He then became a Bruce partisan. Lady Anne, then 22, married her fiance, then 25, at Lennoxlove Chapel in August 1998. His power *I am grateful to the Duke of Hamilton for permission to publish the document in the Appendix below, to the staffof the National Register of Archives (Scotland), and to Paul Shakeshaft for answering my queries. He negotiated the marriage of the young Queen Mary with the Dauphin of France and was rewarded with a French duchy, Chtellerault. We met and have not really been apart since.". [5], Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, 16th Duke of Hamilton, Angus Douglas-Hamilton, 15th Duke of Hamilton, "Hamilton, 16th Duke of, cr 1643 (Scot. In 1688, the Duke of Hamilton surrendered his previous titles, and they were reconferred on his second son, Lord Charles Hamilton, who became 2nd Earl of Selkirk, and who changed his surname to Douglas with a special remainder designed to prevent them becoming merged with the Dukedom. Duke of Hamilton is a title in the Peerage of Scotland, created in April 1643. The supporters are: on either side an Antelope Argent armed unguled ducally gorged and chained Or. Today, it is a poorly preserved example of a tower house, at least on the outsidebut on the inside are to be found genuine treasures, in the painted walls and ceilings commissioned by the Duke and his wife, Margaret Douglas. who had been proposed as a husband to Queen Elizabeth of England in 1561. : "http://www. Ancestors The 2nd Earl was succeeded by his eldest son, James, 3rd Earl of Arran, who had been proposed as a husband to Queen Elizabeth I of England in 1561. document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); THE daughter of a Scottish duke has shocked family and friends by leaving herAmerican husband, apparently without warning, and returning to Scotland. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Her husband of seven years is said to be devastated by the separation, which he claimed he had not anticipated. David Hamilton's son Sir John Hamilton became the 4th laird and was in turn succeeded as 5th laird by his son James Hamilton. [citation needed] He also regularly attends sittings in the Court of Lord Lyon as an hereditary assessor, sitting on the bench beside Lord Lyon. A member of one of Scotland's leading noble families, he was also a pioneering aviator and was the man who Deputy German Fhrer Rudolph Hess flew to Scotland to try to negotiate with in May 1941. In honor of Hamilton's arrival on Disney+, we're resurfacing this story from 2018 about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's trip to see the show, and how the modern day royals are related to the show . I visited Lennoxlove just last summer, and can highly recommend it, as a genuine ancient fortress, only moderately impacted by developments of the 18th or 19th centuries. Hamilton failed in his various attempts, notably being stood down by his own mother, a colonel in the Covenanter army, who threatened to shoot him with her own pistol if he disembarked in Edinburgh. American publication In Touch reported back in April 2019 that William may have had an affair with Rose, and that when Kate . It is emblematic display of the highest order. Built as a model of innovative fortification by the Kings chief builder, Hamilton of Finnart in the 1530s, after his fall in 1540, his half-brother the Regent used it as his stronghold in the west. The title, the town of Hamilton in Lanarkshire, and many places around the world are named after members of the Hamilton family. Donate. Wedding of 16th Duke of Hamilton. In the 1740s, they built a large mansion at Baronscourt, which remains the seat of the Duke of Abercorn today (I will do a separate post about these dukes). In later times, Kinneil House (sometimes called Arran House) acted sometimes as a fortress, sometimes a prison for the family, and was used on occasion as a setting for the court of James VI. It was owned by the Dukes of Hamilton, the premier peers of Scotland, and one of the few families bold enough to construct such a vast classical edifice. In the past, the journalists job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. ), AND BRANDON, 13th Duke of, cr 1711 (GB) (Alexander Douglas-Hamilton)", Alexander Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 16th Duke of Hamilton, Orders of precedence in the United Kingdom, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alexander_Douglas-Hamilton,_16th_Duke_of_Hamilton&oldid=1145661372, Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, Marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale, This page was last edited on 20 March 2023, at 08:38. But in November 1712, he was killed in a famous duel in Hyde Park by a rival for a disputed inheritance, Lord