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date: 07 December 2019

Crichton, James [called the Admirable Crichton]locked

(1560–1582)
  • J. H. Burns

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Crichton, James [called the Admirable Crichton] (1560–1582), rhetorician and soldier, was born on 19 August 1560, probably at Eliock near Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire, the son of Robert Crichton (d. 1582), lawyer.

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