James Hamilton, 7th Duke of Hamilton
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James George Hamilton | |
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7th Duke of Hamilton 4th Duke of Brandon Marquess of Douglas | |
Predecessor | James Hamilton (as Duke of Hamilton) Archibald Douglas (as Marquess of Douglas) |
Successor | Douglas Hamilton |
Born | 18 February 1755 Holyrood Palace |
Died | 7 July 1769 Hamilton Palace |
House | House of Douglas and Angus House of Hamilton |
Father | 6th Duke of Hamilton |
Mother | Elizabeth |
James George Hamilton, 7th Duke of Hamilton and 4th Duke of Brandon (18 February 1755 – 7 July 1769) was a short-lived Scottish peer.
Hamilton was born at
Elizabeth. Styled as Marquess of Clydesdale from his birth until his father's death, he succeeded to his father's title of Duke of Hamilton
in 1758, at the age of two.
Upon the death in 1761 of his distant cousin, the
Marquess of Douglas. A dispute concerning the estate of the late Duke of Douglas led to the Douglas Cause
.
Hamilton was educated at
Hamilton, Scotland, and his titles passed to his younger brother, Douglas Hamilton.[1]
References
- ^ Nicolas, Sir Nicholas Harris; Courthope, William (1857). The Historic Peerage of England: Exhibiting, Under Alphabetical Arrangement, the Origin, Descent, and Present State of Every Title of Peerage which Has Existed in this Country Since the Conquest ; Being a New Edition of the "Synopsis of the Peerage of England". John Murray. p. 71.
James George Hamilton, 7th Duke of Hamilton and 4th Duke of Brandon.