James Hamilton, 7th Duke of Hamilton explained

James George Hamilton
Birth Date:18 February 1755
Birth Place:Holyrood Palace
Death Date:7 July 1769
Death Place:Hamilton Palace
7th Duke of Hamilton
4th Duke of Brandon
Marquess of Douglas
Predecessor:James Hamilton (as Duke of Hamilton)
Archibald Douglas (as Marquess of Douglas)
Successor:Douglas Hamilton
House:House of Douglas and Angus
House of Hamilton
Father:6th Duke of Hamilton
Mother:Elizabeth

James George Hamilton, 7th Duke of Hamilton and 4th Duke of Brandon (18 February 1755 – 7 July 1769) was a short-lived Scottish peer.

Hamilton was born at Holyrood Palace, the son of the 6th Duke of Hamilton and his wife, Elizabeth. Styled as Marquess of Clydesdale from his birth until his father's death, he succeeded to his father's title of Duke of Hamilton in 1758, at the age of two.

Upon the death in 1761 of his distant cousin, the Duke of Douglas, he inherited the title of Marquess of Douglas. A dispute concerning the estate of the late Duke of Douglas led to the Douglas Cause.

Hamilton was educated at Eton from 1763 to 1767. However, he died in 1769, aged 14, at Hamilton Palace from a fever. He was interred in the family mausoleum at Hamilton, Scotland, and his titles passed to his younger brother, Douglas Hamilton.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Book: The Historic Peerage of England: Exhibiting, Under Alphabetical Arrangement, the Origin, Descent, and Present State of Every Title of Peerage which Has Existed in this Country Since the Conquest ; Being a New Edition of the "Synopsis of the Peerage of England". 71 . James George Hamilton, 7th Duke of Hamilton and 4th Duke of Brandon. . John Murray . Nicolas. Sir Nicholas Harris. Courthope. William. 1857.