Index to Eminent men of Fife

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1 1 Index to Eminent men of Fife Abercromby, James; Lord Dunfermline ( ) 155 Abercromby, John ( ), physician, philosopher. 1 Abercromby, Ralph; Lord Dunfermline 156 Achmuty, of that ilk, family 18 Adam, Charles, Sir ( , admiral, K.C.B. 2 Adam, Robert ( ), architect, b. Kirkcaldy 3 Adam, William ( ), lawyer, M.P. 1 Adam, William Patrick ( ), lawyer, M.P. 3 Adamson, John (c ), naval officer 4 Adamson, Patrick ( ), Archbishop of St Andrews, b. Perth 4 Alexander, Andrew (d. 1859), Professor of Greek, St Andrews, LL.D. 5 Anderson, Alexander (1793/ ), of Montrave 7 Anderson, Alexander John (d. 1857), captain, soldier 7 Anderson, George ( ), of Ferrybank 7 Anderson, James ( ), minister, Cults 8 Anderson, John ( ), minister, Newburgh, geologist, archaeologist 6 Anderson, John ( /58), colonel, engineering officer, E.I.C.S. Died at the siege of Lucknow, 1857/58. Anstruther family, of Anstruther 9 Anstruther, Henry ( ), lieutenant, soldier 12 Anstruther, James Hamilton Lloyd ( ) 14 Anstruther, John Carmichael, Sir ( ) 11 Anstruther, John, Sir (c ), lawyer 11 Anstruther, Ralph Abercrombie, Sir ( ), soldier 12 Anstruther, Robert, Sir ( ), M.P. for Fife 14 Anstruther, William, Sir (d. 1711), M.P. 11 Anstruther, Windham Carmichael, Sir ( ) 11 Arnot family 14 Arnot, David ( ), D.D., minister, painter, sculptor, musician, b. Scoonie 17 Arnot, Hugo ( ), historian, antiquarian, b. Leith 15 Arnot, John, Sir, ( ), b. Auchtermuchty 18 Arnot, Neil ( ), M.D., author, inventor, b. Arbroath 17 Arnott, Archibald (c ), physician, M.D. 17 Aytoun family 18 Aytoun, Andrew (d. 1670), of Kinglassie, advocate 22 Aytoun, Robert, Sir ( ), b. Kinaldie Castle, buried at Westminster 19 Bainbridge, Henry, R.N. 22 Baird of Elie family 22 Baird, William ( ), of Elie, ironmaster 23 Balcanquhal, Walter (c ), minister 24 Balcanquhal, Walter (c ), minister, b. Edinburgh 24 Balfour family 24 Balfour family, of Denmylne 29 Balfour, Andrew, Sir, ( ), M.D., b. Denmylne 30 Balfour, Arthur James ( ), 1st Earl Balfour, of Whittinghame 33 Balfour, James, Sir, of Pittendreigh (d. 1583), lawyer 29 Balfour, John ( ), of Balbirnie 33 Balfour, Lord, of Burleigh, family 27 Balfour, Robert, (1550?-1625?), Professor of Greek and Mathematics, Bordeaux 31 Balnaves, Henry (d. 1579), of Hallhill, religious reformer 34 Balvaird, Andrew Murray, Lord (d. 1644), minister, Abdie 34 Barclay family of Collairnie 35 Barclay, John ( ), author of Argenis 35

2 Barclay, William ( ), Professor, Pont-a-Mousson 35 Barnard (née Lindsay), Anne, Lady ( ) 276 Baxter, David, Sir ( ), of Kilmaron, merchant, b. Dundee 38 Bayne, Alexander (d. 1737), advocate, Professor, of Rires 38 Beatson family 39 Beatson, Alexander John, of Rossend 39 Beatson, Robert ( ), of Vicarsgrange, author 39 Bell, Andrew ( ), educationist 40 Bell, John, Sir ( ), General, G.C.B. 39 Bentinck, George, Lord ( ) 43 Bentinck, William Cavendish ( ), Lord, General, Governor-General of India 43 Bentinck, William Henry Cavendish ( ), Marquis of Titchfield 41 Bethune family 44 Bethune, Alexander ( ), author 59 Bethune, Charles Ramsay Drinkwater ( ), admiral, of Balfour 56 Bethune, David ( ), cardinal 45 Bethune, Henry Lindesay, Sir ( ), major-general, of Kilconquhar, b. Hilton 57 Bethune, John ( ), poet, author, b. Monimail 60 Bethune, Maximillian, Duc of Sully ( ) 50 Birrell, John ( ), M.A., minister, Cupar 61 Bisset, Peter (d. 1568), Professor, Bologna 61 Black, James ( ), captain, R.N., b. Anstruther 62 Black, John Reddie (1787-after 1866), R.N., b. Dysart 64 Black, Thomas ( ), surgeon, b. Wemyss 64 Black, William ( ), admiral, Anstruther 62 Blackwood, Adam, professor ( ) 65 Blair, Hugh ( ), D.D., minister, b. Collessie 67 Blair, John, chaplain to William Wallace 66 Blair, Robert ( ), minister, b. Edinburgh or Irvine 66 Blair, Robert ( ), minister, poet, b. Edinburgh, buried at Athelstaneford, stone: R.B. 66 Blair, Robert ( ), Lord-President of the Court of Session 68 Blair, William ( ), minister, U.P. church, Dunblane, author, b. Clunie 69 Booth, David ( ), Balgonie, author, b. Kinnettles, Angus 70 Boswell,, of Kingcausie, agriculturist, F: Claud Irvine Boswell of Balmuto, M: Irvine, 70+ when he died 74 Boswell, Alexander ( ), Kennoway, manufacturer 74 Boswell, Alexander, Sir ( ), poet 72 Boswell, Alexander; Lord Auchinleck ( ), lawyer 70 Boswell, Claude Irvine; Lord Balmuto ( ), advocate 70 Boswell, James ( ), b. Edinburgh, author, biographer 70 Boswell, James ( ), M.A., London, lawyer 73 Boswell, James, Sir ( ), of Auchinleck 74 Bowman, Walter (fl. c. 1750), of Logie, book collector 74 Boyle, James, Earl of Glasgow ( ) 74 Brewster, David, Sir ( ), b. Jedburgh 75 Brewster, George ( ), D.D., minister 76 Briggs, David (fl ), lieutenant, R.N. 77 Briggs, James, major, 63rd Regiment 77 Briggs, John Falconer (1788/ ), lieutenant-colonel, of Strathairly 76 Brown, James ( ), minister, Kilrenny, b. Penicuik 80 Brown, Robert ( ), D.C.L., London, botanist 79 Brown, Thomas (c after 1866), Cellardyke, b. Kilrenny 82 Brown, William Lawrence ( ), D.D. 77 Bruce family 83 2

3 Bruce of Kennet family 88 Bruce, Charles Dashwood Preston ( ), D.D. 91 Bruce, Edward (c ), lawyer 92 Bruce, James, 8th Earl of Elgin ( ) 84 Bruce, John (c ), of Grangehill, author 91 Bruce, Michael ( ), poet, b. Kinnesswood 93 Bruce, Onesiphorus Tyndal (d. 1855), of Falkland, b. Bristol 90 Bruce, Robert ( ), of Kennet 88 Bruce, William, Sir (d. 1710), of Kinross, architect 92 Brunton, George ( ), Cupar, tailor, author 94 Buchanan, George ( ), historian, author, poet 97 Buist, George ( ), D.D., b. Kettle 99 Burn, Andrew ( ), major-general, b. Anstruther, d. Rochester 100 Burnet, Alexander (d. 1684), Archbishop of St Andrews 102 Burns, John ( ), minister, Dunino, b. St Andrews 103 Cameron, James ( ), M.D., physician, b. Craigie, Kinross-shire 105 Cameron, Richard ( ), religious reformer 104 Campbell family 106 Campbell family of St Andrews 106 Campbell, Archibald, Sir ( ), lieutenant-general 107 Campbell, George Colin, soldier 107 Campbell, George, Sir ( ), of