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Claud HAMILTON, 1st Lord Paisley

Claud HAMILTON, 1st Lord Paisley

Male Abt 1542 - 1621  (79 years)

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  1. 1.  Claud HAMILTON, 1st Lord Paisley was born about 1542 (son of James HAMILTON, 1st Duke of Châtellerault and 2nd Earl of Arran and Margaret DOUGLAS); died on 3 May 1621.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation / Profession: He also enjoyed the offices of Dean of Dunbar, Canon of Glasgow and Prebendary of Cambuslaug.
    • Occupation / Profession: 1553; Lay Abbot of Paisley
    • Event: 5 Dec 1553; By a papal bull, he was appointed Commendator of the Abbey of Paisly by Pope Julius III on the resignation of his uncle John Hamilton, a natural son of the 1st Earl of Arran. The bull calls him fourteen years of age, but as he is found granting a charter on 6 August 1564 with consent of his father as tutor, it is clear he must have been under age at that time, so that he cannot have been born earlier than 1543.
    • Event: 1568; Commanded the vanguard for Mary, Queen of Scots at the Battle of Langside (having previously helped her escape from Lochleven).
    • Event: 1572/3; Subsequently outlawed and estates forfeited, but restored for loyalty to King James VI of Scotland.
    • Event: 1579; Though again (his estates are) subject to forfeiture for activities in Mary's (Queen of Scots) cause.
    • Event: 1585; Lordship of Paisley restored to him, though he continued plotting for Mary's (Queen of Scots) release.
    • Title: From 29 Jul 1587 to 3 May 1621; 1st Lord Paisley (County Renfrew) [Scotland. 1587]

    Claud married Margaret SETON on 1 Aug 1574. Margaret was born in Date of birth unknown; died on 18 Feb 1616. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Sir John HAMILTON
    2. Claud HAMILTON was born in Date of birth unknown; died on 19 Oct 1614 in Dublin, Ireland.
    3. Sir George HAMILTON was born in Date of birth unknown; died before 1657.
    4. Sir Frederick HAMILTON was born in Date of birth unknown; died on 31 Mar 1646.
    5. James HAMILTON, 1st Earl of Abercorn was born in 1575; died on 23 Mar 1617/8.
    6. Margaret HAMILTON was born on 1 Sep 1577; died on 23 Dec 1577.
    7. Henry HAMILTON was born on 13 Dec 1584; died on 15 Mar 1585.
    8. Margaret HAMILTON was born about 1585; died on 11 Sep 1623.
    9. Alexander HAMILTON was born on 18 Mar 1587; died on 21 Nov 1587.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  James HAMILTON, 1st Duke of Châtellerault and 2nd Earl of Arran was born about 1519 (son of James HAMILTON, 1st Earl of Arran and Janet BEATON); died on 22 Jan 1574/5.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Title: From 22 Jul 1529 to 22 Jan 1574; 2nd Earl of Arran [Scotland. 1503], 3rd Lord Hamilton [Scotland. 1445]
    • Occupation / Profession: Between 1542 and 1557; Guardian to Mary, Queen of Scots and Governor of the Realm during latter's minority.
    • Occupation / Profession: From 1542 to 1554; Regent of Scotland
    • Event: 13 Mar 1542/3; Declared Heir Presumptive to the Crown.
    • Honor: 1548; Order of St. Michael (France)
    • Title: From 8 Feb 1548 to 22 Jan 1574; Duke of Châtellerault [France. 1548] - created by King Henry II of France, in Poitou, with a pension, to win his consent to the match between Mary, Queen of Scots and the Dauphin of France.

    James married Margaret DOUGLAS on 23 Sep 1532. Margaret was born in Date of birth unknown; died in 1579. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Margaret DOUGLAS was born in Date of birth unknown; died in 1579.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Married name: Margaret Hamilton
    • Title: From 23 Sep 1532 to 22 Jan 1574; Countess of Arran
    • Title: From 8 Feb 1548 to 22 Jan 1574; Duchess of Châtellerault
    • Title: From 22 Jan 1574 to 1579; Dowager Duchess of Châtellerault, Dowager Countess of Arran

    Children:
    1. Barbara HAMILTON
    2. 1. Claud HAMILTON, 1st Lord Paisley was born about 1542; died on 3 May 1621.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  James HAMILTON, 1st Earl of Arran was born about 1475 (son of James HAMILTON, 1st Lord Hamilton and Mary STEWART); died on 22 Jul 1529.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation / Profession: - Lieutenant General of Kingdom of Scotland - Warden of the Marches
    • Event: Obtained lordship of Bothwell on its forfeiture by the Earl of Angus.
    • Title: From 6 Nov 1479 to 22 Jul 1529; 2nd Lord Hamilton [Scotland. 1445]
    • Event: 11 Aug 1503; Obtained a charter of the lands and earldom of Arran to himself and his hers males in failure of which they were to revert to the Crown.
    • Title: From 11 Aug 1503 to 22 Jul 1529; 1st Earl of Arran [Scotland. 1503]
    • Occupation / Profession: 1513; Admiral of Scotland
    • Occupation / Profession: 1517; A Lord of the Regency

    James married Janet BEATON on 23 Nov 1516. Janet (daughter of Sir David BEATON, of Creich, Fifeshire) was born in Date of birth unknown; died about 1522. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Janet BEATON was born in Date of birth unknown (daughter of Sir David BEATON, of Creich, Fifeshire); died about 1522.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Married name: Janet Livingston, Janet Hamilton
    • Title: From 23 Nov 1516 to 1522; Countess of Arran, Lady Hamilton

    Children:
    1. 2. James HAMILTON, 1st Duke of Châtellerault and 2nd Earl of Arran was born about 1519; died on 22 Jan 1574/5.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  James HAMILTON, 1st Lord Hamilton was born in Date of birth unknown (son of Sir James HAMILTON, 5th Laird of Cadzow and Janet LIVINGSTON); died on 6 Nov 1479.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Title: From May 1441 to 6 Nov 1479; 6th Laird of Cadzow [Scotland]
    • Title: From 28 Jun 1445 to 6 Nov 1479; 1st Lord Hamilton [Scotland. 1445]
    • Event: 1455; At first joined the Douglas revolt of 1455 against James II of Scotland, later joined the King's side and helped suppress it.
    • Occupation / Profession: 1 Jul 1455; Sheriff of Lanarks
    • Event: 23 Oct 1455; Had a new charter of all his lands and baronies.

    James married Mary STEWART about Apr 1474. Mary was born in May 1453 in Stirling Castle, Stirling, Scotland; died in May 1488. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Mary STEWART was born in May 1453 in Stirling Castle, Stirling, Scotland; died in May 1488.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Married name: Mary Hamilton

    Children:
    1. Elizabeth HAMILTON was born in Date of birth unknown; died about Apr 1531.
    2. 4. James HAMILTON, 1st Earl of Arran was born about 1475; died on 22 Jul 1529.

  3. 10.  Sir David BEATON, of Creich, Fifeshire

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation / Profession: Comptroller of Scotland in the time of James VI.

    Children:
    1. 5. Janet BEATON was born in Date of birth unknown; died about 1522.



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