James Craik (moderator)

He was born on 11 October 1801[1] in Kennoway in Fife to the local teacher (the school being church-run), Willam Craik[2] and his wife, Paterson Lillie (sic).

After graduation he taught Classics at George Heriot's School in Edinburgh then was licensed to preach by the Church of Scotland in 1832, his first charge being Scone in Perthshire.

He lived at 15 Sandyford Place, a charming Georgian terraced house in the city centre, just south of Sauchiehall Street.

[5] He remained minister of St Georges until death, but also (due to his father) took great interest in the development of the Church of Scotland Normal School (which played a vital role in Scottish education until the 1870s).

The grave lies on the north side of the sloping path connecting the south-east corner of the upper plateau to the low-lying south section.