Peter Blackburn

Peter Blackburn was a Scottish scholar and prelate. Born in Glasgow, he became a lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Glasgow.^[1]

On 2 September 1600, King James VI of Scotland provided him as Bishop of Aberdeen,^[2] attaching to the appointment a seat in the Parliament of Scotland - an innovation which was denounced by Charles Ferme.^[3] Another part of the controversy was that no new bishop had been appointed since 1585, and Blackburn's provision, along with those of David Lindsay to the bishopric of Ross and George Gledstanes' provision to the bishopric of Caithness, broke this lull.^[4]

He died on 14 June 1616, at Aberdeen.^[2]

Notes

Gordon, Alexander, "Ferme [Fairholm], Charles (1565/6–1617)", rev. Alan R. MacDonald, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 , accessed 22 Feb 2007
Keith, Robert, An Historical Catalogue of the Scottish Bishops: Down to the Year 1688, (London, 1924)
MacDonald, Alan R., "Gledstanes , George (c.1562–1615)", in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 , accessed 22 Feb 2007

Religious titles
Preceded by David Cunningham	Bishop of Aberdeen 1600–1616	Succeeded by Alexander Forbes

Bishops of Aberdeen

Bishops of Mortlach	Beóán of Mortlach Donercius Cormac of Mortlach Nechtan of Aberdeen

Pre-Reformation	Nechtan of Aberdeen Edward of Aberdeen Matthew John of Kelso Adam de Kald Matthew the Scot Gilbert de Stirling Radulf de Lamley Peter de Ramsay Richard de Potton Hugh de Benin Henry le Chen Walter Herok Alexander de Kininmund (elder) William de Deyn John de Rait Alexander de Kininmund (younger) Adam de Tyninghame Gilbert de Greenlaw Henry de Lichton Ingram Lindsay Thomas Spens Robert Blackadder William Elphinstone James Ogilvie Robert Forman Alexander Gordon Gavin Dunbar George Learmond William Stewart William Gordon

Church of Scotland	David Cunningham Peter Blackburn Alexander Forbes Patrick Forbes Adam Bellenden David Mitchel Alexander Burnet Patrick Scougal George Haliburton

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