David Dickson the Younger

He was born in 1780 at Libberton, Lanarkshire, the parish where his father Rev David Dickson (1753-1820) was minister.

In December 1801 he was licensed to preach in the Church of Scotland by the Presbytery of Edinburgh, and appointed early in 1802 to the Chapel of Ease at Kilmarnock.

On the occasion of Sir Walter Scott's funeral he was chosen to hold the service in the house at Abbotsford.

Dickson died at West Kirk manse on 28 July 1842, and was buried in St Cuthbert's Church, where a monument was erected to his memory.

He published: He edited: In August 1808 Dickson married Janet Jobson (1783-1878), daughter of James Jobson of Dundee, and together they had nine children, six of whom survived to adulthood:[2] This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Dickson, David (1780-1842)".