Darling (2)
Darling the family name of several Scotch clergymen.
1. ANDREW (1), graduated at Edinburgh University in 1670; was presented by the king to the living at Stitchel; ordained May 1, 1683; deprived by the privy council in 1689 for not praying for the king and queen; and deposed for drunkenness in 1692. See Fasti Eccles. Scoticanae, 1:474.
2. ANDREW (2), a native of Galashiels, graduated at Edinburgh University in 1693; was ordained minister at Hoddam, October 13, 1696; transferred to Kinnoul before December 1697; admitted in January 1698, and died August 12, 1731, aged fifty-nine years. See Fasti Eccles. Scoticanae, 1:620; 2:648.
3. HUGH, graduated at Edinburgh University in July 1696; licensed to preach in August 1699; called to the living at Innerwick in April, and ordained in August 1700. He died at Edinburgh, September 29, 1701, aged about twenty-five years.. He had two brothers in the ministry, Andrew and Robert. See Fasti Eccles. Scoticanae, 1:375.
4. JAMES, son of the minister at Ewes, was called in January, and ordained, in March 1734, minister at Kinkell; transferred to Kintore in January 1738, and died March 29, 1742. See Fasti Eccles. Scoticanae, 3:585, 589.
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5. PETER, graduated at Edinburgh University in 1695; was licensed to preach in 1697; called and ordained in June 1698, to the living at Boyndie;. and died in 1730, aged about fifty-five years. See Fasti Eccles. Scoticanae, 3:671.
6. ROBERT, graduated at Edinburgh University in July, 1685; had a unanimous call to the living at Ewes; was ordained November 20, 1694; called to Gask in 16§9, but declined, and died December 1, 1716, aged forty-seven years. See Fasti Eccles. Scoticanae, 1:636.
