Robert Hamilton (moderator, died 1787)

Robert Hamilton FRSE (19 May 1707 – 3 April 1787) was Professor of Divinity at the University of Edinburgh.

He served twice as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland[1] and was also a co-founder of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

He was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Edinburgh in 1730 and in April 1731 was ordained as minister of his father’s parish at Cramond.

[4] Their daughter, Grizel Hamilton, married the eminent Edinburgh surgeon, Benjamin Bell.

Their son Gavin Hamilton FRSE (1755–1829) was a surgeon who spent many years in India.