Edenwood, b. Cupar 107 Campbell, John ( ), Lord Chancellor of England, 1st Lord Campbell, b. Crossgate, Cupar 107 Canning, Charles John; Earl Canning ( ) 108 Canning, George ( ), Prime Minister 107 Carmichael, Gersholm ( ), economist 108 Carstairs, Andrew George ( ), D.D., minister, Anstruther-Wester 108 Cary family 109 Cary, Henry, 2nd Viscount Falkland (c ), b. Burford 109 Cathcart, Taylor (d. 1833), of Pitcairlie 110 Chalmers family 111 Chalmers, Thomas ( ), minister, D.D., b. Anstruther 111 Charters, Samuel ( ), minister, D.D., Wilton, Roxburghshire 113 Chiene family 119 Chiene, John ( ), captain, R.N., b. Crail 120 Christie, Annie Macdonald, Monimail 122 Christie, Charles Maitland ( ), of Durie 121 Christie, Peter (fl ), sailor 121 Chrystie, Thomas ( ), sailor 120 Cleghorn, Hugh Francis Clarke ( ), M.D., physician, botanist, Stravithy 123 Clephane family 123 Clephane, Andrew ( ), Sheriff of Fife 124 Clunie, John ( ), minister, Borthwick 125 Cockburn, Patrick (d. 1559), professor, St Andrews 125 Colville family of Culross 125 Colville, Alexander, 4th Lord Colville of Culross ( ), author of The Scotch Hudibras, b. near St Andrews 126 Colville, George Twisleton ( ), R.N. 126 Conolly, Erskine ( , bookseller, poet 126 Constable, Archibald ( ), publisher 127 Cook, George (1772 or ), D.D., minister 129 Cook, Walter (1776 or ), W.S. 130 Corstorphine, Alexander, of Pittowie, b. Kingsbarns 130 Cowper family of Stenton 131 3

4 Cox, Henry ( ), R.N. 131 Craik, George Lillie ( ), LL.D., author 131 Craik, Henry ( ), minister, Bristol, b. East Lothian 132 Craik, James ( ), D.D., minister 131 Crawford-Lindsay, Mary, Lady ( ), b , d. unmarried, Sister of George, 22nd Earl of Crawford and 6th Earl of Lindsay ( ) 133 Crichton, David Maitland Makgill ( ), of Rankeillour 134 Crichton, James ( ), the Admirable Crichton 135 Cunningham, John ( ), lawyer 136 Currie, Andrew ( ), of Glassmount 137 Dalyell family of Lingo 137 Dalyell, John Melville (d. 1888), colonel, of Lingo 139 Dalyell, Thomas (d. 1857), colonel 138 Deas, George, Sir ( ); Lord Deas 139 Dempster, George ( ), of Dunnichen, M.P., improver 139 Dick, Thomas ( ), LL.D., astronomer 141 Dickson, David ( ), of Westhall 143 Doig, David ( ), LL.D., orientalist 143 Dougal, John (d. 1822), Kirkcaldy, author 143 Douglas family 144 Douglas family, Wemyss 146 Douglas, Alexander ( ) 150 Douglas, David, Lord Reston (d. 1819), Lord of Justiciary 150 Douglas, George, 18th Earl of Morton ( ) 146 Douglas, James, 4th Earl of Morton (d. 1581) 145 Douglas, John ( ), Bishop of Salisbury, b. Pittenweem 147 Dow, James Kidd ( ), Anstruther 150 Drummond, David (d. 1845), author of The Bonnie Lass o Levenside 151 Drummond, Peter (1776-before 1866) 152 Drysdale, John (1680/ ), D.D., minister 153 Duff, Louisa Tollemache (d. 1864), Lady, sister of Earl of Fife, m. Richard Brooke 153 Duncan, Andrew ( ), senior, M.D. 153 Duncan, James (1753/ ), minister, Kirkcaldy 154 Duncan, Thomas ( ), professor, St Andrews, A.M., mathematician 154 Dundas family 155 Dundas, Thomas, Baron Dundas ( ) 155 Durham