George Gledstanes
Minister of the Church of Scotland, Bishop of Caithness, Bishop of St Andrews
George Gledstanes (or Gladstanes; c. 1562 – 1615) was an Archbishop of St Andrews during the seventeenth century.
Biography
Early life
George Gledstanes was a son of Herbert Gladstanes, clerk of Dundee, and one of the bailies of that town. He was born there between 1560 and 1565, and after spending some time at Dundee Grammar School went in 1576 to the university of St. Andrews, where he graduated Master of Arts in 1580. He probably afterwards studied theology under Andrew Melville. He was for some time a teacher of languages in Montrose, and was appointed reader in that town in 1585. Before 23 July 1587 he was ordained minister of St. Cyrus or Ecclesgreig in Kincardineshire, and had at the same time the church of Aberluthnott, or Marykirk, also under his care. During his residence at St.
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