Moray
JAMES STUART, EARL Regent of Scotland; born in 1533. back his half-sister, Queen Mary, from France in 1561, acting minister, and the title of Earl of Moray was in 1564 conferred on him. Strongly opposed to the marriage of Mary to Protestant party in Scotland. He brought Darnley (1565); after it he openly ap- France in 1561, acting as her prime back his half-sister, Queen Mary, from ing as her prime MORAY FIRTH the queen, and forced to take refuge in England. He returned to Edinburgh, March 10, 1566, the day after Rizzio's murder, to which he was certainly privy.
In April, 1567, he withdrew to France, but recalled by the nobles in arms against Mary; found her a prisoner at Lochleven, and himself appointed regent of the kingdom. On Mary's escape he defeated her forces at Langside, near Glasgow (May 13, 1568), and afterward was sent to England to conduct the negotiations against her. After his return to Scotland he succeeded in securing the peace of the realm, and settling the affairs of the Church. He was shot in Linlithgow, Scotland, Jan. 20, 1570.