Right Reverend James Hamilton of Broomhill, Bishop of Galloway

THE RIGHT REVEREND JAMES HAMILTON OF BROOMHILL, BISHOP OF GALLOWAY

Bishop of Galloway; formerly Minister of the Gospel at Cambusnethan

JAMES HAMILTON of Broomhill, born Aug. 1610, second son of Sir James H. of Broomhill and Margaret, daugh. of William Hamilton of Udston, and brother of John, first Lord Belhaven ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1628) ; ord. to Cambusnethan Dec. 1635 ; dep. for contumacy, 14th April 1639, but professing repentance was reponed by the General Assembly 28th Aug. same year ; in 1648 he supported the Engagement, and was a chaplain in army raised on behalf of the King ; app. to this See 14th Aug., pres. 14th Nov., and consecrated (at London) 15th Dec. 1661; again pres. 19th March 1662 ; died 14th Aug. 1674. He marr. 26th Aug. 1635 [Note], Margaret (died 16th April 1667, only daugh. of Alexander Thomson, min. of St Giles, Edinburgh, and had issue —James of Broomhill, advocate, bapt. 20th Sept.1636, died 5th June 1674 ; John, born 2nd Feb. 1639 ; Alexander, born 18th April 1641 ; Margaret, born 28th Oct. 1642 (marr. John Burns, merchant and provost of Glasgow); Alexander, born 19th Feb.1645 ; William, born 26th April 1646 ; Jean, born 12th Aug. 1647 ; Anna, born 9th Feb.1650; Jean, born 29th Feb. 1652 (marr. John Birnie of Broomhill, min. of Caerlaverock), died llth Dec. 1716; Isobel, born 24th April 1654 (marr. John Alexander, min. of Durisdeer); Anna, born 26th Dec. 1656 (marr. Alexander Milne, min. of Glasgow) ; John of Broomhill, born 28th April 1659 ; Thomas, born 2nd Oct. 1661 ; Mary, born 3rd Jan. 1663. Fasti VII: 346-7

Note: The marriage was booked on 26 August 1635, at Cambusnethan in Lanarkshire, Scotland. [National Records of Scotland, Cambusnethan Marriages, reference OPR.628/1]

Genealogy

1. Fasti of the Church of Scotland. Volume VII: pp. 346-7
2. 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
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
4. Stirnet: Hamilton 04

Biographical Summary by Wikipedia

James Hamilton (1610–1674), bishop of Galloway, was the second son of Sir James Hamilton of Broomhill, by Margaret, daughter of William Hamilton of Udston and brother of John, first lord Belhaven. He studied at the university of Glasgow, graduated there in 1628, and in 1634 was ordained as minister of Cambusnethan by Archbishop Patrick Lindsay .....

..... In 1635 he married Margaret, only daughter of Alexander Thomson, minister of Edinburgh, and had four daughters and two sons, one of whom, James, an advocate died in 1674."

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