He was born in
Torrisdale in
Kintyre on 28 December 1837 the son of Neil Galbraith, a farm labourer, and his wife, Janet McQuilken (pronounced "McWilken"). He studied Divinity at the
University of Glasgow and Free Church College in Glasgow. He was ordained by the Free Church of Scotland in 1867 on the island of
Raasay. In 1890 he was translated to
Ferintosh and in 1893 to
Lochalsh. In the Union of 1900 the Rev Galbraith remained in the Free Church of Scotland. In 1903 he succeeded
Donald M. Macalister as
Moderator of the General Assembly, the highest position in the Free Church of Scotland. He was succeeded in turn in 1904 by
Murdoch Macqueen. He died at
Ardelve on 25 April 1909. He is buried in
Lochalsh. ==Family==