Person:James Hamilton (assassin) (1)

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d.1581
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Name James Hamilton
Gender Male
Marriage to Isobel Sinclair
Death[1] 1581
Reference Number? Q1680520?


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James Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh and Woodhouselee (died 1581) was a Scottish supporter of Mary, Queen of Scots, who assassinated James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, Regent of Scotland, in January 1570. He shot Moray from the steps of his uncle Archbishop John Hamilton's house in Linlithgow.

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  1. James Hamilton (assassin), in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.