NISBET, William (1747-1822), of Dirleton and Belhaven, Haddington.

b. 1747, 1st s. of William Nisbet of Dirleton by Mary, da. and h. of Alexander Hamilton of Pencaitland, Haddington and Dechmont Linlithgow, and h. of entail of James, 5th Lord Belhaven [S] (d. 1777) in the estates of Biel and Presmennan; bro. of John Hamilton of Pencaitland.R. C. Nesbitt, Nisbet of that Ilk, 25. educ. Eton 1756-65. m. Jan. 1777, Mary, da. of Lord Robert Manners and h. of Bloxholm and Alford, Lincs., 1da. suc. fa. 1783; mother 1797, and took name of Hamilton before Nisbet.