</a>)</li> <li>1902 <a href="/wiki/James_Curdie_Russell" title="James Curdie Russell">James Curdie Russell</a> (Campbeltown)</li> <li>1903 <a href="/wiki/John_Gillespie_(moderator)" title="John Gillespie (moderator)">John Gillespie</a> (<a href="/wiki/Mouswald" title="Mouswald">Mouswald</a>)</li> <li>1904 <a href="/wiki/John_McMurtrie_(moderator)" title="John McMurtrie (moderator)">John McMurtrie</a> <a href="/wiki/FRSE" class="mw-redirect" title="FRSE">FRSE</a> (Convener, Committee on Foreign Missions)</li> <li>1905 <a href="/wiki/Andrew_J._Milne" title="Andrew J. Milne">Andrew J. Milne</a> (<a href="/wiki/Fyvie" title="Fyvie">Fyvie</a>)</li> <li>1906 <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Niven" title="Thomas Niven">Thomas Brown William Niven</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pollokshields" title="Pollokshields">Pollokshields</a>)</li> <li>1907 <a href="/wiki/Mitford_Mitchell" title="Mitford Mitchell">James Robert Mitford Mitchell</a> (Convener, Colonial Committee)</li> <li>1908 <a href="/wiki/Theodore_Marshall" title="Theodore Marshall">Theodore Marshall</a> (Convener, Home Mission Committee)</li> <li>1909 James Robertson (Whittinghame)</li> <li>1910 <a href="/wiki/Pearson_McAdam_Muir" title="Pearson McAdam Muir">Pearson McAdam Muir</a> (Glasgow Cathedral)</li> <li>1911 <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Stewart_(moderator)" title="Alexander Stewart (moderator)">Alexander Stewart</a> (Principal of St Mary's College, University of St Andrews)</li> <li>1912 <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Marcus_Dill" class="mw-redirect" title="Samuel Marcus Dill">Samuel Marcus Dill</a> (<a href="/wiki/Alloway" title="Alloway">Alloway</a>)</li> <li>1913 <a href="/wiki/Wallace_Williamson" title="Wallace Williamson">Andrew Wallace Williamson</a> (Edinburgh: High Kirk (St Giles’ Cathedral))</li> <li>1914 <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Nicol" title="Thomas Nicol">Thomas Nicol</a> (Professor of Biblical Criticism, University Aberdeen)</li> <li>1915 <a href="/wiki/David_Paul_(minister)" title="David Paul (minister)">David Paul</a> (Edinburgh: Robertson Memorial Church)</li> <li>1916 <a href="/wiki/John_Brown_(moderator)" title="John Brown (moderator)">John Brown</a> (Glasgow: Bellahouston)</li> <li>1917 <a href="/wiki/James_Cooper_(minister)" title="James Cooper (minister)">James Cooper</a> (Professor of Church History, University of Glasgow)</li> <li>1918 <a href="/wiki/James_Nicoll_Ogilvie" title="James Nicoll Ogilvie">James Nicoll Ogilvie</a> (Edinburgh: New Greyfriars')</li> <li>1919 <a href="/wiki/William_Paterson_Paterson" title="William Paterson Paterson">William Paterson Paterson</a> (University of Edinburgh)</li> <li>1920 <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Martin_(moderator)" title="Thomas Martin (moderator)">Thomas Martin</a> (Peebles)</li> <li>1921 <a href="/wiki/James_A._McClymont" title="James A. McClymont">James A. McClymont</a> CBE (Convener of the Committee on Chaplains to H. M. Forces)</li> <li>1922 <a href="/wiki/John_Smith_(moderator)" title="John Smith (moderator)">John Smith</a> (Glasgow: <a href="/wiki/Partick" title="Partick">Partick</a>)</li> <li>1923 <a href="/wiki/George_Milligan_(moderator)" class="mw-redirect" title="George Milligan (moderator)">George Milligan</a> (<a href="/wiki/University_of_Glasgow" title="University of Glasgow">University of Glasgow</a>)</li> <li>1924 <a href="/wiki/David_Cathels" title="David Cathels">David Cathels</a> (Hawick)</li> <li>1925 <a href="/wiki/John_White_(moderator)" class="mw-redirect" title="John White (moderator)">John White</a> (Glasgow: The Barony)(also served in 1929)</li> <li>1926 <a href="/wiki/John_Donaldson_McCallum" title="John Donaldson McCallum">John Donaldson McCallum</a> (Larkhall)</li> <li>1927 <a href="/wiki/Norman_Maclean_(moderator)" title="Norman Maclean (moderator)">Norman Maclean</a> (Edinburgh: St Cuthbert's)</li> <li>1928 <a href="/wiki/James_Montgomery_Campbell" title="James Montgomery Campbell">James