Thomas Liddell

Thomas Liddell (October 18, 1800 – June 11, 1880) was the first Principal of Queen's University, then Queen's College.

For the British politician, see Thomas Liddell, 1st Baron Ravensworth. For the English politician, see Sir Thomas Liddell, 1st Baronet.

Thomas Liddell
Queen's Founder Rev. Dr. Thomas Liddell
Born(1800-10-18)October 18, 1800
St. Ninians, Stirlingshire, Scotland
DiedJune 11, 1880(1880-06-11) (aged 79)
Edinburgh, Scotland

Life
Lady Glenorchy's Church from west (during demolition in 1846/7)

Liddell was born in St Nininin Stirlingshire in Scotland in 1800 the son of John Liddell and his wife Janet Martin. He studied at both Edinburgh University and Glasgow University.[1]

He moved from Montrose Chapel of Ease to Lady Glenorchy's Church in Edinburgh in December 1831. He worked alongside the elderly Rev Thomas Snell Jones.[2] His senior elder James Bonar WS was at this time organising the physical relocation of the church due to the known coming of Waverley Railway Station. 4dinburgh University gave him an honorary Doctor of Divinty in 1841.[3]

He left Edinburgh (and Scotland) in 1841 to sail to Canada where he was appointed the first Principal of Queen's College, Kingston. Here he worked with only one other member of staff: Peter Colin Campbell. Due to issues arising from the Disruption of 1843 in Scotland, funding dried up. Liddell resigned in 1846 and returned to Scotland.[4]

He was minister of Lochmaben in Dumfries and Galloway from 1850 to 1880. He died in Edinburgh on 11 June 1880 and is buried in Lochmaben New Cemetery.[5]

Family

He was married to Susan Ann Jane Stewart of Fincastle House near Pitlochry (b.1795) widow of Duncan Robertson. Their daughter Susan died in Bournemouth in 1884.[6]

Recognition

A street in Kingston, Ontario is named for him.

References
  1. "Liddell, Rev Thomas | Queen's Encyclopedia".
  2. Fasti Fcclesiastae Scoticana by Hew Scott
  3. "Biography – LIDDELL, THOMAS – Volume X (1871-1880) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography".
  4. "Liddell, Rev Thomas | Queen's Encyclopedia".
  5. "Rev. Thomas Liddell DD 1800 - 1880 BillionGraves Record".
  6. "Rev. Thomas Liddell DD 1800 - 1880 BillionGraves Record".


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