Many contemporary narratives describing his life and death refer to him as Lord Darnley, his title as heir apparent to the Earldom of Lennox, and it is by this appellation that he is now generally known.
Brojni suvremeni zapisi koji opisuju njegov život i smrt navode ga kao lorda Darnleya, što je bila njegova titula kao nasljednika grofa od Lennoxa, i to je naziv pod kojim je općenito poznat.