HAMILTON, John James (1756-1818).

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.