Author: Malcolm, David
Biography:
MALCOLM, David (1763-1833: Perthshire Poets 1800-1850)
He was born in the house attached to the school (run by his father) at Madderty, Perthshire. His parents may have been John Malcolm and Jean (Murray) Malcolm (and his year of birth, according to ancestry.co.uk records, may have been 1766). He was taught by his father before attending the University of Edinburgh. He was licensed as a preacher but, failing to gain an appointment to a church, he began teaching with his father and developed plans—never realised—to open an academy at Crieff. His 1808 Genealogical Memoir of the Most Noble and Ancient House of Drummond (subscription edition, 1808) is dedicated to the Prince of Wales for whom he served as a chaplain in Scotland. He died at Madderty and was buried there. (Peter Robert Drummond, Perthshire Poets 1800-1850 [1873]; ancestry.co.uk 26 Nov 2019)