Cambuslang clergy
Encyclopedia
The sequence of Clergy
of Cambuslang
reflects pretty accurately the development of the Christian Church
in Scotland
.
of Cambuslang
(originally, Drumsagart) were obviously substantial enough for the priests to carry the title Rector. One - William Monypenny - had enough to endow a Chapel
to Our Lady. These revenues also supported Vicar
s when the Rectors were made Prebendaries
and were usually absent, attending to their official duties in Glasgow Cathedral
. Cambuslang Parish was obviously a step on the career ladder of ambitious clerics who also had political ambitions. John Cameron
(of the Lochiel
Campbells) became Bishop of Glasgow - and made the Prebendaries of Cambuslang Chancellor
s of the Cathedral - and went on to hold all the Great Offices of State. David Beaton
probably never even visited his Parish on his way up the ladder to become the Cardinal
later murdered by soldiers supporting the Reformation in Scotland
.
Both Cameron and Beaton were members of the Scottish aristocracy, as were a number of other Rectors and Prebendaries - such as Lord Claud Hamilton - and the “English Cleric” mentioned below no doubt accompanied the many Anglo-Norman
adventurers who came to Scotland at the time. The issues associated with a the revenues of Cambuslang, and its entanglement with finding a living for young aristocrats, continued beyond the reformation. The revenues were in the hands of the landowners - the Heritor
s - who therefore nominated the Ministers, according to the Patronage Act, 1712.
Church of Scotland and sometimes Ministers of the Presbyterian Church of Scotland
. Several were doughty fighters for Presbyterianism
, notably John Howison
, while others, such as Patrick Hamilton
gave much of their time to (sometimes provocative, not to say scurrilous) poetry. William M'Culloch
organised great preaching festivals on the hillsides near his Kirk, inviting one of the founders of Methodism
, George Whitefield
to preach to upwards of 20,000 people. This “Cambuslang Wark” was part of an extraordinary series of revivalist
movements which swept Scotland
, England
and New England
in the 1740s. Subsequently, many of Mr M’Culloch’s Elders opposed the Duke of Hamilton’s nominee, Dr James Meek
as his successor, on the grounds that he was unsound in doctrine
. Dr Meek
was a typical Moderate
in the 18th Century Church of Scotland - well educated, ”enlightened”
, well-connected - his friend and supporter was William Robertson, Principal of Edinburgh University
- and more concerned with good Christian conduct, which often meant good order, than with what he thought of as the more contentious areas of scholastic
Calvinist theology
. He won the fight and became a much loved minister. He was followed in his place by Principal Robertson's
nephew. This was The Rev Dr John Robertson
, who, interestingly, died the year before a great split
in the Church of Scotland
over the long-standing issues, familiar to his predecessor, of Patronage
and doctrine
. Later Ministers lived quieter lives. The Rev Dr Robert Blair not only helped translate the Bible
into Gaelic
, but also found time to translate Gaelic Poetry. Robert Sibbald Calderwood wrote "Bible Stories", but also proclaimed his patriotism on the coronation of George V
.
s who were not prepared to attend the Parish Kirk, perhaps including some remnants of Mr M’Culloch’s Cambuslang Wark, rented a house to hold independent meetings. In 1801, they bought a building, which became known as the Tabernacle, in what is now Tabernacle Lane. David Dale
, a Glasgow Merchant
who lived nearby, contributed some money for this, and worshipped there himself. Thus began the Congregational Church
in Cambuslang. After the Disruption of 1843
, a Free Church of Scotland congregation was set up. The Duchess of Hamilton gave land for an Episcopalian
Church to serve the needs of English immigrants who had come to work in the Cambuslang collieries and Newton Steelworks. Later, Baptists and other Protestant denominations set up chapels, then more substantial churches. Similarly, Catholic
immigrants from Ireland
and the Highlands
were served first by a chapel, then a more substantial church. Meanwhile, the growing population of Cambuslang
meant that the Church of Scotland
had to set up subsidiary churches - the mission church in Hallside , for example - to accommodate the growing population. These eventually became the separate Parishes of the Church of Scotland
- Flemington Hallside Church, Trinity Parish Church and St Andrew’s Church of Scotland, are remaining examples. Smaller Protestant Churches were also set up - Westcoats Evangelical Church for example, and the Gospel Hall.
