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|Dates=c.1712-1737
|Location=London, Buckinghamshire
|Vocation=Army officer
|Place of Birth=Hamilton Palace, Lanarkshire
|Marriage=Elizabeth Villiers
|Issue=Anne, Frances, Harriet
|Source=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography; J.B. Paul, The Scots Peerage: A History of the Noble Families of Scotland, 9 vols (Edinburgh, 1904-1914), vi, 580
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First Earl of Hamilton; First commission was as captain of the Royal Scots, 1st regiment of the foot. Made colonel of 7th foot (1629), then made colonel of Royal Scots (a position Hamilton held for 4 decades). Wounded at the siege of Namur and promoted to brigadier-general (1695). Hamilton was ennobled the following year. Achieved rank of major-general (1702) and lieutenant-general (1704). Ceased from active military service in 1712. Spent most of his time living in England, between his house in London and country estate at Cliveden, near Taplow, Buckinghamshire. Hamilton died at his London house in Albemarle Street and was buried at Cliveden (1737).

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-First Earl of Hamilton; First commission was as captain of the Royal Scots, 1st regiment of the foot. Made colonel of 7th foot (1629), then made colonel of Royal Scots (a position Hamilton held for 4 decades). Wounded at the siege of Namur and promoted to brigadier-general (1695). Hamilton was ennobled the following year. Achieved rank of major-general (1702) and lieutenant-general (1704). Ceased from active military service in 1712. Spent most of his time living in England, between his house in London and country estate at  Cliveden, near Taplow, Buckinghamshire. Hamilton died at his London house in Albemarle Street and was buried at Cliveden (1737).
+First Earl of Orkney; First commission was as captain of the Royal Scots, 1st regiment of the foot. Made colonel of 7th foot (1629), then made colonel of Royal Scots (a position Hamilton held for 4 decades). Wounded at the siege of Namur and promoted to brigadier-general (1695). Hamilton was ennobled the following year. Achieved rank of major-general (1702) and lieutenant-general (1704). Ceased from active military service in 1712. Spent most of his time living in England, between his house in London and country estate at  Cliveden, near Taplow, Buckinghamshire. Hamilton died at his London house in Albemarle Street and was buried at Cliveden (1737).

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Ahrcnetwork at 19:39, 19 May 2014

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