Margaret Hamilton (1525 - 1596)

Born 1525 in Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland

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Died 25 May 1596 at about age 71 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

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Biography

Margaret Hamilton was born in Scotland.

• Margaret Hamilton is the daughter of Sir John Hamilton and Janet Home.

• She married, firstly, James Johnstone of Johnstone, younger, son of John Johnstone of Johnstone and Elizabeth Jardine, before 1552.

• She married, secondly, David Douglas, 7th Earl of Angus, son of Sir George Douglas and Elizabeth Douglas, after 8 May 1552.^[1]

• She married, thirdly, Sir Patrick Whitelaw of that Ilk after June 1557.

• As a result of her marriage, Margaret Hamilton was styled as Countess of Angus in January 1557.

Children of Margaret Hamilton and James Johnstone of Johnstone, younger

1. Janet Johnstone+2 d. 1608
2. Sir John Johnstone of that Ilk+2 b. b 1550, d. 5 Jun 1587

Children of Margaret Hamilton and David Douglas, 7th Earl of Angus

1. Lady Margaret Douglas+3 d. 1640
2. Lady Elizabeth Douglas+3 d. 1637
3. Archibald Douglas, 8th Earl of Angus+1 b. c 1555, d. 4 Aug 1588

Sources

1. ↑ Paul, James Balfour. "The Scots Peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom", Edinburgh: David Douglas,1904, Vol. I , Archive.org, p. 193

• 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 158. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
• BP1999 volume 1, page 80. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as.
• BP1999.

• A Genealogical History of the Dormant: Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct ..., By Bernard Burke

See also:

• Wikipedia: David Douglas, 7th Earl of Angus

• The Peerage: David Douglas