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William Douglas-Hamilton, Duke of Hamilton, KG, PC (24 December 1634 – 18 April 1694), also known as Lord William Douglas and the Earl of Selkirk, was a Scottish nobleman and politician. [1] He was the eldest son of the 1st Marquess of Douglas by his second wife, Lady Mary Gordon, a daughter of the 1st Marquess of Huntly. [2]
William Alexander Louis Stephen Douglas-Hamilton, 12th Duke of Hamilton, 9th Duke of Brandon, 2nd Duke of Châtellerault KT (12 March 1845 – 16 May 1895), styled Marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale until 1863, was a Scottish nobleman.
William Alexander Archibald Hamilton, 11th Duke of Hamilton and 8th Duke of Brandon (19 February 1811 – 8 July 1863) styled Earl of Angus and Arran before 1819 and Marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale between 1819 and 1852, was a Scottish nobleman and the Premier Peer of Scotland.
The title was created on 14 August 1646 for Lord William Douglas, third son of William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas, along with the title Lord Daer and Shortcleuch. [1] On 29 April 1656, the first earl married Anne Hamilton, 3rd Duchess of Hamilton .
By Margaret Hamilton, Douglas had six children: Archibald Douglas, Earl of Angus (1609–1655) Lord William Douglas (d.1633) Lord James Douglas (1617–1645) Lady Grizel Douglas, married Sir William Carmichael of that Ilk; Lady Jean Douglas, married John Hamilton, 1st Lord Bargany; Lady Lucy Douglas, married Robert Maxwell, 4th Earl of Nithsdale
She was wed in 1656, at the kirk of Corstorphine near Edinburgh, to William Douglas, 1st Earl of Selkirk, a younger son of William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas. Selkirk was created Duke of Hamilton for his lifetime, included the subsidiary titles pertaining to the Dukedom jure uxoris, and in 1660 he assumed the surname Hamilton. Between ...
Earl of Ruglen was a title in the Peerage of Scotland.Along with the subsidiary titles Viscount of Riccartoun and Lord Hillhouse, it was created on 14 April 1697, for Lord John Douglas-Hamilton, fourth (third surviving) son of William Douglas-Hamilton, Duke of Hamilton, 1st Earl of Selkirk, and his wife Anne Hamilton, 3rd Duchess of Hamilton.
Hamilton was born 3 February 1663. He was the third, but second surviving, son of William Hamilton, Duke of Hamilton (formerly known as William Douglas, Earl of Selkirk) and Anne Hamilton, suo jure Duchess of Hamilton. [1]