William Muir

William Muir FRSE (1787–1869) was a Scottish minister of the Church of Scotland. He served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1838.

Life He was born in Glasgow on 11 October 1787 the third son of William Muir a merchant. He was educated at Glasgow High School then went to first Glasgow University for a general degree then Edinburgh University to study Divinity.

He was licensed to preach as a Church of Scotland minister by the Presbytery of Glasgow in November 1810. In August 1812 he was ordained as minister of St George's Parish in Glasgow. He was awarded an honorary Doctor of Divinity from Edinburgh University in 1820. In Edinburgh he then lived at 5 St Bernards Crescent, 400m west of the church. The outstanding Georgian crescent was also newly completed.

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1824, his proposer being Alexander Brunton.

In 1838 he served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, succeeding Rev Matthew Gardiner. In 1845 he was made Dean of the Thistle Chapel and created Chaplain in Ordinary to Queen Victoria.

He retired in 1867 due to blindness and was succeeded at St Stephens by Rev Maxwell Nicholson.