Charles Henry (Hamilton) Douglas-Hamilton RN (1808 - 1873)

Born 7 Oct 1808 in London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom

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Died 30 Nov 1873 at age 65 in Shanklin, Isle of Wight, England

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Charles (Hamilton) Douglas-Hamilton RN is a member of Clan Douglas.

Capt. Charles Hamilton was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

Charles Henry Hamilton was born on 7 October 1808, the second son of Augustus Barrington Price Powell Hamilton and his wife Maria Catherine Hyde, and was baptised on 15 November of that year at St George, Hanover Square, Westminster^[1].

His father was the grandson of Lord Anne Hamilton, the youngest son of James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton^[2].

Like his father he entered the Royal Navy on 15 October 1822, passing his examination in 1829 and obtained his first commission 9 July 1831^[3].

He married Anna Abthorp (the daughter of Reverend Frederick Abthorp and Susan Hubbard) on 1 December 1854. She died in February 1856, without issue.

Charles married, secondly, Elizabeth Ann Hill on 31 January 1860.

They had the following children:

1. Lady Helen Augusta Charlotte Constance Sidney Hamilton (b. 1860, d. 4 Aug 1950)
2. Alfred Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 13th Duke of Hamilton (b. 6 Mar 1862, d. 16 Mar 1940)
3. Lady Isobel Frances Ulrica Iris Hamilton (b. 1864, d. 1 Oct 1941)
4. Lady Flora Maria Ida Hamilton (b. 1866, d. 27 Jan 1957)

His wife Elizabeth passed away in 1867.

His third married was to Sarah Julia Spence (the daughter of Captain Samuel Spence and Charlotte Spence) on 21 October 1873.

He passed away soon after, on 30 November 1873, and was buried at St. Blasius Churchyard, Shanklin, Isle of Wight Unitary Authority, Isle of Wight, England^[4].

His will was proved on 18 February 1874 at the Principal Registry to Sarah-Julia Douglas-Hamilton^[5].

Sources

1. ↑ "London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812," digital images, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com.au : accessed 24 June 2019), baptism of Charles Henry Hamilton, 15 Nov 1808; citing Church of England Parish Registers, 1538-1812, London, England: London Metropolitan Archives.
2. ↑ Paul, James Balfour, (ed.), The Scots peerage; founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom, vol. 4, Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1907. pp. 388-89. Digital image. Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/scotspeeragefoun04paul/page/388 : accessed 24 June 2019.).
3. ↑ Wikisource contributors, "A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Hamilton, Charles Henry," Wikisource, https://en.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=A_Naval_Biographical_Dictionary/Hamilton,_Charles_Henry&oldid=7363532 (accessed 24 June 2019).
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/149150890/charles-henry_douglas-hamilton: accessed 26 August 2022), memorial page for Charles Henry Douglas Hamilton (17 Oct 1808–30 Nov 1873), Find A Grave: Memorial #149150890, citing St. Blasius Churchyard, Shanklin, Isle of Wight Unitary Authority, Isle of Wight, England; Maintained by jennifer hart (contributor 46866612
5. ↑ "England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1957," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPJS-GWTV : 30 August 2018), Charles Henry Douglas-Hamilton, 18 Feb 1874; citing Probate, England, United Kingdom, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, Great Britain.; FHL microfilm

• The Peerage

See also:

• Johnston, George Harvey. "The Douglases of Angus." The Heraldry of the Douglases: With Notes on All the Males of the Family, Descriptions of the Arms, Plates and Pedigrees. Edinburgh: W. & A.K. Johnston, Limited, 1907.48. Print.