James Albert Edward HAMILTON, 3rd Duke of Abercorn^{[1, 2]}

1869 - 1953  (83 years)

• Birth	30 Nov 1869
  Education	Eton
  Occupation / Profession	7 Oct 1896 (26 years old)
  	Captain of 1st Life Guards
  Occupation / Profession	From 1900 to 1913 (30 years old)
  	Member of Parliament (MP) for Londonderry City
  Event	1901 (31 years old)
  	He accompanied his father the Duke of Abercorn on his special mission to announce the accession of King Edward VII.
  Occupation / Profession	From 1903 to 1905 (33 years old)
  	Treasurer of the Household
  Occupation / Profession	26 Aug 1903 (33 years old)
  	- Major of North Irish Horse/North of Ireland Imperial Yeomanry.
  Title	From 3 Jan 1913 to 12 Sep 1953 (43 years old)
  	- 3rd Duke of Abercorn and Marquess of Hamilton (of Strabane, in the County Tyrone) [Ireland. 1868] - 4th Marquess of Abercorn [Great Britain. 1790] - 12th Earl of Abercorn and Lord Paisley, Hamilton, Mountcastell, and Kilpatrick [Scotland. 1606] - 5th Viscount Hamilton (of Hamilton, in the county of Leicester) [Great Britain. 1786] - 7th Viscount Strabane and Baron Mountcastle (County Tyrone) [Ireland. 1701] - 8th Baronet (of Donalong, County Tyrone and Nenagh, County Tipperary) [Ireland. 1660] - 13th Baron Hamilton of Strabane (County Tyrone) [Ireland. 1617] - 12th Lord Abercorn (County Linlithgow) [Scotland. 1603] - 12th Lord Paisley (County Renfrew) [Scotland. 1587]
  Occupation / Profession	From 1922 to 1945 (52 years old)
  	Governor of Northern Ireland
  Occupation / Profession	1922 (52 years old)
  	Privy Counsellor (PC) of Northern Ireland
  Honor	1922 (52 years old)
  	Knight, Order of St. Patrick (KP)
  Academic degree	1928 (58 years old)
  	Honorary Doctor of Laws (LLD) from Queen's University Belfast
  Occupation / Profession	- His Majesty's Lieutenant of County Tyrone. - Deputy Lieutenant (DL) of County Donegal.
  Honor	17 Apr 1928 (58 years old)  [3]
  	Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter (KG)
  Honor	21 Jun 1932 (62 years old)  [4]
  	Knight of Grace of the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem (KStJ)
  Event	1937 (67 years old)
  	One of the four Peers bearing the Canopy Coronation.
  Occupation / Profession	1939 (69 years old)
  	Honorary Colonel 9th Anti-aircraft Regiment.
  Occupation / Profession	1945 (75 years old)
  	Privy Counsellor (PC) of Great Britain
  Honor	10 Aug 1945 (75 years old)  [5]
  	Royal Victorian Chain
  Death	12 Sep 1953
  Siblings	6 brothers and 2 sisters
  	+ 01. James Albert Edward HAMILTON, 3rd Duke of Abercorn           b. 30 Nov 1869             d. 12 Sep 1953  (Age 83 years) └─ Rosalind Cecilia Caroline BINGHAM           b. 26 Feb 1869             d. 18 Jan 1958  (Age 88 years),  m. 1 Nov 1894     02. Claud Penn Alexander HAMILTON           b. 18 Oct 1871             d. 18 Oct 1871  (Age 0 years)   03. Charles HAMILTON           b. 10 Apr 1874             d. 10 Apr 1874  (Age 0 years)   04. Alexandra Phyllis HAMILTON           b. 23 Jan 1876             d. 10 Oct 1918  (Age 42 years)   05. Claud Francis HAMILTON           b. 25 Oct 1878             d. 25 Dec 1878  (Age 0 years)   06. Gladys Mary HAMILTON           b. 10 Dec 1880             d. 12 Mar 1917  (Age 36 years)   07. Arthur John HAMILTON           b. 20 Aug 1883             d. 6 Nov 1914  (Age 31 years)   08. Xy HAMILTON           b. 31 Oct 1886             d. 31 Oct 1886  (Age 0 years)   09. Claud Nigel HAMILTON           b. 10 Nov 1889             d. 22 Aug 1975  (Age 85 years) └─ Violet Ruby ASHTON           b. Date of birth unknown             d. 1984  ,  m. 11 Jul 1933
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Gilbert DE HAMILTON   (18 x Great Grandfather)  Mary Anna CURZON-HOWE           b. 23 Jul 1848             d. 10 May 1929  (Age 80 years)  (Mother)
  Person ID	P738	Europe
  Links To	This person is also James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn at Wikipedia
  Last Modified	20 Aug 2024

  
  

  Father	James HAMILTON, 2nd Duke of Abercorn           b. 24 Aug 1838             d. 3 Jan 1913, London, England (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Mary Anna CURZON-HOWE           b. 23 Jul 1848             d. 10 May 1929 (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	7 Jan 1869  [6]
  Age at Marriage	James was 30 years and 5 months old. Mary was 20 years and 6 months old. Their age difference is 9 years and 11 months. They were married for 44 years.
  Divorce	Y  [6]
  Family ID	F278	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Wife	Rosalind Cecilia Caroline BINGHAM           b. 26 Feb 1869             d. 18 Jan 1958 (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	1 Nov 1894  [7]
  Age at Marriage	James was 25 years old. Rosalind was 25 years and 9 months old. Their age difference is 9 months. They were married for 58 years and 10 months.
  Children	1. Mary Cecilia Rhodesia HAMILTON           b. 21 Jan 1896             d. 5 Sep 1984 (Age 88 years) └─ Capt. Robert Orlando Rodolph KENYON-SLANEY  m. 24 May 1917;    └─ John Little GILMOUR, 2nd Baronet  m. 26 Nov 1930     2. Cynthia Elinor Beatrix HAMILTON           b. 16 Aug 1897             d. 4 Dec 1972 (Age 75 years)     3. Katherine HAMILTON           b. 25 Feb 1900             d. 28 Apr 1985 (Age 85 years) └─ Sir Reginald Henry SEYMOUR  m. 6 Aug 1930 +   4. James Edward HAMILTON, 4th Duke of Abercorn           b. 29 Feb 1904             d. 4 Jun 1979 (Age 75 years) └─ Mary Kathleen CRICHTON  (Age 84 years)  m. 9 Feb 1928     5. Claud David HAMILTON           b. 13 Feb 1907             d. 15 Feb 1968 (Age 61 years) └─ Genesta Mary HEATH  m. 21 Feb 1946
  Family ID	F281	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Jun 2023

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage: 107th Edition, Page 6 - Column 2 (Reliability: 3). [S4] The Scots Peerage, Volume I, Page 72 (Reliability: 3). [S5] The London Gazette, Issue: 33376 Page: 2737 (Reliability: 3). https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/33376/page/2737 [S5] The London Gazette, Issue: 33838 Page: 4109 (Reliability: 3). https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/33838/page/4109 [S5] The London Gazette, Issue: 37216 Page: 4085 (Reliability: 3). https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37216/page/4085 [S1] Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage: 107th Edition, Page 6 - Column 2 and Page 1,987 - Column 2 (Reliability: 3). [S1] Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage: 107th Edition, Page 6 - Column 2 and Page 2,423 - Column 1 (Reliability: 3).