Kirkcudbright Academy is a state funded, six-year secondary school in

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 ...

, Scotland with about 400 pupils and 87 staff including teaching, support and administration.

Notable alumni

Jennie Adamson Janet Laurel Adamson (née Johnston; 9 May 1882 – 25 April 1962) was a British Labour Party politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1938 to 1946, and as a junior minister in Clement Attlee's post-war Labour government. E ...

, Labour Party politician, junior minister in

Clement Attlee Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee (3 January 18838 October 1967) was a British statesman who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951 and Leader of the Labour Party (UK), Leader of the Labour Party from 1935 to 1955. At ...

's post-war Labour government *

Samuel Anderson (Australian settler) Samuel Anderson (1803–1863), agriculturist and explorer, was an early settler of Tasmania and Victoria, Australia. Anderson was born in Kirkcudbright, Scotland, and attended the Kirkcudbright Academy. He emigrated to Van Diemens Land and in ...

, first settler in Westernport, Victoria * John Brown of Wamphray, exiled minister of the Church of Scotland, the most important Scottish theologian of the period known as

the Killing Time The Killing Time was a period of conflict in Scottish history between the Presbyterian Covenanter movement, based largely in the southwest of the country, and the government forces of Kings Charles II of England, Charles II and James II of En ...

(1660–1688). One of the strongest defenders of the Covenanter cause *

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, actress *

Malcolm Caldwell James Alexander Malcolm Caldwell (27 September 1931 – 23 December 1978) was a Scottish academic and a prolific Marxist writer. He was a consistent critic of American foreign policy, a campaigner for Asian communist and socialist movements an ...

, (1931-1978) academic and Marxist writer, twice chair of the

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. Murdered a few hours after meeting

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in Cambodia. Dux of the academy in 1949. *

Finlay Carson Finlay Hamilton Carson (born 18 October 1967) is a Scottish Conservative Party politician serving as Convener of the Rural Affairs, Islands and Natural Environment Committee since 2021. He has been the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) f ...

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MSP for the Galloway and West Dumfries constituency * Robert Carson, leading expert on Roman coins, and Keeper of Coins and Medals at the British Museum from 1978 to 1983 *

John Corrie John Alexander Corrie (born 29 July 1935) is a Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party politician. He describes himself in ''Who's Who'' as a "consultant on African affairs and financial adviser to developing countries". Now retired. Early li ...

, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party politician, former MP & MEP *

David Coulthard David Marshall Coulthard (born 27 March 1971) is a British former racing driver and sports broadcasting, broadcaster from Scotland who competed in Formula One from to . Nicknamed "DC", Coulthard was runner-up in the Formula One World Drivers' ...

, former Formula One racing driver *

James Craik James Craik (; 17276 February 1814) was Physician General (precursor of the Surgeon General of the United States Army, Surgeon General) of the United States Army, as well as George Washington's personal physician and close friend. Biography ...

, Physician General (precursor of the

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) of the

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, and

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's physician and friend * John Duncan, Adventurer, explorer and author *

John Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine of Rerrick John Maxwell Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine of Rerrick, (14 December 1893 – 14 December 1980) was a Scottish banker. He acted as Governor of Northern Ireland from 1964 to 1968. Life Lord Erskine was born in Kirkcudbright, the son of John an ...

, banker,

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*Dr

Maxwell Garthshore Maxwell Garthshore FRSE LRCP (28 October 1732 – 1 March 1812) was a Scottish physician and Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Early life The son of the George Garthshore, a minister in Kirkcudbright, he was born there on 28 October 1732 ...

, Scottish physician who practiced as an

Accoucheur A midwife (: midwives) is a health professional who cares for mothers and newborns around childbirth, a specialisation known as midwifery. The education and training for a midwife concentrates extensively on the care of women throughout their ...

and was a Fellow of the Royal Society *

Bazil Gordon Bazil Gordon (1768 – 1847) emigrated from Scotland to America, settling in Falmouth, Virginia in 1786 where he opened a small store. Gordon grew his business, exporting large amounts of tobacco from plantations along the Rappahannock River to Eng ...

