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Arran, Earls of: See Hamilton, Capt. James Stewart or Thomas Boyd: 3: Bethune, Janet: w. of Sir Thomas or Robert Livingston of Easter Wemyss, of James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Arran, and d. of Sir David Bethune of Creich: Abt1485-Abt1522: 2, 3, 32: Boyd, Mary: p. of James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Arran, d. of Alexander, de jure 3rd Lord Boyd of ...
Mother. Margaret Douglas. James Hamilton, 3rd Earl of Arran (1537–1609) was a Scottish nobleman and soldier who opposed the French-dominated regency during the Scottish Reformation. He was the eldest son of James Hamilton, Duke of Châtellerault, sometime regent of Scotland. He was of royal descent, and at times was third or fourth in ...
Feb 18, 2024 · Death. James Hamilton, earl of Arran, wrote his will on 26 March 1529, [24] making his eldest natural son, Sir James Hamilton of Finnart, his executor and the tutor for his heir (who was still a minor). [5] He died shortly thereafter, certainly by 31 March when Finnart was granted wardship of the earldom, and was buried at the collegiate church ...
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January 22, 1575, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland. James Hamilton, 2nd earl of Arran (born c. 1517—died January 22, 1575, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland) was heir presumptive to the throne after the accession of Mary Stuart in 1542 and was appointed her governor and tutor. He negotiated for a marriage between Mary and Prince Edward ...
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James Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh was a Scottish supporter of Mary, Queen of Scots, who assassinated James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, Regent of Scotland, in January 1570. [5] The 4th Earl of Arran, James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Hamilton became Lord Chancellor of Scotland and was made keeper of both of the strategic royal castles; Edinburgh ...
1537? James Hamilton, 3rd earl of Arran (born 1537?—died March 1609) was twice considered as a husband both for Mary Stuart and for Henry VIII ’s daughter Elizabeth (afterward Elizabeth I ). During his childhood these projects arose from his father ’s ambitions; later, when he had returned from commanding the Scots guards in France (1554 ...
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James Hamilton, 1st earl of Arran (born 1475?—died July 1529, Kinneil, West Lothian [now in Falkirk], Scotland) was the son of James, 1st Lord Hamilton, and of Mary, daughter of James II of Scotland. He was created earl of Arran in 1503 on the occasion of the marriage of James IV to Margaret Tudor. Arran commanded a naval expedition against ...
