William (Hamilton) Hamilton Ist of Sanquhar was born in Scotland.
Sir William Hamilton of Macknairstown, afterwards of Sorn and Sanquhar was born in Cambuskeith, Ayrshire, Scotland, Son of Alexander Hamilton 4th of Cambuskeith and Marion de Cunynghame. [1][2][3]
He held the office of Lord Provost of Edinburgh in 1555 and unconfirmed assertion lists him as Lord High Treasurer of Scotland. He lived at Sanquhar, Scotland and died 1569 in Sanquhar Castle, Dumfriesshire, Scotland.
Research Notes
George Hamilton opines that William's father had a first wife named Kathrine Farquhar relict of Schaw of Glenmuir and that Katherine was the mother of WIlliam..[6]
↑Hamilton, John Church, Life of Alexander Hamilton. A History of the Republic of the United States of America, as Traced in His Writings and in Those of His Contemporaries., Cambridge,: Houghton, Osgood and Company, 1879, Volume VII, Archive.org,
p. 838
↑ 2.02.12.22.3
Johnston, George Harvey, "The heraldry of the Hamiltons : with notes on all the males of the family, description of the arms, plates and pedigrees", Edinburgh: W. & A. K. Johnston, LTD, 1909, Archive.org,
p. 122
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Hamilton, George, A History of the House of Hamilton, Edinburgh: J Skinner & Co., 1933, FamilySearch,
p. 771
↑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, 1905, Vol. II, Archive.org,
p. 463
↑Cokayne, George Edward, "The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom", London: George Bell & Sons, 1896, Ed. 1 Vol VII, Archive.org,
p. 114
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Hamilton, George, A History of the House of Hamilton, Edinburgh: J Skinner & Co., 1933, FamilySearch,
p. 772
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Hamilton-7171 and Hamilton-4574 appear to represent the same person because: is my Paternal ~ 14th great grandfather, many thanks, I am happy to complete the merge with your approval.