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James Hamilton, 1st Lord Hamilton1 (M)
b. circa 1415, d. 6 Novemb er 1479, #102116
Pedigree
Last Edited=9 Dec 2002
James Hamilton, 1st Lord Ha milton was the son of Sir James Hamilton,
5th of Cadzow and Janet Livingston. 2,3 He was born circa 1415.1 He
married, firstly, Lady Eupheme Graham, daught er of Sir Patrick Graham,
Earl of Strathearn and Eupheme Stewart, Countess Pa latine of Caithness,
after 25 February 1440/41.4 He married, secondly, Mary S tewart, Princess
of Scotland, daughter of James II Stewart, King of Scotland and Marie von
Geldern, between February 1474 and April 1474. Dispensation fro m the Pope
was granted 25 April 1476, thereby legitimising the two children a lready
born.4 He died on 6 November 1479.5
He gained the title of 6th of Cad zow. He was invested as a Privy
Counsellor (P.C.) [Scotland] in 1440.2 He gai ned the title of 1st Lord
Hamilton [Scotland] on 28 June 1445, or possibly on 3 July 1445.1,2 In
1455 he joined the Douglas revolt against King James II o f Scotland, then
he went over to the King's siDe and helped to suppress it.3 He held the
office of Sheriff of Lanarkshire on 1 July 1455.3 He held the off ice of
various embassies to England between 1461 and 1472.2
Child of James H amilton, 1st Lord Hamilton and Lady Eupheme Graham:
Elizabeth Hamilton+   b. b t 1442 - 1443, d. a 1516
Children of James Hamilton, 1st Lord Hamilton and Mar y Stewart,
Princess of Scotland:
Hon. Elizabeth Hamilton+   b. b 1474, d. a Apr 1531
James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Arran+   b. c 1475, d. bt 26 Mar 1529 - 2 1
Jul 1529
Hon. Robert Hamilton, Seigneur d'Aubigny   b. b 1480, d. 1543
Ci tations
[S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy (Londo n,
U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 224. Hereinafter cited as Britain's
R oyal Family.
[S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White,
Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard De Walden, editors, The Complete Peera ge
of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom,
Ext ant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint
in 6 v olumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume VI,
page 254. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
[S8] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke 's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th
edition, 2 volumes (Crans, Switzerland: Burk e's Peerage (Genealogical
Books) Ltd, 1999), volume 1, page 4. Hereinafter ci ted as Burke's Peerage
and Baronetage, 106th edition.
[S6] Cokayne, and othe rs, The Complete Peerage, volume VI, page 255.
[S6] Cokayne, and others, The C omplete Peerage, volume VI, page 256.
James Hamilton of Cadzow, Knight, was cr eated Lord Hamilton 28 June 1445
and surrendered all his lands and baronies f or erection into a new
lordship of Hamilton, the name used thereafter for the town of Cadzow.
His loyalties lay initially with his Douglas kinsmen, with w hose chief he
visited Rome in 1450 and Canterbury in 1451, and with whom he j oined in
the league with the Earls of Crawford and Ross against James II, but he
subsequently moved over to the King's siDe to help suppress their revolt.
He was rewarded with the office of sheriff of Lanarkshire 1 July 1455,
and on 23 October was granted a new charter of his lands and baronies. He
m 1st (by dispensation of 2 Feb 1440/1) Euphemia, who d 1468, eldest dtr
of Sir Pat rick Graham and Eupheme, Countess of Strathern, and widow of
Archibald, 5th E arl of Douglas, 2nd Duke of Touraine, and had issue:
..a1. Elizabeth Hamilton, m 1459 David Lindsay, 5th Earl of Crawford,
later Duke of Montrose, but was divorced ante 1485. She m 2nd John
Forrester of Niddrie and was divorced ante 1508. She was alive still in
1516.
Sir James, 1st Lord Hamilton, m 2nd 1474 Mary Stewart, Lady of Scotland
(b 1452, d 1488), dtr of James II, sister of James III, and formerly wife
of Thomas Boyd, Earl of Arran, bringing his desc endants to within a
heartbeat of the thron