James Barr (moderator)

James Barr (1789–1861) was a minister of the Church of Scotland, who served as Moderator of the General Assembly in 1853.

He was born in 1789 the fourth son of John Barr a farmer near Dunlop.

In February 1823 he became minister of Port Glasgow Parish Church.

In October 1843 the Glasgow Town Council presented him to the congregation of St Enoch's Church and he translated to this new position in November 1843 in place of James Henderson who had joined the Free Church in the Disruption of 1843.

Both church and graveyard were destroyed in 1926 to make way for a bus station.