Alexander Rose (bishop)
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Alexander Rose (1647–1720) was a Scottish scholar, minister and bishop. He was a Church of Scotland minister before becoming Professor of Divinity at the University of Glasgow and Principal of St Mary's College, St Andrews. He rose to become Bishop of Moray and then Bishop of Edinburgh. He was responsible for failing to convince King William III of England that the Scottish bishops could be trusted, leading to the abolition of Episcopacy in Scotland. Rose continued as a nonjuring bishop, eventually becoming leader of the informal and embryonic Scottish Episcopal Church.
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Alexander Rose (bishop)
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Alexander Rose
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Alexander Rose
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1720-03-20
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1645
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Portrait of Alexander Rose by Pierre Lombart
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1720-03-20
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The Right Reverend
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1687
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Bishop
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1687
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since 1689 nonjuring bishop
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Alexander Rose (1647–1720) was a Scottish scholar, minister and bishop. He was a Church of Scotland minister before becoming Professor of Divinity at the University of Glasgow and Principal of St Mary's College, St Andrews. He rose to become Bishop of Moray and then Bishop of Edinburgh. He was responsible for failing to convince King William III of England that the Scottish bishops could be trusted, leading to the abolition of Episcopacy in Scotland. Rose continued as a nonjuring bishop, eventually becoming leader of the informal and embryonic Scottish Episcopal Church.
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1687-03-08
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Metropolitan of the Scottish Episcopal Church (1704–1720)
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Principal of St Mary's College, St Andrews
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8733
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Bishop of Edinburgh