William Hamilton, 11th Duke of Hamilton

Lady Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton
Lady Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton
Parents	Alexander Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton; Susan Euphemia Beckford

William Alexander Archibald Hamilton, 11th Duke of Hamilton and 8th Duke of Brandon (19 February 1811 – 8 July 1863) styled Earl of Angus before 1819 and Marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale between 1819 and 1852, was a Scottish nobleman and the Premier Peer of Scotland.

He was the son of

William Beckford. He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford. He was Knight Marischal of Scotland from 1846 and Lord Lieutenant of Lanarkshire from 1852 until his death.^[1]

At the

Grand Duke Charles of Baden and Stéphanie de Beauharnais, the adopted daughter of Napoleon

I. After his marriage, he lived chiefly in Paris and Baden, taking very little interest in British affairs. They had three children:

William Douglas-Hamilton, 12th Duke of Hamilton (1845–1895)
Lieutenant Charles George Douglas-Hamilton, 7th Earl of Selkirk (1847–1886), 11th Hussars
Tassilo Festetics de Tolna
.

Though he had married in 1843, the duke did not succeed to his title until 1852. In that year, he purchased the house located at

St. James's, a district of the City of Westminster in central London from Henry Somerset, 7th Duke of Beaufort for £60,000. The duke lavished expenses on the house for approximately a decade, including installing iron firebacks with his coronet and motto. Upon his death, the house passed to his widow who sold it to Ivor Guest, 1st Baron Wimborne via auction in 1867.^[2]

Ancestry

Ancestors of William Hamilton, 11th Duke of Hamilton

28. John Gordon, 3rd Earl of Aboyne

14. Charles Gordon, 4th Earl of Aboyne

29. Grace Lockhart

7. Lady Margaret Gordon

30. Alexander Stewart, 6th Earl of Galloway (= 10)

15. Lady Margaret Stewart

31. Lady Catherine Cochrane (= 11)

References

"Douglas, William Alexander Anthony Archibald" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.

^ Doyle, J.E. (1886). Abercon-Fortescue. The Official Baronage of England: Showing the Succession, Dignities, and Offices of Every Peer from 1066 to 1885, with Sixteen Hundred Illustrations (in Spanish). Longmans, Green, and Company. p. 217. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
^ Chancellor, E. Beresford (1908). The Private Palaces of London Past and Present. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co Ltd. pp. 366–367. Retrieved 30 June 2015.

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Duke of Hamilton
William, 11th Duke of Hamilton: Hamilton Palace

Masonic offices
Preceded by The Earl of Buchan	Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Scotland 1833–1835	Succeeded by Viscount Fincastle
Honorary titles
Preceded by The Earl of Erroll	Knight Marischal 1846–1863	Vacant
Preceded by The Duke of Hamilton and Brandon	Lord Lieutenant of Lanarkshire 1852–1863	Succeeded by The Lord Belhaven and Stenton
Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by Alexander Hamilton	Duke of Hamilton 1852–1863	Succeeded by William Douglas-Hamilton
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by Alexander Hamilton	Duke of Brandon 1852–1863	Succeeded by William Douglas-Hamilton

[Doyle_1886_p._217-1] Doyle, J.E. (1886). Abercon-Fortescue. The Official Baronage of England: Showing the Succession, Dignities, and Offices of Every Peer from 1066 to 1885, with Sixteen Hundred Illustrations (in Spanish). Longmans, Green, and Company. p. 217. Retrieved 30 April 2019.

[Chancellor_(1908)-2] Chancellor, E. Beresford (1908). The Private Palaces of London Past and Present. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co Ltd. pp. 366–367. Retrieved 30 June 2015.

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