| Administrative History | The oldest of the Scots Colleges abroad, Douai was finally established in 1580 after several changes of locale at Douai, in the Spanish Netherlands, which later became part of France. The College benefited from having a number of important early benefactors, such as James Cheyne of Aboyne, a canon of Tournai. The superiors of the college were Scots Jesuits, until the suppression of the Society of Jesus in 1764, after which date it was administered by Scottish secular priests. The Scots College at Douai had strong links with Mary, Queen of Scots: she was a generous benefactor of what she called Cheynes Seminary. The well known portrait of Mary, Queen of Scots now at Blairs College Museum came from the Scots College Douai. The College suffered the same fate as the Scots College Paris during the French Revolution. |