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class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Scottish nobility</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For the current duke, see <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Douglas-Hamilton,_16th_Duke_of_Hamilton" title="Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, 16th Duke of Hamilton">Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, 16th Duke of Hamilton</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"Dukes of Hamilton" redirects here. 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second and third argent, a lymphad with sails furled proper, flagged gules (for Arran); second and third grandquarters argent, a heart gules imperially crowned proper, on a chief azure three stars of the field (for Douglas).</i></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Creation date</th><td class="infobox-data">12 April 1643</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Created by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Charles_I_of_England" title="Charles I of England">Charles I</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Peerage</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Peerage_of_Scotland" title="Peerage of Scotland">Peerage of Scotland</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First holder</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/James_Hamilton,_1st_Duke_of_Hamilton" title="James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton">James Hamilton, 3rd Marquess of Hamilton</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Present holder</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Douglas-Hamilton,_16th_Duke_of_Hamilton" title="Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, 16th Duke of Hamilton">Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, 16th Duke</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Heir apparent</th><td class="infobox-data">Douglas Charles Douglas-Hamilton, Marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Remainder to</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Heirs_male" class="mw-redirect" title="Heirs male">heirs male</a> <a href="/wiki/Heirs_of_the_body" title="Heirs of the body">of the body</a> of the <a href="/wiki/James_Hamilton,_1st_Duke_of_Hamilton" title="James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton">grantee</a>; the grantee's <a href="/wiki/William_Hamilton,_2nd_Duke_of_Hamilton" title="William Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton">brother</a>; heirs male of the body of the grantee's brother; the grantee's <i><a href="/wiki/Anne_Hamilton,_3rd_Duchess_of_Hamilton" title="Anne Hamilton, 3rd Duchess of Hamilton">eldest daughter</a></i>, followed by her heirs male; nearest heirs whatsoever of the grantee<sup id="cite_ref-books.google.com_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-books.google.com-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Subsidiary titles</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Marquess of Douglas<br />Marquess of Clydesdale<br />Earl of Angus<br />Earl of Lanark<br />Earl of Arran and Cambridge<br />Lord Abernethy and Jedburgh Forest<br />Lord Machanshire and Polmont<br />Lord Aven and Innerdale<br />Baron Dutton</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Status</th><td class="infobox-data">Extant</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Seat(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lennoxlove_House" title="Lennoxlove House">Lennoxlove House</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Former seat(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_Palace" title="Hamilton Palace">Hamilton Palace</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Brodick_Castle" title="Brodick Castle">Brodick Castle</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Dungavel_House" class="mw-redirect" title="Dungavel House">Dungavel House</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Kinneil_House" title="Kinneil House">Kinneil House</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Ashton_Hall" title="Ashton Hall">Ashton Hall</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Ferne_House" title="Ferne House">Ferne House</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Cadzow_Castle" title="Cadzow Castle">Cadzow Castle</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Duke of Hamilton</b> is a title in the <a href="/wiki/Peerage_of_Scotland" title="Peerage of Scotland">Peerage of Scotland</a>, created in April 1643. It is the senior <a href="/wiki/Duke" title="Duke">dukedom</a> in that peerage (except for the <a href="/wiki/Duke_of_Rothesay" title="Duke of Rothesay">Dukedom of Rothesay</a> 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 <a href="/wiki/Clan_Hamilton" title="Clan Hamilton">House of Hamilton</a> and the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Douglas" class="mw-redirect" title="House of Douglas">House of Douglas</a>. The title, the town of <a href="/wiki/Hamilton,_South_Lanarkshire" title="Hamilton, South Lanarkshire">Hamilton</a> in <a href="/wiki/Lanarkshire" title="Lanarkshire">Lanarkshire</a>, and many places around the world are named after members of the <a href="/wiki/Clan_Hamilton" title="Clan Hamilton">Hamilton family</a>. The ducal family's surname, originally "<a href="/wiki/Hamilton_(surname_and_title)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hamilton (surname and title)">Hamilton</a>", is now "<a href="/wiki/Douglas-Hamilton" title="Douglas-Hamilton">Douglas-Hamilton</a>". Since 1711, the dukedom has been held together with the Dukedom of Brandon in the <a href="/wiki/Peerage_of_Great_Britain" title="Peerage of Great Britain">Peerage of Great Britain</a>, and the dukes since that time have been styled <b>Duke of Hamilton and Brandon</b>, along with several other subsidiary titles. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview">Overview</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Duke_of_Hamilton&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The titles held by the current duke of Hamilton and Brandon are: </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Peerage_of_Scotland">Peerage of Scotland</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Duke_of_Hamilton&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Peerage of Scotland"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>16th Duke of Hamilton (created 1643)</li> <li>13th Marquess of Douglas (created 1633)</li> <li>16th Marquess of Clydesdale (created 1643)</li> <li>23rd Earl of Angus (created 1389)</li> <li>13th Earl of Angus (created 1633)</li> <li>15th Earl of Lanark (created 1639)</li> <li>16th Earl of Arran and Cambridge (created 1643)</li> <li>13th Lord Abernethy and Jedburgh Forest (created 1633)</li> <li>15th Lord Machanshyre and Polmont (created 1639)</li> <li>16th Lord Aven and Innerdale (created 1643)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Peerage_of_Great_Britain">Peerage of Great Britain</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Duke_of_Hamilton&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Peerage of Great Britain"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>13th Duke of Brandon, in the County of Suffolk (created 1711)</li> <li>13th Baron Dutton, in the County of Chester (created 1711)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_offices_and_duties">Other offices and duties</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Duke_of_Hamilton&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Other offices and duties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Queen_at_the_Scottish_Parliament.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/The_Queen_at_the_Scottish_Parliament.jpg/220px-The_Queen_at_the_Scottish_Parliament.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/The_Queen_at_the_Scottish_Parliament.jpg/330px-The_Queen_at_the_Scottish_Parliament.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/The_Queen_at_the_Scottish_Parliament.jpg/440px-The_Queen_at_the_Scottish_Parliament.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3451" data-file-height="2426" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Douglas-Hamilton,_16th_Duke_of_Hamilton" title="Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, 16th Duke of Hamilton">Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, 16th Duke of Hamilton</a>, acting as Hereditary Bearer of the <a href="/wiki/Crown_of_Scotland" title="Crown of Scotland">Crown of Scotland</a>, holding the crown at the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament" title="Scottish Parliament">Scottish Parliament</a> before <a href="/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Queen Elizabeth II">Queen Elizabeth II</a> and <a href="/wiki/Presiding_Officer_of_the_Scottish_Parliament" title="Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament">Presiding Officer</a> <a href="/wiki/Tricia_Marwick" title="Tricia Marwick">Tricia Marwick</a> in July 2011</figcaption></figure> <p>The duke of Hamilton and Brandon is the hereditary keeper of the <a href="/wiki/Palace_of_Holyroodhouse" class="mw-redirect" title="Palace of Holyroodhouse">Palace of Holyroodhouse</a>, the official royal residence in Scotland, where he maintains large private quarters. He is also, as Lord Abernethy and in this respect successor to the Gaelic <a href="/wiki/Earls_of_Fife" class="mw-redirect" title="Earls of Fife">earls of Fife</a>, the hereditary bearer of the <a href="/wiki/Crown_of_Scotland" title="Crown of Scotland">Crown of Scotland</a>, a role which the 15th duke performed at the inauguration of the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament" title="Scottish Parliament">Scottish Parliament</a> in 1999,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as did the 16th duke at the State Opening of Parliament, 30 June 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As Hereditary Bearer of the Crown of Scotland, the 16th Duke also placed the crown upon the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II during a service of remembrance in <a href="/wiki/St_Giles%27_Cathedral" title="St Giles' Cathedral">St Giles' Cathedral</a> on 12 September 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_NEWS_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_NEWS-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Traditionally, the duke of Hamilton enjoys the exclusive right to remove the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Crown_Jewels" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Crown Jewels">Scottish Crown Jewels</a> from the City of <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh" title="Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> He also regularly attends sittings in the <a href="/wiki/Court_of_Lord_Lyon" class="mw-redirect" title="Court of Lord Lyon">Court of Lord Lyon</a> as a hereditary <a href="/wiki/Assessor_(law)" title="Assessor (law)">assessor</a>, sitting on the bench beside <a href="/wiki/Lord_Lyon" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord Lyon">Lord Lyon</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Courtesy_titles">Courtesy titles</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Duke_of_Hamilton&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Courtesy titles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Courtesy_titles_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Courtesy titles in the United Kingdom">courtesy titles</a> used by <a href="/wiki/Heirs_apparent" class="mw-redirect" title="Heirs apparent">heirs apparent</a> are "Marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale" (the eldest son of the duke) and "Earl of Angus" (the eldest son of a marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale). No duke has had a great-grandson in direct line to the titles, but it is likely that the latter would be styled "Lord Abernethy" (the Lordship of Abernethy and Jedburgh Forest being the most senior available title). </p><p>Before the dukes succeeded to the Marquessate of Douglas and its subsidiary titles, the heirs apparent were styled initially "<a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Arran_(Scotland)" title="Earl of Arran (Scotland)">Earl of Arran</a>" (which had previously been used as a courtesy title by the marquesses of Hamilton) and later "Marquess of Clydesdale" (the former style then being adopted for a grandson in direct line). The heir apparent to the Earldom of Lanark (before that title merged with the dukedom) was styled "Lord Polmont". </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Multiple_dukedoms">Multiple dukedoms</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Duke_of_Hamilton&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Multiple dukedoms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The duke of Hamilton and Brandon is one of only five British peers to hold more than one dukedom, the others being: </p> <ul><li>the <a href="/wiki/William,_Prince_of_Wales" title="William, Prince of Wales">Prince of Wales</a> (who is <a href="/wiki/Duke_of_Cornwall" title="Duke of Cornwall">Duke of Cornwall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Duke_of_Rothesay" title="Duke of Rothesay">Duke of Rothesay</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Duke_of_Cambridge" title="Duke of Cambridge">Duke of Cambridge</a>);</li> <li>the <a href="/wiki/Duke_of_Buccleuch" title="Duke of Buccleuch">Duke of Buccleuch</a> and <a href="/wiki/Duke_of_Queensberry" title="Duke of Queensberry">Queensberry</a>;</li> <li>the <a href="/wiki/Duke_of_Argyll" title="Duke of Argyll">Duke of Argyll</a> (who holds two Dukedoms of Argyll); and</li> <li>the <a href="/wiki/Duke_of_Richmond" title="Duke of Richmond">Duke of Richmond</a>, <a href="/wiki/Duke_of_Lennox" title="Duke of Lennox">Lennox</a> and <a href="/wiki/Duke_of_Gordon" title="Duke of Gordon">Gordon</a></li></ul> <p>Historically, several other peers have held multiple dukedoms, including the <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Pelham-Holles,_1st_Duke_of_Newcastle" title="Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle">Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne and Newcastle-under-Lyne</a>, the <a href="/wiki/John_Campbell,_2nd_Duke_of_Argyll" title="John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll">Duke of Argyll and Greenwich</a>, the <a href="/wiki/James_Scott,_1st_Duke_of_Monmouth" title="James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth">Duke of Monmouth and Buccleuch</a> and the two <a href="/wiki/Duke_of_Queensberry" title="Duke of Queensberry">Dukes of Queensberry and Dover</a> and some other mainly royal dukes. </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lennoxlove_House.