James Hamilton, Lord Paisley
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James Hamilton, Lord Paisley (d. bef. 1670) was the eldest son of James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Abercorn
and Katherine Clifton, 2nd Baroness Clifton
.
On 28 April 1653, in London
, he married Catherine Lenthall, niece of William Lenthall
, Speaker of the Long Parliament
. They had one daughter:
The Bodleian Library
preserves one of his letters, from 1660, asking his uncle Sir George Hamilton, 1st Baronet for some preferment at the Restoration. However, he died before his father, so that his brother George
succeeded as Earl of Abercorn.
James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Abercorn
James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Abercorn was a Scottish and Irish nobleman, the eldest son of James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn and Marion Boyd.-Biography:In 1617, he was created Baron Hamilton of Strabane...
and Katherine Clifton, 2nd Baroness Clifton
Katherine Clifton, 2nd Baroness Clifton
Katherine Clifton, 2nd Baroness Clifton was an English-born Scottish peeress ....
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On 28 April 1653, in London
London
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, he married Catherine Lenthall, niece of William Lenthall
William Lenthall
William Lenthall was an English politician of the Civil War period. He served as Speaker of the House of Commons.-Early life:...
, Speaker of the Long Parliament
Long Parliament
The Long Parliament was made on 3 November 1640, following the Bishops' Wars. It received its name from the fact that through an Act of Parliament, it could only be dissolved with the agreement of the members, and those members did not agree to its dissolution until after the English Civil War and...
. They had one daughter:
- Catherine Hamilton (c. 1653 – 24 May 1723), who married first William Lenthall of Burford, grandson of the Speaker (d. 1686), and second another relative, Charles Hamilton, 5th Earl of AbercornCharles Hamilton, 5th Earl of AbercornCharles Hamilton, 5th Earl of Abercorn was a Scottish peer, the younger son of George Hamilton, 4th Baron Hamilton of Strabane and Elizabeth Fagan....
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The Bodleian Library
Bodleian Library
The Bodleian Library , the main research library of the University of Oxford, is one of the oldest libraries in Europe, and in Britain is second in size only to the British Library...
preserves one of his letters, from 1660, asking his uncle Sir George Hamilton, 1st Baronet for some preferment at the Restoration. However, he died before his father, so that his brother George
George Hamilton, 3rd Earl of Abercorn
George Hamilton, 3rd Earl of Abercorn was a Scottish nobleman, the son of James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Abercorn and Katherine Clifton, 2nd Baroness Clifton. He died, unmarried, in Padua on his way to Rome and was succeeded by his second cousin once removed, Lord Hamilton of Strabane.-External...
succeeded as Earl of Abercorn.