James Hamilton
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Dukes
- James Hamilton, 1st Duke of HamiltonJames Hamilton, 1st Duke of HamiltonGeneral Sir James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton KG was a Scottish nobleman and influential Civil war military leader.-Young Arran:...
(1606–1649), heir to the throne of Scotland - James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton (1658–1712), Scottish nobleman
- James Hamilton, 5th Duke of HamiltonJames Hamilton, 5th Duke of HamiltonJames Hamilton, 5th Duke of Hamilton and 2nd Duke of Brandon KT FRS was a Scottish peer, the son of the 4th Duke of Hamilton....
(1703–1743), Scottish nobleman - James Hamilton, 6th Duke of HamiltonJames Hamilton, 6th Duke of HamiltonJames Douglas-Hamilton, 6th Duke of Hamilton and 3rd Duke of Brandon, KT was a Scottish peer.-Early years and Education:...
(1724–1758), Scottish nobleman - James Hamilton, 7th Duke of HamiltonJames Hamilton, 7th Duke of HamiltonJames George Douglas-Hamilton, 7th Duke of Hamilton and 4th Duke of Brandon was a short-lived Scottish peer.Hamilton was born at Holyrood Palace, the son of the 6th Duke of Hamilton and his wife, Elizabeth...
(1755–1769), Scottish nobleman - James Hamilton, 1st Duke of AbercornJames Hamilton, 1st Duke of AbercornJames Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn KG PC , styled Viscount Hamilton from 1814 to 1818 and the Marquess of Abercorn from 1818 to 1868, was a British Conservative politician and statesman who twice served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.In 1860, The Times noted that Hamilton was one of only three to...
(1811–1885), twice served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland - James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of AbercornJames Hamilton, 2nd Duke of AbercornJames Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Abercorn KG, CB, PC , styled Viscount Hamilton until 1868 and Marquess of Hamilton from 1868 to 1885, was a British nobleman and diplomat...
(1838–1913), British nobleman and diplomat - James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of AbercornJames Hamilton, 3rd Duke of AbercornJames Albert Edward Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn KG, KP, PC , styled Marquess of Hamilton between 1885 and 1913, was a British peer and Unionist politician. He was the first Governor of Northern Ireland, a post he held between 1922 and 1945...
(1869–1953), first Governor of Northern Ireland - James Hamilton, 4th Duke of AbercornJames Hamilton, 4th Duke of AbercornJames Edward Hamilton, 4th Duke of Abercorn . He was the son of James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn and Lady Rosalind Cecilia Caroline Bingham...
(1904–1979), Northern Irish senator - James Hamilton, 5th Duke of AbercornJames Hamilton, 5th Duke of AbercornJames Hamilton, 5th Duke of Abercorn, KG , is the current Duke of Abercorn in the Peerage of Ireland, having succeeded his father in June 1979. The son of James Edward Hamilton, 4th Duke of Abercorn, and Lady Mary Crichton...
(born 1934), Northern Irish politician
Marquesses
- James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of HamiltonJames Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of HamiltonJames Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Hamilton and 4th Earl of Arran KG PC , styled Lord Aven from 1599 to 1604, was a Scottish politician. He was the son of John Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Hamilton....
(1589–1625), 4th Earl of Arran, Scottish nobleman
Earls
- James Hamilton, 1st Earl of ArranJames Hamilton, 1st Earl of ArranJames Hamilton, 1st Earl of Arran and 2nd Lord Hamilton was a Scottish nobleman and first cousin of James IV of Scotland.-Biography:...
(c. 1475–1529), Scottish nobleman - James Hamilton, Duke of Châtellerault and 2nd Earl of Arran (c. 1516–1575), Scottish nobleman
- James Hamilton, 3rd Earl of ArranJames Hamilton, 3rd Earl of ArranJames Hamilton, 3rd Earl of Arran was a Scottish nobleman and soldier who fought against French troops during the Scottish Reformation....
(c. 1537–1609), Scottish nobleman - James Hamilton, 1st Earl of AbercornJames Hamilton, 1st Earl of AbercornJames 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....
(c. 1575–1618), Sheriff of Linlithgow - James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of AbercornJames Hamilton, 2nd Earl of AbercornJames 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...
(c. 1604–c. 1670), Scottish nobleman - James Hamilton, 6th Earl of AbercornJames Hamilton, 6th Earl of AbercornJames Hamilton, 6th Earl of Abercorn, PC was a Scottish and Irish nobleman, the son of Colonel James Hamilton and Elizabeth Colepeper....
(c. 1661–1734), Scottish and Irish nobleman - James Hamilton, 7th Earl of AbercornJames Hamilton, 7th Earl of AbercornJames Hamilton, 7th Earl of Abercorn FRS PC was a Scottish and Irish nobleman, the son of James Hamilton, 6th Earl of Abercorn and Elizabeth Reading. He was styled Lord Paisley from 1701 until his accession in 1734...
