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  • Alvarez de Toledo, Fernando, 3rd Duke of Alba, Viceroy of Naples, Governor of the Netherlands, 1507-15821
  • Archibald, Douglas, conspirator and Church of Scotland minister, c 1540-c 16021
  • Bacon, Nicholas, Knight, lawyer and administrator, 1510-1579, http://isni.org/isni/000000...1
  • Buchanan, George, poet, historian and administrator, 1506-15821
  • Campbell, Archibald, 5th Earl of Argyll, 1538-1573, http://isni.org/isni/000000...1
  • Cecil, William, 1st Baron Burghley, royal minister, Lord Treasurer 1572, 1520-1598, http://isni.org/isni/000000...1
  • Charles IX, King of France, 1550-15741
  • Cunningham, John, Laird of Drumquhassle, courtier, d 15851
  • Douglas, James, 4th Earl of Morton, chancellor and regent of Scotland, c 1516-1581, http://isni.org/isni/000000...1
  • Dudley, Robert, 1st Earl of Leicester, courtier and statesman, ?1532-15881
  • Elizabeth I, Queen of England and Ireland, 1533-1603, http://isni.org/isni/000000...1
  • Englefield, Francis, Knight, courtier and Roman Catholic exile, 1522-15961
  • Gordon, Alexander, Bishop of Galloway, c 1516-15751
  • Gordon, George, 5th Earl of Huntly, politician, courtier and conspirator, d 15761
  • Hamilton, James, 2nd Earl of Arran; Duke of Châtelherault, Governor of Scotland, c 1519-15751
  • Howard, Thomas, 4th Duke of Norfolk1
  • Howard, William, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham, 1510-15731
  • James VI and I, King of Scotland, England and Ireland, 1566-1625, http://isni.org/isni/000000...1
  • Kirkcaldy, William, Laird of Grange, soldier and diplomat; Captain of Edinburgh Castle, c 1520-15731
  • Lesley, John, Bishop of Ross1
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