Hamilton, James

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Dates 1603-1625
Location London
Vocation Courtier
Place of Birth Scotland
Marriage Anne Cunningham
Issue James; William; Margaret (illegitimate)
Place of birth Source Oxford Dictionary of National Biography; J. Foster (ed.), The Register of Admissions to Gray's Inn, 1521-1889 (London, 1889), 149

2nd marquis of Hamilton (1604) and 1st earl of Cambridge (1619). Accompanied James VI to England, and remained a courtier thereafter. Held several offices, including commissioner to the Scottish Parliament (1621), and also entered at Gray's Inn, 25 February 1617. Resided predominantly in London, especially after 1616.