James Hamilton 
James was born in 1537 in Scotland. James' father was James Hamilton and his mother was Margaret Douglas. His paternal grandparents were James Hamilton and Janet Beaton; his maternal grandparents were James Douglas and Catherine Stewart. He had four brothers and two sisters, named John, Gavin, Claud, David, Barbara and Anne. He was the second oldest of the seven children. He had a half-brother named James. He died at the age of 37 in 1574 in Scotland.General Notes
REFN: 4531AN
REFN: P4532
James Hamilton (3rd Earl of Arran)
c.1537 - 1609
Political pawn and soldier. Eldest son of the 2nd Earl of Arran and Duke
of Châtelherault, w ho was Regent to the young Mary, Queen of Scots.
Hamilton was held prisoner b y his father's enemies, first in St. Andrews
(1543) and then in France (1548- 59). While there he became Commander of
the Scots Guards in that country (155 0-7).
Hamilton became a pawn in his father's attempts to gain the Crown of
S cotland for himself, being promised first as a husband for Elizabeth of
Engla nd to seal an Anglo-Scottish Alliance and then later for Mary, to
secure the Hamilton succession to the throne.
All of this had a terrible effect on Hamilt on's mental heath and he was
judged insane in 1562 and confined until his dea th. He is thought to be
buried in St. Bride's kirkyard at Lamlash on the Isle of Arran. Having no
heirs, his titles passed to his younger brother John, wh o became 1st
Marquess of Hamilton.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 1361 in Cadzow Castle, Lanarkshire, Scotland d.14 Sep 1402 in Homildon Hill, Lancashire, England
- b.1398 in Cadzow Castle, Lanarkshire, Scotland d.1460 in Scotland
- b.~ 1367 in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland
- b.1415 in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland d.12 Nov 1479 in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland
- b.1375 in Callendar, Kilsyth, Stirlingshire, Scotland d.<06 Nov 1451
- b.~ 1399 in Callendar House, Stirlingshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1375 in Dundas, Scotland
- b.1476 in Brodick Castle, Arran, Scotland d.26 Mar 1529 in Kinneil, Lothian, Scotland
- b.Dec 1394 in Dumferline, Fifeshire, Scotland d.20 Feb 1437 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
- b.16 Oct 1430 in Edinburgh, MIdlothian, Scotland d.03 Aug 1460 in Roxburgh Castle, Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland
- b.1398 in Westiminster, Middlesex, England d.15 Jul 1445 in Dunbar Castle, East Lothian, Scotland
- b.<16 May 1452 in Scotland d.May 1488
- b.1409 in Slot O D Hoef, Egmond-Binnen, Noord-Holland d.23 Feb 1473 in Slot Grave, Grave, Noord Brabant, Netherlands
- b.1432 in Grave, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands d.16 Nov 1463 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
- b.25 May 1417 in Kleve, North Rein-Westphalia, Prussia d.10 Feb 1479
- b.1517 in Brodick Castle, Arran, Scotland d.22 Jan 1575 in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1415 in Holkettle, Fifeshire, Scotland d.1499 in Balfour, Fifeshire, Scotland
- b.1440 in Raith, Fifeshire, Scotland d.1507 in Balfour, Fifeshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1418 in Kennoway, Fifeshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1456 in Holkettle, Fifeshire, Scotland d.1505 in Creich, Fifeshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1398 in Balmuto, Fifeshire, Scotland d. in Balmuto, Fifeshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1443 in Balmuto, Fifeshire, Scotland d. in Balfour, Fifeshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1413 in Raith, Fifeshire, Scotland d.1507 in Scotland
- b.~ 1483 in Creich, Fifeshire, Scotland d.~ 1522 in Scotland
- b.~ 1405
- b.< 1440
- b.~ 1465 in Sandford, Kilconquahar Parish, Fifeshire, Scotland
- b.1537 in Scotland d.1574 in Scotland
- b.1403 in Scotland d.1452 in Scotland
- b.1441 in Scotland d.1493
- b.1418 in Argyll, Scotland d.1485
- b.~ 1459 in Morton, Dumfrieshire, Scotland d.~ 1512 in Scotland
- b.Dec 1394 in Dumferline, Fifeshire, Scotland d.20 Feb 1437 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
- b.1431 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland d.>16 Oct 1486 in Scotland
- b.1398 in Westiminster, Middlesex, England d.15 Jul 1445 in Dunbar Castle, East Lothian, Scotland
- b.~ 1487 in Scotland d.Dec 1548
- b.~ 1405 in Ruthvendenny, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland d.> 1483
- b.~ 1435 in Cranstoun, Midlothian, Scotland
- b.~ 1415 in Hailes Castle, Prestonkirk, East Lothian, Scotland
- b.1461 in Cranstound, Midlothian, Scotland d.1540 in Scotland
- b.~ 1520 in Morton, Dumfrieshire, Scotland d.>24 May 1579 in Scotland
- b.16 Oct 1430 in Edinburgh, MIdlothian, Scotland d.03 Aug 1460 in Roxburgh Castle, Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland
- b.1451 in Stirling, Scotland d.1488
- b.1432 in Grave, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands d.16 Nov 1463 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
- b.17 Mar 1473 in Edinburgh, MIdlothian, Scotland d.09 Sep 1513 in Flodden Field, Branxton, Northumberland, England
- b.~ 1430 in Denmark
- b.23 Jun 1456 in Kobenhavn, Denmark d.14 Jul 1485 in Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1432 in Denmark
- b.~ 1491 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland d.>05 Jul 1554 in Scotland
- b.1420 in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland d.>Apr 1481 in Alnwick, Northumberland, England
- b.~ 1454 in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland d.<04 May 1507
- b.~ 1430 in Calderwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland d.> 1472
- b.~ 1477 in Bonshaw, Dumfrieshire, Scotland d.<Aug 1559
- b.~ 1456 in Kilmarnock, Renfrew, Scotland d.28 Jan 1523
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