Complete Baronetage.
[volume 2, page 322]
- HAMILTON
- cr. in 1627. dormant or extinct about 1670.
I. 1627 to 1670 ?
William Hamilton, called “ 3d brother to the Earl of Abercorn ” [S.],(322a) was cr. a Baronet [S.], presumably “ as of Westport,” in 1627, apparently before 28 March 1627,(322a) but no record is entered in the Great Seal Register, and no grant, or seizin of lands in Nova Scotia, is recorded. In Burke's Extinct Baronetage, however, “ Sir James [sic] Hamilton, of Preston, sprung from Alexander, son to the Lord Hamilton ” is said to have been thus created in 1627. The grantee was probably the Hon. William Hamilton, yr. br. of James, 2d Earl of Abercorn [S.], being 3d s. of James, the 1st Earl, by Marion, da. of Thomas (Boyd), Lord Boyd [S.]. He was b. about 1605 ; was Resident in Rome, about 1660, on behalf of the Queen Dow. of Charles I. He m., after 1645, Jean, Dow. Baroness Cathcart [S.], widow of Sir Duncan Campbell, 2d Baronet [S. 1628], of Auchinbreck, who was slain in 1645. He d. s.p. (Qy. about 1670 ?) when the Baronetcy became dormant or extinct.
Notes.
(322a) Milne's List, in which, however, no date is given. This Baronetcy is not given in Laing's or Walkeley's Lists, but in Beatson's List the creation of “ Hamilton, of Westport,” is placed between “ Maxwell ” and “ Stuart,” which indicates the date (given in Burke's Extinct Baronetage) of 1627. In Ulster's List [ending 1642] “ Sir William Hamilton, br. of the Earl of Abercorn ” occurs.
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