Earls of Abercorn
James Hamilton, 2nd Lord Paisley, 1st Earl of Abercorn 1606, P.C., *ca 1575, +Monkton 23.3.1618, bur Paisley Abbey Church; m.Marion Boyd (+Canongate, Edinburgh 26.8.1632), dau.of Thomas Boyd, 5th Lord Boyd; They had issue:

• A1. James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Abercorn, *ca 1603, +ca 1670; m.1632 Catharine Clifton, Baroness Clifton (+Paisley 21.8.1637, bur 17.9.1637), dau.of Sir Gervase Clifton, Lord of Leighton Bromswold (widow of 3rd Duke of Lennox)
  • B1. James Hamilton, Lord Paisley, +before 1670; m.London 28.4.1653 Catherine Lenthall (+ca 20.7.1696), dau.of Sir John Lenthall
    • C1. Catharine Hamilton, *1653/54, +Pall Mall 24.5.1723, bur Westminster Abbey; 1m: William Lenthall of Burford Priory, Oxford (+6.9.1686); 2m: Charles Hamilton, 5th Earl of Abercorn (+VI.1701)
  • B2. William Hamilton, Colonel
  • B3. George Hamilton, 3rd Earl of Abercorn, *ca 1636, +Padua, Italy 1683
• A2. Claud Hamilton, 2nd Lord Hamilton, 1st Baron Strabane, +14.6.1638, bur Leakpatrick, co.Tyrone; m.Kirk of Bellie, co.Elgin 28.11.1632 Lady Jean Gordon (*ca 1612 +after 9.4.1668), dau.of George Gordon 1st Marquess of Huntly
  • B1. James Hamilton, 3rd Lord Hamilton, 2nd Lord Strabane, *1633, +Ballyfatten nr Strabane 16.6.1655
  • B2. George Hamilton, 4th Lord Hamilton, 3rd Lord Strabane, *14.2.1636/1.12.1637, +14.4.1668; m.1659 Elizabeth Fagan (+after 12.1.1684), dau.of Christopher Fagan of Feltrim
    • C1. Claud Hamilton, 5th Lord Hamilton, 4th Lord Strabane, 4th Earl of Abercorn, P.C., bap St.Audoens, Dublin 13.9.1659, +killed in action against the Dutch in a naval action VIII.1691
    • C2. Charles Hamilton, 5th Earl of Abercorn, +Strabane VI.1701; m.Catharine Hamilton (*1654 +24.5.1723), dau.of James Hamilton, Lord Paisley
      • D1. Elizabeth Hamilton, +young
    • C3. Anne Hamilton, +14.8.1680; m.27.5.1680 Sir John Browne, 3rd Bart of the Neale (+before 21.11.1712)
    • C4. Mary Hamilton, *ca 1668; m.Gerald Dillon
  • B3. Catherine Hamilton, *ca 1635; 1m: 1647 James Hamilton of Manor Hamilton (+27.12.1652); 2m: Owen Wynne of Lurganboy; 3m: John Bingham of Castlebar
  • B4. Cecilia Hamilton; m.Richard Perkins of Lifford
• A3. Sir William Hamilton, Baronet, +25.6.1681; m.before 1.4.1656 Jean Colquhoun, dau.of Alexander Colquhoun of Luss
• A4. Sir George Hamilton, 1st Baronet of Donalang ca 1660, +1679; m.(marr.contract 2.6.1629) Mary Butler (+VIII.1680), dau.of Thomas Butler, Viscount Thurles
  • B1. Col. James Hamilton, +of wounds received in a naval engagement against the Dutch 6.6.1673, bur Westminster Abbey; m.1661 Elizabeth Colepeper (*ca 1637 +1709), dau.of John 1st Baron Colepeper of Thoresway, Chancellor
    • C1. James Hamilton, 6th Earl of Abercorn, P.C., *ca 1660, +28.9.1734; m.24.1.1684 Elizabeth Reading (*ca 1668 +19.3.1754), dau.of Sir Robert Reading, 1st and last Bt.of Dublin
      • D1. Robert Hamilton, bap 12.7.1767, +young
      • D2. James Hamilton, 7th Earl of Abercorn, P.C., *22.3.1685, +London, Cavendish Square 11.1.1744; m.26.3.1711 Anne Plumer (*29.6.1690 +10.8.1776), dau.of Col. John Plumer of Blakesware, Herts
        • E1. James Hamilton, 8th Earl of Abercorn, *London 22.10.1712, +Boroughbridge 9.10.1789, bur Abbey of Paisley
        • E2. Capt. Hon. John Hamilton, R.N., *2.3.1714, +drowned off Portsmouth 18.12.1755; m.13.10.1749 Harriet Craggs (*ca 1713 +1.2.1769), illegitimate dau.of James Craggs, Secretary of State (widow of Richard Eliot)
          • F1. John James Hamilton, 9th Earl of Abercorn, 1st Marquess of Abercorn 1790, K.G., P.C., *VII.1756, +Bentley Priory, Stanmore 27.1.1818; 1m: St.Marylebone Midx. 20.6.1779 Catherine Copley (+13.9.1791), dau.of Sir Joseph Copley, 1st Bt.of Sprotborough, Yorks; 2m: Grosvenor Sq., Midx 4.3.1792 (div 1799) Lady Cecil Hamilton (*15.3.1770 +19.6.1819), dau.of George Hamilton; 3m: Dover St, St.George's, Hann.Sq 3.4.1800 Anne Jane Gore (*IV.1763, +Naples 8.5.1827), dau.of Arthur Saunders Gore, 2nd Earl of Arran; all children by 1m.
