The Endowment Association
The Endowment Association – formally, the ‘Association for the better endowment and extension of the University of St Andrews’ – had its origins in 1865, but was reconstituted in 1877. In its later incarnation, it had…
Category: Donors
Who gave money to the University of St Andrews between 1700 and 1900? This category includes all our known donors, whether or not they have any known links to colonialism and empire.
Friends of George Cook, including Duncan Macfarlan
In 1847, Duncan Macfarlan organised a subscription to raise funds for a Cook Testimonial Prize ‘to commemorate the eminent services rendered to the Church of Scotland’ by Professor George Cook (1773-1845), of the…
Students of Thomas Duncan
In 1858, a public subscription raised funds for a Testimonial Fund and Mathematical Prize in memory of the late Thomas Duncan (c.1777-1858), who had been Professor of Mathematics at the University of St Andrews from…
William Hamilton (d.1822)
William Hamilton (d.1822) was the son of an Ayrshire ‘writer’ [i.e. solicitor], William Hamilton of Mauchline. The son also went into the law, and was admitted as a writer to the signet [a more senior solicitor] in…
Thomas Moncreif (or Moncrieffe) (1626-1715)
Thomas Moncreif (sometimes: Moncrieffe) (1626-1715) was the youngest child of a merchant from Kirkwall, Orkney. In the 1650s, he was involved in negotiations with the exiled Charles II, and did well under the…
Hugh Maxwell (c1681-1751)
Hugh Maxwell (c1681-1751) left funds to create the Maxwell Bursary. He was the son of a Dundee merchant, and had been educated at St Andrews, taking an MA in 1702 before becoming a minister. He served in parishes in…
John Walker (c1794-1884), and George Walker
John Walker (c.1794-1884) was from a farming family in Fife. He was probably a younger son of farmer Arthur Walker of Pitblado and Agnes Millar, and took up the tenancy of his father’s farm at Newbigging of Ceres. He…
Henry Miller (fl.1850s)
Henry Miller was apparently a Scot, living in London in the early 1850s. He gave the University £2,400 in 1853 to fund a series of 12 prizes for the top 3 students in each year group. The University invested the money…
James Playfair (1736-1819)
James Playfair (1736-1819) was principal of the United College at St Andrews from 1800 to 1819. The son of a Perthshire farmer, he had been educated at St Andrews in the 1750s, and licensed as a minister in 1770. In…
James Rorie (d. before 1819)
James Rorie was apparently a servant to James Playfair (1736-1819), Principal of United College. Rorie appears to have predeceased Playfair, and had left instruction and ‘a small sum’ to found a bursary. In Playfair’s…