James George Hamilton, 7th Duke of Hamilton and 4th Duke of Brandon (18 February 1755 – 7 July 1769) was a short-lived

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peer. Hamilton was born at

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, the son of the 6th Duke of Hamilton and his wife,

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. Styled as Marquess of Clydesdale from his birth until his father's death, he succeeded to his father's title of

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in 1758, at the age of two. Upon the death in 1761 of his distant cousin, the

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, he inherited the title of

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. A dispute concerning the estate of the late Duke of Douglas led to the

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. Hamilton was educated at Eton from 1763 to 1767. However, he died in 1769, aged 14, at

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. He was interred in the family mausoleum at

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, and his titles passed to his younger brother, Douglas Hamilton.

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