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246 ROXBURGHSHIRE.
he published his " History of the Eeign of Queen Anne," which
he was privileged to dedicate and present personally to George III.
He died at Jedburgh, on the 16th INIay, 1830, in the ninetieth year
of his age, and sixty-fourth of his ministry. His " Memoirs of His
Own Life and Times " appeared in 1861.
In the eastern nave of the abbey are interred the remains of
John Baron Campbell, Lord High Chancellor. This eminent
lawyer and statesman was second son of the Eev. Dr. George
Campbell, minister of Cupar-Fife: he was born in 1781. Having
studied at St. Andrews University, he proceeded to London, where
he became a newspaper reporter. In 1806 he was called to the
Bar; he became King's Counsel in 1827. In 1830 he entered the
House of Commons. He was nominated Solicitor-General in 1832,
and attained the office of Attorney-General in 1834. He was
afterwards appointed Lord Chancellor of Ireland, while his wife
was created a peeress by the title of Baroness Stratheden. In
1846 he became Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and a
member of the Cabinet of Lord John Eussell. He was appointed
Lord Chief Justice in 1850; and in 1859 was elevated to the
high office of Lord Chancellor. Lord Campbell died on the 23rd
June, 1861. He published "Lives of the Lord Chancellors and
Keepers of the Great Seal," and " Lives of the Chief Justices."
Some years before his death he purchased the estate of Hartrigge
in this parish.
In the churchyard a small tombstone commemorates James
Brewster, schoolmaster of the parish, and father of Sir David
Brewster, the distinguished philosopher. He died in 1815.
The Eev. Thomas Boston, one of the founders of the Eelief
Church, and son of the celebrated Thomas Boston of Ettrick, is in-
terred in the churchyard. He was born on the 3rd April, 1713.
He succeeded his father as minister of Ettrick in 1733, and was
translated to Oxnam in 1749. On a vacancy occurring at Jedburgh,
the majority of the parishioners applied to the Crown for his
appointment to the charge, but another was presented. Thereafter
his supporters erected a meeting-house and gave him a call, which