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
editAfter 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
editIn 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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