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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

Captain Hon. John (Royal Navy Officer) Hamilton was born in 1714 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, the child of James, 7th Earl of Abercorn, Hamilton and Anne Plummer. Captain Hon. John (Royal Navy Officer) Hamilton married Harriet Craggs, and had children including Anne Hamilton, John James Marquess Abercorn Hamilton, Jane Hamilton. Captain Hon. John (Royal Navy Officer) Hamilton passed away in 1755 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England.

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Biography

  • Captain Hon. John (Royal Navy Officer) Hamilton was born in 1714 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, the child of James, 7th Earl of Abercorn, Hamilton and Anne Plummer.
  • Captain Hon. John (Royal Navy Officer) Hamilton married Harriet Craggs, and had children including Anne Hamilton, John James Marquess Abercorn Hamilton, Jane Hamilton.
  • Captain Hon. John (Royal Navy Officer) Hamilton passed away in 1755 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

James, Hamilton
1685 – 1744
Birth Location: Strabane, Tyrone, Ireland
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Anne Plummer
1686 – 1776
Birth Location: St Mary, Rotherhithe, Surrey, England
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Spouses(s)

Harriet Craggs
1720 – 1769
Birth Location: St Germains, Cornwall, England
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Children(s)

Anne Hamilton
1755 – 1764
Birth Location: –
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John Hamilton
1756 – 1818
Birth Location: London, London, England
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Jane Hamilton
1760 – 1833
Birth Location: –
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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 Hamilton
1661 – 1734
Donalong, Tyrone, Ireland
Elizabeth Reading
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 – 4 Nov 1764)
  2. 2. John (James Marquess Abercorn) Hamilton (Jul 1756 – 27 Jan 1818) m. Catherine Copley (1760 – 13 Sep 1791) m. Lady (Cecil) Hamilton (15 Mar 1770 – 19 Jun 1819) m. Lady (Anne Jane) Gore (Apr 1763 – 8 May 1827)
    1. 1. Lady (Harriet Margaret) Hamilton (1780 – 1803)
    2. 2. Catherine (Constantia) Hamilton (7 Oct 1782 – 23 May 1783)
    3. 3. Lady (Catherine Elizabeth) Hamilton (10 Jan 1784 – 29 Feb 1812)
    4. 4. Lady (Maria) Hamilton (28 Feb 1785 – 21 Jan 1814)
    5. 5. James (Viscount) Hamilton (7 Oct 1786 – 27 May 1814) m. Harriet (Countess) Douglas (8 Jun 1792 – 26 Aug 1833)
      1. 1. *James, (Marquess, KG 1st Duke of Abercorn) Hamilton (Jan 21 1811 – Oct 31 1885) m. Louisa (Jane (Duchess of Hamilton)) Russell (Jul 08 1813 – Mar 31 1905)
        1. 1. Harriet (Georgiana Louisa (Countess Lichfield)) Hamilton (6 Jul 1834 – 23 Apr 1913)
        2. 2. Lady (Beatrix Frances) Hamilton (21 Jul 1835 – 21 Jan 1871)
        3. 3. Louisa (Jane Montagu Douglas) Scott (26 August 1836 – 16 March 1912)
        4. 4. James, (2nd Duke of Abercorn) Hamilton (24 Aug 1838 – 3 Jan 1913) m. Mary (Anna Curzon) Howe (23 Jul 1848 – 10 May 1929)
        5. 5. *Lady (Katherine Elizabeth Countess of Edgecombe) Hamilton (9 Jan 1840 – 3 Sep 1874)
        6. 6. *Lady (Georgiana Susan Countess Winterton) Hamilton (7 Jul 1841 – 23 Mar 1913)
        7. 7. Lord (Claud John, Honorable Sir) Hamilton (20 Feb 1843 – 26 Jan 1925)
        8. 8. *Lord (Sir George Francis) Hamilton (17 Dec 1845 – 22 Sep 1927)
        9. 9. *Lady (Albertha Frances Anne. Duchess of Marlborough "Spencer-Churchill") Hamilton (Jul 29 1847 – Jan 07 1932) m. George (Charles 8th Duke of Marlborough Spencer) Churchill (1844 – Nov 09 1892)
        10. 10. Lord (Ronald Douglas, Honorable Sir) Hamilton (17 Mar 1849 – 6 Nov 1867)
        11. 11. Lady (Maud Evelyn) Hamilton (abt 1849 – 21 Oct 1932)
        12. 12. Lord (Cosmo) Hamilton (16 Apr 1853 – 16 Apr 1853)
        13. 13. Lord (Frederick Spencer, Honorable Sir) Hamilton (13 Oct 1856 – 11 Aug 1928)
        14. 14. Lord (Ernest William, Honorable Sir) Hamilton (5 Sep 1858 – 14 Dec 1939)
      2. 2. Harriet Hamilton (21 Mar 1812 – 19 Mar 1884)
      3. 3. Lord (Claud) Hamilton (27 Jul 1813 – 3 Jun 1884) m. Elizabeth (Emma) Proby (1821 – 24 Jun 1900)
        1. 1. Louisa (Charlotte) Hamilton (1845 – 18 Aug 1940)
        2. 2. Emma (Frances) Hamilton (1847 – 2 Jan 1924)
        3. 3. Mary (Stuart) Hamilton (27 May 1851 – 6 Jan 1939)
        4. 4. Douglas (James) Proby (23 Sep 1856 – 18 Nov 1931)
    6. 6. Lord (Claud) Hamilton (1 Nov 1787 – Jun 1808)
    7. 7. Lady (Cecil Frances) Hamilton (19 Jul 1795 – 7 Jul 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

Sources

    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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