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William McQuhae - Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland

Biography


Birth: before 1737
Death: Mar 01, 1823

Son of David McQuhae and Margaret Laurie. Married (November 1, 1765) to Elizabeth Park (d. 1780). Married (June 3, 1782) to Margaret Laurie (d. 1824). He fathered at least 16 children with his wives. Sometime tutor of David and John Boswell. Educated at Edinburgh. Minister of St. Quivox, Ayrshire (1764-?) and sometime Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. Author of Difficulties which attend the Practice of Religion no just Argument against it, a Sermon (1785).

His mother and second wife seems to have had identical names.

Also known as

  • Dr. Rev. William McQuhae

Life with James Boswell

McQuhae had been a private tutor to James Boswell's brothers John and David in the late 1750s, and until 1762-3 was one of JB's closest friends.

Related links

  • Text about McQuhae (Rootsweb)


Mentioned in

William McQuhae is mentioned in:

  • Journal of my Jaunt, Harvest 1762
  • London Journal 1762-1763

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