See also:

• MURRAY
• MURRAY (or MORAY), EARLS OF
• MURRAY (or MORAY), JAMES STUART, EARL OF (c. 1531-1570)
• MURRAY (or MORAY), SIR ROBERT (c. 1600-1673)
• MURRAY, ALEXANDER STUART (1841-1904)
• MURRAY, DAVID (1849– )
• MURRAY, EUSTACE CLARE GRENVILLE (1824–1881)
• MURRAY, JAMES (c. 1719-1794)
• MURRAY, JOHN
• MURRAY, JOHN (1778–1820)
• MURRAY, LINDLEY (1745–1826)
• MURRAY, LORD GEORGE (1694–1760)
• MURRAY, SIR JAMES AUGUSTUS HENRY (1837– )
• MURRAY, SIR JOHN (1841– )

MURRAY (or See also:

• MORAY

MORAY), 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:

• STUART, ARABELLA (1575-1615)
• STUART, GILBERT (1755-x828)
• STUART, JAMES EWELL BROWN (1833-1864)
• STUART, JOHN
• STUART, MOSES (1780-1852)
• STUART, SIR JOHN, COUNT

STUART, See also:

• EARL

EARL OF (c. 1531-1570)  , See also:

• REGENT (from Lat. regere, to rule)

regent of See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland, was an illegitimate son of 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 V. of Scotland by See also:

• MARGARET
• MARGARET (1283–1290)
• MARGARET (1353-1412)
• MARGARET (1489–1541)
• MARGARET, ST (c. 1045–1093)
• MARGARET, ST (SANCTA MARGARITA)

Margaret, See also:

• ERSKINE, EBENEZER (1680-1754)
• ERSKINE, HENRY (1746-1817)
• ERSKINE, JOHN
• ERSKINE, JOHN (1721-1803)
• ERSKINE, RALPH (1685-1752)
• ERSKINE, THOMAS
• ERSKINE, THOMAS ERSKINE, 1ST BARON (1750-1823)

Erskine, daughter of See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John Erskine, See also:

• EARL

earl of See also:

• MAR, EARLDOM OF
• MAR, JOHN ERSKINE, 1ST OR 6TH EARL OF (d. 1572)
• MAR, JOHN ERSKINE, 2ND OR 7TH EARL
• MAR, JOHN ERSKINE, 6TH OR 11TH EARL OF (1675-1732)

Mar . In 1538 he was appointed See also:

• PRIOR (from Lat. prior—former, and hence superior, through O. Fr. priour)
• PRIOR, MATTHEW (1664-1721)

prior of the See also:

• ABBEY (Lat. abbatia; from Syr. abba, father)
• ABBEY, EDWIN AUSTIN (1852– )

abbey of St See also:

• ANDREWS, JAMES PETTIT (c. 1737–1797)
• ANDREWS, THOMAS (1813–1885)

Andrews in See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order that James V. might obtain See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of its funds . Educated at St Andrews University, he attacked, in See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1549, an See also:

• ENGLISH

English force which had made a descent on the See also:

• FIFE
• FIFE (Fr. fifre; Med. Ger. Schweizerpfeiff, Feldpfeiff; Ital. ottavino)

Fife See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast, and routed it with See also:

• GREAT

great slaughter . In addition to the priory of St Andrews, he received those also of Pittenweem and See also:

• MACON
• MACON, NATHANIEL (1758-1837)

Macon in See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, but manifested no vocation for a monastic See also:

• LIFE

life . The discourses of See also:

• KNOX, HENRY (1750-1806)
• KNOX, JOHN (c. 1505–1572)
• KNOX, PHILANDER CHASE (1853– )

Knox, which he heard at See also:

• CALDER
• CALDER, SIR ROBERT

Calder, won his approval, and shortly after the return of the reformer to Scotland in 1559, James See also:

• STUART, ARABELLA (1575-1615)
• STUART, GILBERT (1755-x828)
• STUART, JAMES EWELL BROWN (1833-1864)
• STUART, JOHN
• STUART, MOSES (1780-1852)
• STUART, SIR JOHN, COUNT

