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Duke of Hamilton is a title in the Peerage of Scotland, created in April 1643.It is the senior dukedom in that peerage (except for the Dukedom of Rothesay held by the sovereign's eldest son), and as such its holder is the premier peer of Scotland, as well as being head of both the House of Hamilton and the House of Douglas.
Upon the death of his father on 5 June 2010, he became the 16th Duke of Hamilton in the Peerage of Scotland and 13th Duke of Brandon in the Peerage of Great Britain.He also inherited other Scottish peerages and titles, Marquess of Douglas, Marquess of Clydesdale, Earl of Angus, Earl of Lanark, Earl of Arran and Cambridge, Lord Abernethy and Jedburgh Forest, Lord Machanshyre and Polmont and ...
Hamilton Palace. The Duke gradually sank into dissipation. In 1794, the couple eventually divorced, by Act of Parliament after 16 years of marriage. The Duchess initiated the divorce on the grounds of his adultery with actress Mrs. Esten since 1793, but also previous adultery with an unnamed lady (Frances Twysden, wife of the Earl of Eglinton and sister of the Countess of Jersey) since 1787.
Susan Hamilton, Duchess of Hamilton (14 May 1786 – 27 May 1859), formerly Susan(na) Euphemia Beckford, was the wife of Alexander Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton, and the mother of the 11th Duke. Susan was born at Château La Tour,in Vevay,Switzerland. [1] She was the daughter of William Thomas Beckford [2] and his wife, the former Lady ...
The duke did not defend the case, and the duchess obtained her divorce. However, she did not re-marry until after the death of the duke, in 1799. In 1800 the duchess married the Earl of Exeter, whose second wife had died in childbirth in 1797. He was created Marquess of Exeter in 1801, [8] but died in 1804, and she did not remarry.
Love your life, perfect your life, beautify all things in your life. Seek to make your life long and its purpose in the service of your people. Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide." [citation needed] — Tecumseh, leader of the Shawnee (10 September 1813), to his son Death of Poniatowski by January Suchodolski
They had four children and five grand children: Lady Eleanor Douglas-Hamilton (born 10 August 1973) Lady Ann Douglas-Hamilton (born 14 May 1976) Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, 16th Duke of Hamilton (born 31 March 1978) Lord John William Douglas-Hamilton (born 2 October 1979) He married secondly Jillian Robertson in 1988 (divorced 1995). No issue.
By his wife Mary Feilding, Hamilton had six children, of whom four died in childhood. [18] Henrietta Mary (1631–1632) Anne (1632–1716), later suo jure Duchess of Hamilton; Susannah (1633–1694), married The 7th Earl of Cassilis in 1668; Charles, Earl of Arran (ca. 1630 – buried 30 April 1640 in Westminster Abbey) James (1635–1639 ...