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Lennoxlove_House.jpg/300px-Lennoxlove_House.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="212" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Lennoxlove_House.jpg/450px-Lennoxlove_House.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Lennoxlove_House.jpg 2x" data-file-width="592" data-file-height="419" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Lennoxlove_House" title="Lennoxlove House">Lennoxlove House</a>, a current seat of the dukes of Hamilton</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="House_of_Hamilton">House of Hamilton</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Duke_of_Hamilton&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: House of Hamilton"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lairds_of_Cadzow">Lairds of Cadzow</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Duke_of_Hamilton&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Lairds of Cadzow"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Gilbert de Hameldun is recorded as witnessing a charter confirming the gift of the church at Cragyn to the <a href="/wiki/Paisley_Abbey" title="Paisley Abbey">Abbey of Paisley</a> in 1271. His ancestry is uncertain but he may have been the son of William de Hamilton (third son of <a href="/wiki/Robert_de_Beaumont,_3rd_Earl_of_Leicester" title="Robert de Beaumont, 3rd Earl of Leicester">Robert de Beaumont, 3rd Earl of Leicester</a>) and Mary of Strathearn. Gilbert de Hameldun married Isabella Randolph, daughter of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Randolph_of_Strathdon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Thomas Randolph of Strathdon (page does not exist)">Thomas Randolph of Strathdon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chamberlain_of_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="Chamberlain of Scotland">Chamberlain of Scotland</a>. His heir was <a href="/wiki/Walter_fitz_Gilbert_of_Cadzow" title="Walter fitz Gilbert of Cadzow">Walter fitz Gilbert</a>. He was governor of <a href="/wiki/Bothwell_Castle" title="Bothwell Castle">Bothwell Castle</a> for the English Crown during the <a href="/wiki/First_War_of_Scottish_Independence" title="First War of Scottish Independence">First War of Scottish Independence</a>. Following the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Bannockburn" title="Battle of Bannockburn">Battle of Bannockburn</a> in 1314, he gave refuge to the <a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Hertford" class="mw-redirect" title="Earl of Hertford">Earl of Hertford</a> and other escapees, only to deliver them and Bothwell up to <a href="/wiki/Edward_Bruce" title="Edward Bruce">Edward Bruce</a>. He then became a Bruce partisan. Sometime between 1315 and 1329, <a href="/wiki/Robert_the_Bruce" title="Robert the Bruce">Robert the Bruce</a> knighted him and granted him lands in <a href="/wiki/Renfrewshire" title="Renfrewshire">Renfrewshire</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Lothian" title="Lothian">Lothians</a> and Cadzow (present day <a href="/wiki/Hamilton,_South_Lanarkshire" title="Hamilton, South Lanarkshire">Hamilton</a> in <a href="/wiki/Lanarkshire" title="Lanarkshire">Lanarkshire</a>), including <a href="/wiki/Cadzow_Castle" title="Cadzow Castle">Cadzow Castle</a>. The lands had previously belonged to <a href="/wiki/John_III_Comyn" class="mw-redirect" title="John III Comyn">John Comyn</a>, who was murdered by Robert the Bruce. </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Arms_of_Hamilton.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Arms_of_Hamilton.svg/150px-Arms_of_Hamilton.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Arms_of_Hamilton.svg/225px-Arms_of_Hamilton.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Arms_of_Hamilton.svg/300px-Arms_of_Hamilton.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="560" /></a><figcaption>Undifferenced arms of the chief of Hamilton until 1503</figcaption></figure> <p>The 1st laird of Cadzow was succeeded as the 2nd laird by his son <a href="/wiki/David_fitz_Walter_of_Cadzow" title="David fitz Walter of Cadzow">Sir David fitz Walter</a>. He was a supporter of <a href="/wiki/David_II_of_Scotland" title="David II of Scotland">King David II</a> and fought at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Neville%27s_Cross" title="Battle of Neville's Cross">Battle of Neville's Cross</a> (Battle of Durham) where he was captured along with the King. His son <a href="/wiki/David_Hamilton_of_Cadzow" title="David Hamilton of Cadzow">David Hamilton</a>, the 3rd laird, was the first to establish Hamilton as the family name. David Hamilton's son <a href="/wiki/John_Hamilton_of_Cadzow" title="John Hamilton of Cadzow">Sir John Hamilton</a> became the 4th laird and was, in turn, succeeded as the 5th laird by his son <a href="/wiki/James_Hamilton_of_Cadzow" title="James Hamilton of Cadzow">James Hamilton</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lords_Hamilton_and_Earls_of_Arran">Lords Hamilton and Earls of Arran</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Duke_of_Hamilton&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Lords Hamilton and Earls of Arran"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 5th laird was succeeded as 6th laird by his son, <a href="/wiki/James_Hamilton,_1st_Lord_Hamilton" title="James Hamilton, 1st Lord Hamilton">Sir James Hamilton</a>, who was created a <a href="/wiki/Lord_of_Parliament" title="Lord of Parliament">Lord of Parliament</a> as <b>Lord Hamilton</b> on 3 July 1445.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In early 1474, he married <a href="/wiki/Mary_Stewart,_Countess_of_Arran" title="Mary Stewart, Countess of Arran">Princess Mary, Countess of Arran</a>, daughter of <a href="/wiki/James_II_of_Scotland" title="James II of Scotland">King James II</a> and widow of <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Boyd,_1st_Earl_of_Arran" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas Boyd, 1st Earl of Arran">Thomas Boyd, 1st Earl of Arran</a>. He was succeeded by his only legitimate son, <a href="/wiki/James_Hamilton,_1st_Earl_of_Arran" title="James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Arran">James, 2nd Lord Hamilton</a>. In 1490, then aged 15, he married the 13-year-old Elizabeth, Lady Hay, daughter of <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Home,_2nd_Lord_Home" title="Alexander Home, 2nd Lord Home">Alexander Home, 2nd Lord Home</a> and widow of Sir Thomas Hay, Master of Yester, son and heir of <a href="/wiki/John_Hay,_1st_Lord_Hay_of_Yester" title="John Hay, 1st Lord Hay of Yester">John Hay, 1st Lord Hay of Yester</a>. However, it was later discovered that Sir Thomas Hay was still alive and the marriage was annulled. The 2nd Lord married secondly Janet, Lady Livingstone, daughter of Sir David Beaton of Creich and widow of Sir Robert Livingstone of Easter Wemyss and Drumry. He became a <a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_of_Scotland" title="Privy Council of Scotland">Privy Counsellor</a> to <a href="/wiki/King_James_IV" class="mw-redirect" title="King James IV">King James IV</a>, and helped to arrange his marriage to <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Tudor" title="Margaret Tudor">Margaret</a>, daughter of <a href="/wiki/Henry_VII_of_England" title="Henry VII of England">King Henry VII</a> of <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a>. As a reward, he was created <b>Earl of Arran</b> on 8 August 1503.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was succeeded by his elder son from his second marriage, <a href="/wiki/James_Hamilton,_Duke_of_Ch%C3%A2tellerault" title="James Hamilton, Duke of Châtellerault">James, 2nd Earl of Arran</a>. He was Regent of Scotland between 1542 and 1554, and guardian of the young <a href="/wiki/Mary,_Queen_of_Scots" title="Mary, Queen of Scots">Mary, Queen of Scots</a>. He was created <a href="/wiki/Duc_de_Ch%C3%A2tellerault" class="mw-redirect" title="Duc de Châtellerault">Duc de Châtellerault</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Peerage_of_France" title="Peerage of France">Peerage of France</a> in 1548 for his part in arranging the marriage of Queen Mary to <a href="/wiki/Francis_II_of_France" title="Francis II of France">Francis, Dauphin of France</a>. This French Dukedom was forfeited when he switched allegiances in 1559. <a href="/wiki/Emperor_Napoleon_III" class="mw-redirect" title="Emperor Napoleon III">Emperor Napoleon III</a> "confirmed" this title for the <a href="/wiki/William_Hamilton_Douglas,_12th_Duke_of_Hamilton" class="mw-redirect" title="William Hamilton Douglas, 12th Duke of Hamilton">12th Duke of Hamilton</a> in the 19th century, but although the 12th Duke was heir male of the 2nd Earl, the legal effect of this "confirmation" is doubtful.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hamiltonarms.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7f/Hamiltonarms.gif/200px-Hamiltonarms.gif" decoding="async" width="200" height="250" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7f/Hamiltonarms.gif/300px-Hamiltonarms.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7f/Hamiltonarms.gif/400px-Hamiltonarms.gif 2x" data-file-width="864" data-file-height="1082" /></a><figcaption>The undifferenced arms of the Chief of the Hamiltons from 1503 onwards</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Duke_of_Hamilton_Coat_of_Arms.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Duke_of_Hamilton_Coat_of_Arms.jpg/220px-Duke_of_Hamilton_Coat_of_Arms.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Duke_of_Hamilton_Coat_of_Arms.jpg/330px-Duke_of_Hamilton_Coat_of_Arms.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Duke_of_Hamilton_Coat_of_Arms.jpg/440px-Duke_of_Hamilton_Coat_of_Arms.jpg 2x" data-file-width="477" data-file-height="358" /></a><figcaption>Coat of arms on a <a href="/wiki/Derby_Porcelain" title="Derby Porcelain">Derby Porcelain</a> dinner service commissioned by the 8th Duke of Hamilton, circa 1780–90</figcaption></figure> <p>The 2nd Earl was succeeded by his eldest son, <a href="/wiki/James_Hamilton,_3rd_Earl_of_Arran" title="James Hamilton, 3rd Earl of Arran">James, 3rd Earl of Arran</a>, who had been proposed as a husband to Queen <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_I_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Elizabeth I of England">Elizabeth I of England</a> in 1561. In 1562 he was declared insane, and in 1581 he resigned the Earldom to <a href="/wiki/James_Stuart,_Earl_of_Arran" class="mw-redirect" title="James Stuart, Earl of Arran">James Stewart of Bothwellhaugh</a>. However, in 1586 his resignation was ruled by the <a href="/wiki/Court_of_Session" title="Court of Session">Court of Session</a> to be the act of a madman and his honours were restored. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Marquesses_and_Dukes_of_Hamilton">Marquesses and Dukes of Hamilton</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Duke_of_Hamilton&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Marquesses and Dukes of Hamilton"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 3rd Earl's younger brother <a href="/wiki/John_Hamilton,_1st_Marquess_of_Hamilton" title="John Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Hamilton">John Hamilton</a> (who was styled Lord Hamilton as is traditional for the younger sons of Earls<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) was appointed to administer his brother's estates. He was created <b>Marquess of Hamilton</b>, <b>Earl of Arran</b> and <b>Lord Aven</b> on 17 April 1599.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His son, <a href="/wiki/James_Hamilton,_2nd_Marquess_of_Hamilton" title="James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Hamilton">James, 2nd Marquess of Hamilton</a> (who had been created <b>Lord Aberbrothwick</b> (or <b>Arbroath</b>) on 5 May 1608,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> before he succeeded) moved to England with <a href="/wiki/James_I_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="James I of England">King James VI</a>, and invested into the <a href="/wiki/Somers_Isles_Company" title="Somers Isles Company">Somers Isles Company</a>, an offshoot of the <a href="/wiki/London_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="London Company">Virginia Company</a>, buying the shares of <a href="/wiki/Lucy_Russell,_Countess_of_Bedford" title="Lucy Russell, Countess of Bedford">Lucy Russell, Countess of Bedford</a>. The Parish of <a href="/wiki/Hamilton_Parish,_Bermuda" class="mw-redirect" title="Hamilton Parish, Bermuda">Hamilton</a> in the Somers Isles (now <a href="/wiki/Bermuda" title="Bermuda">Bermuda</a>) is named for him. Upon the death of his uncle in 1609 he succeeded as 4th Earl of Arran (of the 1503 creation) and 5th Lord Hamilton. He was also created <b>Earl of Cambridge</b> and <b>Baron Innerdale</b> in the <a href="/wiki/Peerage_of_England" title="Peerage of England">Peerage of England</a> on 16 June 1619. </p><p>His son, <a href="/wiki/James_Hamilton,_1st_Duke_of_Hamilton" title="James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton">James, 3rd Marquess of Hamilton</a>, was created <b>Duke of Hamilton</b>, <b>Marquess of Clydesdale</b>, <b>Earl of Arran and Cambridge</b> and <b>Lord Aven and Innerdale</b> on 12 April 1643,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with a special remainder allowing succession through the female line should his and his brother's heirs male fail. His son, Charles, Earl of Arran, died young and the 1st Duke's titles passed to his younger brother, <a href="/wiki/William_Hamilton,_2nd_Duke_of_Hamilton" title="William Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton">William, 2nd Duke of Hamilton</a>, who had already been created <b>Earl of Lanark</b> and <b>Lord Machanshire and Polmont</b> on 31 March 1639. A surrender and regrant in 1650 allowed these also to be inherited by the 1st Duke's elder daughter. Upon his death in 1651, with no further heirs in the immediate male line, the Dukedom (and the titles created with it), as well as the Earldom of Lanark (and the title created with it), passed to that daughter, <a href="/wiki/Anne_Hamilton,_3rd_Duchess_of_Hamilton" title="Anne Hamilton, 3rd Duchess of Hamilton">Anne, 3rd Duchess of Hamilton</a>. The 1503 Earldom of Arran and the Lordship of Hamilton became dormant,<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and all the other titles (the Marquessate of Hamilton, the 1599 Earldom of Arran and the Lordships of Hamilton, Aven and Aberbrothwick in the Peerage of Scotland, and the Earldom of Cambridge and the Barony of Innerdale in the Peerage of England) became extinct. </p><p>In 1656, the 3rd Duchess married <a href="/wiki/William_Hamilton,_Duke_of_Hamilton" title="William Hamilton, Duke of Hamilton">William Douglas, 1st Earl of Selkirk</a>, third son of <a href="/wiki/William_Douglas,_1st_Marquess_of_Douglas" title="William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas">William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas</a>. He had been created <b>Earl of Selkirk</b> and <b>Lord Daer and Shortcleuch</b> on 4 August 1646.