Excerpt from The Life and Times of John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale: 1616-1682 As bearing upon the matter of this biography, perhaps the most important body of new evidence which has been disclosed, is contained in the Lauderdale Papers, selected and edited by Dr Osmund Airy, and in the State and family Papers relating to the period of the Restoration. I have made liberal use of these sources of information. Lauderdale's name is, in our histories, almost exclusively associated with his administration of Scotland - the King of Scotland, as he was called by contemporaries - during the reign of Charles II., and the part he played in the pre mature attempt - premature by ten years - to restore the Stewart dynasty, is obscurely hidden in contemporary records. Also, there is little known of his secret, but none the less real, influence in the foreign affairs of the Kingdom after the Restoration. I have tried to elucidate his pre Restoration work, and to measure his share of responsibility in shaping the foreign policy of Charles II. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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