Thomas Hamilton, 3rd Earl of Haddington (1626 – 8 February, 1645) was a short-lived
Scottish nobleman.
Life
Haddington was born in 1626, eldest son of
Thomas Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Haddington
Thomas Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Haddington (25 May 1600 – 30 August 1640) was a Scottish nobleman.
Early life
Thomas Hamilton, Lord Binning was the eldest son of Thomas Hamilton, 1st Earl of Haddington and his second wife, Margaret Foulis of Co ...
and Lady Catherine Erskine, daughter of
John Erskine, Earl of Mar and
Lady Marie Stewart.
Lord Haddington was a minor when he succeeded his father. The latter having been killed in an explosion at
Dunglass Castle during the
Bishops' Wars.
Haddington travelled to the continent to further his education. While in France he met
Henriette de Coligny
Henriette de Coligny de La Suze (1618 – March 10, 1673) was a French writer.
Early life
She was one of four children born to Anne de Polignac and Gaspard de Coligny, Duc de Châtillon, who served under Louis XIII, and was appointed Marshal ...
, daughter to
Gaspard de Coligny, Duc de Châtillon, Marshal of France. Henriette de Coligny was eight years senior to Haddington, but nevertheless a marriage was contracted between them in 1643.
Haddington and his bride returned to Scotland, where he involved himself with the
Covenanters. Haddington died, while still underage, of
consumption
Consumption may refer to:
*Resource consumption
*Tuberculosis, an infectious disease, historically
* Consumption (ecology), receipt of energy by consuming other organisms
* Consumption (economics), the purchasing of newly produced goods for curren ...
on 8 February 1645, without issue. His countess returned to France where she remarried to Gaspard de Champagne, Comte de la Suze, and died in 1673.
Lord Haddington was succeeded by his brother
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. ...
.
References
Notes
Sources
John Anderson (genealogist, 1789–1832), Anderson, J., ''Historical and genealogical memoirs of the House of Hamilton; with genealogical memoirs of the several branches of the family'', Edinburgh 1825.
James Balfour Paul, Balfour Paul, Sir J., ''Scots Peerage'' IX vols. Edinburgh 1904.
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1626 births
1645 deaths
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17th-century Scottish people
17th-century deaths from tuberculosis
Tuberculosis deaths in Scotland