<sup id="cite_ref-Balfour_Paul_1907_381_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Balfour_Paul_1907_381-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He changed his surname to "Hamilton", and on 20 September 1660 was created <b>Duke of Hamilton</b>, <b>Marquess of Clydesdale</b>, <b>Earl of Arran, Lanark and Selkirk</b> and <b>Lord Aven, Machanshire, Polmont and Daer</b> <a href="/wiki/Life_peerage" class="mw-redirect" title="Life peerage">for life</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Balfour_Paul_1907_381_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Balfour_Paul_1907_381-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1688, he resigned the Earldom of Selkirk and the Lordship of Daer and Shortcleuch, and those titles were regranted to his second son, with a special remainder designed to prevent them becoming merged with the Dukedom. (See <a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Selkirk" title="Earl of Selkirk">Earl of Selkirk</a> for the subsequent history of those titles, which were eventually inherited by the 12th Duke of Hamilton, becoming separated again from the Dukedom on the death of the 13th Duke in 1940). </p><p>On 9 July 1698, the 3rd Duchess resigned all her titles in favour of her eldest son, <a href="/wiki/James_Hamilton,_4th_Duke_of_Hamilton" title="James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton">James, Earl of Arran</a>, who thereby succeeded as 4th Duke in his mother's lifetime (his father had died in 1694). During the lead-up to the <a href="/wiki/Acts_of_Union_1707" title="Acts of Union 1707">Acts of Union 1707</a>, the 4th Duke was the leader of the anti-union party. He was created <b>Duke of Brandon</b>, in the <a href="/wiki/Suffolk" title="Suffolk">County of Suffolk</a>, and <b>Baron Dutton</b>, in the <a href="/wiki/Cheshire" title="Cheshire">County of Chester</a>, in the <a href="/wiki/Peerage_of_Great_Britain" title="Peerage of Great Britain">Peerage of Great Britain</a> on 10 September 1711,<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but was wrongfully refused a summons to the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Great_Britain" title="Parliament of Great Britain">Parliament of Great Britain</a> under that title (although he continued to sit as a <a href="/wiki/List_of_Scottish_representative_peers" title="List of Scottish representative peers">Scottish representative peer</a>). He was killed in <a href="/wiki/Hamilton-Mohun_Duel" class="mw-redirect" title="Hamilton-Mohun Duel">a celebrated duel</a> with <a href="/wiki/Charles_Mohun,_4th_Baron_Mohun" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Mohun, 4th Baron Mohun">Charles Mohun, 4th Baron Mohun</a> (who also died) in <a href="/wiki/Hyde_Park,_London" title="Hyde Park, London">Hyde Park</a> in <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a> on 15 November 1712. </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hamiltonpalacemorris_edited.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Hamiltonpalacemorris_edited.jpg/300px-Hamiltonpalacemorris_edited.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="212" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Hamiltonpalacemorris_edited.jpg/450px-Hamiltonpalacemorris_edited.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Hamiltonpalacemorris_edited.jpg/600px-Hamiltonpalacemorris_edited.jpg 2x" data-file-width="659" data-file-height="466" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_Palace" title="Hamilton Palace">Hamilton Palace</a>, the former family seat in <a href="/wiki/Hamilton,_South_Lanarkshire" title="Hamilton, South Lanarkshire">Hamilton</a>, circa 1880.</figcaption></figure> <p>The 4th Duke's son <a href="/wiki/James_Hamilton,_5th_Duke_of_Hamilton" title="James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Hamilton">James, 5th Duke of Hamilton</a> was succeeded by his son <a href="/wiki/James_Hamilton,_6th_Duke_of_Hamilton" title="James Hamilton, 6th Duke of Hamilton">James, 6th Duke of Hamilton</a> and he by his son <a href="/wiki/James_Hamilton,_7th_Duke_of_Hamilton" title="James Hamilton, 7th Duke of Hamilton">James, 7th Duke of Hamilton</a>. In 1761, the 7th Duke's second cousin twice removed, <a href="/wiki/Archibald_Douglas,_1st_Duke_of_Douglas" title="Archibald Douglas, 1st Duke of Douglas">Archibald Douglas, 1st Duke of Douglas</a>, died without an heir. As the Duke of Hamilton, though still using the surname "Hamilton", was patrilineally a "Douglas" (through the 3rd Duchess's husband), the 7th Duke became heir male of the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Douglas" class="mw-redirect" title="House of Douglas">House of Douglas</a> and inherited the Duke of Douglas's subsidiary titles (although not the Dukedom), succeeding as 4th Marquess of Douglas, 14th and 4th Earl of Angus and 4th Lord Abernethy and Jedburgh Forest. He died without issue and was succeeded by his brother <a href="/wiki/Douglas_Hamilton,_8th_Duke_of_Hamilton" title="Douglas Hamilton, 8th Duke of Hamilton">Douglas, 8th Duke of Hamilton</a>. He left no sons and the title passed back to his uncle, the 6th Duke's brother, <a href="/wiki/Archibald_Hamilton,_9th_Duke_of_Hamilton" title="Archibald Hamilton, 9th Duke of Hamilton">Archibald, 9th Duke of Hamilton</a>. He was succeeded by his son <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Hamilton,_10th_Duke_of_Hamilton" title="Alexander Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton">Alexander, 10th Duke of Hamilton</a> and then by his son <a href="/wiki/William_Hamilton,_11th_Duke_of_Hamilton" title="William Hamilton, 11th Duke of Hamilton">William, 11th Duke of Hamilton</a>. The 11th Duke's son <a href="/wiki/William_Hamilton_Douglas,_12th_Duke_of_Hamilton" class="mw-redirect" title="William Hamilton Douglas, 12th Duke of Hamilton">William, 12th Duke of Hamilton</a> (who changed his surname to "Hamilton Douglas") died without a male heir and the Dukedom passed to his fourth cousin <a href="/wiki/Alfred_Douglas-Hamilton,_13th_Duke_of_Hamilton" title="Alfred Douglas-Hamilton, 13th Duke of Hamilton">Alfred, 13th Duke of Hamilton</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHesilrige1921435_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHesilrige1921435-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who was descended from the 4th Duke of Hamilton and whose line of the family had adopted the surname "Douglas-Hamilton". His son was <a href="/wiki/Douglas_Douglas-Hamilton,_14th_Duke_of_Hamilton" title="Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton">Douglas, 14th Duke of Hamilton</a>, who was succeeded by his son <a href="/wiki/Angus_Douglas-Hamilton,_15th_Duke_of_Hamilton" title="Angus Douglas-Hamilton, 15th Duke of Hamilton">Angus, 15th Duke of Hamilton</a>. He died in 2010, and was succeeded by his son, the current Duke, <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Douglas-Hamilton,_16th_Duke_of_Hamilton" title="Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, 16th Duke of Hamilton">Alexander, 16th Duke of Hamilton</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Succession_to_the_Dukedom_of_Hamilton">Succession to the Dukedom of Hamilton</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Duke_of_Hamilton&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Succession to the Dukedom of Hamilton"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The letters patent that created the Dukedom of Hamilton contained a special remainder. It stipulated that the Dukedom should descend to: </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/Heirs_male" class="mw-redirect" title="Heirs male">heirs male</a> <a href="/wiki/Heirs_of_the_body" title="Heirs of the body">of the body</a> of the <a href="/wiki/James_Hamilton,_1st_Duke_of_Hamilton" title="James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton">grantee</a>, failing which to</li> <li>the grantee's <a href="/wiki/William_Hamilton,_2nd_Duke_of_Hamilton" title="William Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton">brother</a> and heirs male of the body of the grantee's brother, failing which to</li> <li>the grantee's <a href="/wiki/Anne_Hamilton,_3rd_Duchess_of_Hamilton" title="Anne Hamilton, 3rd Duchess of Hamilton">eldest daughter</a> and heirs male of her body, failing which to</li> <li>nearest heirs whatsoever of the grantee.<sup id="cite_ref-books.google.com_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-books.google.com-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ol> <p>As the first Duke and his brother (the second Duke) both died without surviving sons, the succession has, since 1651, been governed by the third rule given, with the dukedom going to the grantee's daughter (the third Duchess) and her heirs male. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="House_of_Douglas">House of Douglas</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Duke_of_Hamilton&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: House of Douglas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>George Douglas, an illegitimate son of <a href="/wiki/William_Douglas,_1st_Earl_of_Douglas" title="William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas">William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas</a>, was created <b>Earl of Angus</b> on 9 April 1389.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>His descendant, <a href="/wiki/William_Douglas,_1st_Marquess_of_Douglas" title="William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas">William, 11th Earl of Angus</a>, was created <b>Marquess of Douglas</b>, <b>Earl of Angus</b> and <b>Lord Abernethy and Jedburgh Forest</b> on 14 June 1633.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>His great-grandson, <a href="/wiki/Archibald_Douglas,_1st_Duke_of_Douglas" title="Archibald Douglas, 1st Duke of Douglas">Archibald, 3rd Marquess of Douglas</a>, was created <b>Duke of Douglas</b>, <b>Marquess of Angus and Abernethy</b>, <b>Viscount of Jedburgh Forest</b> and <b>Lord Douglas of Bonkill, Prestoun and Robertoun</b> on 10 April 1703. </p><p>He died, married but childless, in 1761, at which point the Dukedom of Douglas (and the titles created with it) became extinct, but the Marquessate of Douglas, both Earldoms of Angus and the Lordship of Abernethy and Jedburgh Forest passed to his second cousin twice removed and heir male, <a href="/wiki/James_Hamilton,_7th_Duke_of_Hamilton" title="James Hamilton, 7th Duke of Hamilton">James Hamilton, 7th Duke of Hamilton</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Arms">Arms</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Duke_of_Hamilton&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Arms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="max-width: 100%"> <caption class="nowrap">Coat of arms of Duke of Hamilton </caption> <tbody><tr> <td style="width: 220px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Duke_of_Hamilton_and_Brandon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Duke_of_Hamilton_and_Brandon.svg/200px-Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Duke_of_Hamilton_and_Brandon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="245" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Duke_of_Hamilton_and_Brandon.svg/300px-Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Duke_of_Hamilton_and_Brandon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Duke_of_Hamilton_and_Brandon.svg/400px-Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Duke_of_Hamilton_and_Brandon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1380" data-file-height="1692" /></a></span> </td> <td style="min-width:175px;"> <dl><dt>Crest</dt> <dd>1st, on a Ducal Coronet an Oak Tree rutted and penetrated transversely in the main stem by a Frame Saw proper the frame Or (Hamilton); 2nd, on a Chapeau Gules turned up Ermine a Salamander in flames proper (Douglas)</dd> <dt>Escutcheon</dt> <dd>Quarterly: 1st and 4th grandquarters: quarterly: 1st and 4th, Gules three Cinquefoils Ermine (Hamilton); 2nd and 3rd, Argent a Lymphad with the sails furled proper flagged Gules (Arran); 2nd and 3rd grandquarters: Argent a Heart Gules imperially crowned Or on a Chief Azure three Mullets of the first (Douglas)</dd> <dt>Supporters</dt> <dd>On either side an Antelope Argent armed unguled ducally gorged and chained Or</dd> <dt>Motto</dt> <dd>Over 1st crest: Through; Over 2nd crest: Jamais Arriere (Never Behind)</dd></dl> </td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bookplate-Hamilton_Duke_of_Brandon.