The Duke of Hamilton, escorted to Holyrood Palace by the people of Edinburgh, 1706 during the no to union with England campaign

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Illustration from a special edition history of England published in 1903. The Duke of Hamilton was hugely popular because of his prominent opposition to the act of union, but ultimately he vacillated allowing it to go through.

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