Alexander Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 16th Duke of Hamilton and 13th Duke of Brandon (born 31 March 1978), styled Marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale from birth till 2010, is a Scottish

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

 nobleman and the Premier Peer of Scotland.

Life and education

He is the son of Angus Douglas-Hamilton, 15th Duke of Hamilton

Angus Douglas-Hamilton, 15th Duke of Hamilton

Angus Alan Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 15th Duke of Hamilton and 12th Duke of Brandon was the premier peer of Scotland...

, and his first wife Sarah Scott. He was educated at Keil School

Keil School

Keil School, in Dumbarton, Scotland, opened on 29 November, 1915 as Kintyre Technical College, at Keil House, Southend, near Campbelltown in Argyll. After a fire destroyed the original building in Southend it was relocated and opened in Dumbarton as Keil School in 1925. The school took a lease on...

, Dumbarton and Gordonstoun

Gordonstoun

Gordonstoun School is a co-educational independent school for boarding and day pupils in Moray in North East Scotland. Named after the estate originally owned by Sir Robert Gordon in the 1600s, the school now uses this estate as its campus...

 in Scotland. On the death of his father, he became the 16th Duke of Hamilton and 13th Duke of Brandon on 5 June 2010.

The Duke is Hereditary Keeper of the Palace of Holyroodhouse.

Marriage

On 7 May 2011, the Duke of Hamilton and Brandon was married in Edinburgh to Sophie Ann Rutherford. The best man was the younger brother of the Duke and heir presumptive, Lord John Douglas-Hamilton.

Titles and styles

• 31 March 1978 - 5 June 2010: Marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale
• 5 June 2010 - present: His Grace The Duke of Hamilton and Brandon

He inherited the following titles: Duke of Hamilton

Duke of Hamilton

Duke of Hamilton is a title in the Peerage of Scotland, created in 1643. It is the senior dukedom in that Peerage , and as such its holder is the Premier Peer of Scotland, as well as being head of both the House of Hamilton and the House of Douglas...

, Marquis of Douglas, Marquess of Clydesdale, Earl of Angus

Earl of Angus

The Mormaer or Earl of Angus was the ruler of the medieval Scottish province of Angus. The title, in the Peerage of Scotland, is currently held by the Duke of Hamilton.-Mormaers:...

, Earl of Lanark, Earl of Arran and Cambridge, Lord Abernethy and Jedburgh Forest, Lord Machanshyre and Polmont and Lord Aven and Innerdale in the Peerage of Scotland

Peerage of Scotland

The Peerage of Scotland is the division of the British Peerage for those peers created in the Kingdom of Scotland before 1707. With that year's Act of Union, the Kingdom of Scotland and the Kingdom of England were combined into the Kingdom of Great Britain, and a new Peerage of Great Britain was...

, and Duke of Brandon and Baron Dutton, in the Peerage of Great Britain

Peerage of Great Britain

The Peerage of Great Britain comprises all extant peerages created in the Kingdom of Great Britain after the Act of Union 1707 but before the Act of Union 1800...

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