According to myth or other stories, his "father was thought to have been a Church of Scotland minister."

Robert Gillan (died 1879) was a Church of Scotland minister.

He was (his own words) 'youth leader, ex-Church of Scotland minister.

John Gillies (1712-1796) was a Church of Scotland minister and theological writer.

James Buchanan (1804-1870) was a Church of Scotland minister and theologian.

Manse is the usual name for the house of a Church of Scotland minister.

Hislop was ordained as a Free Church of Scotland minister in 1844.

Alexander Douglas (died 1623) was a Church of Scotland minister and bishop.

The myth that his "father was thought to have been a Church of Scotland minister" is also discounted.

At first, Cook intended to become a Church of Scotland minister, but lost his faith as he discovered politics.