Thomas Martin (moderator)

Thomas Martin (14 April 1856 – 7 January 1942) was a Scottish minister who served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1920.[1][2]

Life
Old Parish Church of Peebles

Martin was born on 14 April 1856 at Scone, Perthsire. His father, Hugh, was farmer. He attended St Martin's Parish School and studied at the universities of Edinburgh (MA, 1880) and St Andrews.[2]

Martin was successively minister of Cramond Kirk, St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh, The Barony Church in Glasgow and from 1911 Peebles Old Parish Church.[3]

In 1920 he succeeded William Paterson Paterson as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. He was succeeded in turn in 1921 by James McClymont.

He married Christian I. Robertson in London.[2][4] Their children were Hugh Forgan Martin of Dollar Academy, Thomas Martin who was a physician, and Christian Isabella who married the theologian George Thomas Thomson.

He died on 7 January 1942.[2]

References
  1. "Moderators of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland genealogy project". geni_family_tree. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  2. "Martin, Very Rev. Thomas, (14 April 1856–7 Jan. 1942), Parish Minister of Peebles, retired; Home Mission Convener of Church of Scotland, and Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland for the year 1920–21", Who Was Who, Oxford University Press, 1 December 2007, doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u228890, ISBN 978-0-19-954089-1, retrieved 4 May 2019
  3. Edinburgh University Journal 1942
  4. Scotsman newspaper 12 January 1942


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