James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Hamilton and 4th Earl of Arran (1589 – 2 March 1625), styled Lord Aven from 1599 to 1604, was a

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politician. He was the son of

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and

Margaret Lyon Margaret Lyon (died 1625) was a Scottish aristocrat and landowner. She was the daughter of John Lyon, 7th Lord Glamis and Janet Keith, daughter of Robert Keith, Master of Marischal, and sister of William Keith, 4th Earl Marischal. Families She ...

Career

Hamilton inherited his father's titles and estates in 1604. King James granted him the property and lands of

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, or "Aberbrothwick", and on 5 May 1608 created him Lord Aberbrothwick (or Arbroath). In 1609, Aberbrothwick inherited the earldom of Arran from his insane and childless uncle

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. He moved to England with King James, and invested in the

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, an offshoot of the

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, buying the shares of Lucy Harrington, Countess of Bedford. The Parish of

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in the Somers Isles (alias

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) is named for him.Marion O'Connor, 'Godly Patronage: Lucy Russell, Countess of Bedford', Johanna Harris & Elizabeth Scott-Baumann, ''The Intellectual Culture of Puritan Women'' (Palgrave, 2011), p. 73. He was created

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and Baron of Innerdale in the peerage of England on 16 June 1619. In 1621 he served as

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, the King's representative in the

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Marriage and children

In 1603, he married Lady Ann Cunningham, a daughter of

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and they had five children: *Lady Anne Hamilton, married

Hugh Montgomerie, 7th Earl of Eglinton Hugh Montgomerie, 7th Earl of Eglinton (30 May 1613 – February 1669) was a Scottish landowner. Early life He was the son of Alexander Montgomerie, 6th Earl of Eglinton and Anne Livingstone. He spent much of his childhood at Seton Palace with h ...

and had issue *Lady Margaret Hamilton, married

John Lindsay, 17th Earl of Crawford, 1st Earl of Lindsay John Lindsay, 17th Earl of Crawford, 1st Earl of Lindsay ( – 1679) was a Scottish nobleman. Early life Lindsay was born . He was the eldest son of Robert Lindsay, 9th Lord Lindsay and Lady Christian Hamilton. His younger sister, Helen Lind ...

and had issue *Lady Mary Hamilton (died 1633), married James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Queensberry, no issue *

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(1606–1649) *

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(1616–1651) He also had an

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daughter,

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(who married

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and had issue) by Anne Stewart, a daughter of

Walter Stewart, 1st Lord Blantyre Walter Stewart, 1st Lord Blantyre (1555–1617) was a Scottish courtier and politician. He was Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland from 1582 to 1596 and Treasurer of Scotland from 1596 to 1599. Early life He was born , the son of Sir John ...

. Hamilton died on 2 March 1625 at

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, from a fever and was buried in the family mausoleum at

, on 2 September of that year.

Ancestry

References

Biography

* Hamilton, James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Hamilton, James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Nobility from South Lanarkshire Hamilton, James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of 17th-century Scottish peers Hamilton, James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Members of the Parliament of Scotland 1612 Members of the Convention of the Estates of Scotland 1617 Members of the Parliament of Scotland 1617 Members of the Parliament of Scotland 1621

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Earls of Cambridge

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