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1571Apr, 6

John Hamilton (archbishop of St Andrews)

John Hamilton, Scottish archbishop and academic (b. 1512)
John Hamilton (3 February 1512 – 6 April 1571), Scottish prelate and politician, was an illegitimate son of The 1st Earl of Arran (in the Peerage of Scotland).

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