(1686–1744), Scottish nobleman and amateur scientist - James Hamilton, 8th Earl of AbercornJames Hamilton, 8th Earl of AbercornJames Hamilton, 8th Earl of Abercorn PC , was a Scottish and Irish nobleman, the eldest son of James Hamilton, 7th Earl of Abercorn and Anne Plumer. He was styled Lord Paisley from 1734 until his accession in 1744...
(1712–1789), Scottish and Irish nobleman - James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of ClanbrassilJames Hamilton, 2nd Earl of ClanbrassilJames Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Clanbrassil KP PC was an Irish peer, styled Viscount Limerick from 1756 to 1758....
(1730–1798), Irish peer
Nobles
- James Hamilton of CadzowJames Hamilton of CadzowSir James Hamilton of Cadzow, 5th Laird of Cadzow was a Scottish nobleman and royal hostage.-Biography:The son of Sir John Hamilton of Cadzow and his wife, Janet Douglas, James Hamilton is first attested to in 1397...
(before 1397–c. 1440), 5th Laird of Cadzow - James Hamilton, 1st Lord HamiltonJames Hamilton, 1st Lord HamiltonJames Hamilton, 1st Lord Hamilton, 6th Lord of Cadzow was a Scottish nobleman, scholar and politician.-Early life:...
(c. 1415–1479), Scottish nobleman - James Hamilton of FinnartJames Hamilton of FinnartSir James Hamilton of Finnart was a Scottish nobleman and architect, the illegitimate son of James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Arran, and Mary Boyd of Bonshaw....
(c. 1495–1540), military engineer, illegitimate son of the 1st earl and guardian to the 2nd - James Hamilton, 1st Viscount ClaneboyeJames Hamilton, 1st Viscount ClaneboyeJames Hamilton, 1st Viscount Claneboye was a Scot who became owner of large tracts of land in County Down, Ireland, and founded a successful Protestant Scots settlement there several years before the Plantation of Ulster...
(c. 1560–1644), Ulster Scot land owner and settler - James Hamilton, 3rd Baron Hamilton of StrabaneJames Hamilton, 3rd Baron Hamilton of StrabaneJames 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), Irish nobleman - James Hamilton, Lord PaisleyJames Hamilton, Lord PaisleyJames Hamilton, Lord Paisley was the eldest son of James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Abercorn and Katherine Clifton, 2nd Baroness Clifton....
(died before 1670), eldest son of James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Abercorn - James Hamilton, Viscount HamiltonJames Hamilton, Viscount HamiltonJames Hamilton, Viscount Hamilton was a British nobleman and politician, the eldest son of John Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Abercorn....
(1786–1814), British politician - James Hamilton, 4th Baron Hamilton of DalzellJames Hamilton, 4th Baron Hamilton of DalzellJames Leslie Hamilton, 4th Baron Hamilton of Dalzell was a British Conservative Party hereditary peer.-Early life:...
(1938–2006), British politician - James Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of DouglasJames Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of DouglasJames Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of Douglas, PC, QC , briefly The 11th Earl of Selkirk and styled Lord James Douglas-Hamilton until 1997, is a Scottish Conservative politician who served as Member of Parliament for Edinburgh West then Member of the Scottish Parliament for the...
(born 1942), member of the Scottish Parliament
Others
- James A. HamiltonJames A. HamiltonJames A. Hamilton was an American politician.-Life:He was a school teacher. He was a member of the New York State Senate from the 22nd District from 1915 to 1916. He was NYC Commissioner of Correction from 1918 to 1922. He was Secretary of State of New York from 1923 to 1924, elected in 1922 but...
(1876–1950), Secretary of State of New York 1923–1924 - James Alexander HamiltonJames Alexander HamiltonJames Alexander Hamilton was the third son of Alexander Hamilton. He graduated from Columbia University, was an officer in the War of 1812, and served as acting Secretary of State to Andrew Jackson. He then became a U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York....
(1788–1878), Acting U.S. Secretary of State under President Andrew Jackson - James D. HamiltonJames D. HamiltonJames Douglas "Jim" Hamilton is an US econometrician currently teaching at University of California, San Diego. His work is especially influential in time series and energy economics...
(born 1954), econometrician - James Inglis HamiltonJames Inglis HamiltonGeneral James Inglis Hamilton, was a Scottish soldier. He enlisted the British Army in 1755 and he commanded several regiments. He was the only colonel of the 113th Regiment of Foot...
(before 1742–1803), General in the British Army - James Hamilton (British Army officer, born 1777) (1777–1815), British army colonel
- James Hamilton, Jr. (1786–1857), Governor and Representative for South Carolina
- James Hans HamiltonJames Hans HamiltonJames Hans Hamilton , was an Anglo-Irish Member of Parliament.Hamilton was the son of Hans Hamilton. He was elected to the House of Commons for County Dublin in 1841, a seat he held until 1863. Hamilton married Caroline Trant, daughter of John Frederick Trant. He died in June 1863, aged 53...