Stuart See also:

• LEFT

left the party of the See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

queen regent and joined the lords of the See also:

• CONGREGATION (Lat. congregatio, a gathering together, from cum, with, grex, gregis, a flock, herd)

congregation, who resolved forcibly to abolish the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman service . After the return of Queen See also:

• MARY
• MARY (1457-1482)
• MARY (1496-1533)
• MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS

Mary in 1561, he became her See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief adviser, and his cautious firmness was for a See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time effectual in inducing her to adopt a policy of moderation towards the reformers . At the beginning of x 562 he was created earl of See also:

• MURRAY
• MURRAY (or MORAY), EARLS OF
• MURRAY (or MORAY), JAMES STUART, EARL OF (c. 1531-1570)
• MURRAY (or MORAY), SIR ROBERT (c. 1600-1673)
• MURRAY, ALEXANDER STUART (1841-1904)
• MURRAY, DAVID (1849– )
• MURRAY, EUSTACE CLARE GRENVILLE (1824–1881)
• MURRAY, JAMES (c. 1719-1794)
• MURRAY, JOHN
• MURRAY, JOHN (1778–1820)
• MURRAY, LINDLEY (1745–1826)
• MURRAY, LORD GEORGE (1694–1760)
• MURRAY, SIR JAMES AUGUSTUS HENRY (1837– )
• MURRAY, SIR JOHN (1841– )

Murray, a dignity also held by See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George See also:

• GORDON
• GORDON, ADAM LINDSAY (1833—1870)
• GORDON, ALEXANDER (c. 1692—c. 1754)
• GORDON, CHARLES GEORGE (1833-'885)
• GORDON, LEON
• GORDON, LORD GEORGE (1751-1793)
• GORDON, PATRICK (1635–1699)
• GORDON, SIR JOHN WATSON (1788—1864)

Gordon, earl of See also:

• HUNTLY
• HUNTLY, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF

Huntly, who, however, had lost the queen's favour . Only a few days later he was made earl of Mar, but as this See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title was claimed by John, See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord Erskine, Stuart resigned it and received a second See also:

• GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
• GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
• GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
• GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
• GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
• GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
• GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
• GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
• GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
• GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
• GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
• GRANT, U
• GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)

grant of the earldom of Murray, Huntly by this time having been killed in See also:

• BATTLE

battle . Henceforward he was known as the earl of See also:

• MORAY

Moray, the alternative Murray being a more See also:

• MODERN

modern and less correct variant . About this time the earl married See also:

• ANNE (1665-1714)
• ANNE (1693-1740)

Anne (d . 1583), daughter of See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William See also:

• KEITH
• KEITH, FRANCIS EDWARD JAMES (1696-1758)
• KEITH, GEORGE (c. 1639-1716)
• KEITH, GEORGE KEITH ELPHINSTONE, VISCOUNT (1746-1823)

Keith, 1st Earl Marischal . After the defeat and See also:

• DEATH

death of Huntly, the See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader of the See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic party, the policy of Murray met for a time with no obstacle, but he awakened the displeasure of the queen by his efforts in behalf of Knox when the latter was accused of high See also:

• TREASON (Fr. trahison, Lat. traditio)

treason; and as he was also opposed to her See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage with See also:

• DARNLEY, HENRY STEWART

Darnley, he was after that event declared an outlaw and took See also:

• REFUGE

refuge in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England .

