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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) married Lady Margaret Douglas, and had children including Lord Claud Hamilton. Lord James Hamilton IV, Duke Chatellerault, Regent of Scotland, 2nd Earl of Arran, Knight of Saint Michael Hamilton (twin) passed away in 1575 in Hamilton.

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Biography

  • 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) married Lady Margaret Douglas, and had children including Lord Claud Hamilton.
  • Lord James Hamilton IV, Duke Chatellerault, Regent of Scotland, 2nd Earl of Arran, Knight of Saint Michael Hamilton (twin) passed away in 1575 in Hamilton.

Immediate Family

Parents

Lord II
1475 – 1529
Birth Location: Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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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
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Lord Hamilton's Ancestors

Self
Lord Hamilton
1517 – 1575
Birth Place: Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
Parents
Lord James Hamilton, II
1475 – 1529
Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Lady (Janet) Bethune
1490 – 1522
Balfour, Fife, Scotland
Grandparents
Lord (John) Bethune
1470 – 1524
Balfour, Fife, Scotland
Lady (Elizabeth Isobel) Monypenny
1471 – 1541
Kingsbarns, Fife, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lord Hamilton's Descendants

1.
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Lord (James) Hamilton (1517 – 22 Jan 1575) m. Lady (Margaret) Douglas (1523 – 24 May 1579)
  1. 1. Lord (Claud) Hamilton (1546 – 15 Jan 1622) m. Lady (Margaret Montgomerie) Seton (1555 – March 1616)
    1. 1. Lady (Margaret Anne) Hamilton (21 September 1577 – 23 December 1577) m. Lewis (Rodolphi) Bayly (1565 – 26 Oct 1631)
      1. 1. Margaret Bailey (abt 1615 – 1662) m. John Rowland (1614 – 1653)
        1. 1. William Rowland (1636 – 1714) m. Hannah ('Susannah') Andrews (23 June 1639 – 05 June 1678)
        2. 2. John (Thomas) Rowland (1631 – 1695) m. Elizabeth Hampton (1627 – Abt 1695)

Lord Hamilton's Timeline

19 Records

1515
15 January 1515
Birth of Lord James Hamilton IV, Duke Chatellerault, Regent of Scotland, 2nd Earl of Arran, Knight of Saint Michael Hamilton (twin) in Brodick Castle, Arran Island, Firth of Clyde, Bute, Scotland
Brodick Castle, Arran Island, Firth of Clyde, Bute, Scotland
1515
15 January 1515
Birth of Lord James Hamilton IV, Duke Chatellerault, Regent of Scotland, 2nd Earl of Arran, Knight of Saint Michael Hamilton (twin) in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Schotland
Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Schotland
1516
1 Jan 1516
Birth of Lord James Hamilton IV, Duke Chatellerault, Regent of Scotland, 2nd Earl of Arran, Knight of Saint Michael Hamilton (twin) in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Schotland
Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Schotland
1516
21 September 1516
Birth of Lord James Hamilton IV, Duke Chatellerault, Regent of Scotland, 2nd Earl of Arran, Knight of Saint Michael Hamilton (twin) in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Schotland
Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Schotland
1516
21 September 1516
Birth of Lord James Hamilton IV, Duke Chatellerault, Regent of Scotland, 2nd Earl of Arran, Knight of Saint Michael Hamilton (twin) in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
1516
21 September 1516
Birth of Lord James Hamilton IV, Duke Chatellerault, Regent of Scotland, 2nd Earl of Arran, Knight of Saint Michael Hamilton (twin) in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
1516
1516
Birth of Lord James Hamilton IV, Duke Chatellerault, Regent of Scotland, 2nd Earl of Arran, Knight of Saint Michael Hamilton (twin) in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
1517
1517
Birth of Lord James Hamilton IV, Duke Chatellerault, Regent of Scotland, 2nd Earl of Arran, Knight of Saint Michael Hamilton (twin) in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
1525
about 1525
Age 8
Birth of Lord James Hamilton IV, Duke Chatellerault, Regent of Scotland, 2nd Earl of Arran, Knight of Saint Michael Hamilton (twin) in Avondale, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Avondale, Lanarkshire, Scotland
1575
22 January 1575
Age 58
Death of Lord James Hamilton IV, Duke Chatellerault, Regent of Scotland, 2nd Earl of Arran, Knight of Saint Michael Hamilton (twin) in Bo'ness, Falkirk, Scotland
Bo'ness, Falkirk, Scotland
1575
22 January 1575
Age 58
Death of Lord James Hamilton IV, Duke Chatellerault, Regent of Scotland, 2nd Earl of Arran, Knight of Saint Michael Hamilton (twin) in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland
1575
22 January 1575
Age 58
Death of Lord James Hamilton IV, Duke Chatellerault, Regent of Scotland, 2nd Earl of Arran, Knight of Saint Michael Hamilton (twin) in Fynnart, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Fynnart, Renfrewshire, Scotland
1575
22 January 1575
Age 58
Death of Lord James Hamilton IV, Duke Chatellerault, Regent of Scotland, 2nd Earl of Arran, Knight of Saint Michael Hamilton (twin) in Hamilton Palace, Clydesdale, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Hamilton Palace, Clydesdale, Lanarkshire, Scotland
1575
22 January 1575
Age 58
Death of Lord James Hamilton IV, Duke Chatellerault, Regent of Scotland, 2nd Earl of Arran, Knight of Saint Michael Hamilton (twin) in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Schotland
Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Schotland
1575
22 January 1575
Age 58
Death of Lord James Hamilton IV, Duke Chatellerault, Regent of Scotland, 2nd Earl of Arran, Knight of Saint Michael Hamilton (twin) in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Schotland
Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Schotland
1575
22 January 1575
Age 58
Death of Lord James Hamilton IV, Duke Chatellerault, Regent of Scotland, 2nd Earl of Arran, Knight of Saint Michael Hamilton (twin) in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Schotland, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Schotland, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
1575
22 January 1575
Age 58
Death of Lord James Hamilton IV, Duke Chatellerault, Regent of Scotland, 2nd Earl of Arran, Knight of Saint Michael Hamilton (twin) in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Schotland
Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Schotland
1575
22 January 1575
Age 58
Death of Lord James Hamilton IV, Duke Chatellerault, Regent of Scotland, 2nd Earl of Arran, Knight of Saint Michael Hamilton (twin) in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Schotland
Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Schotland
1575
22 Jan 1575
Age 58
Death of Lord James Hamilton IV, Duke Chatellerault, Regent of Scotland, 2nd Earl of Arran, Knight of Saint Michael Hamilton (twin) in Hamilton
Hamilton

Sources

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1517
    Event Place: Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI), 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 (Indexed)

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Genealogy Event 20
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 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 Date: 22 January 1575
    Event Place: Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Schotland

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

    Genealogy Event 23
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 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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