Alexander Lockhart Simpson


Very Rev Alexander Lockhart Simpson DD was a Scottish minister who served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1849/50.

Life

He was originally raised and trained within the Secession Church.
He was licensed to preach in Kirkcaldy in 1810.
He was minister of Kirknewton from 1812 to 1861. In 1849 he succeeded Very Rev George Buist as Moderator of the General Assembly.
The elders of his church included Allan Maconochie, Lord Meadowbank.
He died in the manse in Kirknewton on 15 December 1861. When he died he was Principal Clerk to the General Assembly. He was unmarried and had no children.
He is buried in Dalry Cemetery in western Edinburgh.