Mohun. The Dukedom and most other titles passed to a distant cousin, Alfred, who had a naval career, oversaw the demolition of Hamilton Palace in 1921, and moved his family to a nearby estate, Dungavel, originally one of the familys hunting lodges and summer retreats in the hills of South Lanarkshire. (images from Wikimedia Commons or my own photos), I am a historian of monarchy and the high aristocracy of Europe. Google Scholar. Harry Alexander Douglas-Hamilton (born 1981) (fourth son of Baron Selkirk of Douglas) (younger twin), Brendan Thomas Douglas-Hamilton (born 1974) (only son of Lord Hugh Malcolm Douglas-Hamilton, third son of the 14th Duke), Lord Patrick George Douglas-Hamilton (born 1950) (fourth son of the 14th Duke), Alasdair Malcolm Douglas-Hamilton (born 1939) (elder son of Lord Malcolm Avondale Douglas-Hamilton, third son of the 13th Duke), Angus Gavin Douglas-Hamilton (born 1968) (elder son of Alasdair Malcolm Douglas-Hamilton), William Niall Douglas-Hamilton (born 1999) (only son of Angus Gavin Douglas-Hamilton), Geordie Fergus Douglas-Hamilton (born 1969) (younger son of Alasdair Malcolm Douglas-Hamilton), Diarmaid Hugh Douglas-Hamilton (born 1940) (elder son of Lord David Douglas-Hamilton, fourth son of the 13th Duke), John Gavin Douglas-Hamilton (born 1957) (a great-great-grandson of Francis Seymour Douglas-Hamilton, a younger brother of the 13th Duke's father), Cecil Seymour Douglas-Hamilton (born 1916) (a great-grandson of Francis Seymour Douglas-Hamilton), This page was last edited on 30 April 2023, at 11:39. [14] In 1688, he resigned the Earldom of Selkirk and the Lordship of Daer and Shortcleuch, and those titles were regranted to his second son, with a special remainder designed to prevent them becoming merged with the Dukedom. . Lady Anne, 29, is now spending time at home near Lennoxlove, the fourteenthcentury family estate in East Lothian which belongs to her father, Angus DouglasHamilton, the fifteenth Duke of Hamilton. Lord Abernethy and Jedburgh Forest, There is nothing very much to say about the 5th Duke, the 6th Duke or even the 7th, 8th or 9th dukes They lived well, they loved well. The city of Hamilton ("the City") is an Ohio municipal corporation located in Butler County, Ohio. Duke Energy is a public-utility corporation regulated by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio that supplies natural gas and electric utility services throughout southwestern Ohio. And worse, from a strictly dynastic perspective, he had only a single daughter, who couldnt succeed to the dukedom(s) and other titles, because, unlike her ancestor Duchess Anne, there were other male heirs. One of the cousins of these 18th-century dukes was Sir William Hamilton, ambassador to Naples from 1764 to 1800, one of the most interesting people in the period, as a connoisseur and collector, whose youthful second wife, the former actress Emma Hart, became world famous as the lover of Admiral Nelson. Douglas Archives. It was torn down in the 1920s and today is the rather unlovely site of a sports complex, a supermarket, and a McDonalds. Upon his death in 1651, with no further heirs in the immediate male line, the Dukedom (and the titles created with it), as well as the Earldom of Lanark (and the title created with it), passed to that daughter, Anne, 3rd Duchess of Hamilton. His son David Hamilton, the 3rd laird, was the first to establish Hamilton as the family name. Richard Norton-Taylor. Both branches continue to use the title Duc de Chtellerault (and Napoleon III even confirmed it for the Duke of Hamilton, his distant kinsman, in 1864). guardian of the young Mary, Queen of Scots. He died in 2010, and was succeeded by his son, Alexander (b. Last night, William Stewart, a spokesman forMrMcClure, said: "I can tell you that John has been left shocked and upset at the news. The Duke, 33, Scotland's premier peer, married Sophie Ann Rutherford - an interior designer whose family comes from the Borders . 1 He married Nina Mary Benita Poore, daughter of Major Robert Poore and Juliana Benita Lowry-Corry, on 4 December 1901. Durham, N.C. Duke Vice President and Director of Athletics Nina King announced on Sunday the school and head football coach David Cutcliffe have reached a mutual agreement for separation . My ancestors came from Germany to the American colonies in the 18th century and I am a proud Virginian. An important split occurred in the very first generation after Walter, his second son John FiztWalter de Hamilton being given lands in Haddingtonshire (the old name of East Lothian), at Innerwick, near Dunbar, which formed a major cadet branch, later the earls of Haddington (created 1627), which continues to the present. The seat of the Dukes of Hamilton is Lennoxlove House, replacing the