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Our Ministers

Here you can read the full history of the ministers who have served in this church.

1.-Frontispiece-1.-Frontispiece-
2.-Preface2.-Preface
3.-Lady.Glenorchy3.-Lady.Glenorchy
4.-Rev.Robert-Winton-1777-18184.-Rev.Robert-Winton-1777-1818
5.-Rev.-Robert-Winton-25.-Rev.-Robert-Winton-2
6.-Rev.-Richard-Clapson-1819-18626.-Rev.-Richard-Clapson-1819-1862
7.-Rev.-Richard-Clapson-27.-Rev.-Richard-Clapson-2
8.-Rev.-Robert-Lovell-1863-18698.-Rev.-Robert-Lovell-1863-1869
9.-Rev.-Robert-Lovell-29.-Rev.-Robert-Lovell-2
10.-Rev.-Thomas-Ellis-1870-188310.-Rev.-Thomas-Ellis-1870-1883
11.-Rev.-Thomas-Ellis-211.-Rev.-Thomas-Ellis-2
12.-Rev.-John-Q.-Panks-1883-188512.-Rev.-John-Q.-Panks-1883-1885
13.-Rev.-John-Panks-213.-Rev.-John-Panks-2
14.-Rev.-Robert-Betts-1886-189614.-Rev.-Robert-Betts-1886-1896
15.-Rev.-Robert-Betts-215.-Rev.-Robert-Betts-2
16.-Rev.-Richard-A.-Foster-1896-190016.-Rev.-Richard-A.-Foster-1896-1900
17.-Rev.-Richard-Foster-217.-Rev.-Richard-Foster-2
18.-Rev.-John-K.-Baker-1901-190618.-Rev.-John-K.-Baker-1901-1906
19.-Rev.-Kitto-Baker-219.-Rev.-Kitto-Baker-2
20.-Rev.-William-J.-Shergold-1907-191220.-Rev.-William-J.-Shergold-1907-1912
21.-Rev.-W.Shergold-221.-Rev.-W.Shergold-2
22.-Rev.-Andrew-Thompson-1912-191922.-Rev.-Andrew-Thompson-1912-1919
23.-Rev.-Andrew-Thompson-223.-Rev.-Andrew-Thompson-2
24.-Rev.-Sydney-J.Hooper-1920-192324.-Rev.-Sydney-J.Hooper-1920-1923
25.-Rev.-Sydney-Hooper-225.-Rev.-Sydney-Hooper-2
26.-Rev.-Frederick-G.-Tizzard-1925-192926.-Rev.-Frederick-G.-Tizzard-1925-1929
27.-Rev.-F.G.Tizzard-227.-Rev.-F.G.Tizzard-2
28.-Rev.-W.Arnold-Downham-1930-193428.-Rev.-W.Arnold-Downham-1930-1934
29.-Rev.-Arnold-Downham-229.-Rev.-Arnold-Downham-2
30.-Rev.-Charles-H.-Gill-1935-193630.-Rev.-Charles-H.-Gill-1935-1936
31.-Rev.-Charles-Gill-231.-Rev.-Charles-Gill-2
32.-Rev.-William-F.-Gibbons-1936-193932.-Rev.-William-F.-Gibbons-1936-1939
33.-Rev.William-F.-Gibbons-233.-Rev.William-F.-Gibbons-2
34.-Rev.-Leonard-Haley-1939-194534.-Rev.-Leonard-Haley-1939-1945
35.-Rev.-Leonard-Haley-235.-Rev.-Leonard-Haley-2
36.-Rev.-William-J.-Lewis-1946-195636.-Rev.-William-J.-Lewis-1946-1956
37.-Rev.-William-J.-Lewis-237.-Rev.-William-J.-Lewis-2
38.-Rev.-Donald-Horder-1956-196238.-Rev.-Donald-Horder-1956-1962
39.-Rev.-Donald-Horder-239.-Rev.-Donald-Horder-2
40.-Rev.-Arthur-Lister-Hetherington-1964-197140.-Rev.-Arthur-Lister-Hetherington-1964-1971
41.-Rev.-A.Lister-Hetherington-241.-Rev.-A.Lister-Hetherington-2
42.-Rev.-Christopher-M.-Grail-1971-198242.-Rev.-Christopher-M.-Grail-1971-1982
43.-Rev.-Christopher-Grail-2-43.-Rev.-Christopher-Grail-2-
44.-Rev.-Martin-D.-Ambler-1983-199544.-Rev.-Martin-D.-Ambler-1983-1995
45.-Rev.-Martin-Ambler-245.-Rev.-Martin-Ambler-2
46.-Rev.-Craig-Bowman-1996-200846.-Rev.-Craig-Bowman-1996-2008
47.-Rev.-Craig-Bowman-247.-Rev.-Craig-Bowman-2
48-Rev.Robert-Jennings48-Rev.Robert-Jennings
49-Rev.Robert-Jennings-249-Rev.Robert-Jennings-2