Thomas Randall Davidson

Thomas Randall Davidson (1747–1827) was a Church of Scotland minister and landowner.

In November 1778 he translated to Lady Yester's Church in Edinburgh in place of Rev James MacKnight.

His writings began attracting international attention and Harvard University in the USA awarded him an honorary Doctor of Divinity in 1793.

In 1794, on the death of his maternal uncle, William Davidson, who had died without an heir, Thomas inherited the mansion and estate of Muirhouse just north of Edinburgh, and viewing over the Firth of Forth.

[4] His funeral service in St Giles was overseen by Rev George Muirhead.