John Pagan

John Pagan (1830-1909) was a Scottish minister and amateur botanist who served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1899.

He was born in Wamphray[1] on 30 June 1830 the son of John Pagan and Mary Hamilton.

[2] He was educated locally then studied divinity at Glasgow University graduating MA in 1854.

He was minister of Bothwell church from 1865 and oversaw the installation of the memorial window to John Purdon Brown, a fine piece of stained glass by Daniel Cottier.

Their children, three sons and one daughter, included Rev Gavin Lang Pagan, minister of St George's Church in Edinburgh.