Claud Hamilton, 2nd Baron Hamilton Of Strabane
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Claud Hamilton, 2nd Baron Hamilton of Strabane ( – 1638) was the founder of the
Strabane Strabane (; ) is a town in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. Strabane had a population of 13,507 at the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census. This article contains quotations from this source, which is available under th Open Government Li ...
branch of the Hamiltons. He died relatively young at about 32 and his wife, Jean Gordon, married Sir
Phelim O'Neill Sir Phelim Roe O'Neill of Kinard ( Irish: ''Sir Féilim Rua Ó Néill na Ceann Ard''; 1604–1653) was an Irish politician and soldier who started the Irish rebellion in Ulster on 23 October 1641. He joined the Irish Catholic Confede ...
, one of the leaders of the 1641 rebellion, after his death.


Birth and origins

Claud Hamilton was born near the beginning of the 17th century, probably in Paisley, Scotland. He was the second son of
James Hamilton James Hamilton may refer to: Dukes *James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton (1606–1649), heir to the throne of Scotland *James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton (1658–1712), Scottish nobleman *James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Hamilton (1703–1743), Sco ...
and his wife Marion Boyd. His father had been created Lord Abercorn by
James VI and I James VI and I (James Charles Stuart; 19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and King of Ireland, Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 M ...
in 1603 and was further advanced to
Earl of Abercorn Earl () is a rank of the nobility in the United Kingdom. In modern Britain, an earl is a member of the peerage, ranking below a marquess and above a viscount. A feminine form of ''earl'' never developed; instead, ''countess'' is used. The titl ...
in 1606. His paternal grandfather was Claud Hamilton, 1st Lord of Paisley. Claud's mother was a daughter of Thomas Boyd, 6th Lord Boyd of
Kilmarnock Kilmarnock ( ; ; , ), meaning "the church of Mernóc", is a town and former burgh in East Ayrshire situated in southwest Scotland. The town has served as the administrative centre of East Ayrshire Council since 1996 and is the region's main ...
. Both sides of his family were of ancient Scottish nobility. His father had been a Protestant, but his mother, Marion Boyd, was a Catholic, who brought him, like all his siblings, up in that religion. His uncle George of Greenlaw pushed in the same direction. Claud had four brothers and four sister, who are listed in his father's article.


Early life and father's succession

Hamilton matriculated at the
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in 1621 but seems to have left university without obtaining a degree. His father died in 1618. His eldest brother succeeded as 2nd Earl of Abercorn and inherited his father's Scottish estates, but the Irish estates had been settled on him and his younger brothers in his father's will. His was the most prestigious of these properties: the Strabane estate and the castle that his father had built there. His father had also wanted him to inherit the Irish title as baron Hamilton of Strabane to go with the Strabane estate. However, this proved difficult because of the title's ordinary
primogeniture Primogeniture () is the right, by law or custom, of the firstborn Legitimacy (family law), legitimate child to inheritance, inherit all or most of their parent's estate (law), estate in preference to shared inheritance among all or some childre ...
succession. The eldest brother therefore obligatorily succeeded to the title in 1618 and then resigned it, so that the title could be regranted to his younger brother by the crown. This took time and was only to happen in 1633. His father predeceased his grandfather, who still was Lord of Paisley and held the lands of the former Scottish abbey, which Claud's eldest brother eventually inherited in 1621.


Algeo's crime

In May 1628 Hamilton's servant Claud Algeo was suspected to be a Catholic and was served with a convocation to appear at the presbytery of Paisley by Ramsay, an officer of the
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. However, Algeo assaulted Ramsay and Claud Hamilton supported him. Claud was briefly jailed in June 1628 in Edinburgh Castle for abetting his servant in an assault and ordered to pay £40 to Ramsay. Claud Algeo fled to his master's Irish estates.


Lord Strabane by regrant

In 1633, his elder brother, James, the 2nd Earl of Abercorn in Scotland and the 1st
Baron Hamilton of Strabane Lord Hamilton, Baron of Strabane, in the County Tyrone, County of Tyrone, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland created on 8 May 1617, for James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Abercorn, James Hamilton, Master of Abercorn, eldest son of James Hamilton, 1st E ...
in Ireland, resigned his Irish title to the crown, which regranted it to Claud on 14 August 1634, with the original precedence. He thereby became the 2nd Baron Hamilton of Strabane.


Marriage and children

On 28 November 1632, Lord Strabane, as he was now, married Jean Gordon, fourth daughter of
George Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly George Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly (156213 June 1636) was a Scottish nobleman who took a leading role in the political and military life of Scotland in the late 16th century, and around the time of the Union of the Crowns. Biography The son ...
. The Huntlys were a Catholic family from Aberdeenshire Scotland. Claud and Jean had two sons: # James (1633 – 1655), became the 3rd Baron Hamilton of Strabane # George (1636/7 – 1668), became the 4th Baron Hamilton of Strabane —and two daughters: #Catherine (died 1670/1), married James Hamilton of Manorhamilton, the eldest brother of
Gustavus Hamilton, 1st Viscount Boyne Gustavus Hamilton, 1st Viscount Boyne PC (Ire) (1642–1723) was an Irish soldier and politician. In his youth, he fought in his cousin Sir George Hamilton's regiment for the French in the Franco-Dutch War. About 1678 he obtained a commiss ...
and two other husbands afterwards #Cecilia, also called Mariana, married Richard Perkins of Lifford


Death and timeline

Lord Strabane died on 14 June 1638, probably at the Castle of Strabane, and was buried at Leckpatrick, Strabane, County Tyrone. He was only in his thirties. His eldest son, James, succeeded him at the age of five as the 3rd Baron Hamilton of Strabane. His widow married Sir Phelim O'Neill in November 1649.


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* – 1627 to 1628 * * – G to K * – 1649 to 1664 (for George Hamilton ) * – Ab-Adam to Basing (for Abercorn) * * – (for timeline) * * – Viscounts (for Boyne, Strabane) * * * – Abercorn to Balmerino (for Abercorn) * – Panmure to Sinclair (for Sempill) * *


Further reading

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