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The Hamilton surname is thought to be a place name, from the word hamell, meaning treeless hill or home, or the Old English hamel, meaning crooked, and dun, which means settlement or fortified place. Hamilton may also be from the Irish names Hamill or Ó hUrmholtaigh.

Individuals named Hamilton may have lived in or near a place by that name, or one of similar derivation such as Hambledon, Hambleden, or Hambleton. A town named Hamilton, near Glasgow, Scotland, was settled by the Hamilton clan and named after them. The surname Hamilton is thought to of originated in the village of Hamilton, Leicestershire, England but people with the name Hamilton became established in the 13th century in Lanarkshire, Scotland.The town of Hamilton, South Lanarkshire was named after the family some time before 1445

Hamelton, Hameldon, Hamildon, Homildon, Hambeden, Hambledon, Hamylton, Hambleton, Hammil, Hamil, Hammel, Hammell, Hamyltowne, Hammilton , Hamiliton , Heamilton , Hamillton, Hamileton , Hamiltonn , Hamiilton , Hamiltone , Hamiltton, Haamilton

Hamilton is the 1,363rd most common surname in the world.

Approximately 390,095 people bear the Hamilton surname

The Hamilton surname is the 29th most common surname in Scotland today

The Hamilton surname is most prevalent in in the United States. 221,335 people had the Hamilton surname in the United States in 2014

Highest density of the Hamilton name is in Turks and Caicos Islands. 1 in 150 people in Turks and Caicos Islands had the Hamilton surname in2014

Walter fitz Gilbert or Walter de Hameldone was involved in the conflicts with the English. The Hamilton chiefs descend from Walter fitz Gilbert of Hambledon. James Hamilton was held hostage in 1424 by the English in the ransom of the Scottish king. His son James became Lord Hamilton in 1445 and their home of Cadzow in Lanarkshire was renamed Hamilton. The next two Lord Hamiltons were close to the Scottish throne and each acted as Regent during 16th century. James, Duke of Hamilton, was executed in 1649.

Claud Hamilton, 1st Lord Paisley was born about June 1546. He was a younger son of James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran and Lady Margaret Douglas

Hamilton Palace in Hamilton, Lanarkshire was the family seat from 1695 to 1921. Many Hamiltons from Scotland and from Ireland achieved distinction in the British army and navy during the 18th and 19th centuries.

James Hamilton was created the Earl of Abercorn in 1603 and rewarded with large estates at Strabane in county Tyrone. Other Hamiltons received land grants elsewhere in Ulster during the plantation period. The Earl of Abercorn and his descendants were Catholic and much of their land was confiscated in 1650 and again in 1690 after the Battle of the Boyne (while another Hamilton who fought on the Protestant side was given the title of Viscount Boyne and received lands at Stackallan in Meath).

These Hamiltons were able to resume their position during the 18th and 19th centuries. They became the Dukes of Abercorn.

The first Duke always went out shooting in his Blue Ribbon Noble Order of the Garter and required the housemaids to wear white kid gloves when they made his bed.

James Hamilton, the 3rd Duke of Abercorn, was made the first Governor of Northern Ireland, a post he held between 1922 and 1945. Hamilton in Ireland may in some cases have displaced Hamill and been used as an anglicization of the Cork name O'hUrmholtaigh.

Motto: Through

Gaelic Motto: Troimh

Badge: Standing on a ducal coronet, an oak tree fructed and penetrated transversely by a frame saw, proper, the frame Or.

Plant Badge: Bay Leaves

Duke of Hamilton, a title in the Peerage of Scotland

Douglas-Hamilton, the family surname of the Dukes of Hamilton and Earls of Selkirk

Duke of Abercorn, a title in the Peerage of Ireland, the dukes having the surname Hamilton

Earl of Haddington, a title in the Peerage of Scotland, the earls having the surname Bailie-Hamilton

Lord Belhaven and Stenton, a title in the Peerage of Scotland, the lords having the surname Hamilton

Baron Hamilton

Lord Hamilton

Clan Hamilton

Paul Hamilton came to South Carolina sometime in the 1680’s , he had inherited some money from his father, he built a brick house at his plantation on Edisto island. A later Paul Hamilton fought in the Revolutionary War and became Governor of South Carolina in 1804 and later US Secretary of the Navy.

