Stewart of Darnley Stewart of Darnley Stewart of Darnley was a notable Scots family, a branch of the Clan Stewart, who provided the English Stuart monarchs with their male-line Stuart descent, after the reunion of their branch with the royal Scottish branch, which led to the ultimate union of the two main kingdoms of Great Britain: England and Scotland. In 1565 the House of Stewart of Darnley was re-united with the Royal House of Stewart when Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley married his first cousin, Mary, Queen of Scots, both being grandchildren of Margaret Tudor, daughter of King Henry VII of England, and hence
Herbert Darnley also starred. Shortly afterwards, Gaumont produced a version of Darnley's sketch "Moving In" using members of his own troupe. Darnley wrote "By Whose Hand?", a murder story that was staged at the Pavilion Theatre in Leicester, in 1929 in which Dolores played the lead. Darnley gave a speech in which he said he was pleased to remove Dolores from the "human wolves" of London who "were trying to tear her to pieces." The production toured throughout 1929, reaching Mexborough and the Theatre Royal, Sheffield. In 1934, Darnley was profiled in the William Hickey "These Names Make News" column in "The