1-624-386 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton, Scottish nobleman, 17th century, (1899). Portrait of Hamilton (1606-1649) who was the great-grandson of Catherine, the illegitimate daughter of King James IV. He was heir to the throne after James' legitimate descendants. Hamilton was King Charles I's chief adviser in Scottish affairs, was taken prisoner by Cromwell in 1648, and executed the following year. Illustration from Samuel Rawson Gardiner's Oliver Cromwell, (Goupil & Co, London, Paris, New York, 1899).