David Cathels

Very Rev David Cathels DD (d.1925) was a late 19th-century and an early 20th-century Scottish minister. He served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1924.
Life.
In 1862 a Rev David Cathels is minister of Kirkton in the Scottish Borders.
In 1880 he is listed as the Worshipful Master of a Freemason Lodge.
For most of his life he was minister of Hawick, from around 1885 until death.
In 1924 he succeeded Very Rev George Milligan as Moderator.
He died in the manse at Hawick in June 1925. His position as Moderator was filled by Very Rev John White of South Leith Parish Church.
Family.
David Cathels was father to Rev Louis Patrick Cathels (d.1939), who was minister of Peterhead.
Publications.
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