Claud Hamilton, 1st Lord Paisley

Claude HAMILTON. Born ABT 1536, , , , Scotland. Married AFT 16 JUN 1574, Margaret SETON, died MAR 1616, daughter of George SETON and Isabel HAMILTON.

• The Scots Peerage; Pages 369; Vol 4; 37; G929.72; P291sc; Denver Public Library; Genealogy !GENEALOGY: Calhoun; Hamilton; Baskin and Related Families; Pages 121; 125; FHL film 0896933; Copy in possession of Charlotte Maness

Children of Claude HAMILTON and Margaret SETON:

• 55 i Frederick HAMILTON, b. Scotland, d. 1646
• ii Margaret HAMILTON. Born 21 SEP 1577. Died 23 DEC 1577.
  • The Scots Peerage; Page 29; Vol 1; G929.72; P291sc; Denver Public Library; Genealogy
• iii Henry HAMILTON. Born 13 DEC 1584. Died 15 MAR 1585. **The Scots Peerage; Page 29; Vol 1; G929.72; P291sc; Denver Public Library; Genealogy
• iv Alexander HAMILTON. Born 19 NOV 1587. Died 21 NOV 1587. **The Scots Peerage; Page 29; Vol 1; G929.72; P291sc; Denver Public Library; Genealogy
• v James HAMILTON. !GENEALOGY: The Scots Peerage; Page 40; Vol 1; G929.72; P291sc; Denver Public Library; Genealogy
• vi John HAMILTON. !GENEALOGY: The Scots Peerage; Page 40; Vol 1; G929.72; P291sc; Denver Public Library; Genealogy
• vii Claud HAMILTON. Died 19 OCT 1614, Dublin, , , Ireland.
  • The Scots Peerage; Page 41; Vol 1; G929.72; P291sc; Denver Public Library;

Genealogy Ms. Charlotte Maness, 757 Oak St, Apartment B, Lakewood, CO 80215

SOURCES:

1) GENEALOGY: The Scots Peerage; Pages 369; Vol 4; 37; G929.72; P291sc; Denver Public Library; Genealogy

2) GENEALOGY: Calhoun; Hamilton; Baskin and Related Families; Pages 121; 125; FHL film 0896933; Copy in possession of Charlotte Maness

3) http://www.thepeerage.com/p10952.htm

From Darryl Lundy's Peerage page on Claud Hamilton, 1st Lord Paisley:

Claud Hamilton, 1st Lord Paisley [1]

• M, #109519,
• b. circa June 1546,
• d. before 3 May 1621
• Last Edited=21 Jan 2011
• Consanguinity Index=1.15%

Claud Hamilton, 1st Lord Paisley was born circa June 1546.[4]

He was baptised on 9 June 1546 at Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.[4]

He married Margaret Seton, daughter of George Seton, 5th Lord Seton and Isabel Hamilton, on 1 August 1574 at Niddry Castle, Scotland.[5]

He died before 3 May 1621.6

He was the son of James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran and Lady Margaret Douglas.[3]

• He held the office of Commendator of the Abbey of Paisley, Renfrewshire on 5 December 1553.[4]
• From April 1560 to February 1562 he was one of the hostages in England for the Treaty of Berwick.[4]
• He met Queen Mary at Queensferry on her escape from Loch Leven, signed the Hamilton bond, [8], commanded the van at Langside, [13], and landed with the Queen at Workington on her flight to England, 16 May 1568.[4] On 19 August 1568 , as a consequence, he was declared a traitor and forfeit.[4]
• In June 1571 he was present at the 'Marian' Parliament in Edinburgh.[4]
• He fought in the attack on Stirling and the murder of the Regent Lennox on 4 September 1571.[4]
• On 23 February 1572/73 he was admitted to the Pacification, and was restored.[4]
• On 10 November 1579 he was again forfeited.[4]
• He was invested as a Privy Counsellor (P.C.) [Scotland] on 10 December 1585.[4]
• On 10 December 1585 he was again restored, under the Act of Restitution.[4]
• He was created 1st Lord Paisley, co. Renfrew [Scotland] on 29 July 1587.[4]
• From March 1589 to August 1589 he was imprisoned in Edinburgh Castle for actively engaging in plots against Queen Mary and the King of Spain.[4]
• He was suffered from a severe religious madness (apparently a hereditary malady of his family) in November 1590.[4]

Children of Claud Hamilton, 1st Lord Paisley and Margaret Seton

• 1. James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn+7 b. 12 Aug 1575, d. 23 Mar 1618
• 2. Sir John Hamilton+8 b. a 1576, d. b 1604
• 3. Sir Claud Hamilton+9 b. bt 1576 - 1588, d. 19 Oct 1614
• 4. Sir George Hamilton+10 b. a 1577, d. b 1657
• 5. Margaret Hamilton11 b. 1 Sep 1577, d. 23 Dec 1577
• 6. Sir Frederick Hamilton+12 b. bt 1578 - 1603, d. 31 Mar 1646
• 7. Hon. Margaret Hamilton+13 b. c 1585, d. 11 Sep 1623
• 8. Henry Hamilton11 b. 13 Jan 1585, d. 15 Mar 1585
• 9. Alexander Hamilton11 b. 3 Sep 1587, d. 11 Dec 1587

