Selkirk Bursary
The 1866 will of George Selkirk (c1786-1871) provided for a bursary to be set up after his death at the University of St Andrews. This was the Selkirk Bursary. The childless retired cloth merchant arranged that, after his death, his estate would go into a trust (the George Selkirk’s Trust) that would be used for various charitable causes, including the creation of a bursary to support a student from Markinch to study Divinity at the University of St Andrews.