William Dunlop (principal)
| William Dunlop | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1654 Paisley, Scotland |
| Died | 8 March 1700 Glasgow, Scotland |
| Known for |
Principal of the University of Glasgow (1690–1700) predecessor: James Fall successor: John Stirling Historiographer Royal for Scotland (1693–1700) predecessor: Christopher Irving successor: Daniel Campbell Founding leader of Stuart Town, a Scottish settlement in the Province of Carolina |
| Spouse(s) | Sarah Carstares |
| Website | William Dunlop, Biography at www.gla.ac.uk |
William Dunlop (c.1654 – 1700) was a Covenanter, adventurer, and Principal of the University of Glasgow from 1690 to 1700. According to Howe (1859, 653), William Dunlop was the first Presbyterian minister in South Carolina.
William Dunlop was a son of Alexander Dunlop (c.1620-c.1667), a Presbyterian minister at Paisley, Scotland, and Elizabeth Mure (c.1620-c.1667), daughter of William Mure of Glanderston. At some time before 1684 William Dunlop became a licentiate minister of the Church of Scotland.
William grew up during the time of persecution of the Covenanters. His mother and father were imprisoned "for their constancy in the cause of the Covenant." As a young man William gained a position as tutor to the family of William Cochrane, Baron of Paisley and Ochiltree who was a Covenanter. In 1679, during the Westland Rising, William served as a courier for the Whigs who were attempting to negotiate with the leader of the Royal army. This rebellion was put down at the Battle of Bothwell Bridge. William Dunlop, along with Henry Erskine (Lord Cardross) and his half-brother John Erskine, Sir Robert Montgomery of Crevock, and Sir George Campbell of Cesnock were implicated, but not prosecuted, as participants in the uprising.
In the early 1680s Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury was Lords Proprietor of the Province of Carolina. He was also sympathetic to the Protestant Non-Conformists and was promoting ships to take settlers to the Carolinas as a place of religious tolerance. In 1682 Lord Cardross, Campbell, and Sir John Cochrane (son of the aforementioned William Cochrane) negotiated the purchase of two counties south of Charles Town, South Carolina.
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