Black and white photograph of Duncan MacKinnon, Lodge Farm.
Duncan MacKinnon of Lodge Farm, Kirkapol, brother of Rev. Hector MacKinnon and son of the couple in L14.
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Associated People: MacKinnon, Rev Hector, Kirkapol (1866 - 1913)
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Rev Hector MacKinnon
Photograph of Rev Hector MacKinnon.
Courtesy of Ms Elsie MacKinnon
Rev. Hector MacKinnon was born at Lodge Farm in Kirkapol in 1866, the son of Donald MacKinnon and his wife Ann MacLean. He studied at Edinburgh University where he won prizes in several Arts and Divinity classes and was awarded three bursaries.
In 1891 he was licensed as a minister and the following year chosen as the successor to Rev John Gregorson Campbell in Tiree. From 1894 to 1897 he ministered in Stornoway and then in Campbeltown until 1905 when he was called to the parish of Shettleston in the east end of Glasgow.
His eloquence as a preacher in English and Gaelic earned him the soubriquet of ‘Spurgeon of the North’. He died in 1913 aged forty-six from influenza complicated by pneumonia. A plaque in Kirkapol church commemorates his life.
Black and white photograph of Rev. Hector MacKinnon of Lodge Farm, Kirkapol.
Rev. Hector MacKinnon (1866-1913) of Lodge Farm, Kirkapol. Born at Lodge Farm, Kirkapol, he studied at Edinburgh University, was ordained as a minister in 1890 and served in Tiree in 1891. He ministered in Shettleston in the east end of Glasgow where he died unexpectedly aged 46.
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Black and white photograph of Kate MacKinnon of Lodge Farm, Kirkapol.
Kate MacKinnon of Lodge Farm, Kirkapol, sister of Rev. Hector MacKinnon and daughter of the couple in L14.
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Hardback book `Hector MacKinnon – A Memoir` by his wife.
Biography of the Reverend Hector MacKinnon of Kirkapol and Shettleston.
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Typewritten extract about expenses incurred by Argyll Estates on Tiree 1864-1899.
Information about expenses incurred by Argyll Estates on Tiree 1864-1899, e.g. maintenance of schools, teachers` salaries, maintenance of other infrastructure, assistance to emigrants, fishermen and crofters, nurses` wages, etc.
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Photocopied newspaper cutting about the Rev. Hector MacKinnonof Kirkapol.
Article about Hector MacKinnon from Kirkapol who ministered in Shettleston in the east end of Glasgow.
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Photocopied tribute to Rev. Hector MacKinnon by Rev. A. M. MacLean in 1913.
Transcript of the tribute to the Rev. Hector MacKinnon from Kirkapol by Rev. A. M. MacLean in Pailey Abbey on 11/2/1913.
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Photocopied letter from Rev. Hector MacKinnon to his mother dated 16/2/1912.
Letter from Rev. Hector MacKinnon of Shettleston to his mother at Lodge Farm, Kirkapol dated 16/2/1912, a year before his death.
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Photocopied extract from `Rev. Hector MacKinnon` by his wife, pp 11-28.
First three chapters covering Hector MacKinnon`s childhood and early days, university and his ministry in Tiree.