Person:James Hamilton (184)
Most Noble James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Abercorn KG CB PC
b.24 Aug 1838 Brighton, Sussex, England
d.3 Jan 1913 Westminster, London, England
Parents and Siblings
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m. 25 Oct 1832
  1. Lady Harriet Georgina Louisa Hamilton1834 - 1913
  2. Lady Beatrix Frances Hamilton1835 - 1871
  3. Lady Louisa Jane Hamilton1836 - 1912
  4. Most Noble James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Abercorn KG CB PC1838 - 1913
  5. Lady Katherine Elizabeth Hamilton1840 - 1874
  6. Lady Georgiana Susan Hamilton1841 - 1913
  7. Rt. Hon. Lord Claud John Hamilton, KStJ PC1843 - 1925
  8. Rt. Hon. Lord George Francis Hamilton, GCSI PC1845 - 1927
  9. Lady Albertha Frances Anne Hamilton1847 - 1932
  10. Lord Ronald Douglas Hamilton1849 - 1867
  11. Lady Maud Evelyn Hamilton1850 - 1932
  12. Lord Cosmo Hamilton1853 - 1853
  13. Lord Frederick Spencer Hamilton1856 - 1928
  14. Lord Ernest William Hamilton1858 - 1939
Spouse and Children
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m. 7 Jan 1869
  1. Most Noble James Albert Edward Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn KG KP KStJ PC1869 - 1953
  2. Lord Claud Penn Alexander Hamilton1871 - 1871
  3. Lord Charles Hamilton1874 - 1874
  4. Lady Alexandra Phyllis Hamilton1876 - 1918
  5. Lord Claud Francis Hamilton1878 - 1878
  6. Lady Gladys Mary Hamilton1880 - 1917
  7. Capt. Lord Arthur John Hamilton1883 - 1914
  8. — Hamilton1886 - 1886
  9. Capt. Lord Claud Nigel Hamilton, GCVO CMG DSO1889 - 1975
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Facts and Events
Name Most Noble James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Abercorn KG CB PC
Alt Name[9][12] Rt. Hon. James Hamilton, Viscount Hamilton
Alt Name[13] Most Hon. James Hamilton, Marquess of Hamilton
Gender Male
Birth[1][2][4] 24 Aug 1838 Brighton, Sussex, England
Marriage 7 Jan 1869 Westminster St. George Hanover Square, London, Englandto Lady Mary Anna Curzon-Howe
Death[3][4][5] 3 Jan 1913 Westminster, London, Englandat Hampden House (61 Green Street, Mayfair)
Burial[4] 7 Jan 1913 Baronscourt Parish Churchyard, Strabane, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Probate[5] 26 Jun 1913 London, England
Reference Number? Q335270?

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Personal History

James Hamilton,[2] styled Viscount Hamilton, was born 24 August 1838[4] at Brighton, co. Sussex, England[1] (registered in the district of Brighton).[2]

James entered Harrow School in 1852 and left in 1855.[11]

On 28 May 1857,[9] James, Viscount Hamilton, matriculated from Christ Church, Oxford, then aged 18. He earned the Bachelor of Arts in 1860 and the Master of Arts in 1865.

On 15 June 1866,[7] James was appointed by the Prince of Wales to be a Lord of the Bedchamber to His Royal Highness, until about 1885.

After his father was created a duke in 1868, James was styled Marquess of Hamilton.

On 15 June 1885,[6] James was appointed by Queen Victoria to be a Companion of the Civil Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (CB).

Upon the death of his father in 1885, James succeeded as Duke of Abercorn and Marquess of Hamilton of Strabane (2nd, created 1868), Viscount Strabane (6th, 1701), Lord Hamilton, Baron of Strabane (10th, 1617), and Baron of Mountcastle, co. Tyrone (6th, 1701), in Ireland; Marquess of Abercorn (3rd, 1790) and Viscount Hamilton (4th, 1786), in Great Britain; and Earl of Abercorn (11th, 1606), Lord Paisley (11th, 1587), Lord Abercorn (11th, 1603), and Lord Paisley, Hamilton, Mountcastell, and Kilpatrick (11th, 1606), in Scotland.

On 1 January 1886,[8] the Duke of Abercorn was appointed by the Prince of Wales to be Groom of the Stole to His Royal Highness.

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Marriage and Family

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James Hamilton and Mary Anna Curzon were married 7 January 1869 at the Church of St George, Hanover Square, co. Middlesex, England.

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Death and Probate

The Duke of Abercorn died 3 January 1913[4][5] at Hampden House, Middlesex, England[5] (registered in the district of St George Hanover Square),[3] and was buried 7 January 1913[10] in the Baronscourt Parish Church graveyard, co. Tyrone, (Northern) Ireland.[4][10]

On 26 June 1913,[5] in London, administration was granted to his brother the Rt. Hon. Lord George Francis Hamilton GCSI; effects were in the amount of £363,789 6s.

The Duke's titles were inherited by his first son, James Albert Edward.

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From Wikipedia

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James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Abercorn (24 August 1838 – 3 January 1913), styled Viscount Hamilton until 1868 and Marquess of Hamilton from 1868 to 1885, was a British nobleman, groom of the stool, and diplomat. He was the son of James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn, and Lady Louisa Jane Russell.

