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" 1694. George Andrews, A. M. Translated from Tarbolton; called 25th May, and admitted loth October 1694. He attended in Edinburgh as representative of the Presbytery during the sitting of Parliament in 1695, and complained of being ' leased in the first tithes payable to him, by the laird of Fingalton. ' This would be Sir William Hamilton. He was translated to Edinburgh New North Church 1699.
" 1792. Robert Horsburgh, A. M. Translated from Glenholm, 11th November 1701; admitted 29th April, succeeding after a protracted vacancy, owing to the Laird of Prestongrange wishing another. In 1710 he complained of the church being unsafe, owing to the coal waste beneath, and for some months the congregation was obliged to meet in a barn at Preston. Repairs were ordered after long litigation. He was a man of solid judgment, and an able disputant and preacher. He died 25th March 1724, age about fifty-four. He married Janet Somervaill, and from him descended in the fourth degree, the Rev. W. B. Cunningham, after-mentioned.
" 1724. William Carlyle, A. M. Translated from Cummerlees; called 24th, and admitted 26th November, and died in his seventy-sixth year. He was a highly popular preacher, and though an orthodox and pious minister, had a great turn for fun and buffoonery. Dr Alex. Carlyle of Inveresk was a son of his.
" 1765. James Roy, from St Cuthbert's Chapel of Ease, Edinburgh, presented by Mrs Janet Grant, Prestongrange.
"1768. Mathew Reid. Translated from Prestonkirk, and presented by the Countess of Hyndford. He was a shy, retiring, yet earnest-minded man, and also a great florist and cultivator of tulips. On one occasion, a person of weak intellect got into his garden during divine service, and having adorned himself all over in these gaudy trophies, he sallied into the church. The minister was engaged at the time in prayer, but, hearing the titter which overran the congregation at the new intrusion, he opened his eyes, to discover the poor lad in his showy dress, and forgetting for the instant the solemnity of his devotion, he ejaculated ' Oh Lord ! my tulips !'
"1771. Joseph M'Cormack, D. D. Translated from Temple,
and presented by the Countess of Hyndford.
" 1783. John Trotter. Presented by John, Earl of Hyndford.
"1796. Peter Primrose. Translated from Dalgetty, and
presented by Janet, Countess of Hyndford.
" 1833. William Bruce Cunningham, presented by Sir James Grant Suttie of Balgone and Prestongrange, Bart., April;
ordained 5th July 1833. On adhering to the protest in the Free Secession, and signing the deed of demission, he was declared no longer a minister of the church, 24th May 1843. He married, 2nd April 1834, a daughter of the Hon. David Douglas of Reston, one of the Lords of Session. "
The Rev. Dr Struthers, who was tutor to the Wemyss family at the Disruption, was appointed to the charge on 4th July 1844 by Sir George Grant Suttie, who was patron of the parish at that period. He received the degree of LL. D. from the University of St Andrews for his antiquarian research. He was minister for the long period of forty-four years.
Rev. George Stewart Smith, present minister, who had been assistant to Dr Struthers, was appointed minister of the parish, 14th May 1889; was married on the 15th July 1896 to Victoria Alberta Grant Suttie, third youngest daughter of Sir James Grant Suttie, Bart, of Prestongrange.
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