Baron Hamilton of Glenawly
Lineage.
MALCOLM HAMILTON, archbishop of Cashel, consecrated in 1623, died in 1629. He had issue by his 1st wife, Mary, daughter of Robert Wilkie, of Sachtonhill, HAMILTON-VISCOUNT CLANEBOYE,

• 1. ARCHIBALD, of Ballygally and Moyner, co. Tyrone, who by

EARL OF CLANBRASSILL, his wife, the Hon. Anne Balfour, dau. of James, Lord Glenawley, had no issue. 1. Hugh, of whom presently.

Viscounty, by Letters Patent, dated 4 May, 1622. 11. Joan, a captain in the army, was seated at Ballygally. Earldom, by Letters Patent, dated 7 June, 1647. Ry his wife Jean, dau. of James Somerville, descended from the house of Camnethan, he had issue two sons,

Lineage.
1 MALCOLM, ancestor to the Barons Hamilton. 2 Horn, ancestor to the Counts Hamilton.

The HAMILTONS, EARLS of CLANBRASSILL, were a powerful

family in the north of Ireland: their senior heir-general is The elder son,

LORD DUFFERIN AND CLANEBOYE. MALCOLM, entered the Swedish service in 1654; and rose to the rank of general. In 1664, he was naturalised among the

THE Rev. Hans HAMILTON,* vicar of Dunlop, Ayrshire, b. Swedish nobles, and in 1989 he was created Baron Hainilton 1536; m. Margaret Denham, dau. of the Laird of Weshiels; de Hagbey. He d. in 1699. His descendant in the 5th degree and dying 30 May, 1608, left, is HUGH-ADOLPHE, the present Baron Hamilton de Hagbey, b. in 1802. The younger son of Capt. John Hamilton,

I. JAMES (Sir) of whom hereafter. Hugh, like his elder brother, entered the Swedish service,

11. ARCHIBALD, of Haleraig, or Harrage, co. Lanark, m. Ist, where he attained to great distinction. He was general and

Rachel Carmichael, and had issue, master-general of the Swedish artillery: he was created, along 1 John, whose dau. Rachel m. John Stevenson, Esq. with his brother, Baron Hamilton de Llagbey, in 1089; heid. 2 JAMES, of Neilsbrook, 0. Antrim, who inherited one in 1724. Besides several sons whose lines are now extinct, he

fifth of the Earl of Clanbrassil's estates. He m. Agnes had a son, GUSTAVUS-DAVID, Baron llamilton, b. 1699, who Kennedy, and had three daus., was one of the most distinguished generals in the Swedish service. In 1751, he was created Count Hamilton de Bursebeck; in 1765, he was field-inarshal; he was knight of the Seraphim; he d. 1788. He hall, with other issue, three sons, * In the churchyard of Dunlop there is a tomb erected to his ancestors of the Counts Hamilton,

memory, and on a flag-stone in the floor is the following inscrip1 Hugh-William, 2nd Count Ilanilton de Barsebeck, whose

tion : Here lies Hans Hamilton, vicar of Dunlop, who line failed in his son, Gustavus, 3rd Count Hamilton de

deceased the 30th of May, 1608, at the age of 72 years; and Barsebeck, in 1854.

Janet Denham, his spouse.

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WILLIAM, who e. his father.

Nicolas, m. 24 April, 1690, to Sir Alexander Hope, Bart., of The Earldom of Cambridge merged in the crown, in 1461,

Kerse, upon the accession of King EDWARD IV., who had previously His lordship m. 2ndly, in 1676, Alice, Dowager Countess of borne that dignity, and it remained dormant from that period, Clanbrassil, eldest dau. of Henry, 1st Earl of Drogheda, but by until conferred, 16 June, 1619, by King James I., upon

her had no issue. He d. 25 May, 1693, and was 8. by his only JAMES HAMILTON, 2nd Marquess of Hamilton, in Scotland, surviving son, who was then created by letters patent, Baron of Ennerdale, WILLIAM HAMILTON, 3rd Lord Bargeny; who m. 1st, Mary, in Cumberland, and EARL OF CAMBRIDGE, and was installed a

eldest dau. of Sir William Primrose, of Carrington, sister of the knight of the Garter, at Windsor, 7 July, 1623. His lordship

1st Viscount of Primrose, by whom he had a dau., was lord steward of the household. He m. Anne, dau. of James, 7th Earl of Glencairne, by whom he had issue,

Grizel, m. 15 February, 1713, to Thomas Buchan, of Cairn

bulg, advocate, and had three daus., JAMES, his successor.

