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  • Balnaves, Henry, of Hall Hill, Fife; politician, Lord Justice Clerk and religious reformer, 1512?-15701
  • Cecil, William, 1st Baron Burghley, royal minister, Lord Treasurer 1572, 1520-1598, http://isni.org/isni/000000...1
  • Cleutin, Henri, Sieur d'Oysel, French Ambassador to Scotland1
  • Cotton, Robert Bruce, first baronet, antiquary and politician, 22 Jan 1571-6 May 1631, http://isni.org/isni/000000...1
  • Croft, James, Knight, politician, Lord Deputy of Ireland, and Controller of the Royal Household, 1518-15901
  • Elizabeth I, Queen of England and Ireland, 1533-1603, http://isni.org/isni/000000...1
  • Francis II, King of France, 1544-15601
  • Guise, Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine, 1525-15741
  • Hamilton, James, 2nd Earl of Arran; Duke of Châtelherault, Governor of Scotland, c 1519-15751
  • Hamilton, James, 3rd Earl of Arran1
  • Hepburn, James, 4th Earl of Bothwell1
  • Howard, Thomas, 4th Duke of Norfolk1
  • Howard, William, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham, 1510-15731
  • Knox, John, Scottish reformer and historian1
  • Lorraine, François, Duc d'Aumale (1547-1550) and 2nd Duc de Guise (1550-1563), d 15631
  • Lorraine, René de, Marquis d'Elboeuf, Lieutenant-General of Scotland1
  • Maitland, William, of Lethington, courtier and diplomat, c 1528-15731
  • Mary of Guise, Queen Consort of James V of Scotland, 1515-15601
  • Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-1587, http://isni.org/isni/000000... http://viaf.org/viaf/1047223181
  • Maxwell, John, 4th Lord Herries of Terregles, c 1512-15831
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