family 156 Durham, James ( ), general, of Largo 156 Durham, Philip Charles Henderson, Sir ( ), admiral 156 Dysart family 158 Edgar, Henry ( ), Bishop of Fife, episcopalian 159 Ellice, Edward ( ), M.P. 160 Ellice, Edward, junior, M.P. 162 Elliot family 162 Elliot, Gilbert Murray Kynynmound, Earl of Minto ( ) 163 Elphinstone family 163 Elphinstone, Arthur; 6th Lord Balmerino ( ) 164 Elphinstone, George Keith; Viscount Keith ( ) 246 Erskine family of Kellie 165 Erskine family of Mar 164 Erskine, Archibald; 7th Earl of Kellie ( ) 167 Erskine, Ebenezer ( ), minister 176 Erskine, George, Sir (d. 1646), of Innertiel 166 Erskine, Henry ( ) 170 Erskine, John ( ), advocate 177 4

5 Erskine, John ( ), minister 177 Erskine, John Francis Miller; 9th Earl of Mar ( ) 165 Erskine, Thomas Alexander; 6th Earl of Kellie ( ), musical composer 167 Erskine, Thomas, Sir ( ), of Cambo 170 Erskine, Thomas; 9th Earl of Kellie ( ) 170 Erskine, Thomas; Lord Erskine ( ) 174 Fairfoul, Andrew (d. 1663), minister 179 Falconer, John (d. 1723), minister 180 Ferguson family of Raith 180 Ferguson, Adam ( ), philosopher 183 Ferguson, David (c ), minister 182 Ferguson, Robert ( ), of Raith 180 Ferguson, Robert Munro ( ), M.P., of Raith 182 Ferguson, Ronald Craufurd, Sir ( ), M.P. 182 Fernie, James Blyth ( ), of Kilmux 186 Ferrier, James Frederick ( ), philosopher 186 Forbes, John ( ), minister, Corse 187 Forbes, Robert ( ), Bishop of Ross and Caithness, d Forman, Andrew (d. 1521), Archbishop of St Andrews, statesman, buried Dunfermline 188 Fowler, William McDonald ( ), A.M., author, poet 189 Fraser, Donald ( ), minister, D.D. 190 Fraser, John ( ), minister, A.M. 190 Fraser, Robert ( ), poet 192 Gilfillan, Robert ( ), poet 193 Gillespie, George ( ), minister 195 Gillespie, Thomas (1777 or ), minister, D.D. 195 Givan, John ( ), Cupar 196 Gladstone, William Ewart ( ) 200 Glas, John ( ), minister 203 Glas, John ( ) 203 Gleig, George ( ), Bishop of Brechin, LL.D., Arbroath 205 Gleig, George Robert ( ), chaplain, author 205 Glennie, James ( ), mathematician 204 Goodsir, John ( ), professor, anatomist, b. Anstruther 196 Gorrie, Daniel ( ), minister, Kettle 197 Gourlay, Robert F. (1777 or ) 198 Grahame, Patrick (d. 1478) Bishop of Brechin, Bishop of St Andrews 206 Grant, George, Cupar 206 Gray, Charles ( ), captain, R.M. 207 Gregory, James ( ), professor, mathematician 207 Greig, Samuel, Sir ( ) 208 Hackston, David (d. 1680), of Rathillet 208 Haig, William ( ), of Seggie 209 Haldane, Robert ( ), F.R.S.E. 209 Hales, Alexander ( ) 210 Halkett family 210 Halkett, Anne [or Anna] ( ), Lady 211 Halkett, Colin, Sir ( ), general, G.C.B. 211 Halkett, Elizabeth ( ), poet, d Halkett, Peter Arthur, Sir (b. 1834) 211 Halkett, Peter Arthur, Sir (d. 1779), of Pitfirrane 211 Halkett-Craigie-Inglis, Charles ( ) 211 Hall, Henry (d. c or 1680), of Haugh-head 212 Halyburton, Thomas ( ), minister 212 Hamilton, John (d. 1571), Archbishop of St Andrews 212 5

