King, Alexander ♂

Education

Student United College 1789-1790 Lat. Jun. 1790-1791 Lat. Prov.; Gk. Prov.; Log. 1791-1792 Lat. Prov.; Gk. Prov.; Ethics 1792-1793 Lat. Prov.; Gk. Prov.; N. Phil. 1795-1796 N. Phil. (Ternar). Cupar bursar, 1789. Part bursary, 1791.

Student St Mary’s College 1793-1794, 1794-1795 occ., 1795-1796, 1796-1797 occ., 1797-1798 occ. Yeaman bursar, 1795.

Birth/childhood

Born c. 1777 2nd son of John King, Relief minister at Kettle. [Minister]

Career

Relief minister Dalkeith 1799-1803. Became deranged and resided first at Montrose Asylum and then at Musselburgh. [Minister]

Death

Died Musselburgh 13.3.1841 aged 64.

Sources

• UYUC400:12.12.1789, 12.11.1791
• UYSM400/6/164
• Cupar Town council minute 22.10.1789
• R. Small, History of the congregations of the United Presbyterian Church 1733-1900. 2v. (Edinburgh, 1904)