James Struthers

[1] In the summer of 1791, aged 20, he was ordained as minister of the Relief Church on College Street in Edinburgh (just south of Old College) in place of Rev James Baine.

[2] In October 1793 he preached against the immorality of Rev David Gellatly of Haddington.

[4] He lived his final years in a flat at St Patrick Square in south Edinburgh.

[6] The grave lies midway along the main east path.

They had six children but only two survived to adulthood: Struthers' widow married Robert Briggs MD (1768-1840) Professor of Medicine at St Andrews University.

Rev James Struthers by John Kay
The grave of Rev James Struthers, Greyfriars Kirkyard