Robert Hamilton, younger of Torrance

ROBERT HAMILTON OF TORRANCE secundu

Robert Hamilton, younger of Torrance, is the only son of James Hamilton of Torrance and his second wife Anna Roberton. [Lieutenant-Colonel George Hamilton, The House of Hamilton (Edinburgh, 1933), see pages 850-58 for an account of the Hamiltons of Torrance]

Apprentice Merchant in Edinburgh

Robert Hamilton of Torrance was apprenticed to David Wilkie, merchant in Edinburgh, on 27 July 1664. Edinburgh Apprentices

Burgess of Glasgow

Robert Hamilton of Torrance is identified as son to the deceased James Hamilton of Torrance, was enrolled as a burgess of Glasgow on 24 December 1666.The town council waived their usual fee. Glasgow Burgesses

Published Accounts of the Family

1. John Anderson, Surgeon, Licenciate of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh Historical and Genealogical Memoirs of the House of Hamilton; with Genealogical Memoirs of the Several Branches of the Family (John Anderson, Jun., Edinburgh, MDCCCXXV), pp. 386-88 for an account of the Hamiltons of Torrance
2. G. Harvey Johnston, FSA Scot., Heraldry of the Hamiltons with Notes on All the Males of the Family, Descriptions of the Arms, Plates and Pedigrees (W. & A. K. Johnston, Limited, Edinburgh and London, MCMIX), pp. 88-91 for an account of the Hamiltons of Torrance
3. Lieutenant-Colonel George Hamilton, A History of the House of Hamilton (J. Skinner & Company, Edinburgh 1933), 1167 pages.