In 1991 the Wishart Society joined with the St. Andrews Preservation Trust to erect a stone plaque to commemorate the martyrdom of George Wishart in 1546 at the Castle, St Andrews. Our photograph shows members of the Society, and of the Trust, attending the ceremony to inaugurate George Wishart's commemorative plaque on 21 March 1991. The inscription on the plaque reads as follows:

George Wishart, 1513 - 1546.  A powerful Protestant preacher, he was betrayed to Cardinal Beaton, brought here, put in the Sea Tower, condemned for heresy and burnt at the stake on 1 March.  The lettering GW on the roadway marks where he died.  His friends conspired against the Cardinal, and on 26 May gained entry to the Castle, killed him and hung his body from the battlements.  Then together in the Castle they created the first congregation of the Protestant Church in Scotland.

The commissioning of George Wishart's plaque, together with several other historical plaques located at various places in St. Andrews, was undertaken by Professor J F Allen, FRS of the University of St. Andrews and the St. Andrews Preservation Trust.  Professor Allen is shown on the left of our picture.  Dr David Wishart, who researched the inscription for the Wishart Society and co-sponsored the plaque, is on the right. The photo is courtesy of the St. Andrews Citizen.