Duke of Abercorn

Dukedom of Abercorn

Arms of Duke of Abercorn: Quarterly: 1st & 4th, gules three cinquefoils pierced ermine (for Hamilton); 2nd & 3rd, argent, Argent, a lymphad with the sails furled proper, and oars in action sable (for Arran) in the point of honour and over all, an inescutcheon azure with charged three fleur-de-lys or, and surmounted by a French ducal coronet (for Châtellerault)[1]
Creation date10 August 1868
Created byVictoria
PeeragePeerage of Ireland
First holderJames Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Abercorn
Present holderJames Hamilton, 5th Duke
Heir apparentJames Hamilton, Marquess of Hamilton[1]
Remainder toThe 1st Duke's heirs male of the body lawfully begotten
Subsidiary titles
  • Marquess of Abercorn
  • Marquess of Hamilton (Great Britain)
  • Earl of Abercorn (Scotland)
  • Viscount Strabane
  • Viscount Hamilton (Great Britain)
  • Lord Paisley (Scotland)
  • Lord of Abercorn (Scotland)
  • Lord of Paisley, Hamilton, Mountcastell and Kilpatrick (Scotland)
  • Lord Hamilton, Baron of Strabane
  • Baron Mountcastle
  • Baronet Hamilton of Dunalong
Seat(s)Baronscourt[1]
MottoSola Nobilitas Virtus ("The only nobility is virtue")[1]

The title Duke of Abercorn (/ˈævərkɔːrn/) is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1868 and bestowed upon James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Abercorn. Although the Dukedom is in the Peerage of Ireland, it refers to Abercorn, West Lothian, and the Duke also bears four titles in the Peerage of Scotland and two in the Peerage of Great Britain, and is one of three peers who have titles in those three peerages. The Duke of Abercorn also claims the French title of Duke of Châtellerault, created in 1548.[1][2]

  1. ^ a b c d e Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. pp. 4–7. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
  2. ^ Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Burke's Peerage Limited. 1914. p. 54. Retrieved 22 September 2017.