Robert Morehead
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Robert Morehead FRSE (9 March 1777 – 13 December 1842) was a Scottish clergyman and poet who served as Dean of Edinburgh from 1818 to 1832.'EDINBURGH' The Aberdeen Journal (Aberdeen, Scotland), Wednesday, November 21, 1832; Issue 4428
Life
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Morehead was born on 9 March 1777 near Stirling in central Scotland, the son of Isabella Lockhart and William Morehead FRSE (1737–1793).{{cite web |url=http://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf |title=Archived copy |website=www.royalsoced.org.uk |access-date=15 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116140212/http://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf |archive-date=16 January 2014 |url-status=dead}}
He studied divinity at Balliol College, Oxford, and was ordained in 1802. He held incumbencies at the Qualified Chapel in Leith, and in 1806 moved to the Cowgate Chapel in Edinburgh”Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689-2000” Bertie, D.M p375 : Edinburgh T & T Clark {{ISBN|0-567-08746-8}} In 1818 he became incumbent at the newly built St Paul's Chapel on York Place in the Edinburgh's New Town, serving alongside Rev Archibald Alison.{{cite book |last1=Storer |first1=James |last2=Storer |first2=H. S. (Henry Sargant) |title=Views in Edinburgh and its vicinity; |date=1820 |publisher=Edinburgh, A. Constable & Co.; [etc., etc.] |page=311 |url=https://archive.org/stream/viewsinedinburgh02stor/viewsinedinburgh02stor#page/311/mode/1up/search/st.+paul |accessdate=13 June 2020}} He was also dean of the city. In 1832 he left Edinburgh to be rector of Easington in Yorkshire.
In 1810 he lived at 1 Hill Street.Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1810 In the 1830s he is listed as living at 26 Hill Street in the centre of Edinburgh's New Town.{{Cite web|url=http://digital.nls.uk/83401227|title=Edinburgh Post Office annual directory, 1832–1833|website=National Library of Scotland|access-date=2018-01-18}} The building was demolished to create a small car park.
In 1817 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Sir George Steuart Mackenzie, Archibald Alison and Henry Mackenzie. He resigned from the Society in 1837.{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0-902-198-84-X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf}}
He died on 13 December 1842.'Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries' The Morning Post (London, England), Thursday, December 22, 1842; Issue 22442
Family
He was married to Margaret Wilson. Their children included William Ambrose Morehead and Charles Morehead FRSE (1807–1882) an authority on tropical diseases.
Publications
Morehead was a frequent contributor to the Edinburgh Review.
- An Essay on the Nature and Principles of Taste
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