JAMES, the name of seven princes of the house of Stuart, the first five of whom were kings of Scotland, while the last two reigned over the whole kingdom of Great Britain. James I., the younger son of Robert III., was born in 1393, came to the throne in 1424, and was assassinated February 21, 1437. His son, James II., was born in 1432, and was accidentally killed by the bursting of a cannon at the siege of Roxburgh, in 1460, being then in his 29th year. James III., the son of the last-named, was born in 1454, came to the throne in 1460, and was murdered in 1488, in his 35th year. His son, James IV., born in 1474, began to reign in 1488. He was slain with the flower of his nobility at Flodden, in 1513. James V., born in 1512, came to the throne on his father's death, in the following year, and died in 1544, in his 33d year. James VI. of Scotland, born in 1566, became king of England under the title of James I., on the death of Elizabeth, in 1603. After a reign of 36 years in Scotland and 22 in Great Britain, he died in 1625, in the 60th year of his age. James VII. of Scotland, and II. of England, the second son of Charles I., was born in 1633, and died in exile in 1701, in the 68th year of his age. (See SCOTLAND, ENGLAND, GREAT BRITAIN, &c., &c.)