Robert Laurie (bishop)
Robert Laurie or Lawrie MA (c.1606–1678) was a seventeenth-century
Edinburgh
.
Life
He was the son of Rev Joseph Laurie minister of
Trinity College Church in Edinburgh an in 1648 translated to the nearby Tron Kirk and to the High Kirk of St Giles in 1662.[1]
In 1671 he became
Holy Trinity
in 1674.
He served as Bishop of Brechin until his death in March 1678. The historian Robert Keith referred to him as "a celebrated preacher, and a man of moderation".[2]
Family
He married Catherine Drummond daughter of John Drummond of Colquhalzie. Their youngest daughter Joan Lawrie married Colin Mackenzie, granddaughter of George Mackenzie the Earl of Seaforth.[3]
Notes
References
- Keith, Robert (1824), An Historical Catalogue of the Scottish Bishops: Down to the Year 1688 (New ed.), London: Printed for Bell & Bradfute
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