Margaret (Seton) Seton Lady Hamilton (abt. 1551 - 1616)

Born about 1551 in Seton, East Lothian, Scotland

Ancestors

Wife of Claud (Hamilton) Hamilton First Lord Paisley — married 1 Aug 1574 in Niddry Castle, Linlithgowshire, Scotland

Descendants

Died 10 Feb 1616 at about age 65 in Scotland

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Biography

Margaret (Seton) Seton Lady Hamilton is a member of Clan Seton.

Margaret (Margret) was born between 1551 and 1558. She was the daughter of George Seton, 5th Lord Seton and Isabel Hamilton.^[1]

She married Claud Hamilton, 1st Lord Paisley, son of James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran and Lady Margaret Douglas, on 1 August 1574 at Niddry Castle, Scotland. These are the known children of Margaret Seton and Claud Hamilton, 1st Lord Paisley:

1. James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn+3 b. 12 Aug 1575, d. 23 Mar 1618
2. Sir John Hamilton b. a 1576, d. b 1604
3. Sir Claud Hamiltonb. bt 1576 - 1588, d. 19 Oct 1614
4. Sir George Hamiltonb. a 1577, d. b 1657
5. Margaret Hamilton7 b. 1 Sep 1577, d. 23 Dec 1577
6. Sir Frederick Hamilton b. bt 1578 - 1603, d. 31 Mar 1646
7. Hon. Margaret Hamilton b. c 1585, d. 11 Sep 1623
8. Henry Hamilton7 b. 13 Jan 1585, d. 15 Mar 1585
9. Alexander Hamilton7 b. 3 Sep 1587, d. 11 Dec 1587

Margaret died before 10 February 1615/16.2 She was buried on 12 February 1615/16.

Research Notes

According to Wikipedia, "several royal marriages were proposed for" James Hamilton, 3rd Earl of Arran, "but he eventually never married". However, WikiTree previously showed that he was married both (in 1550) to Isabel Elphinstone and (obviously much later) to Margaret Seton (who was not born until about 1551). The former supposed wife was in fact married in the same year to a different James Hamilton (third cousin of his namesake the 3rd Earl of Arran) and the latter supposed wife was in fact married to Claud Hamilton (younger brother of the 3rd Earl of Arran).

Both Scots Peerage Vol. iv, p. 368-9 and an old but very informative version of the Dictionary of National Biography Vol. 24:173-176 discuss the 3rd Earl of Arran's marriage proposals, but do not show any actual marriages for him before his mind left.

Source

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, 1911, Vol. VI, Archive.org, p. 590

See also:

• 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 IV, page 437.

• Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume X, page 291.

• ThePeerage.com