. The Scottish nation; or, The surnames, families, literature, honours, and biographical history of the people of Scotland. opposedthe patronage act of Queen Anne, and at all timesvigilantly watched over the liberties and privilegesof the Chuich of Scotland. He warmly promotedthe succession of the House of Hanover to thethrone of these realms, and was continued by-George the First in his post as chaplain to theking. Principal Carstairs died in December 1715,while holding the office for the fourth time ofModerator of the General Assembly. In 1774 hisState Papers and Letters, with an account of
. The Scottish nation; or, The surnames, families, literature, honours, and biographical history of the people of Scotland. opposedthe patronage act of Queen Anne, and at all timesvigilantly watched over the liberties and privilegesof the Chuich of Scotland. He warmly promotedthe succession of the House of Hanover to thethrone of these realms, and was continued by-George the First in his post as chaplain to theking. Principal Carstairs died in December 1715,while holding the office for the fourth time ofModerator of the General Assembly. In 1774 hisState Papers and Letters, with an account of hisLife, were published, in one vol. 4to, by the Joseph MCormick, principal of the universityof St. Andrews. There is a portrait of him in theuniversity of Edinburgh. Another, by Aikman,is in possession of Alexander Dunlop, Esq. ofKeppoch, which has been often engraved. The following is a woodcut from an engravingbv 11. Adlard :. Principal Carstairs was a man of great learningand eminence in the church. So complete was hismastery of the Latin language that Dr. Pitcairn,who regularly attended the, in tliose days, custom-ary opening Latin oration of the principal, deliver-ed before the professors and students in the com-mon hall of the university, used to observe thatwhen Mr. Carstairs began to address his audiencehe could not help fancying himself transported tothe forum, in the days of ancient Rome. Hemanaged, says Bower, Scottish affairs withsuch discretion, during the reigns of William andAnne, that he made few public enemies; and suchwas his knowledge of human natiuc, his prudence,and conciliating tem|)er, that lie was held in thehighest estimation by those who still adhered tothe house of Stuart. So great was his inlluencein church and state that he was generally calledCardinal Carstairs. , eurl of, a title In the of Scotland, by the marquis of , and conferred, in 1
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