Alexander Cairncross (bishop)

Alexander Cairncross (1637–1701) was Archbishop of Glasgow 1684–1687.

Life

Alexander Cairncross was descended from the ancient family of Cairncross of Cowmull. For some time he followed the trade of a

References

• Registrum Episcopatus Brechinensis (Bannatyne Club, 1856), p. 141 (App.) 79
• Keith's Scottish Bishops (Russell), 168, 268–9
• Ware's Works (Harris), i. 277.

Attribution

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Cairncross, Alexander". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.

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