Montgomery Campbell</a> (Dumfries)</li> <li>1929 Joseph Mitchell (Mauchline)</li></ul> <p>The union of the Church of Scotland and the <a href="/wiki/United_Free_Church_of_Scotland" title="United Free Church of Scotland">United Free Church of Scotland</a> occurred in 1929, the newly reunited church henceforth being known as the Church of Scotland. </p> <ul><li>1929 <a href="/wiki/John_White_(moderator)" class="mw-redirect" title="John White (moderator)">John White</a> (Glasgow: The Barony)(also served in 1925)</li> <li>1930 <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Nisbet_Bogle" title="Andrew Nisbet Bogle">Andrew Nisbet Bogle</a> (Joint-Secretary, Church and Ministry Department)</li> <li>1931 <a href="/wiki/John_Anderson_Graham" title="John Anderson Graham">John Anderson Graham</a> <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Indian_Empire" title="Order of the Indian Empire">CIE</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kalimpong" title="Kalimpong">Kalimpong</a>, India) (Founder of <a href="/wiki/Dr._Graham%27s_Homes" title="Dr. Graham's Homes">Dr. Graham's Homes</a>)</li> <li>1932 <a href="/wiki/H._R._Mackintosh" class="mw-redirect" title="H. R. Mackintosh">Hugh Ross Mackintosh</a> (Professor of Dogmatics, University of Edinburgh)</li> <li>1933 <a href="/wiki/Lauchlan_MacLean_Watt" class="mw-redirect" title="Lauchlan MacLean Watt">Lauchlan MacLean Watt</a> (<a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Cathedral" title="Glasgow Cathedral">Glasgow Cathedral</a>)</li> <li>1934 <a href="/wiki/Peter_Donald_Thomson" title="Peter Donald Thomson">Peter Donald Thomson</a> (Glasgow: <a href="/wiki/Kelvinside" title="Kelvinside">Kelvinside</a> (Botanic Gardens))</li> <li>1935 <a href="/wiki/Marshall_Lang_(son)" title="Marshall Lang (son)">Marshall B. Lang</a> (Whittingehame)</li> <li>1936 <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Lamont" title="Daniel Lamont">Daniel Lamont</a> (Professor of Practical Theology, <a href="/wiki/New_College,_Edinburgh" title="New College, Edinburgh">New College, Edinburgh</a>)</li> <li>1937 <a href="/wiki/Dugald_MacFarlane_(moderator)" title="Dugald MacFarlane (moderator)">Dugald MacFarlane</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kingussie" title="Kingussie">Kingussie</a>)</li> <li>1938 <a href="/wiki/James_Black_(Moderator)" title="James Black (Moderator)">James Black</a> (Edinburgh: St George's West)</li> <li>1939 <a href="/wiki/Archibald_Main" title="Archibald Main">Archibald Main</a> (Glasgow)</li> <li>1940 <a href="/wiki/James_Rae_Forgan" title="James Rae Forgan">James Rae Forgan</a> (Ayr: Trinity UF)</li> <li>1941 <a href="/wiki/J._H._Cockburn" class="mw-redirect" title="J. H. Cockburn">J. H. Cockburn</a> (<a href="/wiki/Dunblane_Cathedral" title="Dunblane Cathedral">Dunblane Cathedral</a>)</li> <li>1942 <a href="/wiki/Charles_William_Gray_Taylor" title="Charles William Gray Taylor">Charles William Gray Taylor</a> CBE (Edinburgh: St George's)</li> <li>1943 <a href="/wiki/John_Baillie_(theologian)" title="John Baillie (theologian)">John Baillie</a> (Professor of Divinity, University of Edinburgh)</li> <li>1944 <a href="/wiki/Edward_James_Hagan" title="Edward James Hagan">Edward James Hagan</a> OBE (Edinburgh: Warrender)</li> <li>1945 A. J. Campbell (<a href="/wiki/Evie,_Orkney" title="Evie, Orkney">Evie, Orkney</a>)</li> <li>1946 John McKenzie CIE (former Principal, The Wilson College, Bombay, India)</li> <li>1947 <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Stewart_(moderator)" title="Matthew Stewart (moderator)">Matthew Stewart</a> (<a href="/wiki/Hamilton_Old_Parish_Church" title="Hamilton Old Parish Church">Hamilton Old and Auchingramont</a>)</li> <li>1948 <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Macdonald_(minister)" class="mw-redirect" title="Alexander Macdonald (minister)">Alexander Macdonald</a> (<a href="/wiki/St_Columba_Church_of_Scotland,_Glasgow" title="St Columba Church of Scotland, Glasgow">Glasgow: St Columba</a>)</li> <li>1949 <a