Returning to Scotland after the See also:

• MURDER

murder of See also:

• RIZZIO

Rizzio, he was pardoned by the queen . He contrived, however, to be away at the time of Darnley's assassination, and avoided the tangles of the marriage with See also:

• BOTHWELL
• BOTHWELL, JAMES HEPBURN, 4TH EARL OF

Bothwell by going to France . After the See also:

• ABDICATION (Lat. abdicatio, disowning, renouncing, from ab, from, and dicare, to declare, to proclaim as not belonging to one)

abdication of Queen Mary at Lochleven, in See also:

• JULY

July 1567, he was appointed regent of Scotland . When Mary escaped from Lochleven (May 2, 1568), the See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of Chatelherault and other Catholic nobles rallied to her See also:

• STANDARD
• STANDARD, BATTLE OF THE

standard, but Murray and the See also:

• PROTESTANT

Protestant lords gathered their adherents, defeated her forces at Langside, near See also:

• GLASGOW

Glasgow (May 13, 1568), and compelled her to flee to England . Murray displayed promptness in baffling Mary's schemes, suppressed the border thieves, and ruled firmly, resisting the temptation to See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place the See also:

• CROWN

crown on his own See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head . He observed the forms of See also:

• PERSONAL

personal .piety; possibly he shared the zeal of the reformers, while he moderated their bigotry . But he reaped the fruits of the conspiracies which led to the murders of Rizzio and Darnley . He amassed too great a See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune from the estates of the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church to be deemed a pure reformer of its abuses . He pursued his See also:

• SISTER

sister with a calculated animosity which would not have spared her life had this been necessary to his end or been favoured by See also:

• ELIZABETH
• ELIZABETH (1533-1603)
• ELIZABETH (1596-1662)
• ELIZABETH (1635–1650)
• ELIZABETH [ AMELIE EUGENIE ] (1837—1898)
• ELIZABETH [1lisabeth Philippine Marie Helene of France] (1764—1794)
• ELIZABETH [PAULINE ELIZABETH OTTILIE LOUISE] (1843– )
• ELIZABETH [PETROVNA] (1709-1762), EMPRESS
• ELIZABETH, SAINT (1207-1231)

Elizabeth . The mode of producing the See also:

• CASKET

casket letters and the false charges added by See also:

• BUCHANAN
• BUCHANAN, CLAUDIUS
• BUCHANAN, GEORGE (1506–1582)
• BUCHANAN, JAMES (1791-1868)
• BUCHANAN, ROBERT WILLIAMS (1841-1901)

Buchanan, deprive Murray of any claim to have been an honest accuser . His reluctance to See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge Mary with complicity in the murder of Darnley was feigned, and his See also:

• OBJECT

object was gained when he was allowed to table the See also:

• ACCUSATION (Lat. accusatio, accusare, to challenge to a causa, a suit or trial at law)

accusation without being forced to prove it . Mary remained a See also:

• CAPTIVE (from Lat. capere, to take)

captive under suspicion of the gravest See also:

• GUILT

guilt, while Murray ruled Scotland in her See also:

• STEAD, WILLIAM THOMAS (1849– )

stead, supported by nobles who had taken See also:

• PART

part in the steps which ended in Bothwell's See also:

• DEED (in O. Eng. dead, from the stem of the verb " to do ")

deed .

During the See also:

• YEAR

year between his becoming regent and his death several events occurred for which he has been censured, but which were necessary for his See also:

• SECURITY (Lat. securus, free from care, safe)

security: the betrayal to Elizabeth of the duke of See also:

• NORFOLK
• NORFOLK, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Norfolk and of the See also:

• SECRET (Lat. secretum, hidden, concealed)

secret See also:

• PLOT
• PLOT, ROBERT (164o-1696)

plot for the liberation of Mary; the imprisonment of the earl of See also:

• NORTHUMBERLAND
• NORTHUMBERLAND, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• NORTHUMBERLAND, JOHN DUDLEY, VISCOUNT LISLE, EARL OF WARWICK
• NORTHUMBERLAND, JOHN NEVILLE, EARL OF (c. 1430-1471)

Northumberland, who after the failure of his rising in the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north of England had taken refuge in Scotland; and the charge brought against See also:

• MAITLAND (MAITLAND OF LETHINGTON), WILLIAM
• MAITLAND, EAST
• MAITLAND, EDWARD (1824-1897)
• MAITLAND, FREDERIC WILLIAM (1850-1906)
• MAITLAND, SIR RICHARD (LORD LETHINGTON) (1496-r586)

Maitland of Lethington of complicity in Darnley's murder . Lethington was committed to custody, but was rescued by Kirkaldy of See also:

