John Hamilton 
John was born in 1541 in Scotland. John's 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 James, Gavin, Claud, David, Barbara and Anne. He was the fourth oldest of the seven children. He had a half-brother named James. He died at the age of 63 in 1604 in Scotland.General Notes
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born 1532/35
died April 12, 1604
Scottish nobleman active in Sco ttish and English politics and in the
unsuccessful negotiations for the relea se of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots.
The third son of James Hamilton, 2nd earl o f Arran, he was given the
abbey of Arbroath in 1551. In politics he was large ly under the influence
of his unscrupulous younger brother Claud Hamilton, af terward (1587)
Baron Paisley (b. September 1543?–d. 1621/22). At first hostil e to Mary
Stuart, they later became her devoted partisans. Claud met Mary on her
escape from Lochleven and escorted her to Hamilton Palace. With others of
the Queen's party they were forfeited by the Parliament and sought their
r evenge on the regent Moray. Although the Hamiltons disavowed all
connection w ith Moray's murderer, James Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh, he had
been provided w ith horseand weapons by the abbot of Arbroath, and it was
at Hamilton that he sought refuge after the deed. Their uncle, Archbishop
John Hamilton, was han ged at Stirling in 1571 for alleged complicity in
the murder of Mary's husban d, Lord Darnley, and is said to have admitted
that he was a party to the murd er of Moray.
At the pacification of Perth in 1573 the Hamiltons abandoned Mary 's
cause. On the uncertain evidence extracted from the assassin by torture,
the Hamiltons had been credited with a share in the murder of the regent
Len nox in 1571. In 1579 proceedings against them for these two crimes
were resum ed, and when they escaped to England their lands and titles
were seized by th eir enemies. John Hamilton soon dissociated himself from
the policy of his br other Claud, who continued to plot for Spanish
intervention on behalf of Mary until her death. (He later, in 1590, went
mad and was mad at his death.) Wit h other Scottish exiles, John crossed
the border in 1585 and marched on Stirl ing; he was admitted on November 4
and formally reconciled with James VI, wit h whom he was thenceforward on
the friendliest terms. He was created marquess of Hamilton, earl of
Arran, and Lord Aven in 1599.
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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.1541 in Scotland d.1604 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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They had a son named James.
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