John Fullarton
The Most Reverend John Fullarton | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Edinburgh Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church | |
| Church | Scottish Episcopal Church |
| Elected | 1720 |
| In office | 1720–1727 |
| Predecessor | Alexander Rose |
| Successor | Arthur Millar |
| Other post(s) | Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church (1720-1727) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1669 |
| Consecration | 25 January 1705 by John Paterson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1645 |
| Died | 27 April 1727 (aged 81–82) Auchenbreck Castle, Argyll and Bute, Scotland |
| Nationality | Scottish |
John Fullarton (c.1645 – 1727), of Greenhall, Argyll, was a Scottish clergyman and nonjurant Episcopal Bishop of Edinburgh between 1720 and 1727.
Origins
Fullarton was the son of James McCloy, alias Fullarton, of Ballochindryan and Jean Stewart, the daughter of John Stewart of Ascog. His grandfather is thought to have been Duncan, or Donald McCloy, minister at Kilmodan between at least 1609 and 1629, who was still alive as late as 1659, when he received a grant from the Synod of Argyll because of his poverty.
Career
Fullarton obtained the degree of
John Fullarton was consecrated a
Episcopate
Following his election, Fullarton appears to have made strong protestations of loyalty to the Old Pretender (in exile) and to have had numerous dealings with the Old Pretender's agent, George Lockhart. (According to Thomas Stephen: "The hope of the restoration of the old dynasty was strong in the minds of the bishops...”) The Scottish Magazine and Churchman's Review summed up Fullarton's episcopate in this way: “...he greatly exerted himself to accommodate the differences which existed among the clergy respecting usages, and endeavoured also to restore a proper distribution of Episcopal superintendence, for which, however, the state of the Church was not then ripe".
Family
Fullarton married, first, Anna Haldane (who died 28 July 1679), secondly, Barbara Hamilton and, thirdly, Isobel Sinclair. His son by his second wife, John Fullarton of Greenhall, who did not long survive him, was a Surveyor of Customs.
Sources
- David M. Bertie, Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689–2000 (Continuum International, 2000)
- Thomas Stephen, The History of the Church of Scotland: From the Reformation to the Present Time, Vol. IV (John Lendrum, London, 1845)
- The Scottish Magazine and Churchman's Review (R. Lendrum & Co, Edinburgh, 1849)
- Robert Wodrow, Analecta (1843); Correspondence (1842); Early Letters (1937)
Notes
- ^ per Bertie; other sources suggest early May 1727.