• GRANGE (through the A.-Fr. graunge, from the Med. Lat. granea, a place for storing grain, granum)

Grange, who held the See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle of See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh, and while there " the See also:

• CHAMELEON

chameleon," as Buchanan named Maitland in his famous invective, gained over those in the castle, including Kirkaldy . Murray was afraid to proceed with the charge on the See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day of trial, while Kirkaldy and Maitland held the castle, which became the stronghold of the deposed queen's party . It has been suspected that Maitland and Kirkaldy were cognizant of the See also:

• DESIGN (Fr. desiin, drawing; Lat. designare, to mark out)

design of See also:

• HAMILTON
• HAMILTON (GRAND or ASHUANIPI)
• HAMILTON, ALEXANDER (1757-1804)
• HAMILTON, ANTHONY, or ANTOINE (1646-1720)
• HAMILTON, ELIZABETH (1758–1816)
• HAMILTON, EMMA, LADY (c. 1765-1815)
• HAMILTON, JAMES (1769-1831)
• HAMILTON, JAMES HAMILTON, 1ST DUKE OF (1606-1649)
• HAMILTON, JOHN (c. 1511–1571)
• HAMILTON, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• HAMILTON, PATRICK (1504-1528)
• HAMILTON, ROBERT (1743-1829)
• HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM
• HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM (1730-1803)
• HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM ROWAN (1805-1865)
• HAMILTON, THOMAS (1789-1842)
• HAMILTON, WILLIAM (1704-1754)
• HAMILTON, WILLIAM GERARD (1729-1796)

Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh to murder Murray, for he had been with them in the castle . This has been ascribed to privatevengeance for the See also:

• ILL

ill-treatment of his wife; but the See also:

• FEUD

feud of the Hamiltons with the regent is the most reasonable explanation . As he rode through See also:

• LINLITHGOW
• LINLITHGOW, JOHN ADRIAN LOUIS HOPE, 1ST MARQUESS

Linlithgow Murray was shot on the 21st of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1570 from a window by Hamilton, who had made careful preparation for the murder and his own See also:

• ESCAPE (in mid. Eng. eschape or escape, from the O. Fr. eschapper, modern echapper, and escaper, low Lat. escapium, from ex, out of, and cappa, cape, cloak; cf. for the sense development the Gr. iichueoOat, literally to put off one's clothes, hence to sli

escape . He was buried in the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south See also:

• AISLE (from Lat. ala, a wing)

aisle of St See also:

• GILES (GIL, GILLES), ST

Giles See also:

• CATHEDRAL

Cathedral, Edinburgh, amid See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general See also:

• MOURNING (from the verb " to mourn," to be sorrowful, 0. Eng. murnan; cf. O.H.G. mornen, Goth. maurnan, to be anxious, O.N. morna, to pine away; by some referred to root seen in Gr. jdptpva, sorrow, by others to root mer-, to die)

mourning . Knox preached the See also:

• SERMON (Lat. sermo, a discourse)

sermon and Buchanan furnished the See also:

• EPITAPH (Gr. it oa¢cos, sc. X/yos, from bri, upon, and ra¢os, a tomb)

epitaph, both panegyrics . The See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

elder of his two daughters, Elizabeth, married James Stuart (d . 1592), son of James, 1st Lord See also:

• DOUNE

Doune, who succeeded to the earldom of Murray in right of his wife . The materials for the life of Murray are found in the records and documents of the time, prominent among which are the various Calendars of See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

State Papers . Mention must also be made of the many books which treat of Mary, Queen of Scots, and of the histories of the time—especially J .

A . See also:

• FROUDE, JAMES ANTHONY (1818-1894)

Froude, See also:

• HISTORY

History of England, and See also:

• ANDREW (Gr. 'AvBp4as, manly)
• ANDREW, JOHN ALBION (1818-1867)

Andrew See also:

• LANG, ANDREW (1844— )
• LANG, KARL HEINRICH, RITTER VON (1764-1835)

Lang, History of Scotland .