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ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS: Was anyone arrested after Lord Darnley, husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, was blown up at Kirk o' Field in Edinburgh? Queen of Scot Mary was just one week old when she took over the throne in 1542. Lord Darnley, the father of the baby who would become King James I of England and James VI of Scotland, was one of history's most notorious unsolved crimes. Darnley was on the upper floor of an Edinburgh house in Kirk o' Field on the night of February 9-10, 1567, when he was convalescing following a bout of smallpox, although some believe it was syphilis. For some time, barrels of the house had been packed with gunpowder, and the house exploded around 2 a.m., with explosions heard and felt throughout the region.