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| 1516 | Birth |  |
| Birth of James Hamilton, Duke of Chフellerault and 2nd Earl of Arran, through his paternal grandmother Mary of Scotland, Hamilton is the great grandson of James II of Scotland
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| 1536 | Death | |
| On the death of John Stewart, Duke of Albany, Arran becomes the next heir of the Kingdom of Scotland after the king's immediate family
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| 1542 | Death | |
| On the death of James V of Scotland the Earl of Arran stands next in line to the Scottish throne after the baby Queen Mary, for whom he is appointed Regent
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| 1542 | Governor | |
| Appointed Governor of Scotland
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| 1542 | Regency | |
| On the death of James V of Scotland the Earl of Arran stands next in line to the Scottish throne after the baby Queen Mary, for whom he is appointed Regent
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| 1542 | Tutor | |
| Appointed Tutor to Princess Mary
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| 1543 | Arrest | |
| Edinburgh Releases David Beaton from prison
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| 1543 | Diplomacy | |
| Becomes a Catholic and joins the pro-French faction, consenting to the marriage of the Queen to the French Dauphin, later Francis II
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| 1543 | Governor | |
| Appointed Governor of Scotland
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| 1543 | Marriage | |
| Becomes a Catholic and joins the pro-French faction, consenting to the marriage of the Queen to the French Dauphin, later Francis II
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| Involved in negotiating the marriage of the Queen of Scots to the infant Prince Edward (the future Edward VI)
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| 1543 | Regency | |
| 3rd Jan Appointed Regent
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| 1543 | Treaty of Greenwich | |
| Edinburgh Appoints Mary & Beaton to the Regency Council & re-enters the Roman Church
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| Greenwich Persuaded by Cardinal Beaton to nullify the Treaty of Greenwich
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| 12th July Greenwich Agrees that Queen Mary will marry the Prince Edward at the age of 10
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| 12th July Greenwich Agree to peace afte the marriage of Margaret & Edward
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| 1544 | Battle of Lothian | |
| 7th Nov Lothian The troops of Mary of Guise & the Earl of Arran make a stand against the English
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| 1545 | Battle of Ancrum Moor | |
| 27th Feb Ancrum Moor The English are defeated by the Scots
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| 1547 | Alliance | |
| 27th Jan Agreed by the Earl of Arran & Henry II
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| 27th Jan Edinburgh The Scottish Parliament agrees marriage between Mary Queen of Scots & Henry II's son
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| 1547 | Battle of Pinkie Cleugh | |
| 10th Sep Pinkie Cleugh 16,000 under Somerset invade Scotland, met by 23,000 under Arran at the Esk
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| 10th Sep Pinkie Cleugh Launches an attack on the English under Somerset
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| 10th Sep Pinkie Cleugh The English win & occupy Edinburgh
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| 10th Sep Pinkie Cleugh The last battle fought between England & Scotland as independent kingdoms
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| 1547 | Capture | |
| Sep Edinburgh After their victory at Pinkie Cleugh the English occupy Edinburgh
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| 1547 | Marriage | |
| 27th Jan Edinburgh The Scottish Parliament agrees marriage between Mary Queen of Scots & Henry II's son
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| 1547 | Siege of Edinburgh Scotland | |
| Sep Edinburgh After their victory at Pinkie Cleugh the English occupy Edinburgh
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| 1548 | Marriage | |
| Chフellerault The Queen of Scots goes to live in the French court, for his work on negotiating the marriage, Hamilton is created Duc de Chフellerault, and made a Knight of the Order of Saint Michael
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| 1548 | Peerage | |
| Chフellerault The Queen of Scots goes to live in the French court, for his work on negotiating the marriage, Hamilton is created Duc de Chフellerault, and made a Knight of the Order of Saint Michael
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| 1554 | Regency | |
| Arran surrenders the Regency to Mary of Guise, Mary Queen of Scots' mother
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| Hamilton gives up the Regency on the condition that he would be next in line after Queen Mary, if she died childless, but the Scottish succession had been secretly promised to France
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| 1554 | Rule of Scotland | |
| Hamilton gives up the Regency on the condition that he would be next in line after Queen Mary, if she died childless, but the Scottish succession had been secretly promised to France
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| 1559 | Lords of the Congregation | |
| Hamilton changes allegiance again, joining the Protestant 'Lords of the Congregation' to oppose the regency of Mary of Guise
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| 1559 | Regency | |
| Hamilton changes allegiance again, joining the Protestant 'Lords of the Congregation' to oppose the regency of Mary of Guise
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| 1560 | Death | |
| When Francis II dies Hamilton attempts, without success, to arrange for his son James to marry the young widowed Queen Mary
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| 1560 | Marriage | |
| When Francis II dies Hamilton attempts, without success, to arrange for his son James to marry the young widowed Queen Mary
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| 1565 | Exile | |
| Mary marries Lord Darnley, Hamilton withdraws to his estates in France
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| 1565 | Marriage | |
| Mary marries Lord Darnley, Hamilton withdraws to his estates in France
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| 1569 | Arrest | |
| Returns to Scotland and is imprisoned until, in 1573, when he agrees to recognise Mary's infant James as King of Scotland
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| 1569 | Exile | |
| Returns to Scotland and is imprisoned until, in 1573, when he agrees to recognise Mary's infant James as King of Scotland
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| 1575 | Death | |
| Death of James Hamilton, Duke of Chフellerault and 2nd Earl of Arran
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| 1606 | Birth | |
| 19th June Birth of James Hamilton, son of James, 2nd Marquess of Hamilton
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| 1625 | Peerage | |
| Hamilton Created Marquis of Hamilton
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| 1628 | Privy Council | |
| Appointed Privy Councillor
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| 1631 | Invasion of Germany | |
| Leads several thousand men to Germany to fight under Gustavus Adolphus
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| 1633 | Commission | |
| Appointed King's Commissioner to the General Assembly
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| 1638 | General Assembly | |
| 24th Nov Glasgow Tries to close the General Assembly but is ignored & episcopacy is abolished
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| 1643 | Exile | |
| Dec Refuses to take the Solomn League & Covenant so is forced to flee into England
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| 1643 | Peerage | |
| 12th April Hamilton Created the Duke of Hamilton for neutralizing the Covenantors
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| 1643 | Solomn League & Covenant | |
| Dec Refuses to take the Solomn League & Covenant so is forced to flee into England
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| 1644 | Arrest | |
| Jan Pendennis Imprisoned at Pendennis Castle by Charles I
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| 1646 | Arrest | |
| 23rd April St Michael's Freed from captivity in St Michael's Mount by Thomas Fairfax
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| 1648 | Arrest | |
| 17th Aug Preston Cromwell defeats the Scottish-Royalist invasion Army led by Hamilton
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| 25th Aug Uttoxeter Captured near Uttoxeter
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| 1648 | Invasion of England | |
| 8th July Leads an inexperienced Army into England
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| 1649 | Civil War England | |
| 6th Mar Condemned to death
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| 1649 | Death | |
| 9th Mar Windsor Castle Death of James Hamilton, executed
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| 1649 | Execution | |
| Feb Windsor Castle Held at Windsor Castle & tried
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| 9th Mar Windsor Castle Executed at Windsor
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