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James HAMILTON, Viscount Hamilton

James HAMILTON, Viscount Hamilton

Male 1786 - 1814  (27 years)

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  1. 1.  James HAMILTON, Viscount Hamilton was born on 7 Oct 1786 in Petersham Lodge, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, England (son of John James HAMILTON, 1st Marquess of Abercorn and Catherine COPLEY); died on 27 May 1814.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Education: 24 Oct 1805; Christ Church, Oxford
    • Occupation / Profession: 31 Jan 1807; Member of Parliament (MP) for Dungannon
    • Occupation / Profession: From 8 May 1807 to 29 Sep 1812; Parliament being dissolved on 29 April following, elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Liskeard.

    Notes:

    Died:
    Died in the lifetime of the father.

    James married Harriet DOUGLAS on 25 Nov 1809. Harriet was born in Date of birth unknown; died on 26 Aug 1833. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. James HAMILTON, 1st Duke of Abercorn was born on 21 Jan 1811; died on 31 Oct 1885.
    2. Harriet HAMILTON was born on 21 Mar 1812; died on 19 Mar 1884.
    3. Claud HAMILTON was born on 27 Jul 1813; died on 3 Jun 1884.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  John James HAMILTON, 1st Marquess of Abercorn was born in Jul 1756 (son of John HAMILTON and Harriet CRAGGS); died on 27 Jan 1818.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Education: Pembroke College, Cambridge
    • Occupation / Profession: Member of Parliament (MP) for East Looe, in Cornwall
    • Academic degree: 1776; Master of Arts (MA) from Pembroke College, Cambridge
    • Occupation / Profession: 1784; Chosen Member of Parliament (MP) for St. Germans at the general election.
    • Title: From 9 Oct 1789 to 27 Jan 1818; 9th Earl of Abercorn, 9th Lord Paisley, Hamilton, Mountcastell and Kilpatrick [Scotland. 1606], 2nd Viscount Hamilton (of Hamilton, in the county of Leicester) [Great Britain. 1786], 4th Baron Mountcastle (County Tyrone) [Ireland. 1701], 4th Viscount Strabane [Ireland. 1701], 5th Baronet (of Donalong, County Tyrone and Nenagh, County Tipperary) [Ireland. 1660], 10th Lord Hamilton, Baron of Strabane (County Tyrone) [Ireland. 1617], 9th Lord Abercorn (County Linlithgow) [Scotland. 1603], 9th Lord Paisley (County Renfrew) [Scotland. 1587]
    • Title: From 15 Oct 1790 to 27 Jan 1818; 1st Marquess of Abercorn [Great Britain. 1790]
    • Occupation / Profession: 7 Feb 1794; Privy Counsellor (PC) of Ireland
    • Honor: 15 Jan 1805; Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter (KG)

    John married Catherine COPLEY on 20 Jun 1777. Catherine (daughter of Sir Joseph COPLEY, 1st Baronet, of Sprotborough, Yorkshire and Mary BULLER) was born in Date of birth unknown; died on 13 Sep 1791. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Catherine COPLEY was born in Date of birth unknown (daughter of Sir Joseph COPLEY, 1st Baronet, of Sprotborough, Yorkshire and Mary BULLER); died on 13 Sep 1791.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Married name: Catherine Hamilton
    • Title: From 9 Oct 1789 to 13 Sep 1791; Countess of Abercorn
    • Title: From 15 Oct 1790 to 13 Sep 1791; Marchioness of Abercorn

    Notes:

    Married:
    20 Jun 1779 - The Scots Peerage, Volume I, Page 66

    Children:
    1. Harriet Margaret HAMILTON was born about 1781; died on 30 Apr 1803.
    2. Katherine Constantia HAMILTON was born on 7 Oct 1782; died on 23 May 1783.
    3. Catherine Elizabeth HAMILTON was born on 10 Jan 1784; died on 29 Feb 1812.
    4. Maria HAMILTON was born on 28 Feb 1785; died on 21 Jan 1814.
    5. 1. James HAMILTON, Viscount Hamilton was born on 7 Oct 1786 in Petersham Lodge, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, England; died on 27 May 1814.
    6. Claud HAMILTON was born on 1 Nov 1787; died in Jun 1808 in Madeira, Portugal.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  John HAMILTON was born on 2 Mar 1714 (son of James HAMILTON, 7th Earl of Abercorn and Anne PLUMER); died on 18 Dec 1755.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation / Profession: - Royal Navy (RN) - Lieutenant of the Louisa - Successively commanded the Kingsdale, the Augusta, the Vanguard, and the Lancaster.
    • Event: Dec 1736; Wrecked in a storm attending George I from Hanover to England. He was the last man who quitted the ship, and on going ashore he was presented to and graciously received by the King, and Queen Caroline complimented his father on his gallant behaviour.
    • Occupation / Profession: 13 Feb 1741; Promoted to the rank of captain of the Royal Navy.

