Other Events:

• Royal Navy Service: 25 Apr 1738, Aboard HMS Diamond
• Royal Navy Service: 4 Jun 1738, In Port Royal, Jamaica
• Royal Navy Service: Feb 1740/41, Captain of HMS Sea Fire
• Royal Navy Service: 19 Feb 1740/41, Rank of Captain (R.N.)
• Royal Navy Service: 11 Apr 1748, Commander of HMS Vanguard
• Royal Navy Service: Aug 1748, Commander of Squadron at Plymouth

Notes:

John married Harriot Craggs on 20 Nov 1749 in Holy Trinity, Cookham, Berkshire. Harriot (daughter of James Craggs and Hester Santlow) was born in Feb 1712/13; died on 01 Feb 1769; was buried on 01 Feb 1769 in Outside Chancel Window (Looking in Port Eliot Garden), St. German's Church, St. Germans, Cornwall, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

--- "Oxford Journal" 22 July 1758, page 4:
In a Pamphlet lately published by Mr. Sexton, are insterted several Cases of Cures performed by these Powders, the first of which is the following:
The third of March 1755, I was applied to by the Hon. John Hamilton, to accompany him to his Country Seat at Bearhill, in Berkshire, near Henly upon Thames. His Daughter, a young Lady about four Years old, had been inoculated for the Small-pox, and was dangerously ill, the Pock very small, sunk away, and much discoloured; she was convulsed, breather short, and was delirious; and attended with Hiccoughs; (Symptoms prestaging Death;) she had been attended by a Phusician, who gave but little Hopes of her Recovery. I immediately gave her half a Paper of my Powder, and continued them every four Hours for the first Night; in the Morning following she appeared something better, the Confulsions were abated, and her Breath not so depressed: I continued the Powders as before the succeeding twelve Hours; after which Time the Alteration was so great, as to give the most chearful Hopes of a happy Event: The Pock was now fully thrown out, the Delirium and Convulsions entirely gone off, and a few Days perfected her Recovery. She had no Secondary Fever at all, nor was any other Medicine used to asist besides my Powders. The surprising Success of this Case was not greateer that the Joy it gave to the most fond Parents, who had the Happiness of seeing an only Child restored, which before was feared to have been a lost one. The thorough Conviction and Satisfaction, both Mr. Hamilton and the Physician had of the specific Virtues of this Medicine, induced the former to purchase a large Quantity of it, (from his benevolent Disposition) to give to the Poor who should be likewise afflicted, and by his own Inspection, without any other Assistance, performed several Cures that he transmitted me an Account of; and by his Approbation I was permitted to relate this Case.

--- "The Scots Magazine" 1 Oct 1764, page 56:
Nov. 4. At Highgate, Miss Anne Hamilton, daughter of the Hon. Mrs. Hamilton of that place, and niece of the Earl of Abercorn.

--- "Caledonian Mercury" 10 Nov 1764, page 2:
Yesterday died, at Highgate, Miss Anne Hamilton, daughter of the Hon. Mrs. Hamilton, of the said place, and niece to the Right Hon. Lord Abercorn.

--- "London, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812" (Camden, St Michael, Highgate, 1753-1790, 147):
Burial Record reads: "November 9. Miss Ann Hamilton Daughter of the Honble Mrs Hamilton Widow was buried."

Other Events:

• Education: 1776, Graduated M.A. from Pembroke College, Cambridge
• Elected: Nov 1783, M.P. for East Looe, Cornwall
• Elected: 1784, M.P. for St. Germans
• Title (Facts Pg): 1789, Succeeded to Title of 'Viscount Hamilton' in Great Britain
• Title (Facts Pg): 1789, Succeeded to Title of 'Viscount of Strabane' in Ireland
• Title (Facts Pg): 1789, Succeeded to Title of 'Earl of Abercon' in Scotland
• Elected: 19 Jul 1790, Took His Oaths and His Seat in the House of Lords in Ireland
• Title (Facts Pg): 15 Oct 1790, Created Marquess of Abercorn
• Elected: 7 Feb 1794, Sworn of the Privy Council in Ireland
• Title (Facts Pg): 17 Jan 1805, Nominated a Knight of the Garter
• Title (Facts Pg): 23 Apr 1805, Installed at Windsor on St. George's Day (Knight of the Garter)
• Will: 18 Mar 1809, With Four Subsequent Codicils
• Probate: 09 May 1818, London, England

Notes:

