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Gavin Hamilton 1542 – 1547 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 22 Oct 1542

Birth Location: Arron, , Butshire, Scotland

Death Date: Aug 1547

Death Location: Firth Clyde, Bute, , Scotland

Father: James Hamilton

Mother: Margaret Douglas

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Gavin Hamilton was born in 1542 in Arron, , Butshire, Scotland, the child of James IV, 2nd Earl Arran, Duke Chatelherault Hamilton and Margaret Douglas. Gavin Hamilton passed away in 1547 in Firth Clyde, Bute, , Scotland.

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Biography

  • Gavin Hamilton was born in 1542 in Arron, , Butshire, Scotland, the child of James IV, 2nd Earl Arran, Duke Chatelherault Hamilton and Margaret Douglas.
  • Gavin Hamilton passed away in 1547 in Firth Clyde, Bute, , Scotland.

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Gavin Hamilton's Ancestors

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Gavin Hamilton
1542 – 1547
Birth Place: Arron, , Butshire, Scotland
Parents
James IV, 2nd Earl Arran, Duke Chatelherault Hamilton
1515 – 1575
Brodick Castle, Firth Clyde, Bute, Scotland
Margaret Douglas
1515 – 1578
Morton, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Morton Dumfries-shire Scotland
Grandparents
James Hamilton
1475 – 1529
Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Margaret (Catherine) Stewart-Hamilton
1478 – 1542
Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland
James Douglas
1487 – 1548
Aberdour, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Catherine Stewart
1495 – 1554
Edinburgh, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Sir Hamilton
Alexander Stewart
1454 – 1489
Catherine Sinclair
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Gauthier STEWART
1424 – 1488
Elizabeth ARNOT
1430 – 1460

Gavin Hamilton's Timeline

2 Records

1542
22 Oct 1542
Birth of Gavin Hamilton in Arron, , Butshire, Scotland
Arron, , Butshire, Scotland
1547
Aug 1547
Age 5
Death of Gavin Hamilton in Firth Clyde, Bute, , Scotland
Firth Clyde, Bute, , Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 22 Oct 1542
    Event Place: Arron, , Butshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Aug 1547
    Event Place: Firth Clyde, Bute, , Scotland

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