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- JAMES MASTER OF PAISLEY, born 1575; died v.p. 23rd March 1618. On 5th April 1603 he was created LORD OF ABERCORN, and on 10th July 1606 he was advanced to EARL OF ABERCORN, Baron of Paisley, Hamilton, Mountcastell, and Kilpatrick. He married Marion, daughter of Thomas, fifth Lord Boyd, who died 26th August 1632, and had issue:-
(a) James
(b) Claud
(c) Sir William Hamilton, died s.p. 25th June 1681. he was created a BARONET of Nova Scotia in 1627. Before 1st April 1656 he married Jean, daughter of Alexander Colquhoun of Luss, and widow of Alan, fifth Lord Cathcart, and of Sir Duncan Campbell, Bt. of Auchinbreck.
(d) Sir George
(e) Sir Alexander Hamilton of Holborn, London, died before 4th May 1669. He married Elizabeth Bedingfield, and had a son:-
(1) Alexander Hamilton, who was created a Count of the Empire. He was father of:-
(a) Julius Hamilton, Count of the Empire, who married Countess Maria Ernestina of Staremberg. She died 1724, leaving three sons.
Arms on Seal, 1603.- Three cinquefoils with a label of three points in chief. CREST: An oak tree traversed by a frame saw. SUPPORTERS: Two antelopes. MOTTO: "Through" (Laing).
source: Johnston, George Harvey. The Heraldry of the Hamiltons with Notes on All the Males of the Family, Descriptions of the Arms, Plates and Pedigrees. Edinburgh, UK: W. and A.K. Johnston, 1909.
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