Charles Findlater

Charles Findlater (10 January 1754 – 28 May 1838) was a Scottish minister, agricultural writer and essayist.

Thomas (1697–1778), his son, was minister of West Linton, but his settlement there in 1729 was opposed by certain of the parishioners, and led to the rise of a secessionist congregation.

In 1777 he was ordained assistant to his father, and in 1790 was presented by William Douglas, 4th Duke of Queensberry to the neighbouring parish, Newlands.

His appointment at Newlands, like his father's at West Linton, was opposed, and led to the establishment of a seceding congregation.

He would sing a song at a cottar's wedding, and on wintry Sundays gather his congregation round him in his kitchen and give them dinner afterwards.