Robert Leighton

(1612-1684)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Leighton, Robert, 1611-1684 NRA: Leighton Robert (1611-1684) Archbishop of Glasgow DNB: Leighton, Robert (bap. 1612, d. 1684), archbishop of Glasgow LBT ID: RoLeigh1684 VIAF ID: 64283738 LOC ID: n84218672	B/BAP: 1612-10-01 DIED: 1684-06-26
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Born in Newcastle, he was principle of Edinburgh University (1653) and as archbishop of Glasgow (1669) strove for reconciliation among the doctrinal factions in Scotland.
REFERENCES TO Robert Leighton: Charles Lamb to Bernard Barton, [23 January 1824] in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905) Found 1: ¶ 6 Charles Lamb to William Wordsworth, [May 1825] in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905) Found 1: ¶ 3 Robert Southey to Henry Taylor, 23 April 1827 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Found 1: ¶ 2 Charles Cuthbert Southey, The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Ch. XXX. 1826-1827 Charles Lamb, The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905) Letters: 1824 Found 1: ¶ 8 Letters: 1825