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James Carruthers

1759 – 1832

Scottish Roman Catholic priest and historian

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Lived 1759 – 1832 (aged 72–73). James Carruthers was a British historian and parson.

James Carruthers (1759–1832) was a Scottish Roman Catholic priest and historian.

Life He was the son of Catholic parents, Andrew Carruthers and his wife Lucy Rigg; Bishop Andrew Carruthers was his brother. He was born in New Abbey in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright.

Fr. Carruthers was educated in the Scottish College, Douai, and on his return to Scotland was ordained priest and appointed to the charge of Glenlivet. Afterwards he was successively at Buchan, in Aberdeenshire, at Preshome in the Enzie, at Dumfries, and at St Mary's, New Abbey, where he died on 14 February 1832. He was buried in the graveyard of Sweetheart Abbey.

Works Carruthers wrote:

The History of Scotland from the earliest period of the Scottish Monarchy to the Accession of the Stewart Family, interspersed with Synoptical Reviews of Politics, Literature, and Religion throughout the World, 2 vols., Edinburgh, 1826. The History of Scotland during the reign of Queen Mary until the accession of her son James to the crown of England, Edinburgh, 1831.

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1759, Dumfries and Galloway
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Died
1832
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Scottish Roman Catholic priest and historian

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James Carruthers was born in 1759 in Dumfries and Galloway.

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James Carruthers died in 1832.

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James Carruthers was a historian and parson.

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Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: James Carruthers

· Wikidata: Q18040532

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