href="/wiki/George_Simpson_Duncan" class="mw-redirect" title="George Simpson Duncan">George Simpson Duncan</a> OBE (University of St Andrews)</li> <li>1950 <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Watt_(moderator)" title="Hugh Watt (moderator)">Hugh Watt</a> (University of Edinburgh)</li> <li>1951 <a href="/wiki/William_White_Anderson" title="William White Anderson">William White Anderson</a> MC (Edinburgh: St Cuthbert's)</li> <li>1952 <a href="/wiki/George_Johnstone_Jeffrey" title="George Johnstone Jeffrey">George Johnstone Jeffrey</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sherbrooke_St._Gilbert%27s_Church,_Glasgow" class="mw-redirect" title="Sherbrooke St. Gilbert's Church, Glasgow">Glasgow: Sherbrooke St Gilbert's</a>)</li> <li>1953 <a href="/wiki/James_Pitt-Watson" title="James Pitt-Watson">James Pitt-Watson</a> (Glasgow)</li> <li>1954 <a href="/wiki/Ernest_David_Jarvis" title="Ernest David Jarvis">Ernest David Jarvis</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wellington_Church" title="Wellington Church">Glasgow: Wellington</a>)</li> <li>1955 <a href="/wiki/G._D._Henderson" title="G. D. Henderson">G. D. Henderson</a> FBA (University of Aberdeen)</li> <li>1956 <a href="/wiki/Robert_Scott_(moderator)" title="Robert Scott (moderator)">Robert F. V. Scott</a> (<a href="/wiki/St_Columba%27s_Church,_London" title="St Columba's Church, London">St Columba's Church, London</a>)</li> <li>1957 <a href="/wiki/George_MacLeod" title="George MacLeod">George MacLeod</a> MC (<a href="/wiki/Iona_Community" title="Iona Community">Iona Community</a>) <i>(Peerage in 1967: Lord MacLeod of Fuinary)</i></li> <li>1958 <a href="/wiki/John_Fraser_(minister)" title="John Fraser (minister)">John A. Fraser</a> MBE (Hamilton Old and Auchingramont)</li> <li>1959 <a href="/wiki/R._H._W._Shepherd" title="R. H. W. Shepherd">Robert Henry Wishart Shepherd</a> (<a href="/wiki/Lovedale_(South_Africa)" title="Lovedale (South Africa)">Lovedale (South Africa)</a>)</li> <li>1960 <a href="/wiki/J._H._S._Burleigh" title="J. H. S. Burleigh">J. H. S. Burleigh</a> (University of Edinburgh)</li> <li>1961 <a href="/wiki/Archibald_Campbell_Craig" title="Archibald Campbell Craig">Archibald Campbell Craig</a> MC (University of Glasgow)</li> <li>1962 <a href="/wiki/Nevile_Davidson" title="Nevile Davidson">Nevile Davidson</a> (Glasgow Cathedral)</li> <li>1963 <a href="/wiki/James_Stuart_Stewart" class="mw-redirect" title="James Stuart Stewart">James Stuart Stewart</a> (Edinburgh)</li> <li>1964 <a href="/wiki/Duncan_Fraser" title="Duncan Fraser">Duncan Fraser</a> (Invergordon)</li> <li>1965 Archibald Watt STM (Edzell and Lethnot)</li> <li>1966 <a href="/wiki/Leonard_Small" title="Leonard Small">Leonard Small</a> OBE (Edinburgh: St Cuthbert's)</li> <li>1967 <a href="/wiki/William_Roy_Sanderson" title="William Roy Sanderson">William Roy Sanderson</a> (Stenton <i>linked with</i> Whittinghame)</li> <li>1968 <a href="/wiki/James_Longmuir" title="James Longmuir">James Boyd Longmuir</a> (Principal Clerk to the General Assembly)</li> <li>1969 <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Moffat_Murchison" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas Moffat Murchison">Thomas Moffat Murchison</a> (Glasgow: St Columba Summertown)</li> <li>1970 <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Douglas_(minister)" title="Hugh Douglas (minister)">Hugh O. Douglas</a> KCVO CBE (<a href="/wiki/Dundee_Parish_Church_(St_Mary%27s)" title="Dundee Parish Church (St Mary's)">Dundee: St Mary's</a>)</li> <li>1971 <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Herron" title="Andrew Herron">Andrew Herron</a> (Clerk to the <a href="/wiki/Presbytery_of_Glasgow_(Church_of_Scotland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Presbytery of Glasgow (Church of Scotland)">Presbytery of Glasgow</a>)</li> <li>1972 <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Selby_Wright" class="mw-redirect" title="Ronald Selby Wright">Ronald Selby Wright</a> CVO FRSE FSAScot (<a