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Also Known As William Carstairs
Born February 11, 1649 • Scotland
Died December 28, 1715 (aged 66) • Edinburgh • Scotland
Role In Rye House Plot
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Robert Ferguson
British conspirator
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Robert Baillie
Scottish rebel
John Knox, engraving from Icones, by T. Beza, 1580.
John Knox
Scottish religious leader
John Napier
John Napier
Scottish mathematician
Alexander Henderson
Alexander Henderson
Scottish minister
Andrew Melville, engraving
Andrew Melville
Scottish clergyman and scholar
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Edward Irving
Scottish minister
Norman Macleod, detail of an oil painting by T. Knott; in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh
Norman Macleod
Scottish minister
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David Calderwood
Scottish clergyman
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James Moffatt
British biblical scholar
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George Gillespie
Scottish minister and writer
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John Erskine
Scottish religious leader [1509–1591]
Duff, Alexander
Alexander Duff
Scottish minister
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John McLeod Campbell
Scottish theologian
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James Melville
Scottish clergyman
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Robert Baillie
Scottish minister
duke of Monmouth
James Scott, duke of Monmouth
English noble
Algernon Sidney
Algernon Sidney
English politician
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William Russell, Lord Russell
English politician
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William Primrose
Scottish violist