Shairp Memorial Fund
The Shairp Memorial Fund was established in 1885 in memory of John Campbell Shairp, Principal of the United College at the University of St Andrews. The fund raised £466 16 s 5d by subscription. Around 180 persons…
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John Campbell Shairp (1819-1885)
John Campbell Shairp (1819-1885) was born on 30 July 1819 in Houston, Linlithgowshire, to Major Norman Shairp and Elizabeth Binning Campbell. From 1799 to 1816, Major Shairp had served in the army of the Bengal…
Taylour Thomson Bursaries
The Taylour Thomson Bursaries were established by William Taylour Thomson (1813-1883). In his will of 1882, he expressed the desire to aid students ‘of both sexes in equal numbers’ and ‘in the case of females to assist…
William Taylour Thomson (1813-1883)
William Taylour Thomson, CB, KCMG (1813-1883) had a fascinating, if not potentially controversial career, as a life-long diplomat. Born and educated in Edinburgh, Thomson’s career as a civil servant would be spent in…
Stuart Bursary
The ‘Stuart Bursary’ was one of several bursaries founded at the Scottish universities by the will of James Stuart (1743-1809). St Andrews received £1,000 in the form of perpetual government consols or ‘war bonds’, and…
James Stuart (1743-1809)
Born near Banff, James Stuart (1743-1809) went to South Carolina in 1766 as a missionary with the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, attempting to bring Christianity to enslaved Africans. He…
Chandos Chair of Medicine
The Chandos Chair of Medicine was created in 1722 with a gift of £1,000 from James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos. The offer of a new chair originated in 1720. Chandos made gifts to several other learned institutions…
Bute Dining Hall
During the 1891-92 University academic year, the Students Representative Council began a fundraising campaign for the joint Students Union and Dining Committee to establish a student dining hall. John Patrick…
James Alexander Guthrie (1823-1873) and Arbuthnot Charles Guthrie (1825-1897)
James Alexander Guthrie (1823-1873) and Arbuthnot Charles Guthrie (1825-1897) were the sons of David Charles Guthrie (1788-1859) and Jane Campbell Hunter (1798-1859). Their lives and careers were intricately linked to…
James Martin White (1857-1928)
James Martin White (1857-1928) of Balruddery was born in New York to Elizabeth Grundy (d. 1876) and James Farquhar White (d. 1884). His father was a successful Dundee linen and jute merchant who exported textiles to…