(1810–1863), Anglo-Irish Member of Parliament - James Stevenson-HamiltonJames Stevenson-HamiltonColonel James Stevenson-HamiltonFather of the Kruger National Park Parks BoardLife before the Sabie Game reserve:James Stevenson-Hamilton was born the eldest of nine children in Scotland on the 2nd of October 1876. Being first born he was the legal heir to their family title and home at Fairholm,...
(1867–1957), founder of the Kruger National Park, South Africa - James Hamilton (bishop of Argyll)James Hamilton (bishop of Argyll)James Hamilton was a Scottish churchman who served as Bishop of Argyll and Sub-Dean of Glasgow.He was the illegitimate son of James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Arran. His natural brothers were James Hamilton, Duke of Châtellerault and John Hamilton, Archbishop of St Andrews.His first ecclesiastical...
(died 1580), Scottish prelate - James Hamilton (bishop of Galloway) (1610–1674), Scottish prelate
- James Hamilton (British army officer) (c. 1620–1673), favorite of Charles II
- James Hamilton (footballer)James Hamilton (footballer)James Hamilton was an English footballer.-Playing career:Hamilton joined Burslem Port Vale from Burslem Town in March 1903, he was a regular in the side but was forced to leave after the club went into liquidation in 1907. He had played 107 games for Vale and moved on to Oldham...
(1884–?), English soccer player - James Hamilton (Pennsylvania)James Hamilton (Pennsylvania)James Hamilton , son of the well-known Philadelphia lawyer Andrew Hamilton, was a prominent lawyer and governmental figure in colonial Philadelphia and Pennsylvania.-Life:...
(1710–1783), mayor of Philadelphia and lieutenant-governor of Pennsylvania - James Hamilton (Scottish politician)James Hamilton (Scottish politician)James Hamilton, CBE was a British Labour Party politician.Hamilton was a construction engineer and was on the national executive of the Constructional Engineering Union and on the Scottish Board for Industry...
(1918–2005), Scottish politician - Jimmy HamiltonJimmy HamiltonJimmy Hamilton was an American jazz clarinetist, tenor saxophonist, arranger, composer, and music educator, best known for his twenty-five years with Duke Ellington....
(1917–1994), American jazz musician - Jimmy Hamilton (footballer)Jimmy Hamilton (footballer)Jimmy Hamilton was an Irish football player during the 1970s.He made a scoring League of Ireland debut for Shamrock Rovers on the 25 October 1971....
(born 1964), Irish soccer player - Jamie Hamilton (publisher)Jamie Hamilton (publisher)Jamie Hamilton was a half-American half-Scot rower who competed for Great Britain in the 1928 Summer Olympics. He founded the publishing house Hamish Hamilton Limited....
(1900–1988), Scottish-American book publisher and champion oarsman - Neil Hamilton (actor) (James Neil Hamilton, 1899–1984), American actor
- James Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh (died 1581), assassin
- James Hamilton (physicist)James Hamilton (physicist)James "Jim" Hamilton was an Irish mathematician and theoretical physicist who helped to develop to develop the theory of cosmic-ray mesons with Walter Heitler and Hwan-Wu Peng....
(1918–2000), Irish mathematician and nuclear physicist - James Hamilton (minister)James Hamilton (minister)James Hamilton was a Scottish minister of presbyterian views, active in Ireland until deposed from his living.-Life:He was second son of Gawen Hamilton, third son of Hans Hamilton, vicar of Dunlop. After receiving a liberal education at Glasgow he was appointed by his uncle, James Hamilton, 1st...
(died 1666), Scottish minister, active in Ireland - James Hamilton (1814-1871)James Hamilton (1814-1871)James Hamilton was a Scottish minister and a prolific author of religious tracts.Born in Paisley, Scotland, seven miles west-southwest of Glasgow, Hamilton was the eldest son of William Hamilton, a preacher and religious author of local renown...
, Scottish minister and author, primarily in London - James Hamilton (photographer)James Hamilton (Photographer)James Hamilton is an American photographer, best known for his documentation of the New York City film, art and music scene of the 1970s and 1980s.-Life:...
, American photographer - James Hamilton (Director of Public Prosecutions)James Hamilton (Director of Public Prosecutions)James Hamilton is the current Director of Public Prosecutions at the Irish Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions. In September 2010 James Hamilton was elected President of the International Association of Prosecutors. James Hamilton became Director of Public Prosecutions in 1999...
(born 1949) , Director of Public Prosecutions in Ireland - Sir James Hamilton, 2nd Baronet, British Member of Parliament for SudburySudbury (UK Parliament constituency)Sudbury was a parliamentary constituency which was represented in the British House of Commons. A parliamentary borough consisting of the town of Sudbury in Suffolk, it returned two Members of Parliament from 1559 until it was disenfranchised for corruption in 1844...
and Lanarkshire
See also
- Jamie Hamilton (disambiguation)
- Jim Hamilton (disambiguation)
- Hamish HamiltonHamish HamiltonHamish Hamilton Limited was a British book publishing house, founded in 1931 eponymously by the half-Scot half-American Jamie Hamilton . Confusingly, Jamie Hamilton was often referred to as Hamish Hamilton...
, Gaelic version of the name James Hamilton