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Scottish nobleman and the Premier Peer of Scotland, Current title holders, listed by date of creation, from earliest to most recent, Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, 16th Duke of Hamilton, Angus Douglas-Hamilton, 15th Duke of Hamilton, "Hamilton, 16th Duke of, cr 1643 (Scot. Little did she know that she would outlive him. 11 months. An influential military leader during the Thirty Years War, he returned as Charles principal Scottish adviser when the conflict ended. Born 1616, died 1651. Archibald, 9th Duke of Hamilton. And little more than a week after the world had celebrated another royal marriage between the new Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in London, there was a new Countess of Cambridge in Miss Rutherford - taking the title from her husband, who is also the Earl of Cambridge. 1 He married, firstly, June Mary Curtis, daughter of T. J. Curtis, on 3 July 1971. The Duke of Hamilton NW3 The Duke of Hamilton NW3 Claimed Review Save Share 69 reviews #3,514 of 15,604 Restaurants in London - Bar British Pub 23-25 New End Hampstead, London NW3 1JD England +44 20 7916 0595 Website Menu Closes in 25 min: See all hours See all (25) Ratings and reviews 4.5 69 #3,514 of 15,604 Restaurants in London RATINGS In addition to acquiring a number of Napoleonic heirlooms, Alexander also demonstrated his opposition to the British government of the time by commissioning a very expensive portrait of the Emperor and displaying it in London in the early 1800s. In 1882, Hamilton Palace stood grandly to the south-east of Glasgow. Official reports note he died of a fever or tuberculosis but society publication Dodleys Annual Register claimed, his growing so exceedingly fast is said to have been the cause of death. Keen gossips speculated this was because of a medical condition. Leading a campaign to rescue Charles I from Oliver Cromwells forces in 1648, he was defeated and captured at the Battle of Preston. James, 4th Duke of Hamilton. Anne should have been one of the wealthiest and most powerful women in Scotland but the death of her father and uncle left the estate with huge debts. Yet by 1921, all of the Palaces contents had been sold to the highest bidder and the stately home condemned for demolition. They were involved in political intrigue and the struggle for Scottish independence, plagued by insanity and disastrous financial dealings, accused of treason and illegitimacy, derided as usurpers, adulterers and egotists, and even executed and exiled from their own country. William, 11th Duke of Hamilton, succeeded to the title in 1852 but spent very little time in Scotland after this and took almost no interest in his British affairs. The Duke of Hamilton's diary records several meetings with the Duke of Kent during the early months of 1941. It stipulated that the Dukedom should descend to: As the first Duke and his brother (the second Duke) both died without surviving sons, the succession has since 1651 been governed by the third rule given, with the dukedom going to the grantee's daughter (the third Duchess) and her heirs male. The Duke of Argyll (Scottish Gaelic: Dic Earra-Ghidheil) is a title, created by Letters Patent in the Peerage of Scotland June 23, 1701 and in the Peerage of the United Kingdom April 7, 1892. Hamilton Palaces final keeper was Lieutenant Alfred Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, Williams fourth cousin. Anne, Marchioness of Hamilton, was a colonel in the opposing Army of the Covenanters; she threatened to shoot James dead in 1639. He recovered and inherited the dukedom, all entailed property and assets in 1895 and debts amounting to 1.5 million. He became a Privy Counsellor to King James IV, and helped to arrange his marriage to Princess Margaret, daughter of King Henry VII of England. See paintings by Van Dyke, Raeburn, Lely and Kneller and important artefacts from Mary, Queen of Scots, Charles II and Napoleon. William produced a proposal for a new north front, but James instead concentrated on building a new church in Hamilton, developing the parkland around the Palace and improving his apartments in Edinburgh. The last of its contents were stripped and sold. She claims he told her that the Duke of Hamilton took the "flak for the whole Hess affair in order to protect others even higher up the social . James, 1st Duke of Hamilton. He served as Member of Parliament for Portsmouth in the English House of Commons during the 1640 Short Parliament, becoming Secretary of State for Scotland in 1641. The arms of the current Duke of Hamilton and Brandon are: quarterly: 1st and 4th grand quarters: quarterly: 1st and 4th, Gules three Cinquefoils Ermine (for Hamilton); 2nd and 3rd, Argent a Lymphad with the sails furled proper flagged Gules (for Arran); 2nd and 3rd grand quarters: Argent a Heart Gules imperially crowned Or on a Chief Azure three Mullets of the first (for Douglas). William, 11th Duke of Hamilton. Editors' Code of Practice. There are 30 Dukes in the UK today. Find out more about how we operate, and explore our history, leadership team and current strategy. Estates in 1883: 102,210 acres in Buteshire; 45,731 acres in Lanarkshire; 3,694 acres in West Lothian; 810 acres in Stirlingshire; 4,939 acres in Suffolk and 2 acres in Berkshire, worth a total of 73,638, excluding a mineral rent of 67,006. The Earls, Marquesses, and Dukes of Argyll were for centuries among the most powerful noble families in Scotland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom. Unlike her father and uncle, Anne surrendered her title. In 1988 the Duke married, secondly, Jillian Robertson, an Australian-born writer and journalist. Tracing their lineage from 1375 when David