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Born c.1541
Died December 21, 1608 • England
Sir James Douglas
Scottish noble
Darnley, detail of an engraving by R. Elstrack
Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley
British lord
Maitland, William
William Maitland
Scottish statesman
John Leslie, detail of an engraving
John Leslie
Scottish bishop
Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell
English statesman
Norfolk, Thomas Howard, 4th duke of
Thomas Howard, 4th duke of Norfolk
English noble [1538-1572]
Henry Marten
English jurist
Sir William Scroggs
English chief justice
David Riccio
Italian royal secretary
David Hume
David Hume
Scottish philosopher
Daniel Mytens: portrait of James I
James I
king of England and Scotland
Mary, Queen of Scots
Mary
queen of Scotland
William Wallace
William Wallace
Scottish hero
Robert the Bruce
Robert the Bruce
king of Scotland
James Hepburn, 4th earl of Bothwell
James Hepburn, 4th earl of Bothwell
Scottish noble
Lord Dundee, ink miniature by David Paton; in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh
John Graham of Claverhouse, 1st viscount of Dundee
Scottish soldier
Margaret Douglas, countess of Lennox
English noble
Archibald Johnston, Lord Warriston
Scottish clergyman
Robert Barclay
Scottish Quaker leader
earl of Moray and Edinburgh Castle
Thomas Randolph, 1st earl of Moray
Scottish noble