George Gordon, 5th Earl Of Huntly

Second son of the 4th Earl, he was Sheriff of Inverness from 1556. He was imprisoned at Dunbar until the marriage of Mary Queen Of Scots to Darnley in 1565, when his lands and dignities were nominally restored. He allied himself with Bothwell and joined Queen Mary at Dunbar after Rizzio 's murder in 1566. He became Lord Chancellor Of Scotland in 1567, and joined Bothwell in the plot to murder Moray at Jedburgh. He signed the bond at Craigillar for Darnley's murder and accompanied Bothwell and Mary on a visit to Darnley before his murder.

His estates were fully restored after Bothwell's acquittal in 1567. Bothwell's divorce from his sister was facilitated by his influence over her, and he witnessed the marriage contract between Mary and Bothwell. He connived at the capture of the Queen, and accompanied her to Edinburgh, escaping to the north after her flight. He joined the partisans at Dumbarton, and after a temporary agreement with Moray he conspired for her deliverance from Loch Leven in 1567. After the Queen's escape to England in 1568, he held all the north in alliance with Argyll , but received Mary's order to disperse. After a temporary submission he gained possession of Edinburgh Castle , held a parliament, captured the Regent Lennox at Stirling and, in 1572, came to terms with the Regent Morton .

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Derived from the Concise '' Dictionary Of National Biography '', 1939

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George Gordon, 5th Earl Of Huntly