Background
William Annand was born in Ayr, Scotland. He was the son of William Annand, minister of Ayr, and Margaret Lindsay.
William Annand was born in Ayr, Scotland. He was the son of William Annand, minister of Ayr, and Margaret Lindsay.
He was educated at King"s College and the University of Aberdeen, where he received a Master of Arts degree in 1649.
He then gained a Bachelor degree from University College, Oxford in He was ordained in 1656 by an Irish bishop, Thomas, Bishop of Ardfert, and was awarded an Master of Arts degree in 1658. He was an Anglican minister at Weston-in-the-Green and the vicar of Leighton Buzzard in 1656, chaplain to John Middleton, 1st Earl of Middleton, minister of Tolbooth parish from 1663 to 1672, and of Tron Kirk in Edinburgh from 1672 to 1675. He became Dean of Edinburgh in 1675 and was named a Doctor of Divinity at Street Andrew"s University in 1685.
He died at Edinburgh and is buried in Greyfriars Kirkyard. anno Dominus