Copy 1, Volume 1

Annals of Glasgow, comprising an account of the public buildings, charities, and the rise and progress of the city / By James Cleland.

  • James Cleland
Date:
1816
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Credit: Annals of Glasgow, comprising an account of the public buildings, charities, and the rise and progress of the city / By James Cleland. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Lauderdale, who was then Prime Minister. The cause of the elevation of this Prelate, is said to have been his steady attachment to the varying fortunes of Charles II. Robert Leighton, Bishop of Dumblane, formerly Minister of Newbottle, was raised to the See of Glasgow in 1670, which he enjoyed four years; when he resigned his situation, and retired to Sussex, where he died, in 1685. Alexander Burnet was restored to the See, in consequence of a letter from the King’s Majesty, dated 7th of September 1674. He was afterwards translated to the Primacy of St. Andrews; where he died, on the 24th of August 1684. Arthur Ross, Bishop of Argyle, was promoted to the See of Glasgow, on the translation of Archbishop Burnet, in 1679. He filled the See five years, when he was translated to St. Andrews; where he continued till the Revolution. Alexander Cairncross, Bishop of Brechin, was raised to the See of Glasgow in 1684, through the influence of the Duke of Queensberry. As this Prelate was averse to annulling the penal statutes and religious tests, he was deprived of his office in 1687. He was, however, soon after appointed Bishop of Raphoe in Ireland. John Paterson, Bishop of Edinburgh, was the last who filled the Arch-episcopal Chair in Glasgow. He was elected in 1687, and remained in his office till the Revolution, when i the government of the Church by Bishops gave way to the Presbyterian form of Church Government in Scotland. This Prelate died in Edinburgh, in 1708, aged 76 years. PRESBYTERIAN CLERGYMEN. The following is a list of the Prebyterian Clergymen, who, in succession, have had a regular settlement in the Churches of Glasgow, from the Reformation, in the year 1560, to 1816. Exclusive of those Clergyman who were regularly settled, there were others who occasionally officiated in some of the Churches of the City, for a considerable time after the Reformation.
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