THE DUKE OF MONMOUTH, K.G.
James Scott, the natural son of Charles II, was born 9th April, 1649, and created Duke of Monmouth in 1663. The same year, on the 7th May, he was admitted to the freedom of the Barber-Surgeons, in company with Alexander Lord Leven, Richard Hopton, and Thomas Rosse, Esquires.
The history of this unfortunate man is well known, and culminated in his being beheaded on the 15th July, 1685.