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In 1719, he married Isobel Cameron, daughter of the Reverend John Cameron, Incumbent of Kincardine-in-Menteith. They had two children: an unnamed daughter (died before 1757), and Catharine who married Stewart Carmichael, an Edinburgh merchant, in 1752.
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In March 1720, he was one of the clergy of Edinburgh who met to elect Arthur Ross's successor.
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on 16 August 1710, and from November 1710 to February 1713, he was
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In 1716, he and other clergy in Edinburgh were prosecuted by the
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The grave of Bishop Robert Keith, Canongate Kirkyard, Edinburgh
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in Edinburgh. The grave lies slightly west of the church.
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of the meeting-house; a post he kept until his death.
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in December 1731. Between 1733 and 1743, he was also
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Countess. Three years later, he was ordained to the
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The Most Reverend
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