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Bookplate showing an early coat of arms for the Duke of Hamilton and Brandon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Bookplate-Hamilton_Duke_of_Brandon.jpg/220px-Bookplate-Hamilton_Duke_of_Brandon.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="350" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Bookplate-Hamilton_Duke_of_Brandon.jpg/330px-Bookplate-Hamilton_Duke_of_Brandon.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Bookplate-Hamilton_Duke_of_Brandon.jpg/440px-Bookplate-Hamilton_Duke_of_Brandon.jpg 2x" data-file-width="643" data-file-height="1024" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Bookplate" class="mw-redirect" title="Bookplate">Bookplate</a> showing an early <a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms" title="Coat of arms">coat of arms</a> for the Duke of Hamilton and Brandon</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms" title="Coat of arms">arms</a> of the current Duke of Hamilton and Brandon are: <i>quarterly: 1st and 4th grand quarters: quarterly: 1st and 4th, Gules three Cinquefoils Ermine (for Hamilton); 2nd and 3rd, Argent a Lymphad with the sails furled proper flagged Gules (for Arran); 2nd and 3rd grand quarters: Argent a Heart Gules imperially crowned Or on a Chief Azure three Mullets of the first (for Douglas)</i>. </p><p>The achievement has two <a href="/wiki/Crest_(heraldry)" title="Crest (heraldry)">crests</a>, namely: <i>1st, on a Ducal Coronet an Oak Tree rutted and penetrated transversely in the main stem by a Frame Saw proper the frame Or (for Hamilton); 2nd, on a Chapeau Gules turned up Ermine a Salamander in flames proper (for Douglas)</i>. The <a href="/wiki/Supporters_(heraldry)" class="mw-redirect" title="Supporters (heraldry)">supporters</a> are: <i>on either side an Antelope Argent armed unguled ducally gorged and chained Or</i>. Each crest has a <a href="/wiki/Scottish_heraldry" title="Scottish heraldry">motto</a>, namely "<i>Through</i>" (over the 1st crest) and "<i>Jamais Arriere</i>" ("<i>Never Behind</i>") (over the 2nd crest). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_titleholders">List of titleholders</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Duke_of_Hamilton&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: List of titleholders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lairds_of_Cadzow_(c._1315)"><span id="Lairds_of_Cadzow_.28c._1315.29"></span>Lairds of Cadzow (c. 1315)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Duke_of_Hamilton&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Lairds of Cadzow (c. 1315)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Walter_fitz_Gilbert_of_Cadzow" title="Walter fitz Gilbert of Cadzow">Sir Walter fitz Gilbert</a>, 1st of Cadzow (c. 1250– bef. 1336)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_fitz_Walter_of_Cadzow" title="David fitz Walter of Cadzow">Sir David fitz Walter</a>, 2nd of Cadzow (c. 1310–1374/1378)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Hamilton_of_Cadzow" title="David Hamilton of Cadzow">Sir David Hamilton</a>, 3rd of Cadzow (c. 1333–c. 1392)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Hamilton_of_Cadzow" title="John Hamilton of Cadzow">Sir John Hamilton</a>, 4th of Cadzow (died bef. 1410)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Hamilton_of_Cadzow" title="James Hamilton of Cadzow">Sir James Hamilton</a>, 5th of Cadzow (died bef. 1441)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Hamilton,_1st_Lord_Hamilton" title="James Hamilton, 1st Lord Hamilton">Sir James Hamilton</a>, 6th of Cadzow (died 1479) (created Lord Hamilton in 1445)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lords_Hamilton_(1445)"><span id="Lords_Hamilton_.281445.29"></span>Lords Hamilton (1445)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Duke_of_Hamilton&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Lords Hamilton (1445)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/James_Hamilton,_1st_Lord_Hamilton" title="James Hamilton, 1st Lord Hamilton">James Hamilton, 1st Lord Hamilton</a> (died 1479)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Hamilton,_1st_Earl_of_Arran" title="James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Arran">James Hamilton, 2nd Lord Hamilton</a> (c.1475–1529) (created Earl of Arran in 1503)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Earls_of_Arran,_second_Creation_(1503)"><span id="Earls_of_Arran.2C_second_Creation_.281503.29"></span>Earls of Arran, second Creation (1503)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Duke_of_Hamilton&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Earls of Arran, second Creation (1503)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/James_Hamilton,_1st_Earl_of_Arran" title="James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Arran">James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Arran</a> (c. 1475–1529)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Hamilton,_Duke_of_Ch%C3%A2tellerault" title="James Hamilton, Duke of Châtellerault">James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran</a> (1515–1575) (also <a href="/wiki/Duke_of_Ch%C3%A2tellerault" title="Duke of Châtellerault">Duke of Châtellerault</a> in the <a href="/wiki/French_nobility" title="French nobility">French nobility</a> from 1548 until 1559)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Hamilton,_3rd_Earl_of_Arran" title="James Hamilton, 3rd Earl of Arran">James Hamilton, 3rd Earl of Arran</a> (1533/1538–1609) (under <a href="/wiki/Attainder" title="Attainder">attainder</a> 1579–1585)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Hamilton,_2nd_Marquess_of_Hamilton" title="James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Hamilton">James Hamilton, 4th Earl of Arran</a> (1589–1625) (had already succeeded as 2nd Marquess of Hamilton)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Marquesses_of_Hamilton_(1599)"><span id="Marquesses_of_Hamilton_.281599.29"></span>Marquesses of Hamilton (1599)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Duke_of_Hamilton&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Marquesses of Hamilton (1599)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Hamilton,_1st_Marquess_of_Hamilton" title="John Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Hamilton">John Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Hamilton</a> (c. 1535–1604) (created Marquess of Hamilton in the lifetime of his elder brother, the 3rd Earl of Arran)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Hamilton,_2nd_Marquess_of_Hamilton" title="James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Hamilton">James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Hamilton, 1st Earl of Cambridge</a> (1589–1625) (succeeded as 4th Earl of Arran in 1609)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Hamilton,_1st_Duke_of_Hamilton" title="James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton">James Hamilton, 3rd Marquess of Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Cambridge</a> (1606–1649) (created Duke of Hamilton in 1643) <ul><li>Charles Hamilton, Earl of Arran (1634–1640) (eldest son of the 3rd Marquess, predeceased his father in childhood)</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dukes_of_Hamilton_(1643)"><span id="Dukes_of_Hamilton_.281643.29"></span>Dukes of Hamilton (1643)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Duke_of_Hamilton&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Dukes of Hamilton (1643)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/James_Hamilton,_1st_Duke_of_Hamilton" title="James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton">James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Cambridge</a> (1606–1649) <ul><li>Charles Hamilton, Earl of Arran (died 1640)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Hamilton,_2nd_Duke_of_Hamilton" title="William Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton">William Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton, 3rd Earl of Cambridge</a> (1616–1651) <ul><li>James Hamilton, Lord Polmont (died 1648)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anne_Hamilton,_3rd_Duchess_of_Hamilton" title="Anne Hamilton, 3rd Duchess of Hamilton">Anne Hamilton, 3rd Duchess of Hamilton</a> (c. 1631–1716) (resigned the Dukedom in her son's favour in 1698)</li></ul> <dl><dd>m. <a href="/wiki/William_Hamilton,_Duke_of_Hamilton" title="William Hamilton, Duke of Hamilton">William Douglas <i>later</i> Hamilton, Duke of Hamilton, 1st Earl of Selkirk</a> (1635–1694) (created Duke of Hamilton for life in 1660)</dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/James_Hamilton,_4th_Duke_of_Hamilton" title="James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton">James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton, 1st Duke of Brandon</a> (1658–1712) (created Duke of Brandon in 1711)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Hamilton,_5th_Duke_of_Hamilton" title="James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Hamilton">James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Brandon</a> (1703–1743)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Hamilton,_6th_Duke_of_Hamilton" title="James Hamilton, 6th Duke of Hamilton">James Hamilton, 6th Duke of Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Brandon</a> (1724–1758)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Hamilton,_7th_Duke_of_Hamilton" title="James Hamilton, 7th Duke of Hamilton">James Hamilton, 7th Duke of Hamilton, 4th Duke of Brandon</a> (1755–1769) (succeeded as 4th Marquess of Douglas in 1761)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_Hamilton,_8th_Duke_of_Hamilton" title="Douglas Hamilton, 8th Duke of Hamilton">Douglas Hamilton, 8th Duke of Hamilton, 5th Duke of Brandon</a> (1756–1799)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archibald_Hamilton,_9th_Duke_of_Hamilton" title="Archibald Hamilton, 9th Duke of Hamilton">Archibald Hamilton, 9th Duke of Hamilton, 6th Duke of Brandon</a> (1740–1819)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Hamilton,_10th_Duke_of_Hamilton" title="Alexander Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton">Alexander Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton, 7th Duke of Brandon</a> (1767–1852)<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Hamilton,_11th_Duke_of_Hamilton" title="William Hamilton, 11th Duke of Hamilton">William Hamilton, 11th Duke of Hamilton, 8th Duke of Brandon</a> (1811–1863)<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Douglas-Hamilton,_12th_Duke_of_Hamilton" title="William Douglas-Hamilton, 12th Duke of Hamilton">William Alexander Louis Stephen Douglas-Hamilton, 12th Duke of Hamilton, 9th Duke of Brandon, 8th Earl of Selkirk</a> (1845–1895)<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alfred_Douglas-Hamilton,_13th_Duke_of_Hamilton" title="Alfred Douglas-Hamilton, 13th Duke of Hamilton">Alfred Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 13th Duke of Hamilton, 10th Duke of Brandon, 9th Earl of Selkirk</a> (1862–1940)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_Douglas-Hamilton,_14th_Duke_of_Hamilton" title="Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton">Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton, 11th Duke of Brandon</a> (1903–1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angus_Douglas-Hamilton,_15th_Duke_of_Hamilton" title="Angus Douglas-Hamilton, 15th Duke of Hamilton">Angus Alan Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 15th Duke of Hamilton, 12th Duke of Brandon</a> (1938–2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Douglas-Hamilton,_16th_Duke_of_Hamilton" title="Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, 16th Duke of Hamilton">Alexander Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 16th Duke of Hamilton, 13th Duke of Brandon</a> (born 1978)</li></ul> <p>The heir apparent is the present Duke's eldest son Douglas Charles Douglas-Hamilton, Marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale (born 2012).<sup id="cite_ref-DBP_Hamilton_and_Brandon_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DBP_Hamilton_and_Brandon-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Line_of_succession">Line of succession</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Duke_of_Hamilton&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Line of succession"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1256386598">.mw-parser-output .cot-header-mainspace{background:#F0F2F5;color:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cot-header-other{background:#CCFFCC;color:inherit}@media 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1px Silver; padding: 0.6em; background: var(--background-color-base, #fff);"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1116488514">.mw-parser-output .treeview ul{padding:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .treeview li{padding:0;margin:0;list-style-type:none;list-style-image:none}.mw-parser-output .treeview li li{background:url("https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/Treeview-grey-line.png")no-repeat 0 -2981px;padding-left:21px;text-indent:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .treeview li li:last-child{background-position:0 -5971px}.mw-parser-output .treeview li.emptyline>ul>.mw-empty-elt:first-child+.emptyline,.mw-parser-output .treeview li.emptyline>ul>li:first-child{background-position:0 9px}</style><div class="treeview"> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coronet_of_a_British_Duke.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Coronet_of_a_British_Duke.svg/35px-Coronet_of_a_British_Duke.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Coronet_of_a_British_Duke.svg/53px-Coronet_of_a_British_Duke.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Coronet_of_a_British_Duke.svg/70px-Coronet_of_a_British_Duke.