Person:Claud Hamilton (22)

Personal History

Claud Hamilton,^[2] son of John James Hamilton and Catherine^[2] (Copley) (later the first Marquess and Marchioness of Abercorn), was born 1 November 1787 in Petersham, Surrey, England,^[1] and was baptized 2 December in Petersham.^[2]

On 24 October 1805,^[3] Claud matriculated from Christ Church, Oxford, then aged 17.

Claud died in June 1808 in Madeira, Portugal.^[1]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} “Hamilton, Earl of Abercorn”, in Paul, James Balfour. The Scots peerage: founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's ‘Peerage of Scotland’ containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom, with armorial illustrations. (Edinburgh: D. Douglas, 1904-1914)
   vol. 1, pp. 67–68.

   See transcript, issue #2 under John James, ninth Earl of Abercorn, ….

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Church of England. Parish of St Peter, Petersham (Surrey), and Church of All Saints. Parish registers, 1570–1981. (Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1987–2001)
   Surrey History Centre, Woking P48/1/4. Baptism register, 1786–1812, p. 2, [no. 4].

   Digital image in Surrey, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538–1812 (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/4790/40815_1831101883_1050-00006 : accessed 27 Oct. 2017).
   
   “Claud Hamilton Son of John James Hamilton Esq^r. and Cathrine his Wife was Christened Decem^r. 2^d. 1787, Registered Decem^r. 2 1787 by me And^w Tho^s Hamilton”

3. ↑ 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)
   vol. 2, p. 593, [no. 5].

   “Hamilton, Claud, born at Petersham, Surrey, s. John James, Marquis of Abercorn. Christ Church, matric. 24 Oct., 1805, aged 17 ; M.P. Dungannon 1807, until his death in the Madeiras in June, 1808.”