now-demolished Hamilton Palace. Since 1711, the dukedom has been held together with the Dukedom of Brandon in the Peerage of Great Britain, and the dukes since that time have been styled Duke of Hamilton and Brandon, along with several other subsidiary titles. He invested heavily in the Darien Scheme in Panama, a Scottish attempt to circumvent the English stranglehold on colonial trade, which failed utterly by 1700, bankrupting many Scots and leading in great part to the forging of the Union of the Crowns in 1707. However, it was later discovered that Sir Thomas Hay was still alive and the marriage was annulled. It happened extremely abruptly, and without explanation. became dormant. "); 2 Baron Mohun And The Duke Of Hamilton. own right. Like many Georgian aristocrats, they drank to excess and conducted scandalous affairs. He was created Duc de Chtellrault This site is part of Newsquest's audited local newspaper network. The Earl's second marriage to Janet Beaton (bef. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. He also had to defend himself against the Stuarts of Lennox who saw themselves as next in line for the throne should the King fail to produce heirs. The 14th Duke died in 1973, and his son the 15th Duke inherited the titles, the house and its contents (much moved from Hamilton Palace), as well as his interests in aviation: he too had a career in the Air Force, then worked as a test pilot. Newsquest Media Group Ltd, 1st Floor, Chartist Tower, Upper Dock Street, Newport, Wales, NP20 1DW Registered in England & Wales | 01676637 |. The fourth son, Orkney, was Governor of Virginia for nearly forty years in the early 18th centurythough he probably never visitedwhile the youngest son, Archibald, was a naval commander and Governor of Jamaica. At the bottom and centre of the frame is a plaque which reads /5TH DUKE OF HAMILTON/ BY WILLIAM HOARE/. brother William Hamilton (1616-1651) who had already been created Earl of Lanark Earl of Angus, Marquess and Duke of Hamilton. Still the King wished to secure his loyalty, so he created him Hereditary Keeper of Holyroodhouse, the seat of the monarch in Scotland, a position which the dukes of Hamilton continue to hold today. To add one further twist to this complex historythe main line of the Dukes of Hamilton are not actually Hamiltons at all, strictly speaking, but Douglases. He died, married but childless, in 1761, at which point the Dukedom of Douglas (and the titles created with it) became extinct, but the Marquessate of Douglas, both Earldoms of Angus and the Lordship of Abernethy and Jedburgh Forest passed to his second cousin twice removed and heir male, James Hamilton, 7th Duke of Hamilton. Bosmann A., et al., Angew. If you have met a brick wall Sometime between 1315 and 1329, Robert the Bruce knighted him and granted him lands in Renfrewshire and the Lothians and Cadzow (present day Hamilton in Lanarkshire), including Cadzow Castle. He was killed in a celebrated duel with Charles Mohun, 4th Baron Mohun (who also died) in Hyde Park in London on 15 November 1712. In 1761, the 7th Duke's second cousin twice removed, Archibald Douglas, 1st Duke of Douglas, died without an heir. Douglas Hamilton, 8th Duke of Hamilton, 5th Duke of Brandon and 2nd Baron Hamilton of Hameldon KT was a Scottish peer, nobleman, and politician. It is the senior dukedom in that peerage (except for the Dukedom of Rothesay held by the Sovereign's eldest son), and as such its holder is the premier peer of Scotland, as well as being head of both the House of Hamilton and the House of Douglas. It is not very easy to get to, and is only open to tours on certain days, so I was pleased, and a bit embarrassed, to have my very own private tour by an extremely knowledgeable guide who was also comfortable in making it more conversational once she found out I was a historian specialist on the aristocracy. In Shortly after this great honour (thus far, the only people who had multiple dukedoms in more than one peerage were royal), this was followed by an appointment as Master General of Ordinance and Ambassador to Franceit looked like a glittering military and diplomatic career would follow. (1515-1575). USA TODAY, June 3, Prince Harry, Meghan . The 6th Duke of Hamilton's (another James) claim to notoriety was very different. Lord Basil Douglas-Hamilton. They were created Friherre (or baron) of Dalserf in the 1650s, and a line was established permanently in Sweden, with two prominent members in the later 18th century: Count Gustav David Hamilton, of Barsebck, a field marshal and commander of Swedish forces in Pomerania in the Seven Years War; and his son Count Adolf Ludvig, one of the leaders of the opposition against the absolutism of King Gustav III in the 1780s. In 1882, Hamilton Palace