Arthur Millar (1649 – 9 October 1727) was an

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in the first third of the 18th century. Millar was born in 1649 and educated at the

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. He was the

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Musselburgh Musselburgh (; sco, Musselburrae; gd, Baile nam Feusgan) is the largest settlement in East Lothian, Scotland, on the coast of the Firth of Forth, east of Edinburgh city centre. It has a population of . History The name Musselburgh is Ol ...

then

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. He was

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college bishop In the early days of the Scottish Episcopal Church, college bishops were men who were consecrated bishops in order to maintain apostolic succession but (extraordinarily) not appointed to any episcopal see An episcopal see is, in a practical u ...

on 22 October 1718 and became

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and

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on 5 May 1727."Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689-2000" Bertie, D.M: Edinburgh T & T Clark He died on 9 October 1727.

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1649 births Alumni of the University of Aberdeen 18th-century Scottish Episcopalian bishops Bishops of Edinburgh Primuses of the Scottish Episcopal Church 18th-century Anglican archbishops 1727 deaths College bishops {{Christian-clergy-stub