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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 ...
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 ]
Duke of Hamilton is a title in the Peerage of Scotland, created in April 1643.It is the senior dukedom in that peerage (except for the Dukedom of Rothesay held by the sovereign's eldest son), and as such its holder is the premier peer of Scotland, as well as being head of both the House of Hamilton and the House of Douglas.
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]
In 1935, in order to experience the life of the employees in his family's coal mines, he worked for a time at the coal face as plain Mr. Hamilton, joining a Trades Union. He was a prominent Unionist Member of Parliament (MP) for East Renfrewshire from 1930 until in 1940 he succeeded to the peerages and joined the House of Lords .
Hon. Harry Alexander Douglas-Hamilton (b. 1981) Lord Hugh Malcolm Douglas-Hamilton (1946–1995) Brendan Thomas Douglas-Hamilton (b. 1974) Lord Patrick George Douglas-Hamilton (b. 1950) George Douglas-Hamilton, 10th Earl of Selkirk (1906–1994) Lord Malcolm Avondale Douglas-Hamilton (1909–1964) Alasdair Malcolm Douglas-Hamilton (b. 1939)
John William Douglas-Hamilton b. 1979: John Andrew Douglas-Hamilton b. 1978 12th Earl of Selkirk and Lord Daer and Shortcleuch: Charles Douglas Douglas-Hamilton (b. 1979) Angus Gavin Douglas-Hamilton b. 1968: James Hamilton b. 1969 styled Marquess of Hamilton: Heir presumptive to the Earldom of Selkirk: Douglas Douglas-Hamilton b. 2012
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 .