John Gillespie (moderator)

John Gillespie (1836–1912) was a Scottish minister who served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1903.

After obtaining a Masters in Divinity in Glasgow, he served the parish of Mouswald in Dumfriesshire as a minister of the Church of Scotland from 1865 to 1912.

[2] From 1892, Gillespie represented Mouswald as a county councillor for Dumfriesshire.

A keen supporter of the local farmers, Gillespie was nicknamed the "Minister for Agriculture".

He was Secretary of the Galloway Cattle Society and endowed a silver cup at the Royal Highland Show for best Galloway cattle.