James Hamilton (assassin)
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James Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh and Woodhouselee was a Scottish supporter of Mary, Queen of Scots, who assassinated James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, Regent of Scotland, in January 1570. He shot Moray
James Hamilton preparing to assassinate the Regent Moray (1835 illustration after George Cattermole)
Detail from a stained glass window depicting the assassination
Regent Moray plaque close to the assassination spot
Crosbie church gates.
James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray was a member of the House of Stewart as the illegitimate son of James V of Scotland. At times a supporter of his half-sister Mary, Queen of Scots, he was the regent of
James Hamilton (assassin)
…James Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh and Woodhouselee (died 1581) was a Scottish supporter of Mary, Queen of Scots, who assassinated James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, Regent of Scotland, in January 1570. He shot Moray from the steps of his uncle Archbishop John Hamilton's house in Linlithgow. James Hamilton was a…
The Earl of Moray, a detail from a wedding portrait by Hans Eworth
Statue of James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Signature of James Stewart, as Regent Moray, (National Records of Scotland)
James Stewart (c. 1531–1570), 1st Earl of Moray (1562), Regent of Scotland (1567–1570), 1568