The Duke of Hamilton was the Patron of Cambuslang and he wanted to nominate (or "present") another candidate, one Mr Finlater, when the Reverend Archibald Hamilton, Minister of Cambuslang, died in 1724.
It should also be said that Mr M'Culloch's attempts to get the (perhaps disgruntled) Heritors to repair the dilapidated church met with little success.