The Ministers of Falkland Parish Church

The Parish of Falkland (originally the Parish of KIlgour) has been affected by by the various upheavals of the Church of Scotland over the centuries, starting with the Scottish Reformation around 1560 when Catholic priests were replaced by Protestand ministers. During the following century the governance of the Church nationally changed several times, before bishops were finally abolished, since when the church has been Presbyterian. For a time the 'Burgher' party (arising from nationwide splits in 1733 and 1747) had a separate church in Falkland (later the Drill Hall, now two private houses). Another nationwide split, the 'Disruption', occurred in 1843, when Rev. Smeaton left to join the new Free Church; a new Falkland Free Church (later United Free Church) was built in 1844. The United Free Church rejoined the Church of Scotland in 1929, after which the former Falkland U.F. Church was known as the 'East Church', It was later used as a community hall and is now a private house.

The following is a list of Church of Scotland ministers since the Reformation.

1565 Alexander Mure
1567 William Braidfuie
1584 William Brand
1589 James Pitcairn
1624 William Schethois MA
1635 William Barclay MA
1645 William Livingstone MA
1663 William Barclay MA
1673 John Hay DD
1690 Henry Hamilton MA
1691John Forrest MA
1692 William Selkrigg (Selcraig or Selkirk) MA
1702 Alexander Anderson MA
1726 Alexander Stoddart MA
1747 George Simson
1770 Thomas Spankie
1784 Andrew Brown DD
1802 George Buist
1814 William Thomson
1840 George Smeaton
1843 Andrew Wilson
1853 Robert Charles Henry Macduff
1867 John Barrack MA
1898 Alexander Lyon Johnston
1912 James Keddie Russell MA, BD
1950 John M. Skinner MA, BD
1954 Peter R. G. Wallace MA
1984 Iain A. M. Wright BA, BD
1990 John W. Jarvie BD