            • G1. James Hamilton, Viscount Hamilton, *Petersham Lodge 7.10.1786, +London 27.5.1814; m.London 25.11.1809 Harriet Douglas (*8.9.1782 +26.8.1833), dau.of Hon. John Douglas and Frances Lascelles
              • H1. James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess and 1st Duke of Abercorn 1868, K.G., P.C., *London 21.1.1811, +Baronscourt 31.10.1885; m.Gordon Castle 25.10.1832 Lady Louisa Jane Russell, V.A. (*London 8.7.1812, +Coates Castle 31.3.1905), dau.of 6th Duke of Bedford; for his issue see HERE
              • H2. Hon. Claud Hamilton, P.C., *27.7.1813, +3.6.1884; m.London 7.8.1844 Lady Elizabeth Emma Proby (*Glen Art 1821, +24.6.1900), dau.of Granville Leveson Proby, 3rd Earl of Carysfort
                • I1. Hon.Douglas James Hamilton (later Proby), of Elton Hall, Peterborough, *London 23.9.1856, +18.11.1938; m.London 6.7.1882 Lady Margaret Frances Hely-Hutchinson (*8.2.1857 +1937), dau.of Richard John Hely-Hutchinson, 4th Earl of Donoughmore of Knocklofty
                  • J1. Granville Proby, of Elton Hall, Peterborough, *London 13.9.1883, +1947
                  • J2. Claud Richard Proby, *London 26.4.1885, +1901
                  • J3. Sir Richard George Proby, 1st Bt. 1952, *London 21.7.1886, +1979; 1m: 1911 Betty Monica Murray (+1967), dau.of Alexander Henry Hallan Murray of Sandling, Hythe, Kent, Issue (Proby, Bt.); 2m: 1972 Yvonne Helps, dau.of Walter Edwin Ambrose Helps of Gwennap, Cornwall (widow of F/Lt. Reginald Kenneth Harris); 3m: 1991 Eric Holman Stirk
                  • J4. Jocelyn Campbell Patrick Proby, *1900; 1m: 1930 Elisabeth Angelique Kerr (+1962), dau.of William Archibald Hastings Kerr of Toronto, Canada
                    • K1. [adopted] Allen Patrick Proby, *1942; m.1969 Gloria Florence Hughes, dau.of William Hughes of Fortchester, Inch, Co. Wexford
                    • K2. [adopted] Miranda Ruth Proby, *1937; m.1967 Roger Arthur Martin Brown, son of Hugh Brown of Buenos Aires
                  • J5. Betty Alice Adeline Proby, *London 17.5.1889, +1978; m.27.4.1920 Lt.Col. Sir Henry Charles Lowry-Corry, M.C. (*20.2.1887, +23.1.1973)
                • I2. Hon.Louisa Charlotte Hamilton, *London 3.8.1845, +1940; m.London 29.2.1876 Prof.Dr. John Tyndall (+4.12.1893), son of John Tyndall of Co. Carlow
                • I3. Hon.Emma Frances Hamilton, *London 3.7.1847, +2.1.1924
                • I4. Hon.Mary Stuart Hamiton, *London 27.5.1851, +1939; m.London 2.10.1878 Wilbraham Frederic Tollemache, 2nd Baron Tollemache of Helmingham (*4.7.1832 +17.12.1904)
              • H3. Lady Harriet Hamilton, *21.3.1812, +19.3.1884; m.16.5.1836 Adm. William Alexander Baillie Hamilton (*6.6.1803 +1.10.1881), son of Ven.Charles Baillie, Archdeacon of Cleveland
            • G2. Lord Claud Hamilton, *1.11.1787, +1808
            • G3. Lady Harriet Margaret Hamilton, +30.4.1803
            • G4. Lady Katharine Elizabeth Hamilton, *10.1.1784, +Argyll House, St.James's 29.12.1812; m.Bentley Priory, Stanmore 28.7.1805 George Hamilton Gordon (later Hamilton-Gordon), 4th Earl of Aberdeen, K.G., K.T., P.C. (*28.1.1784 +14.12.1860)
