James Smith (1681–1736) was a Church of Scotland minister in Cramond[1]: 441 and the Principal of the University of Edinburgh from 1733 to 1736.
He had been appointed professor of Divinity on 16 Feb 1732 and succeeded Dr William Hamilton in both offices.
He was private tutor to the children of Dalrymple of Cousland and then to Robert Dundas of Arniston, the Elder.
Whilst there he served as Moderator of the General Assembly in 1723 in succession to Rev William Mitchell.
[3] He made a trip to Bristol in the summer of 1736 but died at Coldstream during the return journey on 14 August 1736.