Douglas Hamilton KT (1756 - 1799)

Born 24 Jul 1756 in Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Anne (Burrell) Cecil — married 5 Apr 1778 (to 1794) in London, Middlesex, England

Died 2 Aug 1799 at age 43 in Hamilton Palace, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland

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Biography

Douglas Hamilton KT is a member of Clan Hamilton.

Lord Douglas Hamilton was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

Douglas Hamilton, was the son of the 6th Duke of Hamilton and his wife Elizabeth Gunning. He was educated at Eton from 1763 to 1767, and on the death of his brother in 1769, he succeeded to the dukedom of Hamilton. He also inherited his mother's title of Baron Hamilton of Hameldon when she died in 1790. Between 1772 and 1776, he lived in Europe with Dr John Moore and his son, the future Sir John Moore, hero of Corunna. On his return, aged 21, he married the beautiful Elizabeth Anne Burrell, fourth daughter of Peter Burrell, in London on 5 Apr 1778. They had no children. The Duke gradually sank into dissipation. In 1794, the couple eventually divorced, by Act of Parliament, after 16 years of marriage. ^[1]

Sources

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• Source:Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes. Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999.
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• Source:Maubois, Caroline, in France. "Re: Penancoet Family." E-mail message to Lundy, Darryl Roger. 2 December 2008.
• Johnston, George Harvey. "The Douglases of Angus." The Heraldry of the Douglases: With Notes on All the Males of the Family, Descriptions of the Arms, Plates and Pedigrees. Edinburgh: W. & A.K. Johnston, Limited, 1907.47. Print.

1. ↑ Hamilton, Duke of (S, 1643) Cracroft's Peerage

1. Douglas Hamilton, 8th Duke of Hamilton - Wikipedia
2. http://www.thepeerage.com/p10945.htm#i109449

Note: The Duke of Hamilton is the premier duke in the Peerage of Scotland. The duke is also Duke of Brandon, a later creation in the Peerage of Great Britain.