James Hamilton

Noble person

– 1581

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Who was James Hamilton?

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 from the steps of his uncle Archbishop John Hamilton's house in Linlithgow.

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  • Scotland
Died
1581

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on July 23, 2013

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