Gray, James

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Dates c.1690-c.1705
Location London
Vocation Minister
Place of Birth Aberdeen
Marriage
Issue
Place of birth Source H. Scott, Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae: The Succession of Ministers in the Church of Scotland from the Reformation, 7 vols (Edinburgh, 1915–28), iii, 59; Anon., The Original Design, Progress and Present State of the Scots Corporation at London (London, 1730)

Minister of Muirkirk of Kyle (c.1684), but deserted his charge after the Revolution and was formally deposed by Parliament (1690). Subsequently received a government salary of £100 per year to act as an agent of the episcopalian party in London. Possibly the same James Gray who was master of the Royal Scottish Corporation (1693-1694), to which he donated £32.