stood grandly to the south-east of Glasgow. The 1503 Earldom of Arran and the Lordship of Hamilton became dormant,[13] and all the other titles (the Marquessate of Hamilton, the 1599 Earldom of Arran and the Lordships of Hamilton, Aven and Aberbrothwick in the Peerage of Scotland, and the Earldom of Cambridge and the Barony of Innerdale in the Peerage of England) became extinct. the Community The courtesy titles used by heirs apparent are "Marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale" (the eldest son of the duke) and "Earl of Angus" (the eldest son of a marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale). Today it is looked after by Historic Environment Scotland. please do let us know. This website and associated newspapers adhere to the Independent Press Standards Organisation's It is unusual for a king to grant a duchy to a foreign nobleman, but not the first time this had happened in the history of the Auld Alliance: a century before, Archibald Douglas had been created Duke of Touraine by King Charles VII during the Hundred Years War. Thanks GarryI really enjoyed writing it, though it was frustrating trying to keep the length down there is much much more to day! The 14th Duke, Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, succeeded his father in 1940, and a year later had an interesting guest drop in (literally), when the Deputy Fhrer Rudolf Hess parachuted onto his estates near Dungavel, hoping to establish contact with someone he had (most likely) met when the British lord had visited Berlin in 1936, in order to forge a deal for peace between the United Kingdom and Germany. The Hamiltons spent most of their time living abroad, in Paris or Germany, but unfortunately they also spent like princes, purchasing a grand house in London, enlarging Brodick Castle on the Island of Arran (to resemble a German hunting schloss), and debts began to accumulate. of France in 1548. In 1490, then aged 15, he married the 13-year-old Elizabeth, Lady Hay, daughter of Alexander Home, 2nd Lord Home and widow of Sir Thomas Hay, Master of Yester, son and heir of John Hay, 1st Lord Hay of Yester. Editors' Code of Practice. The lands in this area of the Clyde Valley, Lanarkshire, and the neighbouring county of Ayrshire, were divided and sub-divided into the numerous sub-branches of the family, including Cambuskeith, Dalserf, Udston, Wishaw, Orbiston, Silvertonhill, Bothwellhaugh, etc. At the time she said: "It was love at first sight. The titles held by the current duke of Hamilton and Brandon are: The duke of Hamilton and Brandon is the hereditary keeper of the Palace of Holyroodhouse, the official royal residence in Scotland, where he maintains large private quarters. When the last Stuart of Blantyre died in 1900, the castle passed through a number of hands before it was purchased as the new ducal seat for the House of Hamilton. HIGH AND PUISSANT PRINCE James Hamilton DUKE OF HAMILTON, BRANDON AND CHATELHERAULT DIED 11TH JULY 1734 IN THE 28TH YEAR OF HIS AGE THE MOST HIGH AND PUISSANT PRINCE Sir James Hamilton JAMES, 5TH DUKE OF HAMILTON AND 9TH DUKE CHATELHERAULT, 2ND DUKE OF BRANDON BORN 1702 DIED 1ST MARCH 1743 AGED 41 YEARS He was governor of Bothwell Castle for the English Crown during the First War of Scottish Independence. The 4th Duke's son James, 5th Duke of Hamilton was succeeded by his son James, 6th Duke of Hamilton and he by his son James, 7th Duke of Hamilton. Father. Watching the skies was not unusual for the Duke, as he had been an early aviator, and was appointed Air Commodore responsible for air defence for Scotland during the war. Readers comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. The Parish of Hamilton in the Somers Isles (now Bermuda) is named for him. Discover Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, 16th Duke of Hamilton's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. The letters patent that created the Dukedom of Hamilton contained a special remainder. without our express permission and then, if given, only by including Data returned from the Piano 'meterActive/meterExpired' callback event. His son was Douglas, 14th Duke of Hamilton, who was succeeded by his son Angus, 15th Duke of Hamilton. One of the most bizarre episodes of World War Two unfolded on a farm to the south of Glasgow on 10 May 1941. James George Hamilton, 7th Duke of Hamilton and 4th Duke of Brandon (18 February 1755 - 7 July 1769) was a short-lived Scottish peer.. Hamilton was born at Holyrood Palace, the son of the 6th Duke of Hamilton and his wife, Elizabeth.Styled as Marquess of Clydesdale from his birth until his father's death, he succeeded to his father's title of Duke of Hamilton in 1758, at the age of two.
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