de Hamylton, son and heir of David fitz Walter first signed a writ for 800 years the Hamiltons' power and importance shaped Scottish history and society. He was, however, no intellectual, and like his brother the future King George V . The 12th dukes expenditure increased the Hamiltons debts to around 1.5 million. It is the senior dukedom in that peerage (except for the Dukedom of Rothesay held by the Sovereign's eldest son), 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. Hamilton Palace was given up in 1947, when Lennoxlove (East Lothian), the former seat of the Stewart family, Barons Blantyre, was acquired. The 10th duke was an ardent admirer of the Emperor Napoleon and persuaded his son to marry Princess Marie of Baden, the daughter of the adopted daughter of Napoleon. Hamilton Palace. As well as serving as a Member of Parliament, Archibald was also a prominent figure in the world of Thoroughbred horse racing. Power, Drama, Intrigue. 1 He died on 21 June 1995 at age 48 at Haddington . With no neoclassical palace to stand in the shadows of, its easy to forget about the lone quirky survivor of the Hamilton estates. His son James Hamilton (1606-1649) was created Duke of Hamilton, Marquess of Clydesdale, Earl of Arran and Cambridge and Lord Aven and Innerdale 12 April 1643. In addition, Miss Rutherford, 34, became the Duchess of Hamilton upon wedding the Duke. When he wasnt selected as a commissioner to treat for Union, James once again switched and protested the Acts. Prince Albert, Duke of York and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon on their wedding day in 1923 Pictorial Press Ltd / Alamy Stock Photo. He had been created Earl of Selkirk and Lord Daer and Shortcleuch on 4 August 1646. Subscribe now for regular news, updates and priority booking for events, All content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0, except where otherwise stated, 14th cent-20th cent: Buteshire (Arran, Brodick, etc), East Lothian (Lennoxlove, etc), Lanarkshire (Hamilton, etc), Stirlingshire (Polmont, etc) and West Lothian (Kinneil, etc) writs, legal and financial papers, rentals, accounts, estate, mining and mineral working corresp and papers, household papers and Douglas-Hamilton family papers 14th-20th cent, misc Scottish estate papers 16th-20th cent, incl Arbroath (Angus) 16th-17th cent, Dunbartonshire and Renfrewshire (Neilston, etc) mainly 1746-57 and North Uist (Inverness-shire) 20th cent, Lancs (Ashton, etc), Staffs (Sandon, etc) and Suffolk (Easton, etc) deeds, rentals, accounts, estate and household papers 13th-20th cent, misc Berks, Somerset (Walcot) and Wilts (Milford and Woodford, etc) deeds and estate papers 16th-20th cent and Chelsea estate and household papers 1627-60, with household papers for Holyrood House 17th-19th cent and Weddicar (Cumberland) 1765 and papers of the Stuart (Barons Blantyre), Cochrane, Gerard, Lindsell, Nassau and other families mainly 17th-19th cent, Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland, 16th cent-19th cent: Buteshire (Arran, etc) and Lanarkshire (Hamilton, etc) legal papers and misc rentals, accounts and estate papers 16th-19th cent, with misc Hamilton family papers 17th-18th cent, incl accounts of work at Holyrood House lodgings c1785-99, National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland), 18th cent-20th cent: Buteshire (Arran, Brodick, etc) rentals, accounts and estate, forestry, quarrying, household and other papers, 1728-1752: Dunbartonshire, Lanarkshire (Hamilton, etc) and Renfrewshire (Neilston, etc) factory accounts, See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [30d], 16th cent-20th cent: Lanarkshire (Hamilton, etc), Stirlingshire (Polmont, etc) and West Lothian (Kinneil, etc) legal papers, rentals, accounts, estate and mining corresp and papers 16th-20th cent and Douglas-Hamilton family papers 17th-20th cent, incl household papers for Lanarkshire (Hamilton and Dungavel), Holyrood Palace and London, etc, 18th-20th cent, with Arran rental 1816, Nether Wyresdale (Lancs) rentals and accounts 1708-09, Lancs (Ashton, etc) and Suffolk (Rendlesham, etc) estate accounts 1811-20 and Wilts (Milford and Woodford) rentals and estate papers c1820-56, South Lanarkshire Council, Finance and Corporate Resources (Council Archives), 1545-1634: Lanarkshire (Hamilton, etc) titles, See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [30h], mid 19th cent: Hamilton (Lanarkshire) household inventories, letters of the 10th Duke of Hamilton (1767-1852) and corresp and papers of William Beckford (1760-1844), Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections, See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [30p], 1680-20th cent: misc Renfrewshire (Neilston, etc) titles and legal papers, 1661-1678: Lancs (Ashton, etc) tenancy agreements, See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [30m], 17th cent-20th cent: Suffolk (Easton, etc) deeds and papers 17th-20th cent, incl Great Glemham (Suffolk) household inventory 1905, with Beckford (? This website and associated newspapers adhere to the Independent Press Standards Organisation's Cookie. MI5 planned to use a Scottish duke as a spy to contact a prominent anglophile German sympathetic to a peace deal at the height of the second world war, according to . The changes of partner reflected their real-life infidelities. Only two enormous house sales in 1882 and 1919 saved the Hamilton fortune. [5] Traditionally, the duke of Hamilton enjoys the exclusive right to remove the Scottish Crown Jewels from the City of Edinburgh. On 9 July 1698, the 3rd Duchess resigned all her titles in favour of her eldest son, James, Earl of Arran, who thereby succeeded as 4th Duke in his mother's lifetime (his father had died in 1694).