6 Handyside, Robert ( ), Lord of Session 213 Hannay family of Grennan 214 Hannay family of Kingsmuir 213 Hannay, George Francis, of Kingsmuir 214 Hannay, James ( ), author, editor, Courant 215 Hannay-Cunningham Robert ( ), of Pitarthie 214 Harvey, George, Sir ( ), artist 215 Hastie, Alexander ( ), of Carnock, M.P. 215 Haxton [Hackston], John ( ), Drumnod, agriculturist 218 Hay family, Marquis of Tweeddale 220 Hay, George; 7th Marquis of Tweeddale ( ) 221 Hay, James, Sir, Earl of Carlisle (c ) 219 Hay, John, Lord ( ), rear-admiral 221 Henderson, Alexander ( ), minister 221 Henderson, Ebenezer ( ), minister 222 Hill, George ( ), minister 223 Hog, James Maitland ( ), of Kellie 224 Hogg, Thomas ( ), Cupar, author 226 Hope family of Craighall 234 Hope, George William ( ), of Luffness 234 Hope, John Alexander; 6th Earl of Hopetoun ( ) 228 Hope, John, Sir ( ), of Craighall 234 Hope, John, Sir; 4th Earl of Hopetoun (1765 or ) 228 Hope, William, Sir ( ), of Balcomie, author of The complete fencing master; translator of The parfait mareshal 233 Hopetoun family 227 Horsbrugh, Boyd ( ), major, of Lochmalony 240 Horsbrugh, James (c ), major, of Mayfield 239 Horsbrugh, Thomas ( ), sheriff-clerk 238 Horsburgh, James ( ), F.R.S., b. Elie, hydrographer 235 Horsburgh, James ( ), of Pittenweem 238 Hunter, Henry ( ), minister, D.D. 241 Hunter, John ( ), LL.D., classical scholar 240 Irving, Edward ( ), minister, M.A. 241 Jack, John (d. 1859), St Monance, historian 242 Jamieson, Andrew ( ), sheriff-substitute 243 Johnstone, Christian Isobel ( ), buried Grange Cemetery, Edinburgh 244 Johnstone, John ( ), Dunfermline 245 Keith, Robert ( ), Bishop of Fife 245 Keith, Robert Murray, Sir ( ), K.B. 253 Kennedy, James ( ), Bishop of Dunkeld, Bishop of St Andrews 253 Kerr, James Ralston ( ), minister 254 Kidd [Kid], Alexander ( ), minister, D.D. 254 Kilgour, Alexander ( ), Town Clerk of Dunfermline 254 King, James (1795 or ), Irrawang, New South Wales 255 Kirkaldy, William, Sir (d. 1573), of Grange 257 Knox, John (1505 or 1513/ ), minister 262 Latto, Thomas Carstairs ( ), song writer, went to U.S.A., d. Brooklyn 264 Lawson, George ( ), Professor of Natural History, Queen s College, Kingston, Canada, botanist 264 Learmont, James, Sir (d. 1657), of Balcomie 266 Learmont, Thomas, The Rhymer 265 Lee, John ( ), Professor of History and Divinity, St Andrews, LL.D. 266 Leitch, William ( ), minister, D.D., astronomer, naturalist 268 Leslie family of Rothes 270 6

7 Leslie, Alexander, 5th Earl of Leven (d. 1754), advocate 271 Leslie, David, Lord Newark (d. 1682) 270 (not 269) Leslie, Henrietta Anderson Morshead, Countess of Rothes ( ) 271 Leslie, John, Lord Newark (d. 1818) 270 Leslie, John, Sir ( ), professor of natural philosophy 271 Lindsay family 274 Lindsay, Alexander William Crawford, 25th Earl of Crawford ( ) 295 Lindsay, Coutts Trotter, Sir ( ), artist, portrait painter: Alfred; The Black Prince 293 Lindsay, David, Sir ( ), of the Mount 295 Lindsay, Elizabeth; Countess of Hardwicke ( ) 278 Lindsay, Harriet Sarah Jones Loyd-, Baroness Wantage ( ) 293 Lindsay, James ( ), general 292 Lindsay, John, Sir ( ) 298 Lindsay, John; 18th Earl of Crawford ( ) 296 Lindsay, Robert (1500?