BURNET, Gilbert Professor of Divinity, Bishop of Salisbury, Right Reverend Mr ^{2 3}

   Cause of his death was pleurisy.¹

   User ID: A684.

  General Notes:

"BURNET
GILBERT
ROBERT BURNET/RACHEL JOHNSTOUN FR1289 (FR1289)
M
21/09/1643
685/1 50 63
Edinburgh"

from Births and Baptisms




Old Parish Registers
Edinburgh parish Edinburgh
Baptisms

"21. Septem. 1643
Mr Robert Burnet Advocat Rachel Johnstoun. A.S.N. Gilbert wit Sir Archibald Jonstoun of Wariston Mr Samuel Johnstoun advoc. Mr George Winrame of the Inch mr Johnne Simnson writter" ^{2 3}

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Named: Professor of Divinity, 1669, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland.

Gilbert married Margaret KENNEDY, daughter of John KENNEDY 6th Earl of Cassilis, Privy Counsellor and Jean HAMILTON, about 1669.¹ (Margaret KENNEDY was born about 1640.)

  Marriage Notes:

"During his residence at Glasgow, Gilbert Burnet married, in 1669, Lady Margaret Kennedy, daughter of John, 6th Earl of Cassillis, by whom he had no family. This lady was an intimate friend of the Duchess of Hamilton, at whose house he was a frequent guest, and where he made her acquaintance."

from Family of Burnett of Leys ¹

Gilbert next married Maria SCOTT in 1688 in The Hague, Holland.¹ (Maria SCOTT was born about 1645 and died in 1698 ¹.). The cause of her death was smallpox.¹

  Marriage Notes:

"At the Hague, in 1688, Gilbert Burnet married his second wife, Mrs. Mary Scott, who is thus described by her son : -

'A Dutch lady of large fortune and noble extraction. Her ancestor on the father's side was a younger brother of the family of Buccleugh, who upon a quarrel in Scotland went over to Holland ; his son was a Brigadier General at the siege of Middleburgh in 1574, and afterwards Deputy for the Province of Zealand in the Assennbly of the States General ; his grandson, Appolonius Scot, who was the lady's grandfather, was President of the High Court of Justice at the Hague. On the mother's side, who was a De Ruyter, she was related to the principal families in Guellder.' " (pages 136-137)

"By his second wife, Maria Scot, Bishop Burnet had three sons and two daughters (all his family, except two daughters by his third wife, who died in infancy)" (pages 139-140)

from Family of Burnett of Leys ¹

Gilbert next married Elizabeth BLAKE after 1698.¹ (Elizabeth BLAKE was born about 1655 and died in 1708 ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

"In 1698 the Bishop lost his second wife by small-pox, and in the same year undertook the education of the young Duke of Gloucester. He shortly afterwards married his third wife, Elizabeth (who died 1708), eldest daughter of Sir Richard Blake, Kt, and widow of Robert Berkeley of Spetchley, Co. Worcester. This lady was authoress of 'A Method of Devotion,' edited, after her death, by Dr. Goodwyn, Archbishop of Cashel."

from Family of Burnett of Leys ¹