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being elected Principal instead. However, since Colvill had already given in his demission to his church and left the Netherlands, he was allowed a year's stipend (2000 Scots merks) for his trouble and expense.
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In November 1654 he was reponed by the Synod of Lothian and reallowed to minister, being reordained as minister of Perth. When Leighton resigned from the university to become
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Colvill had originally been elected principal of the university in April 1652 following the death of
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in 1662, Colvill left Perth and finally became Principal of Edinburgh University.
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Following Marion's death he married Marion Fyfe and had one further son:
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in July 1648 and formally deposed in July 1649. After this he went to
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and was viewed with suspicion for some years. He was suspended by the
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where he ministered at the English church in Utrecht.
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He married Marion Brisbane and had several children:
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Pearce, A. S. Wayne. "Colville, William (d. 1675)".
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William J. Colvill
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Church of Scotland
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University of Edinburgh

University of St Andrews
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Edinburgh
Trinity College Church
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Marquess of Montrose
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John Adamson
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Robert Leighton
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