George Crichton or Crichtoun served as Abbot of Holyrood Abbey then as the Bishop of Dunkeld until his death on 24 January 1543.
He was abbot of Holyrood Abbey in Edinburgh from at least 1515, succeeding Robert Bellenden.
In Edinburgh, he founded the hospital of St Thomas, close to the Water Gate on the Royal Mile.
He it turn presented to Holyrood Abbey, from whence it was looted by Sir Richard Lee during an English attack on Edinburgh in 1544.
[2] He is believed to be the uncle of Robert Crichton, who served as the last known medieval Bishop of Dunkeld until 1554.