Robert Blackadder

Robert Blackadder
Archbishop of Glasgow
ChurchRoman Catholic
ArchdioceseGlasgow
Appointed9 January 1492
Term ended28 July 1508
PredecessorJohn Laing
SuccessorJames Beaton
Previous post(s)Bishop of Glasgow
(1483–92)
Bishop-elect of Aberdeen
(1480–83)
Abbot of Melrose
(1471–83)
Rector of Lasswade
Orders
ConsecrationMay or June 1483
Personal details
Died28 July 1508
ParentsPatrick Blackadder of Tulliallan

Robert Blackadder (died 28 July 1508) was a medieval Scottish prelate, diplomat and politician, who was Abbot of Melrose, Bishop-elect of Aberdeen and Bishop of Glasgow; when the latter was elevated to an archbishopric in 1492, he became the first ever Archbishop of Glasgow. Blackadder died while en route to Jerusalem on pilgrimage.[1][2]

  1. ^ Campbell, William M. (1944). "The first Archbishop of Glasgow; Part I". Scottish Church History Society: 55–74. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
  2. ^ Campbell, William M. (1944). "The first Archbishop of Glasgow; Part II". Scottish Church History Society: 135–150. Retrieved 25 August 2018.