Person of the Month

Lady Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox, was the niece of Henry VIII and both aunt and mother-in-law of Mary Queen of Scots. Exiled at a young age from her native Scotland, Margaret was a great favourite at the English court, with a wide range of friends, both Catholic and Protestant. Imprisoned in the Tower three times, for ‘matters of love’, as she put it, but at least twice for furthering her ambitions, her life is a microcosm of Tudor intrigue.