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Alexander Duncan (bishop)

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packing, whilst Duncan, although threatened with imprisonment, was left alone. He was now very old, but he preached to a small congregation assembled in his own home, including several of the families mentioned in the list from 1713. In 1729, he baptized the infant son of a later Lady Dundonald.
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In 1728 a new Episcopal meeting house was opened in Broad Close opposite the old university buildings in Glasgow's High Street, with a Mr. Wingate as its minister. Neither Duncan nor Wingate had taken the necessary oaths, so the magistrates closed it again shortly afterwards. Wingate was sent
80:. Along with many clergy with Episcopalian sympathies Duncan was rabbled from his parish in 1688, struck and abused, his furniture smashed, and he and his family thrust out of doors. The following year the Episcopalian structure of the Church was abolished by Act of the Scottish Parliament, 100:), but there are several references to Duncan earlier than that. Documentary evidence is fragmentary, but it is likely that the Episcopalians of Glasgow had formed a discrete congregation from the time of the 190:, having died in 1708. Bishop Duncan died at Glasgow in January 1733, aged 78, leaving a son, Robert, a daughter, Grizzell, and quite a lot of debt. Forty-four years had elapsed since Disestablishment. 148:
Although the Old Pretender’s campaign was unsuccessful and he returned to mainland Europe, contact with Episcopalians continued (indeed, John Walkinshaw acted as his ambassador in
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to be sinful. At this period, Episcopal clergy in Scotland could be licensed officially if they took an oath and agreed to pray for the monarchs who had replaced
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in 1710, and his name is included in a list of Glasgow’s Episcopalians dating from 1713, a list which also includes John Walkinshaw of Barrowfield (father of
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In 1731, the Scottish bishops agreed that Duncan should be responsible for the Diocese of Glasgow, the last Episcopalian Archbishop of Glasgow,
124:. During this period it seems that the congregation met mainly in private houses, including Sir John’s lodging in Saltmarket and probably in 280: 96:. Robert Cleland, writing in 1816, asserts that Duncan founded the Episcopalian congregation in the city in 1715 (the congregation now at 275: 152:), and church appointments were presented to James Edward Stuart for approval. In 1724 he approved Alexander Duncan as a 117: 104:, and over the following years several clergy were attached to it. Duncan attended the deathbed of the young Lady 97: 129: 133: 187: 168: 77: 26: 285: 81: 121: 49: 137: 128:. A meetinghouse-chapel opened in 1712 was destroyed by a mob a few days after the death of 113: 109: 61: 265: 260: 8: 172: 101: 65: 73: 179:
dynasty would again be restored, and the Church’s Episcopal structure re-established.
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in 1714. In 1715 several members of the congregation fought under
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Duncan is thought to have been the son of William Duncan, the
64:, graduating in 1675. In 1680 he became the minister of 60:, and his wife, Janet Macarthur. He attended the 252: 167:Duncan considered support of the government of 271:18th-century Scottish Episcopalian bishops 87: 208:Glasghu Facies - The History of Glasgow 116:, Sir John Bell and John Barns, former 72:. At this period the structure of the 253: 201:Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689-2000 281:Alumni of the University of Glasgow 13: 92:Duncan eventually made his way to 14: 297: 43: 276:Bishops of Glasgow and Galloway 235: 1: 229: 84:the Scottish Episcopalians. 7: 36:(from 1724), and Bishop of 10: 302: 193: 22:(c.1655–1733) was a 143: 243:The Stuart's Last Secret 88:After Disestablishment 114:Clementina Walkinshaw 62:University of Glasgow 134:James Edward Stuart 118:Provosts of Glasgow 98:St Mary's Cathedral 122:MacDonald of Sleat 74:Church of Scotland 27:Scottish Episcopal 120:, and Sir Donald 293: 246: 241:Peter Pininski: 239: 199:David M Bertie, 173:James VII and II 20:Alexander Duncan 301: 300: 296: 295: 294: 292: 291: 290: 286:College bishops 251: 250: 249: 240: 236: 232: 213:Robert Wodrow, 196: 146: 90: 82:disestablishing 46: 17: 16:Scottish bishop 12: 11: 5: 299: 289: 288: 283: 278: 273: 268: 263: 248: 247: 233: 231: 228: 227: 226: 219:Correspondence 211: 206:James Gordon, 204: 195: 192: 162:John Fullarton 154:college bishop 145: 142: 89: 86: 58:Dunbartonshire 54:New Kilpatrick 45: 44:Early Ministry 42: 34:college bishop 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 298: 287: 284: 282: 279: 277: 274: 272: 269: 267: 264: 262: 259: 258: 256: 244: 238: 234: 224: 223:Early Letters 220: 216: 212: 209: 205: 202: 198: 197: 191: 189: 188:John Paterson 184: 180: 178: 174: 170: 165: 163: 159: 155: 151: 141: 139: 135: 131: 127: 123: 119: 115: 111: 107: 103: 99: 95: 85: 83: 79: 75: 71: 67: 63: 59: 55: 51: 41: 39: 35: 31: 28: 25: 21: 242: 237: 222: 218: 214: 207: 200: 185: 181: 166: 147: 91: 78:Episcopalian 47: 19: 18: 266:1733 deaths 261:1655 births 138:Sheriffmuir 126:Barrowfield 40:from 1731. 255:Categories 230:References 160:by Bishop 130:Queen Anne 108:in nearby 102:Revolution 24:non-jurant 158:Edinburgh 106:Dundonald 66:Kilbirnie 30:clergyman 221:(1842); 217:(1843); 215:Analecta 169:George I 70:Ayrshire 50:Minister 194:Sources 110:Paisley 94:Glasgow 38:Glasgow 245:(2002) 225:(1937) 210:(1873) 203:(2000) 177:Stuart 150:Vienna 144:Bishop 56:, in 76:was 136:at 68:in 52:of 257:: 140:. 32:,

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non-jurant
Scottish Episcopal
clergyman
college bishop
Glasgow
Minister
New Kilpatrick
Dunbartonshire
University of Glasgow
Kilbirnie
Ayrshire
Church of Scotland
Episcopalian
disestablishing
Glasgow
St Mary's Cathedral
Revolution
Dundonald
Paisley
Clementina Walkinshaw
Provosts of Glasgow
MacDonald of Sleat
Barrowfield
Queen Anne
James Edward Stuart
Sheriffmuir
Vienna
college bishop
Edinburgh
John Fullarton

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