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David Panter [also written Painter or Paniter] (died 1558) Scottish diplomat clerk and bishop of Ross was the illegitimate son of Patrick Paniter secretary to James IV; his mother was Margaret Crichton illegitimate daughter of William Crichton 3rd Lord Crichton and widow countess of Rothes.He and his sister were legitimised on 13 August 1513. He was a university graduate probably at the University of St.