Publications — The  Extensive  Influence  of
Religious  Knowledge,  a  sermon  (Edinburgh,
1769);  Plan  for  Regulating  the  Charity
Workhouse,  Edinburgh. — [Burns's  Mem.  of
M'Gill,  and  On  the  Pooi\]

THOMAS  HARDY,  of  Navitie,  born
1786  1^47,  son  °f  Henry  H.,  min.  of
Culross ;  educated  at  Univ.  of
Edinburgh ;  licen.  by  Presb.  of  Kirkcaldy
16th  Feb.  1772;  ord.  to  Ballingry  16th
June  1774 ;  trans,  to  High  Kirk  Parish,
Edinburgh,  25th  Nov.  1784;  pres.  by  the
Town  Council,  trans,  and  adm.  3rd  Dec.
1 786 ;  app.  Professor  of  Ecclesiastical  His-
tory (which  he  held  in  conjunction)  31st
July  1788;  D.D.  (Edinburgh,  4th  Oct.
1788);  Moderator  of  the  General  Assembly
16th  May  1793;  one  of  His  Majesty's
Chaplains  in  Ordinary  and  a  Dean  of  the
Chapel  Royal  Oct.  same  year ;  died  21st
Nov.  1798.  He  was  an  attractive  and
eloquent  preacher,  took  a  lively  interest  in
the  beneficent  and  charitable  institutions
of  the  city,  and  was  one  of  the  founders  of
the  "Society  for  the  Benefit  of  the  Sons
of  the  Clergy  of  the  Church  of  Scotland
in  Edinburgh."  He  marr.  28th  June  1780,
Agnes  (died  4th  June  1812),  daugh.  of
William  Young,  min.  of  Hutton,  and  had
issue— Agnes,  born  6th  Nov.  1782  ;  Henry,
advocate,  born  27th  July  1783,  died  1807 ;
William,  captain  H.E.I.C.S.,  born  23rd
May  1785,  died  1824;  Anne,  born  19th
April  1787,  died  1857;  Charles  Wilkie,
min.  of  Dunning,  born  26th  Sept.  1788;
Janet,  born  1791,  died  1847 ;  Sophia,  born
24th  July  1792  (marr.  (1)  Gilbert  Bertram,
merchant,  Leith,  and  (2)  Robert  Allan,
surgeon,  Edinburgh),  died  8th  Jan.  1845 ;
Thomas,  F.R.C.S.,  born  17th  June  1794,
died  1836;  Hugh  Blair,  born  28th  Nov.