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Clergy
Clergy is the generic term used to describe the formal religious leadership within a given religion. A clergyman, churchman or cleric is a member of the clergy, especially one who is a priest, preacher, pastor, or other religious professional....
of Cambuslang
Cambuslang
Cambuslang is a suburban town on the south-eastern outskirts of Glasgow, Scotland. It is within the local authority area of South Lanarkshire. Historically, it was a large rural Parish incorporating nearby hamlets of Newton, Flemington, and Halfway. It is known as "the largest village in...
reflects pretty accurately the development of the Christian Church
Christian Church
The Christian Church is the assembly or association of followers of Jesus Christ. The Greek term ἐκκλησία that in its appearances in the New Testament is usually translated as "church" basically means "assembly"...
in Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
.
The Catholic Church
The revenues of the ParishParish
A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...
of Cambuslang
Cambuslang
Cambuslang is a suburban town on the south-eastern outskirts of Glasgow, Scotland. It is within the local authority area of South Lanarkshire. Historically, it was a large rural Parish incorporating nearby hamlets of Newton, Flemington, and Halfway. It is known as "the largest village in...
(originally, Drumsagart) were obviously substantial enough for the priests to carry the title Rector. One - William Monypenny - had enough to endow a Chapel
Chapel
A chapel is a building used by Christians as a place of fellowship and worship. It may be part of a larger structure or complex, such as a church, college, hospital, palace, prison or funeral home, located on board a military or commercial ship, or it may be an entirely free-standing building,...
to Our Lady. These revenues also supported Vicar
Vicar
In the broadest sense, a vicar is a representative, deputy or substitute; anyone acting "in the person of" or agent for a superior . In this sense, the title is comparable to lieutenant...
s when the Rectors were made Prebendaries
Prebendary
A prebendary is a post connected to an Anglican or Catholic cathedral or collegiate church and is a type of canon. Prebendaries have a role in the administration of the cathedral...
and were usually absent, attending to their official duties in Glasgow Cathedral
Glasgow Cathedral
The church commonly known as Glasgow Cathedral is the Church of Scotland High Kirk of Glasgow otherwise known as St. Mungo's Cathedral.The other cathedrals in Glasgow are:* The Catholic Metropolitan Cathedral Church of Saint Andrew...
. Cambuslang Parish was obviously a step on the career ladder of ambitious clerics who also had political ambitions. John Cameron
John Cameron (bishop)
John Cameron was a 15th century Scottish cleric, bishop of Glasgow, and Keeper of the Privy Seal.A licentiate in decrees , and provost of Lincluden, he became an official of the bishopric of St Andrews, and a canon of Glasgow, as well as secretary to Archibald Douglas, Earl of Wigtown, who...
(of the Lochiel
Lochiel
Lochiel may refer to:*Ewen Cameron of Lochiel, the Scottish chieftain*Lochiel, New South Wales, Australia*Lochiel, South Australia*Lochiel, Mpumalanga, South Africa...
Campbells) became Bishop of Glasgow - and made the Prebendaries of Cambuslang Chancellor
Chancellor
Chancellor is the title of various official positions in the governments of many nations. The original chancellors were the Cancellarii of Roman courts of justice—ushers who sat at the cancelli or lattice work screens of a basilica or law court, which separated the judge and counsel from the...
s of the Cathedral - and went on to hold all the Great Offices of State. David Beaton
David Beaton
The Most Rev. Dr. David Cardinal Beaton was Archbishop of St Andrews and the last Scottish Cardinal prior to the Reformation.-Career:...
probably never even visited his Parish on his way up the ladder to become the Cardinal
Cardinal (Catholicism)
A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official, usually an ordained bishop, and ecclesiastical prince of the Catholic Church. They are collectively known as the College of Cardinals, which as a body elects a new pope. The duties of the cardinals include attending the meetings of the College and...
later murdered by soldiers supporting the Reformation in Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
.
