James Hamilton (1686 - 1744)

Born 22 Mar 1686 in Scotland

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Died 11 Jan 1744 at age 57 in Cavendish Square, London, England

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Biography

James Hamilton was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

James Hamilton, 7th Earl of Abercorn was born on 22 March 1686.His parents were James Hamilton, 6th Earl of Abercorn and Hon. Elizabeth Reading.He married Anne Plumer, daughter of Colonel John Plumer, and Mary Hale, between 26 March 1711 and 28 April 1711 at Widford, Hertfordshire, England.

• James Hamilton was styled as Lord Paisley between 1701 and 1734.He wrote the book Calculations and Tables on the Attractive Power of Lodestones, published 1729.
• He succeeded to the title of 7th Lord Paisley, co. Renfrew on 28 November 1734.
• He succeeded to the title of 3rd Baronet Hamilton, of Donalong, co. Tyrone and of Nenagh, co. Tipperary on 28 November 1734.
• He succeeded to the title of 2nd Viscount Strabane on 28 November 1734.
• He succeeded to the title of 8th Lord Hamilton, Baron of Strabane, co. Tyrone on 28 November 1734.
• He succeeded to the title of 7th Earl of Abercorn on 28 November 1734.
• He succeeded to the title of 7th Lord Abercorn, co. Linlithgow on 28 November 1734.
• He succeeded to the title of 2nd Baron Mountcastle, co. Tyrone on 28 November 1734.
• He succeeded to the title of 7th Lord Paisley, Hamilton, Mountcashell and Kirkpatrick on 28 November 1734.
• He was invested as a Privy Counsellor on 20 July 1738.
• He was invested as a Privy Counsellor Ireland on 26 September 1739.

Children of James Hamilton, 7th Earl of Abercorn and Anne Plumer

1. James Hamilton, 8th Earl of Abercorn b. 22 Oct 1712, d. 9 Oct 1789
2. Captain Hon. John Hamilton b. c 1714, d. 18 Dec 1755
3. William Hamilton b. bt 1715 - 1717
4. Lady Anne Hamilton b. 12 Jun 1715, d. 14 Dec 1792
5. Rev. Hon. George Hamilton b. 11 Aug 1718, d. 26 Nov 1787
6. Hon. Lt. William Hamilton b. 18 Feb 1721, d. 1744

James died on 11 January 1744 at Cavendish Sq., in London and was buried with his father on the 16th. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Stuart Handley, ‘Hamilton, James, sixth earl of Abercorn (c.1661–1734)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 accessed 18 Aug 2017. This is a subscription site but access is free to readers of British libraries whose library subscribes.

See also:

• Archive.org - The heraldry of the Hamiltons : with notes on all the males of the family, description of the arms, plates and pedigrees (1909)
• European Heraldry - House of Hamilton and Douglas-Hamilton
• The Peerage - James Hamilton, 7th Earl of Abercorn
• Wikipedia - James Hamilton, 7th Earl of Abercorn
• Westminster Abby - James Hamilton 7th Earl of Abercorn
• Wikisource - Hamilton, James, seventh Earl of Abercorn
• Leigh Rayment.com - PRIVY COUNSELLORS - IRELAND - 26 Sep 1739 - James Hamilton,7th Earl of Abercorn 22 Mar 1686 - 11 Jan 1744