--- "Abercorn: The Hamiltons of Barons Court" by William J Roulston, 2014, page 90-1
There was no member of the family quite like the 1st Marquess before him, nor has there been one since. Anthony Malcomson, in the only recent essay that considers him in any detail, believed him to be "perhaps a fitter subject for fiction than biography". Elsewhere he has described him as "that truly proud northern leviathan". The Marquess' great-grandson, Lord Ernest Hamilton, who devoted a chapter to him in his book "Old Days and News", wrote that while he "could not, strictly speaking, lay claim to be reckoned, on all points, an exemplary character, he was, beyond question, an interesting one". A contemporary, the novelist Lady Morgan, wrote, "He was so organised to be the man he was that no education or example could have made him otherwise. Had he occupied the throne of his ancestors, he would have been the justest despot that ever reigned." The society hostess Lady Holland observed, "He is haughty and capricious, with enough of vanity to make him do a generous action, and with a dash of madness to make him do a lively one." Many of those who have commented on him have focused on his eccentricities or behaviour arising from his undoubted pride --- stories that he insisted his maidservants wore white gloves when changing the bed sheets or that he wore his Garter while out shooting. . . . His friend Sir Walter Scott called him "much misrepresented". The Marquess conduct at times may well have earned him the epithet "Don Magnifico" . . .

--- "The Scots Peerage" (Edinburgh, Scotland: David Douglas, 1904), volume I, page 66-8:
John James, ninth Earl of Abercorn, only son of the Hon. John Hamilton, was born after his father's death, July 1756. He was educated at Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he graduated M.A. in 1776, and was elected member of Parliament for East Looe, in Cornwall, on a vacancy in November 1783, and chosen for St. Germans at the general election 1784. He succeeded his uncle in 1789, as Earl of Abercorn in Scotland, viscount of Strabane in Ireland, and Viscount Hamilton in Great Britain. On 19 Jul 1790 he took the oaths and his seat in the House of Lords in Ireland. At the general election of the sixteen representatives of the Scots Peerage, 11 July 1790, the clerks refused to receive his signed list, as he had been created a peer of Great Britain since the Union. The question was carried to the House of Lords, where, 13 May 1793, in a committee for privileges, the point was decided in his favour. Meanwhile the Earl was created on 15 October 1790, Marquess of Abercorn; and was sworn of the Privy Council in Ireland 7 February 1794. He was nominated a Knight of the Garter 17 January 1805, and installed at Windsor on St. George's Day, 23 April following. A curious account of the almost royal progress of the Marquess and his family through Scotland on their way to Baron's Court in August 1813 is given by Sir Walter Scott.*

He married first, 20 June 1779, Catherine, daughter of Sir Joseph Copley, of Sprotborough, co. York, Baronet, by Mary, daughter of John Buller of Morval, Cornwall, and by her (who died at Stanmore Priory, Middlesex, 13 September 1791, and was buried 19 September, at Stanmore) had six children. . . .

The Marquess married, secondly, 4 March 1792, his cousin, Lady Cecil Hamilton, daughter of his uncle George already mentioned, and by her had a daughter. . . .

The Marquess married, thirdly, at her brother Viscount Sudley's house in Dover Street, Piccadilly, 3 April 1800, Lady Anne Jane, relict of Henry Hatton of Great Clonard, in the county of Wexford, member of Parliament for the borough of Donegal, to whom she was married October 1783. She was born April 1762, eldest daughter of Arthur Saunders, second Earl of Arran, in Ireland, by his first wife, the Hon. Catherine Annesley, only daughter of William, Viscount Glerawley. She died, without issue, at Naples 3 May 1827. The Marquess died 27 January 1818; his will, dated 18 March 1809, with four subsequent codicils, was proved in London 9 May 1818, and was succeeded by his grandson.

* "Life of Scott" iv. 95. Sir Walter was a frequent visitor to Stanmore Priory, and while there in April 1807 was correcting a proof of the Introduction to "Marmion", Canto 1., which contains the complimentary lines on Pitt and Fox. Lord Abercorn suggested that the tribute to Fox should be heightened, and it is said he himself penned several lines of eulogy. "Familiar Letters", i. 82. The "Lady of the Lake" was dedicated to the Marquess.

Family/Spouse: Frances Matilda Hawkins. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Catherine Copley on 20 Jun 1779. Catherine died on 13 Sep 1791 in Stanmore Priory, Middlesex; was buried on 19 Sep 1791 in St. John the Evangelist, Great Stanmore, Harrow, London. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Cecil Hamilton on 04 Mar 1792, and was divorced in Apr 1799 in By Act of Parliament. Cecil (daughter of George Hamilton) was born on 15 Mar 1770; died on 19 Jun 1819; was buried in St. George Hanover Square, London. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Anne Jane Gore on 03 Apr 1800. Anne died on 05 May 1827 in Naples, Italy; was buried on 14 Aug 1827 in St. John the Evangelist, Great Stanmore, Harrow, London. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

