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Thomas Hamilton, 6th Earl Of Haddington
Thomas Hamilton, 6th Earl of Haddington, KT, FRCPE ( baptised 5 September 1680 – 29 November 1735) was a Scottish politician and nobleman. Life The son of Charles Hamilton, 5th Earl of Haddington and Margaret Leslie, 8th Countess of Rothes, he was christened on 5 September 1680 at Tyninghame House, East Lothian. His elder brother John Hamilton-Leslie, 9th Earl of Rothes succeeded to the Earldom of Rothes in 1700. He took up residence at the family estate of Tyninghame following his marriage to Helen Hope. They found the estate to be in poor condition and began replanting. His wife is largely responsible for the layout of the parks which survives today, including avenues, plantations, and the Binning Wood. The Earl later wrote a book, ''A Treatise on the Manner of Raising Forest Trees'' which was published posthumously. An obelisk was erected in the parks in 1856 which commemorated the couple's work. Haddington was a supporter of the Acts of Union 1707, and further joine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Baptist De Medina (1659-1710) - Thomas Hamilton (1680–1735), 6th Earl Of Haddington, Supporter Of The Union - PG 1610 - National Galleries Of Scotland
Sir John Baptist Medina or John Baptiste de Medina (1659 – 5 October 1710) was an artist of Flemish people, Flemish-Spanish origin who worked in England and Scotland, mostly as a portrait painter, though he was also the first illustrator of ''Paradise Lost'' by John Milton in 1688. Life and portrait-painting Medina was the son of a Spanish army captain posted to Brussels, where he was born and later trained by François Duchatel, before coming to London in 1686 and setting up his studio in Drury Lane. Even in London he seems to have specialized in Scottish sitters, and in either 1688–89 or 1694 he moved to Edinburgh at the invitation of David Leslie, 3rd Earl of Leven.Duncan Macmillan (art historian), Macmillan, Duncan (1984), ''Scottish Painting 1500 - 1700'', in Hearn, Sheila G. (ed.), ''Cencrastus'' No. 15, New Year 1984, pp. 25 - 29, He remained there for the rest of his life. He was encouraged and sponsored by George Melville, 1st Earl of Melville, the Earl of M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order Of The Thistle
The Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle is an order of chivalry associated with Scotland. The current version of the Order was founded in 1687 by King James VII of Scotland, who asserted that he was reviving an earlier Order. The Order consists of the Sovereign and sixteen Knights and Ladies, as well as certain "extra" knights (members of the British Royal Family and foreign monarchs). The Sovereign alone grants membership of the Order; they are not advised by the Government A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a ..., as occurs with most other Orders. The Order's primary emblem is the thistle, the national flower of Scotland. The motto is ''Nemo me impune lacessit'' (Latin for "No one provokes me with impunity"). The same motto appears on the Royal coat o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Balfour Paul
Sir James Balfour Paul (16 November 1846 – 15 September 1931) was the Lord Lyon King of Arms, the officer responsible for heraldry in Scotland, from 1890 until the end of 1926. Life Paul was born in Edinburgh, the second son of the Rev John Paul of St Cuthbert's Church, Edinburgh and Margaret Balfour (granddadughter of James Balfour of Pilrig), at their home, 13 George Square, Edinburgh. His great-grandfather was Sir William Moncreiff, 7th Baronet. He was educated at Royal High School and University of Edinburgh. He was admitted an advocate in 1870. Thereafter, he was Registrar of Friendly Societies (1879–1890), Treasurer of the Faculty of Advocates (1883–1902), and appointed Lord Lyon King of Arms in 1890. He was created a Knight Bachelor in the 1900 New Year Honours list, and received the knighthood on 9 February 1900. Among his works was ''The Scots Peerage'', a nine-volume series published from 1904 to 1914. He tried two interesting heraldic cases in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Anderson (genealogist, 1789–1832)
John Anderson (6 June 1789 – 24 December 1832) was a Scottish surgeon and genealogist, of Hamilton, Lanarkshire. He was born on 6 June 1789, at Gilmerton House, Midlothian, and became a licentiate of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, and while passing the college examinations was appointed by the Duke of Hamilton (then Marquis of Douglas) first surgeon to the Lanarkshire Militia, and afterwards his own medical adviser, positions which he held to the time of his death. He was very unassuming, of social disposition, and noted for his benevolence. He died 24 December 1832 of inflammation of the brain. His large work, 'Historical and Genealogical Memoirs of the House of Hamilton,’ in quarto, was published at Edinburgh in 1825; a supplement was issued in 1827. For twenty-nine years before his death Anderson was engaged upon a 'Statistical History of Lanarkshire,’ and also upon a 'Genealogical History of the Robertsons of Struan,’ but neither of these works appears ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Provost Of Glasgow
The Right Honourable Lord Provost of Glasgow is the convener of the Glasgow City Council. Elected by the city councillors, the Lord Provost serves not only as the chair of that body, but as a figurehead for the entire city. The office is equivalent in many ways to the institution of mayor that exists in the cities of many other countries. The Lord Provost of the City of Glasgow, by virtue of office, is also: *Lord-Lieutenant of the County of the City of Glasgow *a Commissioner of Northern Lighthouses. Each of the 32 Scottish local authorities elects a provost, but it is only the four main cities, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Dundee that have a Lord Provost, who also serves as the lord-lieutenant for the city. This is codified in the ''Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994''. As of 2017, the role attracts an salary of £41,546, plus an annual expenses budget of £5000. The current Lord Provost of Glasgow, elected in May 2022, is Jacqueline McLaren. The Lord Provo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Buchanan Of Drumpellier
