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JOHN COLVILLE (c. 154o-16o5)

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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 748 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JOHN See also:COLVILLE (c. 154o-16o5)  , Scottish divine and author, was the son of See also:Robert See also:Colville of Cleish, in the See also:county of Kinross . Educated at St See also:Andrews University, he became a Presbyterian See also:minister, but occupied himself chiefly with See also:political intrigue, sending See also:secret See also:information to the See also:English See also:government concerning Scottish affairs . HA0 joined the party of the See also:earl of See also:Gowrie, and took See also:part in the See also:Raid of See also:Ruthven in 1582 . In 1587 he for a See also:short See also:time occupied a seat on the judicial See also:bench, and was See also:commissioner for See also:Stirling in the Scottish See also:parliament . In See also:December 1591 he was implicated in the earl of See also:Bothwell's attack on Holyrood See also:Palace, and was outlawed with the earl . He retired abroad, and is said to have joined the See also:Roman See also:Church . He died in See also:Paris in 1605 . Colville was the author of several See also:works, including an Oratio Funebris on See also:Queen See also:Elizabeth, and some political and religious controversial essays . He is said to be the author also of The Historie and See also:Life of See also:King See also:James the Sext (edited by T . See also:Thompson for the See also:Bannatyne See also:Club, See also:Edinburgh, 1825) . Colville's See also:Original Letters, 7582-1603, published by the Bannatyne Club in 1858, contains a See also:biographical memoir by the editor, See also:David See also:Laing .

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