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See also:HALYBURTON, See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
JAMES (1518–1589) , Scottish reformer, was See also:born in 1518, and was educated at St See also:Andrews, where he graduated M.A. in 1538. From 1553 to 1586 he was See also:provost of St Andrews and a prominent figure in the See also:national See also:life. He was chosen as one of the lords of the See also:congregation in 1557, and commanded the contingents sent by See also:Forfar and See also:Fife against the See also:queen See also:regent in 1559. He took See also:part in the See also:defence of See also:Edinburgh, and in the battles of Langside (1568) and Restalrig (1571). He had stoutly opposed the See also:marriage of See also:Mary with See also:Darnley, and when, after Restalrig, he was captured by the queen's troops, he narrowly escaped See also:execution. He represented See also:Morton at the See also:conference of 1578, and was one of the royal commissioners to the See also:General See also:Assembly in 1582 and again in 1588. He died in See also:February 1589.
End of Article: HALYBURTON, JAMES (1518–1589)
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