| Administrative History | In 1723, Mr David Ogilvy bequeathed a sum of money to the Earl of Findlater, the Lord Deskford, the Lord Provost of Aberdeen, the Principal of the King's College and his nephew Thomas Ogilvie. The interest was to be used to educate a young gentleman at King's College.
In 1724, Mr John Greig, merchant in Old Aberdeen, mortified and bequeathed to the Principal and Professors of the College a sum of money for the maintenance of a bursar for four years.
By a deed of mortification, dated 18 March 1728, Laird and Lady Macintosh appointed a sum for the maintenance and support of a bursar in Philosophy, of the name Macintosh, or of the Clanchattan.
In 1730, James Fraser, Secretary to the hospital in Chelsea, bequeathed a sum to the college for the maintenance of two bursars. The bursars are to be of the name of Fraser, of the town and county of Inverness, and elected by the magistrates of Inverness.
In 1804, by a deed of settlement, the Reverend Robert Finlay, Minister at Clatt, mortified a sum for the purpose of founding and supporting three bursars at the College. |