Biography of Archibald Hamilton 1673-1754

On 29th April 1656 [his father] William Hamilton 1st Duke Hamilton [aged 21] and [his mother] Anne Hamilton 3rd Duchess Hamilton [aged 24] were married. She by marriage Countess Selkirk. He by marriage Duke Hamilton. She the daughter of [his grandfather] James Hamilton 1st Duke Hamilton and [his grandmother] Margaret aka Mary Feilding. He the son of William Douglas 1st Marquess Douglas [aged 67] and Mary Gordon Marchioness Douglas [aged 56]. They were third cousins.

On or before 17th February 1673, the date he was baptised, Archibald Hamilton was born to [his father] William Hamilton 1st Duke Hamilton [aged 38] and [his mother] Anne Hamilton 3rd Duchess Hamilton [aged 41].

Before 6th May 1684 [his brother-in-law] John Murray 1st Duke Atholl [aged 24] and [his sister] Catherine Hamilton Duchess Atholl [aged 22] were married. She by marriage Duchess Atholl. She the daughter of [his father] William Hamilton 1st Duke Hamilton [aged 49] and [his mother] Anne Hamilton 3rd Duchess Hamilton [aged 52]. He the son of John Murray 1st Marquess Atholl [aged 53] and Amelia Stanley Marchioness Atholl [aged 51]. They were half fourth cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

In 1686 [his brother] James Hamilton Duke Hamilton, 1st Duke Brandon [aged 27] and [his sister-in-law] Anne Spencer Countess Arran [aged 19] were married. He by marriage Duke Hamilton. She the daughter of Robert Spencer 2nd Earl of Sunderland [aged 44] and Anne Digby Countess Sunderland [aged 40]. He the son of [his father] William Hamilton 1st Duke Hamilton [aged 51] and [his mother] Anne Hamilton 3rd Duchess Hamilton [aged 54].

Before 27th August 1687 Edward Carey [aged 31] and [his future wife] Anne Lucas [aged 17] were married.

On 11th December 1693 Archibald Hamilton [aged 20] was promoted to post-captain, he was given command of the fifth-rate HMS Sheerness in 1694 and of the fourth-rate HMS Lichfield in 1697.

On 18th April 1694 [his father] William Hamilton 1st Duke Hamilton [aged 59] died. His son [his brother] James [aged 36] succeeded 4th Duke Hamilton. His son Charles [aged 32] succeeded 2nd Earl Selkirk.

On 26th March 1695 Francis Hamilton 3rd Baronet [aged 16] and [his future wife] Anne Hamilton were married.

On 25th November 1695 [his brother] George Hamilton 1st Earl Orkney [aged 29] and [his sister-in-law] Elizabeth Villiers Countess Orkney [aged 38] were married. He the son of [his father] William Hamilton 1st Duke Hamilton and [his mother] Anne Hamilton 3rd Duchess Hamilton [aged 63]. They were half second cousin once removed.

In 1696 [his brother] George Hamilton 1st Earl Orkney [aged 29] was created 1st Earl Orkney. [his sister-in-law] Elizabeth Villiers Countess Orkney [aged 39] by marriage Countess Orkney.

Before 5th April 1696 [his brother] John Hamilton 1st Earl Ruglen 3rd Earl Selkirk [aged 32] and [his sister-in-law] Elizabeth Hutchinson Countess Ruglen [aged 19] were married. He the son of [his father] William Hamilton 1st Duke Hamilton and [his mother] Anne Hamilton 3rd Duchess Hamilton [aged 64].

On 14th April 1697 [his brother] John Hamilton 1st Earl Ruglen 3rd Earl Selkirk [aged 33] was created 1st Earl Ruglen. [his sister-in-law] Elizabeth Hutchinson Countess Ruglen [aged 20] by marriage Countess Ruglen.

In 1698 [his brother] James Hamilton Duke Hamilton, 1st Duke Brandon [aged 39] and [his sister-in-law] Elizabeth Gerard Duchess Brandon [aged 18] were married. The difference in their ages was 21 years. He the son of [his father] William Hamilton 1st Duke Hamilton and [his mother] Anne Hamilton 3rd Duchess Hamilton [aged 66].

On 6th May 1703 John Murray 1st Marquess Atholl [aged 72] died. His son [his brother-in-law] John [aged 43] succeeded 2nd Marquess Atholl, 3rd Earl Atholl, 4th Earl Tullibardine. [his sister] Catherine Hamilton Duchess Atholl [aged 41] by marriage Marchioness Atholl.

In 1707 [his sister] Catherine Hamilton Duchess Atholl [aged 45] died.