href="/wiki/Kirk_of_the_Canongate" class="mw-redirect" title="Kirk of the Canongate">Edinburgh: Canongate</a>)</li> <li>1973 <a href="/wiki/George_T._H._Reid" title="George T. H. Reid">George T. H. Reid</a> <a href="/wiki/Military_Cross" title="Military Cross">MC</a> (Aberdeen: Langstane)</li> <li>1974 <a href="/wiki/David_Steel_(Church_of_Scotland_minister)" class="mw-redirect" title="David Steel (Church of Scotland minister)">David Steel</a> (<a href="/wiki/St._Michael%27s_Parish_Church,_Linlithgow" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Michael's Parish Church, Linlithgow">Linlithgow: St Michael's</a>) (Father of <a href="/wiki/David_Steel" title="David Steel">Lord Steel of Aikwood</a>)</li> <li>1975 <a href="/wiki/James_Gunn_Matheson" title="James Gunn Matheson">James Gunn Matheson</a> (Portree (Isle of Skye))</li> <li>1976 <a href="/wiki/Thomas_F._Torrance" title="Thomas F. Torrance">Thomas F. Torrance</a> MBE <a href="/wiki/FRSE" class="mw-redirect" title="FRSE">FRSE</a> (University of Edinburgh)</li> <li>1977 <a href="/wiki/John_Rodger_Gray" class="mw-redirect" title="John Rodger Gray">John Rodger Gray</a> VRD (Dunblane Cathedral)</li> <li>1978 <a href="/wiki/Peter_Brodie_(minister)" title="Peter Brodie (minister)">Peter Brodie</a> (Alloa: St Mungo's)</li> <li>1979 <a href="/wiki/Robert_Barbour_(minister)" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Barbour (minister)">Robert A. S. Barbour</a> KCVO MC (University of Aberdeen)</li> <li>1980 <a href="/wiki/William_Bryce_Johnston" class="mw-redirect" title="William Bryce Johnston">William Bryce Johnston</a> (<a href="/wiki/Colinton_Parish_Church" title="Colinton Parish Church">Edinburgh: Colinton</a>)</li> <li>1981 <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Beveridge_Doig" title="Andrew Beveridge Doig">Andrew Beveridge Doig</a> (National Bible Society of Scotland)</li> <li>1982 <a href="/wiki/John_McIntyre_(theologian)" title="John McIntyre (theologian)">John McIntyre</a> CVO FRSE (University of Edinburgh)</li> <li>1983 <a href="/wiki/J._Fraser_McLuskey" class="mw-redirect" title="J. Fraser McLuskey">J. Fraser McLuskey</a> MC (London: St Columba's)</li> <li>1984 <a href="/wiki/John_M._K._Paterson" title="John M. K. Paterson">John M. K. Paterson</a> (Milngavie: St Paul's)</li> <li>1985 <a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Smith_(moderator)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="David Smith (moderator) (page does not exist)">David M. B. A. Smith</a> (Logie, by Stirling)</li> <li>1986 <a href="/wiki/Robert_Craig_(theologian)" title="Robert Craig (theologian)">Robert Craig</a> CBE (<a href="/wiki/St_Andrew%27s_Church,_Jerusalem" title="St Andrew's Church, Jerusalem">Jerusalem (Emeritus)</a>)</li> <li>1987 <a href="/wiki/Duncan_Shaw_(minister,_born_1925)" title="Duncan Shaw (minister, born 1925)">Duncan Shaw</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Bundesverdienstkreuz" class="mw-redirect" title="Bundesverdienstkreuz">Bundesverdienstkreuz</a></i> (Edinburgh: Craigentinny St Christopher's)</li> <li>1988 <a href="/wiki/James_Aitken_Whyte" class="mw-redirect" title="James Aitken Whyte">James A. Whyte</a> (University of St Andrews)</li> <li>1989 <a href="/wiki/William_J._G._McDonald" class="mw-redirect" title="William J. G. McDonald">William J. G. McDonald</a> (Edinburgh: Mayfield)</li> <li>1990 <a href="/wiki/Robert_Davidson_(theologian)" title="Robert Davidson (theologian)">Robert Davidson</a> FRSE (University of Glasgow)</li> <li>1991 <a href="/wiki/William_Macmillan_(Moderator)" class="mw-redirect" title="William Macmillan (Moderator)">William B. R. Macmillan</a> (Dundee: St Mary's)</li> <li>1992 <a href="/wiki/Hugh_R._Wyllie" class="mw-redirect" title="Hugh R. Wyllie">Hugh R. Wyllie</a> FCIBS (Hamilton: Old Parish Church)</li> <li>1993 <a href="/wiki/James_Weatherhead_(Moderator)" class="mw-redirect" title="James Weatherhead (Moderator)">James L. Weatherhead</a> CBE (Principal Clerk to the General Assembly)</li> <li>1994 <a href="/wiki/James_Simpson_(Moderator)" class="mw-redirect" title="James