Citations

• 1. [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume X, page 289. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
• 2. [S3409] Caroline Maubois, "re: Penancoet Family," e-mail message to Darryl Roger Lundy, 2 December 2008. Hereinafter cited as "re: Penancoet Family."
• 3. [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume I, page 4.
• 4. [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume X, page 290.
• 5. [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume X, page 291.
• 6. [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume X, page 292.
• 7. [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume I, page 3.
• 8. [S8] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes (Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999), volume 1, page 4. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition.
• 9. [S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 1327. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
• 10. [S323] Sir James Balfour Paul, The Scots Peerage: founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's The Peerage of Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland: David Douglas, 1904), volume I, page 43. Hereinafter cited as The Scots Peerage.
• 11. [S1322] David Arathoon, "re: Acheson Family and Campbell Family," e-mail message to Darryl Lundy, 8 April 2005 - 14 July 2006. Hereinafter cited as "re: Acheson Family and Campbell Family."
• 12. [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume II, page 266.
• 13. [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume IV, page 437.

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From the English Wikipedia page on Claud Hamilton, 1st Lord Paisley:

From Wikipedia - Claud Hamilton, 1st Lord Paisley

Claud Hamilton, 1st Lord Paisley (1546–1621) was a Scottish politician. He is the ancestor of the earls, marquesses and dukes of Abercorn.

Birth and origins

Claud was born in 1546 (baptised 9 June), probably at Paisley, Scotland. He was the youngest son of James Hamilton and his wife Margaret Douglas. His father was from the House of Hamilton, being the 2nd Earl of Arran in Scotland and 1st Duke of Châtellerault in France. Claud's mother was a daughter of James Douglas, 3rd Earl of Morton. Both parents were Scottish. They had married in September 1532.

Commendator of Paisley

His uncle John Hamilton, an illegitimate son of his grandfather, the 1st Earl of Arran, was commendatory abbot of Paisley Abbey around the time of his birth. In 1553 this uncle succeeded David Beaton as Archbishop of St Andrews and agreed to pass the position as commendator to his nephew Claud, who was then about seven years old.

Scottish politics

In March 1560, when he was 14, he was sent as a hostage to England by the Treaty of Berwick.

On 2 May 1568, he helped Mary, Queen of Scots, to escape from Loch Leven Castle, and afterwards on 13 May 1568 fought for her at the defeat of Langside. His estates having been forfeited because of condemnation, Hamilton was concerned in the murder of the Regent James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray in 1570, and also in that of the Regent Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox in the following year; but in 1573 he recovered his estates.

Marriage and children

George, Lord Seton and his children in 1572, including Margaret, Lady Paisley, Robert, Earl of Winton, Sir John Seton of Barns and Alexander, Earl of Dunfermline

On 1 August 1574 at Niddry Castle, Hamilton married Margaret Seton, the daughter of George Seton, 7th Lord Seton and his wife, Isabel Hamilton. Among her siblings were Robert Seton, 1st Earl of Winton; Sir John Seton of Barnes, attendant to the Earl of Leicester in 1575, Master Carver to Philip II of Spain and Master of Horse to James VI; Alexander Seton, 1st Earl of Dunfermline, Lord Urquhart, Lord Fyvie, and Prior of Pluscarden; and Sir William Seton, who married Janet Dunbar.

Claud and Margaret had many children, including:

• James (1575–1618), was created the 1st Earl of Abercorn in 1603;
• John, married Johanna Everard, daughter of Levimus Everard;
• Claud (died 1614), of Shawfield, was appointed to the Privy Council of Ireland, and whose daughter Margaret married Sir John Stewart of Methven;
• George (died before 1657) of Greenlaw and Roscrea, married twice and lived at Derrywoon;
• Frederick (1590–1647), built Manorhamilton and served Sweden in the Thirty Years' War;
• Margaret (died 1623), married William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas.

Later years

In 1562 his eldest brother, James, was declared insane. His father died at Hamilton on 22 January 1575. His brother James as the eldest inherited the title and estate but because of his insanity, John the second brother had to stand in for him.

Then in 1579 the privy council decided to arrest both him and his brother, Lord John Hamilton (c. 1535–1604) (afterwards 1st Marquess of Hamilton), to punish them for their past misdeeds. They were besieged at Hamilton. The brothers escaped to the Kingdom of England, where Queen Elizabeth used them as pawns in the diplomatic game, and later Claud lived for a short time in France.

In April 1583 Claud was in exile in England at Widdrington Castle in Northumberland. He wrote to Queen Elizabeth and Frances Walsingham for aid for his expenses living in this "sober house" especially as his wife was soon to visit.

Returning to Scotland in 1586 and mixing again in politics, he sought to reconcile James VI of Scotland with his mother; he was in communication with Philip II of Spain in the interests of Mary and the Roman Catholic religion, and neither the failure of Anthony Babington's plot nor even the defeat of the Spanish Armada put an end to these intrigues.

In 1587 he was created a Scottish Lord of Parliament as Lord Paisley, when the abbey was erected as a barony. With this the Hamilton family gained a second seat in Parliament, the first being held by his elder brother John for his eldest brother James, during his insanity. This seat in the Scottish Parliament was occupied after his death by his grandson James, the 2nd earl of Abercorn and Lord Paysley became a subsidiary title of the earls, later marquesses and dukes of Abercorn, which was held by the heir apparent.