James Buchanan of Drumpellier (1726–1786) was an 18th-century tobacco merchant who twice served as Lord Provost of Glasgow from 1768 to 1770 and 1774 to 1776. Life He was born at Long Croft in Glasgow (now known as Virginia Street) in 1726 the son of Andrew Buchanan of Drumpellier and his wife Marion Montgomery. When James was a teenager his father served as Lord Provost of Glasgow. Although he inherited his father's tobacco plantations and estates, including Drumpellier on his father's death in 1759, he was ruined in 1777 following the American Revolution. He sold the bulk of his estates to his cousin, Andrew Stirling (of William Stirling & Sons). The estate was reacquired by James' nephew, David Buchanan in 1808 (later known as David Buchanan Carrick). In 1777 Buchanan Street in Glasgow was built on lands he inherited from his father, and is named after his family. Around 1780 he seems to have relocated to Edinburgh. He is listed as a commissioner (probably working for t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes
Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes, 3rd Baronet of Hailes (28 October 172629 November 1792) was a Scottish advocate, judge and historian, born in Edinburgh. Life His father, Sir James Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet of Hailes, near Haddington, was Auditor of the Exchequer in Scotland, and was a grandson of James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount of Stair; and his mother, Lady Christian Hamilton, was a daughter of Thomas Hamilton, 6th Earl of Haddington. He was the eldest of sixteen children. He was educated at Eton, and studied law at Utrecht. In 1748 upon his return to Scotland from Utrecht he was admitted as an advocate. He succeeded to his father's baronetcy upon his death in 1751, inheriting Newhailes House near Musselburgh. It is said that as a pleader he attained neither high distinction nor very extensive practice, but he rapidly established a well-deserved reputation for sound knowledge, unwearied application and strict probity, and in 1766 he was elevated to the bench in the Court of S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir James Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet
Sir James Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet (24 July 1692 – 24 February 1751) was Member of Parliament for Haddington Burghs and the Principal Auditor of the Exchequer in Scotland. Early life He was the son of Sir David Dalrymple, 1st Baronet and Janet ( Rochead) Murray Dalrymple.Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes.'' Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 3, page 3713. At the time of his parent's marriage, his mother was the widow of Alexander Murray of Melgund (eldest son of Sir Robert Murray, Lord Provost of Edinburgh, and brother to Robert Murray). From his mother's first marriage, he had an elder half-brother, Sir Alexander Murray, 1st Baronet. Among his siblings of his parents marriage were Andrew Dalrymple (who immigrated to the Massachusetts Bay Colony giving up his right to the family title), Hugh Dalrymple-Murray-Kynynmound, and Janet Dalrymple (who married Sir John Baird, 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Hamilton, Lord Binning
Charles Hamilton, Lord Binning (1697 – 27 December 1732), was a Scotland, Scottish nobleman, politician and poet. Life The son of Thomas Hamilton, 6th Earl of Haddington, and Helen Hope, he used the courtesy title Lord Binning from birth. Lord Binning was present with his father at the Battle of Sheriffmuir, in 1715. From 1718 until his death he held office as Knight Marischal, an office that had been vacant since the battle following the forfeiture of the Jacobitism, Jacobite, William Keith, 2nd Earl of Kintore, Earl of Kintore.Balfour Paul, vol iv, p. 322. He was elected at the 1722 British general election, 1722 general election as a member of parliament (MP) for St Germans (UK Parliament constituency), borough of St Germans in Cornwall, and held the seat until the 1727 British general election, 1727 general election. Lord Binning had an important influence on the decision of his father-in-law, George Baillie of Jerviswood, to build Mellerstain House, and he took an active ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hamilton, 4th Earl Of Haddington
John Hamilton, 4th Earl of Haddington (1626 - 31 August 1669) was a Scottish nobleman. Life Haddington was born in 1626, second son of Thomas Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Haddington and Lady Catherine Erskine, a daughter of John Erskine, Earl of Mar. Lord Haddington was a minor in 1645, when he succeeded his brother Thomas who had died from consumption in that year. Owing to lameness, Haddington did not participate in the military, but was a conscientious attender of Parliament. Haddington attended the coronation of Charles II at Scone Abbey in 1651, and was later fined the sum of £555 11s 8d under Cromwell's Act of Grace.Balfour Paul, vol iv, p318 Haddington died on 31 August 1669 at Tyninghame House, East Lothian. Marriage and issue In 1648, Lord Haddington wed Lady Christian Lindsay (d.1704), daughter to the Lord Treasurer of Scotland, John Lindsay, 17th Earl of Crawford, and had issue: * Charles Hamilton, 5th Earl of Haddington *Hon. Thomas Hamilton, ''died in infancy'' *Hon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Hamilton, 7th Earl Of Haddington
Thomas Hamilton, 7th Earl of Haddington (1721 – 19 May 1794) was a Scottish nobleman. Life Thomas Hamilton was the son of Charles Hamilton, Lord Binning and Rachel Baillie of Mellerstain and Jerviswood. Lord Binning had predeceased ''his'' father Thomas Hamilton, 6th Earl of Haddington in 1732, and from then until 1735 when his grandfather died Hamilton was known as Lord Binning, and thereafter as Lord Haddington. Haddington matriculated at St Mary Hall, Oxford on 30 April 1737 and travelled widely on the continent, residing at Rome and later Geneva, where he became part of what was known as the "Common room" involving Benjamin Stillingfleet amongst others.Balfour Paul, vol iv, pp. 325–326 Haddington returned to Scotland by 1744 but did not greatly participate in public life. He died at Ham, London on 19 May 1794. He was succeeded by his son Charles Hamilton, 8th Earl of Haddington Marriage and issue Lord Haddington married twice. Firstly on 28 October 1750 to Mary Lloyd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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