George Haliburton (bishop of Dunkeld)

George Haliburton
Bishop of Dunkeld
Church	Church of Scotland
See	Diocese of Dunkeld
In office	1662–1665
Predecessor	Alexander Lindsay
Successor	Henry Guthrie
Previous post(s)	Minister of Perth
Orders
Ordination	N/A
Consecration	7 May 1662, Holyrood Palace
Personal details
Born	1616 Glenisla, Angus
Died	5 April 1665, Perth, Scotland

George Haliburton (1616–1665) was a 17th-century Scottish minister who served as Bishop of Dunkeld.

Life

The son of Janet Ogilvie, and her husband, George Haliburton, George was born in Glenisla, Angus, where his father was a minister.

In 1636, he graduated MA from King's College, Aberdeen, thereafter receiving his licence for the ministry from Meigle presbytery. He served as an army chaplain in 1640 and 1641, before being appointed minister of Menmuir in November 1642.

From 1 August 1644, he was "second charge" minister of Perth. He was briefly deposed (1644–1645) for saying a blessing while dining with the Marquess of Montrose. In July 1649 he was placed in "first charge" of Perth.^[1]

After the reinstatement of episcopacy in 1662, James Sharp, Archbishop of St Andrews recommended him for the bishopric of Dunkeld. He was consecrated Bishop of Dunkeld, on 7 May 1662, at Holyrood Palace, retaining his parochial position in Perth.

He died in Perth on 5 April 1665 and was buried in the Greyfriars Burial Ground.

Family

In 1643 he married Catherine Lindsay (d.1669), the daughter of the late David Lindsay, Bishop of Edinburgh. Their five children included James Haliburton of Wattriebutts (d.1699).

References

1. Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae; vol. 7; by Hew Scott

• Clarke, Tristram, "Haliburton, George (c.1616–1665)", in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 , retrieved 20 Feb 2007

Vacant Title last held by Alexander Lindsay

Bishop of Dunkeld 1662–1665

Succeeded by Henry Guthrie