14. | James HAMILTON, 1st Duke of Abercorn (8.James4, 3.Catherine3, 2.Mary2, 1.John1) was born on 21 Jan 1811; died on 31 Oct 1885. Other Events and Attributes:
- Education: Harrow
- Occupation / Profession: - Colonel of Donegal Militia.
- Major General of Royal Company of Archers.
- A Governor of Harrow School.
- Chancellor of Royal University of Ireland.
- Title: From 27 Jan 1818 to 31 Oct 1885; 10th Earl of Abercorn, 10th Lord Paisley, Hamilton, Mountcastell and Kilpatrick [Scotland. 1606], 2nd Marquess of Abercorn [Great Britain. 1790], 3rd Viscount Hamilton (of Hamilton, in the county of Leicester) [Great Britain. 1786], 5th Baron Mountcastle (County Tyrone) [Ireland. 1701], 5th Viscount Strabane [Ireland. 1701], 6th Baronet (of Donalong, County Tyrone and Nenagh, County Tipperary [Ireland. 1660], 11th Lord Hamilton, Baron of Strabane (County Tyrone) [Ireland. 1617], 10th Lord Abercorn (County Linlithgow) [Scotland. 1603], 10th Lord Paisley (County Renfrew) [Scotland. 1587]
- Education: 2 Jul 1829; Christ Church, Oxford
- Occupation / Profession: 1844; Appointed Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the county Donegal
- Honor: 12 Dec 1844; Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter (KG)
- Occupation / Profession: From 1846 to 1859; Groom of the Stole to HRH The Prince Consort.
- Occupation / Profession: 25 Feb 1846; Privy Counsellor (PC)
- Academic degree: 5 Jul 1847; Honorary Doctor of Laws (LLD) of Cambridge
- Academic degree: 4 Jun 1856; Doctor of Civil Law (DCL) of Oxford
- Event: 13 Jan 1862; Served heir male of the body of the 1st Duke of Chatellerault by the Sheriff of Chancery in Scotland and as such asserted hereditary right to the dukedom [France. 1548], the descent of French dukedoms having been declared by edict of Louis XIV in 1711 to be the heirs 'descendus de mâle en mâles'.
- Occupation / Profession: From 1866 to 1868; Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland
- Academic degree: 21 Apr 1868; Doctor of Laws (LLD) of Dublin
- Title: From 10 Aug 1868 to 31 Oct 1885; 1st Duke of Abercorn [Ireland. 1868], 1st Marquess of Hamilton (of Strabane, in the county of Tyrone) [Ireland. 1868]
- Occupation / Profession: From 3 Mar 1874 to 6 Dec 1876; Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland
- Event: 6 Jan 1875; Grand Master of the Freemasons of Ireland
- Occupation / Profession: 2 Mar 1878; Envoy Extraordinary to Italy for the Investiture, at Rome, of King Humbert, with the order of the Garter.
- Occupation / Profession: 1881; Appointed Chancellor of the Royal University of Ireland.
James married Louisa Jane RUSSELL on 25 Oct 1832. Louisa was born on 8 Jul 1812 in London, England; died on 31 Mar 1905. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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