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Sir Lord Admiral, James III Hamilton 1500–1529 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1 June 1500

Birth Location: Firth Clyde, Bute, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 26 March 1529

Death Location: Strathaven, South Lanarkshire, Scotland

Father: Princess Stewart

Mother:

Spouse(s):

Children(s): Lady Hamilton, James Châtelherault

The story of Sir Lord Admiral, James III Hamilton began in 1500 in Firth Clyde, Bute, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom. Sir Lord Admiral, James III Hamilton married Janet Hamilton, Mary Stewart, and had children including Isabella Hamilton, James Hamilton Earl Of Arran Duke Of Chatelherault, Lady Janet Jean Hamilton. Sir Lord Admiral, James III Hamilton passed away in 1529 in Strathaven, South Lanarkshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • The story of Sir Lord Admiral, James III Hamilton began in 1500 in Firth Clyde, Bute, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom.
  • Sir Lord Admiral, James III Hamilton married Janet Hamilton, Mary Stewart, and had children including Isabella Hamilton, James Hamilton Earl Of Arran Duke Of Chatelherault, Lady Janet Jean Hamilton.
  • Sir Lord Admiral, James III Hamilton passed away in 1529 in Strathaven, South Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Princess Stewart
1453–1488
Birth Location: Stirling Castle, Stirlingshire, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Lady Hamilton
1517–1579
Birth Location: Holmstone, Ayrshire, Scotland
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James Châtelherault
–1575
Birth Location: –
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Sir Hamilton's Ancestors

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Sir Hamilton
1500–1529
Birth Place: Firth Clyde, Bute, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Princess Mary Fielding, of Scotland, SRA Lady\Duchess, Countess of Arren, 1st Baroness of Kilmarneck, Stewart
1453–1488
Stirling Castle, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Hamilton's Descendants

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Sir (Lord Admiral, James III) Hamilton (1 June 1500–26 March 1529)
  1. 1. Lady (Janet (Jean)) Hamilton 1517–1579 m. Alexander (Cunningham 5th Earl of) Glencairn 1515–1579
    1. 1. Sir (Lord William Cunningham, Knight of Glencairn, 6th Earl of) Glencairn 1532–1564 m. Lady (Janet (Jeanette) Gordon of) Lochinver 1528–1596
      1. 1. James (Master Glencairn Seventh Earl of Glencairn) (Cunningham) 1562–1630 m. Lady (Margaret, Baroness Duart Campbell) Cunninghame 1550–1618
        1. 1. Anne\Anna (Cunningham) (Hamilton*) 1583–1647 m. Sir (Lord James I MARKGRAFF Hamilton, Knight of the Garter, Member of the Scottish) Parliament, 1589–1625
  2. 2. James (Hamilton Earl of Arran, Duke of) Châtelherault –1575

Sir Hamilton's Timeline

2 Records

1500
1 June 1500
Birth of Sir Lord Admiral, James III Hamilton in Firth Clyde, Bute, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Firth Clyde, Bute, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
1529
26 March 1529
Age 29
Death of Sir Lord Admiral, James III Hamilton in Bo'ness, West Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Bo'ness, West Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1 June 1500
    Event Place: Firth Clyde, Bute, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 26 March 1529
    Event Place: Bo'ness, West Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Strathaven, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
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