The booklet MAYFIELD 100 - A selection of historical notes, recollections and illustrations to record the Centenary of Mayfield Church - Edited by J.A.R.Moffat, contains the following information on three men who became moderators -

In September 1968, The Very Revd Principal Hugh Watt, who was ‘our first’ Moderator in 1950, died in his 89th year; an outstanding churchman, an elder of Mayfield for 44 years and a friend and counsellor to young and old. It must have been a great joy for him to give the right hand of fellowship to his daughter Nancy when she became one of the first woman elders in 1967.

In 1963, Professor J.S. Stewart, who is a great-nephew of Mayfield’s first minister, was elected Moderator of the General Assembly. He asked Mr McDonald to be his senior chaplain and Mr. Mabon our Church Officer was his ‘Moderator’s Man’, taking over from Sergeant Porteous who had served so many past Moderators in that capacity. The congregation once again basked in the reflected glory of this huge honour to one of its elders, ‘our second’ Moderator.

In 1973 the Revd James G. Matheson, who had been one of our elders for 10 years, resigned from the Secretary of the Stewardship and Budget Committee of the Church of Scotland and left Edinburgh for the parish of Portree. A familiar figure in pulpit, on public platform and on television, it was not altogether a surprise when in 1974 he was nominated Moderator- Elect. It is therefore with excusable pride that within the first week of our second century we shall be able to record ‘our third’ Moderator.

TWO MORE RECENT MAYFIELD MODERATORS
Two of our ministers have been Moderators of the Church of Scotland in more recent years. The profiles given below are taken from The Church of Scotland Year Book (St Andrews Press) 1988 and 1989.

The Very Revd JAMES A. WHYTE MA LLD -  MODERATOR 1988

The Very Revd WILLIAM J. G. McDONALD MA BD DD -  MODERATOR 1989