John Gillan

Scottish Episcopal clergyman and author

Styles of
John Gillan

Reference style| The Right Reverend
Spoken style| My Lord or Bishop

John Gillan (c.1667–1735) was a Scottish Episcopal clergyman and author who served as the Bishop of Dunblane from 1731 to 1735.

He was born c. 1667, the son of John Gillan.[1] After his education at Marischal College, Aberdeen, he worked as a bookseller.[1] He married Isabel Wingate, daughter of the Reverend John Wingate, Incumbent of Denny, and Margaret Marschall.[1] He published Vindication of the Fundamental Character of Presbytery (1713), Life of Bishop Sage (1714), and is reputed to be the author of Carnwath's Memoirs.[1][2]

He was ordained in the Scottish Episcopal Church, and not long afterwards consecrated at Edinburgh a college bishop on 22 June 1727 by bishops Freebairn, Duncan, Rose and Ochterlony.[1][3] Gillan was the Incumbent of Old Saint Paul's, Edinburgh (1727–35) and elected Bishop of the Diocese of Dunblane in December 1731.[1]

He died in office on 3 January 1735, aged about 68.[1][3]

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f g Bertie 2000, Scottish Episcopal Clergy, p. 50.
2. ^ Keith 1824, An Historical Catalogue of the Scottish Bishops, p. 546.
3. ^ a b Keith 1824, An Historical Catalogue of the Scottish Bishops, p. 547.

## Bibliography

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* Bertie, David M. (2000). Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689–2000. Edinburgh: T & T Clark. ISBN 0567087468.
* Keith, Robert (1824). Russel, Michael (ed.). An Historical Catalogue of the Scottish Bishops: Down To The Year 1688. Edinburgh: Printed for Bell and Bradfute.

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Robert Douglas |  Bishop of Dunblane
1731–1735  | Succeeded by

Robert White

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* M. de Dunblan§
* Laurence of Dunblane
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* Abraham of Strathearn
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* Osbert of Dunblane
* Clement of Dunblane
* Robert de Prebenda
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* Nicholas of Arbroath
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* Roger de Balnebrich§
* Maurice of Inchaffray
* William de Cambuslang
* Walter de Coventre
* Andrew Magnus
* Dúghall of Lorne
* Fionnlagh MacCailein
* William Stephani
* Michael Ochiltree
* Walter Stewart§
* Robert Lauder
* John Herspolz
* John Spalding§
* James Chisholm
* William Chisholm (I)

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* William Chisholm (I)
* William Chisholm (II)
* Andrew Graham
* George Graham
* Adam Bellenden
* James Wedderburn
* Robert Leighton
* James Ramsay
* Robert Douglas

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* Robert Douglas
* John Gillan
* Robert White
* Charles Rose
* Patrick Torry

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