Alexander Strachan (died 1607) was church of Scotland minister. He was exiled following the

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for not retreating from his presbyterian principles.

Life

Alexander Strachan was on the Exercise at St Andrews 28 June 1593. He was admitted to Second Charge, Cupar, before 1599. He was translated, and admitted to

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about 1605. Strachan was one of those who constituted the

on 2 July 1605, against the King's wishes, for which he was denounced on 18 July, and imprisoned at

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on 3 August. He was tried before the Lords of Justiciary on 10 January 1606. As a result he was banished for life. He went to

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where he died of fever in

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in 1607, after petitioning the King in vain for liberty to return on account of his health.

Bibliography

*Calderwood's Hist., vi. 284, 289 et seq. *Pitcairn's Criminal Trials in Scotland, ii., 494, 503 *Melvill's Autobiography *P. C. Reg., xiv., 422

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