Gavin Douglas
(1474-1522)

Gavin Douglas 1474-1522. Gavin Douglas was born in Tantallon Castle, East Lothian. He was the third son of Archibald "Bell-the-cat" Douglas, fifth Earl of Angus, and had a house near this spot. A student at St. Andrew's University, he was a poet known for his "Palice of Honour" and for his "Eneados", a transcription of Virgil's "Aenid" into Scots, to which he added his own verse prologues. In 1501 he became Dean or Provost of St. Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh and was elevated to Bishop of Dunkeld in 1515. He died of the plague in London in 1522. The shield below is an accurate reconstruction of the above originally badly eroded coat of arms of Gavin Douglas.

Corner of City Road and Argyle Street, St Andrews, United Kingdom where they lived near

The house of the Bishop of Dunkeld stood behind these buildings in a garden bounded by Baxters Vennel and entering from Fountain Close South Street. This house was erected prior to 1461 and was demolished in 1821 AD. Gavin Douglas Bishop of Dunkeld. B. 1474. D. 1522.

56 St John Street, Perth, United Kingdom where they lived