Renwick was born in the isolated cottage of Maol-bhuidhe, in Kintail, Ross-shire.[1] In March 1900 his wife is listed as living in Manchester and several sources indicate he was also from there (probably Chorlton-cum-Hardy).[2]
In the First World War he served in the Royal Army Chaplains Department.[3]
In 1931 he was elected Moderator of the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland, succeeding Rev Robert M. Knox.[4]
In 1957 at the time of his wife's death they were living at 19 Roseburn Cliff in western Edinburgh.[5]
He died in Lochgilphead on 5 February 1965, aged 76[6] and is buried in the Grange Cemetery in the south of Edinburgh.[7] The grave lies against the south wall in the south-west corner of the original cemetery near the link to the west extension.
Family
He was married to Celia Ann Grassick (1883-1957) in Chorlton in November 1915.[8]
Renwick's stepdaughter Mairi married Allan Harman, who subsequently updated and expanded Renwick's book The Story of the Church.[9]
Publications
The Story of the Church
The Story of the Scottish Reformation
References
^Thomson, Iain R. (2014). Isolation Shepherd (5 ed.). Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited. p. 153. ISBN9781841586151.