Donald Stuart (minister)

[2] Having supported Dr. Thomas Chalmers for the Lord Rectorship after the disruption, he was expelled, with the majority of the students, for refusing to submit to an admonition from the senators.

[2] In 1844, Stuart was appointed classical master, and subsequently principal, of a private secondary school at Upton Park, Eton, and in July 1848, was married at Slough, Windsor, to Miss Jessie Robertson.

[2] He commenced studying for the ministry in London and completed his curriculum in Edinburgh, being licensed by the Free Presbytery of Kelso to the Presbyterian church of Falstone, North Northumberland, where he remained for ten years.

Humane, liberal, and approachable, he was well known for his support for the poor, often visiting the needy to provide blankets and food for them from his own purse.

[3] He is uniquely commemorated by having two public statues in his honour in Dunedin; a seated figure adjacent to Queens Gardens and a bust outside Knox Church.