Gavin Hamilton
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Gavin Hamilton was an early modern Scottish prelate, coadjutor of the Archdiocese of St. Andrews, and Archbishop of St. Andrews.
Gavin was the son of James Hamilton of Raploch. He had been Abbot of Kilwinning. In 1555, he was appointed as the coadjutor, i.e. successor, of Archbishop John Hamilton of St Andrews. Archbishop John Hamilton died on April 7, 1571; Gavin's name is mentioned in the record of a parliament held at Edinburgh on June 13, as "Gawan Hamilton, archbishop of St. Andrews". Although there is no record of his formal appointment, the parliament notice appears to tell us that Gavin indeed ruled as bishop for a few months. Gavin died in a skirmish a few days after this parliament.
[edit] Reference
- Dowden, John, The Bishops of Scotland, ed. J. Maitland Thomson, (Glasgow, 1912)
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| Preceded by John Hamilton |
Archbishop of St. Andrews 1571 |
Succeeded by John Douglas |
[Known] Pre-Norman Bishops
Cellach I · Fothad I · Máel Ísu I · Cellach II · Máel Muire · Máel Ísu II · Ailín · Máel Dúin · Túathal · Fothad II · Giric · Cathróe
Norman and Post-Norman Bishops
Turgot · Eadmer · Robert de Scon · Ernald · Richard · John the Scot · Hugh · Roger de Beaumont · William de Malveisin · Galfred de Liberatione · David de Bernham · Robert de Stuteville · Abel de Golynn · Gamelin · William Wishart · William Fraser · William de Lamberton · James Bane · William Bell · William de Landallis · Stephen de Pa · Walter Trail · Thomas Stewart · Walter de Danyelston · Gilbert de Greenlaw · Henry Wardlaw · James Kennedy · Patrick Graham
Pre-Reformation Archbishops
Patrick Graham · James Stewart · Alexander Stewart · John Hepburn · Innocenzo Cibo · Andrew Forman · James Beaton · David Beaton · John Hamilton · Gavin Hamilton
Post-Reformation Archbishops
John Douglas · Patrick Adamson · George Gledstanes · John Spottiswood · James Sharp · Alexander Burnet · Arthur Rose
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