William Carstares
The name William Carstares is the first name on the monument.
The monument is in Greyfriars private cemetery, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland.
There are 466 other graves within this cemetery that are listed within the GPR database.
William Carstares was buried in 1715. The actual date of death is not currently recorded on the GPR database but it may be on the grave monument photograph.
William Carstares is listed on the GPR grave numbered 138344.
William Carstares is listed as the first name on monument on the grave monument.
William Carstares has the record number 292934 within the GPR person name database table.
The record was added to the GPR on 23 June 2011
There are 2 images available for the monument listing William Carstares (see grave detail page).
The follow note is stored against William Carstares record:
Monument built by his daughter in 1726. Carstares was Principal of the University and Minister of Greyfriars. As adviser to William of Orange he was the architect of the Revolution Settlement of 1690 whereby the Church of Scotland in its Presbyterian form was recognised by the stare as the established church.