HAMILTON, James (1658-1712) | HoP Development Site

Family and Education

b. 11 Apr. 1658, 1st s. of William Hamilton (formerly Douglas) (d.1694), 3rd duke of Hamilton [S], and Anne (d.1716), da. of James Hamilton, duke of Hamilton [S] and suo jure duchess of Hamilton [S]; bro. Charles Douglas, 2nd earl of Selkirk [S] George Hamilton, earl of Orkney [S], and Ld. Archibald Hamilton^‡. educ. Hamilton sch.; Glasgow g.s.; Glasgow Univ. 1671-5; travelled abroad (France, Italy; John Bannantyne and James Forbes, governors) 1675–8; Mr Foubert’s acad. Paris 1676-7. NAS, GD 406/1/5997. m. (1) 10 Jan. 1688 (with £10,000), NAS, GD 406/1/7807, 7808. Anne (d. 2 July 1690), da. Robert Spencer, 2nd earl of Sunderland, 2da. d.v.p.; (2) 17 July 1698, Elizabeth (d.1744), da. and h. Digby Gerard, 5th Bar. Gerard of Gerards Bromley, 3s. 4da. (1 d.v.p.); 1s. 2da. illegit. (bef. 1683) with mother(s) unknown; 1s. illegit. (1691) with Lady Barbara Fitzroy, da. of Charles II and Barbara Palmer, duchess of Cleveland. KT 29 May 1687; nom. KG 25 Oct. 1712, never installed. d. 15 Nov. 1712; will 6 Apr. 1702; pr. 24 Sept. 1716. TNA, PROB 11/556.

Offices Held

Gent. of bedchamber 1679–85 (extra), 1685–88; CSP Dom. 1679–80, p. 439; CSP Dom. 1685, p. 155. PC 13 Dec. 1710 – d.

Burgess, Edinburgh 1682; Scot. Rec. Soc. lix. 38. kpr. (hered.), Holyroodhouse Palace 1698 – d.; commr. supply, Lanark 1704; ld. lt. and custos rot., Lancs. 1710 – d.; master forester and steward, Lancs. Forests (Quernmore, Myerscough, Amounderness, Bleasdale) 1710–d., Somerville, Office Holders of Duchy of Lancaster, 144. v.-adm., Lancs. and Cheshire Sept. 1712 – d.

A.d.c. to Louis XIV of France 1684; col., 6th Regt. of Horse (cuirassiers) 1685–8, CSP Dom. 1685, p. 280. R. Horse Gds. Nov.-Dec. 1688; CSP Dom. 1687–9, p. 366. brig.-gen. of horse Nov.-Dec. 1688; CSP Dom. 1687–9, p. 345. master-gen. of ordnance Sept. 1712 – d.

Amb. extraordinary France 1683 – 85, Sept. 1686; CSP Dom. 1686–7, pp. 264, 273, 447. amb. France Sept. 1712 – d.

Parlimentarian

HAMILTON, James (1658-1712)

Associated with: Kinneil Castle, Linlithgow; Hamilton Palace, Hamilton, Lanark; Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh; Sandon Hall, Staffs.; St James’ Sq., Westminster.London Jnl. xviii. 27; Dasent, History of St James’ Sq. App. A.;

Likenesses

oil on canvas by Sir G. Kneller, c.1700, Lennoxlove, Haddington, E. Lothian; oil on canvas, copy of preceding, National Galleries of Scotland, PG 840; oil on canvas by J.B. de Medina, 1703, R. Coll. Surgeons, Edinburgh.

Author

Townend, Graham

Hayton, David

Volume

Lords 1660-1715

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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