Samuel Lyle Orr

Samuel Lyle Orr (c. 1850–1930) was an Irish-born minister of the Free Church of Scotland who served as Moderator of the General Assembly in 1913/14.

The Lyle Orr Awards have been granted by the Free Church of Scotland annually since 1914 to children showing great Bible knowledge.

[1] He was born in Kilraughts parish, Ballymoney, County Antrim c. 1850, where he became a teacher before deciding to become a minister.

[2] He was minister of Milton Free Church in Glasgow living at 230 West Regent Street.

In 1913 he was elected Moderator of the General Assembly, the highest position in the Free Church of Scotland.