Stewart of Darnley Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus. Born in England and raised at the court of her uncle Henry VIII, Margaret was Henry's officially recognized heir between the disgrace of Anne Boleyn and the birth of the future Edward VI. In 1565 Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley married his cousin Mary Queen of Scots, like him a descendant of Margaret Tudor and Henry VII. Mary's descent from Margaret Tudor's first marriage to James IV of Scots also placed her in line for the English throne, but many argued that Margaret Douglas's claim was superior as Margaret and her sons Henry Stuart, Lord
Edward Bligh, 5th Earl of Darnley was buried at Cobham. He was succeeded in the earldom by his eldest son, John. His wife, "Emma, Dowager Countess of Darnley", died on 15 March 1884. Edward Bligh, 5th Earl of Darnley Edward Bligh, 5th Earl of Darnley, (25 February 1795 – 12 February 1835), styled Lord Clifton until 1831, was a British peer and politician. Darnley was the second but eldest surviving son of John Bligh, 4th Earl of Darnley, and Elizabeth Brownlow, 3rd daughter of the Rt Hon. William Brownlow. He was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford, matriculating on 22 October 1812, where he