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George Wilson of Glenluce

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the son of Mary Steuart Todd and her husband, Abraham Wilson, a farmer. His father died during his first year, and the farm was taken over by his eldest brother, John Wilson, while he was still a teenager. He was educated at Chirnside parish school and the
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FSAS (31 October 1823 – 18 February 1899) was a Scottish minister of the Free Church of Scotland who was also an antiquarian and archaeologist, remembered for his investigations at
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in south-west Scotland and remained there for the rest of his working life, but taking considerable interest in the history and archaeology of the area.
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In 1897 the congregation named the manse built for the incoming minister the "Wilson Memorial Manse" and in 1900 when the church transferred to the
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in Germany. He was licensed to preach by the Free Church of Scotland in January 1847.
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Archaeological and Historical Collections Relating to Ayrshire and Galloway
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In September 1854 he married Mary Frances Dods (1825–1892), daughter of
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and died there on 18 February 1899. He is buried in the churchyard at
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in 1895, being replaced at Glenluce by Alexander Kennedy Dallas.
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He was born on 31 October 1823 at Edington Mains, a farm near
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he trained as a minister for the Free Church of Scotland at
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it was renamed the "Wilson Memorial United Free Church".
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Knock Hill Fort and triangulation point, near Old Luce
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19th-century ministers of the Free Church of Scotland
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Old Luce

Chirnside
High School
Edinburgh
University of Edinburgh
New College, Edinburgh
University of Berlin
Glenluce
Edinburgh
St Boswells
Scottish Borders
Foulden
Royal Scottish Museum
United Free Church of Scotland
Marcus Dods (theologian born 1786)
Marcus Dods (theologian born 1834)
"Glenluce from The Gazetteer for Scotland"
Historic Environment Scotland
"Glenluce, Ladyburn Manse (LB19323)"
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