            • G5. Lady Maria Hamilton, +21.3.1814; m.1792 (div 1799) Cecil Hamilton, dau.of Rev. Hon. George Hamilton
            • G6. [2m.] Lady Cecil Frances Hamilton, *19.7.1795, +2 Cavendish Sq. 7.7.1860; m.Baronscourt, co. Tyrone 16.2.1816 William Howard, 4th Earl of Wicklow (*13.2.1788, +22.3.1869)
            • G7. [illegitimaye by Frances Hawkins] Arthur Fitz-James, *1799, +?
          • F2. Lady Anne Hamilton, *ca 1751, +4.11.1764
        • E3. William Hamilton, +young
        • E4. Rev. Hon. George Hamilton, Canon of Windsor, *11.8.1718, +26.11.1787; m.Elizabeth Onslow (+1800), dau.of Lt.Gen. Richard Onslow
          • F1. Anne, *6.10.1755, +18.12.1795; m.Folliot Herbert Walker Cornwall (+5.9.1831)
          • F2. Isabella; m.20.7.1795 George Seymour (*21.7.1763 +10.3.1848)
          • F3. George Hamilton, +11.10.1782
          • F4. Mary Hamilton
          • F5. Harriet Hamilton, +15.3.1788
          • F6. Elizabeth Hamilton, +1843; m.13.11.1793 Glynn Balasyse-Wynn (*1766)
          • F7. Rachael Hamilton
          • F8. Lady Cecil Hamilton, *15.3.1770, +19.6.1819; 1m: 4.3.1792 (div 1799) John James Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Abercorn (*1756 +27.1.1818); 2m: 23.5.1799 Sir Joseph Copley, Bart
          • F9.-F12. 2 sons and 2 daughters
        • E5. Plumer Hamilton, +young
        • E6. William Hamilton, *18.2.1721, +1744
        • E7. Anne Hamilton, *12.6.1715, +14.12.1792; m.16.8.1746 Sir Henry Mackworth, Bart
        • E8. daughter, *27.2.1736, +young
      • D3. Robert Hamilton, +young
      • D4. John Hamilton, *ca 1694, +1714
      • D5. George Hamilton, +young
      • D6. George Hamilton, +3.5.1775; m.X.1719 Bridget Coward (+24.8.1775), dau.of Colonel William Coward of Wells
        • E1. George Hamilton, *1721
        • E2. John Hamilton, Archdeacon of Raphoe, *1726, +12.8.1756
        • E3. William Hamilton, Colonel, +VI.1793
        • E4. James Hamilton, +1797
        • E5. Elizabeth Hamilton; 1m: (marr.contract 30.7.1754) John Cameron of Glenkindy; 2m: N Comte de Fay
        • E6. Bridget Hamilton, +3.4.1789; m.Rev. Thomas Finney
        • E7. Maria Hamilton, *7.1.1725, +22.7.1798; 1m: Francis Marsh; 2m: 8.6.1756 William Beckford of Fonthill, Lord Mayor of London (fl 1768)
        • E8. Harriot Hamilton, +1787; m.Rev. William Peter
        • E9. Frances Hamilton, +1752; m.William Tooker of Chilcompton
        • E10. Charlotte Hamilton
        • E11. Rachel Hamilton; m.Rev. Neville Walter
      • D7. Francis Hamilton, *1700, +20.5.1746; m.20.10.1733 Dorothy Forth (+after 3.5.1777), dau.of James Forth of Redwood
        • E1. James Hamilton
        • E2. Frances Hamilton, +after 16.7.1808
      • D8. William Hamilton, bap 20.10.1703, +10.11.1721
      • D9. Charles Hamilton of Cobham and Painshill, bap 13.11.1704, +11.9.1786
        • E1. Jane Hamilton; m.17.5.1750 Edward Moore (+28.02.1757)
        • E2. a daughter; m.25.6.1750 Kenton Cowse
      • D10. Elizabeth Hamilton; 1m: 2.1.1711 William Brownlow of Lurgan (+27.08.1739); 2m: 1741 Martin, Comte de Kearnie
      • D11. Jane Hamilton, +young
