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Lord Bargany
Lord Bargany was a title created in the nobility of Scotland on 14 November 1639 for Sir John Hamilton of Carriden, only son of Sir John Hamilton of Letterick, natural son of John, first marquis of Hamilton. This peerage was created with limitation to the heirs male of the first lord's body. The title became dormant or extinct after the death in 1736 of the 4th Lord Bargany, James Hamilton and the Bargany estate passed to John Dalrymple, who changed his name to Hamilton. Lords Bargeny (1639) * John Hamilton, 1st Lord Bargany (died 1658) *John Hamilton, 2nd Lord Bargany John Hamilton, 2nd Lord Bargany, (''c.'' 1640 – 15 May 1693) was a Scottish peer whose family fortunes were deeply implicated in the struggles over Presbyterianism and the Church of England during the Interregnum and the Monmouth Rebellion. H ... (died 1693) * William Hamilton, 3rd Lord Bargany (died 1712) * James Hamilton, 4th Lord Bargany (born 1710, died 1736) References * Scots Peerage. volume 2. pp.& ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peerage Of Scotland
The Peerage of Scotland ( gd, Moraireachd na h-Alba, sco, Peerage o Scotland) is one of the five divisions of peerages in the United Kingdom and for those peers created by the King of Scots before 1707. Following that year's Treaty of Union, the Kingdom of Scots and the Kingdom of England were combined under the name of Great Britain, and a new Peerage of Great Britain was introduced in which subsequent titles were created. Scottish Peers were entitled to sit in the ancient Parliament of Scotland. After the Union, the Peers of the old Parliament of Scotland elected 16 representative peers to sit in the House of Lords at Westminster. The Peerage Act 1963 granted all Scottish Peers the right to sit in the House of Lords, but this automatic right was revoked, as for all hereditary peerages (except those of the incumbent Earl Marshal and Lord Great Chamberlain), when the House of Lords Act 1999 received the Royal Assent. Unlike most peerages, many Scottish titles have been gran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |