James Brown (moderator)

James Brown (1724–1786) was a Church of Scotland minister who served as Moderator of the General Assembly in 1777.

He was baptised on 17 December 1724 the youngest son of Rev James Brown of Abercorn.

In November 1768 he moved to New (West) Kirk, St Giles on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh.

[1] He was elected Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1777 in place of Rev John Ker of Forfar.

[2] In 1785 he is listed as living at "Laurieston": the district close to George Heriot's School south of the town centre.