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Events from the year 1591 in the Kingdom of Scotland .
The Earl or Mormaer of Ross was the ruler of the province of Ross in northern Scotland.
The North Berwick witch trials were the trials in 1590 of a number of people from East Lothian, Scotland, accused of witchcraft in the St Andrew's Auld Kirk in North Berwick on Halloween night. They ran for two years, and implicated over 70 people. These included Francis Stewart, 5th Earl of Bothwell, on charges of high treason.
Walter Stewart, 1st Lord Blantyre was a Scottish courtier, politician and judge. Educated with James VI under George Buchanan at Stirling Castle, he was a gentleman in the king's chamber, Knight of Cardonald, Prior of Blantyre, Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland from 1582 to 1596, an Extraordinary Lord of Session from 1593, an Octavian from 1596, and Treasurer of Scotland from 1596 to 1599
Sir Brian O'Rourke was first king and then lord of West Breifne in Ireland from 1566 until his execution in 1591. He reigned during the later stages of the Tudor conquest of Ireland and his rule was marked by English encroachments on his lands. Despite being knighted by the English in 1585, he would later be proclaimed a rebel and forced to flee his kingdom in 1590. He travelled to Scotland in early 1591 seeking assistance from King James VI, however, he was to become the first man extradited within Britain on allegations of crimes committed in Ireland and was sentenced to death in London in November 1591.
John Maitland, 1st Lord Maitland of Thirlestane, of Lethington, Knight (1581), was Lord Chancellor of Scotland.
Captain James Stewart, Earl of Arran was created Earl of Arran by the young King James VI, who wrested the title from James Hamilton, 3rd Earl of Arran. He rose to become Lord Chancellor of Scotland and was eventually murdered in 1595.
Francis Stewart, 5th Earl of Bothwell was Commendator of Kelso Abbey and Coldingham Priory, a Privy Counsellor and Lord High Admiral of Scotland. He was a notorious conspirator who led several uprisings against his first cousin, King James VI, all of which ultimately failed, and he died in poverty in Italy after being banished from Scotland. Francis's maternal uncle James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, was the chief suspect in the murder of James VI's father Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley.
Sir William Stewart of Houston was a Scottish soldier, politician and diplomat.
Sir John Carmichael was a Scottish soldier, the Keeper of Liddesdale, a diplomat, and owner of Fenton Tower at Kingston, East Lothian.
Robert Bowes (1535?–1597) was an English diplomat, stationed as permanent ambassador to Scotland from 1577 to 1583.
Patrick Leslie, 1st Lord Lindores was a member of the Scottish nobility.
Sir William Bowes of Streatlam,, was an English ambassador to Scotland, Deputy Warden of the West March, Treasurer of Berwick-upon-Tweed, and Member of Parliament for Westmorland.
Events from the year 1600 in the Kingdom of Scotland
Events from the year 1593 in the Kingdom of Scotland.
Events from the year 1579 in the Kingdom of Scotland.
Sir Roger Aston of Cranford, Middlesex, was an English courtier and favourite of James VI of Scotland.
Events from the year 1685 in the Kingdom of Scotland.
Hercules Stewart of Whitelaw was a Scottish landowner and outlaw supporter of Francis Stewart, 5th Earl of Bothwell.
Sir James Sandilands was a courtier to King James VI and I and captain of Blackness Castle
Margaret Douglas, Countess of Bothwell was a Scottish aristocrat and courtier.