Both Cameron and Beaton were members of the Scottish aristocracy, as were a number of other Rectors and Prebendaries - such as Lord Claud Hamilton - and the “English Cleric” mentioned below no doubt accompanied the many Anglo-Norman
Anglo-Norman
The Anglo-Normans were mainly the descendants of the Normans who ruled England following the Norman conquest by William the Conqueror in 1066. A small number of Normans were already settled in England prior to the conquest...
adventurers who came to Scotland at the time. The issues associated with a the revenues of Cambuslang, and its entanglement with finding a living for young aristocrats, continued beyond the reformation. The revenues were in the hands of the landowners - the Heritor
Heritor
Heritor, was a privileged person in a Parish in Scots Law. In its original acceptation, it signified the proprietor of an heritable subject, but, in the law relating to Parish government, the term was confined to such proprietors of lands or houses as were liable, as written in their title deeds,...
s - who therefore nominated the Ministers, according to the Patronage Act, 1712.
The Established Protestant Churches
During the years of the Reformation, Cambuslang clergy were sometimes priests of the EpiscopalianScottish Episcopal Church
The Scottish Episcopal Church is a Christian church in Scotland, consisting of seven dioceses. Since the 17th century, it has had an identity distinct from the presbyterian Church of Scotland....
Church of Scotland and sometimes Ministers of the Presbyterian Church of Scotland
Church of Scotland
The Church of Scotland, known informally by its Scots language name, the Kirk, is a Presbyterian church, decisively shaped by the Scottish Reformation....
. Several were doughty fighters for Presbyterianism
Presbyterianism
Presbyterianism refers to a number of Christian churches adhering to the Calvinist theological tradition within Protestantism, which are organized according to a characteristic Presbyterian polity. Presbyterian theology typically emphasizes the sovereignty of God, the authority of the Scriptures,...
, notably John Howison
John Howison
John Howison was Minister in the Parish of Cambuslang during a turbulent time in Scotland’s history. He was imprisoned several times for his campaign for a Presbyterian, as opposed to Episcopal structure for the Church of Scotland....
, while others, such as Patrick Hamilton
Patrick Hamilton (poet)
Patrick Hamilton was a minister of The Church of Scotland during a turbulent period in Scotland’s history. He seems to have chosen the wrong side in the dispute between King Charles I and the Scottish Covenanters...
gave much of their time to (sometimes provocative, not to say scurrilous) poetry. William M'Culloch
William M'Culloch
William M'Culloch was Minister of Cambuslang during the extraordinary events of the Cambuslang Work when 30,000 people gathered in the hillsides near his church for preaching and communion. Many were there struck by their own depravity and horrified at the probable punishment after death...
organised great preaching festivals on the hillsides near his Kirk, inviting one of the founders of Methodism
Methodism
Methodism is a movement of Protestant Christianity represented by a number of denominations and organizations, claiming a total of approximately seventy million adherents worldwide. The movement traces its roots to John Wesley's evangelistic revival movement within Anglicanism. His younger brother...
, George Whitefield
George Whitefield
George Whitefield , also known as George Whitfield, was an English Anglican priest who helped spread the Great Awakening in Britain, and especially in the British North American colonies. He was one of the founders of Methodism and of the evangelical movement generally...
to preach to upwards of 20,000 people. This “Cambuslang Wark” was part of an extraordinary series of revivalist
First Great Awakening
The First Awakening was a Christian revitalization movement that swept Protestant Europe and British America, and especially the American colonies in the 1730s and 1740s, leaving a permanent impact on American religion. It resulted from powerful preaching that gave listeners a sense of personal...
movements which swept Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
and New England
New England
New England is a region in the northeastern corner of the United States consisting of the six states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut...
in the 1740s. Subsequently, many of Mr M’Culloch’s Elders opposed the Duke of Hamilton’s nominee, Dr James Meek
James Meek
James Meek was Minister of Cambuslang from 1774 until his death. He was Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1795, but is most remembered as the model Enlightenment cleric who wrote the entry for Cambuslang in the First Statistical Account of Scotland.-Biography :James...
as his successor, on the grounds that he was unsound in doctrine
Doctrine
Doctrine is a codification of beliefs or a body of teachings or instructions, taught principles or positions, as the body of teachings in a branch of knowledge or belief system...
