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Hamilton, James, ca. 1661-1734
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ca. 1661-1734
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HAMILTON, JAMES, 6TH EARL OF ABERCORN (S), son of Col. James Hamilton, Groom of the Bedchamber to Charles II, and Elizabeth, sister of Francis Culpepper (qv); b.; at school under Busby; his son, Hon. Charles Hamilton (qv), informed Horace Walpole in a letter dated 31 Jan 1784 that Charles II made Hamilton a Groom of the Bedchamber “though but 17 years old, just come from Westminster School” on the death of his father, who had been mortally wounded at the battle of Southwold Bay 28 May 1673, but Hamilton was not 17 until c. 1678 and the actual dates of Hamilton’s tenure of this post were 18 Apr 1680 – 6 Feb 1685; commanded a regt. of horse under James II, but sided with William III; went to Ireland Feb 1688/9 to take part in defence of Londonderry; MP (I) Co. Tyrone 1692-5; succ. cousin as 6th Earl of Abercorn (S) Jun 1701 [check]; created Viscount Strabane (I) 2 Sep 1703; Privy Councillor (I) (by Apr 1711); lic. to m. 24 Jan 1683/4 Elizabeth, only child of Sir Robert Reading, Bart. (qv); d. 28 Nov 1734, aged 73. Buried in Duke of Ormonde’s vault, Westminster Abbey. DNB.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.