David Hamilton of Broomhill

DAVID HAMILTON OF BROOMHILL

David Hamilton is the son of John Hamilton of Broomhill and his wife Janet Hamilton. He was killed in action at the Battle of Pinkie Cleugh on 10 September 1547 Wikipedia: Pinkie Cleugh and was succeeded by his brother John Hamilton of Broomhill. Hamilton Memoirs, p. 427

Genealogical Accounts

1. John Anderson, Historical and Genealogical Memoirs of the House of Hamilton with Genealogical Memoirs of the Several Branches (John Anderson, junior, Edinburgh MDCCCXXV), pp. 249-251 for an account of the Hamiltons of Broomhill but see pp. 425-31 for a corrected account of Hamilton of Broomhil in the Birnie Manuscript
2. Stirnet: Hamilton 04
3. The heraldry of the Hamiltons: with notes on all the males of the family, descriptions of the arms, plates and pedigrees by G. Harvey Johnston, Published 1909, page 36, paragraph 107

Biographical Account

Name David Hamilton [1, 2] Suffix 2nd of Broomhill Gender Male Died 10 Sep 1547 Pinkie Cleugh, Inveresk, Midlothian, Scotland Cause: killed at Battle of Pinkie

Father John Hamilton, 1st of Broomhill, d. Aft 1512 Mother Elizabeth Hamilton, heiress of Udston, d. Dvp - Predeceased Her Father Married Y [1, 3]

Family Margaret Sempill, d. Nov 1580 Married Bef 7 Oct 1545 [1]

Children + 1. John Hamilton, 3rd of Broomhill, d. Aft 1565

Note: John Hamilton of Broomhill is the brother of David Hamilton of Broomhill not his son.

+ 2. Catherine Hamilton, d. Yes, date unknown

Notes

   DAVID HAMILTON of Broomhill, who was included in the entail of the Hamilton estates, made by the Duke of Chatelherault, of date 15th September 1540.

   He married Margaret, daughter of Robert, Lord Semple, and had issue :

   1. John, his heir, and three daughters, one of whom, Catherine, married James Hamilton of Torrance.

   (Historical and genealogical memoirs of the house of Hamilton : with genealogical memoirs of the several branches of the family by Anderson, John, 1789-1832; Pub. 1825) [2]

Note: John Hamilton of Broomhill is the brother of David Hamilton of Broomhill not his son.