Thomas Hamilton, Lord Priestfield (c.1535–1611) was a 16th/17th century Scottish judge and

Senator of the College of Justice The senators of the College of Justice in Scotland are judges of the College of Justice, a set of legal institutions involved in the administration of justice in Scotland. There are three types of senator: Lords of Session (judges of the Court ...

Life

He was born at

Priestfield House Priestfield House was a Victorian Country House near Cults, Fife, Scotland. History The estate, originally an outlying property of Crawford Priory, was purchased from the Earl of Glasgow by a wealthy merchant, James Martin Esq. in 1889. In 1 ...

south of Edinburgh, the eldest son of Thomas Hamilton, 2nd Laird of Priestfield, and Elizabeth Leslie of Innerpeffer. He was descended from the Hamiltons of

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. His father was killed at the

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near

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in 1547. He trained as a lawyer and was a judge in

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, living in Priestfield House south of the city, which he renamed

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, about the time of his May 1607 election as a

. Lord Prestonfield died in

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in 1611.

Family

Thomas Hamilton married twice. In 1558 he married three-times-married Elizabeth Heriot, a daughter of James Heriot of Trabroun. Their children included: *

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* Andrew Hamilton, Lord Redhouse, who married Jonet Laing, heiress of Redhouse Castle. * Christian Hamilton, who married Alexander Hamilton of

In 1572 he married Elizabeth Murray, daughter of Sir Andrew Murray of Black Barony. Their children included: * John Hamilton, Lord Magdalens, also a Senator of the College of Justice, who built Preston House in

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. * General Alexander Hamilton (d.1649). His brother John Hamilton died in the

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in 1610.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hamilton, Thomas 1611 deaths Lawyers from Edinburgh Senators of the College of Justice Year of birth uncertain