James Scott, duke of Monmouth

(1649-1685)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Monmouth, James Scott, Duke of, 1649-1685 NRA: Scott James (1649-1685) Duke of Monmouth DNB: Scott [formerly Crofts], James, duke of Monmouth and first duke of Buccleuch (1649-1685), politician LBT ID: DuMonmo VIAF ID: 35251748 LOC ID: n50066834	B/BAP: 1649-04-09 DIED: 1685-07-15
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The illegitimate son of Charles II and claimant to the throne; he was the subject of Dryden's poem Absalom and Achitophel (1681).
REFERENCES TO James Scott, duke of Monmouth: James Fenimore Cooper to Samuel Rogers, 19 January 1831 in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889) Found 1: ¶ 6 Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter I 1804-05 Found 1: ¶ 28 Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch 20: Lord Munster Found 1: ¶ 1 Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Fifty Years’ Recollections, Literary and Personal, with Observations on Men and Things. 3 vols (London: Charles J. Skeet, 1858) Chapter IX. Found 3: ¶ 21 ¶ 22 ¶ 23 Clayden, Peter William, 1827-1902, Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889) Chapter I. 1828-1830. Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912, The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897) Chapter 14: 1826-32 Found 1: ¶ 1