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PARISH OF CKAWFORDJOHN. 445
of Carnwath, and a branch of the House of Lockhart. The church,
of which the aisle formed a part, was founded in 1386 ; it was en-
dowed by Lord Somerville in 1424.
In the churchyard a monument commemorates Eobert Anderson,
M.D., editor of tlie " British Poets." This ingenious individual
was born at Carnwath on the 7th January, 1750. With a view to
the Church he studied at Edinburgh University ; he subsequently
became a physician, and sought medical practice at Alnwick, in
Northumberland. With a moderate independence obtained by his
marriage, he settled at Edinburgh in 1784. He now devoted
himself wholly to literature. The first volume of his "British
Poets " appeared in 1792 ; the fourteenth and last in 1807. He
was a zealous patron of youthful talent. To his patronage Thomas
Campbell was especially indebted ; he dedicated " The Pleasures of
Hope" to his benefactor. In 1796 Dr. Anderson published "The
Miscellaneous Works of Tobias Smollett " accompanied with a
memoir. He composed an elaborate life of Dr. Samuel Johnson,
and for some years edited the Edinltirgh Magazine. Dr. Anderson
died on the 20th February, 1830, aged eighty-one. He desired
that his dust might rest with that of his kindred in Carnwath
Churchyard.
PAEISH OF CEAWFORDJOHN.
The Eev. William Miller, who died minister of the parish, on the
3rd February, 1801, has his tombstone thus inscribed : —
" Enclosed within this coffin here doth lie.
Exempt from cares and from all troubles free,
A man whose virtues were such that
Few can them M^ell express, less imitate ;
Lo ! here's a proof that death doth oft arrest,
In this sad instance not the worst, but best.
Much like those worms that often still
Devour the fairest flowers, but spare the ill."