Robert Montgomerie of

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(c. 1530–1609) was a prominent Scottish clergyman in post-Reformation Scotland who served as Protestant

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from 1581 to 1588.

Life

He was the third son of Hugh Montgomerie of

and his wife, Margaret Houston of Houston. He was brother to the poet

Alexander Montgomerie Alexander Montgomerie (Scottish Gaelic: Alasdair Mac Gumaraid) (c. 1550?–1598) was a Scottish Jacobean courtier and poet, or makar, born in Ayrshire. He was a Scottish Gaelic speaker and a Scots speaker from Ayrshire, an area which wa ...

. He studied at

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and graduated MA. At the first

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he was recognised as an apt person to preach and began a series of positions in the

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. He served successively in

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(1562-1567), Dunblane (1567-1572),

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(1572-1581). In 1581 he was created

in place of the late

James Boyd of Trochrig James Boyd of Trochrig (c.1530–1581) was a Scottish clergyman in post-Reformation Scotland who served as Protestant Archbishop of Glasgow from 1573 to 1581. He was Moderator of the General Assembly in 1575. He was co-author of the Reformatio ...

. Montgomerie was succeeded in 1588 by William Erskine (archbishop) He was minister of Symington from 1587 to 1589 when he translated to

Stewarton Stewarton ( sco, Stewartoun,
gd, Baile nan Stiùbhar ...

. He passed his role to his son-in-law in 1607. He was also archdeacon of Argyll in this period.''Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae''; vol. 3, p. 73; by Hew Scott He died at Stewarton on 25 March 1609.

Family

He was married to Beatrice Jamieson and had several children: *John Montgomerie of Sevenakers *Robert Mongomerie *Elizabeth, married Rev James Montgomery of Dunlop *A second daughter, married Rev William Castlelaw, Montgomerie's successor at Stewarton.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Montgomerie, Robert 1530 births 1609 deaths People from Stewarton Alumni of the University of Glasgow Scottish archbishops Year of birth uncertain