A shekara ta 1679, 'yan adawa sun kashe Archbishop Sharp kuma Moray ya taimaka wajen kawar da wani ɗan gajeren lokaci
tawaye. Wannan ya haifar da nadin sa a ranar 17 ga Yuli 1680 a matsayin Babban Sarki na Zama; lokacin da aka kori Lauderdale ba da daɗewa ba, ya zabi Moray a matsayin Sakataren Gwamnati a wurinsa. James ya amince da wannan, amma ya nace Moray ya raba matsayin, da farko tare da Middleton, sannan Melfort.