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- CLAUD HAMILTON, fifth son of James, second Earl of Arran, born about 1543; died 1621. He commanded the vanguard of Queen Mary's army at Langside, 13th May 1568. On 24th July 1587 he was created LORD PAISLEY. He married 1st August 1574, Margaret, daughter of George, fifth Lord Seton, who died in March 1616. They had issue:-
(a) James
(b) Henry Hamilton, died 15th March 1585, aged three months.
(c) Alexander Hamilton, died 21st November 1587, aged eight months.
(d) Sir John Hamilton. Married Johanna, daughter of Levimus Everard, who afterwards married three other husbands.
(e) Sir Claud
(f) Sir George Hamilton of Greenlaw, Co. Tyrone, and Roscrea, Co. Tipperary, died before 1657. He married, first, Isobel Leslie, daughter of James, Master of Rothes. He also married Mary Butler, daughter of Walter, eleventh Earl of Ormonde. He had a son:- (1) James Hamilton, died unmarried. His Will proved 2nd February 1658-59.
Arms.- Gules, three cinquefoils argent, a label of four points (?or) (Workman's MS.).
Arms an addition to Lindsay's MS. of 1542.- Gules, three cinquefoils argent, a label of three points or. [Plate II., fig. 8.] CREST: A tree proper traversed by a frame saw or. SUPPORTERS: Two antelopes argent, horned and unguled or. The label was dropped after extinction of elder line.
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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