Stevenson McGill

Very Rev Dr Robert Stevenson McGill DD was a 19th-century Scottish minister of the Church of Scotland who served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1828.[1] He was professor of divinity at Glasgow University.

Life

He was possibly the son of Rev William Gill (1732–1807) of Ayr, and his wife (unknown) the daughter of a colleague Nathaniel Stevenson, and was born around 1770.

He studied divinity at Glasgow University. He was minister of Eastwood in the late 18th century.

In 1800 he was living on Queen Street in Glasgow. He received an honorary doctorate (DD) from Glasgow University arounfd 1802.[2]

In 1805 he was living at North Hanover Street in Glasgow.[3]

Around 1820 he became professor of theology at Glasgow University.[4]

In 1825 he began campaigning for a monument to John Knox on Fir Hill adjacent to Glasgow Cathedral. This met with success and is now the centrepiece of the Glasgow Necropolis which grew around it.[5]

In 1828 he succeeded Very Rev Robert Haldane as Moderator of the General Assembly. He in turn was succeeded in 1829 by Rev Patrick Forbes of Old Machar.

In 1834 he succeeded Very Rev John Inglis as dean of the Chapel Royal.[6] He is thought to have died soon after.

Publications

  • Statistical Account of the Parish of Eastwood (1796)[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Moderators of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland". geni.com. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  2. ↑ Glasgow Post Office Directory 1800
  3. ↑ Glasgow Post Office Directory 1805
  4. ↑ "12 Things You Didn't Know About Glasgow's Necropolis". GlasgowLiving. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  5. ↑ "John Knox — Friends of Glasgow Necropolis". glasgownecropolis.org. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  6. ↑ The British Magazine and Monthly Review vol 5
  7. ↑ https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=32321&p=0


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