Gillespie, David

Education

Student United College 1791-1792 Lat. Jun. 1792-1793 Lat. Prov.; Gk. Jun. (Secondar).

Birth/childhood

Born 26.4.1777 son of John Gillespie of Kirkton and Janet Scrimgeour.

Career

Advocate 12.2.1799. [Lawyer]

Succeeded to estates of Kirkton and Mountquhanie. [Landowner]

Death

Died in Edinburgh 28.11.1827.

Sources

  • Edinburgh New College CHA4.74.10
  • F.J. Grant, The Faculty of Advocates in Scotland 1532-1943 (Edinburgh, 1944) (SRS145).
  • Monumental inscription, Forgan b.g., Elie b.g.