Gavin Hamilton (bishop of Galloway)
The Right Reverend Gavin Hamilton | |
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| Bishop of Galloway | |
| Church | Church of Scotland |
| Diocese | Galloway |
| In office | 1605–1612 |
| Predecessor | Vacant Last preceded by George Gordon |
| Successor | William Couper |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 21 October 1610 by George Abbot |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1561 |
| Died | February 1612 |
| Previous post(s) | Minister of Hamilton |
Gavin Hamilton (1561 – 1612), bishop of Galloway, was the second son of John Hamilton of Orbiston, Lanarkshire. The father, descended from Sir James Hamilton of Cadzow, fell at the battle of Langside, fighting for Mary, Queen of Scots (13 May 1568).
Life
Gavin was born about 1561, and was educated at the
He was ordained and admitted to the second charge of Hamilton in 1590, was translated to the parish of Bothwell in 1594, and again to the first charge of Hamilton in 1604. At an early period of his ministry he was appointed by the general assembly to the discharge of important duties pertaining to the office of superintendent or visitor, and after 1597 he was one of the standing commission chosen by the church from among its more eminent clergy to confer with the king on ecclesiastical matters.[1]
A supporter of the royal measures for the restoration of
The church having agreed in 1610 to the restoration of the ecclesiastical power of bishops, Hamilton, with John Spottiswoode, archbishop of Glasgow, and Andrew Lamb, bishop of Brechin, were called up to London by the king, and were consecrated 21 October of that year in the chapel of London House according to the English ordinal by the bishop of London, the bishop of Ely, bishop of Rochester, and the bishop of Worcester. They were not reordained, as the validity of ordination by presbyters was then recognised by the English church and state.[1]
On his return to Scotland Hamilton assisted in consecrating the rest of the bishops, and died in February 1612, aged about 51.
References
Sources
- Keith, Robert, An Historical Catalogue of the Scottish Bishops: Down to the Year 1688, (London, 1824)
- Sprott, G. W. (1890). "Hamilton, Gavin (1561?-1612)". In Stephen, Leslie; Lee, Sidney (eds.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 24. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 154–155.
- Watt, D. E. R., Fasti Ecclesiae Scotinanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638, 2nd Draft, (St Andrews, 1969)
Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Sprott, George Washington (1890). "Hamilton, Gavin (1561?-1612)". In Stephen, Leslie; Lee, Sidney (eds.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 24. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 154–155.
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