Nathaniel Paterson

Nathaniel Paterson (1787–25 April 1871) was a Scottish minister who served as Moderator of the General Assembly to the Free Church of Scotland in 1850/51.

Not until 1816 was he licensed by the Church of Scotland, initially being employed as an assistant at Linlithgow.

They worshipped in a rear hall in the Black Bull Inn while the new church was built.

[2] In 1850 he replaced Very Rev Mackintosh MacKay as Moderator of the Free Church.

He was photographed in 1860 at the foot of the steps to New College with several other ex-Moderators of the Free Church.

Nathaniel Paterson by John James Napier
Nathaniel Paterson by Robert Adamson and David Octavius Hill
Paterson's tomb at the Southern Necropolis in Glasgow
The Moderator and Ex Moderators of the Free Church of Scotland, Assembly; 1860. Pictured, from left to right, are (standing) Dr Smyth , Dr Clason , Dr Henderson , Dr Grierson , Dr N. Paterson and Dr Beith (behind); (seated) Dr Cunningham , Dr Buchanan and Dr Julius Wood .