Illness, death, and timeline

In 1589 some of his letters were seized and Lord Paisley, as he was now, suffered a short imprisonment, after which he practically disappeared from public life. He suffered from mental illness in his later years. In November 1590 he broke down in tears after reading the Bible and it was thought he would not recover 'in regard of the infirmity haunting and falling on many descended of that house'. His eldest brother James Hamilton, 3rd Earl of Arran had been suffering from a mental illness since 1562. In 1598 he allowed James, his eldest son, styled the Master of Paisley, to act on his behalf with regard to all the affairs concerning the town. His wife died in March 1616. His son predeceased him in 1618. He died in 1621 and was buried in Paisley Abbey. He was succeeded by his grandson, James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Abercorn.

References

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

• 1. ^ Calendar State Papers Scotland, vol. 1 (1898), 344.

External Links

Claud and his family appear in The Scots Peerage

• https://sites.google.com/site/thescotspeerage/abercorn-hamilton-ear...

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From the Scots Peerage:

Lord Claud Hamilton, fourth and youngest son of James, second Earl of Arran and Duke of Chatelherault was born about 1543.

By a papal bull dated 5 December 1553 he was appointed Commendator of the Abbey of Paisley by Pope Julius III. on the resignation of his uncle John Hamilton, a natural son of the first Earl of Arran. The bull calls him fourteen years of age, but as he is found granting a charter on 6 August 1564 with consent of his father as tutor, it is clear he must have been under age at that time, so that he cannot have been born earlier than 1543. He also enjoyed the offices of Dean of Dunbar, Canon of Glasgow and Prebendary of Cambuslang.

As was to be expected from his family connections he became a strong adherent of Queen Mary, and on her escape from the castle of Lochleven 2 May 1568 he met her with 50 men and conveyed her first to Niddrie and then to Hamilton, and at the battle of Langside on 13 May following commanded the vanguard of her army. He was in consequence declared a traitor and sentence of forfeiture pronounced against him in Parliament 9 August 1568.

The abbey fell into the possession of Lord Sempill, and the former commendator was cast upon his own resources. His uncle the Archbishop of St. Andrews was hanged at Stirling in 1571, and on 4 September that town was surprised by Lord Claud and 400 companions shouting: "Hamilton, God and the queen, think on the Bishop of St. Andrews." After a temporary success they were repulsed not, however, before the Regent Lennox was shot through the back by a Captain Calder, who afterwards alleged that the deed was done at the instigation of Claud Hamilton and Huntly.

Hamilton after this led an active and troubled life for some time vainly endeavouring to get his Paisley possessions under his hands again: at last, in February 1572-3 he was admitted to the benefits of the Pacification of Perth: a pardon was issued to those who had been concerned in the death of the Regent Lennox, and Hamilton was restored to his possessions, though not till force had been used to compel Lord Sempill to give them up.

As the Regent Morton grew in power he did not forget his enmity against the Hamiltons, and succeeded in getting an Act of Council passed on 30 April 1579, ordering the immediate execution of the old acts against Lord Claud and his brother John, the seizure of their estates, the apprehension of their persons, and whatever armed action might be necessary for these purposes. These two were really the heads of the great Hamilton party, as their elder brother the Earl of Arran was hopelessly insane.

Although they garrisoned their castles of Hamilton and Draffen, they did not dare to remain and resist the overwhelming forces sent against them. Lord Claud after some time fled to the north of England, and threw himself on the protection of Elizabeth, who interested herself so far in the matter as to send an envoy to Scotland to plead for him, but without success. In October 1579 an act of forfeiture was passed on him in Parliament.

He joined the party of the 'Banished Lords' in their futile attempt to upset the supremacy of Arran, and his heavy bonds of caution were forfeited. In October 1584 Hamilton succeeded in returning to Scotland by a private arrangement with the king, but he was of too much importance in the eyes of Arran to be permitted to remain, and though he was virtually in the custody of the Earl of Huntly during his residence in Scotland, he was, on 6 April 1585, ordered to take his departure to France.

The fall of Arran, however, soon after this date rendered his stay abroad but short, and on 10 December there was a general act for the restitution of the Banished Lords and their adherents. He was at the same time admitted as a member of the Privy Council. He returned to Scotland in January 1585-6, and took his seat and oaths.

He continued to take an active part in the politics of the time. The Abbey of Paisley was erected into a temporal barony, and he was made a peer of Parliament under the title of LORD PAISLEY 24 July 1587.

As he grew older he retired from public life, obtaining in 1598 a commission for his eldest son to act for him. In 1597 he was visited at Paisley by the Queen, and on 24 July 1617 by James VI. himself. It is said that at one time he was not unsuspected of witchcraft.

He died in 1621, having married, 1 August 1574 (contract dated 15 and 16 June 1574), Margaret, daughter of George, fifth Lord Seton, by Isabel, daughter of Sir William Hamilton of Sanquhar, High Treasurer of Scotland, and by her, who died in March 1616, had issue three children who died in infancy.

In 1568, Hamilton aided Mary, Queen of Scots, to escape from Loch Leven Castle, afterwards fighting for her at the Battle of Langside. His estates having been forfeited because of condemnation, Hamilton was concerned in the murder of the Regent James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray in 1570, and also in that of the Regent Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox in the following year; but in 1573 he recovered his estates.

Then in 1579 the privy council decided to arrest both he and his brother, Lord John Hamilton (c. 1535–1604) (afterwards 1st Marquess of Hamilton), to punish them for their past misdeeds; but the brothers escaped to the Kingdom of England, where Elizabeth I of England used them as pawns in the diplomatic game, and later Claud lived for a short time in France.

