James Begg

This article is about the Scottish editor. For the U.S. Representative from Ohio, see James T. Begg.

James Begg (born 31 October 1808 in New Monklands, Lanarkshire, Scotland; died 29 September 1883) was a Free Church of Scotland minister.

Begg was a Church of Scotland Minister in Liberton, Edinburgh prior to the Disruption of 1843. He then became Minister in the Free Church of Scotland at Newington, Edinburgh,[1] and also served as Moderator of the General Assembly in 1865.[2]

Begg was a key figure in the foundation of the Scottish Reformation Society in 1850 and the Protestant Alliance, and was known not just for anti-Catholicism but also his concern for working and living conditions.[3] He was editor for The Bulwark or The Reformation Journal for 21 years from its beginning July, 1851.[4] He also wrote frequently to The Witness, Hugh Miller's newspaper.

Together with Thomas Chalmers, Begg was a major influence behind the colony houses of Edinburgh,[5] which were built between 1850 and 1910 as homes for artisans and skilled working-class families by philanthropic model dwellings companies.

References

  1. ↑ Gallagher, Tom (1987). Glasgow - The Uneasy Peace: Religious Tension in Modern Scotland. Manchester University Press. p. 34. ISBN 0-7190-2396-3.
  2. ↑  Blaikie, William Garden (1885). "Begg, James". In Stephen, Leslie. Dictionary of National Biography 4. London: Smith, Elder & Co. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
  3. ↑ Fraser, Hamish (2000). Scottish Popular Politics: From Radicalism to Labour. Polygon. p. 73. ISBN 1-902930-11-8.
  4. ↑ Brown, Stewart (2008). Providence and Empire. Longman. p. 183. ISBN 0-582-29960-8.
  5. ↑ Gifford, J. Edinburgh (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Scotland). Yale University Press. p. 420. ISBN 0-300-09672-0.

Further reading

External links

Wikisource has the text of the 1885–1900 Dictionary of National Biography's article about Begg, James.