Robert Kilgour


Robert Kilgour,

M.A.
Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church
Bishop Robert Kilgour
Robert Kilgour
ProvinceScotland
Elected1782
Term ended1788
PredecessorWilliam Falconer
SuccessorJohn Skinner
Other post(s)Bishop of Aberdeen (1768–1786), Incumbent of Peterhead (1737–1789)
Orders
Ordination1737 (Deacon),
25 April 1738 (Priest)
Consecration21 September 1768 (Bishop)
by William Falconer
Personal details
Born1714
Waulkmill, Cruden, Aberdeenshire
Died23 March 1790 (aged 76)
Peterhead, Aberdeenshire
BuriedPeterhead, Aberdeenshire
NationalityScottish
ParentsRobert Kilgour and Isobel Barron
SpouseMargaret Arbuthnot
Childrenfive daughters

Robert Kilgour (1714–1790) was a Scottish clergyman who served in the Scottish Episcopal Church as Bishop of Aberdeen from 1768 to 1786 and Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church from 1782 to 1788. He was an outspoken supporter of the Jacobite cause.