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Hace 3 días · Mary sent William Maitland of Lethington as an ambassador to the English court to put the case for Mary as the heir presumptive to the English throne. Elizabeth refused to name a potential heir, fearing that would invite conspiracy to displace her with the nominated successor.
- 14 December 1542 – 24 July 1567
- Mary of Guise
Hace 1 día · Around the time she was made to abdicate, William Maitland of Lethington and Mary Fleming sent her a gold jewel or ring depicting the lion and mouse of Aesop's fable. This was a token alluding to the possibility of escape, and their continuing support for her, the mouse could free the lion by nibbling away the knots of the net.
11 de abr. de 2024 · William Maitland, Laird of Lethington, to Cecil. The bearer, Mr. Melvin, is privy to the most part of his conceptions. Desires him to credit and direct him in all his affairs.
8 de abr. de 2024 · A brother’s son James Drummond the fourth Earl of Perth had been created the Duke of Perth in the Jacobite peerage in 1701. William had changed his surname to Ker and by special arrangement had ratified by Parliament in 1661 after he had inherited the titles and estates of his grandfather.
17 de abr. de 2024 · MAITLAND, JOHN, second Earl and first Duke of Lauderdale (1616-1682), grandson of Sir John Maitland; grand-nephew of William Maitland of Lethington; regarded as a rising hope of the ultra-covenanting party; commissioner for the Solemn League and Covenant, 1643-6; one of the commissioners who obtained the famous 'Engagement'; with ...
Hace 3 días · Under the influence of William Maitland of Lethington, Mary's secretary, Grange changed sides, occupying the town and castle of Edinburgh for Queen Mary, and against the new regent, the Earl of Lennox. The stand-off which followed was not resolved until two years later, and became known as the "Lang Siege", from the Scots word for "long".
13 de abr. de 2024 · Lethington yesternight left without leave-taking the Court. The Lords mind immediately upon the Queen's departure from Edinburgh to repair thither. The Laird of Grange has got license to leave Scotland for seven years.
