James Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh

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James Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh was a Scottish assassin best known for murdering James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, in 1570 in what is often cited as the first recorded assassination by firearm.

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James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray killedBy James Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh
subject linked to: 1st Earl of Moray
Scottish Confederate Lords notableMember James Douglas, Earl of Bothwellhaugh
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Lord James Stewart killedBy James Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh