George Haliburton (bishop of Aberdeen)
The Right Reverend George Haliburton | |
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Bishop of Aberdeen | |
Church | Church of Scotland |
See | Diocese of Aberdeen |
In office | 1682–1689 |
Predecessor | Patrick Scougal |
Successor | - |
Orders | |
Consecration | 13 June 1678 (Brechin) |
Personal details | |
Born | c. 1635 Possibly Perthshire |
Died | 1715 Halton, Angus |
Previous post(s) | Brechin (1678–1682) |
George Haliburton (c. 1635 – 1715) was a
.Life
Haliburton received his education at
He was made minister of
On 22 June 1682, Haliburton was selected to move to the larger
Haliburton moved to Newtyle parish in Angus, assisting the work of an episcopal minister there until the Church of Scotland forcibly took over control of it in 1698. He then retired to his own residence at nearby Halton, and received a pension in the following year. Haliburton became increasingly sympathetic towards Jacobitism and ordained clergy, working closely with re-established episcopalian bishops and archbishops, though the latter often did not inform him about the secret consecrations of new bishops which were taking place.
He moved to Denhead in 1710. He died at Halton on 29 September 1715. Twenty days earlier he had attended the raising of the standard of the
Family
He married Agnes Campbell of Keithock widow of David Haliburton of Pitcur (a cousin). Following her death he married Ms. Rutherford (d. 1738) by whom he had several children:[1]
References
- ^ Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae; vol. 7; by Hew Scott
- Clarke, Tristram, "Haliburton, George (1635?–1715)", in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 , Retrieved 23 Feb 2007
- Keith, Robert, An Historical Catalogue of the Scottish Bishops: Down to the Year 1688, (London, 1924)