Returning to Scotland in 1586 and mixing again in politics, Hamilton sought to reconcile James VI of Scotland with his mother; he was in communication with Philip II of Spain in the interests of Mary and the Roman Catholic religion, and neither the failure of Anthony Babington's plot nor even the defeat of the Spanish Armada put an end to these intrigues. In 1589 some of his letters were seized and he suffered a short imprisonment, after which he practically disappeared from public life.

Hamilton, who was created a Scottish Lord of Parliament as Lord Paisley in 1587, was insane during his concluding years. His eldest son James was created Earl of Abercorn in 1606.

http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hamilton-4637

Claud Hamilton, 1st Lord Paisley was born about June 1546.[2] He was a younger son of James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran and Lady Margaret Douglas,[2][3] baptized 09 June 1546 at Edinburgh Castle in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.[2] As a younger son, he did not inherit his father's lands or titles but rather he inherited from his uncle, the Lord of Paisley in Renfrew, Scotland.

By papal bull dated 05 December 1553, Pope Julius III gave him the lands of the abbey of Paisley and the office of Commendator of the Abbey of Paisley, Renfrewshire, on the resignation of his uncle John Hamilton, a natural son of the first Earl of Arran.[2]

The papal bull states he was fourteen years old, but granting a charter 06 August 1564, with consent of his father as tutor, it's clear he was under age, so he couldn't have been born before 1543.

He also held the offices of:

   Dean of Dunbar;

   Canon of Glasgow ;

   and Prebendary of Cambuslang.[4] 

From April 1560 to February 1562 England held him hostage by the Treaty of Berwick.[2]

Hamilton aided Mary, Queen of Scots, in her escape from Loch Leven Castle with fifty men. He met Queen Mary at Queensferry on her escape and conveyed her first to Niddrie, then Hamilton, signed the Hamilton bond, commanded the vanguard at Langside, and landed with the Queen at Workington on her flight to England, 16 May 1568.[2] Consequently, he was declared a traitor, and forfeit 19 August 1568.[2]

In June 1571 he was present at the 'Marian' Parliament in Edinburgh.[2] He fought in the attack on Stirling and was concerned in both the murders of Regent James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray in 1570, and Regent Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox on 4 September 1571.[2] On 23 February 1572/73 he was admitted to the Pacification, and was restored.[2]

On 01 August 1574, he married Margaret Seton[5] at Niddry Castle.[6] The marital contract was dated 15 and 16 June 1574.[7]

Then on 10 November 1579 the privy council decided to arrest both him and his brother, Lord John Hamilton (c. 1535–1604) (afterwards 1st Marquess of Hamilton), for past misdeeds. The title was again forfeit but the two escaped to England, where Elizabeth I used them for diplomatic games. Later, Claud lived a short time in France.[2]

Returning to Scotland 10 December 1586, he was invested as a Privy Counsellor for Scotland.[2] On 10 December 1585 he was restored under the Act of Restitution.[2] He was created 1st Lord Paisley, Renfrew on 29 July 1587.[2]

He sought to reconcile James VI of Scotland with his mother; he was in communication with Philip II of Spain in the interests of Mary and the Roman Catholic religion, and neither the failure of Anthony Babington's plot nor even the defeat of the Spanish Armada put an end to these intrigues.

In 1589 some of his letters were seized and from March 1589 to August 1589 he was imprisoned at Edinburgh Castle for plotting against Queen Mary and the King of Spain.[2] Afterwards he disappeared from public life.

He suffered from severe religious madness[8] in November 1590.[2] His eldest son James was created Earl of Abercorn in 1606.

He died before 3 May 1621.[9] Family

   Claud Hamilton, 1st Lord Paisley and Margaret Seton. Issue: 

James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn+[10] (12 Aug 1575 - 23 Mar 1618)
Sir John Hamilton+[11] b. a 1576, d. b 1604
Sir Claud Hamilton+[12] b. bt 1576 - 1588, d. 19 Oct 1614
Sir George Hamilton+[13] b. a 1577, d. b 1657
Margaret Hamilton[4][14] (1 Sep 1577 - 23 Dec 1577)
Sir Frederick Hamilton+[15] b. bt 1578 - 1603, d. 31 Mar 1646
Hon. Margaret Hamilton+[16] b. c 1585, d. 11 Sep 1623
Henry Hamilton[4][14] (13 Jan 1585 - 15 Mar 1585)
Alexander Hamilton[4][14] (3 Sep 1587 - 11 Dec 1587)
Mary Hamilton[17]b. c 1592, d. 1662
In the entry (in Burke's Peerage) for Lord Claud Hamilton, he is given the title of "First Baron Paisley." This is explained as being granted with the barony of Paisley on 29 July 1587. There is no rank of "Baron" in the Scottish Peerage; the equivalent to a Baron of the English Peerage is, in Scotland, a Lord of Parliament.

There was a feudal barony of Paisley, but that was incorporated into the Lordship of Paisley which was returned to Lord Claud in 1585 (as it had been returned before in 1573 with the revocation of his previous forfeiture), and was confirmed in the charter of 29 July 1587. (Prior to the turbulence of the religious wars, as the Commendator of Paisley, (lay Abbot of Paisley), he had been addressed as the Lord of Paisley, as had been his predecessor, his uncle, whose own predecessors in the Abbey had held Paisley as a Lordship - (that is as a unification of a barony with one or more baronies or with other substantial landholdings.)

