John James Hamilton (1756 - 1818)

Born 1756 in England

Ancestors

Husband of Catherine (Moyle) Hamilton — married 20 Jun 1779 in Marylebone, London, England

Husband of Anne Jane (Gore) Hamilton — married 3 Apr 1800 in Piccadilly, London, England

Descendants

Died 27 Jan 1818 at about age 62 in Stanmore, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom

John Hamilton was a member of the aristocracy in England.

Biography

John James Hamilton was the son of the Honourable John Hamilton and Harriet (Craggs) Hamilton.^[1][2] He was born in 1756.^[1][2]

He became the Member of Parliament for East Looe, Cornwall, England, in 1783, and the Member for St Germans, Cornwall, in 1784. He succeeded his uncle James Hamilton as Earl of Abercorn in 1789 and entered the House of Lords. He was made Marquess of Abercorn in 1790.

In 1794, he was appointed to the Privy Council of Ireland.

He was married three times, firstly to Catherine Copley, daughter of Sir Joseph Copley, 1st Bt., and Mary (Buller) Copley, on the 20th of June 1779 at St. Marylebone Church, Marylebone Road, Marylebone, London, England.^[1][2][3] She died in 1791.

John James Hamilton, Marquess of Abercorn, married, secondly, Lady Cecil Hamilton, daughter of the Honourable George Hamilton and Elizabeth (Onslow) Hamilton, on the 4th of March 1792.^[1][2] They were divorced in April 1799 by an Act of Parliament.^[1][2][4]

The Marquess of Abercorn married, thirdly, the Lady Anne Jane Gore, daughter of Arthur Saunders Gore, 2nd Earl of Arran of the Arran Islands, and Catherine (Annesley), Countess of Arran, on the 3rd of April 1800 in Piccadilly, London.^[1][2]

He was made Knight, Order of the Garter (K.G.), on 17 January 1805.^[1]

He died on the 27th of January 1818 at the age of 61 at Bentley Priory, Stanmore, near Harrow, Middlesex, England.^[1][2] He was buried on the 5th of February 1818 in Stanmore.^[1][5]

John James Hamilton, Marquess of Abercorn, is an ancestor of Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge.

Titles

• 1st Marquess of Abercorn [Great Britain] on 15 October 1790.^[1]
• 9th Lord Paisley, co. Renfrew [S., 1587] on 9 October 1789.^[1]
• 5th Baronet Hamilton, of Donalong, co. Tyrone and of Nenagh, co. Tipperary [I., 1660] on 9 October 1789.^[1]
• 9th Lord Paisley, Hamilton, Mountcashell and Kirkpatrick [S., 1606] on 9 October 1789.^[1]
• 4th Viscount Strabane [I., 1701] on 9 October 1789.^[1]
• 10th Lord Hamilton, Baron of Strabane, co. Tyrone [I., 1617] on 9 October 1789.^[1]
• 9th Earl of Abercorn [S., 1606] on 9 October 1789.^[1]
• 2nd Viscount Hamilton [G.B., 1786] on 9 October 1789.^[1]
• 9th Lord Abercorn, co. Linlithgow [S., 1603] on 9 October 1789.^[1]
• 4th Baron Mountcastle, co. Tyrone [I., 1701] on 9 October 1789.^[1]
• Knight, Order of the Garter (K.G.) on 17 January 1805.^[1]

Member of Parliament

• (M.P.) (Tory) for East Looe between 1 Dec. 1783 - 1784.^[1][2]
• (M.P.) (Tory) for St. Germans between 1784 - 9 Oct. 1789.^[1][2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21} G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, pages 6,7 and 8.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8} http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1754-1790/member/hamilton-john-james-1756-1818. (The History of Parliament: Volumes 1754-1790: Ed. L. Namier, J. Brooke, 1964: Author Mary M. Drummond: Member Biographies: Hamilton, John James (1756-1818)).
3. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V52H-4QT : 10 February 2018), John James Hamilton and Catherine Copley, 20 Jun 1779; citing Saint Mary-St Marylebone Road, St Marylebone, London, England, reference index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 942 B4HA V. 51, 942 B4HA V. 52, 942 B4HA V. 54, 942 B4HA V. 55, 942 B4HA V. 56, 942 B4HA V. 57.
4. ↑ Sir James Balfour Paul, The Scots Peerage: founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's The Peerage of Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland: David Douglas, 1904), volume I, page 63.
5. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVV9-1WG5 : 13 December 2015), John James Hamilton, 1818; Burial, Stanmore, London Borough of Harrow, Greater London, England, St John the Evangelist Churchyard; citing record ID 8151110, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hamilton,_1st_Marquess_of_Abercorn.

• https://www.thepeerage.com/p11029.htm#i110283 (The Peerage, Darryl Lundy: Person Page 11029: John James Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Abercorn: #110283, b. July 1856).

• https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-john-hamilton-3 (Hansard 1803-2005: People: Mr John Hamilton, 1756 - January 27, 1818).

• http://numberonelondon.net/2012/07/from-the-august-1801-annual-register (Number One London: From the August 1801 Annual Register).