Claim: Henry Christie, the youngest son of Henry Christie of Craigton, was consecrated at Dundee on 28 April 1709 as a college bishop in the Scottish Episcopal Church to maintain the Episcopal succession without being committed to a particular Episcopal see.
Evidence: Born in 1655, he was the youngest son of Henry Christie of Craigton. Twenty years later, he was consecrated at Dundee on 28 April 1709 as a college bishop in the Scottish Episcopal Church by bishops Rose, Douglas and Sage. He and other college bishops were consecrated to maintain the Episcopal succession without being committed to a particular Episcopal see.