Sir William Hamilton of Bathgate

SIR WILLIAM HAMILTON OF BATHGATE

Death

Sir William Hamilton of Bathgate, here treated, is reported to have died in 1433. Stirnet: Hamilton 31

Genealogy

1. Hamilton Memoirs: Hamilton of Bathgate, pp. 225-27
2. Stirnet: Hamilton 31

Biographical Summary

The Hamiltons of Bathgate were an ancient and respectable family settled at Bathgate in Linlithgowshire. The first of the family. Sir William de Hamilton, Knt., was the third son of Sir David de Hamilton, Dominus de Cadyow, and Johanetta de Keith, Domina de Galstoun. His mother, who was proprietrix of the lands of Bathgate, granted him, in her widowhood, a charter of these lands, which was confirmed under the great seal, 24th March 1407. He was witness, along with his brothers. Sir John Hamilton of Cadyow, and Andrew Hamilton of Bruntwood, to a charter of Andrew de Moravia to Janet dc Kirchalche, of her liferent of the lands of Touchadam in Stirlingshire, dated, 14th May 1392. Hamilton Memoirs: Hamilton of Bathgate, pp. 225-27