George Wishart (moderator)

George Wishart (1703–1785) was a Scottish minister who was Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1748.

[2] Wishart was born in Edinburgh's Old Town in 1703, the son of Janet Murray (died 1744), daughter of Janet Nisbet and Major William Murray of Touchadam, and the Very Rev Prof William Wishart, the Principal of the University of Edinburgh and minister of the Tron Kirk on the Royal Mile.

His brother William Wishart (secundus), like his father, also became the Principal of the University of Edinburgh.

His service at the Tron Kirk was continuous from 1730 until death – 55 years; the longest-serving minister in that church.

[6] He was succeeded in his post of minister of the Tron by Rev Andrew Hunter of Barjarg.