James Stewart, first earl of Moray

(1531 c.-1570)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Moray, James Stewart, Earl of, ca. 1531-1570 NRA: Stewart James (c 1531-1570) Earl of Moray DNB: Stewart, James, first earl of Moray (1531/2-1570), regent of Scotland LBT ID: LdMoray1 VIAF ID: 39246395 LOC ID: nr93007807	B/BAP: 1531 DIED: 1570-01-23
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The illegitimate son of King James V, he was Regent of Scotland for King James VI of Scotland from 1567 until he was assassinated by James Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh in 1570.
REFERENCES TO James Stewart, first earl of Moray: Walter Scott to Anna Seward, [16 August 1802] in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 1: ¶ 2 Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter X 1800-02 Found 1: ¶ 18 Chapter XI 1802-03 Found 1: ¶ 14