Alexander Hamilton of Innerwick

Alexander Hamilton of Innerwick was a Scottish landowner and supporter of Mary, Queen of Scots.

[1] In September 1567, Regent Moray ordered Alexander Hamilton of Innerwick to go into ward (confinement) at Falkland Palace.

[2] In 1568 Mary, Queen of Scots, escaped from Lochleven Castle and made her way to Hamilton.

[4] Regent Moray brought Hamilton of Innerwick and six other Hamilton lairds captured on the battlefield as prisoners to Edinburgh to stand trial in the tolbooth.

The lairds were condemned and their hands were bound for execution, but they were given a reprieve and imprisoned in Edinburgh Castle.