Claud Hamilton, 2nd Lord Hamilton, Baron of Strabane (c. 1606 – 14 June 1638) was the third son of James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn

James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn

James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn PC .-Biography:He was the eldest son of Claud Hamilton, 1st Lord Paisley , and of Margaret, daughter of George Seton, 7th Lord Seton....

 and Marion Boyd.

He matriculated at the University of Glasgow

University of Glasgow

The University of Glasgow is the fourth-oldest university in the English-speaking world and one of Scotland's four ancient universities. Located in Glasgow, the university was founded in 1451 and is presently one of seventeen British higher education institutions ranked amongst the top 100 of the...

 in 1621. A Roman Catholic, he was briefly jailed in June 1628 for abetting his servant in an attack on an officer of the Church of Scotland

Church of Scotland

The Church of Scotland, known informally by its Scots language name, the Kirk, is a Presbyterian church, decisively shaped by the Scottish Reformation....

. On 28 November 1632, he married Lady Jean Gordon, daughter of George Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly

George Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly

George Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly was a Scottish nobleman who took a leading role in the political and military life of Scotland in the late 16th century and around the time of the Union of the Crowns.-Biography:...

. They had four children:

• Lady Catherine Hamilton (1623–1670/1), married thrice and had issue
• Lady Cecilia Hamilton, married Richard Perkins
• James Hamilton, 3rd Baron Hamilton of Strabane
  James Hamilton, 3rd Baron Hamilton of Strabane
  James Hamilton, 3rd Lord Hamilton, Baron of Strabane was an Irish peer, the elder son of Claud Hamilton, 2nd Baron Hamilton of Strabane and Lady Jean Gordon....
  
   (1633–1655)
• George Hamilton, 4th Baron Hamilton of Strabane
  George Hamilton, 4th Baron Hamilton of Strabane
  George Hamilton, 4th Lord Hamilton, Baron of Strabane , an Irish peer, was the younger son of Claud Hamilton, 2nd Baron Hamilton of Strabane and Lady Jean Gordon.He married Elizabeth Fagan and had three children:...
  
   (c. 1636/7 – 1668)

In 1633, his elder brother, James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Abercorn

James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Abercorn

James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Abercorn was a Scottish and Irish nobleman, the eldest son of James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn and Marion Boyd.-Biography:In 1617, he was created Baron Hamilton of Strabane...

, resigned his Irish title of Baron Hamilton of Strabane

Baron Hamilton of Strabane

Lord Hamilton, Baron of Strabane, in the County of Tyrone, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland created on 8 May 1617, for James Hamilton, Master of Abercorn, eldest son of James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn, during the life of his father ; the barony had the special remainder to the heir-males...

 to the crown, which regranted it to Claud on 14 August 1634, with the original precedence. His brother also gave to him the family's large estates in County Tyrone

County Tyrone

Historically Tyrone stretched as far north as Lough Foyle, and comprised part of modern day County Londonderry east of the River Foyle. The majority of County Londonderry was carved out of Tyrone between 1610-1620 when that land went to the Guilds of London to set up profit making schemes based on...

, where he died in 1638.

External Links

• Claud appears in The Scots Peerage