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Lord James Hamilton 1517 – 1575 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1517

Birth Location: Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland

Death Date: 22 Jan 1575

Death Location: Hamilton

Father: Lord II

Mother: Lady Bethune

Spouse(s): Lady Douglas

Children(s): Lord Hamilton

Lord James Hamilton IV, Duke Chatellerault, Regent of Scotland, 2nd Earl of Arran, Knight of Saint Michael Hamilton (twin) was born in 1517 in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, the child of Lord James Hamilton, II and Lady Janet Bethune. Lord James Hamilton IV, Duke Chatellerault, Regent of Scotland, 2nd Earl of Arran, Knight of Saint Michael Hamilton (twin) later married Lady Margaret Douglas, and together they raised children including Lord Claud Hamilton. In 1575, Lord James Hamilton IV, Duke Chatellerault, Regent of Scotland, 2nd Earl of Arran, Knight of Saint Michael Hamilton (twin) passed away in Hamilton.

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Parents

Lord II
1475 – 1529
Birth Location: Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland
LI
Lady Bethune
1490 – 1522
Birth Location: Balfour, Fife, Scotland
LB

Spouses(s)

Lady Douglas
1523 – 1579
Birth Location: Angus, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
LD

Children(s)

Lord Hamilton
1546 – 1622
Birth Location: Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Schotland
LH

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 15 January 1515
    Event Place: Brodick Castle, Arran Island, Firth of Clyde, Bute, Scotland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index, UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index, 1300s-Current, Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1 Jan 1516
    Event Place: Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Schotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: about 1525
    Event Place: Avondale, Lanarkshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 21 September 1516
    Event Place: Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Schotland

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 15 January 1515
    Event Place: Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Schotland

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 21 September 1516
    Event Place: Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 21 September 1516
    Event Place: Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1516
    Event Place: Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1517
    Event Place: Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Biography & Genealogy Master Index, Gale Research Company; Detroit, Michigan; Accession Number: 154061

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Place: Surrey, England
    Record Source: London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Broun Castle, Ayr, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Lanarkshire, Aberdeenshire, Banff, Ayr, & Stirling: - Commissariot Record of Hamilton and Campsie, Register of Testaments, 1564-1800

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Broomhill
    Record Source: Burke’s Family Records

    Genealogy Event 14
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 22 January 1575
    Event Place: Bo'ness, Falkirk, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index, 1300s-Current, Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015

    Genealogy Event 15
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 22 January 1575
    Event Place: Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 16
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 22 January 1575
    Event Place: Fynnart, Renfrewshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 17
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 22 January 1575
    Event Place: Hamilton Palace, Clydesdale, Lanarkshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 18
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 22 January 1575
    Event Place: Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Schotland

    Genealogy Event 19
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 22 January 1575
    Event Place: Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Schotland

    Genealogy Event 20
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 22 January 1575
    Event Place: Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Schotland, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 21
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 22 January 1575
    Event Place: Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Schotland

    Genealogy Event 22
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 22 January 1575
    Event Place: Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Schotland

    Genealogy Event 23
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 22 Jan 1575
    Event Place: Hamilton
    Record Source: Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22, London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 08; Page: 1051

    Genealogy Event 24
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Bo'ness, Falkirk, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index, 1300s-Current

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