Alexander Carlyle
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Alexander Carlyle was a Scottish church leader, and autobiographer. He served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1770/71.
Portrait of Rev. Alexander Carlyle, 1796, by Sir Henry Raeburn.
Inveresk Parish Church
William Robertson was a Scottish historian, cleric, and educator who served as Principal of the University of Edinburgh, Chaplain of Stirling Castle, and one of the King's Chaplains in Scotland.
Alexander Carlyle
…made Dean of the Chapel Royal. In 1789 he was elected Principal Clerk of the General Assembly in opposition to Andrew Dalzell. He was associated with Principal Robertson as an ecclesiastical leader. His strikingly ruddy complexion earned him the nickname of Jupiter Carlyle. His autobiography, which was edited by Hill…
Portrait painting of William Robertson, by Joshua Reynolds
The mausoleum of William Robertson, Greyfriars Kirkyard
A bust of William Robertson, which sits in the 17th-century King James Library at the University of St Andrews
Cameo of Rev. William Robertson (1721–93), 1791, Scottish National Portrait Gallery