Patrick Carnegie Simpson
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The Rev. Dr. Patrick Carnegie Simpson |
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Glasgow - circa 1900
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| Born | 1865 Horsham, Australia |
| Died | 1947 Cambridge |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | George Watson's College Edinburgh University New College, Edinburgh |
| Occupation | Professor of Church history Westminster College, Cambridge (1914 – 1937) |
| Writings | The Fact of Christ (1900) The Life of Principal Rainy (1907) … |
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Congregations served
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Christchurch, Wallington 1895 Renfield Church, Glasgow 1899 Egremont Church, Wallasey 1911 |
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Offices held
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Moderator of the Federal Council of the Evangelical Free Churches (1926 - 27) |
Moderator of the Federal Council of the Evangelical Free Churches (1926 - 27)
Patrick Carnegie Simpson (1865 – 1947) was a leading Presbyterian churchman during the opening years of the 20th Century. After being ordained in 1895, he served in a number of towns in Scotland and England, notably Renfield Church, Glasgow, and Egremont, Wallasey, before being appointed, in 1914, to the Chair of Church History at Westminster College, Cambridge. During the period leading up to the Scottish Church Crisis (1900–1905), he worked closely with Principal Rainy, his former professor at New College, Edinburgh, in his efforts to secure the union of the Free and the United Presbyterian Churches. In the post World War I period, he played a significant role in the area of inter-Church relations, particularly during the Lambeth Conversations and the Revised Prayer Book controversy. (See below) As an author, two of his books, The Fact of Christ (1900) and The Life of Principle Rainy (1909) earned widespread acclaim. In 1928, Carnegie Simpson was elected Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of England. He retired from Westminster College in 1937.
The Rev. Professor Patrick Carnegie Simpson, M.A. D.D. (St Andrews) was born in Horsham, Australia, in 1865. His father, the Rev. Patrick Simpson, in line with the evangelical commitment of the Scottish Free Church, had opted for missionary work in the newly settled colony, arriving in Australia in 1858. Ten years later however, shortly after the death of his wife and in declining health, he returned to Scotland. He died 5 years later. Carnegie Simpson was brought up with his brother and sister in the austere but secure atmosphere of Presbyterian observance at his aunt's house at Morningside, Edinburgh.
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