Mary, William, Earl of Lanark.

both d. unm.

Anne, Anne, m. to the Earl of Crawford.

Nicola, m. to Thomas Buchan, of Auchmacoy, co. AberMargaret. Mary.

deen, and had issue, His lordship d. in 1625, and was s. by his elder son,

Thomas Buchan, who m. Euphame, dau. of Robert JAMES HAMILTON, 2nd Earl of Cambridge, K.G. This noble

Turner, of Menie, and d. 1819, leaving a son and heir, man carried the sword of state, at the coronation of King

                                                          JAMES BUCHAN, Esq., of Auchmacoy. 

CHARLES I, and was advanced by that monarch, to the Scottish Charles, d. in infancy. Dukedom of Hamilton. His grace espousing actively the James, m. to Elizabeth Brebner. cause of his royal master, was defeated and taken prisoner, by

                                                         John Buchan, W.S., d. in Jamaica, 1796. 

Cromwell, at the battle of Preston, and suffered decapitation,

Mary, m. to Robert Fullarton, Esq., of Jamaica.

Grace. in old Palace Yard, 9 March, 1648. He m. Mary, dau, of Jane, m. to Thomas Arbuthnot, of Nether Kinmundy. William Fielding, Earl of Denbigh, by Susan, his wife, sister of Nicolas, m. to James Watson, Esq., W.S., and left a George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, and had surviving

dau., Nicolas. issue,

Lord Bargeny m. 2ndly, Margaret, eldest dau. of Robert ANNE, who, upon the decerse of her uncle, became Duchess Dundas, of Arniston, a lord of session, sister of the 1st Presiof Hamilton, in Scotland.

dent Dundas, by whom he left at his decease, about 1712, & Susanna, i. to John, Earl of Cassilis.

son and successor, The duke dying thus without male issue, was s. in all his

JAMES HAMILTON, 4th Lord Bargeny, b. 29 November, 1710; honours, by his brother,

who completed his education by visiting foreign countries, as William HAMILTON, Earl of Lanark, K.G., thus 3rd Earl of

appears from Hamilton of Bangour's epitaph on the companion Cambridge. This nobleman m. Elizabeth, dau, and co-heir

of his travels, who of James Maxwell, Earl of Dirleton, by whom he had four dans., * With kind Bargeny, faithful to his word, viz. : Anne, Elizabeth, Mary, and Margaret. His grace fell

Whom Heaven made good and social, though a lord, like his brother, in the royal cause, having received a mortal

The cities viewd of many languaged men." wound, at the unfortunate battle of Worcester, in 1651, when His lordship d. unm, at Edinburgh, 28 March, 1736, in the the Earldom of Cambridge, and Barony of Ennerdale, became 26th year of his age, and was buried, 5 April, in the abbey EXTINCT; his own Scottish honour shared a similar fate, church of Holyroodhouse; since which period the dignity has while the Dukedom of Hamilton in Scotland, devolved, remained DORMANT. A competition arose for the estate according to special limitation in the patent, upon his niece, betweenthe Lady Anne Hamilton, who m. William Douglas, Earl of

The children of Johanna, Lady Dalrymple, only dau. of John, Selkirk, and from this union the present Duke of Hamilton

master of Bargeny; lineally descends.

The children of the Hon. Mrs. Buchan, of Cairnbulg, dau, of

the 3rd lord ; and Arns-Gu., three cinquefoils, pierced, ermine.

