Claud Hamilton

1787 - 1808  (20 years)

• Name	Claud Hamilton
  Born	01 Nov 1787	Petersham, Surrey   [1]
  Died	Jun 1808	Madeira   [2]
  Person ID	I00424	Eliots of Port Eliot
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2021

  
  

  Father	1st Marquess Abercorn John James Hamilton,   b. 02 Jul 1756, London, England ,   d. 27 Jan 1818  (Age 61 years)
  Mother	Catherine Copley,   d. 13 Sep 1791, Stanmore Priory, Middlesex
  Family ID	F00105	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  --- "Morning Chronicle" 29 Jan 1808, page 4: Lord Claude Hamilton has left town to embark for the Brazils. His Lordship's state of health is such as to require an immediate change of climate. --- "Morning Post" 21 Oct 1808, page 2: Lord Claude Hamilton, second son of the Marquis of Abercorn, we are sorry to hear, has lately died at Madeira. --- "Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser" 2 Nov 1808, page 3: DIED. At Madeira, Lord Claude Hamilton, second son of the Marquis of Abercorn. --- "Morning Post" 15 Nov 1808, page 3: LORD CLAUDE HAMILTON Died lately, on his passage from Madeira to the Brazils, Lord C. Hamilton, second son of Lord Abercorn. His life was short; for he had not reached his 20th year; but he had lived to gain the friendship of all who knew him, and to die lamented by parents, friends, and contemporaries. He was endowed by nature with talents of a superior cast, tempered by a disposition, amiable to a weakness. It is a common defect to assume the qualities which are not possessed, and to claim the admiration which is not due; but how uncommon the virtue in man, to wonder at the praises, and to place himself below the opinion of the world. As a Senator, Lord C. Hamilton would have adorned the purest age of the Constitution; as a companion, his loss is best expressed by Virgil,--- Hei mihi quaatum Praesidium Ausonia, et quantum tu perdis Tule!

  
  

• Sources

  "The Scots Peerage" by Sir James Balfour Paul, D. Douglas, 1904, page 67. "The Scots Peerage" by Sir James Balfour Paul, D. Douglas, 1904, page 68.