Findlay, Robert (2), Dd

Findlay, Robert (2), D.D.

a Scotch clergyman, was licensed to preach October 5, 1743; called to the living at Stevenston in March, and ordained August 23, 1744; transferred to Galston April 29, 1745; promoted to the Town Church, Paisley, February 20, 1754; transferred to the north-west quarter, Glasgow, January 29, 1756; being admitted professor of divinity in the Glasgow University, he resigned his parish duties and charge, January 1, 1783. He died June 15, 1814, aged ninety-three years. Dr. Findlay published, Vindication of the Sacred Books (1770): — Psalmody (1763). See Fasti Eccles. Scoticanae, 2:26, 116, 187, 203; Allibone, Dict. of Brit. and Amer. Authors, s.v.