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Strabane (/ s t r ə ˈ b æ n /; from Irish An Srath Bán, meaning 'the white river-holm') [1] [2] [3] is a town in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. Strabane had a population of 13,507 at the 2021 census. [4] It lies on the east bank of the River Foyle. It is roughly midway from Omagh, Derry and Letterkenny.
Claud Hamilton was born near the beginning of the 17th century, probably in Paisley, Scotland.He was the second son of James Hamilton and his wife Marion Boyd. His father had been created Lord Abercorn by James VI and I in 1603 [1] and was further advanced to Earl of Abercorn in 1606. [2]
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 (and his grandfather, Claud Hamilton, 1st Lord Paisley); the barony had the special remainder to the heir-males of his father.
James was born in 1633 [1] probably at Strabane Castle, as the eldest son of Claude Hamilton and his wife Jean Gordon. His father was the 2nd Baron Hamilton of Strabane, a member of the Strabane cadet branch of the Abercorns. James's mother was the fourth daughter of George Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly. His parents had married in 1632. [2]
Derry City and Strabane District Council replaced Derry City Council and Strabane District Council.The first election for the new district was originally due to take place in May 2009, but in April 2008, Northern Ireland Secretary Shaun Woodward announced that the scheduled 2009 district council elections were to be postponed until 2011. [14]
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The title Duke of Abercorn (/ ˈ æ v ər k ɔːr n /) is a title in the Peerage of Ireland.It was created in 1868 and bestowed upon James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Abercorn. ...
The Strabane Canal Company argued that it was a private company, and therefore exempt from the act, while The 2nd Duke of Abercorn, who owned the canal, appealed to the House of Lords. Lieutenant-Colonel Addison was duly despatched from the Board of Trade to inspect the canal and the affairs of the company in 1898.