      • D12. Mary Hamilton; m.I.1719 Henry Colley of Castle Carbery, MP
      • D13. Philippa Hamilton, +27.1.1767; 1m: Benjamin Pratt, Dean of Down (+6.12.1721); 2m: Michael O'Connell of London
      • D14. Jane Hamilton, +6.12.1753; m.29.9.1719 Archibald Douglas-Hamilton of Riccartoun, Pardovan and Confey Castle, Governor of Jamaica (bap 17.2.1673, +5.4.1754)
    • C2. George Hamilton, Colonel, +Steinkirk 1692
    • C3. William Hamilton of Chilston Park, +1737, bur 20.7.1737; m.Margaret Colepeper (+19.10.1736), dau.of Sir Thomas Colepeper of Hollingborne, Kent
      • D1. John Hamilton of Chilston Park, Sheriff of Kent; m.1715 Mary Wright, dau.of John Wright, M.D., of London
        • E1. William Hamilton
        • E2. Sir John Hamilton, 1st Bt.of Trebinshun 1776, bap 21.2.1726, +24.1.1784; m.3.10.1763 Cassandra Agnes Chamberlayne (+1821), dau.of Edmund Chamberlayne of Maugersbury, Gloucestershire
          • F1. Sir Charles Hamilton, 2nd Bt.of Trebinshun, Governor of Newfoundland, Admiral, *25.5.1767, +14.9.1849; m.19.4.1803 Henrietta Martha Drummond (+10.3.1857), dau.of George Drummond of Stanmore
            • G1. Col. Sir Charles John James Hamilton, 3rd Bt.of Trebinshun, C.B., *3.4.1810, +23.1.1892; m.14.12.1833 Catherine Emily Wynne (+25.5.1879), dau.of William Wynne of Dublin
          • F2. Adm. Sir Edward Joseph Hamilton, 1st Bt.of Marlborough House 1819, K.C.B., *12.3.1772, +20.3.1851; m.1804 Frances Macnamara (+1840), dau.of John Macnamara of Breconshire
            • G1. John James Edward Hamilton, *1808, +1847; m.1842 Favoretta Corbett (+1887), dau.of Panton Corbett, M.P., of Longnor Hall, Shropshire
              • H1. Capt. Sir Edward Archibald Hamilton, 4th Bt.of Trebinshun and 2nd Bt.of Marlborough House, *1843, +1915; m.1867 Mary Elizabeth Gill (+1912), dau.of Joseph Gill of Trewern, Shropshire
                • I1. Sir (Charles Edward) Archibald Watkin Hamilton, 5th Bt.of Trebinshun and 3rd Bt.of Marlborough House, *London 10.12.1876, +Selsey, Sussex 18.3.1939; 1m: London 18.12.1897 (div 1902) Olga Mary Adelaide FitzGeorge (*11.6.1877 +15.10.1928); 2m: 1906 Algorta Marjory Blanche Child (+1927), dau.of George Child of Widford, Hertfordshire; 3m: 1927 Lilian Maud Austen (+1964), dau.of William Austen
                  • J1. George Edward Archibald Augustus FitzGeorge Hamilton, *1898, +k.a.1918
                  • J2. a daughter, *and +1902
                • I2. Sir (Thomas) Sydney Perceval Hamilton, 6th Bt.of Trebinshun and 4th Bt.of Marlborough House, *1881, +1966; m.1920 Bertha Muriel King (+1961), dau.of James Russell King of Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire
                  • J1. Sir Edward Sydney Hamilton, 7th Bt.of Trebinshun and 5th Bt.of Marlborough House, *1925
                • I3. Favoretta Sydney Annina Hamilton, +1991; m.1941 W/Cmdr. Roy Stuart Kingsford, R.A.F., son of Gerald Montague Kingsford of Canterbury, Kent
              • H2. Hermione Lucy Hamilton, +1869; m.1868 Walter Lacey Rogers (+1885), of Rainscombe, Wiltshire
