The Treaty of Breda was signed on 1 May 1650 between Charles II, exiled king of England, Scotland and Ireland, and the Scottish Covenanter government. Under its terms, they agreed to install Charles I

James King, 1st Lord Eythin was a Scottish army officer from the Orkney Islands. He served in the Swedish army from 1615 to 1639, then later supported the Royalist cause in the War of the Three Kingdo