Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley and his wish that "every haire in my heade for to be a wourthy souldiour". The Lennox Crisis (1558–1563) was a political dilemma in England that arose from the dynastic ambition of the Lennoxes: Matthew Stewart, the 4th Earl of Lennox, was third in line to the Scottish throne, and his wife Margaret Douglas, the Countess of Lennox, was a niece of Henry VIII (Henry's sister Margaret Tudor's daughter) and granddaughter of Henry VII, making her second in line to the English throne after Mary Queen of Scots, and her son Darnley after her, should Elizabeth not have been able
John Bligh, 3rd Earl of Darnley Mary Stoyte on 11 September 1766. They had seven children: John Bligh, 3rd Earl of Darnley John Bligh, 3rd Earl of Darnley (1 October 1719 – 31 July 1781), styled "The Hon. John Bligh" between 1721 and 1747, was a British parliamentarian. Bligh was the son of John Bligh, 1st Earl of Darnley and Lady Theodosia Hyde, later Baroness Clifton (in her own right). He matriculated at Merton College on 13 May 1735 and was created MA on 13 July 1738. Bligh served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Maidstone from 1741 to 1747 and for Athboy in the Irish