Robert Walker (moderator)

Robert Walker (1716–1783) was a Church of Scotland minister and historian who served as Moderator of the General Assembly in 1771.

[1] He left Edinburgh and moved to Dumfriesshire for some years and in April 1737 he was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Kirkcudbright, and ordained as minister of Straiton in September 1738.

In November 1746 he translated back to Edinburgh as second charge of South Leith Parish Church in the harbour district.

In October 1754 he translated to first charge of The High Kirk of St Giles, the country's most prestigious position.

[2] In January 1757 (as widely instructed) he read the Assembly's condemnation of John Home's new play "Douglas" but then continued with a sermon looking broadly at theatrical productions, seeing theatre as having an important role in society.