James Douglas, fourth earl of Morton

(1516 c.-1581)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Morton, James Douglas, Earl of, ca. 1516-1581 NRA: Douglas James (d 1581) 4th Earl of Morton DNB: Douglas, James, fourth earl of Morton (c.1516–1581), regent and chancellor of Scotland LBT ID: LdMorto4 VIAF ID: 46507950 LOC ID: no2006004786	B/BAP: 1516 DIED: 1581-06-02
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
Regent of Scotland (1572-78); complicit in the murder of David Rizzio, he was executed for his part in the murder of Lord Darnley.
REFERENCES TO James Douglas, fourth earl of Morton: Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter VIII 1831 Found 1: ¶ 25