Maxwell Official Guide to Holyroodhouse - The Grian Press

2O PALACE AND ABBEY CHURCH
125 William, 3rd Duke of Hamilton ;
126 King James VII. and II.
died in 1694.
127 James, 2nd Marquess of Hamilton, High Commissioner
to the Scottish Parliament, 1621 ; Lord Steward, 1624;
said to
French
have been poisoned by Buckingham, whose
policy he opposed, in 1625. Several whole-
length versions of this picture exist at Hampton
Court, at Hopetoun House, and at Hamilton.
128 King Henry VI.
129 Formerly said to be John, Lord Belasyse [1614-1689],
but now believed to be Thomas Killigrew the elder
[1612-1683], P a ge to Charles I.; dramatist; groom of
the bed-chamber and master of the revels to Charles II.
Built a play-house on the site now occupied by Drury
Lane Theatre.
Returning now to the older part of the building, the
visitor passes through Lord Darnley's Audience Chamber,
and enters what is reputed to have been
Lord Darnley's Bedroom,
hung with tapestry in design and substance similar to that
in the Audience Chamber. It should be noted that all
this tapestry probably was introduced at a period long
subsequent to the reign of Queen Mary, perhaps when
the new Palace was built in 1672-79. In the fireplace
may be noted some excellent old Dutch tiles, half concealed
by an eighteenth-century grate.
131 William, 2nd Duke of Hamilton, mortally wounded at
the battle of Worcester in 1651. Both this and No. 133
are versions of Hanneman's portrait of this Duke at
132
Windsor, which is signed, and dated 1650.
Lord Darnley and his brother Charles Stuart, afterwards
Earl of Lenox, father of Lady Arabella Stuart, who
died a prisoner in the Tower in 1615. This painting