              • H3. Favoretta Frances Hamilton, +1932; m.1875 Albert Alexander de Steiger of Sutton, Surrey (+1906), son of Baron Alexander de Steiger of Berne, Switzerland
              • H4. Agnes Henrietta Hamilton, +1907; m.1882 Hugh Hamon George William Carruthers Massy (*1851 +1916)
            • G2. Arthur Hamilton, R.N., *1810, +at sea 1836
            • G3. Frances Mary Hamilton, +1833; m.1831 William Henry, Baron von Donop of Westphalia
            • G4. Agnes Catherine Annabella Hamilton, +1874; m.1844 Richard Jennings of Gellideg, Carmarthanshire (+1891)
      • D2. George/Edward Hamilton; m.N Vasserot; they had issue
      • D3. Thomas Hamilton
      • D4. William Hamilton, +young
      • D5. Elizabeth Hamilton; m.Edwin Stede of Stedehill
  • B2. Sir George Hamilton, Count Hamilton and Maréchal du Camp in France, +before VII.1676; m.1665 Frances Jennings (+17.3.1730), dau.of Richard Jennings of Sandridge, Hertfordshire (she was sister to Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough)
    • C1. Elizabeth Hamilton, +VI.1724; m.XII.1685 Richard, 1st Viscount Rosse
    • C2. Frances Hamilton, +1751; 1m: 1687 Henry Dillon, 8th Viscount Dillon of Costello-Gallin (+13.1.1714); 2m: ca 1714 Sir John Bellew, 2nd Bt of Barmeath (+12.6.1720)
    • C3. Mary Hamilton, +15.2.1735; m.15.5.1688 Nicholas, 3rd Viscount Kingsland
  • B3. Anthony Hamilton, Count Hamilton, Lt.Gen.in the French Army, *ca 1646, +20.4.1720
  • B4. Thomas Hamilton
  • B5. Richard Hamilton, Lt.General for France, +1717
  • B6. John Hamilton, Count in France, Colonel, +Auhhrim 13.07.1691/92; m.I.1690 Elizabeth Macan, dau.of Glasney Macan
    • C1. Margaret Emily Hamilton, a nun in Poussay; 1m: 16.9.1715 Count Pierre de Reance; 2m: 18.7.1718 Francois Philippe, 1st Count de Marmier (+1736)
  • B7. Elizabeth Hamilton, *ca 1641, +3.6.1708; m.1664 Count Philibert de Gramont (*ca 1621 +30.1.1707)
    • C1. Claude-Charlotte de Gramont, +14.5.1739; m.3/6.4.1694 Henry Howard (later Stafford-Howard), 1st Earl of Stafford (1688) (*ca 1648, +27.7.1719)
    • C2. Marie Elizabeth de Gramont, Abbesse, *27.12.1667
  • B8. Lucia Hamilton, +1676; m.(marr.contract 24.7.1674) Sir Donough O'Brien, 1st Bart of Lemeneagh and Dromoland (+17.11.1717)
  • B9. Margaret Hamilton; m.I.1688 Matthew Forde of Seaforde
• A5. Sir Alexander Hamilton of Holborn, +before 4.5.1669; m.Elizabeth Bedingfield
  • B1. Reichsgraf Alexander Hamilton of Neuberg etc, +ca 1650
    • C1. Reichsgraf Julius Frank Xaver Leopold Hamilton, +Wien 13.7.1759; 1m: Gfn Maria Ernestina von Starhemberg (*6.10.1698, +17.7.1724); 2m: 15.7.1726 Maria Helena von Starhemberg (*6.9.1695, +Wien 7.10.1727)
      • D1. Nicholas
      • D2. Maximilian, +30.10.1776
      • D3... 1 son and several daughters
  • B2. 3 daughters
• A6. Lady Anne Hamilton, +before 6.7.1621; m.7.11.1611 ?(marr.contract 18.11.1611) Henry Sempill, 5th Lord Sempill (+19.11.1639)
• A7. Lady Margaret Hamilton, +ca 4.5.1642; m.(marr.contract 5.1.1628) Sir William Cuninghame, 7th of Caprington
• A8. Lady Isobel Hamilton
• A9. Lady Lucy Hamilton, +before 9.6.1696

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