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Murray (JAMES STUART EARL OF Regent)

JAMES STUART, EARL OF, Regent of Scotland, the natural son of James V. by Margaret, daughter of Lord Erskine; born in 1533. He became a warm supporter of the Reformers, and was chosen a member of the council, and one of the lords of the articles. On the return of Mary to Scotland as queen, Murray became her chief adviser, and was created first, Earl of Mar, and then Earl of Murray. He was opposed to the queen's marriage with Darnley, and has been accused of implication in the murder of the latter. He saw his sister a captive in Lochleven Castle, and was soon tary Academy in 1874 and was admitted after named regent. Mary having esto the bar at St. Louis in 1895. Mean- caped and taken arms, he encountered while he had been appointed 2d lieutenant and defeated her at Langside, in 1568, of the 1st U. S. artillery and instructor and was one of the witnesses against in philosophy at the U. S. Military Acad- her on her trial. The regent Murray emy. He was acting judge-advocate for fell by the shot of an assassin in Linthe Department of Missouri from 1887 to lithgow, Jan. 21, 1570. 1891 and acting adjutant-general of the Department of Dakota in 1891. He was professor of military science at Yale 1896-1898 and acting judge-advocate of the 1st Army Corps and of Matanzas and Santa Clara, Cuba, in 1899. He became brigadier-general in 1906 and