title: John Ochterlony
text: # John Ochterlony
  
  John Ochterlony, MA (1667–1742) was an Anglican clergyman who served in the Scottish Episcopal Church as the Bishop of Brechin from 1731 to 1742.
  
  ## Biography
  
  He was consecrated a college bishop in the Scottish Episcopal Church on 4 June 1727 at Edinburgh by bishops Freebairn, Cant and Duncan. He was appointed the Bishop of the Diocese of Brechin in December 1731. He died in office in May 1742, aged 75.
  
  