-1565?), of Pitscottie 298 Lindsay, Robert ( ), of Balcarres 279 Lindsay, Robert Lloyd-, Baron Wantage ( ), colonel 293 Livingstone and Newburgh family 298 Low, David ( ), Bishop of Moray 299 Lumsdaine family of Innergellie 305 Lumsdaine family of Lathallan 307 Lumsdaine-Sandys family 305 Lumsdaine-Sandys, Edwin ( ), rector, Upper Hardres, Kent 306 Lundin family of Auchtermairnie 308 Lyell, David, LL.D. 308 Lyon-Bowes family of Strathmore and Kinghorn 308 Lyon-Bowes, Thomas George, 12th Earl of Kinghorn ( ) 310 Macansh, Alexander ( ), poet, Dunfermline 310 Mackay, John ( ), doctor 311 Mackay, John ( ), botanist 311 MacKenzie, Donald ( ), Sheriff of Fife 315 Mackie, Andrew ( ), doctor 314 Macneill, Duncan, Lord Colonsay ( ), judge 316 MacNeill, John, Sir ( ), G.C.B., diplomat 316 Maconochie family 316 Maconochie, Alexander; Lord Meadowbank ( ), judge 317 Maconochie, Allan Alexander ( ), Professor of Laws, Glasgow University 317 Maitland [or Conner], Catharine, Dame ( ) 319 Maitland family 317 Maitland, Frederick Lewis, Sir ( ), admiral 317 Maitland, James ( ), of Rankeillour, of Rossie 318 Maitland, William Heriot ( ), R.N. 319 Malcolm, Alexander ( ), of Lochore, advocate 319 Malone, Robert L. ( ), of Anstruther, poet 319 Marshall, Andrew ( ), physician 320 Marshall, Charles ( ), minister 321 Marshall, John; Lord Curriehill ( ), judge 320 Marsham, Robert Bullock ( ), doctor 320 Martin, David ( ), portrait painter 321 Mathers, Thomas ( ), poet 323 Mathie, James ( ), Dysart 321 Mathieson, Alexander ( ; d. 1839?), buried: Dunbeg 322 McDuff family of Lord Fife 310 McMartin, (c ), of Prinlaws 315 7

8 Melvil, James, Sir (c ), statesman 328 Melville [or Leslie-Melville] family 325 Melville [or Leslie-Melville], Alexander, Sir; 1st Earl of Leven (c ) 324 Melville [or Whyte Melville] family 329 Melville, Andrew ( ), minister 326 Melville, David; 7th Earl of Balgonie ( ) 326 Melville, David; Earl of Leven and Melville ( ) 326 Melville, James ( ), minister 327 Melville, John Thornton; 8th Earl of Balgonie ( ) 326 Melville, Robert ( ), military officer 328 Mercer, Robert (1597/ ), minister, Kennoway 329 Merson, William ( ), minister, Crail 329 Middleton, Charles, 1st Lord Barham ( ), of Barham Court 36 Millar, David ( ), Perth, poet 331 Milligan, George ( ), minister, D.D. 330 Milligan, George ( ), captain, orientalist 331 Mitchell, James (d. 1775), Crail, wit 332 Mitchell, James Fleming ( ), captain 331 Moffat, Robert, missionary agent 333 Molyson, David ( ), poet 333 Monteith, Alexander Earle ( ), Sheriff of Fife 334 Monypenny family of Pitmilly 337 Monypenny, David; Lord Pitmilly ( ) 338 Monypenny, William Tankerville ( ), of Pitmilly 338 Morris, James ( ), Provost of Dunfermline 338 Morton, James (aged 83), agriculturist, said to be author of The soil, but not found! 