Andrew Hamilton arrived in Philadelphia around 1700 and became a well-known lawyer , as was his son James.

Captain Hance Hamilton, led a Scots Irish group to America in 1729 and to what became Hamiltonban township in York county, Pennsylvania.

James Hamilton, born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania of Scots Irish parents in 1750, distinguished himself in the Revolutionary War. His son became its Governor in South Carolina in 1830. He was an early promoter of the state of Texas.

John Hamilton and his family left Scotland for Pennsylvania in 1769 and settled in Washington county.

James Hamilton, also Scots Irish, who was born in North Carolina in 1785 and was the forebear of Andrew Hamilton, who moved to Texas in 1846 and later served as its Governor.

Alexander Hamilton, the first US Secretary of the Treasury who died in a duel with Aaron Burr in 1804. His father was the younger son of a Scottish laird in Ayrshire. Alexander came to America in 1772. His son William moved to Illinois and was an early developer of lead mining in Wisconsin, his grandson Alexander was a Unionist general in the Civil War.

Robert Hamilton, moved to Canada for the fur trade. He arrived in 1780, he expanded his fortunes through successful land speculation. His son George was the developer of Hamilton, Ontario.

Brothers William and George Hamilton came to Canada from county Meath in Ireland around 1805. They became owners of a sawmill in Hawkesbury, Ontario, which they expanded to be one of the largest lumber operations in Canada.

Australia

Hamilton, New South Wales, suburb of Newcastle

Hamilton Hill, Western Australia, suburb of Perth

Hamilton, South Australia

Hamilton, Tasmania

Hamilton, Victoria

Hamilton, Queensland, suburb of Brisbane Hamilton Reach, a reach of the Brisbane River

Electoral district of Hamilton (Queensland)

Town of Hamilton, a former local government area

Hamilton Town Hall, Brisbane, a heritage-listed former town hall

Hamilton Island (Queensland)

Bermuda

Hamilton, Bermuda, that territory's capital

Hamilton Parish, Bermuda

Canada

Hamilton, Ontario Hamilton Harbour, another name for Burlington Bay, a branch of Lake Ontario

Hamilton, Ontario (township) (unrelated township)

Hamilton Island (Nunavut)

Korea

Port Hamilton

New Zealand

Hamilton, New Zealand

United Kingdom

Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland Hamilton Mausoleum, which holds the records for the world's longest echo, located in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire

Hamilton Palace, located near Hamilton, South Lanarkshire

Hamilton, Leicestershire, England

United States of America

Hamilton, Alabama

Hamilton, Butte County, California

Hamilton, Colorado

Hamilton, Georgia

Hamilton, Illinois

Hamilton, Indiana, a town in Steuben and DeKalb counties

Hamilton, Clinton County, Indiana

Hamilton, Madison County, Indiana

Hamilton, Iowa

Hamilton, Kansas

Hamilton, Kentucky

Hamilton, Maryland

Hamilton, Massachusetts

Hamilton, Michigan

Hamilton, Minnesota

Hamilton, Mississippi

Hamilton, Missouri

Hamilton, Montana

Hamilton, Nevada

Hamilton, North Carolina

Hamilton, North Dakota

Hamilton, Ohio

Hamilton, Pennsylvania

Hamilton, Texas

1. Gallatin Hamilton (abt.1622-1720) G-M201
2. Robert Hamilton (abt.1680-) I-A6248
3. James Hamilton (1686-) I-L803
4. John Hamilton (1702-1755) not given
5. Henry Hamilton (1705-) I-L338
6. Hugh Hamilton (bef.1707-bef.1778) I-A6248
7. James Hamilton (1708-bef.1748) R-M269
8. Richard Hambleton (abt.1679-1735) I-M253
9. James Hamilton (abt.1720-abt.1825) I-L338