Biography of Alexander Hamilton 10th Duke Hamilton 7th Duke Brandon 1767-1852

On 25th May 1765 [his father] Archibald Hamilton 9th Duke Hamilton 6th Duke Brandon [aged 24] and [his mother] Harriet Stewart were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Alexander Stewart 6th Earl Galloway [aged 71] and [his grandmother] Catherine Cochrane Countess Galloway [aged 56]. He the son of James Hamilton 5th Duke Hamilton 2nd Duke Brandon and Anne Spencer Duchess Hamilton Duchess Brandon [aged 55]. They were half fifth cousin once removed.

On 3rd October 1767 Alexander Hamilton 10th Duke Hamilton 7th Duke Brandon was born to [his father] Archibald Hamilton 9th Duke Hamilton 6th Duke Brandon [aged 27] and [his mother] Harriet Stewart at St James' Square. He was educated at Harrow School.

In 1788 [his mother] Harriet Stewart died.

On 2nd August 1799 Douglas Hamilton 8th Duke Hamilton 5th Duke Brandon [aged 43] died at Hamilton Palace, Hamilton. His uncle [his father] Archibald [aged 59] succeeded 9th Duke Hamilton, 6th Duke Brandon of Suffolk, 5th Marquess Douglas, 6th Baron Dutton of Cheshire. His half brother George [aged 30] succeeded 3rd Baron Hamilton of Hameldon in Leicestershire.

On 24th June 1800 [his brother-in-law] Edward Seymour 11th Duke of Somerset [aged 25] and [his sister] Charlotte Hamilton Duchess Somerset [aged 28] were married. She by marriage Duchess Somerset. She the daughter of [his father] Archibald Hamilton 9th Duke Hamilton 6th Duke Brandon [aged 59] and [his mother] Harriet Stewart. He the son of Webb Seymour 10th Duke of Somerset and Anne Maria Bonnell Duchess Somerset.

In 1803 [his brother-in-law] George Murray 5th Earl Dunmore [aged 40] and [his sister] Susan Hamilton Countess Dunmore [aged 29] were married. She the daughter of [his father] Archibald Hamilton 9th Duke Hamilton 6th Duke Brandon [aged 62] and [his mother] Harriet Stewart. He the son of John Murray 4th Earl Dunmore [aged 73] and [his aunt] Charlotte Stewart Countess Dunmore [aged 73]. They were first cousins.

On 25th February 1809 John Murray 4th Earl Dunmore [aged 79] died. His son [his brother-in-law] George [aged 46] succeeded 5th Earl Dunmore. [his sister] Susan Hamilton Countess Dunmore [aged 35] by marriage Countess Dunmore.

On 26th April 1810 Alexander Hamilton 10th Duke Hamilton 7th Duke Brandon [aged 42] and Susanna Euphemia Beckford Duchess Hamilton Duchess Brandon [aged 23] were married. He the son of Archibald Hamilton 9th Duke Hamilton 6th Duke Brandon [aged 69] and Harriet Stewart.

On 19th February 1811 [his son] William Alexander Archibald Hamilton 11th Duke Hamilton 8th Duke Brandon was born to Alexander Hamilton 10th Duke Hamilton 7th Duke Brandon [aged 43] and [his wife] Susanna Euphemia Beckford Duchess Hamilton Duchess Brandon [aged 24].

On 9th June 1814 [his daughter] Susan Harriet Catherine Hamilton Duchess Newcastle under Lyne was born to Alexander Hamilton 10th Duke Hamilton 7th Duke Brandon [aged 46] and [his wife] Susanna Euphemia Beckford Duchess Hamilton Duchess Brandon [aged 28]. She married 27th November 1832 Henry Pelham-Clinton 5th Duke Newcastle-under-Lyne, son of Henry Pelham-Clinton 4th Duke Newcastle-under-Lyne and Georgiana Elizabeth Mundy Duchess Newcastle under Lyne, and had issue.

On 16th February 1819 [his father] Archibald Hamilton 9th Duke Hamilton 6th Duke Brandon [aged 78] died. His son Alexander [aged 51] succeeded 10th Duke Hamilton, 7th Duke Brandon of Suffolk, 6th Marquess Douglas, 7th Baron Dutton of Cheshire. [his wife] Susanna Euphemia Beckford Duchess Hamilton Duchess Brandon [aged 32] by marriage Duchess Hamilton, Duchess Brandon of Suffolk.

On 7th June 1820 Charles Cavendish Fulke Greville [aged 26] noted in his diary "The Queen [aged 52] arrived in London yesterday at seven o'clock ... She travelled in an open landau, Alderman Wood [aged 52] sitting by her side and Lady Anne Hamilton [aged 54] and another woman opposite. Everybody was disgusted at the vulgarity of Wood in sitting in the place of honour, while the Duke of Hamilton's [aged 52] sister was sitting backwards in the carriage"

In 1827 [his sister] Charlotte Hamilton Duchess Somerset [aged 55] died.

On 27th November 1832 [his son-in-law] Henry Pelham-Clinton 5th Duke Newcastle-under-Lyne [aged 21] and Susan Harriet Catherine Hamilton Duchess Newcastle under Lyne [aged 18] were married. She the daughter of Alexander Hamilton 10th Duke Hamilton 7th Duke Brandon [aged 65] and Susanna Euphemia Beckford Duchess Hamilton Duchess Brandon [aged 46]. He the son of Henry Pelham-Clinton 4th Duke Newcastle-under-Lyne [aged 47] and Georgiana Elizabeth Mundy Duchess Newcastle under Lyne.

In 1836 Alexander Hamilton 10th Duke Hamilton 7th Duke Brandon [aged 68] was appointed 677th Knight of the Garter by King William IV of the United Kingdom [aged 70].

In 1846 [his sister] Susan Hamilton Countess Dunmore [aged 72] died.

On 18th August 1852 Alexander Hamilton 10th Duke Hamilton 7th Duke Brandon [aged 84] died. His son William [aged 41] succeeded 11th Duke Hamilton, 8th Duke Brandon of Suffolk, 7th Marquess Douglas, 8th Baron Dutton of Cheshire.

On 27th May 1859 [his former wife] Susanna Euphemia Beckford Duchess Hamilton Duchess Brandon [aged 73] died.