“The Reverend Hugh Heugh (1783-1846)” by Patric Park in the Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum, Stirling

The Reverend Hugh Heugh was for fifteen years minster of what is now Viewfield Church in Stirling, A son of the manse himself, he was ordained in August 1806 as a colleague (assistant) to his father, the Reverend John Heugh.

The original church on the present site was built in 1752, its congregation drawn partly from Erskine Church after the Breach of 1747 over the Burgher Oath, partly from parishioners from Logie and St Ninians. John Heugh held the first charge until he was over seventy, when a ‘colleague” the Reverend Thomas Dick was appointed. Mr Dick’s stay was short lived, and John Heugh’s son Hugh was appointed in 1806, succeeding his father in 1810 on the latter’s death.

He remained at Viewfield for fifteen years, when he was called to Regent Place Church, Glasgow. He died in 1846.

The Reverend Hugh Heugh had been awarded the degree of Doctor of Divinity by the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvannia in 1831, an award he dismissed as “a mere shoulder tinsel knot”. A prolific writer on ecclesiastic themes, he was active in church politics until his death.

Object description
Type: Sculpture
Location: Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum, Stirling
Material: Marble
Artist: Patric Park (1811–1855)
Date: 1854

Image Details
Date: 29 March 2026
Camera body: iPhone Xs
Lens: Wide Camera 26mm ƒ/1.8
Focal Length: 26mm
Aperture: ƒ/1.8
Shutter Speed: 1/33s
ISO: 250
Licensing: Image of a Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum asset. This image cannot be licensed.