Angus Alan Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 15th Duke of Hamilton and 12th Duke of Brandon

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(13 September 1938 – 5 June 2010), styled Earl of Angus until 1940 and Marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale between 1940 and 1973, was the premier peer of Scotland.

Career

The son of the

14th Duke of Hamilton Air Commodore Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton and 11th Duke of Brandon, (3 February 1903 – 30 March 1973) was a Scottish nobleman and aviator who was the first man to fly over Mount Everest. When German Deputy Führer Rudol ...

and

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, daughter of the 8th Duke of Northumberland, he was educated at

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and Balliol College, Oxford (as was his father before him). One of his younger brothers is the

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politician

James Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of Douglas James Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of Douglas, (born 31 July 1942) is a Scottish Conservative Party politician who served as Member of Parliament for Edinburgh West and then as a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the L ...

. At the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II he was a page in Westminster Abbey and was awarded the 1952 Coronation Medal. He was Hereditary Keeper of the

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. By right of his subsidiary title of

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, he was hereditary bearer of the

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to the

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. The Duke of Hamilton fulfilled that duty by carrying the Crown in front of Her Majesty The Queen at the opening ceremony of the Scottish Parliament. He was a campaigner for animal welfare, together with his third wife, Kay Carmichael. A motorsport enthusiast, he held a number of UK and international land speed records. Many were gained on beaches and airstrips after he was banned from driving on public roads following his fifth drink-driving conviction in 1993. The duke suffered from

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for many years.

Marriages and children

The 15th Duke married three times: He married firstly Sarah Jane Scott, daughter of Major Sir Walter Scott, 4th Bt, of Beauclerc, on 23 June 1972 (divorced 1987). They had four children and five grand children: * Lady Eleanor Douglas-Hamilton (born 10 August 1973) * Lady Ann Douglas-Hamilton (born 14 May 1976) *

Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, 16th Duke of Hamilton Alexander Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 16th Duke of Hamilton, 13th Duke of Brandon (born 31 March 1978) is a Scottish nobleman and the premier peer of Scotland. Early life He is the son of Angus Douglas-Hamilton, 15th Duke of Hamilton, and his ...

(born 31 March 1978) * Lord John William Douglas-Hamilton (born 2 October 1979) He married secondly Jillian Robertson in 1988 (divorced 1995). No issue. She was previously married to

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and Edward A. S. Hulton and died in 2018. He married thirdly Kay Carmichael, now the Dowager Duchess of Hamilton, in 1998. No issue. A qualified nurse, she serves as Patron of Scottish Staffordshire Bull Terrier Rescue. The 15th Duke died on 5 June 2010 at the age of 71.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hamilton, Angus Douglas-Hamilton, 15th Duke Of 1938 births

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12 Angus Douglas-Hamilton, 15th Duke of Hamilton People educated at Eton College Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford Knights of the Order of St John Royal Air Force officers 2010 deaths Deaths from dementia in Scotland Members of the Royal Company of Archers