James (Hamilton) Hamilton First Lord Hamilton (1423 - 1479)

Born 1423 in Lanarkshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Euphemia (Graham) Graham Countess of Douglas — married after 25 Feb 1440 (to 1468) in Scotland

Husband of Mary (Stewart) Hamilton Countess of Arran — married before 12 Jul 1474 in Scotland

Descendants

Died 6 Nov 1479 at about age 56 in Oxfordshire, England

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BIography

James Hamilton, 1st Lord Hamilton, 6th of Cadzow (c. 1415 – 6 November 1479)

• Scottish nobleman, scholar and politician.

• 1426: first appears in charter granting him rights to the lands of Dalserf

lands alienated by his father.

• Father: James Hamilton of Cadzow, 5th Laird of Cadzow.

• b. Cadzow Castle, South Lanarkshire.

Born May 16, 1423 in Cadzow Castle, Lanarkshire, Scotland^{[citation needed]} Illegitimate children included Sir Patrick Hamilton of Kincavil, father of Master Patrick Hamilton, burnt for heresy in 1528 and a Protestant martyr. Lord Hamilton also had a daughter who married Sir John MacFarlane, 11th chief of Clan MacFarlane. John Hamilton of Broomhill (d. c. 1550), another illegitimate child of James, 1st Lord Hamilton, was by Janet Calderwood. In 1512 John's birth was legitimized. His grandson, James Hamilton, notably served as Sheriff of Perthshire, and his descendants became the Lords Belhaven and Stenton. Another illegitimate child by Janet Calderwood was David Hamilton, Bishop of Argyll and commendator of Dryburgh Abbey.

James Hamilton was intimately connected with the powerful House of Douglas -- his mother was a daughter of the Douglas Lord of Dalkeith, and also through his marriage in 1439/1440 with Lady Euphemia Graham, young widow of Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Douglas and daughter of Euphemia Stewart, Countess of Strathearn. He was stepfather to the young 6th Earl of Douglas, his brother David, both who would be murdered in November 1440 at the 'Black Dinner' at Edinburgh Castle in the presence of James II. He was also the stepfather of Margaret Douglas, the "Fair Maid of Galloway."She was to marry cousins William Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas, and James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas.

Prior to 1440 he achieved the status of Knighthood, and c. 1440/1441 he inherited his father's estates. In 1445, Hamilton received letters patent creating him a Lord of Parliament. This charter raised all his estates into the entail of that rank, with its Capital Messuage at the Orchard, (later Hamilton Palace), at Cadzow. Furthermore the charter stated that henceforth the lands would be known as Hamilton as they are today.

James Hamilton accompanied his stepson in law, the 8th Earl of Douglas, to Rome in 1450, and there obtained permission from the Holy See to convert the Parish Church at the new burgh of Hamilton into a Collegiate Establishment, with endowments for a Provost and six Canons

Family

James first married Lady Euphemia Graham (d. 1468) by Papal dispensation dated 25 Feb 1440/1, daughter of Patrick Graham, de jure Earl of Strathearn & Euphemia Stewart, Countess of Strathearn / widow of Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Douglas. Issue:

• Elizabeth Hamilton (c. 1442 – c. 1517) m. David Lindsay, 1st Duke of Montrose

Secondly he married Mary Stewart, Princess of Scotland, daughter of James II and widow of Thomas Boyd, Earl of Arran. They had 3 issue:

• Elizabeth m. Matthew Stewart, 2nd Earl of Lennox, Her descendants included James I of England & VI of Scotland.
• James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Arran

He also had Illegitimate (natural) children:

• Sir Patrick Hamilton of Kincavil, legitimated by the King 1512; father of Master Patrick Hamilton, burnt for heresy in 1528 and a Protestant martyr.
• daughter m. Sir John MacFarlane, 11th chief of Clan MacFarlane. ^{[citation needed]} (not shown by Balfour Paul)
• John Hamilton of Broomhill (d. c. 1550) by Janet Calderwood; legitimated by the King 1512. His grandson, James Hamilton, notably served as Sheriff of Perthshire, and his descendants became the Lords Belhaven and Stenton
• David Hamilton, Bishop of Argyll and commendator of Dryburgh Abbey by Janet Calderwood

Death

This appears to be the same Sir James Hamilton that is Inscripted on the Monument...

Burial: Hamilton Old Parish Churchyard, Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland

This may be a Cenotaph for one or all.

Inscription:

"MEMORIAM

Sir James Hamilton A_TER_ARMS James Lord Hamilton BORN ____

DIED: 12th NOV_ 1479

THE MOST HIGH AND PUISSANT PRINCE John Hamilton ST MARQUIS OF HAMILTON

3RD DUKE OF CHATELHERAULT BORN 1532 DIED AT HAMILTON 12TH APRIL 1607 (7?)

AGED 72 YEARS

THE MOST HIGH AND PUISSANT PRINCE JAMES 1ST DUKE OF HAMILTON, 6TH DUKE (?)

