Farquhar Matheson

The Rev Farquhar Matheson was a 20th-century Scottish minister, who served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland in 1939.[1]

Life

In 1920 he became minister of the Free Church in Assynt.[2]

Soon after he was translated to Stoer. In 1939 he succeeded Rev John MacKay MacLennan as Moderator of the General Assembly.[1]

Family

He was father-in-law to the Rev Donald Lamont moderator in the 1970s, and maternal grandfather of the Rev Derek Lamont Moderator in 2017.[3]

References
  1. Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, 1930 to 1939
  2. "ASSYNT & EDDRACHILLIS". www.freechurchcontinuing.org.
  3. "Former Ross minister named as Moderator Designate". Ross-shirejournal.co.uk. 2016-10-06. Retrieved 2020-02-23.
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