Tour Scotland photograph of the Reverend James Guthrie statue in the old graveyard cemetery in Stirling, Scotland. This minister of Stirling, a notable Covenanter, was hanged at the Grassmarket in Edinburgh on the 1st of June 1661, and his head stuck on a spike at the Netherbow Gate. James, the eldest son of the laird of Guthrie, Forfarshire, was born about 1612. He was educated at St. Leonard's College, St. Andrews, Fife, where he graduated M.A., and became one of the regents, distinguished for his lectures on philosophy.
Guthrie is an English language surname with several independent origins. In some cases the surname is derived from a place in Scotland, located near Forfar, which is derived from the Gaelic gaothair, meaning " windy place ". Another origin of the name is from the Scottish Gaelic MagUchtre, meaning " son of Uchtre ". The personal name Uchtre is of uncertain origin. Another origin of the surname Guthrie is as an Anglicisation of the Irish Ó Fhlaithimh, meaning " descendant of Flaitheamh.
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