Sir Alexander Hope, Bart., of Kerse, son of the Hon. Nicolas

Hope, dau. of the 2nd lord: And was ultimately decided in favour of the first: the heirgeneral of the Dalrymple-Hamiltons, of Bargeny, Henrietta

Dundas, m. in 1822, Augustin-Louis-Joseph-Casimer Gustave, HAMILTON-LORD BARGENY.

Duc DE COIGNY, and the heir male is the present Sir HEW

                                            HAMILTON DALRYMPLE, BART. 

By Letters Patent, dated 14 November, 1641.

Arms-Quarterly; lst and 4th, gu., three cinquefoils, ermine,

for Hamilton; 2nd and 3rd, arg., a ship with her sails furler! Lineage.

up, sable, for Arran; all within a bordure, gobonated, arg. and Sir John Iamilton, of Carriden (only son of Sir John Hamil

az., the 1st charged with hearts, gules, and the 2nd with mullets

of the Ist. ton, of Letrick, who was natural son of John, Ist Marquess of Hamilton), was created peer of Scotland, by the title of LORD BARGENY, 14 November, 1641, with limitation to the heirs male of his body. He accompanied the Duke of Hamilton in his unfortunate expedition into England, 1648; and his attach

HAMILTON-EARL OF RUGLEN. ment to the royal cause was so conspicuous, that Cromwell excepted him out of his act of grace and pardon, 12 April, 1654. His lordship m. Lady Jean Douglas, 2nd dau. of William, Ist

By Letters Patent, dated 14 April, 1697 Marquess of Douglas; and d. in 1658, having had issue,

Lineage. 1. Joun, 2nd Lord Bargeny. II. William, m. 3 April, 1662, Mary, dau. of Sir Patrick Hay, LORD JOHN HAMILTON, 4th son of William and Anne, Duke of Pitfour, relict of George Butler, of Clasbeny.

and Duchess of Hamilton, bapt. at Hamilton 26 January, 1665, 1. Margaret, w. Ist, to John Kennedy, of Culzean, who d.

was created a peer of Scotland, by the titles of EARL OF RUGLEN, 1665; and 2ndly, to Sir David Ogilvy, of Clova. II. Anne, m. to Sir Patrick Ilouston, Bart., of Houstoun, co.

Viscount of Riccartoun, and Lord Hillhouse, by patent, dated Renfrew, and 1. 1678.

14 April, 1697, to him and the heirs male of his body; which III. Grizel, d. 1678.

failing, to the heirs whatsoever of his body; and he took the IV. Margery, m. to William Baillie, of Lamington.

oaths and his seat in parliament, 19 July, 1698. On the death v. Catherine, m. 1676, William Cunningham, of Enterkine, in of his brother, Charles, Earl of Selkirk, in 1739, that title and Ayrshire, and d. 1740.

the Barony of Crawford-John, in Lanarkshire, devolved on The elder son,

him; but the Barony of Riccartoun then went, in terms of the Joun Hamilton, 2nd Lord Bargeny, m. Ist, Lady Margaret entail, to Lord Archibald Hamilton, his youngest brother, the Cunningham, 2nd dau. of William, 9th Earl of Glencairn, Earl of Ruglen, who was thenceforward styled the Earl of lord high chancellor of Scotland, and had by her,

Selkirk and Ruglen; d. at Edinburgh, 3 December, 1741, in his age.

the eightieth year of his age, and was buried at Cramond. He Swedish Diet. He is knight of the Seraphim, and was s. in the title of Selkirk and Barony of Crawford-John by

Senator. his grandnephew, Dunbar Hamilton, of Baldoon, and in the

Count ADOLPHE-Louis, d. 1844, and left issue. title of Ruglen and his other extensive property by his eldest

Count HUGH-DAVID, b. 1789, has issue, among other

sons, Count ADOLPHE-Louis, b. 1820; in 1862 appointed dau. His lordship m. lst (contract dated 21 June, 1694), his Governor of Upsala. cousin-german, Lady Anne Kennedy, only dau, of John, 7th

8 Axel, Count Hamilton, who had numerous issue, vizi, Earl of Cassilis, by his Ist wife, Lady Susan Hamilton, and by Count Axel-Flugh-Raoul Hamilton, who has issue. her had issue,

Count Adolphe-James-Charles Hamilton, d. in 1822, and

left issue. William, at first designed Lord Riccartoun, and after his father became Earl of Selkirk, Lord Daer, b. 1695 ; d. unm.

