Robert Barron (1596–1639) was a Scottish academic who was elected Bishop of Orkney in the Church of Scotland but died before his consecration.
In 1624 he translated to Greyfriars Church, Aberdeen and in December 1625 took on the additional role as Professor of Divinity at Marischal College.
This was, in part, caused by his hope to achieve the post of Bishop of Orkney which at that time lay vacant, and for which King Charles I had given Barron support.
[citation needed] He never returned to Aberdeen but lived his final months in Berwick-upon-Tweed, having fallen ill en-route, and he died there on 19 August 1639, prior to his agreed consecration as Bishop.
[citation needed] After his death his wife was forced to pass government officials the key to his quarters at Marischal College and his rooms were ransacked in a manner as though he was to have been charged with Arminianism.