HAMILTON, George (1666-1737) | HoP Development Site

Family and Education

bap. 9 Feb. 1666, 5th but 4th surv. s. of William Hamilton (formerly Douglas) (d.1694), 3rd duke of Hamilton [S], and Anne (d.1716), da. of James Hamilton, duke of Hamilton [S], and suo jure duchess of Hamilton [S]; bro. James Hamilton, 4th duke of Hamilton [S] Charles Douglas, 2nd earl of Selkirk [S], and Ld. Archibald Hamilton^‡. m. 25 Nov. 1695, Elizabeth (d.1733), da. of Sir Edward Villiers of Richmond, Surr. and sis. Edward Villiers, earl of Jersey, 3da. (1 d.v.p.). KT 7 Feb. 1704. d. 29 Jan. 1737; will 29 June 1733 – 23 Jan. 1737, pr. 5 Mar. 1737. TNA, PROB 11/682.

Offices Held

PC 1 Mar. 1711 – 1 Aug. 1714; gent. of bedchamber 1714–16 (extra), 1716–27.

Burgess, Edinburgh 1687; Scot. Rec. Soc. lix. 230. ld. lt, Lanark 1711 – d.

Capt., R. Scots (later 1st Ft.) by 1671; lt. col., Inniskilling Ft. (later 27th Ft.) June 1689-by July 1690; col., Inniskilling Ft. by July 1690 – Jan. 1692, R. Fusiliers (later 7th Ft.) Jan. – Aug. 1692, R. Scots Aug. 1692 – d.; brig.-gen. 1695, maj.-gen. 1702, lt.-gen. 1704, gen. of ft. 1711, gov. and capt. coy. of ft., Edinburgh castle 1714 – d.; field marshal 1736. Douglas, Scots Peerage, vi. 578–9.

Gov.-gen. Virginia 1697 – d.

Parlimentarian

HAMILTON, George (1666-1737)

Associated with: Hamilton Palace, Lanark; Cliveden, Bucks.

Likenesses

oil on canvas by Sir G. Kneller, c.1704, Lennoxlove, Haddington, E. Lothian; oil on canvas by unknown artist, National Galleries of Scotland, PG 1017; oil on canvas by unknown artist, c.1710, National Trust, Cliveden; oil on canvas by M. Maingaud, 1724, Gov. Art Coll.

Author

Townend, Graham

Hayton, David

Volume

Lords 1660-1715

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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