Claud HAMILTON, 4th Earl of Abercorn^{[1, 2]}

1659 - 1691  (~ 31 years)

• Baptism	13 Sep 1659
  Occupation / Profession	Lord of the Bedchamber to James VII and II.
  Title	From 14 Apr 1668 to 1691 (~ 8 years old)
  	5th Baron Hamilton of Strabane (County Tyrone) [Ireland. 1617]
  Title	From 1683 to 1691 (~ 23 years old)
  	- 4th Earl of Abercorn and Lord Paisley, Hamilton, Mountcastell, and Kilpatrick [Scotland. 1606] - 4th Lord Abercorn (County Linlithgow) [Scotland. 1603] - 4th Lord Paisley (County Renfrew) [Scotland. 1587]
  Event	1 Jul 1690 (~ 30 years old)
  	Accompanied James VII and II to France after the Battle of the Boyne.
  Event	11 May 1691 (~ 31 years old)
  	Outlawed and his Irish peerages and estates confiscated.
  Event	22 Jul 1691 (~ 31 years old)
  	Commanded a Jacobite regiment at the Battle of Aughrim in Ireland. Old Style date: 12 Jul 1691
  Death	Aug 1691
  	Killed in action soon after in an engagement with a Dutch man-of-war near Brest, whilst returning to France.
  Siblings	1 brother and 2 sisters
  	01. Claud HAMILTON, 4th Earl of Abercorn           c. 13 Sep 1659             d. Aug 1691  (Age ~ 31 years) + 02. Charles HAMILTON, 5th Earl of Abercorn           b. Date of birth unknown             d. Jun 1701 └─ Catharine HAMILTON           b. Date of birth unknown             d. 24 May 1723  ,  m. 1690     03. Anne HAMILTON           b. Abt 1666             bur. 19 Aug 1680  (Age ~ 14 years) └─ John BROWNE,  ,  m. Between 27 May 1680 and 28 May 1680     04. Mary HAMILTON           b. Aft 14 Apr 1668             d. Date of death unknown └─ Gerald DILLON,
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Gilbert DE HAMILTON   (11 x Great Grandfather)  Anne WHITE  (Grandmother)
  Person ID	P627	Europe
  Links To	This person is also Claud Hamilton, 4th Earl of Abercorn at Wikipedia
  Last Modified	20 Aug 2024

  
  

  Father	George HAMILTON, 4th Baron Hamilton of Strabane           b. Date of birth unknown             d. 14 Apr 1668
  Mother	Elizabeth FAGAN
  Marriage	1659  [1]
  Family ID	F228	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage: 107th Edition, Page 5 - Column 2 (Reliability: 3). [S4] The Scots Peerage, Volume I, Page 51 (Reliability: 3).