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See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
JAMES See also:DOUGLAS , 4th See also:duke of See also:- HAMILTON
- HAMILTON (GRAND or ASHUANIPI)
- HAMILTON, ALEXANDER (1757-1804)
- HAMILTON, ANTHONY, or ANTOINE (1646-1720)
- HAMILTON, ELIZABETH (1758–1816)
- HAMILTON, EMMA, LADY (c. 1765-1815)
- HAMILTON, JAMES (1769-1831)
- HAMILTON, JAMES HAMILTON, 1ST DUKE OF (1606-1649)
- HAMILTON, JOHN (c. 1511–1571)
- HAMILTON, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
- HAMILTON, PATRICK (1504-1528)
- HAMILTON, ROBERT (1743-1829)
- HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM
- HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM (1730-1803)
- HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM ROWAN (1805-1865)
- HAMILTON, THOMAS (1789-1842)
- HAMILTON, WILLIAM (1704-1754)
- HAMILTON, WILLIAM GERARD (1729-1796)
Hamilton (1658-1712), eldest son of the preceding and of Duchess See also:Anne, succeeded his See also:mother, who resigned the dukedom to him in 1698, and at the See also:accession of See also:Queen Anne he was regarded as See also:leader of the Scottish See also:national party. He was an opponent of the See also:union with See also:England, but his lack of decision rendered his See also:political conduct ineffective. He was created duke of See also:Brandon in the See also:peerage of See also:Great See also:Britain in 1711; and on the 15th of See also:November in the following See also:year he fought the celebrated See also:duel with See also:Charles See also:Lord See also:Mohun, narrated in See also:Thackeray's Esmond, in which both the principals were killed. His son, James (1703-1743), became 5th duke, and his See also:grandson James, 6th duke of Hamilton and Brandon (1724-1758), married the famous beauty, See also:Elizabeth See also:Gunning, afterwards duchess of See also:Argyll. James See also:George, 7th duke (1755-1769), became See also:head of the See also:house of Douglas on the See also:death in 1761 of See also:Archibald, duke of Douglas, whose titles but not his estates then devolved on . the duke of Hamilton as See also:heir-male. Archibald's See also:brother Douglas (1756-1799) was the 8th duke, and when he died childless the titles passed to his See also:uncle Archibald (1740-1819). His son See also:Alexander, loth duke (1767-1852), who as See also:marquess of Douglas was a great See also:collector and connoisseur of books and pictures (his collections realized £397,562 in 1882), was See also:ambassador at St See also:Petersburg in 1806-1807. His See also:sister, See also:Lady Anne Hamilton, was lady-in-waiting and a faithful friend to Queen See also:Caroline, wife of George IV.; she did not write the See also:Secret See also:History of the See also:Court of England . . . (1832) to which her name was attached. See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William Alexander, 1th duke of Hamilton (1811-1863), married Princess See also:Marie Amelie, daughter of Charles, See also:grand-duke of See also:Baden, and, on her mother's See also:side, a See also:cousin of See also:Napoleon III. The See also:title of duke of See also:Chatellerault, granted to his remote ancestor in 1548, and claimed at different times by various branches of the Hamilton See also:family, was conferred on the 11th duke's son, William Alexander, 12th duke of Hamilton (1845-1895), by the See also:emperor of the See also:French in 1864. His sister, Lady See also:Mary Douglas-Hamilton, married in 1869 See also:Albert, See also:prince of See also:Monaco, but their See also:marriage was declared invalid in 1880. She subsequently married See also:Count Tassilo Festetics, a Hungarian See also:noble. The 12th duke See also:left no male issue and was succeeded in 1895 by his kinsman, See also:Alfred Douglas, a descendant of the 4th duke. Claud Hamilton, 1st See also:Baron See also:Paisley, brother of the 1st marquess of Hamilton, was, as mentioned above, ancestor of the See also:Abercorn See also:branch of the Hamiltons. His son, who became See also:earl of Abercorn in 16o6, received among a number of other titles that of Lord Hamilton. This title, and also that of See also:Viscount Hamilton, in the peerage of Great Britain, conferred on the 8th earl of Abercorn in 1786, are See also:borne by the See also:dukes of Abercorn, whose eldest son is usually styled by See also:courtesy marquess of Hamilton, a title which was added to the other family honours when the 2nd marquess of Abercorn was raised to the dukedom in 1868.
See See also:John See also:- ANDERSON
- ANDERSON, ADAM (1692—1765)
- ANDERSON, ALEXANDER (c. 1582-1620?)
- ANDERSON, ELIZABETH GARRETT (1836— )
- ANDERSON, JAMES (1662—1728)
- ANDERSON, JAMES (1739-1808)
- ANDERSON, JOHN (1726-1796)
- ANDERSON, MARY (1859– )
- ANDERSON, RICHARD HENRY (1821–1879)
- ANDERSON, ROBERT (1750–1830)
- ANDERSON, SIR EDMUND (1530-1605)
Anderson, The House of Hamilton (1825); Hamilton Papers, ed. J. See also:Bain (2 vols., See also:Edinburgh, 189o–1892) ; See also:- GILBERT
- GILBERT (KINGSMILL) ISLANDS
- GILBERT (or GYLBERDE), WILLIAM (1544-1603)
- GILBERT, ALFRED (1854– )
- GILBERT, ANN (1821-1904)
- GILBERT, GROVE KARL (1843– )
- GILBERT, J
- GILBERT, JOHN (1810-1889)
- GILBERT, MARIE DOLORES ELIZA ROSANNA [" LOLA MONTEZ "] (1818-1861)
- GILBERT, NICOLAS JOSEPH LAURENT (1751–1780)
- GILBERT, SIR HUMPHREY (c. 1539-1583)
- GILBERT, SIR JOSEPH HENRY (1817-1901)
- GILBERT, SIR WILLIAM SCHWENK (1836– )
Gilbert See also:Burnet, Lives of James and William, dukes of Hamilton (1677) ; The Hamilton Papers relative to 1638-165o, ed. S. R. See also:Gardiner for the See also:Camden Society (188o) ; G. E. C[okayne], See also:Complete Peerage (1887–1898) ; an See also:article by the Rev. J. Anderson in See also:Sir J. B. See also:Paul's edition of the Scots Peerage, vol. iv. (1907).
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