This page uses content from the English Wikipedia. The original content was at James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Abercorn. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with WeRelate, the content of Wikipedia is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
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Resources

Transcribed sources:

  • The Scots Peerage. (Edinburgh: D. Douglas, 1904–1914). See volume I, chapter “Hamilton, Earl of Abercorn,” in the paragraphs under “James, eleventh Earl, third Marquess and second Duke of Abercorn.”
  • The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom Extant, Extinct or Dormant. Second edition. (London: St. Catherine Press, 1910–59). See volume I, in the section titled “Abercorn,” the paragraphs under “Dukedom II. [etc.]”
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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)
    vol. 1, pp. 9–10.

    See transcript, under ABERCORN: DUKEDOM II.

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Registered during Q3, 1838, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Birth Index. (London, United Kingdom: General Register Office, 1837-Present)
    [digital image, Ancestry.com].

    “HAMILTON, James”, Brighton dist., vol. 7, p. 226.

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Registered during Q1, 1913, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Death Index. (London, United Kingdom: General Register Office, 1837-Present)
    [digital images, Ancestry.com].

    “Abercorn, James H. (Duke of)” and “Hamilton, James”, age 74, St George Hanover Square dist., vol. 1a, p. 625.

  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 “Sir James Hamilton”, in Find A Grave
    memorial 120820394. Viewed digital image of grave marker, accessed 29 Feb. 2016.

    The grave marker was inscribed, “TO THE DEAR MEMORY OF JAMES 2ND DUKE OF ABERCORN K.G. BORN 24TH AUGUST 1838 DIED 3RD JANUARY 1913.”

  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 “Wills and Administrations, 1913”, in Principal Probate Registry (London). Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration: Made in the Principal Registry and in the Several District Registries of Her Majesty's Court of Probate. (London, United Kingdom: HM Stationery Office, [1859?]–present)
    vol. surnames A–C, p. 2.

    Digital image in England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858–1966, 1973–1995 (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/1904/31874_222968-00009/5533127 : accessed 14 Nov. 2017).

    “ABERCORN, the most noble duke of James K.G.” of Hampden House, Green-street, co. Middlesex, and of Barons Court in Ireland and of Duddingston House near Edinburgh N.B., d. 3 Jan. 1913 at Hampden House; probate in London, 26 June, to Rt. Hon. Lord George Francis Hamilton GCSI, effects £363,789 6s.

  6. ↑ England. The London gazette. (London, England)
    issue 25480, p. 2753, 16 June 1885.

    < https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/25480/page/2753 >
    “War Office, June 15, 1885.
    “THE Queen has been pleased to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Honourable Order of the Bath :
    …
    “To be Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the Third Class, or Companions of the said Most Honourable Order, viz. :—
    “The Right Honourable the Marquess of Hamilton.”

  7. ↑ England. The London gazette. (London, England)
    issue 23127, p. 3486, 15 June 1866.

    < https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/23127/page/3486 >
    “Marlborough House, June 15, 1866.
    “His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales has appointed the Viscount Hamilton to be a Lord of the Bedchamber to His Royal Highness, in the room of the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, resigned.”

  8. ↑ England. The London gazette. (London, England)
    issue 25546, p. 63, 5 Jan. 1886.

    < https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/25546/page/63 >
    “Marlborough House, January 1, 1886.
    “THE Prince of Wales has been pleased to appoint James, Duke of Abercorn, C.B., to be Groom of the Stole to His Royal Highness.
    “His Royal Highness has also been pleased to appoint Archibald Brabazon Sparrow, Earl of Gosford, K.P., to be Lord in Waiting, vice the Marquis of Hamilton, now Duke of Abercorn, resigned; and Captain the Honourable Alwyn Henry Fulke Greville, Kind's Royal Rifle Corps, to be Extra Equerry in Waiting to His Royal Highness.”

  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 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. 594, [no. 10].

    “Hamilton, James, Viscount, 1s. James, Marquis of Hamilton. Christ Church, matric. 28 May, 1857, aged 18 ; B.A. 1860, M.A. 1865, 2nd Duke of Abercorn, M.P. co. Donegal July, 1860–80, groom of the stole to the Prince of Wales. See Foster's Peerage.”

  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 “Baronscourt Parish, Church of Ireland Death Index Cards Pre-1965”, in CoTyroneIreland.com
    Church Records.

    (http://cotyroneireland.com/churchrecord/baronscourt_deaths.html : accessed 3 Oct. 2017)

    “HAMILTON, JAMES 2ND DUKE OF ABERCORN R.G.”, bur. 7 Jan. 1913, register ref. # 125.

  11. ↑ Harrow School; Milverton Godfrey Dauglish (ed.); and Pleydell Keppel Stephenson (ed.). The Harrow School Register, 1800-1911 (3rd ed.). (London [England], New York [New York] and Bombay [India]: Longmans, Green, 1911)
    p. 247.

    (https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015039798247?urlappend=%3Bseq=267 : accessed 18 Oct. 2017)

    Under “ENTRANCES, EASTER–MIDSUMMER 1852”:
    “Hamilton, James, Viscount (Small Houses), son of James, 1st Duke of Abercorn (O.H.). Left 18551.”

  12. ↑ Style as son and heir apparent until his father was created a Duke in 1868.
  13. ↑ Style as son and heir apparent from 1868 until he succeeded his father in 1885.
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