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the University of Edinburgh and first stud- ied law. He came to Virginia and joined his elder brother in Richmond — Mr. James Buchanan, a prominent merchant of that place. Xot finding his turn of mind either fitted for law or mercantile pursuits, he re- turned to Great Britain and was invested with holy orders in 1775. He taught as tutor in several private families, and finally returned to Virginia, where he was minister or Lexington parish in Amherst county in 1780. He removed to Richmond about 1782, where he resided in the family of Jaqueline Ambler, treasurer of the state, and was min- ister of St. John's Church, and also preach- ed in the capitol, alternately sharing his congregation with John D. Blair (q. v.), the Presbyterian minister. No churches had then been built in Richmond. He died in his eightieth year. December 22, 1822. He never married.

Latane, Rev. Lewis, came to Virginia in the French Huguenot emigration in 1700, with his wife, four children and one servant He was rector of South Farnham parish, Essex county, from 1700 till his death, in 1734. One of his descendants was the gal- lant Capt. Latane, who was killed in 1862, at **01d Church," Hanover county, in one of Gen. J. E. B. Stuart's raids, and whose romantic burial at the hands of Virginia ladies, assisted by their servants, was per- petuated on canvas by Washington, a Vir- ginia artist, and engraved. Another de- scendant was Bishop James A. Latane, of the Reformed Episcopal church.

Rose, Rev. Robert, was born in Scotland ii« 1705, was ordained for the ministry, and came to Virginia in 1725, where he was given charge of St. Anne's parish, Essex

county. In 1746 he had charge of St. Anne's parish. Nelson county. He was a remark- ably active and zealous preacher and man o^ affairs. His journal shows that he was a kind of universal genius. When the city of Richmond was to be laid out, he was invited to lend his counsel. While thus engaged he sickened and died, and was buried in the \ard of St. John's Church. He died June 30, 1751, in his forty-seventh year, and his tombstone testifies to "his extraordinary genius and capacity in all the polite and useful arts of life." He had four brothers in Virginia, one of whom was Rev. Charles Rose, of Cople parish, Westmoreland coun- t\. He had four sons — Hugh, Patrick, Henry and Charles — who have left numer- ous descendants.

West, William, born in Fairfax county, Virginia, in 1739, son of Hugh West, who died in 1754, in Loudoun county. His birth- place was near Mount Vernon, and he be- came intimate with Washington. He went to England for orders, which he received from the bishop of London, November 24. i;'6i. He served two years in his native prov- ince, in 1761-63; was incumbent of St. Mar- garet's, Westminster parish, Ann Arundel county, Maryland, 1763-67; of St. Andrew's, St. Mary's county, in 1767-72; of St. George's parish. Harford county, in 1772-79; and of St. Paul's, Baltimore coiinty. in 1779-91, officiating in connection therewith in St. Thomas's parish, ten miles distant. He re- ceived the degree of Doctor of Divinity from Washington College. Maryland, in 1785; was active in the work of settling church affairs, directly after the revolution, and was a correspondent of Bishop White, who valued his sound judgment and accurate ac-

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