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. He shot Moray from the steps of his uncle Archbishop John Hamilton's house in Linlithgow.

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