[1] He purchased Clunie Castle and the adjoining lands from the Diocese of Dunkeld where his cousin, Robert Crichton, was bishop.
He was born at Elliock House in January 1530, the son of John Crichton of Sanquhar and Mary Carmichael.
In February 1581 he was elected a Senator of the College of Justice.
[2] He appears to have left Scotland in 1582 and he died at Kielce in Poland on 15 May 1591.
He married three times, firstly c.1550 to Isobella Borthwick, daughter of David Borthwick, Lord Lochill a Senator of the College of Justice.