338 Moubray, George, captain, R.N. 339 Moubray, Thomas ( ), lieutenant 339 Mudie, Robert, teacher, poet, wit 339 Muir, William ( ), minister, Dysart 341 Murray family of Clermont 346 Murray, Catherine ( ), a centenarian 345 Murray, Elizabeth; Countess of Dysart ( ) 159 Murray, George, Sir ( ) 344 Murray, W. H. (d. 1858), newspaper editor 343 Murray, William David; Earl of Mansfield, family of 342 Murray, William David; Viscount Stormont, 4th Earl of Mansfield ( ) 342 Murray, William Henry ( ), comedian, actor, manager 344 Murray, William, of Henderland 344 Murray, William; 1st Earl of Mansfield ( ) 342 Nairne family 346 Nairne, Alexander (1784-after 1866), captain, H.E.I.C.S., b. Pittenweem 348 Nairne, James ( ), minister, Pittenweem 347 Nairne, John ( ), captain, R.N. 348 Nicol, Robert (d. 1851), Provost of Cupar 349 Nimmo, Alexander ( ), C.E., F.R.S.E., b. Kirkaldy; d , Dublin 349 Oswald, John, Sir (d. 1840), general, of Dunnikier 350 Page, David ( ), geologist 352 Park, John ( ), minister, D.D. 353 Paton, Joseph Noël, Sir ( ), artist 356 Pitcairn, A. ( ), barrister, Hobart Town 358 Pitcairn, David ( ), physician, M.D. 358 Pitcairne, Archibald ( ), physician, poet 356 Playfair, Hugh Lyon, Sir ( ), lieutenant-colonel 363 Playfair, John ( ), professor, mathematician, geologist 360 8

9 Playfair, Lyon, Sir, Lord Playfair ( ) 365 Porteous, John (d. 1736), tailor, captain 366 Pratt, John ( ), of Glentarkie, merchant 370 Pringle, James ( ), poet 370 Pringle, John ( ), seaman 370 Pyper, William ( ), Professor of Humanity, St Andrews 371 Ramsay-Brown, James Andrew; 10th Earl and Marquis of Dalhousie ( ) 372 Randal, Henry ( ), captain, R.N. 374 Reid, David Boswell ( ), doctor 377 Reid, John ( ), physician, M.D., b. Bathgate, author, Professor of Anatomy, St Andrews 377 Reid, Peter ( ), physician, M.D. 376 Reid, William, Sir ( ?), author of The law of storms 374 Ritchie, John (fl ) 378 Ritchie, William ( ), essayist 377 Robertson, John ( ), minister, Glasgow Cathedral, D.D. 378 Rogers, Charles, LL.D. 380 Rollo, ; Lord, family of 382 Rollock, Robert ( ) 383 Rowle, John (fl ), Prior of Pittenweem 383 Russel, Alexander, journalist 385 Russell, James ( ), minister, Dunning, D.D. 385 Russell, Robert ( ), minister, Ettrick, Yarrow 384 Russell, Robert ( ), inventor, Australia 383 Rutherford, Samuel ( ) 386 Sage, John ( ), minister 387 Sanders, George ( ), portrait painter 390 Sandys, Edwin ( ), Archbishop of York, doctor? 306 Sandys, Edwin, Sir ( ), statesman 307 Sandys, George ( ) 307 Schanck, John ( ), admiral 390 Scot, John, Sir ( ) 394 Scott, Charles William, 4th Duke of Buccleuch ( ) 95 Scott, George ( ), minister, Dairsie 394 Scott, Hew ( ), minister, Anstruther Wester 395 Scott, Michael, Sir (1175?-1234?) 393 Scott, Thomas (d. 1539), judge 396 Scott, Walter, 5th Duke of Buccleuch ( ) 97 Selkirk, Alexander ( ) 396 Sharpe, James ( ), Archbishop of St Andrews 400 Shirra, Robert ( ), minister, secessionist 402 Sibbald, Robert, Sir ( ), historian, M.D. 406 Sinclair Erskine, James Alexander; Earl of Roslyn (1733?-1805) 412 Small, Andrew ( ), minister, Abernethy 413 Smith, Adam ( ), economist 423 Smith, John ( ), botanist, b. Aberdour 420 Smith, John Campbell ( ), advocate 422 Smyth, Robert Gillespie ( ) 424 Somerville, Mary ( ) 424 Spalding, William ( ), Professor of Logic, Rhetoric, Metaphysics, St Andrews 425 Spankie, Serjeant, his father was a parish minister at Falkland 425 Spottiswood, Robert, Sir ( ) 425 St Clair of Roslyn family 408 Stewart (later Stuart), William; Lord Pittenweem (fl ), colonel 359 Stewart, Alexander (c ), minister 426 9

