He served as minister of Greyfriars Kirk and was Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1804.
[1] He was born in 1762 in the manse at Forteviot the youngest son of Mary Bryce and her husband, Rev Harry Inglis, the local minister.
In 1804 the University granted him an honorary doctorate (DD) and later that same year he was elected Moderator of the General Assembly.
His role as Dean of the Chapel Royal was filled by Rev Dr Stevenson McGill who later also served as Moderator.
Their children were:[6] A memorial window to Inglis was erected in Greyfriars Kirk in the late 19th century.