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James Paton (1522 – 1596) was a 16th-century Scottish cleric from Ballilisk Kinross. He matriculated at St Salvator’s College University of St Andrews on 26 November 1540. He was a supporter of the Scottish Reformation of 1560 and in 1567 became Minister of Muckhart parish Clackmannanshire. After the forfeiture of Bishop Robert Crichton in 1571 Paton became Bishop of Dunkeld.