Robert Keith (historian)
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The Most Reverend Robert Keith, A.M. |
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| Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church | |
| Province | Scotland |
| Installed | 1743 |
| Term ended | 1757 |
| Predecessor | Thomas Rattray |
| Successor | Robert White |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 16 August 1710 (Deacon), 26 May 1713 (Priest) |
| Consecration | 18 June 1727 (Bishop) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 February 1681 Uras, Kincardineshire, Scotland |
| Died | 20 January 1757 (aged 75) Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Buried | Canongate Churchyard, Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Denomination | Scottish Episcopal Church |
| Parents | Alexander Keith and Marjory Keith (née Arbuthnot) |
| Spouse | Isobel Cameron |
| Children | Two daughters |
Robert Keith (1681–1757) was a Scottish Episcopal bishop and historian.
Born at Uras in Kincardineshire, Scotland, on 7 February 1681, he was the second son of Alexander Keith and Marjory Keith (née Arbuthnot). He was educated at Marischal College, Aberdeen between 1695 and 1699; graduating with an A.M. in about 1700.
He was preceptor to George, Lord Keith (afterward the last Earl Marischal) from July 1703 to July 1710, and to his brother, James Keith. He was ordained a deacon on 16 August 1710, and from November 1710 to February 1713, he was Domestic Chaplain to Charles Hay, 13th Earl of Erroll and his mother Anne, the Dowager Countess. Three years later, he was ordained to the priesthood on 26 May 1713. On the same day, he was appointed curate at Barrenger's Close meeting-house in Edinburgh, and in 1733 he became Incumbent of the meeting-house; a post he kept until his death.
In 1716, he and other clergy in Edinburgh were prosecuted by the Commission of the Justiciary for not praying for King George I. He was prohibited from the ministry and fined.
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