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JAMES HALYBURTON (1518–1589)

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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 867 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JAMES
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HALYBURTON (1518–1589)  , Scottish reformer, was
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born in 1518, and was educated at St
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Andrews, where he graduated M.A. in 1538 . From 1553 to 1586 he was
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provost of St Andrews and a prominent figure in the
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national
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life . He was chosen as one of the lords of the
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congregation in 1557, and commanded the contingents sent by
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Forfar and
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Fife against the
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queen
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regent in 1559 . He took
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part in the
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defence of
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Edinburgh, and in the battles of Langside (1568) and Restalrig (1571) . He had stoutly opposed the
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marriage of
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Mary with
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Darnley, and when, after Restalrig, he was captured by the queen's troops, he narrowly escaped
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execution . He represented
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Morton at the
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conference of 1578, and was one of the royal commissioners to the
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General
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Assembly in 1582 and again in 1588 . He died in
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February 1589 .

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