He was born in 1891 one of eight children to John Little (Ewan Beag) MacRury (b.1843) and his wife, Betsy MacDonald,
crofters from
North Uist. He graduated MA from
Glasgow University in 1915. He first appears as minister of the Free Church in
Shiskine. He was minister of
Glen Urquhart from at least 1931. He was a member of the
Gaelic Society alongside Provost
Alexander MacEwen. In May 1944 he was elected
Moderator of the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland. He was succeeded in 1945 by
Roderick A. Finlayson. ==Family==