Lady Margaret Kennedy and John Maitland: The Lady and the Earl

Martin Greig reveals the intimate relationship between the powerful Earl of Lauderdale, Charles II's Secretary for Scotland in the 1660s, and a Scottish spinster who became the earl's 'Presbyterian conscience' during a tumultuous period for kirk and crown.

An English broadside of July 1651 satirises Charles II and his relationship with his Presbyterian Scottish subjects.

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