# David Strachan (bishop) > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/David_Strachan_(bishop) > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/David_Strachan_(bishop).md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Strachan_(bishop) > Source revision: 1171367904 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Scottish bishop}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}} {{Use British English|date=November 2012}} thumb|Brechin Cathedral and the clock presented by Strachan '''David Strachan''' (c.1601–1671) was a Scottish clergyman who rose to be Protestant [Bishop of Brechin](/source/Bishop_of_Brechin). ==Life== He was born around 1601 the son of James Strachan of [Monboddo](/source/Monboddo). He was educated at [Edinburgh University](/source/Edinburgh_University) graduating MA in 1622.''Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae''; vol. 7, by Hew Scott In August 1630 he became minister of [Fettercairn](/source/Fettercairn). In 1662, after [the Restoration](/source/the_Restoration_(Scotland)), [episcopacy](/source/episcopacy_in_the_Church_of_Scotland) was restored in the [Church of Scotland](/source/Church_of_Scotland) and Strachan was appointed [Bishop of Brechin](/source/Bishop_of_Brechin) under patronage of Charles II. He was [consecrated](/source/Consecration) on 7 May 1662 at [St Andrews Cathedral](/source/St_Andrews_Cathedral) and took office on 3 August 1662. In 1665 he presented a clock to the church for installation on the steeple. He died on 9 October 1671. He is buried in Brechin Cathedral just in front of his pulpit. ==Family== He married twice: firstly to Margaret Henderson. Their children included: David Strachan (b.1640) parson of Montrose; James Strachan (1642–1685) apprenticed in Edinburgh, later Commissary of Brechin; John Strachan (b.1647) apprenticed in Edinburgh; Christian; Mary married John Mathie; Beatrix married Rev John Strachan, minister of Strachan; and Margaret. He secondly married Anne Barclay daughter of David Barclay of Mather, widow of John Douglas of Tilliquhilly. ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Refbegin}} * {{citation | last= Keith | first= Robert |authorlink= Robert Keith (historian) | title= An Historical Catalogue of the Scottish Bishops: Down to the Year 1688 |year= 1824 | edition = New |publisher= Printed for Bell & Bradfute|location=London |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=9G8AAAAAMAAJ }} {{Refend}} {{s-start}} {{s-rel|sc}} |- {{s-vac|last =[Walter Whitford](/source/Walter_Whitford)}} {{s-ttl | title=[Bishop of Brechin](/source/Bishop_of_Brechin) | years=1662–1671 }} {{s-aft | after= [Robert Laurie](/source/Robert_Laurie_(bishop)) }} {{s-end}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Strachan, David}} Category:1671 deaths Category:Bishops of Brechin (Church of Scotland) Category:17th-century Scottish Episcopalian bishops Category:People from Fettercairn Category:Scottish Restoration bishops Category:Year of birth unknown Category:Members of the Parliament of Scotland 1661–1663 Category:Members of the Parliament of Scotland 1669–1674 Category:Year of birth uncertain --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [David Strachan (bishop)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Strachan_(bishop)) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Strachan_(bishop)?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.