. Dr Meek
James Meek
James Meek was Minister of Cambuslang from 1774 until his death. He was Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1795, but is most remembered as the model Enlightenment cleric who wrote the entry for Cambuslang in the First Statistical Account of Scotland.-Biography :James...
was a typical Moderate
Moderate Party (Scotland)
Moderates, in church terms is, normally, though not exclusively, used to refer to an important party of clerics in the Church of Scotland during the 18th century. They are often contrasted with Evangelicals, though this is very much a simplification...
in the 18th Century Church of Scotland - well educated, ”enlightened”
Scottish Enlightenment
The Scottish Enlightenment was the period in 18th century Scotland characterised by an outpouring of intellectual and scientific accomplishments. By 1750, Scots were among the most literate citizens of Europe, with an estimated 75% level of literacy...
, well-connected - his friend and supporter was William Robertson, Principal of Edinburgh University
William Robertson (historian)
William Robertson FRSE FSA was a Scottish historian, minister of religion, and Principal of the University of Edinburgh...
- and more concerned with good Christian conduct, which often meant good order, than with what he thought of as the more contentious areas of scholastic
Scholasticism
Scholasticism is a method of critical thought which dominated teaching by the academics of medieval universities in Europe from about 1100–1500, and a program of employing that method in articulating and defending orthodoxy in an increasingly pluralistic context...
Calvinist theology
Theology
Theology is the systematic and rational study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truths, or the learned profession acquired by completing specialized training in religious studies, usually at a university or school of divinity or seminary.-Definition:Augustine of Hippo...
. He won the fight and became a much loved minister. He was followed in his place by Principal Robertson's
William Robertson (historian)
William Robertson FRSE FSA was a Scottish historian, minister of religion, and Principal of the University of Edinburgh...
nephew. This was The Rev Dr John Robertson
John Robertson, Minister
John Robertson, was Minister of Cambuslang from 1810 until his death. He was responsible for that Parish's entry in the Second Statistical Account of Scotland dated 1836, though he did not write it himself. John Robertson, (1768–1843) was Minister of Cambuslang from 1810 until his death. He was...
, who, interestingly, died the year before a great split
Disruption of 1843
The Disruption of 1843 was a schism within the established Church of Scotland, in which 450 ministers of the Church broke away, over the issue of the Church's relationship with the State, to form the Free Church of Scotland...
in the Church of Scotland
Church of Scotland
The Church of Scotland, known informally by its Scots language name, the Kirk, is a Presbyterian church, decisively shaped by the Scottish Reformation....
over the long-standing issues, familiar to his predecessor, of Patronage
Patronage
Patronage is the support, encouragement, privilege, or financial aid that an organization or individual bestows to another. In the history of art, arts patronage refers to the support that kings or popes have provided to musicians, painters, and sculptors...
and doctrine
Doctrine
Doctrine is a codification of beliefs or a body of teachings or instructions, taught principles or positions, as the body of teachings in a branch of knowledge or belief system...
. Later Ministers lived quieter lives. The Rev Dr Robert Blair not only helped translate the Bible
Bible
The Bible refers to any one of the collections of the primary religious texts of Judaism and Christianity. There is no common version of the Bible, as the individual books , their contents and their order vary among denominations...
into Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic language
Scottish Gaelic is a Celtic language native to Scotland. A member of the Goidelic branch of the Celtic languages, Scottish Gaelic, like Modern Irish and Manx, developed out of Middle Irish, and thus descends ultimately from Primitive Irish....
, but also found time to translate Gaelic Poetry. Robert Sibbald Calderwood wrote "Bible Stories", but also proclaimed his patriotism on the coronation of George V
George V of the United Kingdom
George V was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 through the First World War until his death in 1936....
.
