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Moray, Alexander Stewart, 5th earl of
Moray, Alexander Stewart, 5th earl of [S] (1634–1701). Moray was a descendant of Regent Moray, himself an illegitimate son of James V. He rose to high office after the Restoration, campaigning against the covenanters. From 1675–6 he was justice-general [S], a lord of the Treasury in 1678, and served as secretary of state [S] from 1680 to 1689. During the reign of James VII he was appointed commissioner to the Parliament summoned in 1686 to give relief to the catholics and he subsequently announced his own conversion. In 1687 he received the Thistle. He was deprived of all his offices after the Glorious Revolution and was fined in 1693 for not attending Parliament.
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JOHN CANNON. "Moray, Alexander Stewart, 5th earl of." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Moray, Alexander Stewart, 5th earl of." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-MorayAlexanderStwrt5thrlf.html JOHN CANNON. "Moray, Alexander Stewart, 5th earl of." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-MorayAlexanderStwrt5thrlf.html |
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Moray, Alexander Stewart, 5th earl of
Moray, Alexander Stewart, 5th earl of [S] (1634–1701). Moray was a descendant of Regent Moray, himself an illegitimate son of James V. He rose to high office after the Restoration. From 1675 to 1676 he was justice‐general [S], a lord of the Treasury in 1678, and served as secretary of state [S] from 1680 to 1689. He was deprived of all his offices after the Glorious Revolution.
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JOHN CANNON. "Moray, Alexander Stewart, 5th earl of." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Moray, Alexander Stewart, 5th earl of." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-MorayAlexanderStwrt5thrlf.html JOHN CANNON. "Moray, Alexander Stewart, 5th earl of." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-MorayAlexanderStwrt5thrlf.html |
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