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George Douglas (bishop)
George
Douglas
was a
late medieval
Scottish
nobleman
and
prelate
. A son of
Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus
, he was
elected
by the
chapter
of the
diocese of Moray
by
22 December
1573
several
months
after the death
of
Patrick Hepburn
, the previous
Bishop of Moray
. He held the bishopric for
16
years, until his
death
on
28 December
1589. He was
buried
in
the church
of
Holyrood Abbey
.