James HAMILTON, 8th Earl of Abercorn^{[1, 2]}

1712 - 1789  (76 years)

• Birth	22 Oct 1712
  Title	From 11 Jan 1744 to 9 Oct 1789 (31 years old)
  	- 8th Earl of Abercorn and Lord Paisley, Hamilton, Mountcastell, and Kilpatrick [Scotland. 1606] - 3rd Viscount Strabane and Baron Mountcastle (County Tyrone) [Ireland. 1701] - 4th Baronet (of Donalong, County Tyrone and Nenagh, County Tipperary) [Ireland. 1660] - 9th Baron Hamilton of Strabane (County Tyrone) [Ireland. 1617] - 8th Lord Abercorn (County Linlithgow) [Scotland. 1603] - 8th Lord Paisley (County Renfrew) [Scotland. 1587]
  Occupation / Profession	20 Apr 1756 (43 years old)
  	Privy Council (PC) in Ireland
  Occupation / Profession	1761 (48 years old)
  	Representative Peer (Scotland) - Re-chosen 1768, 1774, 1780 and 1784.
  Event	11 Mar 1766 (53 years old)
  	Was one of the peers who voted against the Act to repeal the American and third reading of that bill.
  Title	From 8 Aug 1786 to 9 Oct 1789 (73 years old)
  	1st Viscount Hamilton (of Hamilton, in the county of Leicester) [Great Britain. 1786]
  Event	24 Aug 1786 (73 years old)
  	Voted for rejecting Fox's India Bill.
  Death	9 Oct 1789
  	Died unmarried.
  Siblings	5 brothers and 2 sisters
  	01. William HAMILTON   02. Plumer HAMILTON   03. James HAMILTON, 8th Earl of Abercorn           b. 22 Oct 1712             d. 9 Oct 1789  (Age 76 years) + 04. John HAMILTON           b. 2 Mar 1714             d. 18 Dec 1755  (Age 41 years) └─ Harriet CRAGGS           b. Date of birth unknown             d. 1 Feb 1769  ,  m. 13 Oct 1749   + 05. Anne HAMILTON           b. 12 Jun 1715             d. 14 Dec 1792, London, England  (Age 77 years) └─ Sir Henry MACKWORTH, Baronet,  ,  m. 16 Aug 1746   + 06. Rev. George HAMILTON           b. 11 Aug 1718             d. 26 Nov 1787, Taplow, Buckinghamshire, England  (Age 69 years) └─ Elizabeth ONSLOW           b. Date of birth unknown             d. 1800       07. William HAMILTON           b. 18 Feb 1721             d. 1744  (Age 22 years)   08. Xy HAMILTON           b. 27 Feb 1736             d. Date of death unknown
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Gilbert DE HAMILTON   (13 x Great Grandfather)  Mary HALE  (Grandmother)
  Person ID	P646	Europe
  Links To	This person is also James Hamilton, 8th Earl of Abercorn at Wikipedia
  Last Modified	20 Aug 2024

  
  

  Father	James HAMILTON, 7th Earl of Abercorn           b. 22 Mar 1685/6             d. 11 Jan 1744, Cavendish Square, London, England (Age 57 years)
  Mother	Anne PLUMER           c. 3 Jul 1690             d. 7 Aug 1776, London, England (Age ~ 86 years)
  Marriage licence	26 Mar 1711  [1]
  Family ID	F236	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 63 and 65 (Reliability: 3).