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From: "Mary" <>
Subject: Fw: [HAM] Stewarts and Hamiltons
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 12:22:30 -0700


The Duke of Hamilton's addresss is --

Lennoxlove
Haddington
East Lothian
Scotland
EH41 4NZ.
Fax:(0)620 825112

----- Original Message -----
From: Mary <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2002 10:51 AM
Subject: Fw: [HAM] Stewarts and Hamiltons


> James 1st Duke of Hamilton (1606-1649) did not have a son--he had a
daughter
> called Anne Duchess of Hamilton (1632-1716)--They tried to continue the
> title through James's brother but he died without an heir--So Anne was
> daughter of James, the 1st Duke of Hamilton (1606-49) and his only child
to
> survive him. She succeeded her uncle, the 2nd Duke in 1651, becoming
Duchess
> in her own right. She was a strong woman who piloted the family and their
> estates through difficult times. She married William Douglas, the 1st Earl
> of Selkirk (1635-94), she then petitioned King Charles II (1630-85) for
her
> husband to become the 3rd Duke of Hamilton (1660) and thus the
> Douglas-Hamilton's came about. It was Anne who organized the construction
of
> Hamilton Palace, her husband having died before it was completed.
> to keep the Hamilton name and title she had to pass her name down to her
> children--her son James was 4th Duke of Hamilton--
>
> James 4th Duke of Hamilton's son was James 5th Duke Of Hamilton
(1702-1742)
> then his son was
> James 6th (1724-1758)--James 6th had two sons who were Duke of Hamiltons,
> James 7th (1755-1769)and James 8th (1756-1799), but neither of these
> brothers left heirs, so the title went to the next in line James the 5th's
> other son (one of the ones carrying on the Douglas-Hamilton name)
Archibald
> 9th Duke of Hamilton (1740-1819)--Archibald's son was called Alexander
10th
> Duke of Hamilton 'II Magnifico'(1767-1852)--Alexander's son was William
11th
> Duke of Hamilton (1811-1863)--William's son was William 12th Duke of
> Hamilton--this William did not have any sons, so they passed the title
down
> through a cousin--James 4th Duke of Hamilton's brother George (Ist Earl Of
> Orkney) had a three times great grandson named Alfred Douglas (1862-1940)
> who became 13th Duke of Hamilton RN--Alfred's son was Douglas 14th Duke of
> Hamilton RAF (1903-1973)--Douglas's son is Angus 15th Duke of Hamilton RAF
> (1938-).
>
> Anne Duchess of Hamilton did have a son called John but he was the 3rd
Earl
> of Selkirk (1664-1744).
>
> Mary
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Dean Shipley <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 10:07 PM
> Subject: Re: [HAM] Stewarts and Hamiltons
>
>
> > I too have been researching the Hamilton/Stewart connection & have been
> told
> > my family (Hamilton's) are/were related to the "Royal Stewart's of
> > Scotland"; but I don't know if it is just hearsay or not.
> >
> > My Hamilton line goes back to a John Hamilton born about 1665 (not sure
of
> > his birth place). Does anyone know if "James Ist Duke of Hamilton
> > (1606-1649)" by chance had a [child/grandchild/other] named "John
> Hamilton"
> > born around 1665?
> >
> > Any info would be gratefully appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks: Darwin Shipley
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "dorothy rothwell" <>
> > To: <>
> > Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 6:04 PM
> > Subject: Re: [HAM] Stewarts and Hamiltons
> >
> >
> > > Thank you Mary, This is wonderful to get all these Hamilton
Histories,
> > I appreciate every word. So Princess Mary Stewart descendants are the
> ones,
> > down to my Grandmother Joanna Hamilton Mellors, who claim the royal
> "blood",
> > or just the
> > > honour at least. Now I know that much. Thank you very much. Now if
I
> > can just get my William Hamilton located I will stop pestering you
folks.
> > Merci beaucoup, Dorothy
> > >
> > > Mary wrote:
> > >
> > > > Robert the Bruce had a Daughter named Marjorie who married a man
> called
> > Walter, 6th High Stewart of Scotland 1292-1329.
> > > >
> > > > The Stewarts--
> > > >
> > > > Marjorie and Walter had Robert II (1316-1390).
> > > > Robert II had Robert III (1337-1406)
> > > > Robert III had James I (1394-1437)
> > > > James I had James II (1430-1460)
> > > > James II fathered both James III (1451-1488), and Princess Mary
> > (1452-1488). Princess Mary was married to James Ist Lord Hamilton
> > (1420-1480).
> > > > James III had James IV (1473-1513).
> > > > James IV married Margaret Tudor (1489-1541--Henry VIII sister) and
had
>
> > James V.
> > > > James V had Queen Mary (1542-1587).
> > > > Queen Mary had James VI of Scots & Ist Of England.
> > > >
> > > > Hamiltons--
> > > >
> > > > Gilbert de Hameldone (?-1290)
> > > > Walter Fitz Gilbert (1275-1342)
> > > > David Fitz Walter Fitz Gilbert (1320-1375)
> > > > David de Hamilton (1350-1386)
> > > > Sir John Hamilton of Cadzow (1370-1402)
> > > > James Hamilton of Cadzow (1390-1439)
> > > > James Ist Lord Hamilton (1420-1480)--married to Princess Mary
> > (1452-1488).
> > > > James Ist Earl of Arran (1475-1529) was the son of Princess Mary and
> > James Ist Lord of Hamilton.
> > > > James 2nd Earl of Arran, Duke of Chatelherault, Regent of Scotland
> > (1515-1575)
> > > > John Ist Marquess of Hamilton (1540-1604)
> > > > James 2nd Marquess of Hamilton (1589-1625)
> > > > James Ist Duke of Hamilton (1606-1649)
> > > > All the above are in order of succession--as you can see Princess
Mary
> > Stewart was married to Lord Hamilton and all the Dukes of Hamilton and
> parts
> > of the family that branched off were all grandchildren and great grands
of
> > Princess Mary.
> > > > And so it goes on until the now Duke--Angus 15th Duke of Hamilton (b
> > 1938-)
> > > > The Duke of Hamilton, Angus, was kind enough to send me this info
and
> > good wishes, when I wrote asking for information several years ago.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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> >
>
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