SCOTT, Robert Minister of Glenbuchat, Reverend Mr ¹

  General Notes:

"ROBERT SCOTT, born 1778, son of William S; farmer, Rothiemay; educated at King's College, Aberdeen; M.A. (27th March 1800); became
tutor in the family of Major Innes at Keiss; licen. by Presb. of Caithness 5th March 1805; pres. by George III. 22nd Feb., and ord. 9th June 1808; pres. to Forgue Nov. 1833, but declined; died 16th June 1855. He marr. 15th April 1812, Mary Margaret (died 23rd Oct. 1830), second daugh. of James Forsyth, min. of Belhelvie, and had issue Isabella Elizabeth, born 27th May 1813 (marr. Charles
McCombie, LL.D., min. of Lumphanan); Elizabeth Mary, born 25th Dec. 1814 (marr. William Reid, min. of Auchindoir). PublicationAccount of the Parish (New Stat. Acc., xii).[Aberdeenshire Epitaphs, 464.]"

from Fasti Ecclesiae

Robert Scott was in receipt of a 'Braco Burse', a scholarship established and administered by the Duff family. This supported Scott in his education at King's College. Rothiemay, where he was born, was the seat of this wealthy, landed family. ¹

  Research Notes:

THE GLENBUCHAT BALLADS

Scott is considered to be the compiler of a collection of old Scottish ballads published in 2007 as The Glenbuchat Ballads edited by David Buchan and James Madeira. The Introduction provides background to Glenbuchat, or Glenbucket as it was, and Scott's life.

Robert married Mary Margaret FORSYTH, daughter of Reverend Mr James FORSYTH Minister of Belhelvie and Isabell SIM, on 15 April 1812.¹ (Mary Margaret FORSYTH was born on 28 March 1776, baptised on 6 April 1776 in Belhelvie parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland ^{1 2} and died in 1830.)