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Earl James Hamilton

Earl James Hamilton[1]

Male Abt 1475 - Aft 1529  (54 years)    Has more than 100 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name James Hamilton 
    Prefix Earl 
    Birth Abt 1475  Isle of Arran, Buteshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death Aft 26 Mar 1529  Kinneil House, West Lothian Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Bef 21 Jul 1529 
    Siblings 3 Siblings 
    Person ID I23595  Geneagraphie
    Last Modified 3 Apr 2017 

    Father Earl James Hamilton,   b. 1415   d. Bef 6 Nov 1479 (Age 64 years) 
    Mother Mary Stuart,   b. Abt 1452   d. May 1488 (Age 36 years) 
    Marriage Aft 1474 
    Family ID F10116  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Elizabeth Home   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage Bef 28 Apr 1490 
    Children 
     1. James Hamilton,   b. 1491
    Family ID F14134  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Apr 2017 

    Family 2 Janet Beaton,   b. Abt 1486, Creich Castle, Fifeshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1522, Kinneil House, West Lothian Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 36 years) 
    Marriage 23 Nov 1516  Creich, Sunderland, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Earl James Hamilton,   b. Abt 1505   d. 22 Jan 1574-1575, Hamilton, Clydesdale, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
    +2. Gavin Hamilton   d. Bef 1545
    +3. Helen Hamilton,   b. Abt 1518   d. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F39759  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 6 Dec 2007 

    Family 3 Mary Boyd,   b. Abt 1458   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Children 
    +1. James Hamilton,   b. Abt 1500, Fynnart, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Aug 1540 (Age 40 years)
    +2. Janet Hamilton
    Family ID F39763  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Apr 2017 

    Family 4 Elizabeth Lindsay   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Children 
    +1. John Hamilton   d. Bef 1558, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
    +2. Elizabeth Hamilton   d. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F39764  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Apr 2017 

    Family 5 Beatrice Drummond,   b. Abt 1474   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Children 
    +1. Margaret Hamilton,   b. Abt 1494   d. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F39762  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Nov 2007 

    Family 6 NN Burnet 
    Children 
    +1. Archbishop John Hamilton,   b. 1512   d. 7 Apr 1571 (Age 59 years)
    Family ID F311122  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Apr 2017 

    Marriage
    • Several unknown partners
    Children 
     1. Bishop James Hamilton   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. James Hamilton   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Anna Hamilton   d. 1516
    +4. Jean Hamilton   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Isabella Hamilton   d. Bef Jan 1570-1571
    +6. Jean Hamilton   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Jean Hamilton   d. Yes, date unknown
     8. Janet Hamilton   d. Bef 8 May 1551
     9. Janet Hamilton
     10. Jean Hamilton
     11. Isabella Hamilton   d. Bef 17 Mar 1604
    Family ID F311121  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Apr 2017 

  • Notes 
    • 2nd Lord Hamilton,1st Earl of Arran
      Privy Councillor,
      created Earl of Arran 11 Aug 1503,
      Admiral of the Scottish Fleet 1513,
      Lord of Regency under the Duke of Albany 1517, commanded the Royal army against the Earl of Lennox September 1526.

      Took an active part in the arrangements at the marriage of James IV, with Margaret Tudor; being rewarded on the same day (the 8th of August 1503) with the earldom of Arran. A champion in the lists he was scarcely so successful as a leader of men, his struggle with the Douglases being destitute of any great martial achievement.

      He was a nobleman of great accomplishments. He took part in a naval expedition against the Swedes in 1502 and at a tournament held in 1508 he was the champion archer on foot or horse in all of Scotland. In 1503, he was created Earl of Arran, the Gaelic-speaking island in the Forth of Clyde on which the family then made their home at Brodick Castle. Janet Beaton was his 2nd marriage. He was divorced from Elizabeth Home. He acceded 11 Aug 1503
      Privy Councillor, Admiral of the Scottish Fleet 1513, Lord of Regency under the Duke of Albany 1517, commanded the Royal army against the Earl of Lennox Sep 1526.
      He is supposed to have married 1st 1490 and is believed to have divorced her subsequently in 1504 on the grounds that the Master, although believed to be dead, was actually alive at the critical time. (In fact, the Master had married in 1483 Elizabeth Borthwick, who was alive at the time of his death, so the grounds for the divorce appear suspicious, even though it was confirmed four years later)

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