STRACHAN, Robert Headmaster of Montrose Grammar School ¹

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  Noted events in his life were:

• Appointed: Headmaster, 1704, of Montrose Grammar School, Angus, Scotland. ²

Robert married Elizabeth WISHART.¹ (Elizabeth WISHART was born about 1670.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Robert Strachan, eldest son of Mr John Strachan, minister of Strachan, became Rector of the Grammar School of Montrose. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Mr James Wishart, whom he succeeded as Rector of the Grammar School in 1683, and sister of Mr William Wishart, minister of Wamfray, by whom he had four sons and three daughters"

from Memorials of the Families of Strachan and Wise (1877)

Note:

Robert Strachan did not follow James Wishart as headmaster. James Wishart died in 1684 and William Langmuir became master until 1704 when Robert Strachan took over the post. The designation Rector was not in use until 1752. ^{1 2}