He retired in 1867 due to blindness and died at Ormelie House in Murrayfield in western Edinburgh on 23 June 1869. He is buried in Dean Cemetery in western Edinburgh. The grave lies in the central southern section and is marked by a large pink granite obelisk. It carries a bronze head sculpted by Sir John Steell. Publications

Discourses on the Epistle of St Jude (1822)
Discourses on the Epistles to the Seven Churches in Asia
Practical Sermons on the Holy Spirit (1842)
Metrical Meditations (1870)

Family

He was married twice. In 1813 he married Hannah Black daughter of James Black, Lord Provost of Glasgow. In 1844 he married Anne Dirom, daughter of Lt Gen Alexander Dirom of Mount Annan. Artistic recognition

His portrait by Thomas Guff Lupton is held by the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.
She retired in 1867 due to blindness and died at Ormelie House in Murrayfield in western Edinburgh on 23 June, 1869. She is buried in Dean Cemetery in western Edinburgh. The grave lies in the central southern section and is marked by a large pink granite obelisk. It carries a bronze head sculpted by Sir John Steell. Her publications include: Discourses on the Epistle of St. Jude (1822), Discourses on the Epistles to the Seven Churches in Asia, Practical Sermons on the Holy Spirit (1842), Metrical Meditations (1870). She was married twice. In 1813, she married Hannah Black, daughter of James Black, Lord Provost of Glasgow. In 1844, she married Anne Dirom, daughter of Lt. Gen. Alexander Dirom of Mount Annan. She has been artistically recognized in a portrait by Thomas Guff Lupton, which is held by the Scottish National Portrait Gallery. 