Chisholm, William (2)

Chisholm, William (2)

a Scotch prelate, nephew of the foregoing, was constituted coadjutor to his uncle in the see of Dunblane, June 1561; succeeded him in 1564; was much occupied in royal embassies; but was deprived for non-compliance with ecclesiastical rules, and withdrew to France, where, it is said, he was made bishop of Vaison, and died in old age, a Carthusian of Grenoble. See Keith, Scottish Bishops, page 180.