James Curdie Russell
James Curdie Russell was a Scottish minister. He served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1902.
Life
He was born in 1830.He was minister of Campbeltown from 1854 and remained there for most of his life. He advocated the use of Gaelic in services.
He received an honorary doctorate in 1881 from Glasgow University.
In 1903 he was one of the several former Moderators invited to the official coronation of King Edward VII.
He retired to Edinburgh living at 9 Coates Gardens in the West End.
He died in 1925 and is buried with his wife in Dean Cemetery in western Edinburgh.