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="248" data-file-height="199" /></a></span> <i>James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton, 1st Duke of Brandon (1660–1724)</i> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Lord_Anne_Hamilton" title="Lord Anne Hamilton">Lord Anne Hamilton</a> (1709–1748)</i> <ul><li><i>Admiral <a href="/wiki/Charles_Powell_Hamilton" title="Charles Powell Hamilton">Charles Powell Hamilton</a> (1747–1825)</i> <ul><li><i>Augustus Barrington Price Anne Powell Douglas-Hamilton (1781–1849)</i> <ul><li><i>Captain Charles Henry Douglas-Hamilton (1808–1873)</i> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coronet_of_a_British_Duke.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Coronet_of_a_British_Duke.svg/35px-Coronet_of_a_British_Duke.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Coronet_of_a_British_Duke.svg/53px-Coronet_of_a_British_Duke.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Coronet_of_a_British_Duke.svg/70px-Coronet_of_a_British_Duke.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="248" data-file-height="199" /></a></span> <i>Alfred Douglas-Hamilton, 13th Duke of Hamilton, 10th Duke of Brandon, 9th Earl of Selkirk (1862–1940)</i> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coronet_of_a_British_Duke.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Coronet_of_a_British_Duke.svg/35px-Coronet_of_a_British_Duke.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Coronet_of_a_British_Duke.svg/53px-Coronet_of_a_British_Duke.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Coronet_of_a_British_Duke.svg/70px-Coronet_of_a_British_Duke.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="248" data-file-height="199" /></a></span> <i>Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton, 11th Duke of Brandon (1903–1973)</i> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coronet_of_a_British_Duke.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Coronet_of_a_British_Duke.svg/35px-Coronet_of_a_British_Duke.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Coronet_of_a_British_Duke.svg/53px-Coronet_of_a_British_Duke.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Coronet_of_a_British_Duke.svg/70px-Coronet_of_a_British_Duke.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="248" data-file-height="199" /></a></span> <i>Angus Douglas-Hamilton, 15th Duke of Hamilton, 12th Duke of Brandon (1938–2010)</i> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coronet_of_a_British_Duke.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Coronet_of_a_British_Duke.svg/35px-Coronet_of_a_British_Duke.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Coronet_of_a_British_Duke.svg/53px-Coronet_of_a_British_Duke.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Coronet_of_a_British_Duke.svg/70px-Coronet_of_a_British_Duke.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="248" data-file-height="199" /></a></span> <b>Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, 16th Duke of Hamilton, 13th Duke of Brandon</b> (<span style="white-space:nowrap;"><abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1978</span>) <ul><li><b>(1).</b> Douglas Charles Douglas-Hamilton, Marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale (<span style="white-space:nowrap;"><abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 2012</span>)</li> <li><b>(2).</b> Lord William Frederick Douglas-Hamilton (<span style="white-space:nowrap;"><abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 2014</span>)</li> <li><b>(3).</b> Lord Basil George Douglas-Hamilton (<span style="white-space:nowrap;"><abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 2016</span>)</li></ul></li> <li><b>(4).</b> Lord John William Douglas-Hamilton (<span style="white-space:nowrap;"><abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1979</span>)</li></ul></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg/35px-Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="27" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg/53px-Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg/70px-Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="256" data-file-height="199" /></a></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coronet_of_a_British_Baron.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Coronet_of_a_British_Baron.svg/35px-Coronet_of_a_British_Baron.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Coronet_of_a_British_Baron.svg/53px-Coronet_of_a_British_Baron.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Coronet_of_a_British_Baron.svg/70px-Coronet_of_a_British_Baron.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="220" data-file-height="179" /></a></span> <i><a href="/wiki/James_Douglas-Hamilton,_Baron_Selkirk_of_Douglas" title="James Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of Douglas">James Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, 11th Earl of Selkirk, Baron Selkirk of Douglas</a></i> (1942–2023) <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg/35px-Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="27" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg/53px-Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg/70px-Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="256" data-file-height="199" /></a></span> <b>(5).</b> John Andrew Douglas-Hamilton, 12th Earl of Selkirk (<span style="white-space:nowrap;"><abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1978</span>)</li> <li><b>(6).</b> Hon. Charles Douglas Douglas-Hamilton (<span style="white-space:nowrap;"><abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1979</span>)</li> <li><b>(7).</b> Hon. James Robert Douglas-Hamilton (<span style="white-space:nowrap;"><abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1981</span>)</li> <li><b>(8).</b> Hon. Harry Alexander Douglas-Hamilton (<span style="white-space:nowrap;"><abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1981</span>)</li></ul></li> <li><i>Lord Hugh Malcolm Douglas-Hamilton (1946–1995)</i> <ul><li><b>(9).</b> Brendan Thomas Douglas-Hamilton (<span style="white-space:nowrap;"><abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1974</span>)</li></ul></li> <li><b>(10).</b> Lord Patrick George Douglas-Hamilton (<span style="white-space:nowrap;"><abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1950</span>)</li></ul></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg/35px-Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="27" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg/53px-Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg/70px-Coronet_of_a_British_Earl.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="256" data-file-height="199" /></a></span> <i><a href="/wiki/George_Douglas-Hamilton,_10th_Earl_of_Selkirk" title="George Douglas-Hamilton, 10th Earl of Selkirk">George Douglas-Hamilton, 10th Earl of Selkirk</a> (1906–1994)</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lord_Malcolm_Douglas-Hamilton" title="Lord Malcolm Douglas-Hamilton">Lord Malcolm Avondale Douglas-Hamilton</a> (1909–1964)</i> <ul><li><b>(11).</b> Alasdair Malcolm Douglas-Hamilton (<span style="white-space:nowrap;"><abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1939</span>) <ul><li><b>(12).</b> Angus Gavin Douglas-Hamilton (<span style="white-space:nowrap;"><abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1968</span>) <ul><li><b>(13).</b> William Niall Douglas-Hamilton (<span style="white-space:nowrap;"><abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1999</span>)</li></ul></li> <li><b>(14).</b> Geordie Fergus Douglas-Hamilton (<span style="white-space:nowrap;"><abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1969</span>)</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lord_David_Douglas-Hamilton" title="Lord David Douglas-Hamilton">Lord David Douglas-Hamilton</a> (1912–1944)</i> <ul><li><b>(15).</b> <a href="/wiki/Iain_Douglas-Hamilton" title="Iain Douglas-Hamilton">Iain Douglas-Hamilton</a> (<span style="white-space:nowrap;"><abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1942</span>)</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><i>Francis Seymour Douglas-Hamilton (1811–1874)</i> <ul><li><i>Algernon Percy Douglas-Hamilton (1844–1891)</i> <ul><li><i>Percy Seymour Douglas-Hamilton (1875–1940)</i> <ul><li><i>John Percy Douglas-Hamilton (1930–2008)</i> <ul><li><b>(16).</b> John Gavin Douglas-Hamilton (<span style="white-space:nowrap;"><abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1957</span>)</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><i>Aubrey Reginald Douglas-Hamilton (1851–1933)</i> <ul><li><i>Herbert Eustace Seymour Douglas-Hamilton (1886–1963)</i> <ul><li><b>(17).</b> Cecil Seymour Douglas-Hamilton (<span style="white-space:nowrap;"><abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1916</span>)</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <p>The next heir is (under provision 4 of the special remainder) the heir whatsoever of the 3rd Duchess, namely <a href="/wiki/Edward_Stanley,_19th_Earl_of_Derby" title="Edward Stanley, 19th Earl of Derby">Edward Stanley, 19th Earl of Derby</a> (<span style="white-space:nowrap;"><abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1962</span>) (a descendant of the 6th Duke through his only daughter, Lady Elizabeth Hamilton, who married <a href="/wiki/Edward_Smith-Stanley,_12th_Earl_of_Derby" title="Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby">Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby</a>). Lord Derby is not, however, an heir to the Marquessate of Douglas and its subsidiary titles, which would pass to the heir male (a junior-line descendant of one of the Earls of Angus, as the heirs male of the body of the 3rd Duchess are the only remaining heirs male of the body of the 1st Marquess of Douglas).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="The text near this tag may need clarification or removal of jargon. (April 2019)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> He is also not an heir to the Dukedom of Brandon or the Barony of Dutton, which are limited to the heirs male of the body of the 3rd Duchess. </p> </div> <p><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DBP_Hamilton_and_Brandon_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DBP_Hamilton_and_Brandon-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Family_Tree">Family Tree</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Duke_of_Hamilton&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Family 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(Scotland), and <a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Selkirk" title="Earl of Selkirk">Selkirk</a> with subsidiary and courtesy titles </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center"> <table style="border-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate;"> <tbody><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em;border-color:#20F; border-width:2px"><a href="/wiki/James_II_of_Scotland" title="James II of Scotland">James II</a><br />1430–1460<br />King of Scotland</td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;border-bottom:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:0px solid;padding:0.2em"><i><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Arran_(Scotland)" title="Earl of Arran (Scotland)">Earl of Arran (Scotland)</a> (1st creation), 1467</i></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:0px solid;padding:0.2em"><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Lord Hamilton</a>, 1445</i></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Boyd,_Earl_of_Arran" title="Thomas Boyd, Earl of Arran">Thomas Boyd</a><br /><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><abbr title="died">d.</abbr> <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1473</span></span><br /><b>Earl of Arran</b></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px dashed;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/Mary_Stewart,_Countess_of_Arran" title="Mary Stewart, Countess of Arran">Mary Stewart</a><br />1453–1488<br />dowager Countess of Arran</td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px dashed;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/James_Hamilton,_1st_Lord_Hamilton" title="James Hamilton, 1st Lord Hamilton">James Hamilton</a><br /><abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1415</span>–1479<br /><b>1st Lord Hamilton</b></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em;border-color:#20F; border-width:2px"><a href="/wiki/James_III_of_Scotland" title="James III of Scotland">James III</a><br />1451–1488<br />King of Scotland</td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:0px solid;padding:0.2em"><i>Earldom of Arran (1st creation) forfeit, 1469</i></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;border-bottom:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:0px solid;padding:0.2em"><i><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Arran_(Scotland)" title="Earl of Arran (Scotland)">Earl of Arran (Scotland)</a> (2nd creation), 1503</i></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/James_Hamilton,_1st_Earl_of_Arran" title="James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Arran">James Hamilton</a><br /><abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1475</span>–1529<br /><b>2nd Lord Hamilton, 1st Earl of Arran</b></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em;border-color:#20F; border-width:2px"><a href="/wiki/James_IV_of_Scotland" title="James IV of Scotland">James IV</a><br />1473–1513<br />King of Scotland</td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px dashed;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em">Catherine Stewart (<i>illegit.