Other Churches
In 1799 some ChristianChristian
A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament...
s who were not prepared to attend the Parish Kirk, perhaps including some remnants of Mr M’Culloch’s Cambuslang Wark, rented a house to hold independent meetings. In 1801, they bought a building, which became known as the Tabernacle, in what is now Tabernacle Lane. David Dale
David Dale
David Dale was a Scottish merchant and businessman, known for establishing the influential weaving community of New Lanark, in South Lanarkshire, Scotland and is credited along with his son in law Robert Owen of being a founder of utopian socialism and a founding father of socialism-Early...
, a Glasgow Merchant
Tobacco Lords
The Tobacco Lords were Glasgow merchants who, in the 18th Century made enormous fortunes by trading in tobacco from Great Britain's American Colonies....
who lived nearby, contributed some money for this, and worshipped there himself. Thus began the Congregational Church
Congregational church
Congregational churches are Protestant Christian churches practicing Congregationalist church governance, in which each congregation independently and autonomously runs its own affairs....
in Cambuslang. After the Disruption of 1843
Disruption of 1843
The Disruption of 1843 was a schism within the established Church of Scotland, in which 450 ministers of the Church broke away, over the issue of the Church's relationship with the State, to form the Free Church of Scotland...
, a Free Church of Scotland congregation was set up. The Duchess of Hamilton gave land for an Episcopalian
Scottish Episcopal Church
The Scottish Episcopal Church is a Christian church in Scotland, consisting of seven dioceses. Since the 17th century, it has had an identity distinct from the presbyterian Church of Scotland....
Church to serve the needs of English immigrants who had come to work in the Cambuslang collieries and Newton Steelworks. Later, Baptists and other Protestant denominations set up chapels, then more substantial churches. Similarly, Catholic
Catholic
The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...
immigrants from Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
and the Highlands
Scottish Highlands
The Highlands is an historic region of Scotland. The area is sometimes referred to as the "Scottish Highlands". It was culturally distinguishable from the Lowlands from the later Middle Ages into the modern period, when Lowland Scots replaced Scottish Gaelic throughout most of the Lowlands...
were served first by a chapel, then a more substantial church. Meanwhile, the growing population of Cambuslang
Cambuslang
Cambuslang is a suburban town on the south-eastern outskirts of Glasgow, Scotland. It is within the local authority area of South Lanarkshire. Historically, it was a large rural Parish incorporating nearby hamlets of Newton, Flemington, and Halfway. It is known as "the largest village in...
meant that the Church of Scotland
Church of Scotland
The Church of Scotland, known informally by its Scots language name, the Kirk, is a Presbyterian church, decisively shaped by the Scottish Reformation....
had to set up subsidiary churches - the mission church in Hallside , for example - to accommodate the growing population. These eventually became the separate Parishes of the Church of Scotland
Church of Scotland
The Church of Scotland, known informally by its Scots language name, the Kirk, is a Presbyterian church, decisively shaped by the Scottish Reformation....
- Flemington Hallside Church, Trinity Parish Church and St Andrew’s Church of Scotland, are remaining examples. Smaller Protestant Churches were also set up - Westcoats Evangelical Church for example, and the Gospel Hall.
Pre-Reformation
RECTORSRector
The word rector has a number of different meanings; it is widely used to refer to an academic, religious or political administrator...
- William, Rector of Drumsagart cCircaCirca , usually abbreviated c. or ca. , means "approximately" in the English language, usually referring to a date...
1180 - Conewall, Rector of Cambuslang cCircaCirca , usually abbreviated c. or ca. , means "approximately" in the English language, usually referring to a date...
1296 - An English Cleric cCircaCirca , usually abbreviated c. or ca. , means "approximately" in the English language, usually referring to a date...
1319 - William Monypenny cCircaCirca , usually abbreviated c. or ca. , means "approximately" in the English language, usually referring to a date...
1372 - John de Merton cCircaCirca , usually abbreviated c. or ca. , means "approximately" in the English language, usually referring to a date...
1387 - William de Fowlis, M.A.Master of Arts (Scotland)A Master of Arts in Scotland can refer to an undergraduate academic degree in humanities and social sciences awarded by the ancient universities of Scotland – the University of St Andrews, the University of Glasgow, the University of Aberdeen and the University of Edinburgh, while the University of...
cCircaCirca , usually abbreviated c. or ca. , means "approximately" in the English language, usually referring to a date...
