Patrick Adamson
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Archbishop Patrick Adamson 
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| Installed | 1576 |
| Predecessor | John Douglas |
| Successor | George Gledstanes |
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| Born | 1537 Royal Burgh of Perth |
| Died | 1592 St Andrews, Scotland |
| Nationality |
 Scottish
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| Denomination | Catholic; Reformed |
| Occupation | Prelate and courtier |
| Profession | Theologian |
| Alma mater | University of St Andrews |
Patrick Adamson (1537–1592) was a Scottish divine, and Archbishop of St Andrews from 1575.
He was born at Perth where his father, Patrick Adamson, a burgess became of Merchant Guildry.
Adamson read philosophy at the University of St Andrews where he graduated as MA, later receiving a doctorate.
After serving as Minister of Ceres, Fife for three years, in 1565, Adamson travelled to Paris as tutor to the eldest son of Sir James MacGill, the Lord Clerk Register (or Clericus Rotulorum of Scotland), serving there initially as a Knights Hospitaller chaplain.
In June 1566 he wrote a Latin poem on the birth of Prince James for Mary, Queen of Scots and her King consort, Lord Darnley; by describing the young James as serenissimus princeps "of France and England" which, leaked by a rival to Charles IX of France's courtiers, caused offence resulting in six months' detention in France. He was released only through the intercession of Queen Mary and other senior Scots nobility, thereafter relocating with his pupil to read Law at the University of Bourges.
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