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Life. He was the son of James Douglas, 2nd Lord of Dalkeith and Elizabeth Gifford, daughter of James Gifford of Sheriffhall. [2] His father resigned all his estates to James in 1456 when James became the 4th Lord of Dalkeith. [3] James was created Earl of Morton in 1458 [a] [4] upon his marriage to Joan Stewart [b] (1428-1493), the daughter of ...
In 1562, Morton joined Lord James (now Earl of Moray) on an expedition to the north against George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly, and was largely responsible for his defeat at Corrichie. He now replaced Huntly as Lord Chancellor. In 1565, (perhaps surprisingly) Morton backed Henry, Lord Darnley, his cousin, in his suit to marry Mary.
28 de abr. de 2022 · Wikipedia Biographical Summary. " James Douglas, jure uxoris 4th Earl of Morton (c. 1516 – 2 June 1581) was the last of the four regents of Scotland during the minority of King James VI. He was in some ways the most successful of the four, since he did manage to win the civil war which had been dragging on with the supporters of the exiled ...
21 de may. de 2018 · Morton, James Douglas, 4th earl of [S] ( c. 1516–81). The position of regent to young James VI of Scotland was not an enviable one. Moray, the first, was shot in 1570; Lennox was stabbed in 1571; Mar lasted a year before dying unexpectedly, with poison rumoured; Morton was the fourth and last, and had exercised effective power during the two ...
28 de sept. de 2021 · For the young James VI (notwithstanding the fact that his mother was also party to the conspiracy to kill his father) this was enough to condemn Morton to death. James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, was executed in Edinburgh on 2 June 1581: ironically with a guillotine called "The Maiden" which he had himself procured some years previously from a ...
18 de abr. de 2024 · James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton (c. 1516–1581) (abeyance terminated 1550, forfeited 1580/81) John Maxwell, 8th Lord Maxwell (1552–1593), a grandson of the 3rd Earl, succeeded briefly as Earl of Morton. Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Morton (c. 1555–1588), also 8th Earl of Angus (forfeiture reversed 1586)
31 de ene. de 2017 · Sir William Douglas (d. 1606), who ranks as 6th or 7th earl of Morton, was the 4th earl’s near kinsman, being the son of Sir Robert Douglas of Lochleven (d. 1547), and was closely associated with him in his career, the two men being occasionally confused in the histories. He was the custodian at Lochleven Castle of Queen Mary.
