John Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Hamilton

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• 'John Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Hamilton1
• 'M, #72732, b. 1542, d. 6 April 1604
• Father James Hamilton, 2nd Earl Arran, Duc de Chatellerault, Regent of Scotland1 d. 22 Jan 1575
• Mother Margaret Douglas1 d. a 24 May 1579
• ' John Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Hamilton was born in 1542.1 A contract for the marriage of John Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Hamilton and Margaret Lyon was signed on 30 December 1577 at Maybole, Scotland.2 John Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Hamilton died on 6 April 1604.1
• 'Family 1 Margaret Lyon d. 1626
• 'Family 2
• Child
  • Sir John Hamilton, Member of Parliament for Lanarkshire+3 b. c 1590, d. c 1637
• Citations
• 1.[S11566] The Scots Peerage, Vol. IV, edited by Sir James Balfour Paul, p. 369-373.
• 2.[S11566] The Scots Peerage, Vol. IV, edited by Sir James Balfour Paul, p. 372-373.
• 3.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 405.
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p2420.htm#...
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• 'John Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Hamilton1
• 'M, #109390, b. circa 1535, d. 6 April 1604
• Last Edited=16 Jan 2011
• Consanguinity Index=1.14%
• ' John Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Hamilton was born circa 1535.2 He was the son of James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran and Lady Margaret Douglas.1 He married Margaret Lyon, daughter of John Lyon, 7th Lord Glamis and Janet Keith, between 30 December 1577 and 10 February 1578.3 He died on 6 April 1604.3 His will was probated on 30 June 1608.3
• ' He was styled as Earl of Arran between 1575 and 1599.4 In 1579 he was forfault as a faithful adherent of Queen Mary.4 He fought in the siege of Stirling Castle on 3 November 1585, and the King.4 He held the office of Governor of Dumbarton Castle in December 1585.4 On 10 December 1585 he was pardoned following the repeal (by Parliament) of the forfeiture against his family.4 He was invested as a Privy Counsellor (P.C.) [Scotland] on 10 December 1585.4 He held the office of Lieutenant of the South of Scotland in 1589.4 He was created 1st Lord Aven [Scotland] on 17 April 1599, probably created at the same time as the Marquess of Hamilton, but possibly at the same time as the Earl of Arran i.e. 11 Aug 1603. However this title doesn't appear to have been used after 1611.4 He was created 1st Marquess of Hamilton [Scotland] on 17 April 1599.5
• 'Children of John Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Hamilton and Margaret Lyon
  • 1.Lady Jean Hamilton+6
  • 2.Lady Margaret Hamilton2 b. bt 1579 - 1585, d. a 10 Jun 1606
  • 3.Hon. Edward Hamilton3 b. b 1589
  • 4.James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Hamilton+5 b. 1589, d. 2 Mar 1624/25
• 'Child of John Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Hamilton
  • 1.Sir John Hamilton+7 b. b 1586, d. 1638
• Citations
• 1.[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 I, page 222. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
• 2.[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 1283. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition.
• 3.[S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume VI, page 258.
• 4.[S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume VI, page 257.
• 5.[S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume I, page 223.
• 6.[S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 860. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
• 7.[S8] Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, volume 1, page 1284.
• From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p10939.htm#i109390

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• http://genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00043737&tree=LEO
  • Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, London, 1938. 624
• Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, 2nd Edition, 2011 by Douglas Richardson
• The Scots peerage, Vol. IV, page 373

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lineage goes back to 1033 Maccus of Macuswell Maccus of Macuswell This would be Karli Cook's 31 great grandfather

Hamilton was the third son of James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran by his wife Margaret Douglas, a daughter of James Douglas, 3rd Earl of Morton. His elder brother, was James Hamilton, 3rd Earl of Arran and younger was Claud Hamilton, 1st Lord Paisley.

In 1547, at an early age he was made Commendator of Inchaffray Abbey, a position he held until 1551, when he was made Commendator of Arbroath. He had the benefit of Arbroath until 1579, although he had previously had struggles with George Douglas (later Bishop of Moray and son of the Earl of Angus) over tenure.[1]

Hamilton's older brother Lord James succeeded to the Earldom of Arran in 1575, but for reasons of his insanity, the care of the Hamilton estates was entrusted to Lord John. Hamilton was, like his family, a supporter of Mary, Queen of Scots, and for that in 1579 he and his family were forfeited, by the government of James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, regent for the underage James VI of Scotland. Hamilton fled to England, then France. He returned to England and there stayed with his brother Claude in the North. While in England he reconciled himself with Archibald Douglas, 8th Earl of Angus who was also in exile there following the Raid of Ruthven. King James had by now come under the influence of James Stewart of Bothwellmuir, to whom the King had granted Hamilton's brother's earldom of Arran. Hamilton, with his brother Angus and others (including the Earl of Mar and the Master of Glamis) and with the connivance of Elizabeth I of England, raised an army and entered Scotland, reaching Stirling in October 1585. King James capitulated on 4 November and received the banished lords into his presence.[2]

King James had not previously met Lord John, but greeted him warmly as an especially faithful servant to his mother. At a parliament convened at Linlithgow on 1 December 1585, King James rescinded Hamilton's forfeiture and restored him and the other lords to their previously held lands. Further Hamilton was raised to the Privy Council and made captain of Dumbarton Castle [3] In April 1590 he visited Dalkeith Palace and when the gardener tried to stop him taking a horse, Hamilton's servant shot him.[4]

Hamilton continued to rise in the King's favour, and on 15 April 1599, following the baptism of Princess Margaret at Holyroodhouse, he was created Marquess of Hamilton, Earl of Arran and Lord Aven[5]

In 1588 Hamilton founded a grammar school that became known as Hamilton Academy. Marriage and issue

John contracted to marry Margaret Lyon, Countess of Cassilis, the widow of Gilbert Kennedy, 4th Earl of Cassilis, and daughter of John Lyon, 7th Lord Glamis, before 10 February 1578 on 30 December 1577.[6][7]

They had three children:

   Edward Hamilton, died in infancy

   James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Hamilton

   Margaret Hamilton, married John Maxwell, 9th Lord Maxwell

Hamilton also had two illegitimate children:

   Margaret Hamilton, married Sir Humphrey Colquhoun of Luss

   Sir John Hamilton of Letterick, from whom descended the Lords Bargany

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