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13th Duke of Hamilton, Marquess of Clydesdale, Earl of Arran and Cambridge, and Lord Aven and Innerdale, 10th Duke of Brandon, Marquess of Douglas, Earl of Angus (1633 creation), Lord Abernethy and Jedburgh Forest, and Baron Dutton, 20th Earl of Angus (1389 creation), 9th Earl of Selkirk and Lord Daer and Shortcleuch, 12th Earl of Lanark and ...
The Hamiltons of the United States are a family of Scottish origin, whose most prominent member was Alexander Hamilton (1755/57–1804), one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Their ancestors and relations in Scotland included the Lairds of Kerelaw Castle in Stevenston , North Ayrshire , of the Cambuskeith branch of Clan Hamilton .
The Douglas and Hamilton lines became Douglas-Hamilton and, under Scots law, are barred from inheriting the title of chief of Clan Douglas due to the hyphenated surname. [3] This similarly applies to the Douglas-Home family who joined their surnames in the nineteenth century. [12]
Hamilton Palace in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, had been the family's seat from the 13th century. Built by Duchess Anne and her husband, William Douglas, 3rd Duke of Hamilton , it had the distinction of being one of the largest non-royal palaces in Europe, reaching its greatest extent under the 10th and 11th dukes in the mid nineteenth century.
Douglas-Hamilton is the family surname of the Dukes of Hamilton and Earls of Selkirk. Anne Hamilton, 3rd Duchess of Hamilton , was the only child of James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton , who survived him. [ 1 ]
1st Baroness Hamilton of Hameldon: John Campbell (1723–1806) 5th Duke of Argyll, Marquess of Kintyre and Lorne, Earl of Campbell and Cowall, Viscount of Lochow and Glenyla, and Lord Inveraray, Mull, Morvern, and Tiree, 14th Earl of Argyll and 15th Lord Campbell, 1st Baron Sundridge: Douglas Hamilton (1756–1799)