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Lord Claud Hamilton, Knight of Paisley, Scottish Politician, Privy Councillor, 1st Lord of Paisley, Baron of Hamilton 1543 – 1622 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 9 June 1543

Birth Location: Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Schotland

Death Date: 15 Jan 1622

Death Location: Paisley, Renfrewshire, Schotland

Father: James Hamilton

Mother: Lady Hamilton

Spouse(s): (Baroness) Paisley

Children(s): James Linlithgow

The story of Lord Claud Hamilton, Knight of Paisley, Scottish Politician, Privy Councillor, 1st Lord of Paisley, Baron of Hamilton began in 1543 in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Schotland. Lord Claud Hamilton, Knight of Paisley, Scottish Politician, Privy Councillor, 1st Lord of Paisley, Baron of Hamilton married (Baroness) Lady Margaret Montgomerie (Margaretha) Douglas Seton, Baroness Paisley, and had children including James Hamilton Earl van Abercorn, The Right Honourable The Earl of Abercorn PC Member of the Scottish Parliament for Linlithgow. Lord Claud Hamilton, Knight of Paisley, Scottish Politician, Privy Councillor, 1st Lord of Paisley, Baron of Hamilton passed away in 1622 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Schotland.

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Biography

  • The story of Lord Claud Hamilton, Knight of Paisley, Scottish Politician, Privy Councillor, 1st Lord of Paisley, Baron of Hamilton began in 1543 in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Schotland.
  • Lord Claud Hamilton, Knight of Paisley, Scottish Politician, Privy Councillor, 1st Lord of Paisley, Baron of Hamilton married (Baroness) Lady Margaret Montgomerie (Margaretha) Douglas Seton, Baroness Paisley, and had children including James Hamilton Earl van Abercorn, The Right Honourable The Earl of Abercorn PC Member of the Scottish Parliament for Linlithgow.
  • Lord Claud Hamilton, Knight of Paisley, Scottish Politician, Privy Councillor, 1st Lord of Paisley, Baron of Hamilton passed away in 1622 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Schotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

James Hamilton
1515 – 1575
Birth Location: Brodick Castle, Arran Island, Firth of Clyde, Bute, Scotland
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Lady Hamilton
1511 – 1579
Birth Location: Morton, Dumfrieshire, Schotland
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Spouses(s)

(Baroness) Paisley
1550 – 1616
Birth Location: Seton, East-Lothian, Scotland
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Children(s)

James Linlithgow
1575 – 1618
Birth Location: Paisley, Renfrewshire, Schotland
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Lord Hamilton's Ancestors

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Lord Hamilton
1543 – 1622
Birth Place: Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Schotland
Parents
James Duke of Chatellerault 2nd Earl of Arran Hamilton
1515 – 1575
Brodick Castle, Arran Island, Firth of Clyde, Bute, Scotland
Lady (Margaret Livingston (Stuart) Douglas Duchess) Hamilton
1511 – 1579
Morton, Dumfrieshire, Schotland
Grandparents
Sir (James Hamilton, 2nd Lord of Hamilton, 1st Earl of Arran, Duke of) Chatellerault
1476 – 1529
Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Lady (Janet Bethune) Beaton
1486 – 1529
Creich, Fife, , Scotland
James (Douglas Earl van) Morton
1487 – 1548
Aberdour, Fifeshire, Scotland
Catherine (Stewart* Countess of) Morton
1502 – 1554
Edinburgh Castle, Midlothian, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
James Scots
1473 – 1513
Margaret Tudor\Plantagenet\Lancaster
1490 – 1541
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lord Hamilton's Descendants

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Lord (Claud Hamilton, Knight of Paisley, Scottish Politician, Privy Councillor, 1st Lord of Paisley, Baron of) Hamilton (9 June 1543 – 15 Jan 1622) m. (Baroness) (Lady Margaret Montgomerie (Margaretha) Douglas Seton, Baroness) Paisley (1 Jan 1550 – 10 Feb 1616)
  1. 1. James (Hamilton Earl van Abercorn, The Right Honourable The Earl of Abercorn PC Member of the Scottish Parliament for) Linlithgow (12 August 1575 – 23 Mar 1618) m. Lady (Marion\ Mary Wallace Boyd (Countess of) Abercorn) (1583 – 26 August 1632)
    1. 1. Sarah Hambleton (Jan 1616 – 5 Feb 1690) m. Richard (Ferris (Ferrar) Fariss) (1596 – 1642)
      1. 1. Sarah (Elizabeth FERRIS) Woodson (8 May 1638 – 1689) m. Colonel (Robert "Tater Hole" Woodson 1st - ARW - Continental Troops - is the 5th great grandfather of Jesse and Frank) James (1634 – 1 Oct 1707)
        1. 1. Richard (Ferris) Woodson (1662 – 4 Mar 1715) m. Ann Smith (1675 – 14 Apr 1746)

Lord Hamilton's Timeline

2 Records

1543
9 June 1543
Birth of Lord Claud Hamilton, Knight of Paisley, Scottish Politician, Privy Councillor, 1st Lord of Paisley, Baron of Hamilton in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Schotland
Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Schotland
1622
15 Jan 1622
Age 79
Death of Lord Claud Hamilton, Knight of Paisley, Scottish Politician, Privy Councillor, 1st Lord of Paisley, Baron of Hamilton in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Schotland
Paisley, Renfrewshire, Schotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 9 June 1543
    Event Place: Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Schotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 Jan 1622
    Event Place: Paisley, Renfrewshire, Schotland
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