John Stuart (Edinburgh minister)

John Stuart (1819–1888) was a senior Scottish minister in the 19th century who served as Chaplain in Ordinary to Queen Victoria.

In March 1846 he was licensed to preach as a Church of Scotland minister by the Presbytery of Edinburgh.

[1] In November 1848 he translated to Newton-on-Ayr Parish Church but stayed less than a year, moving to Moffat in October 1849.

He moved to East Parish in Stirling in 1853 before taking charge of St Andrews Church in central Edinburgh in May 1857 in place of Rev Thomas Clark.

[3] In 1862, Stuart he replaced the late Rev Norman MacLeod as Chaplain in Ordinary in Scotland to Queen Victoria.