Scott [formerly Crofts], James, duke of Monmouth and first duke of Buccleuch (1649–1685), politician

by Tim Harris

  • Early years
  • Life at court
  • Military career and offices under the crown
  • Rumoured legitimacy and rivalry with the duke of York
  • The Popish Plot and exclusion crisis, 1678–1681
  • The Rye House intrigues
  • The Monmouth rebellion, June–July 1685

References

See also

Themes

  • Rye House plotters
  • Claimants to the thrones of England and Scotland in the Oxford DNB

Other online resources

  • Bibliography of British and Irish history
  • National Portrait Gallery
  • National Register of Archives

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