been." In conference with Mary of Guise on 12 May 1560, at Edinburgh Castle, Ruthven was more unyielding on all points than any of the other representatives of the Congregation. Political office and other involvements Thomas Randolph, was the English ambassador present in Scotland for the short years that Mary, Queen of Scots spent actively ruling there. In June 1563, Randolph reported that Patrick had joined Mary's privy council at the instance of William Maitland of Lethington, in spite of the fact that the queen personally could not abide him. In 1565, he was one of the few nobles who supported Mary's marriage with Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley. Patrick was the leader of the band (which also included Darnley) that murdered David Rizzio, Mary's personal secretary and favorite. This event was followed by his flight into England. On 2 April 1566, Ruthven and Morton sent their testimony on David Rizzio's murder to Queen Elizabeth I of England, declaring they had acted the best for Darnley, Mary, state and religion. Ruthven died in England. Mary's secretary Claude Nau wrote that he died deceived by evil spirits who made him rave of a false vision of heaven. Family Patrick married first Janet Douglas (d. around 1552), illegitimate daughter of Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus, and had several children. Secondly, he married Janet Stewart, daughter of John Stewart, 2nd Earl of Atholl, and widow of Henry Stewart, 1st Lord Methven. Patrick's two eldest children married their stepmother Janet Stewart's children; daughter Jean Ruthven married Henry Stewart, 2nd Lord Methven, and the heir, William Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie, married Dorothea Stewart. A younger son Alexander Ruthven was a gentleman of the king's bedchamber in 1580. References External links Attribution Ruthven, Patrick Ruthven, 3rd Lord Ruthven, Patrick Ruthven, 3rd Lord Year of birth uncertain 16th-century Scottish people Scottish people of the Rough Wooing Scottish Reformation Privy Council of Mary, Queen of Scots Patrick