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 and Lady Elizabeth Percy, daughter of the 8th Duke of Northumberland, he was educated at

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(as was his father before him). One of his younger brothers was the Scottish Conservative and Unionist politician James Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of Douglas. At the

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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 Lord Abernethy, he was hereditary bearer of the

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to the

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. He fulfilled that duty by carrying the Crown in front of Queen

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at the opening ceremony of the

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. 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 alcohol addiction for many years.

Royal Air Force

He was a pilot in the UK Royal Air Force under the name "Angus Clydesdale". He flew in the far east during the UK confrontation with Indonesia in the 1960s. He then became a flying instructor on the Jet Provost at RAF Syerston north of Nottingham. For family reasons in Scotland he was then posted to RAF Prestwick as a flying instructor, before retiring from his Air Force career.

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 (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 Martin Page 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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