Burnett, Alexander (Kent)

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Dates 1641-1650 & 1660-1663
Location Kent
Vocation Bishop
Place of Birth Scotland
Marriage Elizabeth Fleming
Issue Anna; Margaret; Roderick; unnamed son
Place of birth Source H. Scott, Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae: The Succession of Ministers in the Church of Scotland from the Reformation, 7 vols (Edinburgh, 1915–28), vii, 327-328

Chaplaoin to Earl of Traquair (1630s), and presented to Coldingham, although without settling. Took order in England, becoming rector of Burmarsh, Kent (1641). Deposed (1650). Travelled abroad. Presented as rector of Ivychurch, Kent (1660), but licenced non-resident (1661). Bishop of Aberdeen (1663). Archbishop of Glasgow (1664). Retired (1670), but restored to Glasgow (1674). Archbishop of St Andrews (1679). Known for his hard-line stance against Presbyterian non-conformists.