There was also the separate barony of the Burgh of Paisley that, together with the Regality of the Burgh of Paisley, was united with the Lordship of Paisley in 1587 and then confirmed by the charter of 22 March 1591/2 which granted to Lord Claud Hamilton, Lord of Paisley, the title and honors of a free baron and Lord of Parliament. He then became Lord Paisley, an hereditary peerage title, in addition to being Lord of Paisley, his feudal title.[18] Links

   Peerage 

Wikipedia: Claud Hamilton, 1st Lord Paisley
Sources

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G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, ed. The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), Vol. X, pp. 289.
↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15
Cokayne, et al. The Complete Peerage, Vol. X, pp. 290.
↑
Cokayne, et al. pp. 4.
↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3
sites.google.com
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dau. George Seton, 5th Lord Seton and Isabel Hamilton
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in Scotland
↑
Cokayne, et. al. pp. 291.
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(apparently hereditary)
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Cokayne, et. al. pp. 292.
↑
Cokayne, et. al. pp. 3.
↑
Charles Mosley, ed. Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th ed, 2 vol. Crans, Switzerland: Genealogical Books. Ltd, 1999, Vol 1, pp. 4.
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Charles Mosley, ed, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th ed, 3 volumes (Wilmington, DE: Genealogical Books Ltd, 2003), vol 1, pp. 1327.
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Sir James Balfour Paul, The Scots Peerage: founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's The Peerage of Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland: David Douglas, 1904), vol I, pp. 43.
↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2
David Arathoon, "re: Acheson Family and Campbell Family," e-mail message to Darryl Lundy, 8 April 2005 - 14 July 2006.
↑
Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, Vol. II, pp. 266.
↑
Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, Vol. IV, pp. 437.
↑ Hohenlohe, Bethune Research - Claud Hamilton

   ↑ Burke's Peerage of England, Scotland..., cited in "Greer Ancestry"

See also:

   Source: S-2056634709 UK, Extracted Probate Records Author: Ancestry.com

   Richardson, Douglas: Magna Carta Ancestry (2011), 4 vols, Volume 2, page 404, HOUSTON 13ii.

   Richardson, Douglas: Plantagenet Ancestry (2010), 3 vols, Volume 2, page 262, HOUSTON 14ii.

   Marlyn Lewis. 

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LORD CLAUD HAMILTON was born 9 June 1546, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, to Earl James Hamilton (1515-1575) and Lady Margaret Douglas (1515-1578.) He married Lady Margaret Seton.

Lord Claud Hamilton died 3 May 1621, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, age 75.

Claud Hamilton, 1st Lord Paisley From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Claud Hamilton, 1st Lord Paisley

Lord Paisley

In office 1587–1621 Preceded by Inaugural holder Succeeded by James Hamilton

Personal details Born 9 June 1546 Died 3 May 1621 (aged 74) Spouse(s) Margaret Seton Relations Marquess of Hamilton(brother)

Children James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn Frederick Hamilton

Parents James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran Lady Margaret Douglas Claud Hamilton, 1st Lord Paisley (Baptised 9 June 1546 – before 3 May 1621) was a Scottish politician. Early life[edit] He was a younger son of James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran. In 1553, he received the lands of the abbey of Paisley. As a hostage delivered to England by the Treaty of Berwick, he was said to be 14 years old in March 1560.[1] Career[edit] In 1568, Hamilton aided Mary, Queen of Scots, to escape from Loch Leven Castle, afterwards fighting for her at the Battle of Langside. His estates having been forfeited because of condemnation, Hamilton was concerned in the murder of the Regent James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray in 1570, and also in that of the Regent Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox in the following year; but in 1573 he recovered his estates. Then in 1579 the privy council decided to arrest both him and his brother, Lord John Hamilton (c. 1535–1604) (afterwards 1st Marquess of Hamilton), to punish them for their past misdeeds; but the brothers escaped to the Kingdom of England, where Elizabeth I of England used them as pawns in the diplomatic game, and later Claud lived for a short time in France. Returning to Scotland in 1586 and mixing again in politics, was created a Scottish Lord of Parliament as Lord Paisley in 1587. Hamilton sought to reconcile James VI of Scotland with his mother; he was in communication with Philip II of Spain in the interests of Mary and the Roman Catholic religion, and neither the failure of Anthony Babington's plot nor even the defeat of the Spanish Armada put an end to these intrigues. In 1589 some of his letters were seized and he suffered a short imprisonment, after which he practically disappeared from public life. Hamilton suffered from mental illness in his later years. In November 1590 he broke down in tears after reading the Bible and it was thought he would not recover 'in regard of the infirmity haunting and falling on many descended of that house'.[2] His eldest brother James Hamilton, 3rd Earl of Arran had been suffering from a mental illness since 1562. His eldest son James was created Earl of Abercorn in 1606. Family[edit] Hamilton was married to Margaret Seton, the daughter of George Seton, 7th Lord Seton and his wife, Isabel Hamilton. Among her siblings was George, Master of Seton; Robert Seton, 1st Earl of Winton; Sir John Seton of Barnes, attendant to the Earl of Leicester in 1575,[3] Master Carver to Philip II of Spain and Master of Horse to James VI; Alexander Seton, 1st Earl of Dunfermline, Lord Urquhart, Lord Fyvie, and Prior of Pluscarden; and Sir William Seton, who married Janet Dunbar. Together, Lord Paisley and Margaret were the parents of many children, including: • James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn • Sir John Hamilton, who married Johanna Everard, daughter of Levimus Everard. • Sir Claud Hamilton • Sir George Hamilton • Sir Frederick Hamilton, who married Sidney Vaughan, daughter of Sir John Vaughan, who was the Governor of Londonderry.