, tobacco merchant who by the time of his death was believed to be America's richest man and its first millionaire * Thomas Gordon, Scottish writer and Commonwealth man *Sir Robin Gray, former MP and 23rd

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* William Greggan, Olympian who won a silver medal as a member of the Liverpool Police team in the

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* George Henry, artist *

Edward Atkinson Hornel Edward Atkinson Hornel (17 July 1864 – 30 June 1933) was a Scottish painter of landscapes, flowers, and foliage, with children. He was a cousin of James Hornell. His contemporaries in the Glasgow Boys called him Ned Hornel. Biography Hornel w ...

, painter *

Innes Ireland Robert McGregor Innes Ireland (12 June 1930 – 22 October 1993) was a British racing driver and journalist, who competed in Formula One from to . Ireland won the 1961 United States Grand Prix with Lotus. Born in Mytholmroyd and raised in S ...

, former Formula One racing driver. Winner of the

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* David S. Kennedy, former New York Merchant Banker - in the early 1800s his bank Kennedy & Maitland was known as one of the "greatest commercial houses in the United States". Served in several roles including as the 23rd President in the charitable

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. * George Kerr (New Brunswick politician) * Robert Lenox, brother of David above, American businessman and property investor; held civil positions including two periods as an

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of New York; being one of the founders of the Lying-in Hospital, along with

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, and later its president; President of

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and a trustee of

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* Bert MacLachlan, former professional football player who played for

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and

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, former rugby union international, captain of the

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on the

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later a Selector as

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* Bob McDougall, former professional football player who played for

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, rugby player currently playing with Scotland and

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* Sir John McMichael

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LLD, cardiologist. He developed the

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. * James McMonies, former Canadian businessman and politician *

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FRSE physician based in Nottingham who pioneered the use of iodine in medicine * Robert Milligan, Liberal Party politician and the first mayor of Bradford *

William Mouncey William Mouncey (born in Kirkcudbright in 1852, died 1901) was one of the founding artists of the Kirkcudbright Artists' Colony. He exhibited numerous works at the Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh, the Royal Glasgow Institute, Whitechapel Ar ...

, artist *

Sir John Nairne, 1st Baronet Sir John Gordon Nairne, 1st Baronet (4 January 1861 – 9 February 1945) was a director of the Bank of England and a BBC governor. Life He was born in Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. He was the son of Andrew Nairne and his wife Isab ...

, former Chief Cashier then Director of the Bank of England and a BBC Governor *

Emma Pollock Emma Pollock (born 20 December 1972) is a Scottish singer-songwriter, musician, and a founding member of the bands The Delgados and The Burns Unit. She is also one of the founders of The Fruit Tree Foundation project and a contributor to ''Vo ...

, singer-songwriter, musician, and a founding member of the bands

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and

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, former rugby union player winning 33 caps for Scotland including some as captain, twice selected to tour with the

, as a player on the

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and as captain on the

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, Liberal politician, former MP and co-founder of

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, American Revolutionary, slave owner, three time Governor of the state of Georgia, member of the Continental Congress, and signatory to the Articles of Confederation * George Thompson (Scottish National Party politician), MP and Roman Catholic priest * James Williamson (Victorian politician), banker, pastoralist and politician in Australia *

James Wolffe Walter James Wolffe FSAScot FRIAS (born 20 December 1962) is a Scottish advocate who served as Lord Advocate from 2016 to 2021. He previously served as Dean of the Faculty of Advocates from 2014 to 2016, and Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Ad ...

QC, Scottish lawyer who was

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from 2016-2021.

Notable staff

* Christian Jane Fergusson, artist taught for a year between 1905 and 1906 on secondment * George Thompson, taught French and German.

References

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* {{authority control 1582 establishments in Scotland Educational institutions established in the 1580s Secondary schools in Dumfries and Galloway Kirkcudbright

Notable alumni

Notable staff

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