Murdoch MacRae explained

Murdoch MacRae (1900 - 1961) was a Scottish minister. He served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland in 1951.

Life

He was born on 14 January 1900. He trained as a minister of the Free Church of Scotland.

He was minister of Kinloch, in the Parish of Lochs, north of Loch Eireasort on the Isle of Lewis from 1927 to 1961.[1]

He lived at 13 Swordale in Point until his marriage then lived in Stornoway.[2]

In 1952 he was joint founder (with G. N. M. Collins) of the British Evangelical Council.[3]

In 1958 he was part of a delegation to the United States of America to lobby on behalf of the Harris Tweed Association to reduce import tax on imported woollen cloth.[4]

He died on Lewis on 4 August 1961.

Family

In 1929 he was married to Christina Ann Mackenzie.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rev Murdoch Macrae, Free Church of Scotland, Kinloch . Hebridean Connections . 2020-01-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200113132156/https://www.hebrideanconnections.com/image-details/85609 . 2020-01-13 . live .
  2. Web site: Rev Murdoch Macrae . Hebridean Connections . 2020-01-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200113133709/https://www.hebrideanconnections.com/people/24166 . 2020-01-13 . live .
  3. Preserving a Reformed Heritage by John W Keddie
  4. Web site: Rev Murdoch Macrae . Hebridean Connections . 2020-01-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200113133709/https://www.hebrideanconnections.com/people/24166 . 2020-01-13 . live .