Churches of Aberdeen : Historical and Descriptive . ime, was78 years of age, and was a partner of the firmof Meeere Cochran and Mcpherson, advocates,Union Street, Aberdeen. He was for over 60years connected with the firms of Smith andCochran, Cochran and Anderson, and lattoilvCochran and Macpherson. In the latter twofirms Mr Machray was a partner. He \va6 one of the beet known chartered ac-countants in the city, and since 1874 he was amember of tho Society of Hetook a great interest in musical matters. Forover 50 years he attended the Handel Festivalsat the Crystal Palace, having
Churches of Aberdeen : Historical and Descriptive . ime, was78 years of age, and was a partner of the firmof Meeere Cochran and Mcpherson, advocates,Union Street, Aberdeen. He was for over 60years connected with the firms of Smith andCochran, Cochran and Anderson, and lattoilvCochran and Macpherson. In the latter twofirms Mr Machray was a partner. He \va6 one of the beet known chartered ac-countants in the city, and since 1874 he was amember of tho Society of Hetook a great interest in musical matters. Forover 50 years he attended the Handel Festivalsat the Crystal Palace, having been a memberof the chorus for that long period. He wrotea book of music, and did everything possibleto stimulate interest in the art. An elder Parish Church, he did much to pro-mote the welibci-n-g of its various was predeceased by his wife, and of thefamily, a son is serving abroad with the Cana-dian Artillery, while his daughter is the wifeI of Mr John Hall Barron, barrister-at-law,London. RUBISLAW PARISH CHURCH 51. Rev. Robert Thomson, M A. tory and divinity ; while he was awardedthe Coulter Prize for the best sermon ona prescribed text, this competition beingopen to all students in the hall. On com-pletion of hie course, Mr. Thomson was forsome time assistant to Rev. Dr. MCulloch,Greenock, and afterwards acted in a similarcapacity under Rev. Dr. Norman Macleod,in the Barony Church, Glasgow. His firstcharge was that of the North Parish, (Stir-ling, where he was ordained in 1866. Afterthree years in that sphere, he was trans-lated to Rothesay, where he had given 14years service when the call came to himfrom Rubislaw. Since his settlement inAberdeen, Mr. Thomson has devoted him-self to the duties of his pulpit and pastoraterather than to prominent public work, buthe has maintained his reputation as a cul-tured and thoughtful preacher, and in 1908he received the honorary degree of the University of Glasgow in recog-nition of his attainmen
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