In or before 1709 Archibald Hamilton [aged 35] and Anne Lucas [aged 38] were married. He the son of William Hamilton 1st Duke Hamilton and Anne Hamilton 3rd Duchess Hamilton [aged 76].

Before 11th April 1709 [his wife] Anne Lucas [aged 39] died.

In 1711 Archibald Hamilton [aged 37] was appointed Governor of Jamaica.

In 1711 [his brother] James Hamilton Duke Hamilton, 1st Duke Brandon [aged 52] was created 1st Duke Brandon of Suffolk, 1st Baron Dutton of Cheshire. [his sister-in-law] Elizabeth Gerard Duchess Brandon [aged 31] by marriage Duchess Brandon of Suffolk.

On 17th October 1716 [his mother] Anne Hamilton 3rd Duchess Hamilton [aged 84] died.

On 17th December 1718 Archibald Hamilton [aged 45] and Anne Hamilton were married. She died three months later. He the son of William Hamilton 1st Duke Hamilton and Anne Hamilton 3rd Duchess Hamilton.

On 23rd December 1718 Archibald Hamilton [aged 45] was elected MP Lanarkshire at a by-election.

On 29th March 1719 [his wife] Anne Hamilton died. She was buried in the vault of Sir Goerge Villiers in the Chapel of St Nicholas, Westminster Abbey [Map] on the 4th April 1719.

On 29th September 1719 Archibald Hamilton [aged 46] and Jane Hamilton [aged 15] were married nine months after he married his second wife Anne Hamilton and six months after she died. The difference in their ages was 30 years. She the daughter of James Hamilton 6th Earl Abercorn [aged 58]. He the son of William Hamilton 1st Duke Hamilton and Anne Hamilton 3rd Duchess Hamilton. They were fourth cousin once removed.

In 1720 [his daughter] Elizabeth Hamilton Countess Brooke Warwick Castle and Warwick was born to Archibald Hamilton [aged 46]. She married 15th May 1742 Francis Greville 1st Earl Brooke Warwick Castle 1st Earl Warwick, son of William Greville 7th Baron Brooke and Mary Thynne Baroness Brooke, and had issue.

On 19th August 1726 [his daughter] Jane Hamilton was born to Archibald Hamilton [aged 53]. She married 24th July 1753 Charles Cathcart 9th Lord Cathcart and had issue.

In 1728 [his son] Frederic Hamilton was born to Archibald Hamilton [aged 54].

In 1730 [his son] William Hamilton was born to Archibald Hamilton [aged 56].

On 28th November 1734 [his father-in-law] James Hamilton 6th Earl Abercorn [aged 73] died. His son [his brother-in-law] James [aged 48] succeeded 7th Earl Abercorn. Anne Plumer Countess Abercorn [aged 44] by marriage Countess Abercorn.

On 29th January 1737 [his brother] George Hamilton 1st Earl Orkney [aged 70] died. His daughter [his niece] Anne succeeded 2nd Countess Orkney.

In 1738 Frederick Louis Hanover Prince of Wales [aged 30] bought Park Place, Berkshire from Archibald Hamilton [aged 64].

Around 1739 Charles Hamilton 2nd Earl Selkirk [aged 77] died. His brother John [aged 75] succeeded 2nd Earl Selkirk.

On 27th March 1742 Archibald Hamilton [aged 69] was elected MP Dartmouth at a by-election.

On 15th May 1742 [his son-in-law] Francis Greville 1st Earl Brooke Warwick Castle 1st Earl Warwick [aged 22] and [his daughter] Elizabeth Hamilton Countess Brooke Warwick Castle and Warwick [aged 22] were married. She by marriage Baroness Brooke of Beauchamps Court in Warwickshire.

In 1744 [his son] Archibald Hamilton drowned.

In 1744 [his brother] John Hamilton 1st Earl Ruglen 3rd Earl Selkirk [aged 80] died. His daughter [his niece] Anne [aged 47] succeeded 2nd Countess Ruglen.

On 11th January 1744 [his brother-in-law] James Hamilton 7th Earl Abercorn [aged 57] died. His son James [aged 31] succeeded 8th Earl Abercorn.

In 1751 [his son] Charles Hamilton died.

On 24th July 1753 [his son-in-law] Charles Cathcart 9th Lord Cathcart [aged 32] and [his daughter] Jane Hamilton [aged 26] were married. They had nine children.

On 6th December 1753 [his wife] Jane Hamilton [aged 49] died.

On 5th April 1754 Archibald Hamilton [aged 81] died.

[his son] Charles Hamilton was born to Archibald Hamilton.

[his son] Archibald Hamilton was born to Archibald Hamilton.