John Hamilton of Whistleberry

JOHN HAMILTON OF WHISTLEBERRY

John Hamilton of Whistleberry is the third son of Sir James Hamilton of Cadzow. On 14 June 1449 he had a charter to "John Hamilton of Whistleberry, brother of James, Lord Hamilton, of the lands of Whitehope and Kirkhope, in the Lordship of Crawfurd-Lindsay, in exchange for the lands of Wester Brithy, in the barony of Ferne in Forfarshire." Memoirs, p. 51 According to the late James Anderson, he is the ancestor of the Hamiltons of Cander. Ibidem, p. 257

Death

John Hamilton of Whistleberry died before 23 October 1455, the date upon which his son William is named as one of the heirs remainder of James, Lord Hamilton. Memoirs, p. 257

Genealogical Account

John Anderson, Surgeon, Licentiate of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, Historical and Genealogical Memoirs of the House of Hamilton with Genealogical Memoirs of the Several Branches of the Family (John Anderson, junior, Edinburgh, MDCCCXXV), pp. 257-58