Battle of Linlithgow Bridge Introduction The landscape of Scotland has, over the centuries, witnessed many a bloody encounter. Some of these battlefields are still remembered today, while a few, like Bannockburn and Culloden, are marked by monuments and interpretation centres. Sadly, many more have been lost to modern development. Others have simply been forgotten. The battle of Linlithgow Bridge has suffered to a degree, on both counts. Parts of the battlefield are today covered with houses and although many people have some idea of what happened at Bannockburn and Culloden, very few have even heard of the battle of Linlithgow Bridge. The battle of Linlithgow Bridge was a product of the power vacuum created by the death of James IV at Flodden in 1513. His young son, King James V, was kept a virtual prisoner by his self-appointed guardian, Archibald Douglas. Meanwhile the King’s mother, the Dowager Queen Margaret, made a number of attempts to release him. The most dramatic of these resulted in the battle of Linlithgow Bridge on September 4th 1526. The Queen’s force of over 10,000 men, led by the Earl of Lennox, marched on Edinburgh. The advance was stalled at Linlithgow Bridge by a force of around 2500 men, led by the Earl of Arran. In the ensuing action the larger force, having crossed the River Avon not by the bridge but somewhere near Manuel Convent, got jammed in a bottleneck between the river, marshy ground and the high ground upon which Arran’s men were arrayed. The arrival of the pro-Douglas reinforcements from Edinburgh sealed the fate of Lennox’s army and upwards of 3000 men died in the ensuing slaughter. Lennox himself was captured and murdered by James Hamilton of Finnart. Forgoing narrative by kind permission of Tony Pollard of Glasgow University's Centre for Battlefield Archaeology.

LADY MARGARET SETON was born about 1556 of Seton, East Lothian, Scotland, to Lord George Seton (1525-1585) and Isabel Hamilton (1505-1604.) She married Lord Claud Hamilton.

Margaret Seton passed away 10 February 1616, Paisley, Renfrew, Scotland, age 60. She was buried 12 February 1616 at Paisley Abbey, Renfrew, Scotland.

Margaret Seton[1] Margaret Seton was born between 1551 and 1558. She married Claud Hamilton, 1st Lord Paisley, son of James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran and Lady Margaret Douglas, on 1 August 1574 at Niddry Castle, Scotland.[2] She died before 10 February 1615/16.2 She was buried on 12 February 1615/16.[2] She was the daughter of George Seton, 5th Lord Seton and Isabel Hamilton.[1],[2] From 1 August 1574, her married name became Hamilton. Children of Margaret Seton and Claud Hamilton, 1st Lord Paisley • 1. James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn+[3] b. 12 Aug 1575, d. 23 Mar 1618 • 2. Sir John Hamilton+[4] b. a 1576, d. b 1604 • 3. Sir Claud Hamilton+[5] b. bt 1576 - 1588, d. 19 Oct 1614 • 4. Sir George Hamilton+[6] b. a 1577, d. b 1657 • 5. Margaret Hamilton [7] b. 1 Sep 1577, d. 23 Dec 1577 • 6. Sir Frederick Hamilton+[8] b. bt 1578 - 1603, d. 31 Mar 1646 • 7. Hon. Margaret Hamilton+[1] b. c 1585, d. 11 Sep 1623 • 8. Henry Hamilton [7] b. 13 Jan 1585, d. 15 Mar 1585 • 9. Alexander Hamilton [7] b. 3 Sep 1587, d. 11 Dec 1587

Children of Claud Hamilton and Margaret Seton:

1. James Hamilton (1573-) 2. Earl James Hamilton (1575-1618) 3. *JOHN HAMILTON (1576-1638) 4. Marion Hamilton (1576-) 5. Margaret Hamilton (1577-1577) 6. Claud Hamilton II (1580-1614) 7. Georg Hammeltone (1582-1648) 8. Henry Hamilton (1584-1585) 9. Margaret Hamilton Marque (1585-1623) 10. Alexander Hamilton (1587-1587) 11. Isobel Hamilton (1588-1662) 12. Sir Frederick Hamilton (1590-1647) 13. Mary Hamilton (1592-) 14. Grizel Hamilton (1620-1674)

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GEDCOM Note

ID: I43663
Name: Claud Hamilton 1st Baron Paisley
Surname: Hamilton
Given Name: Claud
Suffix: 1st Baron Paisley
Sex: M
Birth: 1543 in Castell Edinburgh, Caeredin, Scotland 1
Death: 1621 2
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Birth: ABT 1542
Note:
Commendator of the Abbey of Paisley, Renfrewshire.
Created Lord Paisley.
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Change Date: 14 Nov 2009 at 00:00:00

