Ministers of Arrochar Church
Archibald McLachlan, appointed 1658 and demitted on 4th. November, 1701.
Robert Macfarlane, appointed in 1701 and translated to Fintry in 1705.
Daniel Reid, licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Dumbarton on 6th. August, 1706 and ordained and inducted to Arroquhar on 28th. August, 1707. He was deposed on 16th. October, 1716, but appears to have returned to minister until 1727 or 1728.
John McAlpine, A.M., ordained at Tarbet, Lochlomond, on 25th. September, 1729 and translated to Campbeltown 2nd Charge on 2nd. January, 1750.
Alexander Macfarlane, A.M., admitted to Arroquhar on 2nd. January, 1754, and died in Arroquhar in 1763.
John Grant, A.M., presented by Sir James Colquhoun of Luss in January, 1764, ordained in September of the same year and translated to Abernethy on 25th June, 1765.
William Grant, A.M., admitted to Arroquhar on 14th May, 1766 and translated to Fintry in 1772 (becoming Minister of Luss later that same year.)
John Stuart, presented to the Parish by Sir James Colquhoun of Luss, Bart, in October 1773, ordained on 12th May, 1774, and translated to Weem on 26th. March, 1776. (John Stewart also went on to become Minister of Luss.)
John Grant presented by Sir James Colquhoun of Luss, admitted on 26th June, 1776 and demitted on 7th December, 1779.
Hugh McDiarmid, promoted from the Gaelic Chapel of Ease, Glasgow, was presented by Sir James Colquhoun of Luss in April, 1780, demitted on the 5th. December of the same year, and was settled in Comrie in 1781.
John Gillespie, licensed by the Presbytery of Dumbarton on 3rd October, 1780, presented by Sir James Colquhoun of Luss in 1781, and ordained in Arroquhar on 23rd. July, 1782. He remained as minister until he died on 28th. August, 1816.
Peter Proudfoot, licensed by the Presbytery on 7th. May, 1816, presented by Sir James Colquhoun of Luss, Bart., on 21st. January, 1817, and ordained at Arroquhar on 8th. May, 1817. He died on 27th. October, 1843, and was buried in Arroquhar.
Ministers of Arrochar Free Church
Colin Mackenzie, inducted on the 18th. April, 1844 and died, as Senior Minister, in 1882.
Mr Kippen, second minister of the charge, ordained in 1869 and ministered here until his death on 26th. October, 1881.
John Robson Elder, translated from Cromarty to Arroquhar Free Church on 13th. April, 1882, and ministered here until his death in May, 1897.
Rev. A.P. Telfer, inducted on 21st. October, 1897. applied for a colleague and successor on 2nd. October, 1925, died on 24th. November, 1938, and was buried in Arrochar churchyard.
Richard D.E. Stevenson, inducted on 28th. April, 1926, and following the Union of 1929, demitted to facilitate local union in 1947.
The Established Church
Rev. Dr. John Macfarlane, admitted to Arroquhar in 1844, and died in 1868.
James Dewar, M.A., translated to Arrochar in May, 1869, and died in 1901.
Dugald Macfarlane translated from Glencoe in 1902 and ministered until 21st. December, 1906, when he was translated to Kingussie.
Coll Archibald Macdonald, M.A., B.D., translated from Ardrishaig on 2nd. May, 1907, and translated to Legierait on 4th. June, 1913.
Hugh Sinclair Winchester, M.A., B.D., licensed by the Presbytery of Edinburgh, ordained at Arrochar on 11th. September, 1913 and retired from Arroquhar on 28th November, 1935. He died on 8th. November, 1958.
William Fraser Wills ordained at Montrose in 1935, came to Arroquhar in 1936 and in 1940 was translated to St. George's Tron, Glasgow.
James E. Esslemont inducted on 22nd November, 1940, and remained in Arroquhar until the 31st. of March, 1947, when he demitted the charge.
The Single Charge of Arrochar
Angus MacCuish inducted on 20th October, 1947, and translated to Stornaway High on 6th December, 1950.
Iain Dunnet Reid, ordained and inducted 25th. June, 1951 and translated in October, 1959.
J.H.I.Watt, translated in May, 1960, moving on in May, 1964.
R.K. Williamson, translated in September, 1964, and retiring in December, 1972.
A.F. Bolton, translated in May, 1973 and retiring in January, 1983.
Les Carnew, inducted in September, 1983 and demitted in December, 1985.
The Charge of Arrochar with Luss
Ewan S. Nicoll, translated in October, 1986 and retired in February, 1998.
H. Dane Sherrard, translated in December, 1998 from Cadder Parish Church in the Presbytery of Glasgow.
L Bezuidenhout 2018 from Kinloss, Findhorn, Alves and Burghead in the Presbytery of Moray and retired in May 2020
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