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…
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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…
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…
College Hall Company Ltd
The College Hall Company Ltd was launched in 1861 to provide a residential aspect to university life which had been missing since the late eighteenth century. It was the brainchild of James David Forbes (1809-1868),…
James David Forbes (1809-1868)
James David Forbes (1809-1868) was born into a well-established Edinburgh banking family, whose foundations were laid by his grandfather Sir William Forbes and continued by his father, also named Sir William Forbes. JD…