{{Short description|Scottish abbot and judge}} '''Alexander Myln'''{{ref label|a|a}} (1474 - circa 1549) was a Scottish abbot and judge.
He is thought to have come from Angus.<ref name="DNB">{{cite book |last1=Mackay |first1=Aenas James George |author1-link=Aeneas James George Mackay |editor1-last=Lee |editor1-first=Sidney |editor1-link=Sidney Lee |title=Dictionary of National Biography |date=1894 |volume=40 |page=2 |edition=1885-1900}}</ref> His father, John Myln, was appointed Master Mason to the Crown of Scotland in 1481.<ref name="DNB" /><ref name="Master Masons">{{cite book |last1=Mylne |first1=Robert Scott| author1-link=Robert Scott Mylne |title=The Master Masons to the Crown of Scotland and their Works |date=1893 |publisher=Scott & Ferguson and Burness & Company |location=Edinburgh}}</ref>{{rp|33}} He was educated at the University of St Andrews, from where he graduated in 1494.<ref name="DNB" /> Shortly after finishing university Myln was ordained, and by 1505 he was a rector under the Bishop of Dunkeld and a notary. Shortly after he was made a canon and official of Dunkeld. <ref name="Master Masons" />{{rp|17}}
In 1516, Albany, the regent of Scotland, wrote to Pope Leo X recommending that Myln be appointed abbot of Cambuskenneth Abbey, and he took up the appointment in 1517. At about the same time he followed in his father's footsteps, being appointed Master Mason by James V.<ref name="DNB" /><ref name="Master Masons" />{{rp|30-31}} In 1524, Myln was sent as part of a delegation to the court of Henry VIII that was intended to negotiate a marriage between James V and Henry's daughter Mary.<ref name="DNB" /><ref name="Master Masons" />{{rp|32}}
In 1526, Myln was one of eight men appointed to sit with the members of the King's Council on the Session, a central civil court constituted as part of the council.<ref name="Hannay">{{cite book |last1=Hannay |first1=RK |editor1-last=MacQueen |editor1-first=Hector L |title=The College of Justice |date=1990 |publisher=Stair Society}}</ref>{{rp|29-30}} In 1531 Myln was one of 31 men appointed to sit on the Session.<ref name="Hannay" />{{rp|212}} In 1532, the Parliament of Scotland passed an act reconstituting the Session as a College of Justice with 15 members. Myln was named as the inaugural president.<ref>The Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1707, K.M. Brown et al eds (St Andrews, 2007–2026), 1532/6. Date accessed: 16 April 2026.</ref>
Myln's death can be placed in 1548 or 1549, as he was succeeded as president by Robert Reid in the latter year.<ref name="DNB" />
==Notes== :{{note label|a|a}} Alternatively spelled 'Milne' or 'Mylne'.
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{s-start}} {{s-rel|ca}} {{s-bef|before=Patrick Panter}} {{s-ttl|title=Abbot of Cambuskenneth |years=1519 – 1548/9}} {{s-aft|after=David Panter |as=commendator}}
{{s-legal}} {{succession box|title=President of the College of Justice|before=Office Created |after=Robert Reid, Bishop of Orkney|years=1532–1548/9}} {{s-end}}
Category: 1474 births Category:Scottish abbots Category:16th-century Christian abbots Category:Lord presidents of the Court of Session Category:Alumni of the University of St Andrews Category:1540s deaths