{{Short description|Scottish Minister and Temperance campaigner}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} thumb|Barclay Bruntsfield Church, Edinburgh thumb|1 East Castle Road, Edinburgh '''James Hood Wilson''' (7 February 1829 – 6 December 1903) was a Scottish minister of the Free Church of Scotland who served as Moderator of the General Assembly in 1895/96. He was a major campaigner for the Temperance movement in Scotland.
==Life== thumb|left|The grave of Rev James Hood Wilson, Morningside Cemetery He was born on 7 February 1829 in Duns, Berwickshire, the son of Mary Hood of Bowshiel, first cousin to Rev Thomas McCrie,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dunsehistorysociety.co.uk/mccrie.shtml|title=Dunse History Society|website=www.dunsehistorysociety.co.uk|access-date=2019-06-08}}</ref> and John Wilson, a merchant. He was raised by his mother's twin sister, Jane Hood. The family belonged to the Secessionist Church.<ref>Free Church Monthly June 1896</ref>
He studied at the University of Edinburgh from 1843 and graduated in 1848. He then trained as a Free Church minister at New College, Edinburgh. He was licensed to preach in 1852 and ordained at Fountainbridge Free Church in Edinburgh in July 1854, residing at Fountainbridge manse.<ref>Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1860</ref> He was translated to Edinburgh's then newly built magnificent landmark Barclay Church in 1864 as its first minister.<ref>[https://www.barclayviewforth.org.uk/wp-content/.../barclay-church-tour-webvsn.pdf]{{dead link|date=February 2020}}</ref>
In 1895 he succeeded Rev G. C. M. Douglas as Moderator of the General Assembly. He was succeeded in turn by Rev William Miller in 1896. He served on the Jewish Mission Committee and Home Mission Committee.<ref>Ewing, William ''Annals of the Free Church''</ref>
He retired in 1897 and was replaced at Barclay Church by Rev Dr W. M. Clow. He was permitted to stay at Barclay manse at 1 East Castle Road after his retirement.<ref>Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1902</ref> He died at the manse on 6 December 1903,<ref>Free Church Monthly January 1904</ref> and is buried in Morningside Cemetery, Edinburgh. The grave lies near the western end of the main east–west path, on its north side. The grave is currently (2019) toppled.
==Family==
In 1865 he married Margaret Chalmers Hood (1825–1902), daughter of George Hood and his sister (sic) Janet Hood.<ref>The Life of James Hood Wilson by James Wells</ref> Margaret appears to have been a first or second cousin. They had no children.
==Publications== *''The King's Message'' *''The Gospel and its Fruits'' *''Our Father in Heaven''
==References== ===Citations=== {{reflist}}
===Sources=== *{{cite book |last1=Wells |first1=James |title=The life of James Hood Wilson |date=1904 |publisher=Hodder & Stoughton |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZfYOAAAAQAAJ|author-link1=James Hood Wilson}} *{{cite book |last1=Wilson |first1=James Hood |title=The golden fountain; or, Bible-truth unfolded |date=1861 |publisher=T. Nelson & Sons |location=London |url=https://archive.org/details/goldenfountaino00wilsgoog/page/n9/mode/2up|author-link1=James Hood Wilson}} *{{cite book |last1=Wilson |first1=James Hood |title=The Gospel and its fruits a book for the young |date=1874 |publisher=James Nisbet & Company |location=London |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IwEDAAAAQAAJ|author-link1=James Hood Wilson}} *{{cite book |last1=Wilson |first1=J. H. |title=Christian missions and Hindûism : a statement of facts which, sooner or later, must be faced by all interested in mission work in India |date=1894 |publisher=James Speirs |location=London |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.ah5rj9&view=2up&seq=11&skin=2021|author-link1=James Hood Wilson}} *{{cite book |last1=Wilson |first1=James Hood |last2=Wells |first2=James |title=The Sea of Galilee Mission of the Free Church of Scotland |date=1895 |publisher=T. Nelson and Sons |location=Edinburgh |url=https://archive.org/details/seofgalileemiss00freeuoft/page/50 |author-link1=James Hood Wilson}}
==External links== *{{Internet Archive author |sname=James Hood Wilson}} {{Authority control}}
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