Person:James Hamilton (89)
Col. James Hamilton
 
d.6 Jun 1673
Parents and Siblings
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  1. Col. James Hamilton - 1673
  2. Sir George Hamilton, Comte Hamilton - Aft 1676
  3. Elizabeth HamiltonAbt 1641 - 1708
  4. Anthony Hamilton, Comte HamiltonAbt 1646 - 1720
  5. Alexander Hamilton1650 -
  6. Capt. Thomas Hamilton
  7. John Hamilton
Spouse and Children
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m. 1661
  1. Rt. Hon. James Hamilton, 6th Earl of Abercorn PCAbt 1661 - 1734
  2. Col. George Hamilton - 1692
  3. William Hamilton - 1737
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Facts and Events
Name Col. James Hamilton
Gender Male
Marriage 1661 to Elizabeth Colepeper
Death[1][2][3] 6 Jun 1673 John died as the result of having a leg taken off by a cannon-ball during a sea-fight with the Dutch on 3 June.
Burial[2][3] 7 Jun 1673 Westminster Abbey, Middlesex, Englandunder a monument erected to his memory by his uncle, James, Duke of Ormond
Probate[3] 4 Jul 1673
Probate[2] 5 Jan 1680 Administration was granted to his widow.
Reference Number? Q3702050?


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Colonel James Hamilton (died 1673) was the son of an Irish royalist and became a courtier to Charles II after the Restoration. He appears in the Mémoires du Comte de Grammont, written by his brother Anthony. The king appointed him ranger of Hyde Park and a groom of his bedchamber. In 1673 Hamilton lost a leg in a sea-fight with the Dutch and died from the wound a few days later. In 1701 his eldest son would succeed a cousin as 6th Earl of Abercorn.

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References
  1. ↑ ABERCORN EARLDOM VI., 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.

    See transcript.

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 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)
    1: 57.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Burials in Westminster Abbey, in Chester, Joseph Lemuel, ed. The Marriage, Baptismal, and Burial Registers of the Collegiate Church or Abbey of St. Peter, Westminster. (London: Harleian Society, 1876)
    pp 180-181.

    “1673 June 7 Colonel [blank] Hamlinton;6 received his death wound in the engagement against the Dutch: within the North monument door.”

    “6James Hamilton, eldest son of Sir George Hamilton (fourth son of James, first Earl of Abercorn) Baronet of Ireland, by Mary Butler, third dau. of Walter, Viscount Thurles, and sister of the first Duke of Ormond. He was Colonel of a regiment of Foot, and was appointed Groom of the Bedchamber to K. Charles II. about Nov. 1664. He was made Ranger of Hyde Park 29 Nov. 1671, and Hamilton Place, Piccadilly, is said to have thus derived its name. He died 6 June, and his relict Elizabeth administered to his estate 4 July following. She was dau. of John, first Lord Colepeper, and by her he was father of James, sixth Earl of Abercorn. She survived him until 1709. Charnock, in his Biographia Navalis, confounds him with Capt. Thomas Hamilton, who was in the same battle. This Colonel Hamilton was mentioned by Prince Rupert, in his account of the engagement of 28th May 1673, as having lost a leg, which was probably the immediate cause of death.”

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