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10 tracts, James Kirkwood, was born about 1650 ''at Dunbar, Scotland. He was graduated in 1670 at Edinburgh University, receiving the degree of M.A. He served John Campbell, Earl of Caithness, as domestic chaplain till May 12, 1679, when he was presented by the earl to the parish of Minto. He refused to take the test, and was deprived of this benefice November 1, 1681, and removed to England, where he was instituted to the rectory of Astwick, Bedfordshire, March 1, 1685, through the favour of Bishop Burnet''.

During his life in the Highlands with the Earl of Caithness' family, Kirkwood had been much impressed by the great ignorance