James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Hamilton and 2nd Duke of Brandon KT FRS (5 January 1703 – 2 March 1743) was a Scottish peer, the son of the 4th Duke of Hamilton. Hamilton attended

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from 1716 to 1717. He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford on 2 May 1718 and was created a DCL on 6 June 1719. He succeeded to his father's title of Duke of Hamilton in 1712 following his death in the notorious

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in Hyde Park. At the foundation of the noted charity, the Foundling Hospital in

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, Hamilton was one of the charity's first governors and his name is listed on the organisation's

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, granted in October 1739. On 14 February 1723 ( St. Valentine's Day), Hamilton married Lady Anne Cochrane, a daughter of the 4th Earl of Dundonald and they had one child,

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(1724–1758), later 6th Duke of Hamilton. Anne was the granddaughter of

Charles Murray, 1st Earl of Dunmore Charles Murray, 1st Earl of Dunmore (1661–1710) was a British peer, previously Lord Charles Murray. The second son of John Murray, 1st Marquess of Atholl, he rose to become a general in the British Army and was created Earl of Dunmore, Lord M ...

. She died from childbirth and Hamilton married Elizabeth Strangways (an aunt of the Countess of Ilchester), but she died childless on 3 November 1729. He then married

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(an aunt of the Countess of Galloway) on 21 August 1737 and they had three children: *

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(1738 – 11 November 1780), who married Arthur Chichester, 1st Marquess of Donegall. They had three sons. *

Archibald Hamilton, 9th Duke of Hamilton Archibald Hamilton, 9th Duke of Hamilton and 6th Duke of Brandon (15 July 1740 – 16 February 1819) was a Scottish peer and politician. Background and education Hamilton was the second son of the 5th Duke of Hamilton, by his third wife, Ann ...

(15 July 1740 – 16 February 1819) *Lord Spencer Hamilton (1742 – 20 March 1791) Hamilton died in 1743, aged 40 at Bath from jaundice and

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. His widow married

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and had three more children.

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James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Hamilton James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Hamilton and 2nd Duke of Brandon KT FRS (5 January 1703 – 2 March 1743) was a Scottish peer, the son of the 4th Duke of Hamilton. Hamilton attended Winchester College from 1716 to 1717. He matriculated at Christ ...

Members of the Royal Company of Archers Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford

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