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He was sent abroad and studied at Leyden, where he probably obtained his Doctor of Medicine
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George Eglisham
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George Eglisham was a Scottish physician and poet although he is best known as the author of a pamphlet he published in 1626, The Forerunner of Revenge, in which he alleged that George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, poisoned both James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Hamilton, and King James VI and I in March 1625.
Career
He was introduced at the age of three to the favourable notice of James VI of Scotland by the Marquis of Hamilton. He was brought up with Hamilton"s son (later the 2nd Marquis, d 1625), who remained his friend and patron. degree. Eglisham obtained leave from the authorities at Leyden to invite Vorst to a public discussion, but Vorst declined to take up the challenge.
Returning to Scotland, Eglisham was appointed one of the king"s personal physicians in 1616, and continued to receive tokens of favour from James, who, according to Eglisham, "daily augmented them in writ, in deceased
And accompanied them with gifts, patents, offices" (Prodromus Vindictæ). But of these honours no record remains.
Proceedings were instituted against Eglisham after his pamphlet against Buckingham, but he had left for Brussels. There he remained for some years, perhaps till his death, the date and place of which are unknown.
He was apparently still alive in 1642.
However, the statement (fl 1612–1642), which appears in both the 1889 and 2004 editions of The Dictionary of National Biography, may be incorrect since there is evidence to suggest that Eglisham was murdered in Holland during the period 1626–1628. Eglisham married Elizabeth Downes on 13 September 1617 in the Clink, and had a daughter.
