CANT, ANDREW

CANT, ANDREW
   a Scotch Presbyterian minister, who had an equal zeal for the Scotch covenant and the cause of Charles Stuart (1610-1664). A son of his was Principal of Edinburgh University from 1675 to 1685.

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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