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henry edgar
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henry edgar

henry edgar -lrb- 1698 -- 1765 -rrb- was a scottish episcopal minister who served as the bishop of fife from 1762 to 1765 .
he was born in keithock , near brechin , and baptised on 2 april 1698 , the son of david edgar and elizabeth guthrie .
he was educated at marischal college , abedeen from 1712 to 1714 .
he married barbara rait -lrb- 1692 -- 1774 -rrb- , daughter of the reverend william rait , incumbent of monikie , and isobel yeaman , and sister of the right reverend james rait , bishop of brechin .
his first pastoral appointments were as assistant minister -lrb- 1727 -- 29 -rrb- and then incumbent -lrb- 1729 -- 32 -rrb- at careston , followed by as the incumbent of arbroath -lrb- 1732 -- 65 -rrb- ; a post he held until his death .
after the jacobite rising of 1745 , edgar was arrested for not praying for king george ii but the case dismissed by the local magistrates after he said that he had ' '' `` prayed for the king '' '' .
he was appointed coadjutor bishop of fife and consecrated at cupar on 18 october 1759 by robert white , primus of the scottish episcopal church , with bishops falconer , rait , and alexander serving as co-consecrators .
following the death of robert white in 1761 , edgar became bishop of fife on 24 june 1762 .
he died in office in arbroath on 22 august 1765 , aged 67 , and was buried in the grounds of arbroath abbey .
