Moncreiffe Bursaries
The origins of the Moncreiffe Bursaries lie in a bursary founded 1554 by Rev. Henry Whyte, Dean of Brechin. There were two Whyte bursars, one at St Salvator’s College and one at St Mary’s College. By the 1660s, the…
Tag: 1700-1750
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 Wilkie of Foulden (fl.1720s)
John Wilkie of Foulden was a descendent of Robert Wilkie (c1548-1611), principal of St Leonard’s College in the University of St Andrews. He inherited the rights of presentation to the Wilkie Bursary established by his…
Wilkie Bursary
The Wilkie Bursary fund was originally established by Robert Wilkie (c1548-1611), principal of St Leonard’s College. Upon his death, he instructed his nephew and heir, James Wilkie of Foulden, to mortify land at…
James Brydges (1673-1744) and the Chandos Chair, by Aileen Fyfe
In 1720, James Brydges, first duke of Chandos, gave £1,000 to the University of St Andrews to endow a new chair. During the early 1720s, Chandos was a director of (and investor in) the slave-trading Royal African…
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…
Lawson Bursary
The Lawson Bursary was established in 1728. John Lawson (c.1660-1698) had intended to set up a bursary for a student at St Leonard’s College, but it appears that not only did a life rent intervene but there was some…
John Lawson (c.1660-1698)
The son of James Lawson, baxter burgess of Dundee, John Lawson was born c.1660 and became a matriculand of St Leonard’s College. He passed trials before presbytery of Dundee 28.1.1682 and became chaplain to Bishop of…
Malcolm Bursary
In a deed of mortification dated 12 April 1708, Robert Malcolm established a bursary which would be known as the Malcolm Bursary and which would be given to two students for four years. This amounted to 5,000 merks…