James Macfarlane (moderator)

James Macfarlane FRSE (1808–1866) was a Scottish minister and ecclesiastical author who served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1865.

He was licensed to preach in 1830 and initially spent two years at the North Church in Stirling.

The grave is set into the original Norman entrance on the south side of the church.

Following James’ death she remarried to John Gunn, Secretary of the British Linen Bank.

Other children included Eliza (b.1844), John (1845-1878), Mary died in infancy, Alexander Goodsir Macfarlane (1849-1897), James (1852-1880), William (b.