James Hamilton, 7th Duke of Hamilton

James George Hamilton, 7th Duke of Hamilton and 4th Duke of Brandon (18 February 1755 – 7 July 1769) was a short-lived Scottish peer.

James George Hamilton
7th Duke of Hamilton
4th Duke of Brandon
Marquess of Douglas
PredecessorJames Hamilton (as Duke of Hamilton)
Archibald Douglas (as Marquess of Douglas)
SuccessorDouglas Hamilton
Born18 February 1755
Holyrood Palace
Died7 July 1769
Hamilton Palace
HouseHouse of Douglas and Angus
House of Hamilton
Father6th Duke of Hamilton
MotherElizabeth

Hamilton was born at Holyrood Palace, the son of the 6th Duke of Hamilton and his wife, Elizabeth. Styled as Marquess of Clydesdale from his birth until his father's death, he succeeded to his father's title of Duke of Hamilton in 1758, at the age of two.

Upon the death in 1761 of his distant cousin, the Duke of Douglas, he inherited the title of Marquess of Douglas. A dispute concerning the estate of the late Duke of Douglas led to the Douglas Cause.

Hamilton was educated at Eton from 1763 to 1767. However, he died in 1769, aged 14, at Hamilton Palace from a fever. He was interred in the family mausoleum at Hamilton, Scotland, and his titles passed to his younger brother, Douglas Hamilton.[1]

Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by Duke of Hamilton
1758–1769
Succeeded by
Preceded by Marquess of Douglas
1761–1769
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by Duke of Brandon
1758–1769
Succeeded by

References

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  1. ^ Nicolas, Sir Nicholas Harris; Courthope, William (1857). The Historic Peerage of England: Exhibiting, Under Alphabetical Arrangement, the Origin, Descent, and Present State of Every Title of Peerage which Has Existed in this Country Since the Conquest ; Being a New Edition of the "Synopsis of the Peerage of England". John Murray. p. 71. James George Hamilton, 7th Duke of Hamilton and 4th Duke of Brandon.