Father: James Hamilton 2nd Earl of Arran b: 1515
Mother: Margaret Douglas b: 1512
Marriage 1 Margaret Seton
Married: 1 Aug 1574
Children
Has Children Claud Hamilton of Elieston
Has Children Frederick Hamilton of Manor Hamilton
Has No Children George Hamilton of Greenlaw and Roscrea
Has Children James Hamilton 1st Earl of Abercorn
Has No Children John Hamilton of Lincleif
Has Children Margaret Hamilton b: 1594
Sources:
Title: Magna Charta Sureties 1215
Author: Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr
Publication: 5th Edition, 1999
Page: line 92A pp 104-105
Text: bp date/place
Title: Magna Charta Sureties 1215
Author: Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr
Publication: 5th Edition, 1999
Page: line 92A pp 104-105
Title: Magna Charta Sureties 1215
Author: Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr
Publication: 5th Edition, 1999
Page: line 92A pp 104-105
Text: 5th son

Claud Hamilton, 1st Lord Paisley (1546–1621) was a Scottish politician. He is the ancestor of the earls, marquesses and dukes of Abercorn. (Chisholm 1911) (Henderson 1890) (Holmes 2004)

He was born in 1546 (baptised 9 June), probably at Paisley, Scotland, as the fifth and youngest son of James Hamilton and his wife Margaret Douglas. His father was the 2nd Earl of Arran in Scotland and 1st Duke of Chatelherault in France. His mother was a daughter of James Douglas, 3rd Earl of Morton.[1]

He appears below at the bottom of the list of his siblings as the youngest:

James (1532–1609), who succeeded him as the 3rd Earl of Arran;
Anne (c. 1535–bef. April 1574), who married George Gordon, 5th Earl of Huntly;
Jean, who married Hugh Montgomerie, 3rd Earl of Eglinton;
Barbara, who married first Alexander Gordon, Lord Gordon, then James Fleming, 4th Lord Fleming;
John (1535–1604), who became the 1st Marquess of Hamilton;
Margaret, who married Sir Alexander Pethein (Peden);[2]
Gawain, who died in infancy;
Elizabeth, who married George Hamilton;
David, who had three children in 1575.[3]
Claud (1546–1621), the subject of this article.
Commendator of Paisley
His uncle John Hamilton, an illegitimate son of his grandfather, the 1st Earl of Arran, was commendatory abbot of Paisley Abbey around the time of his birth. In 1553 he succeeded David Beaton as Archbishop of St Andrews and agreed to pass the position as commendator to his nephew Claud, who was then about seven years old.[4]

Scottish politics
In March 1560, when he was 14, he was delivered as a hostage to England by the Treaty of Berwick.[5]

In 1568, he helped Mary, Queen of Scots, to escape from Loch Leven Castle,[6] afterwards fighting for her at the Battle of Langside. His estates having been forfeited because of condemnation, Hamilton was concerned in the murder of the Regent James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray in 1570, and also in that of the Regent Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox in the following year; but in 1573 he recovered his estates.[7]

This family tree is partly derived from the Abercorn pedigree pictured in Cokayne.[8] Also see the lists of siblings and children in the text.
Then in 1579 the privy council decided to arrest both him and his brother, Lord John Hamilton (c. 1535–1604) (afterwards 1st Marquess of Hamilton), to punish them for their past misdeeds; but the brothers escaped to the Kingdom of England, where Elizabeth I of England used them as pawns in the diplomatic game, and later Claud lived for a short time in France.[7]

Returning to Scotland in 1586 and mixing again in politics, he sought to reconcile James VI of Scotland with his mother; he was in communication with Philip II of Spain in the interests of Mary and the Roman Catholic religion, and neither the failure of Anthony Babington's plot nor even the defeat of the Spanish Armada put an end to these intrigues.[7]

Lord of Parliament
In 1587 he was created a Scottish Lord of Parliament as Lord Paisley, when the abbey was erected as a barony.[9] With this the Hamilton family gained a second seat in Parliament, the first being held by his elder brother John for his eldest brother James, during his insanity. This seat in the Scottish Parliament was occupied after his death by his grandson James, the 2nd earl of Abercorn and Lord Paysley became a subsidiary title of the earls, later marquesses and dukes of Abercorn, which was held by the heir apparent.

In 1589 some of his letters were seized and he suffered a short imprisonment, after which he practically disappeared from public life.[7]

Marriage and children
In 1574 he married Margaret Seton, the daughter of George Seton, 7th Lord Seton and his wife, Isabel Hamilton.[10] Among her siblings was George, Master of Seton; Robert Seton, 1st Earl of Winton; Sir John Seton of Barnes, attendant to the Earl of Leicester in 1575,[11] Master Carver to Philip II of Spain and Master of Horse to James VI; Alexander Seton, 1st Earl of Dunfermline, Lord Urquhart, Lord Fyvie, and Prior of Pluscarden; and Sir William Seton, who married Janet Dunbar. Together, Lord Paisley and Margaret were the parents of many children, including:

James (1575–1618), who became the 1st Earl of Abercorn in 1603;[12]
John, who married Johanna Everard, daughter of Levimus Everard;[13]
Claud (died 1614), of Shawfield, who was appointed to the Privy Council of Ireland,[14] and whose daughter Margaret married Sir John Stewart of Methven;
George (died before 1657) of Greenlaw and Roscrea, who went to live at Derrywoon;[15]
Frederick (1590–1647), who built Manorhamilton and served Sweden in the Thirty Years' War;[16]
Margaret (died 1623), who married William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas.
James, his heir-apparent was styled Master of Paisley.

Later years and death
He suffered from mental illness in his later years. In November 1590 he broke down in tears after reading the Bible and it was thought he would not recover 'in regard of the infirmity haunting and falling on many descended of that house'.[17] His eldest brother James Hamilton, 3rd Earl of Arran had been suffering from a mental illness since 1562. In 1598 he allowed his son, styled the Master of Paisley, to act on his behalf with regard to all the affairs concerning the town.[18] His son predeceased him in 1618. He died in 1621 and was buried in Paisley Abbey.[19][20] He was succeeded by his grandson, James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Abercorn.

