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 was born in Kilraughts parish, Ballymoney, County Antrim c. 1850, where he became a teacher before deciding to become a minister.
In 1904 he was preaching in Armagh.
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] It was one of the architectural gems of the Free Church of Scotland, usually famed for their puritanical approach to church building.
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]
Some time around the First World War he moved to Saltcoats in Ayrshire.
He died at Ballyalbany, Monaghan, on 17 January 1930.[6]
Family
editHe was married to Ann Henrietta Orr (1859-1913).
His son, James Orr, moved to Belfast and became a Dentist. He married Christina Hood from Galashiels. They had one daughter, Sheilagh Lyle Orr.
His daughter Henrietta (1886-1904) is buried at Monaghan with his wife.[7]
Publications
edit- Calvin's Idea of the Church in its Bearing on Our History (1909)
- Historical Sketch of Ballyalbany Presbyterian Church (1940)[8]
References
edit- ^ "Lyle Orr Awards presented at Assembly". Free Church of Scotland. 19 May 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
- ^ Glasgow Post Office Directory 1908
- ^ Glasgow Post Office Directory 1909
- ^ Buildings of Scotland: Glasgow by McWilliam, Gifford and Walker
- ^ Moderators 1900 to 1931 taken from: Preserving a Reformed Heritage by John Keddie
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). monaghan.ie. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Archived copy". www.igp-web.com. Archived from the original on 3 April 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Orr, Samuel Lyle; Haslett, Alexander (1940). "Historical Sketch of Ballyalbany Presbyterian Church: Formerly Second Monaghan. Formerly Belanalbany. Formerly New Monaghan Secession Presbyterian Church. [1750-1940]".