Robert Sempill
Robert Sempill, the younger (c. 1663), Scottish poet, son of James Sempill, was educated at the University of Glasgow, having matriculated in March 1613. During the Civil War he fought for the Stuarts, and seems to have suffered heavy pecuniary losses under the Commonwealth.
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Born in 1590, died in 1660.
Robert Sempill studied at University of Glasgow.
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- Ferguson, Margaret, "The Bards o Beltrees", in Annand, J.K. (ed.), Lallans, Number 19, Mairtinmas 1982, Scots Language Society, pp. 15 - 19,
- Sempill, Sir James, Robert and Francis. Sempill, Sir James, Robert and Francis s.v. Robert Sempill [the younger]. 24. 633.
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