Simpson (Moderator)">James A. Simpson</a> (<a href="/wiki/Dornoch_Cathedral" title="Dornoch Cathedral">Dornoch Cathedral</a>)</li> <li>1995 <a href="/wiki/James_Harkness_(Moderator)" class="mw-redirect" title="James Harkness (Moderator)">James Harkness</a> KCVO CB OBE (<a href="/wiki/Chaplain_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Chaplain General">Chaplain General</a> of Her Majesty's Forces (Emeritus))</li> <li>1996 <a href="/wiki/John_McIndoe_(Moderator)" class="mw-redirect" title="John McIndoe (Moderator)">John H. McIndoe</a> (London: St Columba's <i>linked with</i> Newcastle: St Andrew's)</li> <li>1997 <a href="/wiki/Alexander_McDonald_(Moderator)" class="mw-redirect" title="Alexander McDonald (Moderator)">Alexander McDonald</a> (General Secretary of the CofS Board of Ministry)</li> <li>1998 <a href="/wiki/Alan_Main_(minister)" title="Alan Main (minister)">Alan Main</a> (University of Aberdeen)</li> <li>1999 <a href="/wiki/John_B._Cairns" class="mw-redirect" title="John B. Cairns">John B. Cairns</a> (Dumbarton: Riverside)</li> <li>2000 <a href="/wiki/Andrew_McLellan" title="Andrew McLellan">Andrew McLellan</a> CBE (Edinburgh: <a href="/wiki/St_Andrew%27s_and_St_George%27s_Church,_Edinburgh" class="mw-redirect" title="St Andrew's and St George's Church, Edinburgh">St Andrew's & St George's</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="21st_century">21st century</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_moderators_of_the_General_Assembly_of_the_Church_of_Scotland&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 21st century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>2001 <a href="/wiki/John_Miller_(minister)" title="John Miller (minister)">John Miller</a> (<a href="/wiki/Glasgow" title="Glasgow">Glasgow</a>: <a href="/wiki/Castlemilk" title="Castlemilk">Castlemilk</a> East)</li> <li>2002 <a href="/wiki/Finlay_Macdonald_(moderator)" class="mw-redirect" title="Finlay Macdonald (moderator)">Finlay Macdonald</a> (<a href="/wiki/Principal_Clerk_to_the_General_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="Principal Clerk to the General Assembly">Principal Clerk to the General Assembly</a>)</li> <li>2003 <a href="/wiki/Iain_Torrance" title="Iain Torrance">Iain Torrance</a> (Professor, University of Aberdeen)</li> <li>2004 <a href="/wiki/Alison_Elliot" title="Alison Elliot">Alison Elliot</a> OBE (<a href="/wiki/Elder_(religious)" class="mw-redirect" title="Elder (religious)">Elder</a>, <a href="/wiki/Session_Clerk" class="mw-redirect" title="Session Clerk">Session Clerk</a> at Edinburgh: <a href="/wiki/Greyfriars_Kirk,_Edinburgh" class="mw-redirect" title="Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh">Greyfriars Tolbooth & Highland Kirk</a>, Associate Secretary of the Centre for Theology & Public Issues at the University of Edinburgh, first woman to be Moderator and first non-minister to be Moderator since the 16th century)</li> <li>2005 <a href="/wiki/David_Lacy" title="David Lacy">David Lacy</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kilmarnock" title="Kilmarnock">Kilmarnock</a>: Henderson)</li> <li>2006 <a href="/wiki/Alan_McDonald_(moderator)" class="mw-redirect" title="Alan McDonald (moderator)">Alan McDonald</a> (Cameron <i>linked with</i> St Andrews: St Leonard's)</li> <li>2007 <a href="/wiki/Sheilagh_M._Kesting" class="mw-redirect" title="Sheilagh M. Kesting">Sheilagh M. Kesting</a> (Secretary of the Committee on Ecumenical Relations, first woman minister to serve as Moderator)</li> <li>2008 <a href="/wiki/David_Lunan" title="David Lunan">David W. Lunan</a> (Clerk to the Presbytery of Glasgow)</li> <li>2009 <a href="/wiki/William_Hewitt_(moderator)" class="mw-redirect" title="William Hewitt (moderator)">William C. Hewitt</a> (<a href="/wiki/Greenock" title="Greenock">Greenock</a>: Westburn)</li> <li>2010 <a href="/wiki/John_Christie_(moderator)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Christie (moderator)">John Christie</a> (Interim Minister at <a