Person:James Hamilton (186)
Rt. Hon. James Hamilton, 8th Earl of Abercorn
b.22 Oct 1712 Queen Square, Holborn, Middlesex, England
d.9 Oct 1789 Boroughbridge, Yorkshire (W.R.), England
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m. 3 Apr 1711
  1. Rt. Hon. James Hamilton, 8th Earl of Abercorn1712 - 1789
  2. Capt. Hon. John Hamilton1714 - 1755
  3. Rev. Hon. George Hamilton, Canon of Windsor1718 - 1787
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Name[2][3] Rt. Hon. James Hamilton, 8th Earl of Abercorn
Gender Male
Birth[1] 22 Oct 1712 Queen Square, Holborn, Middlesex, England
Education[5] 10 Oct 1729 Oxford, Oxfordshire, EnglandJames, son of James Hamilton of Queen's Square, London, “arm.”, matriculated from Christ Church, Oxford, then aged 16.
Title (nobility)[1][4] 13 Jan 1743/44 He succeeded his father as Earl of Abercorn, etc. (Scotland), and Viscount Strabane, etc. (Ireland).
Will[2] 24 May 1785
Title (nobility)[1][3][4] 24 Aug 1786 He was created Viscount Hamilton, of Hamilton (co. Leicester) in the peerage of Great Britain. It was granted on 8 Aug. by King George III to him with a special remainder (because he was aged 73 years, unmarried, and without issue) to his nephew John James Hamilton, the son of his brother John, deceased, and the heirs male of his body.
Death[1] 9 Oct 1789 Boroughbridge, Yorkshire (W.R.), Englandunm.
Obituary[4] 14 Oct 1789
Burial[1] Paisley Abbey, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Probate[2] 14 Oct 1789 London, England
Reference Number? Q6135434?
This person does not have any known living descendants. He died unmarried[4] and without issue.

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James Hamilton, 8th Earl of Abercorn PC (Ire) (22 October 1712 – 9 October 1789), styled Lord Paisley from 1734 to 1736, was a Scottish and Irish peer. He inherited large estates in Ireland, where he built a mansion, and re-acquired some of the family's ancestral lands in Scotland.

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References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 ABERCORN EARLDOM VIII., in Cokayne, George Edward, and Vicary Gibbs; et al. The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant [2nd ed.]. (London: St. Catherine Press, 1910-59)
    1: 6-7.

    See transcript.

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 “Will of The Right Honorable James Earl of Abercorn”, in Church of England. Province of Canterbury. Prerogative Court. Prerogative Court of Canterbury and related probate jurisdictions: Will registers. (Kew, England: The National Archives)
    PROB 11/1183/348, [digital images, Ancestry.com].

    Will dated 24 May 1785 with codicils dated 25 May 1785, 22 May 1787, and 5 April 1789. James Earl of Abercorn

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 England. The London gazette. (London, England)
    issue 12775, p. 351, 5–8 Aug. 1786.

    (https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/12775/page/351 : accessed 15 Feb. 2018)

    “Whitehall, August 8
    …
    “The King has also been pleased to grant the Dignity of a Viscount of the Kingdom of Great Britain to the Right Honourable James Earl of Abercorn, and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten, by the Name, Stile and Title of Viscount Hamilton, of Hamilton in the County of Leicester; with Remainder to John James Hamilton, Esq; Son of the Honourable John Hamilton, deceased, late Brother to the said James Earl of Abercorn, and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten.”

  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 The Times. (London, England)
    no. 1282, p. 2, col. 3, 14 Oct. 1789.

    (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/7019/NEWS-UK-MID-TI.1789_10_14_0002 : accessed 15 Feb. 2018)

    “The late Earl of Abercorn was born in the year 1712, and succeeded his father in 1744.—He was the only Nobleman in the kingdom (not of the Blood Royal) who united in his own person the honours of the Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland.

    “His Lordship was Earl and Baron of Abercorn and Baron of Paisley; also Viscount and Baron Strabane, in Ireland, and Baron Mountcastle, Kilpatrick, a Baronet, and a Privy Counsellor of the same kingdom; Viscount Hamilton in England, and a Vice President of the Foundling Hospital.

    “His Lordship died unmarried; he was summoned by writ to the House of Peers in Ireland in 1736, succeeded his father as Earl of Abercorn, Jan. 13, 1744, and was created Viscount Hamilton on the 8th of August, 1786.

    “He is succeeded in his honours and estates by his nephew, the Hon. John James Hamilton, Member of Parliament for St. Germain's. His Lordship has died possessed of immense property. Besides his landed estates, which are very extensive, he has left upwards of two hundred thousand pounds in money, the greatest part of which is secured on mortgage.”

  5. ↑ Foster, Joseph, and University of Oxford. Alumni Oxonienses: the members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886: their parentage, birthplace, and year of birth, with a record of their degrees. (Oxford: James Parker and Co., 1888, 1891)
    2: 594, [no. 2].

    “Hamilton, James, s. James, of Queen's Square, London, arm. Christ Church, matric. 10 Oct., 1729, aged 16 ; this entry in all probability refers to James, 8th Earl of Abercorn, who died 9 Oct., 1789. See Foster's Peerage.”

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