Tour Scotland 4K travel video, with Scottish music, of the interior of Canongate Kirk on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to the Royal Mile in Edinburgh. The Kirk of the Canongate, or Canongate Kirk, serves the Parish of Canongate in Edinburgh's Old Town, in Scotland. It is a congregation of the Church of Scotland. The parish includes the Palace of Holyroodhouse and the Scottish Parliament. It is also the parish church of Edinburgh Castle, even though the castle is detached from the rest of the parish. The wedding of Zara Phillips, the Queen's granddaughter, and Mike Tindall, took place at the church on 30 July 2011. The Queen sometimes attends services in the church when she visits Edinburgh. Canongate Kirk has been served by several well known former ministers, two having also served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. Very Reverend Thomas Wilkie, born 1645, died 1711, was the first minister of the Kirk and was twice Moderator, in 1701 and 1704. A long family tradition started in the 18th century with three generations of minister taking the ministry, all Reverend John Warden the family changed its name to Macfarlan in the later 18th century following a marriage. The most notable, Reverend John Warden born 1740, died 1788, was minister 1762 to 1788 and co-founded the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1783. Reverend Hugh Blair was second charge from 1743 to 1753. During these early years ministries were shared due to demand. Concurrently with Reverend John Warden, from 1764 to 1783, Reverend William Lothian DD, 1740 to 1783, was First Charge. The Reverend Robert Walker was minister from 1784 to 1808. He campaigned to end the slave trade and is famous for the painting by Henry Raeburn The Skating Minister which shows Walker skating on Duddingston loch. The Very Reverend Dr Ronald Selby Wright, known as the Radio Padre for his famous wartime broadcasts, was minister from 1937 until 1977 and served as Moderator in 1972. Whilst Doctor Selby Wright was away on wartime service as an Army Chaplain, the Reverend George MacLeod, later the Very Reverend Lord MacLeod of Fuinary, founder of the Iona Community and Moderator in 1957, served as locum. Dr Selby Wright was succeeded as minister by the Reverend Charles Robertson LVO MA, who retired in 2005. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day
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