John Jardine (1716–1766) was a Church of Scotland minister who served as Dean of the Chapel Royal, Dean of the Thistle Chapel and Chaplain in Ordinary to the King. He was a close friend of the Edinburgh author John Home (who was a distant cousin to his wife), and also of David Hume and Henry Home, Lord Kames. Life He was born on 3 January 1716 the son of Rev Robert Jardine, and his wife Janet Rannie. His father was minister of Cummertrees at the time of his birth but moved to Glencairn in 1719 and settled in Lochmaben near Dumfries in 1732.> There is no mention of any formal training but he was licensed to preach as a Church of Scotland minister by the Presbytery of Lochmaben in September 1736. It took five years to find a position, and only in July 1741 was he ordained as minister of Liberton parish, just south of Edinburgh. He was translated to Lady Yester's Church in the city in 1750 and in October 1754 moved to the Tron Kirk on the Royal Mile working under Rev George Wishart.

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John Jardine (1716–1766) was a Church of Scotland minister who served as Dean of the Chapel Royal, Dean of the Thistle Chapel and Chaplain in Ordinary to the King. He was a close friend of the Edinburgh author John Home (who was a distant cousin to his wife), and also of David Hume and Henry Home, Lord Kames.

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