About John Alexander
Lived 1694 – 1776 (aged 81–82). John Alexander was an anglican priest.
John Alexander (1694–1776) was an Anglican bishop who served in the Scottish Episcopal Church as Bishop of Dunkeld from 1743 to 1776.
Born in 1694, he was the son of the Reverend John Alexander, Incumbent of Kildrummy, and Anna Alexander, née Gordon. He was educated at Marischal College, Aberdeen from 1706 to 1710. It had been intended that he would succeed his father at Kildrummy, however, his ecclesiastical career took him elsewhere.
He died in office on 24 April 1776, at age 82.
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