title: Alexander Macdonald (Presbyterian minister)
text: # Alexander Macdonald (Presbyterian minister)
  
  Alexander Macdonald (1885–16 June 1960) was a Scottish minister who was Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1948.
  
  ## Early life
  
  Macdonald was born in North Uist in 1885. He studied at the University Glasgow and graduated with an arts degree. During World War I he was a chaplain with the Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders for a two-year period.
  
  ## Pastoral duties
  
  He was appointed to St Columba’s Church in Glasgow in 1929. He was Moderator of Presbytery of Glasgow from 1942 for a year. He was elected as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1948, for a one-year period of office. He retired from pastoral duties at St Columba's in 1954.
  
  ## Later life
  
  He died in Glasgow on 16 June 1960. His funeral was held on 19 June 1960.
  
  ## Awards and honours
  
  He received an honorary Doctor of Divinity from Glasgow University in 1944.
  
  