James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn
| The Right Honourable The Earl of Abercorn PC | |
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| Member of the Scottish Parliament for Linlithgow | |
| In office 1597 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | James Hamilton 12 August 1575 |
| Died | 23 March 1618 (aged 42) Monkton, Ayrshire, Scotland |
| Resting place | Paisley Abbey, Renfrewshire, Scotland |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Spouse(s) | Marion Boyd |
| Children | 10, including James, Claud, and George |
| Parents |
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James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn PC (12 August 1575[1] – 23 March 1618) was a Scottish peer.
Biography[edit]
He was the eldest son of Claud Hamilton, 1st Lord Paisley (4th son of James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran), and of Margaret, daughter of George Seton, 7th Lord Seton.[2][3] In 1597, he sat for Linlithgow in the Parliament of Scotland, and was a Gentleman of the Bedchamber and member of the Privy Council to James VI of Scotland. In 1600, the King created him hereditary Sheriff of Linlithgow.[3] On 5 April 1603, he was created Lord Abercorn, of Linlithgowshire. In 1604, he served on a royal commission to consider the union of the crowns of England and Scotland.[3] While the project was unsuccessful, his service was satisfactory to the King. He received large grants of lands in Scotland and Ireland,[2] and built a castle in the barony of Strabane. On 10 April 1606 he was further honored by being made Earl of Abercorn and Lord Paisley, Hamilton, Mountcastell and Kilpatrick. On 11 March 1613/4, he was summoned to attend the Parliament of Ireland and granted the precedence of an earl in Ireland (confirmed by royal warrant on 31 March), although he was never created a peer in that realm. He was appointed to the Council of Munster on 20 May 1615.[3]
He died on 23 March 1618, at Monkton, and was buried on 29 April 1618 in the church of Paisley Abbey.[2][4]
Family[edit]
He married Marion, daughter of Thomas Boyd, 6th Lord Boyd. She was a prominent Roman Catholic, was excommunicated in the kirk of Paisley in 1628, and died on 26 August 1631 in the Canongate.[4] They left ten children:
- Lady Anne Hamilton (1592–1620), married Hugh Sempill, 5th Lord Sempill and had issue
- Lady Isobel Hamilton (1600-27 Nov. 1620)
- James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Abercorn (c. 1604 – c. 1670), created Lord Hamilton, Baron of Strabane in the Peerage of Ireland in his father's lifetime.
- Sir William Hamilton, 1st Baronet (c. 1605–1680)
- Claud Hamilton, 2nd Baron Hamilton of Strabane (c. 1606–1638)
- Sir George Hamilton, 1st Baronet (c. 1607–1679)
- Lady Lucy Hamilton (b. bef. 1618), a marriage was arranged for her with Randal MacDonnell, 1st Marquess of Antrim, but the wedding never took place
- Sir Alexander Hamilton (d. bef. 4 May 1669), married Lady Elizabeth Bedingfield of Oxburgh (c. 1610–1683), and had issue:
- James[5] Hamilton (1642-1717), the Count Palatine's of the Rhine Privy councillor, Chamberlain and Envoy Extraordinary to the court of James II of England, was created 1695 Reichsgraf Jakob von Hamilton, became 1698 Lord of Neuburg am Inn, had issue:
- Count Julius von Hamilton zu Neuburg (1685-1759), Privy councillor to Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor,[6] sold Neuburg in 1719, married and had issue
- Count Maximilian von Hamilton (1714-1776), Prince-Bishop of Olomouc
- Count Nikolaus von Hamilton (1715-1765), Privy councillor, 1749–1764 Governor of Trieste and Fiume, 1764–1765 Landeshauptmann of Moravia
- Count Julius von Hamilton zu Neuburg (1685-1759), Privy councillor to Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor,[6] sold Neuburg in 1719, married and had issue
- James[5] Hamilton (1642-1717), the Count Palatine's of the Rhine Privy councillor, Chamberlain and Envoy Extraordinary to the court of James II of England, was created 1695 Reichsgraf Jakob von Hamilton, became 1698 Lord of Neuburg am Inn, had issue:
- Lady Margaret Hamilton (d. c. 4 May 1642), married Sir William Cuninghame of Caprington
Notes[edit]
- ^ Calendar State Papers Scotland, vol. 5 (1907), 182.
- ^ a b c Chisholm 1911.
- ^ a b c d Cokayne 1910, p. 2.
- ^ a b Cokayne 1910, p. 3.
- ^ Often wrongly called "Alexander".
- ^ Balfour Paul, vol i, p47-48
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Abercorn, James Hamilton". Encyclopædia Britannica. 1 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
References[edit]
- Cokayne, George E. (1910). Gibbs, Vicary, ed. The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant. I, Ab-Adam to Basing. London: St. Catherine Press.
- Cokayne, George E. (1998). Hammond, Peter W., ed. The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant. XIV, Addenda and Corrigenda. London: St. Catherine Press. p. 2.
- Balfour Paul, Sir James -Scots Peerage IX vols. Edinburgh 1906. [1]
Millar, Alexander Hastie (1890). "Hamilton, James (d.1617)". In Stephen, Leslie; Lee, Sidney. Dictionary of National Biography. 24. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
External links[edit]
- thePeerage.com
- Marek, Miroslav. "Hamilton 2". Genealogy.EU].[self-published source][better source needed]
| Peerage of Scotland | ||
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| New creation | Baron Abercorn 1603–1618 |
Succeeded by James Hamilton |
| Earl of Abercorn 1606–1618 | ||