1421. - John CameronJohn Cameron (bishop)John Cameron was a 15th century Scottish cleric, bishop of Glasgow, and Keeper of the Privy Seal.A licentiate in decrees , and provost of Lincluden, he became an official of the bishopric of St Andrews, and a canon of Glasgow, as well as secretary to Archibald Douglas, Earl of Wigtown, who...
, M.A.Master of Arts (Scotland)A Master of Arts in Scotland can refer to an undergraduate academic degree in humanities and social sciences awarded by the ancient universities of Scotland – the University of St Andrews, the University of Glasgow, the University of Aberdeen and the University of Edinburgh, while the University of...
cCircaCirca , usually abbreviated c. or ca. , means "approximately" in the English language, usually referring to a date...
1423 Later Bishop of Glasgow - Thomas Roule cCircaCirca , usually abbreviated c. or ca. , means "approximately" in the English language, usually referring to a date...
1430
PREBENDARIES
Prebendary
A prebendary is a post connected to an Anglican or Catholic cathedral or collegiate church and is a type of canon. Prebendaries have a role in the administration of the cathedral...
- Thomas Roule cCircaCirca , usually abbreviated c. or ca. , means "approximately" in the English language, usually referring to a date...
1430 - John Cameron cCircaCirca , usually abbreviated c. or ca. , means "approximately" in the English language, usually referring to a date...
1438 - John Raulston cCircaCirca , usually abbreviated c. or ca. , means "approximately" in the English language, usually referring to a date...
1445 Later Bishop of DunkeldBishop of DunkeldThe Bishop of Dunkeld is the ecclesiastical head of the Diocese of Dunkeld, one of the largest and more important of Scotland's 13 medieval bishoprics, whose first recorded bishop is an early 12th century cleric named Cormac... - John de Ironhose cCircaCirca , usually abbreviated c. or ca. , means "approximately" in the English language, usually referring to a date...
1458 - Edward de Calderwood, VicarVicarIn the broadest sense, a vicar is a representative, deputy or substitute; anyone acting "in the person of" or agent for a superior . In this sense, the title is comparable to lieutenant...
cCircaCirca , usually abbreviated c. or ca. , means "approximately" in the English language, usually referring to a date...
1458 - George Graham cCircaCirca , usually abbreviated c. or ca. , means "approximately" in the English language, usually referring to a date...
1462 - Alexander Hamilton, M.A.Master of Arts (Scotland)A Master of Arts in Scotland can refer to an undergraduate academic degree in humanities and social sciences awarded by the ancient universities of Scotland – the University of St Andrews, the University of Glasgow, the University of Aberdeen and the University of Edinburgh, while the University of...
cCircaCirca , usually abbreviated c. or ca. , means "approximately" in the English language, usually referring to a date...
1497–1511 - David Burtoune, ChaplainChaplainTraditionally, a chaplain is a minister in a specialized setting such as a priest, pastor, rabbi, or imam or lay representative of a religion attached to a secular institution such as a hospital, prison, military unit, police department, university, or private chapel...
- VicarVicarIn the broadest sense, a vicar is a representative, deputy or substitute; anyone acting "in the person of" or agent for a superior . In this sense, the title is comparable to lieutenant...
cCircaCirca , usually abbreviated c. or ca. , means "approximately" in the English language, usually referring to a date...
1500 - James Hamilton cCircaCirca , usually abbreviated c. or ca. , means "approximately" in the English language, usually referring to a date...
1503 - David BeatonDavid BeatonThe Most Rev. Dr. David Cardinal Beaton was Archbishop of St Andrews and the last Scottish Cardinal prior to the Reformation.-Career:...
- later CardinalCardinal (Catholicism)A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official, usually an ordained bishop, and ecclesiastical prince of the Catholic Church. They are collectively known as the College of Cardinals, which as a body elects a new pope. The duties of the cardinals include attending the meetings of the College and...
cCircaCirca , usually abbreviated c. or ca. , means "approximately" in the English language, usually referring to a date...
