James Hamilton of Silvertonhill

Biographical Summary

James Hamilton, of Silvertonhill, in a charter of settlement of the Hamilton estates granted to James, 1st Earl of Arran, of date 16 Jan. 1512-13, was called in succession after Sir James Hamilton, of Fynnert Hamilton, of Kineavil, and John Hamilton, of Brumehill. He m. a dau. of the family of Douglas, with whom he the lands of Newton, in the barony of Drumsarguard.

SOURCE: Peerage & baronetage of Great Britain & Ireland; Henry Colburn; 1839; page 494