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James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Abercorn KG CB PC (Ire) (24 August 1838 – 3 June 1913), styled Viscount Hamilton until 1868 and Marquess of Hamilton from 1868 to 1885, was a British nobleman, courtier, and diplomat.
In October 1885 James Hamilton succeeded his father as the 2nd Duke of Abercorn and Ulster’s premier aristocrat and landed magnate. The Hamiltons are Ulster’s foremost Ulster-Scots family.
Apr 26, 2022 · "James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Abercorn KG, CB, PC (Ire) (24 August 1838 – 3 January 1913), styled Viscount Hamilton until 1868 and Marquess of Hamilton from 1868 to 1885, was a British nobleman and diplomat. He was the son of James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn, and Lady Louisa Jane Russell."
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- January 3, 1913
- August 24, 1838
History. In acknowledgement of his loyalty, James VI of Scotland (James I of England), conferred on the Hon. Claud Hamilton, third son of James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran, the title Lord Paisley.
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Born into an Ulster-Scots aristocratic family at Seymour Place, Mayfair, on 21 January 1811, Abercorn was the son of James, Viscount Hamilton, himself the eldest son of The 1st Marquess of Abercorn. His mother, Harriet, was the second daughter of The Hon. John Douglas, himself the son of The 14th Earl of Morton. His father died when Abercorn was on...
Lord Abercorn was first appointed a deputy lieutenant of County Tyrone, where he had a family seat at Baronscourt. On 13 November 1844, Lord Abercorn was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Donegal. The next month, on 12 December 1844, he was made a Knight of the Garterat the relatively young age of 33. Abercorn was appointed Groom of the Stole to Prince ...
Abercorn married Lady Louisa, second daughter of John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford, in 1832.They had fourteen children, thirteen of whom survived infancy, among them seven daughters, all of whom were ordered to marry into the peerage and no one beneath the rank of an earl: 1. Lady Harriet Georgiana Louisa Hamilton (1834–1913), married in 1855 to Th...
Cokayne, George E. (1910). Gibbs, Vicary (ed.). The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant. Vol. I, Ab-Adam to Basing. Lon...Doyle, James William Edmund (1886). The Official Baronage of England, v. 1. London: Longmans, Green.Cooper, Thompson (1884). "Abercorn (Duke of), James Hamilton" . Men of the Time (eleventh ed.). London: George Routledge & Sons. p. 4.Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Duke of AbercornPortraits of James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn at the National Portrait Gallery, LondonJames Hamilton, 6th Earl of Abercorn. He was the eldest son of Colonel James and Mary. He succeeded in 1701 as 6th Earl of Abercorn. His other titles were Baron of Abercorn, Baron Paisley, Hamilton, Mountcastle and Kilpatrick in Scotland, Viscount Strabane and Baron Mountcastle in Ireland.
Jul 22, 2024 · James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn PC (c. 1575 – 23 March 1618), was the eldest son of Claud Hamilton, 1st Lord Paisley (4th son of James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran), and of Margaret, daughter of George Seton, 5th Lord Seton.
