Samuel Lyle Orr
Samuel Lyle Orr (c. 1850 – 1930) was an Irish-born minister of the Free Church of Scotland who served as Moderator of the General Assembly in 1913/14. The Lyle Orr Awards have been granted by the Free Church of Scotland annually since 1914 to children showing great Bible knowledge.[1]
Life
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He moved from Northern Ireland to Glasgow in 1908.[2]
He was minister of Milton Free Church in Glasgow living at 230 West Regent Street.[3] Milton Free Church is now commonly called the St Vincent Street Church and is by the architect Greek Thomson.[4]
In 1913 he was elected Moderator of the General Assembly, the highest position in the Free Church of Scotland. He was succeeded in 1914 by Finlay Macrae.[5]
He died at Ballyalbany, Monaghan, on 17 January 1930.[6]
Family
[edit | edit source]His daughter Henrietta (1886–1904) is buried at Monaghan with his wife.[7]
Publications
[edit | edit source]- Historical Sketch of Ballyalbany Presbyterian Church (1940)[8]
References
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- ^ Glasgow Post Office Directory 1908[full citation needed]
- ^ Glasgow Post Office Directory 1909
- ^ Buildings of Scotland: Glasgow by McWilliam, Gifford and Walker[full citation needed]
- ^ Moderators 1900 to 1931 taken from: Preserving a Reformed Heritage by John Keddie[full citation needed]
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