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
Charles Hamilton, Lord Binning (1697 – 27 December 1732), was a 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 Binnin ...
and Rachel Baillie of Mellerstain and Jerviswood. Lord Binning had predeceased ''his'' father
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 ...
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
Benjamin Stillingfleet (1702–1771) was an English botanist, polymath, and author.
Life
Benjamin Stillingfleet was born in 1702 in Wood Norton, Norfolk to Mary Ann and Edward Stillingfleet. He was one of four children, and the only son.I. D ...
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
Ham is a suburban district in Richmond, south-west London. It has meadows adjoining the River Thames where the Thames Path National Trail also runs. Most of Ham is in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames and, chiefly, within the ward o ...
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 (d. 1785), widow of Gresham Lloyd and daughter to Rowland Holt of Redgrave Hall, Suffolk. Mary Lloyd had a daughter, also Mary, who would wed
John Leslie, 10th Earl of Rothes
General John Leslie, 10th Earl of Rothes KT (169810 December 1767) was a senior British Army officer who became Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Irish Army between 1758 and 1767.
Military career
Born the eldest son of John Hamilton-Leslie, 9t ...
, Haddington's father's first cousin. By Mary Lloyd he had issue:
*
Charles Hamilton, 8th Earl of Haddington
*Hon. Thomas Hamilton (1758–1774)
Haddington married secondly to Anne Gascoigne, daughter to
Sir Charles Gascoigne and had issue:
*Lady Charlotte Hamilton (1790–1793)
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.
1721 births
1794 deaths
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Alumni of St Mary Hall, Oxford
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