Count Axel-Louis-Adolphe-Malcolm Hamilton, who has

issue. at Edinburgh, 20 February, 1742, in the forty-sixth year of

Count Malcolm-Casimir Hamilton. ANNE, Countess of Ruglen.

Count Hugh-Dieterich Hamilton, who has, with other

issue, a son. Susan, b. 1 November, 1699; m. 26 October, 1738, to her cousin John, 8th Earl of Cassilis; and dying 8. p. at Barnton,

Count Gustavus-Malcolm Hamilton, b. 1826, who has

iseue. 8 February, 1763, in her sixty-fourth year, was burierl in the

Count John-David Hamilton, d. 1843. abbey church of Holyrood-house, being succeeded in her

Count James-Essen Hamilton, governor of Stockholm, large personal property by her nephew, the Earl of March.

knight of the Seraphim. He has issue. The Earl of Selkirk and Ruglen in. 2ndly, at Edinburgh, 22 18. Malcolm, a clergyman. Dlarch, 1701, Elizabeth Hutchinson, relict of John, Lord Kennedy, and mother of John, 8th Earl of Cassilis; he had no

The archbishop m. 2ndly, Jean, dau. of John Crawford, of issue by her, who had a jointure of £500 per annum out of the

Crawfordland, by whom he had, Cassilis estate, and d. at Barnton, 10 March, 1734. His lord- v. Louis, who entered the Swedish service, and in 1654 was ship's elder dan.,

created Baron Hamilton de Deserf, in Sweden.

He had a ANNE HAMILTON, Countess of Ruglen, b. 5 April, 1698; m.

Bcn, Gustavus, governor of Enniskillen. Ist, William, 2nd Earl of March, and by him (who il. at Barn

The 2nd son, ton, 7 March, 1731, aged thirty-five,) hal an only child, HUGH HAMILTON, created Baron Hamilton de Desert, in William, Duke of Queensberry, Earl of March and Ruglen; Sweden, returned to Ireland, seated himself at Ballygally, co. and 2ndly, in January, 1747, Anthony Sawyer, Esq., paymaster Tyrone, and was advanced to the Irish peerage, 2 March, 1660, of the forces in Scotland, by whom she had no issue. On the as Lord Hamilton, Baron of Glenauly, co. Fermaugh. By death of her father, in 1744, she s. as Countess of Ruglen; and his 2nd wife, Susanna, youngest dau. of Sir William Balfour, d. at York, on her way to London, 21 April, 1748, in her fifty- | of Pitcullo (who m. 2ndly, Henry Mervyn, Esq., of Trelick) he first year, when the title of Ruglen devolved on her son, had issue, WILLIAM DOUGLAS, Earl of March and Ruglen, afterwards

WILLIAM, his heir. 4th Duke of Queensberry; who d. in December, 1810, s. p., Henrietta-Amelia, d. in 1669. when the Earldom of Ruglen became EXTINCT.

ARABELLA-SUSANNA, m. 1st, 3 July, 1683, to Sir John Magill,

Bart., of Gill Hall, co. Down; and 2ndly, to Marcus, VisArms-Gu., three cinquefoils, erm.

count Dungannon. NICHOLA-SOPHIA, m. 1st, in 1687, to Sir Tristram Beresford, Bart., of Coleraine, by whom she was mother of four daus. and of one son, Marcus, Earl of Tyrone. She m. 2ndly, in 1704, Lieut.-Gen. Richard Gorges, by whom she had also issue.

(See title GORGES.) HAMILTON-BARON HAMILTON, OF

Lord Hamilton d. in April, 1679, and was s. by his son,

William HAMILTON, 2nd Lord Hamilton, of Glenawly; at GLENAWLY.

whose decease 8. P., in February, 1680, the title became

                                              EXTINCT. 

By Letters Patent, dated 2 March, 1660.

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