Index of Gardiner's History of England

Montrose, 5th Earl of, 1626 (James Graham),

• reports Hamilton's expressions of sympathy with the Covenanters,
• early life and character of,
• is sent by the Covenanters to Aberdeen,
• attempts to enforce subscription to the Covenant in Aberdeen,
• prepares for another expedition to the North,
• arrives in Aberdeen and distributes blue badges,
• takes Huntly to Edinburgh and allows Aboyne to escape.
• returns to Aberdeen and refuses to plunder it,
• storms the Bridge of Dee, and again spares Aberdeen,
• visits Charles at Berwick,
• his plan for the reconstitution of the Lords of the Articles,
• policy of,
• signs the letter from the Covenanters to Louis,
• advises obedience to the King's orders for a fresh prorogation of Parliament,
• his ideas compared with those of Strafford,
• remains a Covenanter,
• puts a garrison into Airlie House,
• signs the bond of Cumbernauld,
• is the first to cross the Tweed with the invading army,
• reasons for his adoption of a Royalist policy.
• explains his political principles in a letter to the King,
• is examined by the Committee of Estates on his statement that Argyle proposed to dethrone the King,
• is imprisoned,
• writes twice to Charles,
• writes a third letter to Charles, accusing Hamilton of treason,
• his part in the Incident,
• is liberated,