James Carruthers (1759–1832) was a Scottish Roman Catholic priest and historian.
Life
He was the son of Catholic parents, Andrew Carruthers and his wife Lucy Rigg;
Bishop
Andrew Carruthers was his brother. He was born in
New Abbey
New Abbey () is a village in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is south of Dumfries. The summit of the prominent hill Criffel is to the south.
History
The village has a wealth of history incl ...
in the Stewartry of
Kirkcudbright
Kirkcudbright ( ; ) is a town at the mouth of the River Dee, Galloway, River Dee in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, southwest of Castle Douglas and Dalbeattie. A former royal burgh, it is the traditional county town of Kirkcudbrightshire.
His ...
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Fr. Carruthers was educated in the
Scottish College, Douai
The Scots College at Douai was a seminary founded in Douai, France, for the training of Scottish Roman Catholic exiles for the priesthood. It was modelled on the similar English College there, founded for the same purpose. It has an unfortunate n ...
, and on his return to Scotland was ordained priest and appointed to the charge of
Glenlivet
Glenlivet () is a glen in the Highlands of Scotland through which the River Livet flows.
The river rises high in the Ladder Hills and flows past several distileries and hamlets and then onto the Bridgend before joining the River Avon, one of ...
. Afterwards he was successively at
Buchan
Buchan is a coastal district in the north-east of Scotland, bounded by the Ythan and Deveron rivers. It was one of the original provinces of the Kingdom of Alba. It is now one of the six committee areas of Aberdeenshire.
Etymology
The ge ...
, in
Aberdeenshire
Aberdeenshire (; ) is one of the 32 Subdivisions of Scotland#council areas of Scotland, council areas of Scotland.
It takes its name from the Shires of Scotland, historic county of Aberdeenshire (historic), Aberdeenshire, which had substantial ...
, at Preshome in the Enzie, at
Dumfries
Dumfries ( ; ; from ) is a market town and former royal burgh in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, near the mouth of the River Nith on the Solway Firth, from the Anglo-Scottish border. Dumfries is the county town of the Counties of Scotland, ...
, and at St Mary's, New Abbey, where he died on 14 February 1832.
He was buried in the graveyard of
Sweetheart Abbey
The Abbey of Dulce Cor, better known as Sweetheart Abbey ( Gaelic: ''An Abaid Ur''), was a Cistercian monastery founded in 1273 in what is now the village of New Abbey, in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway ...
.
Works
Carruthers wrote:
* ''The History of Scotland from the earliest period of the Scottish Monarchy to the Accession of the Stewart Family, interspersed with Synoptical Reviews of Politics, Literature, and Religion throughout the World'', 2 vols., Edinburgh, 1826.
* ''The History of Scotland during the reign of Queen Mary until the accession of her son James to the crown of England'', Edinburgh, 1831.
See also
*
Catholic Church in Scotland
The Catholic Church in Scotland, overseen by the Scottish Bishops' Conference, is part of the worldwide Catholic Church headed by the Pope. Christianity first arrived in Roman Britain and was strengthened by the conversion of the Picts thr ...
Notes
Attribution
1759 births
1832 deaths
18th-century Scottish Roman Catholic priests
19th-century Scottish historians
People from Dumfries and Galloway
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