OF CHATELHERAULT . 2ND EARL OF CAMBRIDGE BORN AT HAMILTON 19TH JUNE 1608

BEHEADED IN PALAZE YARD 9TH MARCH 1649 AGED 43 YEARS

James Hamilton DUKE OF HAMILTON, BRANDON, CHATELHERAULT IN THE KINGDOM OF

FRANCE, WAS KILLED IN A DUEL IN HYDE PARK 15TH NOVEMBER 1712, IN THE 55TH :YEAR OF HIS AGE.

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE WILLIAM Hamilton LORD HAMILTON, SECOND SON OF THE MOST

HIGH AND PUISSANT PRINCE James Hamilton DUKE OF HAMILTON, BRANDON AND CHATELHERAULT DIED 11TH JULY 1734 IN THE 28TH YEAR OF HIS AGE

THE MOST HIGH AND PUISSANT PRINCE Sir James Hamilton , 5TH DUKE OF HAMILTON AND 9TH DUKE

CHATELHERAULT, 2ND DUKE OF BRANDON BORN 1702 DIED 1ST MARCH 1743

AGED 41 YEARS

THE MOST HIGH AND PUISSANT PRINCE James Hamilton DUKE OF HAMILTON AND BRANDON

AND CHATELHERAULT DIED AT _REAT REW AT OXFORDSHIRE 18TH JANUARY 1757

AGED 34 YEARS

THE MOST HIGH AND PUISSANT PRINCE Sir James George Hamilton HAMILTON DUKE OF

HAMILTON, BRANDON AND CHATELHERAULT BORN AT HOLYBOND HOUSE 10TH FEBY

1755 DIED AT HAMILTON, 7TH JULY 1763

SOURCE: Monument^[1]

Research Notes

Robert Hamilton, Seigneur d'Aubigny, Incorrectly Identified as Son of James and Mary

• Britain's Royal Families, The Complete Genealogy lists one additional son from the marriage of James Hamilton and Mary Stewart, who is not mentioned by either Richardson or Balfour Paul: Robert Hamilton, Seigneur d'Aubigny; d. 1543.^[2] As a result, this second son has been cited not only in the peerage.com but in numerous family trees on ancestry and family search. This is an unfortunate error. "Seigneur d'Aubigny" was a title which belonged in the Stewart family (and was not used by the Hamiltons) and the fourth Seigneur d'Aubigny, who did indeed die in 1543, was Robert Stewart, the 4th son of John Stewart,earl of Lennox, and Margaret Montgomerie.^[3] Accordingly, the profile of Robert Hamilton will be detached as a son of James Hamilton and Mary Stewart.

Robert Hamilton, Prebend of Kincardine, Incorrectly Identified as Son of James and Mary

• If Robert Hamilton actually was from the Some and Sanquhar branch of Hamiltons, whose lands were in Ayr, it is not likely he was the son of James Hamilton of Cadzow, whose lands were in Lanarkshire. However, his name is not found among the Some and Sanquhar branch of the family.^[4] There was a Robert Hamilton of Torrance who married a daughter of the Goodman of Glaister, who was also a niece to the sheriff of Ayr.^[5] The wife attached to Robert Hamilton's profile is Elizabeth Campbell, the daughter of " an unknown Campbell of Glaisters." Robert Hamilton of Torrance was the eldest son and heir of James Hamilton of Torrance and Christian Stewart, the daughter of Stewart of Minto.^[5] Unless a reliable source can be found which establishes a connection between Robert Hamilton and James Hamilton of Cadzow, Robert will be disconnected as the son of James Hamilton and Mary Stewart.

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 27 April 2020), memorial page for James Hamilton (19 Jun 1606–9 Mar 1649), Find A Grave: Memorial #196077903, citing Hamilton Old Parish Churchyard, Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland ; Maintained by Todd Whitesides (contributor 47553735). The text of the cenotaph is no longer on this memorial as of October 2020.
2. ↑ Weir, Alison. Britain's Royal Families. London: The Bodley Head (1989), p. 234].
3. ↑ Paul, SIr James Balfour. The Scots Peerage. Edinburgh: D. Douglas (1904), Vol. 5, pp. 349-350.
4. ↑ Anderson, John. Historical and Genealogical Memoirs of the House of Hamilton. Edinburgh: by the author (1825), pp. 382-383.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Anderson, John. Historical and Genealogical Memoirs of the House of Hamilton. Edinburgh: by the author (1825), p. 387.

See also:

• The Peerage: James Hamilton, 1st Lord Hamilton
• wikipedia - James Hamilton, 1st Lord Hamilton
• The House of Hamilton by George Hamilton. Skinner and Co., Edinburgh. 1933. p11.
• John Anderson, Historical and genealogical memoirs of the House of Hamilton; with genealogical memoirs of the several branches of the family (1825), p. 249; scanned image, (https://archive.org/stream/historicalgeneal00ande#page/250/mode/2up).
• Marlyn Lewis.
• Anderson, John, Historical and genealogical memoirs of the House of Hamilton; with genealogical memoirs of the several branches of the family Edinburgh 1825
• Balfour Paul, Sir James, The Scots Peerage Vol IV page 349. Edinburgh 1907
• Clan MacFarlane: James Hamilton
• MacFarlane: James, History of Clan MacFarlane, Glasgow 1922
• Cokayne, The Complete Peerage", 1st edn, 8 vols, Volume 4, page 139. Incorrectly makes James the 2nd Lord Hamilton.