See also:SIR See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
JAMES See also:MELVILLE (1535-1617)
, Scottish diplomatist and memoir writer, was the third son of See also:Sir See also:John See also:Melville, See also:laird of Raith in the See also:county of See also:Fife, who was executed for See also:treason in1548
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One of his See also:brothers was See also:Robert, 1st See also:Baron Melville of Monimail (1527–1621)
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See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James Melville in 1549 went to See also:France to become See also:page to See also:Mary See also:Queen of Scots
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Serving on the See also:French See also:side at the See also:battle of St Quentin in 1557 Melville was wounded and taken prisoner
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He subsequently carried out a number of See also:diplomatic See also:missions for See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry II. of France
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On Mary's return to See also:Scotland in 1561 she gave Melville a See also:pension and an See also:appointment in her See also:household, and she employed him as See also:special emissary to reconcile Queen See also:Elizabeth to her See also:marriage with See also:Darnley
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After the See also:murder of Darnley in See also:February 1567, Melville joined See also:Lord See also:Herries in boldly warning Mary of the danger and disgrace of her projected marriage with See also:Bothwell, and was only saved from the latter's vengeance in consequence by the courageous See also:resolution of the queen
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During the troubled times following Mary's imprisonment and See also:abdication Melville See also:con-ducted several diplomatic missions of importance, and won the confidence of James VI. when the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king took the See also:government into his own hands
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Having been adopted as his See also:heir by the reformer Henry See also:Balnaves, he inherited from him, at his See also:death in 1579, the See also:estate of Halhill in Fife; and he retired thither in 1603, refusing the See also:request of James to accompany him to See also:London on his See also:accession to the See also:English See also:throne
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At Halliill Melville wrote the See also:Memoirs of my own See also:Life, a valuable authority for the See also:history of the See also:period, first published by his See also:grandson, See also:George See also:Scott, in 1683
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Sir James Melville died at Halhill on the 13th of See also:November 1617
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By his wife, See also:Christina See also:Boswell, he had one son and two daughters; the See also:elder of these, Elizabeth, who married John See also:Colville, de jure 3rd Baron Colville of See also:Culross, has been identified with the authoress of a poem published in 16o3, entitled Ane Godlie Dreame
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See the Memoirs mentioned above, of which the most See also:modern edition is that prepared by T
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See also:Thompson for the See also:Bannatyne See also:Club (See also:Edinburgh, 1827)
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