James Maitland

James Maitland (1797–1872) was a minister of the Church of Scotland, who served as Moderator of the General Assembly in 1860.

Life

He was born in the manse at Minnigaff on 18 October 1797 the son of John Garlies Maitland of Fairgirth, minister of the parish. He studied at the University of Edinburgh and was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Wigtown in January 1822.

From 1822 to 1825 he assisted Andrew Brown at the Old Kirk of St Giles in Edinburgh. In November 1825 he was presented by the crown to the congregation of Kells in Dumfriesshire and was formally ordained there in September 1826. In March 1852 the University of Glasgow awarded him an honorary Doctor of Divinity.

He died on 21 September 1872 and was succeeded by Thomas Nicol who served as Moderator in 1914. Louisa Bellamy Maitland (1840-1852) Frances Mary (b.1842) Eleanor Forbes (b.1845) Jane Agnes (b.1847) James Charles Maitland of Kenmure (1850-1915) Norval Falconer Maitland (b.1851) Louis Herbert Maitland (b.1854)

Publications

Account of the Parish of Kells (1845)