Matthew Hamilton of Milnburn and Binning (died 1569) was a Scottish landowner and courtier.

Early life

He was a son of Matthew Hamilton ''in'' Milnburn or Mylnburn or Milburne in

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. The Mill Burn flows into the

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north of the village.

Career

Matthew Hamilton was appointed a gentleman and squire in the king's household in 1529. In February 1542

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sent

Robert Hamilton of Briggis Robert Hamilton of Briggis (died 1568) was a Scottish soldier and military engineer. He was keeper of Linlithgow Palace and Dunbar Castle and was Master of the Scottish artillery. Lands Briggis was an estate at Kirkliston near the Almond Water ...

and Matthew Hamilton of Milnburn to France. They were allowed to return by

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in January 1543. He was a Master of Household to

, and Captain of

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. In 1545 he was paid for "furnishing" the Regent's house ( with food), and paying household fees.

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identifies Matthew Hamilton as an opponent of the

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in 1559, and his brother Master John Hamilton as an unlearned cleric. Master John Hamilton of Milnburn was

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in 1547, and sent as ambassador to France. According to

he fell and died at

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on his return. In 1543 John Hamilton was paid in connection with attempt of Arran to divorce his wife,

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. John Hamilton began building a rampart and blockhouse at

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in February 1547. This work was completed as the spur fortification by an Italian military engineer, Migliorino Ubaldini.

Personal life

The children of Matthew Hamilton and his wife Agnes Livingstone included: * Henry Hamilton, who died before his father. The name of the mother of his daughter is unknown; * Libra Hamilton ''alias'' Robertson, who married firstly, Andrew Home of Prendergast, in

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. After his death she had the mills of

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and

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in life-rent, and married William Home of

. Libra Hamilton, Lady Ayton, was one of the women invited to wait on

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at her coronation in May 1590. In 1600 Anne of Denmark's tailor Peter Sanderson went to law over her debt of £54 for workmanship and merchandise supplied to her and her daughters and servants.Winifred Coutts, ''The Business of the College of Justice in 1600'' (Edinburgh, 2003), p. 162. Another contemporary called Libra Hamilton, (died 1592), was the wife of John Hamilton of Barncluith. Following his death, Hamilton's estate passed to his brother, Robert Hamilton, in 1569.

References

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