href="/wiki/West_Kilbride" title="West Kilbride">West Kilbride</a>: St Andrews and the <a href="/wiki/Scots_Kirk,_Lausanne" title="Scots Kirk, Lausanne">Scots Kirk, Lausanne</a>)</li> <li>2011 <a href="/wiki/David_Arnott_(Moderator)" class="mw-redirect" title="David Arnott (Moderator)">A. David K. Arnott</a> (retired, formerly at <a href="/wiki/Hope_Park_Church,_St_Andrews" title="Hope Park Church, St Andrews">St Andrews: Hope Park</a> linked with Strathkinness)</li> <li>2012 <a href="/wiki/Albert_Bogle_(Moderator)" class="mw-redirect" title="Albert Bogle (Moderator)">Albert O. Bogle</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bo%27ness" title="Bo'ness">Bo'ness</a>: St Andrew's)</li> <li>2013 <a href="/wiki/Lorna_Hood" title="Lorna Hood">E. Lorna Hood</a> OBE (Renfrew: North)</li> <li>2014 <a href="/wiki/John_Chalmers_(moderator)" title="John Chalmers (moderator)">John Chalmers</a> (Principal Clerk to the General Assembly) <i>(<a href="/wiki/Angus_Morrison_(minister)" title="Angus Morrison (minister)">Angus Morrison</a> (Orwell and Portmoak) was initially nominated but withdrew on health grounds)</i></li> <li>2015 Angus Morrison (Orwell and Portmoak)</li> <li>2016 <a href="/wiki/Russell_Barr" title="Russell Barr">Russell Barr</a> (Edinburgh: Cramond)</li> <li>2017 <a href="/wiki/Derek_Browning" title="Derek Browning">Derek Browning</a> (Edinburgh: Morningside)<sup id="cite_ref-BBCDerek_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBCDerek-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2018 <a href="/wiki/Susan_M._Brown" class="mw-redirect" title="Susan M. Brown">Susan M. Brown</a> (Dornoch Cathedral)<sup id="cite_ref-BBCBrown_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBCBrown-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2019 <a href="/wiki/Colin_Sinclair_(minister)" title="Colin Sinclair (minister)">Colin Sinclair</a> (Edinburgh: Palmerston Place)</li> <li>2020 W. <a href="/wiki/Martin_Fair" title="Martin Fair">Martin Fair</a> (Arbroath: St Andrew's) <sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2021 <a href="/wiki/Jim_Wallace,_Baron_Wallace_of_Tankerness" title="Jim Wallace, Baron Wallace of Tankerness">Jim Wallace, Baron Wallace of Tankerness</a> PC QC FRSE (Elder at <a href="/wiki/St._Magnus_Cathedral,_Kirkwall" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall">St. Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-BBCNews27102020_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBCNews27102020-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Grampian_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Grampian-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BBC_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2022 <a href="/wiki/Iain_Greenshields" title="Iain Greenshields">Iain Greenshields</a> (Dunfermline: St Margaret's)<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2023 <a href="/wiki/Sally_Foster-Fulton" title="Sally Foster-Fulton">Sally Foster-Fulton</a> (Head of <a href="/wiki/Christian_Aid" title="Christian Aid">Christian Aid Scotland</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2024 <a href="/wiki/Shaw_Paterson" title="Shaw Paterson">Shaw Paterson</a> (Strathaven: Trinity)<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2025 <a href="/wiki/Rosemary_Frew" title="Rosemary Frew">Rosemary Frew</a> (Bowden and Melrose) (<i>Moderator-designate</i>)<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Moderators_who_were_later_moderators_of_the_Free_Church">Moderators who were later moderators of the Free Church</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_moderators_of_the_General_Assembly_of_the_Church_of_Scotland&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Moderators who were later moderators of the Free Church"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Chalmers" title="Thomas Chalmers">Thomas Chalmers</a> (1832) – Moderator of Free Church in 1843</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_MacFarlan" title="Patrick MacFarlan">Patrick MacFarlan</a> (1834) – Moderator