James Hamilton (assassin)

James Hamilton
James Hamilton preparing to assassinate the Regent Moray (1835 illustration)
Died1581
FamilyClan Hamilton

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.[1][2][3] He shot Moray from the steps of his uncle Archbishop John Hamilton's house in Linlithgow.

  1. ^ "Bothwellhaugh". The Gazetteer for Scotland. 2009. Retrieved 15 July 2009. James Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh assassinated the Regent Moray in Linlithgow in 1570.
  2. ^ Donaldson 1977, p. 93
  3. ^ Howie-Stewart 1846, p. 51