Pearson McAdam Muir

Pearson McAdam Muir (1846–1924)[1] was the minister of Glasgow Cathedral and Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1910.

[2] He was Chaplain in Ordinary in Scotland to King Edward VII.d[3] He was born in the manse in Kirkmabreck in Kirkcudbrightshire on 26 January 1846, the son of Rev John Muir (1805–1858) and his wife, Gloriana Pearson McAdam (1806–1888).

He was licensed to preach in December 1868 and began his ministry assisting consecutively in Monkton, Ayrshire, before moving to Prestwick and then Stevenston.

He was minister at Polmont near Falkirk 1872 to 1880, replacing Rev John Wightman Ker, then came to Morningside, Edinburgh to his first major city church.

[6] In 1896 he was requested to replace the Rev George Stewart Burns at Glasgow Cathedral.