Commons 1754-1790

b. 6 Aug. 1744, 2nd surv. s. of Gabriel, 1st Baron Coleraine [I] educ. Reading sch.; Queen’s, Oxf. 1761. unm. suc. bro. 4 Dec. 1794.

b. 22 Dec. 1751, 2nd s. of William Nisbet of Dirleton by Mary, da. and h. of Alexander Hamilton of Pencaitland and Saltcoats (d. 1758); bro. of William Hamilton Nisbet. m. 1782, Janet, da. of Robert Dundas, ld. pres. of court of session, s.p. As heir (by entail, 1747) to Pencaitland assumed name of Hamilton.

b. July 1756, posth. s. of Capt. Hon. John Hamilton, R.N., by Harriet, illegit. da. of Rt. Hon. James Craggs, wid. of Richard Eliot, M.P., of Port Eliot, Cornw.; half-bro. of Edward Eliot, and gd.-s. of James, 7th Earl of Abercorn [S]. educ. Harrow 1770-1; Pembroke, Camb. 1773; I. Temple 1773. m. (1) 20 June 1779, Catherine (d. 13 Sept. 1791), da. of Sir Joseph Copley, 1st Bt., of Sprotbrough, Yorks., 2s. 4da.; (2) 4 Mar. 1792, his 1st cos. Lady Cecil Hamilton (div. Apr. 1799), da. and coh. of Hon. and Rev. George Hamilton, dean of Windsor, 1da.; (3) 3 Apr. 1800, Anne Jane, da. of Arthur Saunders Gore, 2nd Earl of Arran [I], wid. of Henry Hatton of Great Clonard, co. Wexford, s.p. suc. uncle as 9th Earl of Abercorn [S] 9 Oct. 1789; cr. Mq. of Abercorn [GB] 15 Oct. 1790; K.G. 17 Jan. 1805.

b. 13 Dec. 1730, 4th s. of Lord Archibald Hamilton, bro. of James, 4th Duke of Hamilton [S], by his 3rd w. Lady Jane Hamilton, da. of James, 6th Earl of Abercorn [S]. educ. Westminster 1740. m. (1) 25 Jan. 1758, Catherine (d. 25 Aug. 1782), da. of Hugh Barlow of Lawrenny Hall, Pemb., 1da.; (2) 6 Sept. 1791, Emma, da. of Henry Lyon of Nesse, Great Neston, Cheshire (Nelson’s Lady Hamilton). K.B. 15 Jan. 1772.

b. 28 Jan. 1729, 1st surv. s. of William Hamilton, barrister, of Lincoln’s Inn, by his 1st w. Helen, da. of David Hay of Woodcockdale, West Lothian. educ. Harrow 1742-5; Oriel, Oxf. 1745; L. Inn. suc. fa. 1754. unm.