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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]

The Rev. James Paterson

The Rev. James Paterson is a native of Ayrshire, in Scotland. Born in the parish of Kirkoswalde, he was educated at the Grammar School, Girvan, and studied at the Universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh. His theological education he received at the Free Church College, Edinburgh. Having passed through the regular course of study prescribed by the Church, he received license as a preacher of the Gospel from the Free Church of Scotland, and having received a call to St. Peter's, Liverpool, in connection with the Presbyterian Church in England, he was ordained and inducted into that charge in April, 1857. In 1866 he page 391 and a large body of his congregation moved to a new church in Everton Valley, where he continued to minister till 1868. He then resigned the charge, having received a call to the pastorate of St. John's. He and his wife arrived in Wellington in August of that year, and in November he was inducted into the charge of St. John's, which he has held since that time. Mr. Paterson is one of the trustees of the Presbyterian Church, and also the convener of the Church Extension Committee of the whole church in New Zealand, excluding Otago and Southland. He has held the position of Moderator of the Presbytery, and in 1876 was Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in New Zealand. The reverend gentleman has been prominent in educational matters since coming to Wellington. He is a Fellow of the New Zealand The Rev. James Paterson University, and has long been a member of the Wellington Education Board, and of the Board of Governors of the Wellington College and Girls' High School. Mr. Paterson was married in England to Miss Margaret Patterson, of Castle Douglas, Scotland, and has two sons and two daughters.