# James Struthers

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thumb|Rev James Struthers by John Kay
thumb|The grave of Rev James Struthers, Greyfriars Kirkyard
'''James Struthers''' (1770–1807) was a late 18th century Scottish minister renowned for his orations during the [Scottish Enlightenment](/source/Scottish_Enlightenment) in [Edinburgh](/source/Edinburgh).

==Life==

He was born at [Glassford](/source/Glassford) in [Lanarkshire](/source/Lanarkshire) on 31 October 1770. He studied at [Glasgow University](/source/Glasgow_University). He was licensed to preach around 1788.<ref>Kay's Original Portraits by John Kay 1800</ref>

In the summer of 1791, aged 20, he was ordained as minister of the Relief Church on College Street in Edinburgh (just south of [Old College](/source/Old_College%2C_University_of_Edinburgh)) in place of Rev James Baine.<ref>Kay's Original Portraits by John Kay 1800</ref>

In October 1793 he preached against the immorality of Rev David Gellatly of [Haddington](/source/Haddington%2C_East_Lothian).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wellcomecollection.org/works?query=%22Struthers,%20James.%22|title = %22Struthers,%20James.%22 &#124; Catalogue search}}</ref>

In 1805 he is listed as an Extraordinary Director of the Beneficent Society of Edinburgh alongside George Baird (Principal of [Edinburgh University](/source/Edinburgh_University)) and [Adam Rolland](/source/Adam_Rolland).<ref>An Address to the Inhabitants of Edinburgh bu the Beneficent Society 1805</ref>

He lived his final years in a flat at St Patrick Square in south Edinburgh.<ref>Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1807</ref>

He died on 13 July 1807 and in buried in [Greyfriars Kirkyard](/source/Greyfriars_Kirkyard).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://billiongraves.com/grave/James-Struthers/37180823|title = Rev. James Struthers 1770 - 1807 BillionGraves Record}}</ref> The grave lies midway along the main east path.

==Family==

Struthers married a Miss Syme. They had six children but only two survived to adulthood:

*Rev James Syme Struthers minister of Georgetown in [Demerara](/source/Demerara).
*Esther Crawford White Struthers (d. 1870) married Rev George Burns of [Tweedsmuir](/source/Tweedsmuir)<ref>''Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae''; by Hew Scott</ref>
*John Pitcairn Struthers died 1814 in [St Andrews](/source/St_Andrews)

Struthers' widow married Robert Briggs MD (1768-1840) Professor of Medicine at [St Andrews University](/source/St_Andrews_University).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://collections.st-andrews.ac.uk/item/robert-briggs-md/77451|title = Collections &#124; University of St Andrews}}</ref>

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Category:Ministers of the Relief Church

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