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

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.