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19-810: John Barclay may refer to: Religion [ edit ] John Barclay (Berean) (1734–1798), Scottish theological writer John Barclay (clergyman) (1795–1826), Canadian Church of Scotland clergyman John M. G. Barclay (born 1958), theologian and professor Sports [ edit ] John Barclay (cricketer) (born 1954), English/Hong Kong cricketer John Barclay (rugby union) (born 1986), Scottish rugby union player Others [ edit ] John Barclay (poet) (1582–1621), Scottish satirist and Latin poet John Barclay (anatomist) (1758–1826), Scottish anatomist John Barclay, Captain in Danish-Norwegian military, 1643 to 1645, thought to have been

38-535: A distillery. After losing his fortune, Alexander was forced to sell the estate to the Sir John Gladstone in 1829. In 1973, Whyte & Mackay acquired Fettercairn distillery and it has remained with the company since. Primary education and nurseries services are provided in the village by Fettercairn Primary School. The school's catchment area includes the village and the surrounding rural area, it has approximately 70 pupils. The current school building

57-594: A drum (not a creature taking any notice of them), go down the street and back again". "Albert asked the little maid, and the answer was, "It's just a band" and that it walked about in this way twice a week. How odd! It went on playing some time after we got home". Historically Fettercairn lies at the southern end of the Monboddo Estate , where the Scottish philosopher and precursor of evolutionary thought , James Burnett, Lord Monboddo , lived. Fettercairn houses

76-668: A memoir (1852). In 1784 he was living in a house in Calton village on Calton Hill . The houses still exist but it is unclear which house he lived in. He continued to live on Calton Hill until his death. He died suddenly of apoplexy whilst kneeling in prayer at a friend's house in Edinburgh on 29 July 1798 and is buried in Old Calton Burial Ground . Fettercairn Fettercairn ( / ˌ f ɛ t ər ˈ k ɛər n / , Scottish Gaelic : Fothair Chàrdain )

95-511: A population of 353. The shaft of the old 16th century Kincardine Mercat cross stands in the square, and is notched to show the measurements of a Scottish ell . Nearby the ruins of the long since abandoned county town and royal castle of Kincardine ( Gaelic : Cinn Chàrdainn meaning "The head of the copse", including the Pictish word carden, "copse" ) similarly Fettercairn ( Gaelic : Fothair Chàrdainn meaning "Shelving or terraced slope at

114-711: Is a small village in Aberdeenshire , Scotland, northwest of Laurencekirk in Aberdeenshire on the B966 from Edzell . Fettercairn is also reached via the Cairn O' Mount road (B974) from Deeside . The name comes from the Scottish Gaelic Fothair and the Pictish carden and means "slope by a thicket". The name appeared as Fotherkern in c. 970. In the 2011 national census , Fettercairn had

133-527: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages John Barclay (Berean) Barclay was born at Muthill in Perthshire the son of Ludovic Barclay a farmer and miller. He studied Theology at St. Andrews University , and was highly influenced by the thoughts of Rev Archibald Campbell . After being licensed to preach by the Church of Scotland through

152-481: The Fettercairn distillery (owned by Whyte and Mackay Ltd.) that produces the "Fettercairn 1824" single malt whisky . In 1504 Fettercairn was granted the status of a free burgh of barony , with the right to hold a weekly market and an annual fair that was dedicated to St Mark . The market and fair brought a period of growth and prosperity to the village which lasted until the village was sacked and burned by

171-747: The army of the Marquis of Montrose in 1645 during as part of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms . Five years later, in 1650, Montrose would pass through Fettercairn, bound hand and foot on horseback, on his way to his execution in Edinburgh after being betrayed by Neil Macleod of Assynt . John Barclay founded the Berean protestant sect in Fettercairn in the late 18th century. Barclay was appointed

190-564: The assistant to the Fettercairn parish minister , Antony Dow, in 1763. Although his charisma made him popular with the congregation, his antinomianist leanings resulted in Barclay being ostracised by the church hierarchy. In 1772, lacking a patron as then required by the church, he was rejected as successor after the death of Dow, and was also refused by the presbytery the testimonials required in order to obtain another living. Following his rejection, Barclay and his followers seceded, to form

209-418: The copse", containing Pictish carden) Kincardine stood about 2 miles (3 km) northeast of Fettercairn, and by the end of the 16th century had declined to a mere hamlet, being represented now only by xv. 26 the ruins of the royal castle and an ancient burial-ground. A memorial archway erected in 1864 commemorates the 1861 visit by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert , while staying at Balmoral . Leaves from

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228-660: The established church. In 1772, lacking a patron as then required by the church, he was rejected as successor to Dow, and was also refused by the presbytery the testimonials required in order to obtain another living. The refusal of the presbytery was sustained by the General Assembly . Dow was instead succeeded by Rev Robert Foote. Barclay then left the established Scottish church and founded his own church in Edinburgh but also with branches London and Sauchieburn (approximately 3 miles south of Fettercairn ). His followers were called Barclayans, Barclayites or Bereans ,

247-455: The first Berean congregation under his ministry. A place of worship was erected at Sauchieburn (approximately 3 miles south of Fettercairn). Barclay remained minister until 1775 before leaving to found additional congregations in Edinburgh and London . Fettercairn Distillery was founded in 1824 by Alexander Ramsay, owner of the Fasque estate, who converted a corn mill at Nethermill into

266-564: The first male member of Clan Barclay John Barclay (mayor) (1749–1824), American soldier, politician, and jurist; mayor of Philadelphia in 1791 John Barclay, survivor of the shipwreck of HMS Birkenhead in 1852 John Barclay (Royal Marines officer) (1741–1823), British Royal Marines general John Barclay (New Jersey politician) ( c. 1650–1731), Scottish Quaker and politician See also [ edit ] John Barclay Armstrong (1850–1913), Texas ranger John Berkeley (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by

285-498: The journal of our life in the highlands describes aspects of their visit. Queen Victoria writes "At a quarter-past seven o'clock we reached the small quiet town, or rather village, of Fettercairn, for it was very small-not a creature stirring, and we got out at the quiet little inn, "Ramsay Arms" quite unobserved". " Louis and General Grey had rooms in an hotel, called "The Temperance Hotel" opposite". "The evening being bright and moonlight and very still, we all went, and walked through

304-660: The latter because they regulated their conduct by study of the Scriptures after the biblical Bereans of Acts xvii. 11. They held to a modified form of Calvinism . The Berean Church had congregations in Scotland , London and Bristol , but mainly merged with the Congregationalists after Barclay's death. His works, which included many hymns and paraphrases of the psalms, and a book called Without Faith, without God , were edited by J. Thomson and D. Macmillan, with

323-528: The presbytery of Auchterarder in September 1759, he became assistant to Rev James Jobson, the parish minister of Errol in Perthshire . Owing to differences with the minister, he left in 1763 and was then appointed assistant to Antony Dow of Fettercairn in Kincardineshire . During his period here he made several publications, and gained the reputation as a trouble-maker, distancing himself from

342-405: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Barclay&oldid=977854836 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

361-451: The whole village, where not a creature moved:- through the principal little square, in the middle of which was a sort of pillar or Town Cross on steps, and Louis read, by the light of the moon, a proclamation for collections of charities which was stuck on it". "Suddenly we heard a drum and fifes!". "As we walked slowly back, we heard the noise from time to time- and when we reached the inn door, we stopped and saw six men march up with fifes and

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