Timeline
Notes and references
Holmes 2004, p. 776, line 3 of the entry: "... was born probably in 1546, the fifth and youngest son of James Hamilton, second Earl of Arran and first Duke of Châtelherault ..."
Dunlop 1890, p. 170, right column: "Margaret, who married Alexander, lord Gordon, eldest son of George, fourth earl of Huntly;"
Chatellherault's will, NAS ECC8/8/4
Holmes 2004, p. 776, line 6 of the entry: "He was made commendator of Paisley as a child when in 1553 his uncle James Hamilton resigned the position in order to become archbishop of St Andrews."
Bain 1898, p. 344: 1. The Duke of Chatelherault's 4th son, Lord Claude, aged 14 years: in Canterbury."
Henderson 1890, p. 141: "He took a leading part in the plot for the deliverance of the Queen Mary from Lochleven and her re-establishment on the throne."
Chisholm 1911.
Cokayne 1910, p. 4: "Tabular pedigree of the Earls of Abercorn"
Paul 1904, p. 39: "The Abbey of Paisley was erected into a temporal barony, and he was made a peer of Parliament under the title of LORD PAISLEY 24 July 1587."
Paul 1904, p. 39, line 24: "... having married, 1 August 1574 (contract dated 15 and 16 June 1574), Margaret daughter of George, fifth Lord Seton by Isabel daughter of Sir William Hamilton of Sanquhar ... "
CSP Scotland, vol.5 (1907), p.120
Cokayne 1910, p. 2, line 8"On 5 Apr. 1603 he was cr. LORD ABERCORN, co. Linlithgow [S.], to him and his heirs whatsoever."
Paul 1904, p. 40, line 4: "Sir John Hamilton, married Johanna, daughter of Levimus Everard, Councillor of State to the King of Spain, in the Province of Mechlin ..."
Paul 1904, p. 40, line 17: "Claud Hamilton of Shawfield, co. Linlithgow, a Gentleman of the King's Privy Chamber, appointed 11 February 1613 a member of the Privy Council in Ireland, was granted as an undertaker the small proportions of Killeny and Teadane or Eden containing together 2000 acres of the barony of Strabane ..."
Lodge 1789, p. 110: "Sir George Hamilton of Greenlaw, in the county of Tyrone, and of Roscrea, in the county of Tipperary, was granted the middle proportion of Largie alias Cloghogenal and the small proportion of Derrywoone but the grant was never enrolled. In 1611 he was resident at Derrywoone ..."
Paul 1904, p. 43: "Sir Frederick Hamilton, a gentleman of the King's Privy Chamber, was in early life in the service of Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden..."
CSP Scotland, vol. 10 (Edinburgh, 1936), p. 422.
Metcalfe 1909, p. 194: "On October 2, 1598, a Letter of Factory and Commission signed by him ... was read to the town council ... It empowers the Master of Paisley to act as his father's factor ..."
Holmes 2004, p. 778, right column: "Lord Claud lived in retirement for over twenty years, dying in 1621, and was buried in Paisley Abbey"
Henderson 1890, p. 144: "Paisley died in 1622, and was buried in the abbey of Paisley."
Bain, Joseph, ed. (1898), Calendar of the State Papers Relating to Scotland and Mary, Queen of Scots 1547–1603, 1, Edinburgh: H M General Register House
Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911), "Paisley, Claud Hamilton, Lord", Encyclopaedia Britannica, 20 (11 ed.), New York: Encyclopaedia Britannica Company, p. 519
Cokayne, George Edward (1910), Gibbs, Vicary (ed.), The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, 1 (2nd ed.), London: St Catherine Press - AB-ADAM to BASING
Dunlop, Robert (1890), "HAMILTON, JAMES, second EARL OF ARRAN and DUKE OF CHÂTELHERAULT (d. 1575)", in Lee, Sidney (ed.), Dictionary of National Biography, 24, New York: MacMillan and Co., pp. 167–170
Henderson, Thomas Finlayson (1890), "HAMILTON, CLAUD, LORD PAISLEY (1543(?)–1622)", in Lee, Sidney (ed.), Dictionary of National Biography, 24, New York: MacMillan and Co., pp. 141–144
Holmes, Peter (2004), "Hamilton, Claud, first Lord Paisley (1546?–1621)", in Matthew, Colin; Harrison, Brian (eds.), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 24, New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 776–778, ISBN 0-19-861374-1
Lodge, John (1789), The Peerage of Ireland, 5, Dublin: James Moore - Viscounts
Metcalfe, William Musham (1909), A History of Paisley, Paisley: Alexander Gardner
Paul, James Balfour (1904), The Scots Peerage, 1, Edinburgh: David Douglas – Abercorn to Balmerino (for Abercorn)
External links
Genealogy of Claud Hamilton, Lord Paisley on The Peerage website

1. "Thomas Hamilton-Progenitor of a Colonial American Family: His Ulster Origins Revealed by DNA" by Shellee A Morehead, PhD, CG; Cynthia L Hamilton; published in Directory of Irish Family History Research, no. 36, 2013, Ulster Historical Foundation; Belfast, Ireland. This article provides various sources for its information. < PDF >