Riddoch, Alexander [William]

Education

Student United College 1823-1824 Gk. Jun.; Lat. Jun. 1824-1825 Gk. Prov.; Lat. Prov.; Log. 1826-1827 Gk. Prov.; Lat. Prov.; Ethics; Math. Jun. 1827-1828 Physics. (Ternar). Gets part bursary, 1826.

Student St Mary’s College 1828-1829 occ., 1829-1831, 1831-1832 occ., 1832-1833 occ. Part bursary, 1830, 1831.

Birth/childhood

Born 2.7.1807 son of John Riddoch, parish schoolmaster, Alva and Margaret Livingstone. [Teacher]

Career

Free Church minister Stennis, Orkney 1844-1864 (deposed). [Minister]

Sources

  • UYUC400:9.12.1826
  • Chalmers, Class list, New College CHA6.14.1-4
  • UYSM400/4/102, 117
  • W. Ewing, Annals of the Free Church of Scotland 1843-1900 (Edinburgh, 1914)