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Excerpt from A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen, Vol. 6: Lesley-Ramsay <p>On the death of his royal patron he went abroad, where he remained till after the restoration. He then returned to England, and in 166] was translated to the see of Clogher. Here he remained till his death, which took place in 1671, when he was Upwards of one hundred years of age. He was then the oldest bishop in the world, having filled that dignified station for fifty years. <p>About the Publisher <p>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com <p>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.