Series 2 > Seafield correspondence from 1685 to 1708

FIRST EARL OF SEAFIELD
47
1689]
November 1688 to November 1689; and Mr. James Ogilvie
advocate and his wife during part of that time were in resid¬
ence at Pittuhe, a small estate west of Fraserburgh, belonging to
the Cumines of Lochterlandich Mortlach, now represented by the
Cumines of Auchry, Aberdeenshire. Mr. James Chalmers,1 re¬
commended in the following letter for the vacant charge of
Cullen parish, was chaplain to the Earl of Erroll. He was the
son of Mr. William Chalmers minister of Fettercairn. He was
admitted minister of Cullen on 8th May 1689, and was deprived
in 1695.
For THE EARLE OF FINDLATER thes
Pittulie, febru. 16, 1689.
My Lord,—I just nou received tuo letters in favours of
Mr. Chamers, one from the Countes of Marischal and ane
other from my Lord Boyn. I find, if your Lo. pleases to
place Mr. Chamer in your church of Cullen, it will be taken
kindly by ane great many of your relations; bot since
he has such recommendations att least your Lo. should
hear him preach, and if he pleas you, I think you cannot
bestou your church onn any so generaly commended. I
have inclosed my Lady Marshal’s letter to me, by which
your Lo. will see so eanrest as my Lady is, that you grant
the presentation presently. I am resolved shortly to
wait onn your Lo. att Cullen, and therfor att present I
shal not trouble your Lo. any further, bot shal only add
that I am, My Lord, Your Lo. most obedient son and most
humble servant, Ja. Ogilvie.
My wife gives your Lo. and my sisters her most humble
service.
Through his father’s influence James Ogilvie was on the 1st of
March returned commissioner for the Royal Burgh of Cullen to
the Convention of Estates, which met in Edinburgh on 14th
March. This was his first election to the Scots Parliament.
He was not a member of the 1681 Parliament as stated by some
authorities.
Dr. Cramond, The Church and Churchyard of Cullen, p. 78.