James Hamilton, 1st Lord Hamilton^[1]

1415 - 1479  (64 years)

• Name	James Hamilton
  Suffix	1st Lord Hamilton
  Born	1415
  Gender	Male
  Died	6 Nov 1479
  Notes	http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal01474 http://www.thepeerage.com/p10212.htm#i102116 James Hamilton, 1st Lord Hamilton was born circa 1415.«sup»1«/sup» He was the son of «u»Sir James Hamilton, 5th of Cadzow «/u» and «u»Janet Livingston «/u».«sup»2,3«/sup» He married, firstly, «u»Lady Eupheme Graham «/u», daughter of «u»Sir Patrick Graham, Earl of Strathearn «/u» and «u»Eupheme Stewart, Countess of Caithness «/u», after 25 February 1440/41.«sup»4«/sup» He married, secondly, «u»Mary Stewart, Princess of Scotland«/u», daughter of «u»James II Stewart, King of Scotland «/u» and «u»Marie von Geldern «/u», between February 1474 and April 1474. Dispensation from the Pope was granted 25 April 1476, thereby legitimising the two children already born.«sup»4«/sup» He died on 6 November 1479.«sup»5«/sup» James Hamilton, 1st Lord Hamilton gained the title of «i»6th of Cadzow.«/i» He was invested as a Privy Counsellor (P.C.) [Scotland] in 1440.«sup»2«/sup» He was created «i»1st Lord Hamilton [Scotland]«/i» on 28 June 1445, or possibly on 3 July 1445.«sup»1,2«/sup» In 1455 he joined the Douglas revolt against King James II of Scotland, then he went over to the King's side and helped to suppress it.«sup»3«/sup» He held the office of Sheriff of Lanarkshire on 1 July 1455.«sup»3«/sup» He was on various embassies to England between 1461 and 1472.«sup»2 1. «/sup»Alison Weir, «i»Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy«/i» (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 224. Hereinafter cited as «i»Britain's Royal Family«/i». 2. G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, «i»The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed.«/i», 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume VI, page 254. Hereinafter cited as «i»The Complete Peerage«/i». 3. Charles Mosley, editor, «i»Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes«/i» (Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999), volume 1, page 4. Hereinafter cited as «i»Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition«/i». 4. Cokayne, and others, «i»The Complete Peerage«/i», volume VI, page 255. 5. Cokayne, and others, «i»The Complete Peerage«/i», volume VI, page 256. 6. Alison Weir, «i»Britain's Royal Family«/i», page 234. 7. Charles Mosley, editor, «i»Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes«/i» (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 326. Hereinafter cited as «i»Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition«/i».
  Person ID	I16821	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	13 Feb 2009

  
  

  Father	Sir James Hamilton, 5th of Cadzow,   d. Bef May 1441
  Mother	Janet Livingston,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	Abt 20 Oct 1422
  Family ID	F551615345	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Mary Stuart,   b. Abt 1451,   d. Abt 1488  (Age ~ 37 years)
  Married	Apr 1474
  Children	1. Elizabeth Hamilton,   d. Aft 1531   2. James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Arran,   b. 1475,   d. 1529, Kinneil  (Age 54 years)
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2006
  Family ID	F8007	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Lady Euphemia Graham, Countess of Stratherne,   d. 1 Aug 1468-1 Nov 1468
  Married	Aft 25 Feb 1440
  Last Modified	13 Feb 2009
  Family ID	F551615347	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S36] Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England([email protected]), (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).