    Notes:

    Died:
    Drowned by the upsetting of his boat, going from his ship to Portsmouth.

    John married Harriet CRAGGS on 13 Oct 1749. Harriet (daughter of James CRAGGS) was born in Date of birth unknown; died on 1 Feb 1769. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Harriet CRAGGS was born in Date of birth unknown (daughter of James CRAGGS); died on 1 Feb 1769.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Married name: Harriet Eliot, Harriet Hamilton

    Children:
    1. Anne HAMILTON was born in Date of birth unknown; died on 4 Nov 1764.
    2. 2. John James HAMILTON, 1st Marquess of Abercorn was born in Jul 1756; died on 27 Jan 1818.

  3. 6.  Sir Joseph COPLEY, 1st Baronet, of Sprotborough, Yorkshire

    Joseph + Mary BULLER. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Mary BULLER (daughter of John BULLER).

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Married name: Mary Copley

    Children:
    1. 3. Catherine COPLEY was born in Date of birth unknown; died on 13 Sep 1791.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  James HAMILTON, 7th Earl of Abercorn was born on 22 Mar 1685/6 (son of James HAMILTON, 6th Earl of Abercorn and Elizabeth READING); died on 11 Jan 1744 in Cavendish Square, London, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Membership: 1715; Fellow, Royal Society
    • Published work: 1729; Author - Calculations and Tables relating to the Attractive Power of Loadstones
    • Title: From 28 Nov 1734 to 11 Jan 1744; 7th Earl of Abercorn, 7th Lord Paisley, Hamilton, Mountcastell and Kilpatrick [Scotland. 1606], 2nd Baron Mountcastle (County Tyrone) [Ireland. 1701], 2nd Viscount Strabane [Ireland. 1701], 3rd Baronet (of Donalong, County Tyrone and Nenagh, County Tipperary) [Ireland. 1660], 8th Lord Hamilton, Baron of Strabane (County Tyrone) [Ireland. 1617], 7th Lord Abercorn, (County Linlithgow) [Scotland. 1603], 7th Lord Paisley, (County Renfrew) [Scotland. 1587]
    • Occupation / Profession: 20 Jul 1738; Privy Counsellor (PC) of England
    • Occupation / Profession: 26 Sep 1739; Privy Counsellor (PC) of Ireland

    James + Anne PLUMER. Anne (daughter of Colonel John PLUMER and Mary HALE) was christened on 3 Jul 1690; died on 7 Aug 1776 in London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Anne PLUMER was christened on 3 Jul 1690 (daughter of Colonel John PLUMER and Mary HALE); died on 7 Aug 1776 in London, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Married name: Anne Hamilton
    • Title: From 28 Nov 1734 to 7 Aug 1776; Countess of Abercorn

    Children:
    1. William HAMILTON
    2. Plumer HAMILTON
    3. James HAMILTON, 8th Earl of Abercorn was born on 22 Oct 1712; died on 9 Oct 1789.
    4. 4. John HAMILTON was born on 2 Mar 1714; died on 18 Dec 1755.
    5. Anne HAMILTON was born on 12 Jun 1715; died on 14 Dec 1792 in London, England.
    6. Rev. George HAMILTON was born on 11 Aug 1718; died on 26 Nov 1787 in Taplow, Buckinghamshire, England.
    7. William HAMILTON was born on 18 Feb 1721; died in 1744.
    8. Xy HAMILTON was born on 27 Feb 1736; died in Date of death unknown.

  3. 10.  James CRAGGS

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation / Profession: - Privy Counsellor (PC) - Secretary of State

    Children:
    1. 5. Harriet CRAGGS was born in Date of birth unknown; died on 1 Feb 1769.

  4. 14.  John BULLER

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: Morval, Cornwall

    Children:
    1. 7. Mary BULLER



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