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Douglas James PROBY

Douglas James PROBY

Male 1856 - 1931  (75 years)

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  1. 1.  Douglas James PROBY was born on 23 Sep 1856 (son of Claud HAMILTON and Elizabeth Emma PROBY); died on 18 Nov 1931.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Born as: Douglas James Hamilton
    • Education: 15 Jan 1875; Christ Church, Oxford
    • Occupation / Profession: 8 Oct 1900; Major in the Irish Guards
    • Also known as: 1904; Change surname to PROBY (royal licence)

    Douglas married Margaret Frances HELY-HUTCHINSON on 6 Jul 1882. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Betty Alice Adeline HAMILTON was born on 17 May 1880; died in Date of death unknown.
    2. Granville HAMILTON was born on 13 Sep 1883; died in Date of death unknown.
    3. Claud Richard HAMILTON was born on 26 Apr 1885; died on 18 Feb 1901.
    4. Richard George HAMILTON was born on 21 Jul 1886; died in Date of death unknown.
    5. Jocelyn Campbell Patrick HAMILTON was born on 3 Mar 1900; died in Date of death unknown.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Claud HAMILTON was born on 27 Jul 1813 (son of James HAMILTON, Viscount Hamilton and Harriet DOUGLAS); died on 3 Jun 1884.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Education: - Harrow - Trinity College, Cambridge
    • Occupation / Profession: From 20 Jan 1835 to 17 Jul 1837; Member of Parliament (MP) for County Tyrone
    • Occupation / Profession: From 6 May 1839 to 26 Jan 1874; Member of Parliament (MP) for County Tyrone
    • Occupation / Profession: 27 Feb 1852; Privy Counsellor (PC)
    • Occupation / Profession: From 27 Feb 1852 to Dec 1852; Treasurer of the Household
    • Occupation / Profession: From 10 Jul 1866 to 11 Dec 1868; Vice-Chamberlain Household
    • Occupation / Profession: 19 Jul 1867; Lieutenant-Colonel Donegal Militia

    Claud married Elizabeth Emma PROBY on 7 Aug 1844. Elizabeth was born in Date of birth unknown; died on 24 Jun 1900. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Elizabeth Emma PROBY was born in Date of birth unknown; died on 24 Jun 1900.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Married name: Elizabeth Emma Hamilton

    Children:
    1. Emma Frances HAMILTON was born in Date of birth unknown; died on 2 Jan 1924.
    2. Mary Stuart HAMILTON was born in Date of birth unknown; died on 6 Jan 1939.
    3. Louisa Charlotte HAMILTON was born on 3 Aug 1845; died on 18 Aug 1940.
    4. 1. Douglas James PROBY was born on 23 Sep 1856; died on 18 Nov 1931.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  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]


  2. 5.  Harriet DOUGLAS was born in Date of birth unknown; died on 26 Aug 1833.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Married name: Harriet Hamilton, Harriet Hamilton-Gordon
    • Title: From 8 Jul 1815 to 26 Aug 1833; Countess of Aberdeen
    • Title: From 8 Jul 1815 to 26 Aug 1833; Viscountess Gordon

    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. 2. Claud HAMILTON was born on 27 Jul 1813; died on 3 Jun 1884.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  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. 9.  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. 4. 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.



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