Person of the Month

Lord James Stewart, half-brother of Mary, Queen of Scots, was the son of a King, but as he was illegitimate, could never be King himself. Resigned to seeing his father’s crown pass to his baby half-sister, he was a loyal and supportive stepson to the Regent until religion came between them. When his sister returned to Scotland he became her closest adviser, but their relationship deteriorated when Mary did not always accept his advice, resulting in murder and civil war.

Whilst Moray spent the majority of his life in Lowland Scotland he also travelled to the north-east of the country and made at least two journeys to France and several to England, sometimes on diplomatic missions, but also as an exile.