James Semple

Born 1st May 1638, the son of Lord Hugh Semple and Elizabeth Hay, daughter of Earl of Errol; a nephew of Colonel William Semple; to Scots College, Douai, 1649 (Figures); to Scots College, Madrid, 18th February 1656; joined Society of Jesus, 14th May 1656, and went to novitiate of Huete, near Cuenca; taught Rhetoric in College for eight years, c. 1660-70; was in Scotland for seventeen years; returned to Province of Toledo and died in Madrid (after 1693 ?).