Sir Robert Hamilton of Pressmennan, Lord Pressmennan

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About Sir Robert Hamilton of Pressmennan, Lord Pressmennan

ROBERT HAMILTON OF PRESMENNAN

Biographical Summary

"Robert Hamilton of Presmennan, third son of James Hamilton of Barncleuch, admitted Writer to the Signet 24 March 1648, advocate 13 January 1677; one of the principle clerks of Session 1661-76; a Senator of the College of Justice, under the title of Lord Presmennan, 1 November 1689. He was knighted after the Revolution, and died at Edinburgh, 10 November 1695. Married Marion, eldest daughter of John Denholm of Muirhouse, and had issue."

SOURCE: The Scots Peerage, Vol. II, page 43

Arms

Arms recorded in Lyon Office, 1673 - Gules, three cinquefoils ermine within a bordure quarterly vairy and counter compony, both argent and of the first. CREST: A dexter hand holding a writing pen proper. MOTTO: Tam virtute quam labore

SOURCE: The heraldry of the Hamiltons, page 77

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Sir Robert Hamilton of Pressmennan, Lord Pressmennan's Timeline

1656
July 5, 1656
Edinburgh, Scotland
1658
August 1, 1658
1659
August 28, 1659
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
1661
February 3, 1661
Pressmennan House, East Linton, East Lothian, Scotland, not the United Kingdom
1665
December 24, 1665
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
1669
1669
1670
1670
1673
1673
1676
July 6, 1676
Pressmennan, Stenton, East Lothian, Scotland