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A native of Haddingtonshire (East Lothian), and cousin of the painter John Scougal, in 1624 he graduated from the University of Edinburgh as Master of Arts.
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Patrick Scougal
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In 1636, he became a minister of Dairsie parish, Fife, moving on to Leuchars in 1645 and then to Saltoun, near Edinburgh, in 1659. He refused an offer to become Professor of Divinity at Edinburgh University in 1662. In this period, Scougal showed himself to be an extremely religious ideologue, preaching against papists and playing a leading role in the national witchhunt of the 1660s.
However, his views on episcopacy became clear when in early 1664 he was offered and accepted the post of Bishop of Aberdeen.
Perhaps because of his known and well-established religious fervour, hostility to Scougal"s newly shown pro-episcopacy sentiments was comparatively muted. In the same year, Scougal became Chancellor of King"s College, Aberdeen.
When he died (aged seventy-three) of asthma on 16 February 1682, he left much of his wealth to the hospital of Old Aberdeen, King"s College Library and Aberdeen Cathedral. Scougal married firstly, Margaret Wemyss, and by her had five children, including the famous minister Henry Scougal.
Bishop Scougall was interred in Aberdeen Cathedral.
His monument, a mural tomb on the south-west wall of the nave, is a notable, if slightly naïve example of 17th century Scottish neo-classical design, including a "portrait" of Scougal (see above), and a rich array of symbolic ornament.
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Religion
Protestant