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About Barbara Hamilton

LADY BARBARA HAMILTON

Spurious Pedigree

Lady Barbara Hamilton here treated may sometimes have been confused with Margaret Hamilton For the suggestion that it was Lady Margaret Hamilton who married Alexander, Lord Gordon, rather than Lady Barbara Hamilton, see Hamilton Memoirs, p. 118

Lady Barbara Hamilton is the daughter of James, Earl of Arran, and his wife Lady Margaret Douglas. Hamilton Memoirs, p. 118 The Scots Peerage, IV, p. 370 On 14 December 1553 she had a charter by which her father gave her an income from various lands for her lifetime. A charter of confirmation under the Great Seal of Scotland was issued on 21 December 1553. Register of the Great Seal of Scotland, A.D. 1546-1580, charter number 877 on p. 196

First Marriage

Lady Barbara Hamilton married Alexander, Lord Gordon, who died shortly after 18 September 1552. The Scots Peerage IV: 536

Second Marriage

Lady Barbara Hamilton married James, Lord Fleming, who, when he gave certain of his lands to her brother John on 15 January 1557, reserved his wife's terce therein. Ibidem, charter number 1237 on p. 277

Darryl Lundy's Peerage page on Barbara Hamilton

Lady Barbara Hamilton [1]

  • F, #110339
  • Last Edited=17 Jan 2011
  • Consanguinity Index=1.15%

Lady Barbara Hamilton is the daughter of James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran and Lady Margaret Douglas.[1]

She married, firstly, Alexander Gordon, Lord Gordon, son of George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly and Elizabeth Keith, circa 1546.[2]

She married, secondly, James Fleming, 4th Lord Fleming before 23 December 1553.[2]

From circa 1546, her married name became Gordon. From before 23 December 1553, her married name became Fleming.

Child of Lady Barbara Hamilton and James Fleming, 4th Lord Fleming

  • 1. Jean Fleming+[3] b. c 1554, d. 23 Jun 1609

Citations

  • 1. [S8] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes (Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999), volume 1, page 4. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition.
  • 2. [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume VI, page 679. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
  • 3. [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume III, page 76.

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Barbara Hamilton's Timeline

1554
1554
Arran, Isle of Bute, Scotland
1556
1556
Aran, Isle of Bute, Scotland
1558
December 15, 1558
Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland (United Kingdom)
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