David Cathels

Very Rev David Cathels DD (d.1925) was a late 19th-century and an early 20th-century Scottish minister. He served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1924.[1]

St Marys, Hawick

Life

In 1862 a Rev David Cathels is minister of Kirkton in the Scottish Borders.[2]

In 1880 he is listed as the Worshipful Master of a Freemason Lodge.[3]

For most of his life he was minister of Hawick, from around 1885 until death.

In 1924 he succeeded Very Rev George Milligan as Moderator.

He died in the manse at Hawick in June 1925.[4] His position as Moderator was filled by Very Rev John White of South Leith Parish Church.

Family

David Cathels was father to Rev Louis Patrick Cathels (d.1939), who was minister of Peterhead.[5]

Publications

see[6]

  • Ourselves and Our Times (1887)
  • Christian Manhood (1889)
  • Landmarks: A Common Riding Sermon (1895)
  • Honour the King (1897)
  • The Reformation and John Knox 8 volumes (1905)

References
  1. https://www.geni.com/projects/Moderators-of-the-General-Assembly-of-the-Church-of-Scotland/15939
  2. Post Office Directory 1862
  3. http://iagenweb.org/clarke/lodgmurr.html
  4. Southern Reporter, obituaries, 18 June 1925
  5. Dundee Evening Telegraph 10 April 1939
  6. file:///C:/Users/mobileuser/Downloads/BibliographyofWorksRelatingToorPublishedInHawick_10696846.pdf


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