10 Stewart, James; Duke of Ross (1476?-1504) 427 Stewarts of Saint Fort family 427 Stone, Jerome ( ), linguist 427 Storer, James (d. 1864) 427 Strachan, John ( ), Bishop of Toronto 428 Strange, Robert, Sir ( ), engraver 430 Stuart, Anne ( ) 460 Stuart, Charles Edward, prince ( ) 460 Stuart, Charles. Charles I ( ) 456 Stuart, Charles. Charles II ( ) 457 Stuart, Francis; Earl of Moray, family of 431 Stuart, James ( ), of Dunearn 434 Stuart, James. James I ( ) 435 Stuart, James. James II ( ) 443 Stuart, James. James III ( ) 443 Stuart, James. James IV ( ) 444 Stuart, James. James V ( ) 451 Stuart, James. James VI ( ) 452 Stuart, James. James VII ( ) 459 Stuart, James; 1st Earl of Moray ( ) 431 Stuart, John; 12th Earl of Moray ( ) 431 Stuart, Mary ( ) 453 Stuart, Mary ( ) 459 Stuart, Royal house of 434 Swan, William (d. 1859), Kirkcaldy 461 Syme, James ( ), surgeon 461 Taylor, Anstruther ( ), minister, Carnbee 462 Taylor, George, schoolmaster, poet 462 Taylor, Robert Sutherland ( ), Sheriff-Substitute 462 Tennant, William ( ), professor, LL.D. 463 Thomson [or Gray], Caroline 472 Thomson Anstruther family of Charleston 471 Thomson, Andrew ( ), D.D. 468 Thomson, David ( ) 467 Thomson, John Anstruther ( ), of Charleston 472 Thomson, William, (Theta), Kennoway ( ), poet, author, d Todd, James Cameron ( ) 473 Trail, Robert ( ) 474 Trail, Walter (d. 1401), Bishop of St Andrews 474 Tulloch, John ( ), Principal, St Mary s College, St Andrews, b. Bridge of Earn 474 Waid, Andrew (d. 1804), lieutenant 475 Walker, James (d. 1831), admiral 475 Walker, James, Bishop of Edinburgh (1770?-1841) 476 Wallace, William ( ), LL.D., mathematician, b. Dysart, d. Edinburgh 477 Wardlaw family 478 Wardlaw, Henry ( ), Bishop of St Andrews, b. Torry 479 Watson, Robert (c ), LL.D., historian 479 Wemyss of Bogie family 480 Wemyss, James Erskine ( ), M.P. 479 Wemyss, James Hay Erskine ( ), M.P. 480 Wemyss, James, Sir, of Bogie 481 Whyte Melville, John ( ), of Benochy and Strathkinness 329 Wilkie, David, Sir ( ), artist 481 Wilson, Robert, Carnbee, poet 481 Wilson, William ( )

11 11 Wilson, William ( ), Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway, b. Pittenweem 481 Wishart, George (c ), reformer, martyr 481 Wood family 482 Wood, Alexander ( ), doctor, President of R.C.P.E. 491 Wood, Andrew, Sir, of Largo ( ), admiral 485 Wood, James ( ), physician, M.D. 491 Wood, John (d. 1570), of Tullydavie 488 Wood, John (d. 1661), of Orkie 489 Wood, Patrick ( ), captain 492 Wood, Walter, of Grangehill ( ), minister 491 Woodcock, James Ballantyne ( ), physician, M.D. 492 Conolly, Matthew Forster. Biographical dictionary of eminent men of Fife. Cupar, Fife, More details sought. W.T. Johnston