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Queen of England Scotland and Ireland Mary II Queen of England Scotland and Ireland Mary II
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Mary Stuart Mary Stuart
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Mary of Scotland Mary of Scotland
Mary of Scotland (1933), a play by Maxwell Anderson. [Alvin Theatre, 248 perf.] Because Catholic Mary Stuart of Scotland ( Helen Hayes) represents a genuine political threat to England's Protestant Queen Elizabeth ( Helen Menken), Elizabeth conspires with disaffected Scottish nobles to overthrow... Read more
Anthony Babington Anthony Babington
Anthony Babington , 1561-86, English conspirator. A member of the Roman Catholic gentry, he served as a youth in the household of the earl of Shrewsbury at Sheffield Castle, where Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned. In 1586 he became involved in a plot to murder Queen Elizabeth I, to free Mary,... Read more
Sir Francis Walsingham Sir Francis Walsingham
Sir Francis Walsingham , 1532?-1590, English statesman. A zealous Protestant, he went abroad during the reign of Queen Mary I but returned on the accession (1558) of Elizabeth I. He entered Parliament (1559) and soon was employed by William Cecil, Baron Burghley , in obtaining intelligence from... Read more
Clydebank Clydebank
Clydebank town (1991 pop. 51,832), West Dunbartonshire, W central Scotland, on the north bank of the Clyde River. The chief industry until the 1970s was shipbuilding. The ocean liners Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth were built there. Manufactures have developed to include offshore oil rigs and... Read more
Charles Neville 6th earl of Westmorland Charles Neville 6th earl of Westmorland
Charles Neville Westmorland, 6th earl of , 1543-1601, English nobleman. A Roman Catholic by birth and connected with the powerful Howard family by marriage, he joined the rebellion (1569) led by Thomas Percy, earl of Northumberland against Queen Elizabeth I. The rebels captured Durham but failed... Read more
treaty of Berwick treaty of Berwick
Berwick, treaty of, 1560. The years 1558–60 were critical in Anglo-Scottish relations. The death of Mary Tudor in 1558 placed a protestant on the English throne. Mary, queen of Scots, became queen of France in 1559, with her mother Mary of Guise as regent for her in Scotland. Her... Read more
treaty of Edinburgh treaty of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, treaty of, 1560. The treaty has been claimed as a turning-point in Anglo-Scottish relations. Elizabeth had succeeded in England in November 1558. Mary of Guise, regent for Mary, queen of Scots, faced great opposition in 1559 from the reform party, which begged Elizabeth to intervene on... Read more
Mary Queen of Scots Mary Queen of Scots
Mary Queen of Scots (Mary Stuart), 1542-87, only child of James V of Scotland and Mary of Guise . Through her grandmother Margaret Tudor , Mary had the strongest claim to the throne of England after the children of Henry VIII. This claim (and her Roman Catholicism) made Mary a threat to ... Read more

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