1520 - David Hamilton, cleric cCircaCirca , usually abbreviated c. or ca. , means "approximately" in the English language, usually referring to a date...
1531–1535 - William Hamilton cCircaCirca , usually abbreviated c. or ca. , means "approximately" in the English language, usually referring to a date...
1552–1570 - John Spreull cCircaCirca , usually abbreviated c. or ca. , means "approximately" in the English language, usually referring to a date...
1553 - James Lindsay, VicarVicarIn the broadest sense, a vicar is a representative, deputy or substitute; anyone acting "in the person of" or agent for a superior . In this sense, the title is comparable to lieutenant...
cCircaCirca , usually abbreviated c. or ca. , means "approximately" in the English language, usually referring to a date...
1554 - John Millar, ChaplainChaplainTraditionally, a chaplain is a minister in a specialized setting such as a priest, pastor, rabbi, or imam or lay representative of a religion attached to a secular institution such as a hospital, prison, military unit, police department, university, or private chapel...
cCircaCirca , usually abbreviated c. or ca. , means "approximately" in the English language, usually referring to a date...
1565 - Lord Claud HamiltonDukes of HamiltonThe Dukes of Hamilton were a junior ice hockey team that represented Hamilton, Ontario in the Ontario Hockey League for two seasons from 1989 to 1991.-History:...
cCircaCirca , usually abbreviated c. or ca. , means "approximately" in the English language, usually referring to a date...
1574
Post-Reformation Ministers
- James Lyndesay (Reader) 1560–1572
- Adam Foulis 1572–1580
- Mr John HowisonJohn HowisonJohn Howison was Minister in the Parish of Cambuslang during a turbulent time in Scotland’s history. He was imprisoned several times for his campaign for a Presbyterian, as opposed to Episcopal structure for the Church of Scotland....
1580–1618 - Robert Hamilton (Helper.)
- Mr Alexander Thomson 1623–1626
- Mr Patrick HamiltonPatrick Hamilton (poet)Patrick Hamilton was a minister of The Church of Scotland during a turbulent period in Scotland’s history. He seems to have chosen the wrong side in the dispute between King Charles I and the Scottish Covenanters...
- Curate and poet 1626–1645 - Mr John Baillie 1647–1652
- Mr Robert FlemingRobert Fleming, MinisterRobert Fleming was a Scottish Presbyterian Minister. Following the Restoration of King Charles II, he declined to accept bishops in the Kirk...
1653–1663 - Mr David Cunningham Parson 1663–1688
- Mr Archibald Hamilton 1688–1723
- Rev William M'CullochWilliam M'CullochWilliam M'Culloch was Minister of Cambuslang during the extraordinary events of the Cambuslang Work when 30,000 people gathered in the hillsides near his church for preaching and communion. Many were there struck by their own depravity and horrified at the probable punishment after death...
- 1731- 1771 - Rev Dr James MeekJames MeekJames Meek was Minister of Cambuslang from 1774 until his death. He was Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1795, but is most remembered as the model Enlightenment cleric who wrote the entry for Cambuslang in the First Statistical Account of Scotland.-Biography :James...
1774–1810 - Rev Dr John RobertsonJohn Robertson, MinisterJohn Robertson, was Minister of Cambuslang from 1810 until his death. He was responsible for that Parish's entry in the Second Statistical Account of Scotland dated 1836, though he did not write it himself. John Robertson, (1768–1843) was Minister of Cambuslang from 1810 until his death. He was...
1797–1843 - Rev Dr James S Johnson 1809–1881
- Rev Dr Robert BlairRobert Blair, MinisterRobert Blair was a Scottish minister, who followed Dr James S. Johnstone as Minister of Cambuslang in 1890.-Early life:...
1882–1892 (as minister) - Rev Dr J E Houston 1892–1908 (as minister)
- Rev Robert Sibbald CalderwoodRobert S Calderwood, MinisterRobert Sibbald Calderwood served as Minister at Cambuslang Old Parish Church until his death. He continued the improvements to the Church building, installing a new Chancel in 1922...
- 1864 -