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David Welsh

David Welsh
Mr Dunlop and David Welsh by Hill & Adamson
Disruption brooch showing the graves of Andrew Melville, John Knox, David Welsh, James Renwick, and Alexander Henderson[1]
Welsh's townhouse at 59 Melville Street, Edinburgh
The grave of David Welsh, St Cuthbert's churchyard, Edinburgh

David Welsh FRSE (11 December 1793 – 24 April 1845) was a Scottish Presbyterian minister and academic.[2] He was Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1842.[3] In the Disruption of 1843 he was one of the leading figures in the establishment of the Free Church of Scotland.[4]

  1. ^ "Disruption Brooch". Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  2. ^ Wylie, James Aitken (1881). Disruption worthies : a memorial of 1843, with an historical sketch of the free church of Scotland from 1843 down to the present time. Edinburgh: T. C. Jack. pp. 489–496. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  3. ^ Chambers, Robert; Thomson, Thomas (1853–1855). A biographical dictionary of eminent Scotsmen. Vol. 9. Glasgow : Blackie. pp. 601-609. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  4. ^ Anderson, William (1877). "Welsh, David". The Scottish nation: or, The surnames, families, literature, honours, and biographical history of the people of Scotland. Vol. 3. A. Fullarton & co. p. 631-633.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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