Peter Blackburn

Peter Blackburn was a Scottish scholar and prelate. Born in Glasgow, he became a lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Glasgow. [Keith, "An Historical Catalogue", p. 131.]

On September 2, 1600, King James VI of Scotland provided him as Bishop of Aberdeen,Watt, "Fasti Ecclesiae", p. 4.] attaching to the appointment a seat in the Parliament of Scotland - an innovation which was denounced by Charles Ferme. [Gordon, "Ferme [Fairholm] , Charles (1565/6–1617)".] 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. [MacDonald, "Gledstanes , George (c.1562–1615)".]

He died on June 14, 1616, at Aberdeen.

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* Gordon, Alexander, "Ferme [Fairholm] , Charles (1565/6–1617)", rev. Alan R. MacDonald, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/9342 , 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 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/10784 , accessed 22 Feb 2007]