John Sempill, 1st Lord Sempill of Eliotstoun (died 9 September 1513) was a Scottish

Scotland

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Sempill was the founder of the collegiate Church of Lochwinnoch

Lochwinnoch

Lochwinnoch is a village in the council area and historic county of Renfrewshire in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. Lying on the banks of Castle Semple Loch and the River Calder, Lochwinnoch is chiefly a residential dormitory village serving nearby urban centres such as Glasgow and Paisley...

 and was created Lord Sempill in the Peerage of Scotland

Peerage of Scotland

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 around 1489. He was killed at the Battle of Flodden in September 1513, along with many other Scottish peers. Lord Sempill was succeeded in the lordship by his son William.