Person:Claud Hamilton (16)

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Claud Hamilton, 4th Earl of Abercorn
chr.13 Sep 1659 Dublin, County Dublin, Republic of Ireland
d.Aug 1691
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m. Bef 1660
  1. Claud Hamilton, 4th Earl of Abercorn1659 - 1691
  2. Charles Hamilton, 5th Earl of Abercorn - 1701
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Name Claud Hamilton, 4th Earl of Abercorn
Alt Name Claud Hamilton, 5th Baron Hamilton of Strabane
Gender Male
Baptism[2] 13 Sep 1659 Dublin, County Dublin, Republic of Irelandat St. Audoen's Church
Title (nobility)[2] 14 Apr 1668 Claud succeeded his father.
Title (nobility)[2] 11 May 1691 Claud was outlawed and his Irish estates and title were forfeited.
Death[1] Aug 1691 unmarried
Reference Number Q5128634 (Wikidata)


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Claud Hamilton, 4th Earl of Abercorn PC (Ire) (1659–1691) was a Scottish and Irish peer who fought for the Jacobites in the Williamite War. He went with King James to Derry in 1689 and tried to negotiate the surrender of the town with Adam Murray. He raised a regiment of horse that he led in the defeats of Newtownbutler in 1689 and Aughrim in 1691. He was killed when the ship that should have brought him to France was intercepted by a Dutch privateer.

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  1. ↑ Claud Hamilton, 4th Earl of Abercorn, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 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)
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