Castlemaine's Embassy - Acts of Union - University of Aberdeen

Introduction
Articles of Union
The Stuart Vision of Union
James VI & I
Castlemaine's Embassy
Protestant Parliaments & Unions
William of Orange
The Union of 1707
Queen Anne and George, Prince of Denmark
The Debate over Union
The Impact of Union
Impact of the articles
Lecture Notes
Competing Unions
Stuart Unionism
James VIII & III
Basket hilt sword
Hanoverian Unionism
King's, Marischal and the Question of Union
Maces of King’s College and Marischal College
Aberdeen Jacobitism
Sibyl Europæa
Aberdeen Unionism
Dr James Fraser
Securing Union
Acknowledgements

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John Michael Wright, An Account of his Excellency Roger Earl of Castlemaine's Embassy from his Sacred Majesty King James II to His Holiness Innocent XI (London, 1688)

Wright (1617-94) was an English Catholic with strong Scottish connections who, after many years of Continental exile, joined the court of King James VII and II as a painter. The high point of Wright's career was his appointment as "steward" (in fact as Master of Ceremonies) to Lord Castlemaine's embassy to Rome.

The publication of this work, with its inflammatory frontispiece, at London in January 1688, was an action of supreme tactlessness which greatly undermined the credibility of the king as England and Scotland moved towards revolution.