George Ritchie (moderator)

George Ritchie (1808–1888) was a minister of the Church of Scotland, who served as Moderator of the General Assembly in 1870.

He was born in the manse of Tarbolton in Ayrshire on 22 September 1808 the son of Rev John Ritchie, the local minister.

He was educated locally then studied at the University of Glasgow graduating with an MA in 1827.

In September 1843 he was moved to the high status charge of Jedburgh to replace Rev John Puves who had left in the Disruption of 1843.

[2] He retired in November 1876 and moved to Edinburgh living in a Georgian townhouse at 4 Charlotte Square.