Colin Archibald Bannatyne (1849–1920) was a Scottish minister who twice served as

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of the

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both in 1900/1901 and 1906/1907. He is the "Bannatyne" of the Free Church court case ''

Bannatyne v Overtoun ''Bannatyne v Overtoun'' 904AC 515 (also called ''General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland v Lord Overtoun: Macalister v Young'' 1904 7 F (HL) 1 and known as the ''Free Church case''), was a protracted legal dispute between the United Free ...

'' from 1904.

Life

He was born on 5 June 1849 near

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in the parish of Kilmore and Kilbride in Argyll. He was son of Rev Archibald Bannatyne (1810-1863) and Louisa Jane Macdonald. His father had left the established

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in the

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and was one of the original ministers of the

. In 1853 the family moved to

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when his father was translated to the Knox Church. The family lived at 12 Rutland Crescent. From around 1865 he studied at the

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graduating with an MA in 1871. He then studied divinity at New College until 1874. He was ordained by the Free Church of Scotland at

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in 1876, replacing Rev James Proudfoot. At the Union of the Free Church with the Church of Scotland in 1900 he remained in the Free Church and served as their first Moderator in their reduced form. In 1905 he was appointed Professor of Church History and Principles at the Free Church College. He then moved permanently to

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, living at 11 Brights Crescent in the

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district. He died in the

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district in south Edinburgh on 22 November 1920.

Family

His uncle was the Rev Ninian Bannatyne (1802-1874).Ewing, William ''Annals of the Free Church of Scotland''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bannatyne, Colin Archibald 1849 births 1920 deaths Alumni of the University of Edinburgh 19th-century ministers of the Free Church of Scotland 19th-century Scottish Presbyterian ministers 20th-century ministers of the Free Church of Scotland 20th-century Scottish Presbyterian ministers