• General Notes

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  REFN: P4543
  Claud Hamilton (1st Lord Paisley)
  1543 - 1621
  Politician and Com mendator of Paisley Abbey. Born at Hamilton, the fourth
  son of James Hamilton (1516-75), 2nd Earl of Arran and 1st Duke
  Châtelherault and younger brother of the 3rd Earl of Arran.
  Hamilton was known as an unscrupulous schemer and su pporter of Mary,
  Queen of Scots, who plotted for foreign intervention in her favour.
  Having been appointed Commendator of Paisley Abbey at a young age, he
  fell heir to the extensive land-holdings of the abbey following the
  Reform ation. These were erected into a Temporal Lordship and Hamilton was
  created t he 1st Baron Paisley in 1587. In 1574, he married Margaret Seton
  at Niddry Ca stle (West Lothian) and their son became the 1st Earl of
  Abercorn.
  He was bu ried at Paisley Abbey.
  Claud Hamilton, 1st Lord Paisley1 (M)
  b. circa June 15 46, d. before 3 May 1621, #109519
  Pedigree
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  Claud Hamilton, 1st Lord Paisley was the son of James Hamilton , 2nd
  Earl of Arran and Lady Margaret Douglas.2 He was born circa June 1546.3
  He was also reported to have been born in 1543. He was baptised on 9 June
  1546 at Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland.3 He married
  Margare t Seton, daughter of George Seton, 5th Lord Seton and Isabel
  Hamilton, on 1 A ugust 1574 at Niddry Castle, Scotland.4 He died before 3
  May 1621.5
  He held the office of Commendator of the Abbey of Paisley,
  Renfrewshire on 5 December 1553.3 From April 1560 to February 1562 he was
  one of the hostages in Englan d for the Treaty of Berwick.3 He met Queen
  Mary at Queensferry on her escape from Loch Leven, signed the Hamilton
  bond, 8, commanded the van at Langside, 13, and landed with the Queen at
  Workington on her flight to England, 16 May 1568.3 On 19 August 1568 , as
  a consequence, he was declared a traitor and fo rfeit.3 In June 1571 he
  was present at the 'Marian' Parliament in Edinburgh.3 He fought in the
  attack on Stirling and the murder of the Regent Lennox on 4 September
  1571.3 On 23 February 1572/73 he was admitted to the Pacification, and
  was restored.3 On 10 November 1579 he was again forfeited.3 He was
  inv ested as a Privy Counsellor (P.C.) [Scotland] on 10 December 1585.3 On
  10 Dec ember 1585 he was again restored, under the Act of Restitution.3 He
  was creat ed 1st Lord Paisley, co. Renfrew [Scotland] on 29 July 1587.3
  From March 1589 to August 1589 he was imprisoned in Edinburgh Castle for
  actively engaging i n plots against Queen Mary and the King of Spain.3 He
  was suffered from a sev ere religious madness (apparently a hereditary
  malady of his family) in Novem ber 1590.3
  Children of Claud Hamilton, 1st Lord Paisley and Margaret Seton:
  J ames Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn+   b. 12 Aug 1575, d. 23 Mar 1618
  Hon. Sir John Hamilton+   b. a 1576, d. b 1604
  Hon. Margaret Hamilton+   b. c 1585, d. 11 Sep 1623
  Sir Frederick Hamilton+   b. b 1600
  Citations
  [S6] G.E. Cokayne ; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White,
  Duncan Warrand and Lo rd Howard De Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage
  of England, Scotland, Irel and, Great Britain and the United Kingdom,
  Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed ., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint
  in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume X,
  page 289. Hereinafter cited as The Comple te Peerage.
  [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume I, page 4.
  [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume X, page 290.
  [S6] Coka yne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume X, page 291.
  [S6] Cokayne, and o thers, The Complete Peerage, volume X, page 292.
  PAISLEY, CLAUD HAMILTON, LORD (c. 1543-1622), Scot-tish politician, was a
  younger son of the 2nd earl of A rran. In 1553 he received the lands of
  the abbey of Paisley, and in 1568 he a ided Mary Queen of Scots to escape
  from Lochleven castle, afterwards fighting for her at the battle of
  Langside. His estat

Details of Claud's family with Margaret Seton