of Free Church in 1845</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angus_Makellar" title="Angus Makellar">Angus Makellar</a> (1840) – Moderator of the Free Church in 1852</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_moderators_of_the_General_Assembly_of_the_Church_of_Scotland&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a 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href="/w/index.php?title=Andrew_Campbell_(minister)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Andrew Campbell (minister) (page does not exist)">Andrew Campbell</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_McKenzie_(minister)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John McKenzie (minister) (page does not exist)">John McKenzie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Stewart_(moderator)" title="Matthew Stewart (moderator)">Matthew Stewart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Macdonald_(Presbyterian_minister)" title="Alexander Macdonald (Presbyterian minister)">Alexander Macdonald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Duncan_(biblical_scholar)" title="George Duncan (biblical scholar)">George Duncan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1950–1975</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Watt_(moderator)" title="Hugh Watt (moderator)">Hugh Watt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_White_Anderson" title="William White Anderson">William White Anderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Johnstone_Jeffrey" title="George Johnstone Jeffrey">George Johnstone Jeffrey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Pitt-Watson" title="James Pitt-Watson">James Pitt-Watson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernest_David_Jarvis" title="Ernest David Jarvis">Ernest David Jarvis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G._D._Henderson" title="G. D. Henderson">George Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Scott_(moderator)" title="Robert Scott (moderator)">Robert Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_MacLeod" title="George MacLeod">George MacLeod</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Fraser_(minister)" title="John Fraser (minister)">John Fraser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._H._W._Shepherd" title="R. H. W. Shepherd">Robert Shepherd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._H._S._Burleigh" title="J. H. S. Burleigh">John Burleigh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archibald_Campbell_Craig" title="Archibald Campbell Craig">Archibald Campbell Craig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nevile_Davidson" title="Nevile Davidson">Nevile Davidson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Stuart_Stewart" class="mw-redirect" title="James Stuart Stewart">James Stuart Stewart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duncan_Fraser" title="Duncan Fraser">Duncan Fraser</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Archibald_Watt&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Archibald Watt (page does not exist)">Archibald Watt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leonard_Small" title="Leonard Small">Leonard Small</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Roy_Sanderson" title="William Roy Sanderson">William Roy Sanderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Longmuir" title="James Longmuir">James Longmuir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Murchison" title="Thomas Murchison">Thomas Murchison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Douglas_(minister)" title="Hugh Douglas (minister)">Hugh Douglas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Herron" title="Andrew Herron">Andrew Herron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Selby_Wright" title="Ronnie Selby Wright">Ronnie Selby Wright</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_T._H._Reid" title="George T. 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