James MacGregor (minister)
James Macnaughton MacGregor (6 January 1829 – 8 October 1894) was a Scottish and New Zealand Presbyterian minister and theologian. He was born in Callander, Perthshire, Scotland on 6 January 1829.[1] (Callander is now in the Stirling council area.)
Service in Scotland
[edit]After serving in Barry (1856–1861) and Paisley (1861–1868) as a minister in the Free Church of Scotland, he was elected and succeeded Professor James Buchanan as the Chair of Systematic Theology at New College, Edinburgh.
With family to New Zealand
[edit]In 1881, MacGregor and his family migrated to New Zealand after 13 years in that chair in Edinburgh. He carried on his ministry in Oamaru until he died there in 1894.[2] A son, William Cunningham MacGregor (1862–1934), became solicitor-general in 1920.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Breward, Ian. "James MacGregor". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ^ Keddie, John W. (2011). "Professor James MacGregor: Theological and Practical Writings, 1868–1881" (PDF). Scottish Reformation Society Historical Journal. 1: 109–127. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ^ "Obituary". The Press. Vol. LXX, no. 21254. 28 August 1934. p. 10. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
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