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Captain Hon. John (Royal Navy Officer) Hamilton 1714–1755 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 2 Mar 1714

Birth Location: Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland

Death Date: 18 Dec 1755

Death Location: Portsmouth, Hampshire, England

Father: James, Hamilton

Mother: Anne Plummer

Spouse(s): Harriet Craggs

Children(s): Anne Hamilton, John Hamilton, Jane Hamilton

The story of Captain Hon. John (Royal Navy Officer) Hamilton began in 1714 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland. Captain Hon. John (Royal Navy Officer) Hamilton married Harriet Craggs, and had children including Anne Hamilton, Jane Hamilton, John James Marquess Abercorn Hamilton. Captain Hon. John (Royal Navy Officer) Hamilton passed away in 1755 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Captain Hon. John (Royal Navy Officer) Hamilton began in 1714 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland.
  • Captain Hon. John (Royal Navy Officer) Hamilton married Harriet Craggs, and had children including Anne Hamilton, Jane Hamilton, John James Marquess Abercorn Hamilton.
  • Captain Hon. John (Royal Navy Officer) Hamilton passed away in 1755 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

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Captain Hamilton's Ancestors

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Captain Hamilton
1714–1755
Birth Place: Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Parents
James, 7th Earl of Abercorn, Hamilton
1685–1744
Strabane, Tyrone, Ireland
Anne Plummer
1686–1776
St Mary, Rotherhithe, Surrey, England
Grandparents
JAMES (6th Earl of Abercorn) HAMILTON
1661–1734
Donalong, Tyrone, Ireland
Elizabeth (Reading) Lady
1668–1754
Leinster, Dublin, IRE
Great-Grandparents
James Hamilton
1630–1673
Elizabeth Colepepper
1636–1709
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Captain Hamilton's Descendants

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Captain (Hon. John (Royal Navy Officer)) Hamilton (2 Mar 1714–18 Dec 1755) m. Harriet Craggs (1720–1 Feb 1769)
  1. 1. Anne Hamilton 1755–1764
  2. 2. John (James Marquess Abercorn) Hamilton 1756–1818 m. Catherine Copley 1760–1791 m. Lady (Anne Jane) Gore 1763–1827 m. Lady (Cecil) Hamilton 1770–1819
    1. 1. Lady (Harriet Margaret) Hamilton 1780–1803
    2. 2. Catherine (Constantia) Hamilton 1782–1783
    3. 3. Lady (Catherine Elizabeth) Hamilton 1784–1812
    4. 4. Lady (Maria) Hamilton 1785–1814
    5. 5. James (Viscount) Hamilton 1786–1814 m. Harriet (Countess) Douglas 1792–1833
      1. 1. James (Hamilton 1st Duke of) Abercorn 1811–1885 m. Louisa (Jane) Hamilton 1813–1905
        1. 1. Louisa (Jane Montagu Douglas) Scott 1836–1912
        2. 2. *Lord (Sir George Francis) Hamilton 1845–1927
        3. 3. Lord (Ernest William, Honorable Sir) Hamilton 1858–1939
        4. 4. Harriet (Georgiana Louisa (Countess Lichfield)) Hamilton 1834–1913
        5. 5. Lady (Beatrix Frances) Hamilton 1835–1871
        6. 6. *Lady (Katherine Elizabeth Countess of Edgecombe) Hamilton 1840–1874
        7. 7. James, (2nd Duke of Abercorn) Hamilton 1838–1913 m. Mary (Anna Curzon) Howe 1848–1929
        8. 8. *Lady (Georgiana Susan Countess Winterton) Hamilton 1841–1913
        9. 9. Lord (Claud John, Honorable Sir) Hamilton 1843–1925
        10. 10. Albertha (Frances Anne) Hamilton 1847–1932 m. George (Charles Marlborough Spencer) Churchill 1844–1892
        11. 11. Lord (Ronald Douglas, Honorable Sir) Hamilton 1849–1867
        12. 12. *Mary, (Marckioness of Hamilton) Hamilton 1849–1932
        13. 13. Lord (Cosmo) Hamilton 1853–1853
        14. 14. Lord (Frederick Spencer, Honorable Sir) Hamilton 1856–1928
      2. 2. Harriet Hamilton 1812–1884
      3. 3. Lord (Claud) Hamilton 1813–1884 m. Elizabeth (Emma) Proby 1821–1900
        1. 1. Douglas (James) Proby 1856–1931
        2. 2. Louisa (Charlotte) Hamilton 1845–1940
        3. 3. Emma (Frances) Hamilton 1847–1924
        4. 4. Mary (Stuart) Hamilton 1851–1939
    6. 6. Lord (Claud) Hamilton 1787–1808
    7. 7. Lady (Cecil Frances) Hamilton 1795–1860
  3. 3. Jane Hamilton 1760–1833

Captain Hamilton's Timeline

2 Records

1714
2 Mar 1714
Birth of Captain Hon. John (Royal Navy Officer) Hamilton in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland
1755
18 Dec 1755
Age 41
Death of Captain Hon. John (Royal Navy Officer) Hamilton in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
Portsmouth, Hampshire, England

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 2 Mar 1714
    Event Place: Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 18 Dec 1755
    Event Place: Portsmouth, Hampshire, England

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