</i>)<br /><abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1495</span>–1554</td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px dashed;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/James_Douglas,_3rd_Earl_of_Morton" title="James Douglas, 3rd Earl of Morton">James Douglas</a><br /><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1548</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Morton" title="Earl of Morton">Earl of Morton</a></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:0px solid;padding:0.2em"><i><a href="/wiki/Duke_of_Ch%C3%A2tellerault" title="Duke of Châtellerault">Duke of Châtellerault (France)</a> (5th creation), 1548</i></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;border-bottom:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/James_Hamilton,_Duke_of_Ch%C3%A2tellerault" title="James Hamilton, Duke of Châtellerault">James Hamilton</a><br /><abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1516</span>–1575<br /><b>2nd Earl of Arran, 3rd Lord Hamilton</b>, 1st <a href="/wiki/Duke_of_Ch%C3%A2tellerault" title="Duke of Châtellerault">Duke of Châtellerault</a></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px dashed;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px dashed;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px dashed;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px dashed;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px dashed;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em">Margaret Douglas<br /><abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1510</span>–1579</td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:0px solid;padding:0.2em"><i>Dukedom of Châtellerault (5th creation) forfeit, 1559</i></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;border-bottom:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:0px solid;padding:0.2em"><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Marquess of Hamilton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Arran_(Scotland)" title="Earl of Arran (Scotland)">Earl of Arran</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Lord_Aven" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord Aven">Lord Aven</a>, 1599</i></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:0px solid;padding:0.2em"><i>Lord Paisley, 1587</i></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/James_Hamilton,_3rd_Earl_of_Arran" title="James Hamilton, 3rd Earl of Arran">James Hamilton</a><br /><abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1533</span>–1609<br /><b>3rd Earl of Arran, 4th Lord Hamilton</b></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/Anne_Hamilton,_Countess_of_Huntly" title="Anne Hamilton, Countess of Huntly">Anne Hamilton</a><br /><abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1535</span> – c.<span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1574</span><br /><i>m.</i> <a href="/wiki/George_Gordon,_5th_Earl_of_Huntly" title="George Gordon, 5th Earl of Huntly">George Gordon</a> <a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Huntly" class="mw-redirect" title="Earl of Huntly">Earl of Huntly</a></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/John_Hamilton,_1st_Marquess_of_Hamilton" title="John Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Hamilton">John Hamilton</a><br />1540–1604<br /><b>1st Marquess of Hamilton</b></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/Claud_Hamilton,_1st_Lord_Paisley" title="Claud Hamilton, 1st Lord Paisley">Claud Hamilton</a><br />1546–1621<br />1st Lord Paisley</td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:0px solid;padding:0.2em"><i><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Cambridge" title="Earl of Cambridge">Earl of Cambridge (England)</a> (4th creation) and <a href="/wiki/Baron_of_Innerdale" class="mw-redirect" title="Baron of Innerdale">Baron of Innerdale</a>, 1619</i></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:0px solid;padding:0.2em"><i>Lord Abercorn, 1603<br /><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Abercorn" class="mw-redirect" title="Earl of Abercorn">Earl of Abercorn</a>, 1606</i></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em;border:0px"><i><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Angus" title="Earl of Angus">Earls of Angus</a></i></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/George_Gordon,_1st_Marquess_of_Huntly" title="George Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly">George Gordon</a><br />1562–1636<br /><a href="/wiki/Marquess_of_Huntly" title="Marquess of Huntly">Marquess of Huntly</a></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/James_Hamilton,_2nd_Marquess_of_Hamilton" title="James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Hamilton">James Hamilton</a><br />1589–1625<br /><b>2nd Marquess of Hamilton, 4th Earl of Arran, 1st Earl of Cambridge and Baron of Innerdale, 5th Lord Hamilton, Lord Aberbrothwick/Arbroath</b></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/James_Hamilton,_1st_Earl_of_Abercorn" title="James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn">James Hamilton</a><br />1575–1618<br /><b>1st Earl of Abercorn and Lord Abercorn</b></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;border-bottom:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:0px solid;padding:0.2em"><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Duke of Hamilton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marquess_of_Clydesdale" class="mw-redirect" title="Marquess of Clydesdale">Marquess of Clydesdale</a>, <a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Arran_and_Cambridge" class="mw-redirect" title="Earl of Arran and Cambridge">Earl of Arran and Cambridge (Scotland)</a> and <a href="/wiki/Baron_of_Aven_and_Innerdale" class="mw-redirect" title="Baron of Aven and Innerdale">Baron of Aven and Innerdale</a>, 1643</i></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:0px solid;padding:0.2em"><i><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Lanark" class="mw-redirect" title="Earl of Lanark">Earl of Lanark</a>, 1639</i></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:0px solid;padding:0.2em"><i><a href="/wiki/Baron_Hamilton_of_Strabane" title="Baron Hamilton of Strabane">Baron Hamilton of Strabane</a>, 1617</i></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/William_Douglas,_1st_Marquess_of_Douglas" title="William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas">William Douglas</a><br />1589–1660<br /><a href="/wiki/Marquess_of_Douglas" class="mw-redirect" title="Marquess of Douglas">Marquess of Douglas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Angus" title="Earl of Angus">Earl of Angus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lord_Abernethy" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord Abernethy">Lord Abernethy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lord_Bonkyll_and_Preston" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord Bonkyll and Preston">Lord Bonkyll and Preston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lord_Jedburgh_Forest" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord Jedburgh Forest">Lord Jedburgh Forest</a></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px dashed;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em">Mary Gordon<br /><abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1600</span>–1674</td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/James_Hamilton,_1st_Duke_of_Hamilton" title="James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton">James Hamilton</a><br />1606–1649<br /><b>1st Duke of Hamilton, Marquess of Clydesdale, Earl of Arran and Cambridge, and Lord Aven and Innerdale, 3rd Marquess of Hamilton, 5th Earl of Arran, 2nd Earl of Cambridge and Baron of Innerdale</b></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/William_Hamilton,_2nd_Duke_of_Hamilton" title="William Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton">William Hamilton</a><br />1616–1651<br /><b>2nd Duke of Hamilton, Marquess of Clydesdale, Earl of Arran and Cambridge, and Lord Aven and Innerdale, 1st Earl of Lanark, 6th Earl of Arran, 3rd Earl of Cambridge and Baron of Innerdale</b></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/James_Hamilton,_2nd_Earl_of_Abercorn" title="James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Abercorn">James Hamilton</a><br /><abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1604</span> – c.<span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1670</span><br /><b>2nd Earl of Abercorn and Lord Abercorn, 2nd Lord Paisley, 1st Lord Hamilton of Strabane</b></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/Claud_Hamilton,_2nd_Baron_Hamilton_of_Strabane" title="Claud Hamilton, 2nd Baron Hamilton of Strabane">Claud Hamilton</a><br /><abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1606</span>–1638<br /><b>2nd Lord Hamilton of Strabane</b></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/Sir_George_Hamilton,_1st_Baronet,_of_Donalong" title="Sir George Hamilton, 1st Baronet, of Donalong">George Hamilton</a><br /><abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1607</span>–1679</td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;border-bottom:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:0px solid;padding:0.2em"><i>Earldom of Cambridge (4th creation) and Barony of Innerdale extinct and Earldom of Arran (2nd creation) dormant, 1651</i></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:0px solid;padding:0.2em"><i><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Selkirk" title="Earl of Selkirk">Earl of Selkirk</a> and Lord Daer and Shortcleuch, 1646</i></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em;border-width:0"><i>see <a href="/wiki/Template:Earl_of_Ormond_family_tree" title="Template:Earl of Ormond family tree">Earl of Ormond family tree</a> for Earls of Angus, etc.</i></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/William_Hamilton,_Duke_of_Hamilton" title="William Hamilton, Duke of Hamilton">William Douglas (Hamilton)</a><br />1634–1694<br /><b><i><a href="/wiki/Jure_uxoris" title="Jure uxoris">jure uxoris</a></i> Duke of Hamilton, Marquess of Clydesdale, Earl of Arran and Cambridge, and Lord Aven and Innerdale,<br /><i>suo jure</i> 1st Earl of Selkirk and Lord Daer and Shortcleuch</b></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px dashed;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/Anne_Hamilton,_3rd_Duchess_of_Hamilton" title="Anne Hamilton, 3rd Duchess of Hamilton">Anne Hamilton</a><br />1631–1716<br /><b><i>suo jure</i> 3rd Duchess of Hamilton, Marchioness of Clydesdale, Countess of Arran and Cambridge, and Lady Aven and Innerdale, 2nd Countess of Lanark</b></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/George_Hamilton,_3rd_Earl_of_Abercorn" title="George Hamilton, 3rd Earl of Abercorn">George Hamilton</a><br /><abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1636</span> – c.<span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1680</span><br /><b>3rd Earl of Abercorn and Lord Abercorn</b></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/James_Hamilton,_Lord_Paisley" title="James Hamilton, Lord Paisley">James Hamilton</a><br /><abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1633</span> – c.<span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1670</span><br />Lord Paisley</td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/James_Hamilton,_3rd_Baron_Hamilton_of_Strabane" title="James Hamilton, 3rd Baron Hamilton of Strabane">James Hamilton</a><br />1633–1655<br /><b>3rd Lord Hamilton of Strabane</b></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/George_Hamilton,_4th_Baron_Hamilton_of_Strabane" title="George Hamilton, 4th Baron Hamilton of Strabane">George Hamilton</a><br /><abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1636</span>–1668<br /><b>4th Lord Hamilton of Strabane</b></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/James_Hamilton_(English_army_officer)" class="mw-redirect" title="James Hamilton (English army officer)">James Hamilton</a><br /><abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1620</span>–1673</td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:0px solid;padding:0.2em"><i>Ceded Dukedom of Hamilton to 4th Duke, 1698</i></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;border-bottom:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;border-bottom:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:0px solid;padding:0.2em"><i><a href="/wiki/Duke_of_Brandon" class="mw-redirect" title="Duke of Brandon">Duke of Brandon</a> and Baron Dutton, 1711</i></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:0px solid;padding:0.2em"><i><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Ruglen" title="Earl of Ruglen">Earl of Ruglen</a>, 1697</i></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:0px solid;padding:0.2em"><i><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Orkney" title="Earl of Orkney">Earl of Orkney</a> (3rd creation), 1697</i></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:0px solid;padding:0.2em"><i><a href="/wiki/Viscount_Strabane" class="mw-redirect" title="Viscount Strabane">Viscount Strabane</a> and <a href="/wiki/Baron_Mountcastle" class="mw-redirect" title="Baron Mountcastle">Baron Mountcastle</a>, 1701</i></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/James_Hamilton,_4th_Duke_of_Hamilton" title="James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton">James Hamilton</a><br />1658–1712<br /><b>4th Duke of Hamilton, Marquess of Clydesdale, Earl of Arran and Cambridge, and Lord Aven and Innerdale, 1st Duke of Brandon and Baron Dutton, 3rd Earl of Lanark and Lord Machansyre and Polmont</b></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Douglas,_2nd_Earl_of_Selkirk" title="Charles Douglas, 2nd Earl of Selkirk">Charles Douglas</a><br />1663–1739<br /><b>2nd Earl of Selkirk and Lord Daer and Shortcleuch</b></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/John_Hamilton,_3rd_Earl_of_Selkirk" title="John Hamilton, 3rd Earl of Selkirk">John Douglas-Hamilton</a><br />1664–1744<br /><b>3rd Earl of Selkirk and Lord Daer and Shortcleuch, 1st Earl of Ruglen</b></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/George_Hamilton,_1st_Earl_of_Orkney" title="George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney">George Hamilton</a><br />1666–1737<br />1st Earl of Orkney</td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/Lord_Basil_Hamilton" title="Lord Basil Hamilton">Basil Hamilton</a><br />1671–1701</td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em">Catherine