--- http://www.cotyroneireland.com/research/Microfilms.html
1751899 Abercorn Annuities by way of rent-charge to Mrs. Frances Hawkins/Maguire, the former mistress of the 1st Marquis, and to his illegitimate children by her, Harriet Hawkins, A.C. FitzJames and James John Fitzjames ca. 1830-1838 - Item 3 Land & Property

Notes:

Monument in the park at Bentley Priory reads:
In the garden which having been the scene of amusement to six other beloved children had just been dedicated to the amusement of John James Hamilton, this stone is now dedicated to his memory. He was a sweet and promising child born on an inauspicious day of the year 1800. In 1808 on the 29th April a day already marked by calamity to his father he died! Happily for himself he had not yet committed fault or felt unkindness or known misfortune but to the bitter anguish and regret of his surviving parents.

--- John James was buried in the Hamilton family vault at Stanmore.

Notes:

--- "Charterhouse Register: 1769-1872" by R.L. Arrowsmith, 1974:
FITZJAMES, James John. B. 8 Dec 1808, s. of James John Fitzjames of London. Watkinson's, Sep. 1823-Oct. 1828. Schol. of St. John's, Camb. Entered Inner Temple 1834; called to Bar 1837. m. 1832, Arabella Theresa, widow of Charles Offley, of Upfield Lodge, Glos. and 2nd d. of Capt. Thomas Martin, E.I. Co's Service. Drowned off Corunna, with his wife and children, in the wreck of the Solway, 7 Apr 1843.

--- Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900:
Name: James John . Fitzjames
College: ST JOHN'S
Entered: Michs. 1828
More Information: Adm. pens. at ST JOHN'S, Oct. 20, 1828. S. of James John, Esq. [B. 1808, in London.] School, Charterhouse. Matric. Michs. 1828; Scholar. Re-adm. Feb. 19, 1841. Perhaps the man of these names mentioned in G. Mag., 1843, I. 84, as Lieut., appointed Commander and again, as Capt., appointed to the Clio; and on p. 195 as appointed to be arbitrator on part of Her Majesty of the mixed British and Portuguese Commission held at Jamaica under the Treaty concluded at Lisbon, July 3, 1842. Drowned 1843, in the steamer Solway, off Corunna. (List of Carthusians.)

James married Arabella Theresa Offley on 14 Nov 1832 in St. James, Piccadilly, Westminster, London. Arabella died on 07 Apr 1843 in Drowned off Corunna in the Wreck of the Solway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Cause of Death: Inflammation of the Throat

Notes:

--- "The Scots Peerage" by Sir James Balfour Paul, 1904, page 68:
"Harriot Margaret, whose articles of marriage with the Marquess of Waterford were drawn up, when she died of an inflammation of her throat at the Priory, Atanmore, 30 April 1803, in the twenty-second year of her age, and was buried at Stanmore."

--- "Staffordshire Advertiser" 7 May 1803, page 4:
At one o' clock on Saturday last, Lady Harriet Hamilton, eldest daughter of the Marquess of Abercorn, in the twenty-first year of her age, after a short illness, at her father's seat, The Priory, near Stanmore. She was to have been married in a few days to the Marquess of Waterford, who now remains overwhelmed with the deepest affliction.

Notes:

--- "The Ipswich Journal" 10 Oct 1795, page 4:
A daughter of the Marquis of Abercorn is interred upon the side of the road between Pisa and Florence, with the following inscription: "Here lies an infant of illustrious birth." There are not even the initials of her name.

Other Events:

• Education: 24 Oct 1805; Matriculated, Christ Church, Oxford
• Elected: Between 1807 and 1812; M.P. for Liskeard

James married Harriet Douglas on 25 Nov 1809. [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!

Cecil married on 16 Feb 1816. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Education: Harrow School, Harrow on the Hill, London
• Education: 02 Jul 1829; Matriculated, Christ Church, Oxford
• Office: 1844, Lord-Lt. of County Donegal
• Education: 05 Jul 1847; Graduated from Cambridge University, Cambridge (Doctor of Law L.L.D.)
• Education: 02 Jun 1856; Graduated from Oxford University, Oxford (Doctor of Civil Laws D.C.L.)
• Office: Between Jul 1866 and Dec 1868, Lord Lt. of Ireland
• Education: 21 Apr 1868; Graduated from Dublin University, Dublin (Doctor of Law L.L.D.)
• Probate: 27 Feb 1886, Valued at over 144, 000 Pounds

James married Louisa Jane Russell on 25 Oct 1832 in Gordon Castle, Fochabers, Morayshire, Scotland. Louisa was born on 08 Jul 1812 in Coats Castle, Pulborough, Sussex; died on 31 Mar 1905 in Coats Castle, Pulborough, Sussex. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]