Samuel Lyle Orr

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.

Life

Milton Free Church (St Vincent Street Church), Glasgow

He moved from Northern Ireland to Glasgow in 1908.

He was minister of Milton Free Church in Glasgow living at 230 West Regent Street. Milton Free Church is now commonly called the St Vincent Street Church and is by the architect Greek Thomson.

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.

He died at Ballyalbany, Monaghan, on 17 January 1930.

Family

His daughter Henrietta (1886–1904) is buried at Monaghan with his wife.

Publications

References

  1. ↑ "Lyle Orr Awards presented at Assembly". Free Church of Scotland. 19 May 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  2. ↑ Glasgow Post Office Directory 1908[full citation needed]
  3. ↑ Glasgow Post Office Directory 1909
  4. ↑ Buildings of Scotland: Glasgow by McWilliam, Gifford and Walker[full citation needed]
  5. ↑ Moderators 1900 to 1931 taken from: Preserving a Reformed Heritage by John Keddie[full citation needed]
  6. ↑ "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)
  7. ↑ "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)
  8. ↑ 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]".