Ancestral Trails 2016 » James HAMILTON (1811-1885)

Personal data James HAMILTON 

  • He was born on January 21, 1811 in Seamore Place, Mayfair, Middlesex.
  • Title: 1st Duke of Abercorn
  • He died on October 31, 1885 in Baronscourt Tyrone, Ireland, he was 74 years old.

Household of James HAMILTON

He is married to Louisa Jane RUSSELL.

They got married in the year 1832, he was 20 years old.


Child(ren):

  2. James HAMILTON  1838-1913 


Notes about James HAMILTON

James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn, KG, PC (21 January 1811 - 31 October 1885), styled Viscount Hamilton from 1814 to 1818 and the Marquess of Abercorn from 1818 to 1868, was a British Conservative politician and statesman who twice served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

Born at Seymour Place, Mayfair, Abercorn was the son of James Hamilton, Viscount Hamilton, himself the eldest son of John Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Abercorn. His mother, Harriet, was the second daughter of the Hon. John Douglas, himself the son of James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton. His father died when Abercorn was only three. In 1818, aged seven, he succeeded his grandfather in his titles and estates. He was educated at Harrow School and Christ Church, Oxford. In 1856, he received an Honorary Doctorate of Civil Laws from the University of Oxford.

On 12 December 1844, Lord Abercorn was made a Knight of the Garter at the relatively young age of 33, becoming on 13 November of same year Lord Lieutenant of Donegal and Deputy Lieutenant of Tyrone. On 25 February 1846 he was appointed a Privy Counsellor and Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert, and remained a prominent figure in the royal court for the next two decades. In 1866, he was appointed Viceroy of Ireland, and two years later was created Marquess of Hamilton (in the Peerage of the United Kingdom) and Duke of Abercorn (in the Peerage of Ireland), resigning shortly after Gladstone won the 1868 general election. He was reappointed to the post in 1874, and the Duke served as Viceroy until his resignation in 1876, partly on account of his wife's ill health. In 1874, he was chosen Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Ireland, a post he held until his death. Abercorn was Envoy-Extraordinary for the investiture of King Umberto I of Italy with the Order of the Garter on 2 March 1878. He was elected Chancellor of the University of Ireland in 1881, and died four years later at his home of Baronscourt, County Tyrone.

He is buried in the cemetery at Baronscourt Parish Church, the traditional burial place of the Dukes of Abercorn and their families.

Family and children
Abercorn married Lady Louisa, second daughter of John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford, in 1832. They had fourteen children, thirteen of whom survived infancy:

Lady Harriet Georgiana Louisa Hamilton (1834-1913), married in 1855 to Thomas George Anson, 2nd Earl of Lichfield. They had eight sons and five daughters.
Lady Beatrix Frances Hamilton (1835-1871), married in 1854 to George Frederick D'Arcy Lambton, 2nd Earl of Durham
Lady Louisa Jane Hamilton (1836-1912), married in 1859 to William Montagu Douglas Scott, 6th Duke of Buccleuch
James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Abercorn (1838-1913)
Lady Katherine Elizabeth Hamilton (1840-1874), married in 1858 to William Henry Edgcumbe, 4th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe
Lady Georgiana Susan Hamilton (1841-1913), married in 1882 to Edward Turnour, 5th Earl Winterton
Lord Claud Hamilton (1843-1925)
Lord George Hamilton (1845-1927)
Lady Albertha Frances Anne Hamilton (1847-1932), married in 1869 to George Charles Spencer-Churchill, 8th Duke of Marlborough. The marriage was annulled in 1883.
Lord Ronald Douglas Hamilton (1849-1867)
Lady Maud Evelyn Hamilton (1850-1932), married in 1869 to Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne
Lord Cosmo Hamilton (1853-1853, on the same day)
Lord Frederick Spencer Hamilton (1856-1928)
Lord Ernest Hamilton (1858-1939)

Abercorn died in October 1885, aged 74, and was succeeded by his eldest son, James. The Duchess of Abercorn died in March 1905, aged 92. Through his son, the 2nd Duke, Abercorn is a great-great-great grandfather of Diana, Princess of Wales. Through his daughter, Lady Louisa, Abercorn is a great-grandfather of HRH Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, and a great-great grandfather of Sarah, Duchess of York.
SOURCE: Wikipedia

Do you have supplementary information, corrections or questions with regards to James HAMILTON?
The author of this publication would love to hear from you!

Ancestors (and descendant) of James HAMILTON

James HAMILTON
1811-1885

1832

Louisa Jane RUSSELL
1812-1905

Albertha Frances Anne HAMILTON
1847-1932
James HAMILTON
1838-1913
Katherine Elizabeth HAMILTON
1840-1874

With Quick Search you can search by name, first name followed by a last name. You type in a few letters (at least 3) and a list of personal names within this publication will immediately appear. The more characters you enter the more specific the results. Click on a person's name to go to that person's page.

  • You can enter text in lowercase or uppercase.
  • If you are not sure about the first name or exact spelling, you can use an asterisk (*). Example: "*ornelis de b*r" finds both "cornelis de boer" and "kornelis de buur".
  • It is not possible to enter charachters outside the standard alphabet (so no diacritic characters like ö and é).


Visualize another relationship

The data shown has no sources.

Matches in other publications

This person also appears in the publication:

Historical events

Birthday January 21, 1811

  • The temperature on January 21, 1811 was about -4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: helder. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1811: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 5 » Peninsular War: A French force under the command of Marshal Victor is routed while trying to prevent an Anglo-Spanish-Portuguese army from lifting the Siege of Cádiz in the Battle of Barrosa.
    • March 9 » Paraguayan forces defeat Manuel Belgrano at the Battle of Tacuarí.
    • March 12 » Peninsular War: A day after a successful rearguard action, French Marshal Michel Ney once again successfully delays the pursuing Anglo-Portuguese force at the Battle of Redinha.
    • May 18 » Battle of Las Piedras: The first great military triumph of the revolution of the Río de la Plata in Uruguay led by José Artigas.
    • July 5 » The Venezuelan Declaration of Independence is adopted by a congress of the provinces.
    • November 7 » Tecumseh's War: The Battle of Tippecanoe is fought near present-day Battle Ground, Indiana, United States.

Day of death October 31, 1885

  • The temperature on October 31, 1885 was about 4.6 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1885: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • March 3 » The American Telephone & Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York.
    • March 14 » The Mikado, a light opera by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, receives its first public performance at the Savoy Theatre in London.
    • April 24 » American sharpshooter Annie Oakley is hired by Nate Salsbury to be a part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West.
    • June 9 » Treaty of Tientsin is signed to end the Sino-French War, with China eventually giving up Tonkin and Annam – most of present-day Vietnam – to France.
    • June 17 » The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.
    • November 28 » Bulgarian victory in the Serbo-Bulgarian War preserves the Unification of Bulgaria.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

Source: Wikipedia


About the surname HAMILTON

  • View the information that Genealogie Online has about the surname HAMILTON.
  • Check the information Open Archives has about HAMILTON.
  • Check the Wie (onder)zoekt wie? register to see who is (re)searching HAMILTON.

The Ancestral Trails 2016 publication was prepared by .contact the author
When copying data from this family tree, please include a reference to the origin:
Patti Lee Salter, "Ancestral Trails 2016", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/ancestral-trails-2016/I91908.php : accessed February 4, 2026), "James HAMILTON (1811-1885)".