Hamilton</td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px dashed;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Hamilton,_5th_Earl_of_Abercorn" title="Charles Hamilton, 5th Earl of Abercorn">Charles Hamilton</a><br /><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1701</span><br /><b>5th Earl of Abercorn and Lord Abercorn, 6th Lord Hamilton of Strabane</b></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/Claud_Hamilton,_4th_Earl_of_Abercorn" title="Claud Hamilton, 4th Earl of Abercorn">Claud Hamilton</a><br />1658–1691<br /><b>4th Earl of Abercorn and Lord Abercorn, 5th Lord Hamilton of Strabane</b></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/James_Hamilton,_6th_Earl_of_Abercorn" title="James Hamilton, 6th Earl of Abercorn">James Hamilton</a><br /><abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1661</span>–1734<br /><b>6th Earl of Abercorn and Lord Abercorn, 7th Lord Hamilton of Strabane</b></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;border-bottom:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em;vertical-align:top; border-width:0px"><i><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Ruglen" title="Earl of Ruglen">Earls of Ruglen</a></i></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em;vertical-align:top; border-width:0px"><i><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Orkney" title="Earl of Orkney">Earls of Orkney</a></i></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/Basil_Hamilton" title="Basil Hamilton">Basil Hamilton</a><br />1696–1742</td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/James_Hamilton,_7th_Earl_of_Abercorn" title="James Hamilton, 7th Earl of Abercorn">James Hamilton</a><br />1685–1744<br /><b>7th Earl of Abercorn and Lord Abercorn, 8th Lord Hamilton of Strabane</b></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;border-bottom:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:0px solid;padding:0.2em"><i><a href="/wiki/Viscount_Hamilton" class="mw-redirect" title="Viscount Hamilton">Viscount Hamilton</a>, 1786</i></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/James_Hamilton,_5th_Duke_of_Hamilton" title="James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Hamilton">James Hamilton</a><br />1703–1743<br /><b>5th Duke of Hamilton, Marquess of Clydesdale, Earl of Arran and Cambridge, and Lord Aven and Innerdale, 2nd Duke of Brandon and Baron Dutton, 4th Earl of Lanark and Lord Machansyre and Polmont</b></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/Lord_Anne_Hamilton" title="Lord Anne Hamilton">Lord Anne Hamilton</a><br />1709–1748</td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/Dunbar_Douglas,_4th_Earl_of_Selkirk" title="Dunbar Douglas, 4th Earl of Selkirk">Dunbar Douglas</a><br />1722–1799<br /><b>4th Earl of Selkirk and Lord Daer and Shortcleuch</b></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/James_Hamilton,_8th_Earl_of_Abercorn" title="James Hamilton, 8th Earl of Abercorn">James Hamilton</a><br />1712–1789<br /><b>8th Earl of Abercorn and Lord Abercorn, 9th Lord Hamilton of Strabane</b></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/John_Hamilton_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="John Hamilton (Royal Navy officer)">John Hamilton</a><br />1714–1755</td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:0px solid;padding:0.2em"><i><a href="/wiki/Baron_Hamilton_of_Hameldon" title="Baron Hamilton of Hameldon">Baron Hamilton of Hameldon</a> county, Leicester, 1776</i></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:0px solid;padding:0.2em"><i><a href="/wiki/Marquess_of_Abercorn" class="mw-redirect" title="Marquess of Abercorn">Marquess of Abercorn</a>, 1790</i></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/James_Hamilton,_6th_Duke_of_Hamilton" title="James Hamilton, 6th Duke of Hamilton">James Hamilton</a><br />1724–1758<br /><b>6th Duke of Hamilton, Marquess of Clydesdale, Earl of Arran and Cambridge, and Lord Aven and Innerdale, 3rd Duke of Brandon and Baron Dutton, 5th Earl of Lanark and Lord Machansyre and Polmont</b></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px dashed;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Hamilton,_1st_Baroness_Hamilton_of_Hameldon" title="Elizabeth Hamilton, 1st Baroness Hamilton of Hameldon">Elizabeth Gunning</a><br />(<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1733</span>–1790)<br /><b><i>suo jure</i> 1st Baroness Hamilton</b></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/Archibald_Hamilton,_9th_Duke_of_Hamilton" title="Archibald Hamilton, 9th Duke of Hamilton">Archibald Hamilton</a><br />1740–1819<br /><b>9th Duke of Hamilton, Marquess of Clydesdale, Earl of Arran and Cambridge, and Lord Aven and Innerdale, 6th Duke of Brandon, Marquess of Douglas, Earl of Angus, and Lord Abernethy and Jedburgh Forest, 8th Earl of Lanark and Lord Machansyre and Polmont</b></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Powell_Hamilton" title="Charles Powell Hamilton">Charles Powell Hamilton</a><br />1747–1825</td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/John_Hamilton,_1st_Marquess_of_Abercorn" title="John Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Abercorn">John Hamilton</a><br />1756–1818<br /><b>9th Earl of Abercorn and Lord Abercorn, 1st Marquess of Abercorn, 10th Lord Hamilton of Strabane</b></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;border-bottom:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/James_Hamilton,_7th_Duke_of_Hamilton" title="James Hamilton, 7th Duke of Hamilton">James Hamilton</a><br />1755–1769<br /><b>7th Duke of Hamilton, Marquess of Clydesdale, Earl of Arran and Cambridge, and Lord Aven and Innerdale, 4th Duke of Brandon and Baron Dutton, Marquess of Angus and Abernethy, Marquess of Douglas, Earl of Angus, and Lord Abernethy and Jedburgh Forest, 6th Earl of Lanark and Lord Machansyre and Polmont</b></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/Douglas_Hamilton,_8th_Duke_of_Hamilton" title="Douglas Hamilton, 8th Duke of Hamilton">Douglas Hamilton</a><br />1756–1799<br /><b>8th Duke of Hamilton, Marquess of Clydesdale, Earl of Arran and Cambridge, and Lord Aven and Innerdale, 5th Duke of Brandon, Marquess of Douglas, Earl of Angus, Lord Abernethy and Jedburgh Forest, and Baron Dutton, 7th Earl of Lanark and Lord Machansyre and Polmont, 2nd Baron Hamilton</b></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Hamilton,_10th_Duke_of_Hamilton" title="Alexander Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton">Alexander Hamilton</a><br />1767–1852<br /><b>10th Duke of Hamilton, Marquess of Clydesdale, Earl of Arran and Cambridge, and Lord Aven and Innerdale, 7th Duke of Brandon, Marquess of Douglas, and Baron Dutton, Earl of Angus, and Lord Abernethy and Jedburgh Forest, 9th Earl of Lanark and Lord Machansyre and Polmont</b></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em">Augustus Barrington Price Anne Powell Douglas-Hamilton<br />1781–1849</td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Douglas,_5th_Earl_of_Selkirk" title="Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk">Thomas Douglas</a><br />1771–1820<br /><b>5th Earl of Selkirk and Lord Daer and Shortcleuch</b></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/James_Hamilton,_Viscount_Hamilton" title="James Hamilton, Viscount Hamilton">James Hamilton</a><br />1786–1818<br />Viscount Hamilton</td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:0px solid;padding:0.2em"><i><a href="/wiki/Duke_of_Abercorn" title="Duke of Abercorn">Duke of Abercorn</a>, of Strabane and <a href="/wiki/Duke_of_Abercorn" title="Duke of Abercorn">Duke of Abercorn</a>, 1868</i></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/William_Hamilton,_11th_Duke_of_Hamilton" title="William Hamilton, 11th Duke of Hamilton">William Alexander Anthony Archibald Hamilton</a><br />1811–1863<br /><b>11th Duke of Hamilton, Marquess of Clydesdale, Earl of Arran and Cambridge, and Lord Aven and Innerdale, 8th Duke of Brandon, Marquess of Douglas, Earl of Angus, Lord Abernethy and Jedburgh Forest, and Baron Dutton10th Earl of Lanark and Lord Machansyre and Polmont</b></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em">Charles Douglas-Hamilton<br />1808–1873</td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/Dunbar_Douglas,_6th_Earl_of_Selkirk" title="Dunbar Douglas, 6th Earl of Selkirk">Dunbar James Douglas</a><br />1809–1885<br /><b>6th Earl of Selkirk and Lord Daer and Shortcleuch</b></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/James_Hamilton,_1st_Duke_of_Abercorn" title="James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn">James Hamilton</a><br />1811–1885<br /><b>2nd Marquess of Abercorn, 10th Earl of Abercorn and Lord Abercorn, 1st Duke of Abercorn, 11th Lord Hamilton of Strabane</b></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;border-bottom:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" 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solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:0px solid;padding:0.2em"><i><a href="/wiki/Duke_of_Ch%C3%A2tellerault" title="Duke of Châtellerault">Duke of Châtellerault (France)</a> (5th creation), revived 1548</i></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/William_Douglas-Hamilton,_12th_Duke_of_Hamilton" title="William Douglas-Hamilton, 12th Duke of Hamilton">William Alexander Louis Stephen Douglas-Hamilton</a><br />1845–1895<br /><b>12th Duke of Hamilton, Marquess of Clydesdale, Earl of Arran and Cambridge, and Lord Aven and Innerdale, 9th Duke of Brandon, Marquess of Douglas, Earl of Angus, Lord Abernethy and Jedburgh Forest and Baron Dutton, 2nd <a href="/wiki/Duke_of_Ch%C3%A2tellerault" title="Duke of Châtellerault">Duke of Châtellerault</a>, 8th Earl of Selkirk and Lord Daer and Shortcleuch, 11th Earl of Lanark and Lord Machansyre and Polmont</b></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/Charles_George_Douglas-Hamilton" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles George Douglas-Hamilton">Charles George Douglas-Hamilton</a><br />1847–1886<br /><b>7th Earl of Selkirk and Lord Daer and Shortcleuch</b></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/James_Hamilton,_2nd_Duke_of_Abercorn" title="James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Abercorn">James Hamilton</a><br />1838–1913<br /><b>2nd Duke of Abercorn, 3rd Marquess of Abercorn, 11th Earl of Abercorn and Lord Abercorn, 12th Lord Hamilton of Strabane</b></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" 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rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/Alfred_Douglas-Hamilton,_13th_Duke_of_Hamilton" title="Alfred Douglas-Hamilton, 13th Duke of Hamilton">Alfred Douglas Douglas-Hamilton</a><br />1862–1940<br /><b>13th Duke of Hamilton, Marquess of Clydesdale, Earl of Arran and Cambridge, and Lord Aven and Innerdale, 10th Duke of Brandon, Marquess of Douglas, Earl of Angus (1633 creation), Lord Abernethy and Jedburgh Forest, and Baron Dutton, 20th Earl of Angus (1389 creation), 9th Earl of Selkirk and Lord Daer and Shortcleuch, 12th Earl of Lanark and Lord Machansyre and Polmont</b></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/James_Hamilton,_3rd_Duke_of_Abercorn" title="James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn">James Albert Edward Hamilton</a><br />1869–1953<br /><b>3rd Duke of Abercorn, 4th Marquess of Abercorn, 12th Earl of Abercorn and Lord Abercorn, 13th Lord Hamilton of Strabane</b></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" 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style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/Douglas_Douglas-Hamilton,_14th_Duke_of_Hamilton" title="Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton">Douglas Douglas-Hamilton</a><br />1903–1973<br /><b>14th Duke of Hamilton, Marquess of Clydesdale, Earl of Arran and Cambridge, and Lord Aven and Innerdale, 11th Duke of Brandon, Marquess of Douglas, Earl of Angus (1633 creation), Lord Abernethy and Jedburgh Forest, and Baron Dutton, 21st Earl of Angus (1389 creation), 13rd Earl of Lanark and Lord Machansyre and Polmont</b></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/George_Douglas-Hamilton,_10th_Earl_of_Selkirk" title="George Douglas-Hamilton, 10th Earl of Selkirk">George Nigel Douglas-Hamilton</a><br />1906–1994<br /><b>10th Earl of Selkirk and Lord Daer and Shortcleuch, 10th Lord Daer and Shortcleuch</b></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em">Malcolm Douglas-Hamilton<br />1909–1964</td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/James_Hamilton,_4th_Duke_of_Abercorn" title="James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Abercorn">James Edward Hamilton</a><br />1904–1979<br /><b>4th Duke of Abercorn, 5th Marquess of Abercorn, 13th Earl of Abercorn and Lord Abercorn, 14th Lord Hamilton of Strabane</b></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td 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style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:0px solid;padding:0.2em"><i>Baron Selkirk of Douglas, 1997</i></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/Angus_Douglas-Hamilton,_15th_Duke_of_Hamilton" title="Angus Douglas-Hamilton, 15th Duke of Hamilton">Angus Douglas-Hamilton</a><br />1938–2010<br /><b>15th Duke of Hamilton, Marquess of Clydesdale, Earl of Arran and Cambridge, and Lord Aven and Innerdale, 12th Duke of Brandon, Marquess of Douglas, Earl of Angus (1633 creation), Lord Abernethy and Jedburgh Forest, and Baron Dutton, 22nd Earl of Angus (1389 creation), 14th Earl of Lanark and Lord Machansyre and Polmont</b></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/James_Douglas-Hamilton,_Baron_Selkirk_of_Douglas" title="James Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of Douglas">James Alexander Douglas-Hamilton</a><br />1942–2023<br /><b>11th Earl of Selkirk and Lord Daer and Shortcleuch</b>, <i>Earldom disclaimed, 1994</i>, <b>Baron Selkirk of Douglas</b></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em">Alasdair Douglas-Hamilton<br /><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1939</span></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/James_Hamilton,_5th_Duke_of_Abercorn" title="James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Abercorn">James Hamilton</a><br /><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1934</span><br /><b>5th Duke of Abercorn, 6th Marquess of Abercorn, 14th Earl of Abercorn and Lord Abercorn, 15th Lord Hamilton of Strabane</b></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:0px solid;padding:0.2em"><i>Barony Selkirk of Douglas expired as a life peerage, 2023</i></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" 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solid;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Douglas-Hamilton,_16th_Duke_of_Hamilton" title="Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, 16th Duke of Hamilton">Alexander Douglas-Hamilton</a><br /><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1978</span><br /><b>16th Duke of Hamilton, Marquess of Clydesdale, Earl of Arran and Cambridge, and Lord Aven and Innerdale, 13th Duke of Brandon, Marquess of Douglas, Earl of Angus (1633 creation), Lord Abernethy and Jedburgh Forest, and Baron Dutton, 23rd Earl of Angus (1389 creation), 15th Earl of Lanark and Lord Machanshyre and Polmont</b></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em">John William Douglas-Hamilton<br /><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1979</span></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/John_Douglas-Hamilton,_12th_Earl_of_Selkirk" class="mw-redirect" title="John Douglas-Hamilton, 12th Earl of Selkirk">John Andrew Douglas-Hamilton</a><br /><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1978</span><br /><b>12th Earl of Selkirk and Lord Daer and Shortcleuch</b></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Douglas_Douglas-Hamilton&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Charles Douglas Douglas-Hamilton (page does not exist)">Charles Douglas Douglas-Hamilton</a> (<span style="white-space:nowrap;"><abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1979</span>)</td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em">Angus Gavin Douglas-Hamilton<br /><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1968</span></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em">James Hamilton<br /><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1969</span><br /><i>styled Marquess of Hamilton</i></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;border-bottom:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:0px solid;padding:0.2em"><i>Heir presumptive to the Earldom of Selkirk</i></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em">Douglas Douglas-Hamilton<br /><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 2012</span><br /><i>styled Marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale</i></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em">William Frederick Douglas-Hamilton<br /><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 2014</span></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em">Basil George Douglas-Hamilton<br /><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 2016</span></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em">William Douglas-Hamilton<br /><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1999</span></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em">James Hamilton<br /><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 2005</span><br /><i>styled Viscount Strabane</i></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:0px solid;padding:0.2em"><i>Heir apparent to the dukedoms of Hamilton and Brandon</i></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"></tr> </tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Duke_of_Hamilton&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Clan_Hamilton" title="Clan Hamilton">Clan Hamilton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clan_Douglas" title="Clan Douglas">Clan Douglas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Angus" title="Earl of Angus">Earl of Angus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Arran_(Scotland)" title="Earl of Arran (Scotland)">Earl of Arran (Scotland)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Orkney" title="Earl of Orkney">Earl of Orkney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Selkirk" title="Earl of Selkirk">Earl of Selkirk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lord_Abernethy" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord Abernethy">Lord Abernethy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_Palace" title="Hamilton Palace">Hamilton Palace</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hamilton_Mausoleum" title="Hamilton Mausoleum">Hamilton Mausoleum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brodick_Castle" title="Brodick Castle">Brodick Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lennoxlove" class="mw-redirect" title="Lennoxlove">Lennoxlove House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holyrood_Palace#Keeper_of_Holyroodhouse" title="Holyrood Palace">Holyrood Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duke_of_Abercorn" title="Duke of Abercorn">Duke of Abercorn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lord_Belhaven_and_Stenton" title="Lord Belhaven and Stenton">Lord Belhaven and Stenton</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Duke_of_Hamilton&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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Neither he nor his successors, the Earls, Marquesses and Dukes of Abercorn, have claimed either title.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Balfour_Paul_1907_381-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Balfour_Paul_1907_381_15-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Balfour_Paul_1907_381_15-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBalfour_Paul1907" class="citation cs2"><a href="/wiki/James_Balfour_Paul" title="James Balfour Paul">Balfour Paul, Sir James</a> (1907), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/scotspeeragefoun04pauluoft"><i>The Scots Peerage</i></a>, vol. IV, Edinburgh: David Douglas, p. 381</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Scots+Peerage&rft.place=Edinburgh&rft.pages=381&rft.pub=David+Douglas&rft.date=1907&rft.aulast=Balfour+Paul&rft.aufirst=Sir+James&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fscotspeeragefoun04pauluoft&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADuke+of+Hamilton" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBalfour_Paul1907" class="citation cs2"><a href="/wiki/James_Balfour_Paul" title="James Balfour Paul">Balfour Paul, Sir James</a> (1907), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/scotspeeragefoun04pauluoft"><i>The Scots Peerage</i></a>, vol. IV, Edinburgh: David Douglas, p. 384</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Scots+Peerage&rft.place=Edinburgh&rft.pages=384&rft.pub=David+Douglas&rft.date=1907&rft.aulast=Balfour+Paul&rft.aufirst=Sir+James&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fscotspeeragefoun04pauluoft&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADuke+of+Hamilton" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHesilrige1921435-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHesilrige1921435_17-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHesilrige1921">Hesilrige 1921</a>, p. 435.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBalfour_Paul1905" class="citation cs2"><a href="/wiki/James_Balfour_Paul" title="James Balfour Paul">Balfour Paul, Sir James</a> (1905), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/scotspeeragefoun01paul"><i>The Scots Peerage</i></a>, vol. I, Edinburgh: David Douglas, p. 173</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Scots+Peerage&rft.place=Edinburgh&rft.pages=173&rft.pub=David+Douglas&rft.date=1905&rft.aulast=Balfour+Paul&rft.aufirst=Sir+James&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fscotspeeragefoun01paul&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADuke+of+Hamilton" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBalfour_Paul1905" class="citation cs2"><a href="/wiki/James_Balfour_Paul" title="James Balfour Paul">Balfour Paul, Sir James</a> (1905), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/scotspeeragefoun01paul"><i>The Scots Peerage</i></a>, vol. I, Edinburgh: David Douglas, pp. 203–204</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Scots+Peerage&rft.place=Edinburgh&rft.pages=203-204&rft.pub=David+Douglas&rft.date=1905&rft.aulast=Balfour+Paul&rft.aufirst=Sir+James&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fscotspeeragefoun01paul&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADuke+of+Hamilton" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Named as <i>Hamilton, Alexander Douglas-</i> in <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation encyclopaedia cs1">"Hamilton, Alexander Douglas-, tenth duke of Hamilton and seventh duke of Brandon (1767–1852), aristocrat". <i><a href="/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography#Oxford_Dictionary_of_National_Biography" title="Dictionary of National Biography">Oxford Dictionary of National Biography</a></i> (online ed.). Oxford University Press. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fref%3Aodnb%2F7857">10.1093/ref:odnb/7857</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Hamilton%2C+Alexander+Douglas-%2C+tenth+duke+of+Hamilton+and+seventh+duke+of+Brandon+%281767%E2%80%931852%29%2C+aristocrat&rft.btitle=Oxford+Dictionary+of+National+Biography&rft.edition=online&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1093%2Fref%3Aodnb%2F7857&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADuke+of+Hamilton" class="Z3988"></span> <span style="font-size:0.95em; font-size:95%; color: var( --color-subtle, #555 )">(Subscription or <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.oxforddnb.com/help/subscribe#public">UK public library membership</a> required.)</span> but <i>Alexander Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton</i> in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp01995">National Portrait Gallery</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Named as <i>William Alexander Anthony Archibald Douglas-Hamilton, 11th Duke of Hamilton and 8th Duke of Brandon</i> in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp96229">National Portrait Gallery</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Complete_Peerage" class="mw-redirect" title="Complete Peerage">Complete Peerage</a>, Vol. VI, p 275 shows this Duke and his heirs as <i>Douglas-Hamilton</i>s, all previous Dukes as Hamiltons; some other sources show the 10th and 11th Dukes as <i>Douglas-Hamilton</i> as well.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-DBP_Hamilton_and_Brandon-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-DBP_Hamilton_and_Brandon_23-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-DBP_Hamilton_and_Brandon_23-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMorrisBosberry-ScottBelfield2019" class="citation book cs1">Morris, Susan; Bosberry-Scott, Wendy; Belfield, Gervase, eds. (2019). "Hamilton and Brandon, Duke of". <i>Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage</i>. Vol. 1 (150th ed.). London: Debrett's. pp. 1680–1686. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-999767-0-5-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-999767-0-5-1"><bdi>978-1-999767-0-5-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Hamilton+and+Brandon%2C+Duke+of&rft.btitle=Debrett%27s+Peerage+and+Baronetage&rft.place=London&rft.pages=1680-1686&rft.edition=150th&rft.pub=Debrett%27s&rft.date=2019&rft.isbn=978-1-999767-0-5-1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADuke+of+Hamilton" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMosley1999" class="citation book cs1">Mosley, Charles, ed. (1999). "Hamilton and Brandon". <i>Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage</i>. Vol. 1 (106th ed.). Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books). pp. 1281–1286. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/2-940085-02-1" title="Special:BookSources/2-940085-02-1"><bdi>2-940085-02-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Hamilton+and+Brandon&rft.btitle=Burke%27s+Genealogical+and+Heraldic+History+of+the+Peerage%2C+Baronetage+and+Knightage&rft.place=Crans%2C+Switzerland&rft.pages=1281-1286&rft.edition=106th&rft.pub=Burke%27s+Peerage+%28Genealogical+Books%29&rft.date=1999&rft.isbn=2-940085-02-1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADuke+of+Hamilton" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMorrisBosberry-ScottBelfield2019" class="citation book cs1">Morris, Susan; Bosberry-Scott, Wendy; Belfield, Gervase, eds. (2019). "Selkirk of Douglas, Baron". <i>Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage</i>. Vol. 1 (150th ed.). London: Debrett's. pp. 3133–3135. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-999767-0-5-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-999767-0-5-1"><bdi>978-1-999767-0-5-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Selkirk+of+Douglas%2C+Baron&rft.btitle=Debrett%27s+Peerage+and+Baronetage&rft.place=London&rft.pages=3133-3135&rft.edition=150th&rft.pub=Debrett%27s&rft.date=2019&rft.isbn=978-1-999767-0-5-1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADuke+of+Hamilton" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Works_cited">Works cited</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Duke_of_Hamilton&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Works cited"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHesilrige1921" class="citation book cs1">Hesilrige, Arthur G. M. 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Vol. 106. 1999. pp. 1742–1748.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Burke%27s+Peerage+and+Baronetage&rft.pages=1742-1748&rft.date=1999&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADuke+of+Hamilton" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMarshall1974" class="citation book cs1">Marshall, Rosalind K. 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