_Deprived Bishops of Scotland, 1638._--Neither Bishop Keith, with all his
industry (in his _Hist. Catal. of the Scottish Bishops_), nor subsequent
ecclesiastical writers on the same subject, appear to have been able to
mention the period of the deaths of nearly all those prelates deprived of
their sees in 1638. The researches of late years may, perhaps, have been
more successful, and in that hope I now venture to inquire when and where
the lives of the following Scottish bishops came to a close--1. David
Lindsay, Bishop of Edinburgh. 2. Alex. Lindsay, Bishop of Dunkeld. 3. Adam
Ballenden, Bishop of Aberdeen. 4. John Guthrie, Bishop of Moray. 5. James
Fairly, Bishop of Argyle. 6. Neil Campbell, Bishop of the Isles. 7. John
Abernethy, Bishop of Caithness. 8. Geo. Graham, Bishop of Orkney; and 9.
Robert Baron, Bishop elect of Orkney, 1638. The Archbishops of St. Andrew
and Glasgow, and Bishops of Brechin, Dunblane, Ross, and Galloway, are
slightly noticed, though even in these few there are discrepancies, both as
to year and place of demise, which might be corrected. The later
ecclesiastical records of Scotland are also exceedingly scanty; for Mr.
Perceval, with all his acumen and research (in his _Apology for the
Doctrine of Apostolical Succession_, 2nd edit., Appendix, pp. 250-3.),
acknowledges with regret his inability to give more particulars of the
consecrations in Scotland between 1662 and 1688, for the column with names
of consecrators is without dates of consecrations during that period, and
is, with very few exceptions, a blank. In continuation of this topic, may I
inquire when and where the two following bishops, deprived in 1690,
died?--1. John Hamilton, Bishop of Dunkeld and 2. Archibald Graham, Bishop
of the Isles. The notices given by Bishop Keith, of the other deprived
Scottish bishops, are also exceedingly brief and meagre; nor has Mr. Lawson
(_Hist. Scot. Epis. Ch._) added much.